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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... protect Australian manufac- tures against outside competition . The government had come before the people of Australia at the election of May 1901 pledged to introduce moderate protection . It had brought down legislation to introduce a ...
... protect Australian manufac- tures against outside competition . The government had come before the people of Australia at the election of May 1901 pledged to introduce moderate protection . It had brought down legislation to introduce a ...
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... Protection had contented itself with making good wages possible . The New Protection sought ' to make them actual ' . It aimed ' at according to the manufacturer that degree of exemption from unfair outside competition ' which would ...
... Protection had contented itself with making good wages possible . The New Protection sought ' to make them actual ' . It aimed ' at according to the manufacturer that degree of exemption from unfair outside competition ' which would ...
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... Protection , Arbitration and Nationalization of Monopolies . Labor reaffirmed its belief in a citizens defence force as a guarantee of national security , to improve the morals of the workers and as a protection against militarism ; in ...
... Protection , Arbitration and Nationalization of Monopolies . Labor reaffirmed its belief in a citizens defence force as a guarantee of national security , to improve the morals of the workers and as a protection against militarism ; in ...
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A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
Alfred Deakin and Henry Lawson frontispiece | 112 |
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