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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Bruce and Page were paragons of civilized behaviour : Labor was a bear - pit , in
which the strong and the cunning overpowered the weak . In the Federal sphere ,
ever since Labor ' blew out its brains ' in November 1916 , Labor leaders have ...
Bruce and Page were paragons of civilized behaviour : Labor was a bear - pit , in
which the strong and the cunning overpowered the weak . In the Federal sphere ,
ever since Labor ' blew out its brains ' in November 1916 , Labor leaders have ...
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and the impotence of human beings to change human behaviour . The parsons
and the priests asked their congregations to turn to God for help : ' Have pity on
us , Lord , for our great folly . For thou alone canst remove all the evil in the world '
.
and the impotence of human beings to change human behaviour . The parsons
and the priests asked their congregations to turn to God for help : ' Have pity on
us , Lord , for our great folly . For thou alone canst remove all the evil in the world '
.
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must create a public image of Lyons as ' Honest Joe ' , the man who left the Labor
Party because of Theodore's shabby finances and shabby public behaviour . The
Group chose Bob Menzies to persuade Latham to abandon the great ambition ...
must create a public image of Lyons as ' Honest Joe ' , the man who left the Labor
Party because of Theodore's shabby finances and shabby public behaviour . The
Group chose Bob Menzies to persuade Latham to abandon the great ambition ...
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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 |
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| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 6 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1962 |
| ISBN | 0522843522, 9780522843521 |
| Length | 522 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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