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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Page 145
There was the division between those who believed in social change by
Parliament, and those who believed in social change by industrial action. The
believers in change by industrial action supported the One Big Union movement.
The idea ...
There was the division between those who believed in social change by
Parliament, and those who believed in social change by industrial action. The
believers in change by industrial action supported the One Big Union movement.
The idea ...
Page 251
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research would encourage that capacity
for invention which had made Australia a pioneer in the fields of agricultural
machinery, gold mining, wheat breeding and dry farming. There would be a
Central ...
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research would encourage that capacity
for invention which had made Australia a pioneer in the fields of agricultural
machinery, gold mining, wheat breeding and dry farming. There would be a
Central ...
Page 298
On the following day, 14 February, he reminded the House of Representatives
that the people had given the Government a mandate to ensure peace on the
waterfront, in the coal mines and in the timber industry. The people have
endorsed ...
On the following day, 14 February, he reminded the House of Representatives
that the people had given the Government a mandate to ensure peace on the
waterfront, in the coal mines and in the timber industry. The people have
endorsed ...
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Contents
John Joseph Ambrose Curtin and Robert Gordon Menzies frontispiece | 1 |
VICTORY OF THE COMFORTABLE CLASSES | 47 |
A DIVIDED AUSTRALIA | 80 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 6 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 Volume 6 of A History of Australia: The Old Dead Tree and the Young Green Tree 1916-1935 with an Epilogue, Charles Manning Hope Clark Volume 6 of Dummy reekstitel |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0522843522, 9780522843521 |
| Length | 522 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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