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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... DEFENCE Deakin's fervent nationalism ensured that he was always concerned with the problem of Australian defence , though he handed the portfolio to colleagues in all his governments . At first Parliament was apathetic on the subject ...
... DEFENCE Deakin's fervent nationalism ensured that he was always concerned with the problem of Australian defence , though he handed the portfolio to colleagues in all his governments . At first Parliament was apathetic on the subject ...
Page 83
... DEFENCE AND PEACETIME CONSCRIPTION In its first year of office the Fisher Government resolved the decade of argument about national defence forces by implementing the long- standing Party policy for the creation of a separate Australian ...
... DEFENCE AND PEACETIME CONSCRIPTION In its first year of office the Fisher Government resolved the decade of argument about national defence forces by implementing the long- standing Party policy for the creation of a separate Australian ...
Page 84
... Defence Act of 1910 established a Naval Board , responsible to the Minister for Defence , to administer the new fleet . Ships had already been ordered . The destroyers Parramatta and Yarra arrived from Britain in September . By the time ...
... Defence Act of 1910 established a Naval Board , responsible to the Minister for Defence , to administer the new fleet . Ships had already been ordered . The destroyers Parramatta and Yarra arrived from Britain in September . By the time ...
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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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