Times Past: December 12, 1949

By Jasper Lindell
December 12 2019 - 12:00am
The front page of The Canberra Times on December 12, 1949.
The front page of The Canberra Times on December 12, 1949.

On the Monday after the 1949 federal election, some of the dust had settled and readers of The Canberra Times woke to the news that the Liberal-Country Party coalition had secured a majority in every state.

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