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EARLY IN 1896 the President of the Australian Natives Association, James Hume
Cook, arrived in Charters Towers, Queensland, to preach the gospel of federation
. The chairman of a meeting to promote federation, a northerner, and as such ...
EARLY IN 1896 the President of the Australian Natives Association, James Hume
Cook, arrived in Charters Towers, Queensland, to preach the gospel of federation
. The chairman of a meeting to promote federation, a northerner, and as such ...
Page 367
On 2 June Cook presented a memorandum to the Governor-General requesting
a double dissolution. He argued that so long as the government was in a majority
in the House of Representatives, the popular house, as he called it, then the ...
On 2 June Cook presented a memorandum to the Governor-General requesting
a double dissolution. He argued that so long as the government was in a majority
in the House of Representatives, the popular house, as he called it, then the ...
Page 368
Joseph Cook wore on his face the smile of a victor: Mr Fisher wore an expression
of righteous indignation. According to British tradition, parliament was a fortress
against anarchy, despotism and mob rule, but the behaviour of members quickly
...
Joseph Cook wore on his face the smile of a victor: Mr Fisher wore an expression
of righteous indignation. According to British tradition, parliament was a fortress
against anarchy, despotism and mob rule, but the behaviour of members quickly
...
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Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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| Title | A History of Australia: The people make laws, 1888-1915 Volume 5 of A History of Australia: 1888-1915. The People Make Laws, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 Volume 5 of A History of Australia: The People Make Laws. 1888-1915, Manning Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0522842232, 9780522842234 |
| Length | 464 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand History / General |
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