A History of Australia, Volume 6The late Manning Clark aims to bring to attention the foibles and strengths in every person, traits forced to the fore in the hardship and trauma that occured during the establishment and develpment of white settlement in Australia. Clark sets out to use the tragedies and successes of national heroes such as explorerers and generals, and those of the average person such as soldiers at Gallipoli and farmer's wives, to create a memorable tableau. |
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62 On 22 September rumours were current in Fremantle that Hughes had
arranged to import one thousand Maltese labourers . Maltese labourers were
being permitted to work in Australia in ' decent men's billets ' at this period of the
Empire's ...
62 On 22 September rumours were current in Fremantle that Hughes had
arranged to import one thousand Maltese labourers . Maltese labourers were
being permitted to work in Australia in ' decent men's billets ' at this period of the
Empire's ...
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The Mirror in Sydney portrayed the anti - conscriptionists as purveyors of ' false
slanders and gross misrepresentation ' ' Think of the Australians in France ' , it
wrote on 23 September , ' Shall we leave them unsupported whilst shirkers crowd
...
The Mirror in Sydney portrayed the anti - conscriptionists as purveyors of ' false
slanders and gross misrepresentation ' ' Think of the Australians in France ' , it
wrote on 23 September , ' Shall we leave them unsupported whilst shirkers crowd
...
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The conservative women of Sydney met in the Town Hall on 9 September for an
anti - communist demonstration . Mrs Marion Pickett called on those present to
fight communism : ' a beastly , horrible , damnable worship of a thing that was evil
...
The conservative women of Sydney met in the Town Hall on 9 September for an
anti - communist demonstration . Mrs Marion Pickett called on those present to
fight communism : ' a beastly , horrible , damnable worship of a thing that was evil
...
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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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