Australian Commentaries: Select Articles from the Round Table 1911-1942 edited by L L Robson

Book Description

Secondhand.

Australian Commentaries are articles on the political history of Australia in the decades encompassing the two world wars.

This selection includes commentaries on the conscriptions of 1916 and 1917, together with pieces on the emergence of the Country Party, the dramatic political events related to the Depression and its aftermath and the reaction of Australia to the rise of fascism in Europe and the outbreak of World War II.

The book is divided into 4 parts and includes:

1. 1911-1914 - Australia and the Empire, labour policy
2. 1915-1919 - Australia and the war, conscription, great strike, political sequel
3. 1920-1929 - the Country Party, immigration, politics, and administration in Papua
4. 1930-1942 - Elections, trade diversion, Australia at war

The Round Table is a group of influential citizens, scattered throughout the dominions, formed in London in 1909 to create a community of nations with a common interest in the destiny of the British Empire. They produced a quarterly review journal of the politics of the British Empire.