Reid, George 28, 68, 74, 162 n29, 279
religion
ignored by Hancock 97, 97 n8
pluralism 63–5, 67
relation to democracy 86, 94– 6
Second Great Awakening 94
see alsoBible, Church of England, Catholic
Church and Catholicism, Christian
Science, Churches of Christ, Dissenting
churches, Evangelicalism, Islam,
Methodism, Mormonism, Protestantism
and Seventh-Day Adventism
Ridley’s stripper 246
Roe, M. 7, 47, 48, 94, 97
‘Rogernomics’301, 302
Royal Commissions 11 n16, 181, 191, 259,
260, 305 n37
Rubinstein, Helena 240
Rudd, Kevin 129, 130, 131
rugby league 51, 209 n1, 212
National Rugby League (NRL) 215, 217, 218
n10 n11, 222
rugby union 210, 212, 213, 214, 303
Rusden, H. K. 68
safety legislation and rhetoric 46, 129,
135, 174 n12, 216, 218, 223,
237, 306
Saint-Simon, H. de 84
Santamaria, B. A. 76
Saskatchewan 277
wheat pool 257, 263
Savage, Michael Joseph 296, 299 n24, 304,
305 n37
schools
charter 3, 8
government 3, 26, 43 n17, 65,
68 – 71, 180
non-government 3 n6, 3 n8, 8, 26, 68–71,
212, 213 n4, 238
Scots 35, 40, 75, 253, 263
in New Zealand 295, 296, 297
Scullin, James 66
Scullin Labor government 123
sea level changes 17, 18
Second World War in Australian history 22, 30,
111, 172, 192
sectarianism 38, 65, 72, 96
secularism 26, 47, 62–7, 69–70, 75– 6
self-interest 40, 95, 245, 262
self-regulation 249– 50
Senate of Australia 108, 148, 150, 158, 161,
224 n21, 267, 268, 275–7, 279, 281, 282,
286, 287
Seventh-Day Adventism 64, 73
Shann, Edward 48, 237
Shaw, A. G. L. 240, 241
Shaw, George 228, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236,
240, 241
shearers 39, 40, 56, 120, 235
Singapore 119
Social Credit Party of New Zealand 299
see alsowelfare state
socialism 28, 46, 47 n26, 154 n17, 236, 238
and anti-socialism 74
colonial 27, 167, 236, 244
sans doctrine112, 168, 177
societal technology, domain of 45, 46
South Africa 231
gold 23
South Australia 12 n19, 24, 29, 43 n19, 52 n35,
55, 64, 108, 144, 145,148, 158,159, 160 n25,
177, 178, 181 n24, 214, 219, 222 n16, 246,
248, 259–61, 263, 280, 291, 292, 295
Soviet Union 28, 161, 176 n13, 299 n25
Speight, Richard 180, 181
sport 11, 30, 147, 209– 25
amateurs and professionals in sport 212– 13
anti-competitive practises in 215, 217
mania for 30, 209
stadium subsidies 219–21, 224 n19
WOMBATS (white old men in blazers
and ties) 224
state experiments 295
state industrial authorities 120
public ownership 89
see alsocolonial socialism
state socialism 236
status, domain of 35– 7
statutory corporations 175, 177, 180– 1
Stephen, James 47, 49 n29
Strauss, L. 86
strikes 37, 50 n31, 51, 175, 238, 261, 299
by players 216
by railway workers 175– 6
by seamen (1890) 120
by shearers (1891) 120
general strike, Victoria 123
sanctions against 50 n31, 123
see alsoIndustrial Relations
stripper-harvester 231, 246
stump-jump plough 246, 248
suburbia 47, 97, 181, 231, 238
suicide 54 n41, 113
Sumner, W. G. 102
superannuation
advocates 189
assets 191, 196, 198
compulsory contributions 195
coverage 190
criticism 201, 205
fees 201
history 191, 193
household debt 203Index