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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... became world champion swimmer over 200 metres and two years later became the first human being to swim 100 yards ( 90 metres ) in 60 seconds . His team - mate in 1902 , R. T. ( ' Dick ' ) Cavill , broke many other world records and was ...
... became world champion swimmer over 200 metres and two years later became the first human being to swim 100 yards ( 90 metres ) in 60 seconds . His team - mate in 1902 , R. T. ( ' Dick ' ) Cavill , broke many other world records and was ...
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... became a farm - boy at the age of twelve and was then apprenticed to a carpenter for five years . He became a fully qualified tradesman in the depth of the depression of the early 1890s . As there was no work to be had he joined the ...
... became a farm - boy at the age of twelve and was then apprenticed to a carpenter for five years . He became a fully qualified tradesman in the depth of the depression of the early 1890s . As there was no work to be had he joined the ...
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... became secretary of the Wharf Labourers ' Union and later president of the nation - wide Waterside Workers ' Federation . He was one of the founders of the Labor Party in New South Wales and was elected to the Legislative Assembly in ...
... became secretary of the Wharf Labourers ' Union and later president of the nation - wide Waterside Workers ' Federation . He was one of the founders of the Labor Party in New South Wales and was elected to the Legislative Assembly in ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
Legislation and White Australia | 29 |
New Protection and the Basic Wage | 46 |
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