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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. At first Parliament was
...
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. At first Parliament was
...
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Labor administrations introduced it in Tasmania in 1928 and in Western Australia
in 1936. DEFENCE AND PEACETIME CONSCRIPTION In its first year of office
the Fisher Government resolved the decade of argument about national defence
...
Labor administrations introduced it in Tasmania in 1928 and in Western Australia
in 1936. DEFENCE AND PEACETIME CONSCRIPTION In its first year of office
the Fisher Government resolved the decade of argument about national defence
...
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He did so by saying remarkably little about Spain or Abyssinia and concentrating
attention instead on Australian defence. The Government was spending most on
renovation of the Navy. Curtin, prophetically, urged the development of a ...
He did so by saying remarkably little about Spain or Abyssinia and concentrating
attention instead on Australian defence. The Government was spending most on
renovation of the Navy. Curtin, prophetically, urged the development of a ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
Arrival of the New Baby | 19 |
Legislation and White Australia | 29 |
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