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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... society and help to explain some of the forces that contribute to current intellectual culture . For every liberal republican there was a conservative monarchist , for every religious humanist there was a committed Anglican or Roman ...
... society and help to explain some of the forces that contribute to current intellectual culture . For every liberal republican there was a conservative monarchist , for every religious humanist there was a committed Anglican or Roman ...
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... they consistently strove . In the I990s , Australia's image of itself as a liberal , socially and culturally mature society is due in no small way to our first courageous republicans . JOHN DUNMORE LANG ( 1799-1878 ) Going the Whole Hog xi.
... they consistently strove . In the I990s , Australia's image of itself as a liberal , socially and culturally mature society is due in no small way to our first courageous republicans . JOHN DUNMORE LANG ( 1799-1878 ) Going the Whole Hog xi.
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... society ' . Meeting some of America's most eminent citizens — among them President Martin Van Buren ; Noah Webster , the committed nationalist and lexicographer ; and John Trumbull , author of the widely known mock - epic poem M'Fingal ...
... society ' . Meeting some of America's most eminent citizens — among them President Martin Van Buren ; Noah Webster , the committed nationalist and lexicographer ; and John Trumbull , author of the widely known mock - epic poem M'Fingal ...
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... society , whose only prospect for the future , in the densely peopled districts of their native land , was misery and destitution , are now enabled to find a hospitable country and a home in the Australian colonies . Permit me also to ...
... society , whose only prospect for the future , in the densely peopled districts of their native land , was misery and destitution , are now enabled to find a hospitable country and a home in the Australian colonies . Permit me also to ...
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... society , ought neither to be tolerated nor forgiven ; and this , I conceive is an injury and insult of that particular kind . If your lordship , therefore , should persevere in carrying out this measure , in direct opposition to the ...
... society , ought neither to be tolerated nor forgiven ; and this , I conceive is an injury and insult of that particular kind . If your lordship , therefore , should persevere in carrying out this measure , in direct opposition to 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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