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 130
They wanted many things . They wanted ample provision for the future of
returned sol . diers : they wanted the full encouragement of industries the war had
shown to be vital to national interests : they wanted direct representation of
producers ...
They wanted many things . They wanted ample provision for the future of
returned sol . diers : they wanted the full encouragement of industries the war had
shown to be vital to national interests : they wanted direct representation of
producers ...
Page 144
They wanted jobs and payment in cash . The officials of the Returned Sailors and
Soldiers demanded something be done about it quickly . At demonstrations to
draw attention to the plight of the returned men , speakers asked for a sustenance
...
They wanted jobs and payment in cash . The officials of the Returned Sailors and
Soldiers demanded something be done about it quickly . At demonstrations to
draw attention to the plight of the returned men , speakers asked for a sustenance
...
Page 279
David Unaipon wanted the white man to cease patronizing the blackfellows as '
little children ' who had a chance in the kingdom of heaven , but drew blanks and
never prizes in the white man's world . The white man should be shown that the ...
David Unaipon wanted the white man to cease patronizing the blackfellows as '
little children ' who had a chance in the kingdom of heaven , but drew blanks and
never prizes in the white man's world . The white man should be shown that the ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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