A History of Australia: The people make laws, 1888-1915The 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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... equality and security , often the fruit of a Pharisaical disapproval of the privileges of the wealthy or fear of politicians , threatened to replace the tyranny of class with the tyranny of public service rectitude , respectability and ...
... equality and security , often the fruit of a Pharisaical disapproval of the privileges of the wealthy or fear of politicians , threatened to replace the tyranny of class with the tyranny of public service rectitude , respectability and ...
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... equality , and bred servility . But Barton and Mr Deakin stuck to the point that Australia's survival as a white man's society depended on imperial assistance . Barton was their teacher on the field of the possible : Australia was not a ...
... equality , and bred servility . But Barton and Mr Deakin stuck to the point that Australia's survival as a white man's society depended on imperial assistance . Barton was their teacher on the field of the possible : Australia was not a ...
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... equality at the ballot box.70 On the question of franchise for Aborigines no such passions were aroused . No one argued that the equality to be extended to women should also embrace the Aborigines . Lyne proposed that no Aboriginal ...
... equality at the ballot box.70 On the question of franchise for Aborigines no such passions were aroused . No one argued that the equality to be extended to women should also embrace the Aborigines . Lyne proposed that no Aboriginal ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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