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Edmund Barton (1849-1920) (subject)

Keep off the grass [11 October 1901]

10 May 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An editorial critical of the Barton government’s acceptance of the British government’s directive to not create an explicitly racial immigration law. Published in The Independent (Deniliquin, NSW), 11 October 1901.] Keep off the grass. “When in doubt, play … [Read more...] about Keep off the grass [11 October 1901]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Edmund Barton (1849-1920) (subject), Joseph Chamberlain (subject) (1836-1914), racial attitudes, racial purity (White Australia), SourceTrove, White Australia Policy, year1901

Edmund Barton, the great federal leader [by Professor Ernest Scott, 22 July 1939]

4 October 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is part ten of the “Men who made Australia” series written by Professor Ernest Scott.] Men who made Australia — No. 10 Edmund Barton, the great federal leader Sir Ernest Scott, continuing his series of articles on the men who made Australia, brings before … [Read more...] about Edmund Barton, the great federal leader [by Professor Ernest Scott, 22 July 1939]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Edmund Barton (1849-1920) (subject), Ernest Scott (author) (1867-1939), Men who made Australia [articles by Professor Ernest Scott], SourceTrove, year1939

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Brian Cadd [music videos and biography]
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Grant Hervey
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Rex Ingamells
Henry Kendall
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“Dryblower” Murphy
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Recent Posts

  • New South Wales [October 1884]
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  • James Maria Matra [by J. H. Watson, 4 February 1911]
  • The Man from Snowy River [poem by Banjo Paterson]
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  • Henry Lawson dead. Poet of the people passes [7 September 1922]
  • Rommel’s comments on Australian soldiers [1941-1942]

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The Bastard from the Bush [poem, circa 1900]
A Book for Kids [by C. J. Dennis, 1921]
Click Go the Shears [traditional Australian song, 1890s]
Core of My Heart [“My Country”, poem by Dorothea Mackellar, 24 October 1908]
Freedom on the Wallaby [poem by Henry Lawson, 16 May 1891]
The Man from Ironbark [poem by Banjo Paterson]
Nationality [poem by Mary Gilmore, 12 May 1942]
The Newcastle song [music video, sung by Bob Hudson]
No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest [poem by Mary Gilmore, 29 June 1940]
Our pipes [short story by Henry Lawson]
Rommel’s comments on Australian soldiers [1941-1942]
Shooting the moon [short story by Henry Lawson]

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