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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... nearly all ( white ) Australians , like other people of European descent , believed that ' coloured people ' were innately , genetically inferior to whites . Nevertheless , Federal Parliament was , almost from the beginning ...
... nearly all ( white ) Australians , like other people of European descent , believed that ' coloured people ' were innately , genetically inferior to whites . Nevertheless , Federal Parliament was , almost from the beginning ...
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... nearly doubled under the Lyons Government . In 1933 the Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act took over from Great Britain responsibility for 6 402 000 square kilometres of frozen wastes in the Antarctic continent . All parties accepted it ...
... nearly doubled under the Lyons Government . In 1933 the Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act took over from Great Britain responsibility for 6 402 000 square kilometres of frozen wastes in the Antarctic continent . All parties accepted it ...
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... nearly all Catholic parents sent their children to Catholic schools , nearly all Protestant or agnostic parents , except for the wealthier among them , sent their children to the secular government schools . For nearly a hundred years ...
... nearly all Catholic parents sent their children to Catholic schools , nearly all Protestant or agnostic parents , except for the wealthier among them , sent their children to the secular government schools . For nearly a hundred years ...
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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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