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... government , and there was much controversy in the local and British press over the colony's condition and future prospects . There was unemployment in Adelaide , and the government supported about one - twelfth of the population by ...
... government , and there was much controversy in the local and British press over the colony's condition and future prospects . There was unemployment in Adelaide , and the government supported about one - twelfth of the population by ...
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... GOVERNMENT BEGINS Parliaments were established in New South Wales , Victoria , South Australia and Tasmania in 1856. All of them were modelled in various ways on the House of Commons and the House of Lords in Britain , but unlike the ...
... GOVERNMENT BEGINS Parliaments were established in New South Wales , Victoria , South Australia and Tasmania in 1856. All of them were modelled in various ways on the House of Commons and the House of Lords in Britain , but unlike the ...
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... government , of taxation that they like . They may make any new experiments and develop any new line of policy that they may think adapted to their circumstances . On themselves entirely rests the duty of directing the course of Government ...
... government , of taxation that they like . They may make any new experiments and develop any new line of policy that they may think adapted to their circumstances . On themselves entirely rests the duty of directing the course of Government ...
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