A History of Australia: The people make laws, 1888-1915Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... idea of Australia as a ' new Britannia in another world ' . The centenary of New South Wales had prompted Henry Parkes to suggest the writing of a history of New South Wales and the publication of the historical records of New South ...
... idea of Australia as a ' new Britannia in another world ' . The centenary of New South Wales had prompted Henry Parkes to suggest the writing of a history of New South Wales and the publication of the historical records of New South ...
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... idea of equating material well - being and creature comforts with happiness and moral rectitude . Thucydides , Sophocles , the Book of Ecclesiastes , the Book of Job and the Penitential Psalms had taught him not to expect much from ...
... idea of equating material well - being and creature comforts with happiness and moral rectitude . Thucydides , Sophocles , the Book of Ecclesiastes , the Book of Job and the Penitential Psalms had taught him not to expect much from ...
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... idea of the State as an umpire for the settlement of industrial disputes was not new . The objection was the same as to State intervention in other fields of economic activity , namely violation of the liberty of the individual . But ...
... idea of the State as an umpire for the settlement of industrial disputes was not new . The objection was the same as to State intervention in other fields of economic activity , namely violation of the liberty of the individual . But ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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