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Fifty years in the making of Australian history / by Sir Henry Parkes

Creator
Parkes, Henry, Sir, 1815-1896
Call Number
N 994.4 P245
Created/Published
London : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892
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[Chapter heading not available] 1
FIFTY YEARS IN THE MAKING OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY 9
PEEFACB 11
CONTENTS 15
ILLUSTRATIONS 22
FIFTY YEARS IN THE MAKING OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY 23
CHAPTEE II THE STRUGGLE FOB PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT 44
CHAPTEE 111 WORK IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT 79
Appendix to the Foregoing Evidence. 93
CHAPTER IV SEVEN YEARS AS A JOURNALIST 107
CHAPTER V THE FIRST YEARS OP THE NEW PARLIAMENT GETTING THE MACHINERY INTO ORDER—-IMMIGRATION—MILITARY DEFENCE OCEAN COMMUNICATION—THE ELECTORAL LAW—THE LAND QUESTION—THE FORMATION OP PARTIES 120
CHAPTER VI 155
CHAPTER YII RETURN TO NEW SOUTH WALES—RE-ELECTION TO PARLIAMENTTHE FIRST MARTIN MINISTRY; ITS FALL—LEGISLATION TO SUPPRESS BUSHRANGING—COWPEr’s DIFFICULTIES AND INCONSISTENCIES IN FINANCE—MY ASSOCIATION WITH SIR JAMES MARTIN. 180
CHAPTER YIII ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICE AS COLONIAL SECRETARY IN THE MARTIN MINISTRY THE EDUCATION STRUGGLE HOSTILE ATTITUDE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH—MR. CARLYLE’S OPINIONS—EFFORTS FOR DESTITUTE AND CRIMINAL CHILDREN—FIRST EXPERIENCES IN OFFICE—GOVERNOR SIR JOHN YOUNG. 190
CHAPTER IX THE INTRODUCTION OF TRAINED HOSPITAL NURSES—MISS FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE—THE BUSHRANGING PERIOD OF CRIME AND TERROR —MURDER OF A POLICE PARTY—ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH—EMBITTERED STATE OF PARTIES—LETTER FROM MR. CARLYLE—TREATMENT OF THE INSANE—DR. MANNING'S WORK OF AMELIORATION—DESTITUTE CHILDREN. 202
CHAPTER X VOLUNTARY SEPARATION FROM MY CONSTITUENTS—GLOOMY OUTLOOK EMPLOYMENTS IN ADVERSITY WRITING FOR THE PRESS—OPENING OF THE TRANS-PACIFIC MAIL ROUTE—RE-ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT. 239
£ Public Affairs. 242
To the Electors of East Sydney. 254
CHAPTEE XI DEFEAT OP THE MARTIN MINISTRY—MR. WILLIAM FORSTER FIRST ‘ SENT FOR ’—FIRST PARKES MINISTRY FORMED—STRANGE UNCONSTITUTIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF TUB LATE MINISTERS—THEIR UNPRECEDENTED DEFEAT AT THE BALLOT-BOX ARRIVAL OP SIR HERCULES ROBINSON HIS CHARACTER—REFORMS IN DEPARTMENTAL MACHINERY PROPOSALS TO REFORM BOTH THE ASSEMBLY AND THE COUNCIL—HIGH APPOINTMENTS BY THE MINISTRY. 258
'LETTER I. 260
'LETTER 11. 268
CHAPTER XII TITULAR FORMS—THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL—VIEWS OF SIR ARTHUR HELPS—ETIQUETTE AND PUERILITY IN PARLIAMENT—ANOMALIES IN MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS—CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURE IN CHANGES OP MINISTRY—THE CROWN AND MINISTERS—GENERAL RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT—POLITICAL PARTIES CORRESPONDENCE WITH EARL GREY ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE QUESTION OF FREE TRADE BORDER CUSTOMS—POSTAL AND TELEGRAPHIC SERVICES—THE CASE OP THE PRISONER GARDINER—DEFEAT OF THE MINISTRY. 284
