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Page 82
... Canberra acquire the power needed to run the nation . The states still feud and cheat like jealous sisters locked up in a house on a rainy day . One day in 1913 at an open - air gathering of dignitaries the wife of the governor general ...
... Canberra acquire the power needed to run the nation . The states still feud and cheat like jealous sisters locked up in a house on a rainy day . One day in 1913 at an open - air gathering of dignitaries the wife of the governor general ...
Page 160
... Canberra " stance . Yet a moment later he says , " Gough made Joh , " meaning that Bjelke- Petersen got the Queensland people behind him when he fought with Whitlam's Canberra . " Gough was wrong to talk of ' piss - ant states ' and ...
... Canberra " stance . Yet a moment later he says , " Gough made Joh , " meaning that Bjelke- Petersen got the Queensland people behind him when he fought with Whitlam's Canberra . " Gough was wrong to talk of ' piss - ant states ' and ...
Page 284
... Canberra , " and when you step out of the plane in Canberra all problems have become easier to solve . Canberra has even got its own language , unknown to ordinary Australians . Things are ' accessed . ' Leaders ' resile ' on their ...
... Canberra , " and when you step out of the plane in Canberra all problems have become easier to solve . Canberra has even got its own language , unknown to ordinary Australians . Things are ' accessed . ' Leaders ' resile ' on their ...
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Memories of Yesterday 324 | 13 |
Impressions Today | 34 |
Who Are the Australians? | 62 |
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