| Description |
xiv, 290 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. 1788-1856: A Deep Undercurrent of Republicanism that will Someday Burst Forth and Astonish the World -- 1. A T-shirt for Tom Paine -- 2. The Rights of Man -- 3. Wentworth Demands the Liberties of Englishmen -- 4. Man of the People -- 5. An Independent New South Wales - a Helpless Joey? -- 6. Australia in the colonial world of 1827 -- 7. Reformers Can Be Loyal to the Parent-Land -- 8. Cheap and Wise Government -- 9. Taxation by Representation -- 10. The Threat of Revolution -- 11. Not the Work of Emancipists -- 12. Note to the Tree of Liberty (A Song for the future) -- 13. Taxation in the Context of the Republican Tradition -- 14. The Queen does not Govern -- 15. Colonial Government, Internal and External -- 16. The Great Protest Meeting: Circular Quay 1849 -- 17. Britons Protest As Part of the British Tradition -- 18. Not Another America -- 19. The Anti-Transportation Movement -- 20. The Prerogative and the Anti-Transportation Crisis -- 21. Looking to America -- 22. War and Republicanism -- 23. Freedom and Independence for the Golden Lands of Australia -- 24. The Constitution Debates 1853 -- 25. A Bunyip Aristocracy? -- 26. Not Ripe for Independence -- 27. Henry Parkes on Republicanism -- 28. There is Nothing Majestic in a Republic -- 29. The New Constitution (Br Britannicus) -- 30. A Glorious Republic -- 31. A Deep Undercurrent of Republicanism -- 32. Advance Australia -- 33. A Republic in Two Years? -- 34. Declaration of Independence -- 35. The 'Radical Language' of the Colonial Office -- 36. Colonial Loyalty -- 37. The Republic of Victoria -- 38. National Independence The Only Remedy -- 39. A Lesson in Political Definitions -- Pt. 2. 1856-1901: A Commonwealth for the British Race, a Commonwealth under the Crown -- 40. Walter Bagehot, The English Constitution -- 41. Separate, Independent and Self-governing Republics -- 42. The Coming Republic -- 43. A Demonstration without Parallell in Australia -- 44. Henry Parkes Speaking from the Safety of an Upstairs Room -- 45. The Voice of the People -- 46. Insurrectionary War and the Desolation of a Thousand Households -- 47. If it ain't broke don't fix it! -- 48. Australia for the Australians -- 49. Lawson on Loyalty -- 50. A Song of the Republic -- 51. Lawson on Imperial Federation -- 52. The Centennial Year -- 53. A Neglected History -- 54. A Republic Without the Chinese -- 55. Royalty and Nobility -- 56. The Chief Justice of Queensland Votes for Australian Independence -- 57. Republicanism and Revolutions -- 58. Charters Towers' Republicanism -- 59. Manifesto of the Australasian Republican Association -- 60. Republicanism and Socialism -- 61. Independence Peacefully Achieved -- 62. The Namby-Pamby Republicans in the Macquarie Street Den -- 63. Governed by the People -- 64. Reasons for Republicanism -- 65. Some Tocsin Objections to the Federal Bill and Why You Should Vote Against it -- 66. No Representation Without Social Justice -- 67. A Letter from Hay -- 68. Federation Under the Crown? -- 69. National Australasian Convention, Sydney, 1891 -- 70. Why The Commonwealth of Australia? -- 71. Cardinal Moran on the Federal Convention -- 72. Colonial Parliaments of the 1890s -- 73. Dual Citizenship -- 74. Ambassador of Race -- 75. Cheering Crowd -- 76. Boosting a Bad Breakfast Food -- 77. Australian Labor and the British Connection -- 78. Letter to the Editor -- 79. Labor and Republicanism I -- 80. Labor and Republicanism II -- 81. Irish Demonstration -- 82. Who is a true citizen of Australia? -- 83. The ALP and the Domain Doings -- 84. The Real Disloyalty -- 85. It's Our Flag -- 86. Avenge the Insult to the Flag -- 87. A Menace to White Australia -- 88. Abolish Empire Day -- 89. The 'Democratic' Monarchy -- 90. The Function of the Crown -- 91. 2000 Faint in Big Crush -- 92. British Subject -- 93. The Lucky Country - a Republic? -- 94. Changing the Avant-Garde At Buckingham Palace -- 95. Kerr and the Consequences -- 96. The People and the Constitution -- 97. Censored: Franca Arena on the need for a Republic -- 98. Propaganda for the Republic -- 99. The Conservative Case for an Australian Republic -- 100. A Toast to the Postmodern Republic -- 101. Why We Need the Republic -- 102. Self respect for Australia -- 103. Starting the Process -- 104. An Australian Republic -- 105. The Way Forward -- 106. Excerpts from the Proceedings -- 107. An Indigenous Perspective -- 108. Yes/No Referendum '99, The case for voting 'No' -- 109. Yes/No Referendum '99, The case for voting 'Yes' -- 110. Safe, Workable and Accountable -- 111. No to an Elected President -- 112. There's No Need to Change a System that's Working Well -- 113. Ballot Papers for the Referendum -- 114. Results of the Referendum by State |
| Summary |
This collection of readings is designed to transform the way Australians understand republicanism and the editors have harvested a wealth of previously neglected historical sources to produce a remarkable collection that helps broaden the way we can grapple with the issue |
| Analysis |
Republicanism |
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Referenda |
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History |
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History, 1901-1999 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 179-282 |
| Subject |
Republicanism -- Australia -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Author |
Hudson, Wayne.
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McKenna, Mark, 1959-
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| LC no. |
00002484 |
| ISBN |
0522850707 |
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