A History of Australia: 'The old dead and the young tree green', 1916-1935Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 132
... John Curtin stood as the Labor candidate for the seat of Perth . He told the electors he wanted Australians to cease to be the ' blundering puppets ' of the ' gang of profiteers and exploiters ' that owned and governed Australia . Aus ...
... John Curtin stood as the Labor candidate for the seat of Perth . He told the electors he wanted Australians to cease to be the ' blundering puppets ' of the ' gang of profiteers and exploiters ' that owned and governed Australia . Aus ...
Page 290
... John Curtin spoke for one hour and a half on 23 October to a large and enthusiastic audience . Labor was about to acquire in Canberra one of the greatest public orators of the day . Curtin had the power to grip an audience from start to ...
... John Curtin spoke for one hour and a half on 23 October to a large and enthusiastic audience . Labor was about to acquire in Canberra one of the greatest public orators of the day . Curtin had the power to grip an audience from start to ...
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... John Curtin . All his life he had been a missionary - for the Salvation Army , for socialism , for anti ... John Curtin ( Melbourne , 1977 ) , pp . 130-2 ; Irwin Young , Theodore , His Life and Times ( Sydney , 1971 ) , pp . 55-6 ; John ...
... John Curtin . All his life he had been a missionary - for the Salvation Army , for socialism , for anti ... John Curtin ( Melbourne , 1977 ) , pp . 130-2 ; Irwin Young , Theodore , His Life and Times ( Sydney , 1971 ) , pp . 55-6 ; John ...
Contents
VICTORY OF THE COMFORTABLE CLASSES | 47 |
A DIVIDED AUSTRALIA | 80 |
John Joseph Ambrose Curtin and Robert Gordon Menzies frontispiece | 116 |
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