One Big Happy Family
Mary Leunig, One Big Happy Family, 1992
Mary Leunig, One Big Happy Family, 1992
For the first time in Australian history, a governor-general dismissed a prime minister and government.
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Australians were asked to vote on whether men in National Service could be deployed to fight in World War One.
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