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The Australian Citizen

By Walter Murdoch

The Australian Citizen

By Walter Murdoch

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What holds a country together? Murdoch answers plainly: shared ideas, just laws, and citizens who choose to do right. Beginning with the "social instinct" that draws people into community, he explains government as society's tool-made, improved, and kept running by ordinary men and women. He distinguishes the legislature, judiciary, and executive; shows how local councils handle roads, health, and water; how the States steward wider responsibilities; and how the Commonwealth manages matters of "common concern." Throughout, examples and analogies make abstract terms vivid and practical.Readers finish with more than facts: they gain habits of attention, fair-mindedness, and public spirit-virtues that steady judgment, welcome responsibility, and turn love of country into everyday goodwill.
Product details
Number of Pages:
226
Release Date:
2026-01-01
Publication Date:
2026-01-01
Publisher:
Living Book Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
176153971X
ISBN13:
9781761539718
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
456 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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