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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... fact that the British race is unable to propagate itself within the tropics a fact so well established by ethnologists that I should have thought it unnecessary to draw attention to it nowadays ' . 16 Protectionist Senator Dobson , of ...
... fact that the British race is unable to propagate itself within the tropics a fact so well established by ethnologists that I should have thought it unnecessary to draw attention to it nowadays ' . 16 Protectionist Senator Dobson , of ...
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... fact that the Commonwealth had no power , under the Constitution , to socialise industry wholesale . In fact it had very little power to regulate in any way the conduct of business corporations . In 1912 and 1915 the Labor Party had ...
... fact that the Commonwealth had no power , under the Constitution , to socialise industry wholesale . In fact it had very little power to regulate in any way the conduct of business corporations . In 1912 and 1915 the Labor Party had ...
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... fact the value of manufactured goods produced rose by nearly a quarter between 1919 and 1929 , 1919 and 1929 , from about £ 320,000,000 to £ 420,000,000 ; but nearly all of this was for the home market . When the Prime Minister spoke of ...
... fact the value of manufactured goods produced rose by nearly a quarter between 1919 and 1929 , 1919 and 1929 , from about £ 320,000,000 to £ 420,000,000 ; but nearly all of this was for the home market . When the Prime Minister spoke of ...
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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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