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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... took what steps he could to attach party colleagues to his star . At the end of 1921 Sir Joseph Cook resigned as Treasurer to take Andrew Fisher's place as Commonwealth High Commissioner in London . Hughes took the opportunity to ...
... took what steps he could to attach party colleagues to his star . At the end of 1921 Sir Joseph Cook resigned as Treasurer to take Andrew Fisher's place as Commonwealth High Commissioner in London . Hughes took the opportunity to ...
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... took some immediate steps to meet the situation . Compulsory military training for home defence , enacted by Labor in 1910 , was abolished forthwith and other massive cuts were made in defence expenditure . The scheme for assisted ...
... took some immediate steps to meet the situation . Compulsory military training for home defence , enacted by Labor in 1910 , was abolished forthwith and other massive cuts were made in defence expenditure . The scheme for assisted ...
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... took over from Great Britain responsibility for 6 402 000 square kilometres of frozen wastes in the Antarctic continent . All parties accepted it almost as a matter of routine though Norman Makin , Labor member for Port Adelaide and an ...
... took over from Great Britain responsibility for 6 402 000 square kilometres of frozen wastes in the Antarctic continent . All parties accepted it almost as a matter of routine though Norman Makin , Labor member for Port Adelaide and an ...
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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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