MINUTE FOR HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. 311
Minute by the Governor for the Executive Council. 314
IN OPPOSITION—AN UNAPPROPRIATED SURPLUS A PUBLIC EVIL—MY SECOND ADMINISTRATION—SIR HERCULES ROBINSON AND CONDITIONAL DISSOLUTIONS— THE TRIAL OP ‘ NEW BLOOD ’—MY WITHDRAWAL FROM POLITICAL ACTIVITY—WEAK GOVERNMENTS—UNION OF THE OPPOSITION—AGAIN ‘SENT FOR ’—MY THIRD ADMINISTRATION. 321
CHAPTER XIV ANOTHER BATTLE FOR NATIONAL EDUCATION—THE EXTREME ZEALOTS AND THEIR MISCHIEVOUS ACTIVITY—ARCHBISHOP VAUGHAN AND THE CHURCH OP ROME—THE NEW MEASURE PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES TRIUMPHANTLY—THE SUCCESSFUL RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. 328
CHAPTER XV REFORM OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM—THE QUESTION OP THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY VOTING SUPPLIES BEYOND THE TERM OF ITS OWN EXISTENCE—THE OPINIONS OP SIR THOMAS ERSKINE MAY AND MR. ALPIIEUS TODD—NEAV MEN, AND ORIGIN OP THE PROTECTIONIST PARTY USEFUL MEASURES OF LEGISLATION ATTEMPT TO BRING THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC UNDER STRICTER CONTROL—CHINESE IMMIGRATION THE BOARDING-OUT OP DESTITUTE CHILDREN THE TREATMENT OF THE INSANE, 354
CHAPTER XYI VISIT TO AMERICA AND EUROPE—SAN FRANCISCO, ITS HOSPITALITYALBANY—NEW YORK—PRESIDENT ARTHUR IN SOCIETY AND AT THE WHITE HOUSE—GENERAL GRANT AS A SPEAKER—WASHINGTON FESTIVITIES—ENGLISH INVITATIONS WHILE IN AMERICA ; ONE FROM THE POET TENNYSON ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND—MR. GLADSTONE, MR. BRIGHT, LORD GRANVILLE, THE PRINCE OF WALES, AND OTHER PUBLIC PERSONAGES—THE ROYAL ACADEMY DINNER—TRIP TO THE CONTINENT—THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS—FROM BRUSSELS TO BERLIN LUNCHEON WITH THE CROWN PRINCE AND THE CROWN PRINCESS AT POTSDAM—RETURN TO LONDON—AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE—A PRIME MINISTER’S ABSENCE FROM HIS POST. 379
CHAPTER XVII. 417
CHAPTER XYIII RETURN to POLITICAL LIFE—A LONG SESSION OF PARLIAMENTPROFLIGATE RAILWAY PROPOSALS—RESIGNATION OF MY SEAT THE MILITARY EXPEDITION TO EGYPT—MY PROTEST—DETERMINE TO OFFER MYSELF FOR THE FIRST VACANT SEAT IN PARLIAMENT AS THE ONLY CONSTITUTIONAL MEANS OF TESTING PUBLIC FEELING—ELECTED FOR ARGYLE STEPS TAKEN BY SIR ALEXANDER STUART FOR MY EXPULSION THE RESULTS FIRST CONCEPTION OP THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT. 443
CHAPTER XIX THE GENERAL ELECTION—I DEFEAT THE PRIME MINISTER AT ST. Leonard’s—the dibbs ministry defeated in the new parliament SIR JOHN ROBERTSON FORMS A MINISTRY—HIS DEFEAT SIR PATRICK JENNINGS SENT FOR—POLITICAL DESERTIONS—THE ‘ THIN END OP THE WEDGE ’ OP PROTECTION VIOLENT PROCEEDINGS IN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY—BREAK-UP OP THE JENNINGS MINISTRY—THE MOUNT RENNIE CRIMINALS. 455
CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND, 1879 TO 1885. 476
CHAPTER XX THE FOURTH PARKES MINISTRY—CONDUCT OP THE DIBBS PARTYTHE PLOTTERS CHECKMATED—APPEAL TO THE COUNTRYVICTORY AT THE POLLS—OBSTRUCTION OP THE BEATEN MINORITY—THE JENNINGS CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL REPEALED. 479
