Our First Republicans: John Dunmore Lang, Charles Harpur, Daniel Henry Deniehy : Selected Writings, 1840-1860David John Headon, Elizabeth M. Perkins Lang, Harpur and Deniehy were three of the most outspoken proponents of the Australian Republic in the mid-19th century. Their arguments -- concise, powerful and balanced -- are as relevant today in current Republican debate as they were then. This edited selection of their prose brings together for the first time articles, speeches and letters which show the political and cultural currents in NSW over three decades of important political change. |
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... and the veriest toadies and lickspittles abroad , that we are not fit to frame a constitution , or to govern ourselves ! ( Strong expressions of indignation . ) It is a remarkable fact , illustrative of the justice 19 JOHN DUNMORE LANG.
... and the veriest toadies and lickspittles abroad , that we are not fit to frame a constitution , or to govern ourselves ! ( Strong expressions of indignation . ) It is a remarkable fact , illustrative of the justice 19 JOHN DUNMORE LANG.
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... fact , illustrative of the justice with which this lower world is governed by the Great Supreme , that this want of common sense , or rather of common honesty on the part of the mother - country , in refusing their natural rights to ...
... fact , illustrative of the justice with which this lower world is governed by the Great Supreme , that this want of common sense , or rather of common honesty on the part of the mother - country , in refusing their natural rights to ...
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... fact there is no career open for the native youth in this their own country , under that vile system of government under which it is our calamity to live . ( Continued expressions of approbation . ) Unless they can get into a draper's ...
... fact there is no career open for the native youth in this their own country , under that vile system of government under which it is our calamity to live . ( Continued expressions of approbation . ) Unless they can get into a draper's ...
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Contents
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An Anatomical Lecture on the New Constitution 1854 | 47 |
Note to The Proposed Recurrence to Transportation 1 2 1847 | 61 |
A Word More of Mr Wentworth 1850 | 74 |
Biographical Note | 114 |
Review of Charles Harpurs The Bushrangers and Other Poems 1853 | 117 |
Bunyip Aristocracy Speech 1853 | 127 |
Our Countrys Opportunity 1854 | 140 |
Legislative Advancement of Knowledge 1854 | 149 |
The SolicitorGenerals Proposed War Tax 1854 | 155 |
The Small Settler 1855 | 161 |
The Forthcoming Elections 1855 | 167 |
Leaves From A Native Students CommonPlace Book 1856 | 175 |
Speech for The Driving of the First Pile of the Bridge at Queanbeyan 1857 | 183 |
The Recent Demonstration of The Geebungs 1859 | 190 |
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