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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... usually rely on ' the Catholic vote ' . Catholic opinion leaders , lay and clerical , usually assumed that Labor was the party through which they might exercise political influence . There were many reasons for this . First , as ...
... usually rely on ' the Catholic vote ' . Catholic opinion leaders , lay and clerical , usually assumed that Labor was the party through which they might exercise political influence . There were many reasons for this . First , as ...
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... usually agreed with ' Eddie ' Ward and J. T. Lang that no overseas quarrel was worth the sacrifice of one Australian life . These people opposed sanctions and urged strict neutrality in the Spanish war . In August 1935 an international ...
... usually agreed with ' Eddie ' Ward and J. T. Lang that no overseas quarrel was worth the sacrifice of one Australian life . These people opposed sanctions and urged strict neutrality in the Spanish war . In August 1935 an international ...
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... usually fought to the death too . Disease , climate and terrain were enemies almost as formidable as the Japanese . Most of the fighting took place in stifling , humid , jungle country , criss - crossed by precipitous mountains , the ...
... usually fought to the death too . Disease , climate and terrain were enemies almost as formidable as the Japanese . Most of the fighting took place in stifling , humid , jungle country , criss - crossed by precipitous mountains , the ...
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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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