A History of Australia: The people make laws, 1888-1915The late Manning Clark aims to bring to attention the foibles and strengths in every person, traits forced to the fore in the hardship and trauma that occured during the establishment and develpment of white settlement in Australia. Clark sets out to use the tragedies and successes of national heroes such as explorerers and generals, and those of the average person such as soldiers at Gallipoli and farmer's wives, to create a memorable tableau. |
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... declared war on the Boer Republics on 5 October 1899 all the Australian colonies offered to send troops . The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies , Joseph Chamberlain , expressed his high appreciation of the patriotic spirit of ...
... declared war on the Boer Republics on 5 October 1899 all the Australian colonies offered to send troops . The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies , Joseph Chamberlain , expressed his high appreciation of the patriotic spirit of ...
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... declaring themselves superior to the many uneducated races of Asia and to untutored savages . 39 By contrast Labor ... declared that the ' leprous curse ' would make Australia a country no longer fit for the white man . Jim Page , a ...
... declaring themselves superior to the many uneducated races of Asia and to untutored savages . 39 By contrast Labor ... declared that the ' leprous curse ' would make Australia a country no longer fit for the white man . Jim Page , a ...
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... declared the object of the measure to be the ' establishment of industrial peace ' . There were difficulties . The division of powers between the Commonwealth and the states made it impossible for one Court to administer one statute ...
... declared the object of the measure to be the ' establishment of industrial peace ' . There were difficulties . The division of powers between the Commonwealth and the states made it impossible for one Court to administer one statute ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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