A History of Australia: 'The old dead and the young tree green', 1916-1935Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 101
... Social Democrats demanded the abdication of the Kaiser by noon on 9 November . The following day , 10 November , the Kaiser fled to Holland . The new Social Democratic Government indicated it wanted an armistice . The conser- vatives ...
... Social Democrats demanded the abdication of the Kaiser by noon on 9 November . The following day , 10 November , the Kaiser fled to Holland . The new Social Democratic Government indicated it wanted an armistice . The conser- vatives ...
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... 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 has been around for at least a decade . On 6 ...
... 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 has been around for at least a decade . On 6 ...
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... social reform . That , too , had its dangers . Social welfare - widows ' pensions , sickness payments , un- employment benefits - could only be paid for by increased taxation . Lang would not be prudent : Lang would be prodigal , a ...
... social reform . That , too , had its dangers . Social welfare - widows ' pensions , sickness payments , un- employment benefits - could only be paid for by increased taxation . Lang would not be prudent : Lang would be prodigal , a ...
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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