CHAPTER XXI THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT—ITS PROVISIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MINISTERS AND THE AUTHORITY OF PARLIAMENT—SHUFFLING TACTICS OF THE OPPOSITION—MY SPEECH IN DEFENCE OF THE BILL—MEMBERS WHO OPPOSED THE BILL CHANGE THEIR OPINIONS AFTER SEEING THE ACT IN OPERATION—THE STATE RAILWAYS CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT—THE NEW COMMISSIONERS—UNSCRUPULOUS ATTACKS UPON THEM RESULTS OF THEIR MANAGEMENT—THE CHINESE CRISIS OF 1888—NEW LEGISLATION—DECISIVE ACTION OP THE EXECUTIVE RANCOROUS OPPOSITION—NEW BANKRUPTCY LAW THE ADDITIONAL NAVAL FORCE—SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OP THE BILL ‘THREE CHEERS FOR AUSTRALIA AND FOR OLD ENGLAND ’ IMPORTANT WORK OF TUB MINISTRY. 488
ARTICLE 11. 524
ARTICLE 111. 524
ARTICLE I. 524
ARTICLE IV. 525
CHAPTER XXII SHORT SESSION—FINANCIAL CONDITION OP THE COUNTRY—FACTIOUS ADJOURNMENTS—AUCTION SALES OF CROWN LANDS MY EXPLANATION AND DEFENCE—PAST AND PRESENT GOVERNORS—ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN—MY SPEECH IN SUPPORT OF IT—UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO—ANOTHER MOTION OP CENSURE—MAJORITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT—DEFEATED BY OUR OWN FRIENDS—RESIGNATION. 526
* CHAPTER XXIII MR. DIDBS AGAIN PRIME MINISTER—GENERAL ELECTION—RALLYING CRY OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT ‘ PROTECTION ’ DEFEATED—FORMATION OF THE FIFTH PARKES MINISTRY—THE NOMINEE PRINCIPLE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ITS EVIL WORKING IN NEW SOUTH WALES—STRANGE ABUSE OF IT IN NEW ZEALAND—MY EXPLANATORY STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT—THE LAND BILL SUCCESSFULLY PASSED MR. MC MILLAN AND THE STATE OF THE FINANCES—THE DEFENCES OP THE COLONY—MY SYMPATHY WITH THE EARLY VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT—GENERAL EDWARDS ON THE SOLDIERLY QUALITIES OF OUR MEN—LETTER FROM LORD CARNARVON ON THE SUBJECT PRESENT STRENGTH OF THE FORCES. 545
CHAPTER XXIV OPENING OF PARLIAMENT, APRIL 29, 1890—THE FEDERATION CONVENTION—MY ACCIDENT OP MAY 18—WIDESPREAD SYMPATHYLORD CARRINGTON—HIS HIGH QUALITIES—MR. DIBBS AND THE OPPOSITION—THE GREAT STRIKE AND ITS DIFFICULTIES—SPECIAL CONSTABLES—DECISION OP THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO INTRODUCE CONTENTIOUS BUSINESS IN PARLIAMENT DURING THE STRIKE TROUBLES—ROYAL COMMISSION ON INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES. 560
CHAPTER XXV THE HOLLOWNESS OF DEMOCRATIC PROFESSIONS—ABSENCE OP SETTLED OPINIONS IN WELL-TO-DO MEN—TYRANNICAL ACTIONS IN THE NAME OF LIBERTY—AUSTRALIAN TORIES —LITTLE EFFECT OP THE UNIVERSITIES ON POLITICAL LIFE—ELECTORAL REFORM THE BILL OF 1891— IMMENSE MAJORITY ON SECOND READING—REGULATION OF COAL MINES—EIGHT HOURS FOR A WORKING DAY—THE LABOUR PARTY IN PARLIAMENT—MY LAST SPEECHES AS MINISTER, MY LAST MEASURES, AND MY LAST DEFEAT—MR. DIBBS SENT FOR—INACTIVITY—NEW OBSTACLE TO FEDERATION—SIR SAMUEL Griffith’s Polynesian labour policy—the views of sir THOMAS M‘ILWRAITH—PROPOSED CONFERENCE—MY OWN VIEWS. 576
CHAPTER XXYI THE FEDERATION OP THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES—SUCCESSESDIFFICULTIES—APPROVAL OF THE PEOPLE. 607
CHAPTER XXVII REVIEW OP MY POLITICAL LIFE—AN ATTEMPTED ESTIMATE OP MY PUBLIC WORK—THE GROWTH OP THE COUNTRY. 650
CHAPTER XXVIII CONCLUSION 662
APPENDICES 673
APPENDIX 11. 675
APPENDIX 111 677
APPENDIX IV 680
APPENDIX V 680
APPENDIX VII 684
INDEX 687

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