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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... politics which characterised the early days of self - government in the colonies . Deniehy lacked the toughness needed to survive as a political and public figure , and his criticism and journalism , always liberal and ethical , came to ...
... politics which characterised the early days of self - government in the colonies . Deniehy lacked the toughness needed to survive as a political and public figure , and his criticism and journalism , always liberal and ethical , came to ...
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... political careers , they were not professional politicians . Like Harpur , they wanted a government which fully represented the people and in which the people participated . They realised , however , such a populace required education ...
... political careers , they were not professional politicians . Like Harpur , they wanted a government which fully represented the people and in which the people participated . They realised , however , such a populace required education ...
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... political activist and republican , Lang had a strong influence on the development of colonial Australia for several decades from the 1830s to the 1870s . Many of his fellow colonists and Colonial Office adversaries were forced to ...
... political activist and republican , Lang had a strong influence on the development of colonial Australia for several decades from the 1830s to the 1870s . Many of his fellow colonists and Colonial Office adversaries were forced to ...
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... political union may never be broken , and that your splendid republic may be as illustrious in its future history , as it was in its origin and commencement : in one word , that America may be a land of universal light , of universal ...
... political union may never be broken , and that your splendid republic may be as illustrious in its future history , as it was in its origin and commencement : in one word , that America may be a land of universal light , of universal ...
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... political philosophy became clear almost immediately . A Colonial Observer article entitled ' Our Rights — And We Will Have Them ' ( 28 October 1841 ) boldy trumpeted that ' We are under a colonial tyranny , and nothing else ' . The ...
... political philosophy became clear almost immediately . A Colonial Observer article entitled ' Our Rights — And We Will Have Them ' ( 28 October 1841 ) boldy trumpeted that ' We are under a colonial tyranny , and nothing else ' . 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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