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Page 140
They argued that a convention consisting often representatives from each colony,
directly chosen by the electors, should be charged with the duty of framing a
federal constitution, that the constitution so framed would be submitted to the ...
They argued that a convention consisting often representatives from each colony,
directly chosen by the electors, should be charged with the duty of framing a
federal constitution, that the constitution so framed would be submitted to the ...
Page 329
Reading the vote as a triumph for provincialism and misrepresentation, and a
victory for vested interests and state rights, Hughes declared he was not taking as
final a decision in which less than 40 per cent of the electors had participated.38
...
Reading the vote as a triumph for provincialism and misrepresentation, and a
victory for vested interests and state rights, Hughes declared he was not taking as
final a decision in which less than 40 per cent of the electors had participated.38
...
Page 368
The government would appeal to the electors of Australia to rally to the federal
standard and was fully confident that those electors would endorse the decision.
16 Hughes prophesied that political gibbets all over Australia would be furnished
...
The government would appeal to the electors of Australia to rally to the federal
standard and was fully confident that those electors would endorse the decision.
16 Hughes prophesied that political gibbets all over Australia would be furnished
...
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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: 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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