A History of Australia: The people make laws, 1888-1915Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... industry . By 1900 machines were being used for all field labour in the industry except the cutting of the cane . White men working for themselves and using the best labour - saving equipment were gradually displacing the coloured ...
... industry . By 1900 machines were being used for all field labour in the industry except the cutting of the cane . White men working for themselves and using the best labour - saving equipment were gradually displacing the coloured ...
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... industry should be protected against competition from industry employing cheap labour , or left to open competition . Still clinging to the doctrines of free trade in a decade when they had lost their relevance , George Reid argued that ...
... industry should be protected against competition from industry employing cheap labour , or left to open competition . Still clinging to the doctrines of free trade in a decade when they had lost their relevance , George Reid argued that ...
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... industry , which in turn entailed an Australian iron and steel industry . Mr Deakin had always argued that an Australian iron and steel industry could be developed only under the umbrella of protection . With the support of Labor Mr ...
... industry , which in turn entailed an Australian iron and steel industry . Mr Deakin had always argued that an Australian iron and steel industry could be developed only under the umbrella of protection . With the support of Labor Mr ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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