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Page 74
The majority of the delegates came down firmly on the conservative side. They
accepted a constitution in which the Senate had equal powers with the
Representatives, and the Governor-General was vested with all the reserve
powers of the ...
The majority of the delegates came down firmly on the conservative side. They
accepted a constitution in which the Senate had equal powers with the
Representatives, and the Governor-General was vested with all the reserve
powers of the ...
Page 149
But the prophets of the people had turned silent.33 The delegates to the Federal
Convention assembled again in Parliament House, Sydney, on 2 September
1897. There were still fifty delegates, Queensland not having resolved the ...
But the prophets of the people had turned silent.33 The delegates to the Federal
Convention assembled again in Parliament House, Sydney, on 2 September
1897. There were still fifty delegates, Queensland not having resolved the ...
Page 154
Outside the convention the radicals clamorously warned of the 'terrible
Frankenstein monster' the delegates were creating, and that all the delegates
wanted was to make sure that no Australian parliament could ever interfere with '
rings, trusts, ...
Outside the convention the radicals clamorously warned of the 'terrible
Frankenstein monster' the delegates were creating, and that all the delegates
wanted was to make sure that no Australian parliament could ever interfere with '
rings, trusts, ...
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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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