The History of Australia: The Twentieth Century, 1901-1975 |
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Page 56
... DEFENCE Deakin's fervent nationalism ensured that he was always concerned with the problem of Australian defence , though he handed the portfolio to colleagues in all his governments . At first Parliament was apathetic on the subject ...
... DEFENCE Deakin's fervent nationalism ensured that he was always concerned with the problem of Australian defence , though he handed the portfolio to colleagues in all his governments . At first Parliament was apathetic on the subject ...
Page 84
... Defence Act of 1910 established a Naval Board , responsible to the Minister for Defence , to administer the new fleet . Ships had already been ordered . The destroyers Parramatta and Yarra arrived from Britain in September . By the time ...
... Defence Act of 1910 established a Naval Board , responsible to the Minister for Defence , to administer the new fleet . Ships had already been ordered . The destroyers Parramatta and Yarra arrived from Britain in September . By the time ...
Page 225
... defence . The Government was spending most on renovation of the Navy . Curtin , prophetically , urged the development of a defensive air arm , underlining one of the points in Hughes's book , that the Royal Australian Air Force should ...
... defence . The Government was spending most on renovation of the Navy . Curtin , prophetically , urged the development of a defensive air arm , underlining one of the points in Hughes's book , that the Royal Australian Air Force should ...
Contents
A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
THREE ELEVENS IN THE FIELD c 19041908 | 55 |
LABOR IN POWER c 19091913 | 68 |
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