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Billy's Knighthood : Order of the Boot single work   poetry   satire   "When bounder Billy went abroad he hatched a pretty plot"
Issue Details: First known date: 1916... 1916 Billy's Knighthood : Order of the Boot
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Notes

  • A satirical poem on Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes, whose attempt to introduce military conscription was defeated at the 1916 conscription referendum.

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    y separately published work icon The Labor Call 9 November 1916 6400005 1916 newspaper issue 1916 pg. 1
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