A History of Australia, Volume 6"All through this volume runs a sense of Australian uncertainty over the period 1916-1935: were Australians a people with their own country, their own responsibilities, their own history to make? Or were they essentially Britons, relocated merely by some chance in a far corner of the globe? Was it their destiny to look forward bravely to an unknown future, or to look backwards on a fading imperial past? Henry Lawson put to them the choice they had - between "the Old Dead Tree" and "the Young Tree Green"." |
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Hughes agreed . They walked together on the lawn . The patrician from South
Yarra had to endure as best he could the Hughes habit of calling every man '
brother ' : Hughes had to put up with the condescension of the man from '
Yarraside ' .
Hughes agreed . They walked together on the lawn . The patrician from South
Yarra had to endure as best he could the Hughes habit of calling every man '
brother ' : Hughes had to put up with the condescension of the man from '
Yarraside ' .
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power brokers wanted to know if Hughes still proposed to honour the promise .
Hughes was evasive . 13 The conservatives floated ideas to prevent the
members of the Country Party from succeeding in their vendetta against Hughes .
power brokers wanted to know if Hughes still proposed to honour the promise .
Hughes was evasive . 13 The conservatives floated ideas to prevent the
members of the Country Party from succeeding in their vendetta against Hughes .
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Hughes wanted six delegates from each Party . Page insisted on the Country
Party sending only three . In his mind he was David fighting Goliath . The
delegates met in Melbourne on 17 January . Hughes wanted a debate on policy .
Hughes wanted six delegates from each Party . Page insisted on the Country
Party sending only three . In his mind he was David fighting Goliath . The
delegates met in Melbourne on 17 January . Hughes wanted a debate on policy .
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Contents
VICTORY OF THE COMFORTABLE CLASSES | 47 |
A DIVIDED AUSTRALIA | 80 |
John Joseph Ambrose Curtin and Robert Gordon Menzies frontispiece | 116 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 6 A History of Australia, Manning Clark |
| Authors | Charles Manning Hope Clark, Manning Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0522843522, 9780522843521 |
| Length | 522 pages |
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