The Australian Commonwealth: A Picture of the Community 1901-1955 by Brian Fitzpatrick

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned. Dust jacket has wear to the edges and is now enclosed in a glossy protective cover.

At a time when Australians are becoming passionately interested in their traditions and way of life, this vigorously written, entertaining and scholarly book should meet with the widest responses. It is a description and interpretation of community life in the Australian Commonwealth, the nation that came into being on the first day of this century.

It deals with politics and government and other aspects of Australian life, such as speech and accent, White Australia, Aborigines, education, housing, work habits, industrial arbitration and civil liberties.