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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... leadership of the Labor Party . Ever since the Federal Conference of the party in 1905 Watson had not felt happy about the ... leader.15 Hughes and Fisher felt ill at ease in each other's company . Hughes was brilliant , Fisher was dull ...
... leadership of the Labor Party . Ever since the Federal Conference of the party in 1905 Watson had not felt happy about the ... leader.15 Hughes and Fisher felt ill at ease in each other's company . Hughes was brilliant , Fisher was dull ...
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... leader off his own face and revealed the servant of capital beneath . The same year he dismissed a resolution passed by the Trades Union Congress in favour of a six - hour day as ' a crude piece of theorising ' , charac- teristic of ...
... leader off his own face and revealed the servant of capital beneath . The same year he dismissed a resolution passed by the Trades Union Congress in favour of a six - hour day as ' a crude piece of theorising ' , charac- teristic of ...
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... leaders and revealing the bourgeois values underneath . Joseph Cook , the one - time Labor leader , put it all in homely language : Australians had proved themselves to be ' boys of the bull - dog breed ' . Australian blood was spilled ...
... leaders and revealing the bourgeois values underneath . Joseph Cook , the one - time Labor leader , put it all in homely language : Australians had proved themselves to be ' boys of the bull - dog breed ' . Australian blood was spilled ...
Contents
A TIME OF TUMULT | 91 |
THE TABLETS OF THE | 201 |
EMBOURGEOISEMENT | 251 |
Copyright | |
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