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Page 74
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 ...
Page 149
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 differences about representation . There
had been ...
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 differences about representation . There
had been ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| 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 | 448 pages |
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