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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... majority of the people , and the assent of the majority of States . The latter represented a minority of the people . If the States were to have equal power with the people then the States ' house , the Senate , must have at least a ...
... majority of the people , and the assent of the majority of States . The latter represented a minority of the people . If the States were to have equal power with the people then the States ' house , the Senate , must have at least a ...
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... majority : nor was it based on equal electoral districts . In the United Kingdom a majority in parliament represented a minority of the electors . That was the example Australians sought to imitate . So Inglis Clark argued to the ...
... majority : nor was it based on equal electoral districts . In the United Kingdom a majority in parliament represented a minority of the electors . That was the example Australians sought to imitate . So Inglis Clark argued to the ...
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Charles Manning Hope Clark. the majority threw him up in the air , caught him , and carried him bodily out of the hall to the cheers of the majority . The majority of delegates to the conference were looking for ways of preventing the ...
Charles Manning Hope Clark. the majority threw him up in the air , caught him , and carried him bodily out of the hall to the cheers of the majority . The majority of delegates to the conference were looking for ways of preventing the ...
Contents
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A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
Alfred Deakin and Henry Lawson frontispiece | 112 |
Copyright | |
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