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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Page 54
... women married to brutal husbands , to women chained by law and convention to drunken men , and indeed to all women bound by marriage to a lifetime of torments . She held out no hope of creating a new way of life for women , which would ...
... women married to brutal husbands , to women chained by law and convention to drunken men , and indeed to all women bound by marriage to a lifetime of torments . She held out no hope of creating a new way of life for women , which would ...
Page 192
... women permission to remove their hats , because that would have transgressed the injunction by St Paul to women to appear in church with the head covered . In September 1900 a newspaper to do battle for women appeared for the first time ...
... women permission to remove their hats , because that would have transgressed the injunction by St Paul to women to appear in church with the head covered . In September 1900 a newspaper to do battle for women appeared for the first time ...
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... women ' . Educated women preferred careers to child - bearing . The women of the age of greed and titillation pre- ferred sexual pleasure to childbirth . They were avoiding the inconvenience of maternity by artificial means , or by the ...
... women ' . Educated women preferred careers to child - bearing . The women of the age of greed and titillation pre- ferred sexual pleasure to childbirth . They were avoiding the inconvenience of maternity by artificial means , or by the ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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