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... position . The new Prime Minister , Andrew Fisher , was an ex - coalminer who had emigrated from his native Ayrshire in Scotland to Queensland in 1885. He was then 23 years old . He continued to work at his trade in Australia . He was ...
... position . The new Prime Minister , Andrew Fisher , was an ex - coalminer who had emigrated from his native Ayrshire in Scotland to Queensland in 1885. He was then 23 years old . He continued to work at his trade in Australia . He was ...
Page 102
... position remained virtually unchanged for nearly four years . From the first days of the war Russia , the main ally ... positions at the top of the ridge , they clawed their way up the steep hillside and dug in . By the end of the day ...
... position remained virtually unchanged for nearly four years . From the first days of the war Russia , the main ally ... positions at the top of the ridge , they clawed their way up the steep hillside and dug in . By the end of the day ...
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... position . It is perhaps an indication of the stability and self - confidence of the federal A.L.P. at this time that the second Chifley Government was the only one in the history of Australia to last throughout a three - year ...
... position . It is perhaps an indication of the stability and self - confidence of the federal A.L.P. at this time that the second Chifley Government was the only one in the history of Australia to last throughout a three - year ...
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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