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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... military service . No British Labour man would have anything to do with such policies . Opposition to compulsory military service , especially in peacetime , had long been a settled tradition among English - speaking peoples . Yet in ...
... military service . No British Labour man would have anything to do with such policies . Opposition to compulsory military service , especially in peacetime , had long been a settled tradition among English - speaking peoples . Yet in ...
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... military conscription ended . At the end of the parliamentary session just before the Christmas recess , he outlined to the House his Government's new defence plans . The Commonwealth was to create its own local defence navy ...
... military conscription ended . At the end of the parliamentary session just before the Christmas recess , he outlined to the House his Government's new defence plans . The Commonwealth was to create its own local defence navy ...
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... military staff college . Kitchener had recommended that cadets should be charged a fee of £ 80 per annum . Even Hughes baulked at this élitist idea , and Labor egalitarianism ensured that entry to the Royal Military College at Duntroon ...
... military staff college . Kitchener had recommended that cadets should be charged a fee of £ 80 per annum . Even Hughes baulked at this élitist idea , and Labor egalitarianism ensured that entry to the Royal Military College at Duntroon ...
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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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