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Barton made it clear to the delegates that he wanted the Senate to have a veto . 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 ...
Barton made it clear to the delegates that he wanted the Senate to have a veto . 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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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