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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... leader of such an anti - Labor party . This hunger for high office prevented Reid from disowning Chris Watson , the leader of the Labor Party . In his years as Premier of New South Wales it was said he loved office so passionately he ...
... leader of such an anti - Labor party . This hunger for high office prevented Reid from disowning Chris Watson , the leader of the Labor Party . In his years as Premier of New South Wales it was said he loved office so passionately he ...
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... leadership of the Labor Party . Ever since the Federal Conference of the party in 1905 Watson had not felt happy about the ... leader.15 Hughes and Fisher felt ill at ease in each other's company . Hughes was brilliant , Fisher was dull ...
... leadership of the Labor Party . Ever since the Federal Conference of the party in 1905 Watson had not felt happy about the ... leader.15 Hughes and Fisher felt ill at ease in each other's company . Hughes was brilliant , Fisher was dull ...
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... leaders and revealing the bourgeois values underneath . Joseph Cook , the one - time Labor leader , put it all in homely language : Australians had proved themselves to be ' boys of the bull - dog breed ' . Australian blood was spilled ...
... leaders and revealing the bourgeois values underneath . Joseph Cook , the one - time Labor leader , put it all in homely language : Australians had proved themselves to be ' boys of the bull - dog breed ' . Australian blood was spilled ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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