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In 1907, Chris Watson, leader of the federal Labor Party, began an article on “Our Empty North” by quoting President Roosevelt’s warning against leaving it so. By then, Roosevelt’s admonition had been repeated so many times it barely needed quotation. Watson reiterated the president’s claim that rich lands lay in Australia’s north and, more stridently than Roosevelt, he stressed the dangers of Asia:
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McGregor, R. (2016). Anxieties Aroused. In: Environment, Race, and Nationhood in Australia. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-91509-5_1
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