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Page 180
Neither he nor his wife knew much about wheat and sheep farming , but they
worked hard fencing and clearing the land , sowed wheat , grazed sheep , and
made , as he put it , ' quite a lot of money dealing in the buying and selling of
sheep ' .
Neither he nor his wife knew much about wheat and sheep farming , but they
worked hard fencing and clearing the land , sowed wheat , grazed sheep , and
made , as he put it , ' quite a lot of money dealing in the buying and selling of
sheep ' .
Page 275
... conscience and delicate sensibilities in a society where conversation was
about the affairs of the sheep walk , the oscillating fortunes of the moneychangers
, the ' good oil on the ' gee . gees ' , and gossip about the cricket and the ' footy ' .
... conscience and delicate sensibilities in a society where conversation was
about the affairs of the sheep walk , the oscillating fortunes of the moneychangers
, the ' good oil on the ' gee . gees ' , and gossip about the cricket and the ' footy ' .
Page 375
... a man with a reputation for insufferable arrogance towards the men of the
sheep - walk and the wheat farm . As Page saw it , the men behind the Lyons -
Nationalist coalition were all ' big Melbourne manufacturers and stock brokers '
who ...
... a man with a reputation for insufferable arrogance towards the men of the
sheep - walk and the wheat farm . As Page saw it , the men behind the Lyons -
Nationalist coalition were all ' big Melbourne manufacturers and stock brokers '
who ...
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Contents
VICTORY OF THE COMFORTABLE CLASSES | 47 |
A DIVIDED AUSTRALIA | 83 |
THE GOSPEL OF HUGHES OR A NEW ORDER? | 151 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 6 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0522843530, 9780522843538 |
| Length | 522 pages |
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