Honouring a Nation : A History of Australia's Honours System.
By: Fox, Karen.
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BookPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2022Copyright date: �2022Edition: 1st ed.Description: 1 online resource (296 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781760465018.Subject(s): Awards--Australia--History | Medals--Australia--History | Decorations of honor--Australia--HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Author's note -- List of honours -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit of democracy, 1788-1900 -- 2. Nation and state, 1901-1914 -- 3. New empire order, 1914-1918 -- 4. Repugnant to the people? 1919-1939 -- 5. In war and peace, 1939-1967 -- 6. It's time, 1967-1975 -- 7. A system divided, 1975-1990 -- 8. Barbeque stopper, 1990-2015 -- Epilogue -- Works cited.
The first detailed history of imperial and national honours in Australia, Honouring a Nation tells the story of the honours system's transformation from instrument of imperial unity to national institution.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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