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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... object on which it requires to operate , and the petty and vexatious derangements that are ever and anon occurring in the subordinate machinery ) —these disadvantages of a state of mere colonial existence are real and not imaginary ...
... object on which it requires to operate , and the petty and vexatious derangements that are ever and anon occurring in the subordinate machinery ) —these disadvantages of a state of mere colonial existence are real and not imaginary ...
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... Objects and enterprises of a Christian and philanthropic character are frequently accomplished in the mother country , by means of a moderate fixed subscription , which is not allowed to be exceeded in any instance , and which is not ...
... Objects and enterprises of a Christian and philanthropic character are frequently accomplished in the mother country , by means of a moderate fixed subscription , which is not allowed to be exceeded in any instance , and which is not ...
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... objects of vast importance to my adopted country ; and , as I am now on the eve of my return to Australia , with but ... object in coming to England towards the close of the year 1846 was to give such an impulse to emigration to ...
... objects of vast importance to my adopted country ; and , as I am now on the eve of my return to Australia , with but ... object in coming to England towards the close of the year 1846 was to give such an impulse to emigration to ...
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... object of those parties at whose instance your lordship was induced to sanction the measure in question , was simply to supply Roman Catholic wives for the English and Scotch protestants of the humbler classes in Australia , and thereby ...
... object of those parties at whose instance your lordship was induced to sanction the measure in question , was simply to supply Roman Catholic wives for the English and Scotch protestants of the humbler classes in Australia , and thereby ...
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... objects which any European power can propose to itself in the occupation and settlement of extensive colonial territories , within the temperate regions of either hemisphere , are : First — To provide an eligible outlet for the ...
... objects which any European power can propose to itself in the occupation and settlement of extensive colonial territories , within the temperate regions of either hemisphere , are : First — To provide an eligible outlet for the ...
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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