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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... Senate , a Senate possessing equal powers with the House of Representatives , he argued , was the essential condition of accepting federation . The minority could check and restrain the majority : the less populous States would not be ...
... Senate , a Senate possessing equal powers with the House of Representatives , he argued , was the essential condition of accepting federation . The minority could check and restrain the majority : the less populous States would not be ...
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... Senate - that is , not simply as a States Assembly , as had been suggested in the 1891 Bill . The committee substituted direct election by the people in each state as one electorate for election by the parliaments of the states as ...
... Senate - that is , not simply as a States Assembly , as had been suggested in the 1891 Bill . The committee substituted direct election by the people in each state as one electorate for election by the parliaments of the states as ...
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... Senate , the power of the Senate over money bills , and the resolution of deadlocks . All four came back to the central question : where did power reside , in the people or in some minority ? 34 The delegates in Sydney saw more of the ...
... Senate , the power of the Senate over money bills , and the resolution of deadlocks . All four came back to the central question : where did power reside , in the people or in some minority ? 34 The delegates in Sydney saw more of the ...
Contents
A TIME OF TUMULT | 91 |
THE TABLETS OF THE | 201 |
EMBOURGEOISEMENT | 251 |
Copyright | |
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