Download or read book Sir Henry Parkes The Australian Colossus written by Stephen Dando-Collins and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2015 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Parkes received little schooling and worked on a rope-walk, breaking stones, as an ivory and bone turner, ironmonger, labourer and on the wharves before trying business life and ultimately politics. He and his first wife travelled to Australia on an assisted passage. Parkes steadily educated himself, reading voraciously and widely, including all the great poets.

Download or read book Life of Sir Henry Parkes written by Charles E. Lyne and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fifty Years in the Making of Australian History written by Sir Henry Parkes and published by London Longmans, Green 1892.. This book was released on 1892 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Australian Dictionary of Biography written by Douglas Pike and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Grand Old Man of Australian Politics written by Robert Travers and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Life of Sir Harry Parkes written by Robert Morton and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain's relations with the Far East from the start of his working life at fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven. Orphaned at the age of five, he went to China on his own as a child and worked his way to the top. God-fearing and fearless, he believed his mission was to bring trade and 'civilisation' to East Asia. In his day, he was seen as both a hero and a monster and is still bitterly resented in China for his part in the country's humiliations at Western hands, but largely esteemed in Japan for helping it to industrialise. Morton's new biography, the first in over thirty years, and benefiting in part from access to the Parkes' family and archives, offers a more intimate and informed profile of the personal and professional life of a Victorian titan and one of Britain's most undiplomatic diplomats in the history of the British Civil Service.

Download or read book Murmurs of the Stream Poems written by Sir Henry Parkes (G.C.M.G.) and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Life of Sir Henry Parkes written by Charles E. Lyne and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Life of Sir Henry Parkes" by Charles E. Lyne. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Download or read book The Constitution of a Federal Commonwealth written by Nicholas Aroney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes how ideas about federalism influenced those who drafted the Australian Constitution.

Download or read book Colonial Ambition written by Peter Cochrane and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonial Ambition tells the story of the politicians and would-be politicians of Sydney, who were driven by a determination to lift themselves and their new colony to a higher level. They wanted parliamentary liberty, though they were sharply divided over the form it might take and these divisions, centred in Sydney, were unremitting. Peter Cochrane tells of the fight for responsible government and democracy through a memorable cast of characters: W.C. Wentworth, Sir George Gipps, Robert Lowe, Lord Howick (Earl Grey), Henry Parkes, Charles Cowper, Lord John Russell and more, all of whom speak for themselves, in the robust language of the day. Written with great brio and verve, Peter Cochrane has brought to life the various players in a way that is very rare in the writing of Australian history. Colonial Ambition is testament that Australia does have a rich and exciting political history.

Download or read book A Source Book of Australian History written by Gwendolen Swinburne and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Source Book of Australian History" is a concise full history of Australia from the discovery of Tasmania to the National Australian Convention and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia. The book was aimed at students interested in learning the subject. Each chapter has a short synopsis at the beginning to better comprehend the subject.

Download or read book Fragmentary Thoughts written by Sir Henry Parkes and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Beauteous Terrorist and Other Poems written by Sir Henry Parkes and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book History of West Australia written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: P.19-30; Physical & mental characteristics; common origin of dialects; clothing & scarification; decorations of the Ngurla tribe; general beliefs (Perth area); marriage; shelters & huts; corroborees, body painting for ceremonies; general life, hunting, etc, making of weirs; cave paintings (upper Glenelg River & York district); burial; (mainly quotes Grey); p.81-101; Native strife & progressive incidents, 1833-35 Conflicting sentiments regarding natives; King Georges Sound & Swan River natives in affray; crimes committed; story of Yagan; place names around Perth; depredations, treatment of natives.

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Download or read book The Forgotten World written by Mark O'Flynn and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant and unforgettable story of family love, loyalty and betrayal set in the Blue Mountains at the turn of the twentieth century. three wives. two brothers. One unbreakable bond. Growing up in the Blue Mountains at the turn of the twentieth century, half-brothers Byron and Clancy Wilson are inseparable. they run wild in the dark valleys of the Blue Mountains, run riot during their school years in Katoomba, and run afoul of the ogre of the town, Constable Barnaby Clout. But it is a love triangle between the brothers and emerald-eyed Violet Kefford that ultimately tests their unconventional family. the Forgotten World is a breathtaking story that lyrically charts the landscape and people of the Blue Mountains in the late 1800s, and sees real historical characters , such as Sir Henry Parkes, artist Julian Ashton and Lord and Lady Carrington dancing through its pages. Poignant and unforgettable, it plumbs the depths of family loyalty and betrayal.