The History of Australia: The Twentieth Century, 1901-1975 |
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At the time of federation nearly all ( white ) Australians , like other people of
European descent , believed that ' coloured people were innately , genetically
inferior to whites . Nevertheless , Federal Parliament was , almost from the
beginning ...
At the time of federation nearly all ( white ) Australians , like other people of
European descent , believed that ' coloured people were innately , genetically
inferior to whites . Nevertheless , Federal Parliament was , almost from the
beginning ...
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He also believed , no doubt , in the importance of his own possession of power
and in the unimportance of the methods by which he achieved it . His two
overriding passions were for a fairer distribution of this world's goods within the ...
He also believed , no doubt , in the importance of his own possession of power
and in the unimportance of the methods by which he achieved it . His two
overriding passions were for a fairer distribution of this world's goods within the ...
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Many Western Australians had long believed that they were severely
disadvantaged by federal policies , particularly by the settled national policy of
protection for secondary industries . With a population of less than 500 ooo in
1933 out of a ...
Many Western Australians had long believed that they were severely
disadvantaged by federal policies , particularly by the settled national policy of
protection for secondary industries . With a population of less than 500 ooo in
1933 out of a ...
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Contents
A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
Legislation and White Australia | 29 |
Deakin Watson Reid and arbitration 41 Deakin Watson Reid and arbitration | 46 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The History of Australia: The Twentieth Century, 1901-1975 |
| Author | Russel Braddock Ward |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Heinemann Educational Books, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 8 Apr 2009 |
| ISBN | 0435329995, 9780435329990 |
| Length | 515 pages |
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