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The Twentieth Century Russel Braddock Ward. there perhaps for a few nights , perhaps only for one . They hunted and lived in extended family groups or hordes , each numbering on the average about forty or fifty . Neighbouring hordes ...
The Twentieth Century Russel Braddock Ward. there perhaps for a few nights , perhaps only for one . They hunted and lived in extended family groups or hordes , each numbering on the average about forty or fifty . Neighbouring hordes ...
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... perhaps , to bring down the Government . The Opposition manoeuvre misfired . Alarmed at the possibility of the Bill's being held up indefinitely , Labor senators in a body swung behind the Government and passed the Bill in the form in ...
... perhaps , to bring down the Government . The Opposition manoeuvre misfired . Alarmed at the possibility of the Bill's being held up indefinitely , Labor senators in a body swung behind the Government and passed the Bill in the form in ...
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... Perhaps this was an augury of things to come . Six months later , in October , West Australians elected their first majority State Labor Government led by John Scaddan . Perhaps , too , the Government thought , people had voted ' No ...
... Perhaps this was an augury of things to come . Six months later , in October , West Australians elected their first majority State Labor Government led by John Scaddan . Perhaps , too , the Government thought , people had voted ' No ...
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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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