tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post5128572462164005620..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: TooramUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-62336148494941813582007-07-04T12:14:00.000+10:002007-07-04T12:14:00.000+10:00Post ScriptumI had an original hard-cover MUP issu...<I>Post Scriptum</I><BR/><BR/>I had an original hard-cover MUP issue of the 1923 edition, which I purchased from some crusty second hand bookshop in Sydney.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately some idiot put pen-marks all the way through it (<I>who</I> does that?! morons). That was the only thing that bugged me about it.<BR/><BR/>Later, I found the CAS hard-cover reprint in near-mint condition, bought it, and gave the MUP one to a friend in Armidale.<BR/><BR/>Buying second hand books these days has become something of an addiction - there is so much garbage being published these days; it seems if you want to read something "normal" or "real", you have to turn to what is out of print or not mass marketed...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-8542759829843695592007-07-04T12:05:00.000+10:002007-07-04T12:05:00.000+10:00I find Myra Willard's literature also illustrates ...I find Myra Willard's literature also illustrates how opposition to immigration in colonial and early federation Australia was <I>not</I> motivated by malice or the desire to discriminate.<BR/><BR/>In fact, various State and Commonwealth <I>Hansard</I> reports that most of those in opposition to coolie immigration were in fact concerned over the social welfare of the proposed immigrant.<BR/><BR/>For those interested, the citation is:<BR/><BR/><B>Myra Willard, <I>History of the White Australia Policy to 1920</I>, Melbourne University Press (1923); reprinted by CAS (1968); <A HREF="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?tn=History+of+the+White+Australia+Policy+to+1920&sortby=93&sts=t&an=Myra+Willard&fromanz=fromanz&y=8&x=69" REL="nofollow"><I>ABEbooks</I> Search Results</A> (@ 4 July 2007).</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-11616240780408717432007-07-03T22:41:00.000+10:002007-07-03T22:41:00.000+10:00Of Many Things: A History of the Shire of Warrnamb...<I>Of Many Things: A History of the Shire of Warrnambool</I> by C.E. Sayers, 1972.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-50318036669642512662007-07-03T22:03:00.000+10:002007-07-03T22:03:00.000+10:00Just out of curisocity, what's the name of the boo...Just out of curisocity, what's the name of the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com