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Australia's History – ‘Australian’ or ‘British’?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Ged Martin
Ged Martin
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University College, Cork
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The Historical Journal , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , December 1980 , pp. 1009 - 1018
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