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 218
The cry went up : ' Where are the police ? We want the police ' . It was not till 7
p.m. , two hours after the riot began , that a small contingent of police arrived to
assist the sailors in restoring order . But still the vandalism and the looting
continued ...
The cry went up : ' Where are the police ? We want the police ' . It was not till 7
p.m. , two hours after the riot began , that a small contingent of police arrived to
assist the sailors in restoring order . But still the vandalism and the looting
continued ...
Page 329
At dawn on the following morning , Monday 16 December , three thousand of the
campers smashed down the gates in the fence around the mine , and forced the
police to retreat towards the pit - head . The police counter - charged .
At dawn on the following morning , Monday 16 December , three thousand of the
campers smashed down the gates in the fence around the mine , and forced the
police to retreat towards the pit - head . The police counter - charged .
Page 406
When De Groot arrived at the Central Police Court in Sydney on 1 April to face
charges for slashing the Harbour Bridge ribbon , scuffles broke out between
members of the New Guard , the police and the communists . Police
reinforcements ...
When De Groot arrived at the Central Police Court in Sydney on 1 April to face
charges for slashing the Harbour Bridge ribbon , scuffles broke out between
members of the New Guard , the police and the communists . Police
reinforcements ...
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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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| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 6 A History of Australia, Manning Clark |
| Authors | Charles Manning Hope Clark, Manning Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0522843522, 9780522843521 |
| Length | 522 pages |
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