The History of Australia: The Twentieth CenturyHow governments and social policy from 1900 to 1975 led to the development of a national Australian consciousness. |
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... protectionist policy from 1861 onwards , while New South Wales had remained more or less faithful to free trade . Thus , by the time of federation , manufacturing industry was much stronger in Victoria than in any other colony , while ...
... protectionist policy from 1861 onwards , while New South Wales had remained more or less faithful to free trade . Thus , by the time of federation , manufacturing industry was much stronger in Victoria than in any other colony , while ...
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... Protectionist or Freetrader of them all ; but they had more cause than did middle - class people to fear them on economic grounds also . As the radical Protectionist member H. B. Higgins put it : In the determination of this question we ...
... Protectionist or Freetrader of them all ; but they had more cause than did middle - class people to fear them on economic grounds also . As the radical Protectionist member H. B. Higgins put it : In the determination of this question we ...
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... Protectionist member , Isaac Isaacs , who glowered at him from the opposite front bench , he sneered : ' The Right Honourable minister looks as if he would like to eat me ' . Isaacs replied instantly : ' The Right Honourable member has ...
... Protectionist member , Isaac Isaacs , who glowered at him from the opposite front bench , he sneered : ' The Right Honourable minister looks as if he would like to eat me ' . Isaacs replied instantly : ' The Right Honourable member has ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
Legislation and White Australia | 29 |
New Protection and the Basic Wage | 46 |
Copyright | |
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