A History of Australia: 'The old dead and the young tree green', 1916-1935Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 121
... gentlemen at the Peace conference . He pined for Australia , the place where he was under- stood . In May he told the Governor - General that though he was ' still chained to the wheel of mocking destiny ' there were now ' omens ' that ...
... gentlemen at the Peace conference . He pined for Australia , the place where he was under- stood . In May he told the Governor - General that though he was ' still chained to the wheel of mocking destiny ' there were now ' omens ' that ...
Page 422
... gentlemen . So two English gentlemen began to hatch a scheme to humiliate the vulgar , over - confident Australians , while the politicians of Australia agreed to allow their country to be a ' vast field for imperialist exploitation ...
... gentlemen . So two English gentlemen began to hatch a scheme to humiliate the vulgar , over - confident Australians , while the politicians of Australia agreed to allow their country to be a ' vast field for imperialist exploitation ...
Page 432
... gentleman expect from a team in which only one or two could be accepted as Public School types ? A. W. Carr agreed . The members of the Australian team could not be invited to the home of any gentleman.70 Cricket was casting a shadow ...
... gentleman expect from a team in which only one or two could be accepted as Public School types ? A. W. Carr agreed . The members of the Australian team could not be invited to the home of any gentleman.70 Cricket was casting a shadow ...
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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