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Historian on his own.(The Fuss That Never Ended)(Book Review)
GEOFFREY BLAINEY has over thirty books to his credit, including one on the mining industry titled The Rush That Never Ended. In 1984 he became the most controversial historian in the country when the metropolitan press reported some of his comments on the rate of migration, especially from Asia, and its impact on traditional Australian communities. Anyone who attempted to explore this issue was likely to be shouted down with charges of "racist", and Blainey suffered the treatment with both barrels. This outburst of generally misdirected spleen and the rejoinder from Blainey and associates is the "fuss" of the title of The Fuss That Never Ended.
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