Henry Parkes: A BiographyBiography of Henry Parkes, the Birmingham artisan and radical who emigrated to New South Wales in 1839, formally entered the colony's politics in 1854, served-with only short breaks-in the legislature until 1894, and became premier fire times. |
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... months after October 1858. It is a vivid personal document , recording the wilting of determination before a task that seemed more and more impossible , as delayed shock at ' the calamitous failure of the great project of my life ...
... months after October 1858. It is a vivid personal document , recording the wilting of determination before a task that seemed more and more impossible , as delayed shock at ' the calamitous failure of the great project of my life ...
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... month , Parkes travelled to Sydney — a proper regimen at last - until on 6 April Darvall , more tactful than Norton and ... months lassitude and indecision had been symptomatic of trauma rather than incapacity : the very keeping of the ...
... month , Parkes travelled to Sydney — a proper regimen at last - until on 6 April Darvall , more tactful than Norton and ... months lassitude and indecision had been symptomatic of trauma rather than incapacity : the very keeping of the ...
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... months . ' My poor wife , for whom I have paid so heavy a penalty and who has been so true ... a friend to me is doomed to die ; she cannot remain with me for more than a few weeks ' , he wrote to Carrington in June 1895. She had cancer ...
... months . ' My poor wife , for whom I have paid so heavy a penalty and who has been so true ... a friend to me is doomed to die ; she cannot remain with me for more than a few weeks ' , he wrote to Carrington in June 1895. She had cancer ...
Contents
Migrations 18151839 | 1 |
New South Wales 18391848 | 25 |
Radical activist 18481850 | 46 |
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27 January Annie April assembly August Australian Bill Birmingham Butler cabinet campaign Carrington Catholic cheers Clarinda colony colony's committee Constitution Cowper Dalley December declared diary Duncan duty East Sydney editorial election electors Empire reported Empire's England Faulconbridge February federation feeling free trade free trade party friends governor Harpur Herald honour hope ibid January John Dunmore Lang July June Kiama labour Lady land leader legislative council letter to Parkes liberal March Maria Martin McMillan meeting Melbourne Menie Menie's ministers ministry months Mudgee never nomination November O'Farrell October once paper Parkes told Parkes wrote Parkes's parliament parliamentary party political poll protest quoted radical reform Reid resigned Robertson Sarah schools September Sir Henry Parkes South Wales speech squatters Stoneleigh Sydney Sydney's thought told Parkes took Varney Victor Windeyer vote Wentworth Werrington Windeyer