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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Page 92
At the Harvard Club in New York on 1 June he made it plain where he stood : he
would deprive Germany of its assets in Australia for all time : the Allies should go
on fighting until Germany was expelled from France and all the Channel ports ...
At the Harvard Club in New York on 1 June he made it plain where he stood : he
would deprive Germany of its assets in Australia for all time : the Allies should go
on fighting until Germany was expelled from France and all the Channel ports ...
Page 93
At the Seventh Commonwealth Conference held in Perth on 17 June speakers
asserted the right of Australians to deal with Australian affairs . Some wanted to
go further : some asked that the Prime Minister be Australian - born , some that ...
At the Seventh Commonwealth Conference held in Perth on 17 June speakers
asserted the right of Australians to deal with Australian affairs . Some wanted to
go further : some asked that the Prime Minister be Australian - born , some that ...
Page 150
On 4 June he dined with the Governor - General at Government House . The
Governor - General asked him to dance the opening set in the Lancers after the
port and the cigars . When the Prince arrived in Melbourne in June he played his
part ...
On 4 June he dined with the Governor - General at Government House . The
Governor - General asked him to dance the opening set in the Lancers after the
port and the cigars . When the Prince arrived in Melbourne in June he played his
part ...
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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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