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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... parliament , as had been clearly and forcibly demonstrated during the progress of the late strike , the union should adopt a political platform . Again there was no mention of the heady hopes with which William Lane was once a month ...
... parliament , as had been clearly and forcibly demonstrated during the progress of the late strike , the union should adopt a political platform . Again there was no mention of the heady hopes with which William Lane was once a month ...
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... parliaments of New South Wales , Victoria , South Australia and Tasmania passed Enabling Acts to prescribe the method of election of ten delegates from each colony . Queensland did not pass an Enabling Act because the members of parliament ...
... parliaments of New South Wales , Victoria , South Australia and Tasmania passed Enabling Acts to prescribe the method of election of ten delegates from each colony . Queensland did not pass an Enabling Act because the members of parliament ...
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... Parliament otherwise provides , The Parliament may grant financial assistance to any State on such terms and conditions as The Parliament thinks fit ' ; the site of the capital of the Com- monwealth to be in New South Wales at a ...
... Parliament otherwise provides , The Parliament may grant financial assistance to any State on such terms and conditions as The Parliament thinks fit ' ; the site of the capital of the Com- monwealth to be in New South Wales at a ...
Contents
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A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
Alfred Deakin and Henry Lawson frontispiece | 112 |
Copyright | |
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