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| | Australian Quotes & Notes - The Quotes - 1901 to 1950 |
 | | Morant was an adopted Australian of dubious past (he was supposed to have been married, briefly, to Daisy Bates before she went forth to supervise the twilight of the tribes), while Handcock was a clear-eyed Australian lad (his name was quietly added to a war memorial in Bathurst, NSW, later). |
 | | Australians did not learn of the executions until long after the men were buried and, as a consequence, passed the Australian Defence Act the following year which made certain that Australian soldiers under British command could not be executed. |
 | | Australians, tired of the great events that had ruled their lives in the previous decade, embraced the 'pictures'. |
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