A History of Australia: 'The old dead and the young tree green', 1916-1935Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... leader was crowded , not with his political colleagues and his mates in the Labor Party , but with the ' very best ' , the ' cream of society ' , leaders in the world of commerce , manufacturing , trans- portation and finance . The ...
... leader was crowded , not with his political colleagues and his mates in the Labor Party , but with the ' very best ' , the ' cream of society ' , leaders in the world of commerce , manufacturing , trans- portation and finance . The ...
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... leader and Edmund Jowett deputy leader . McWilliams was chosen as ' provisional leader ' because of his previous parliamentary experience in Tasmania . A newspaper proprietor and journalist , he was a stop - gap until such time as a leader ...
... leader and Edmund Jowett deputy leader . McWilliams was chosen as ' provisional leader ' because of his previous parliamentary experience in Tasmania . A newspaper proprietor and journalist , he was a stop - gap until such time as a leader ...
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... leader of his Party . On 5 April his colleagues chose Bertram Stevens as party leader . Stevens was not a man to allow a nonconformist conscience to temper his political passions , nor was he a sensitive soul who needed to be revived by ...
... leader of his Party . On 5 April his colleagues chose Bertram Stevens as party leader . Stevens was not a man to allow a nonconformist conscience to temper his political passions , nor was he a sensitive soul who needed to be revived by ...
Contents
VICTORY OF THE COMFORTABLE CLASSES | 47 |
A DIVIDED AUSTRALIA | 80 |
John Joseph Ambrose Curtin and Robert Gordon Menzies frontispiece | 116 |
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