Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney |
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Accession Number | A03376 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
Maker |
Sydney Mail |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
Date made | c 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
The prime minister The Right Honourable W M Hughes, speaking in Martin Place, Sydney. In 1916 and ...
Description
The prime minister The Right Honourable W M Hughes, speaking in Martin Place, Sydney. In 1916 and again in 1917, in consequence of the falling off in recruiting, Mr Hughes laid a proposal for conscription before the people by means of a referendum. Popular opinion was sharply divided, there being honest convictions on each side. After the bitterest campaigns within memory the proposal was twice defeated, on each occasion by a comparatively narrow majority of the men and women voters of Australia.