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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WHITE AUSTRALIA AND 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 .
WHITE AUSTRALIA AND 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 .
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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 longstanding 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 longstanding Party policy for the creation of a separate Australian ...
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The Naval 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 Parram atta and Yarra arrived from Britain in September .
The Naval 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 Parram atta and Yarra arrived from Britain in September .
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Contents
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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| Title | The History of Australia: The Twentieth Century |
| Author | Russel Braddock Ward |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 22 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0060145145, 9780060145149 |
| Length | 515 pages |
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