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 141
Soldiers , it was said , were a menace to health and morals . 30 There were riots
in Melbourne in July 1919 : shots were fired : the holy quiet of St Kilda Road was
disturbed by drunken hooligans . Spring Street and the Treasury Gardens were ...
Soldiers , it was said , were a menace to health and morals . 30 There were riots
in Melbourne in July 1919 : shots were fired : the holy quiet of St Kilda Road was
disturbed by drunken hooligans . Spring Street and the Treasury Gardens were ...
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returned soldiers , and provision for the welfare of dependants of deceased
soldiers as well as totally incapacitated discharged soldiers and their dependants
. The Commonwealth and the States passed Acts to grant preference in
employment ...
returned soldiers , and provision for the welfare of dependants of deceased
soldiers as well as totally incapacitated discharged soldiers and their dependants
. The Commonwealth and the States passed Acts to grant preference in
employment ...
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The Country Party must find a man among the Nationalists who was prepared to
work with them.36 Some returned soldiers demanded action against the
Bolsheviks . In July 1919 a branch of the Returned Sailors ' and Soldiers '
Imperial ...
The Country Party must find a man among the Nationalists who was prepared to
work with them.36 Some returned soldiers demanded action against the
Bolsheviks . In July 1919 a branch of the Returned Sailors ' and Soldiers '
Imperial ...
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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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