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 43
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 ' .
Page 113
Over the weekend the British delegation agreed on united action . When the
Council met again Wilson was still against annexation of former col . onies . Lloyd
George and Wilson held a private meeting . The British were interested in the ...
Over the weekend the British delegation agreed on united action . When the
Council met again Wilson was still against annexation of former col . onies . Lloyd
George and Wilson held a private meeting . The British were interested in the ...
Page 230
The two parties agreed not to contest each other's seats at the forthcoming
election . ... In seats held by neither , both sides could field candidates but every
effort would be made to reach agreement between the Parties on which of the
two was ...
The two parties agreed not to contest each other's seats at the forthcoming
election . ... In seats held by neither , both sides could field candidates but every
effort would be made to reach agreement between the Parties on which of the
two was ...
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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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