A History of Australia: The people make laws, 1888-1915Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 83
... dream . They were the models of the Australian dream , of a society where any man could rise to the top by merit and industry . So was South Australia . Tasmania was still that stricken society , haunted by ghosts of the original ...
... dream . They were the models of the Australian dream , of a society where any man could rise to the top by merit and industry . So was South Australia . Tasmania was still that stricken society , haunted by ghosts of the original ...
Page 109
... dream , and a figure that brought back memories of a first waltz by moonlight ' . Some men and women on the fields had hearts reputed to be as ' false as the inside of hell ' . They spread rumours concerning great goldfields out on the ...
... dream , and a figure that brought back memories of a first waltz by moonlight ' . Some men and women on the fields had hearts reputed to be as ' false as the inside of hell ' . They spread rumours concerning great goldfields out on the ...
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... dream . In a language intelligible to every man he explained how a judicious use of state assistance to economic activity could create a society in which there was both material well - being for all and equality of opportunity without ...
... dream . In a language intelligible to every man he explained how a judicious use of state assistance to economic activity could create a society in which there was both material well - being for all and equality of opportunity without ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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