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The advance Australia

Call Number
N 059.4 ADV
Created/Published
Melbourne : F. Davison, 1897-
Issue
Vol. 02 No. 08 (7 Sep 1898)
Images
12
Notes
Page numbering begins with page 4
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Contents

THE Advance Australia 1
Advertising 1
No title 1
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIVE. 1
SANDHURST BRANCH. 1
Advertising 1
ATTENTION. 2
No title 2
METROPOLITAN COMMITTEE. 2
METROPOLITAN COMMITTEE SMOKE NIGHT. 2
FLEMINGTON BRANCH. 2
JAGGERS’ ROMANCE. 3
STAWELL BRANCH. 3
Advertising 3
THE TRAMP PHILOSOPHER. 4
NHILL BRANCH. 4
BRIGHTON BRANCH 4
TOURNAMENT DEBATE. 4 , 5
Advertising 4
SHEPPARTON BRANCH. 5
ELMORE BRANCH. 5
AVOCA BRANCH. 5
ST. ARNAUD BRANCH. 5
CLIFTON HILL BRANCH. 5
ESSENDON BRANCH. 5
Advertising 5
WAS AMERICA JUSTIFIED IN GOING TO WAR WITH SPAIN? 6
ALBERT PARK. 6
ALLENDALE BRANCH. 6
OPENING THE BIRCHIP BRANCH. 6
Advertising 6
METROPOLITAN COMMITTEE NOTES. 7
COLLINGWOOD BRANCH. 7
OPENING THE GARFIELD BRANCH. 7
CHELTENHAM BRANCH. 7
NOTES. 8
Advertising 8
DEBATE TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE. 8
Advertising 8
Correspondence. FEDERATION GONE DOWN 9
THE CARLTON BRANCH ELECTION DISPUTE. 9
A.N.A. CLUB. 9
Advertising 9
WASTED YEARS. 9
ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHARLTON BRANCH 9 , 10
EAGLEHAWK BRANCH. 10
Advertising 10
ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA. 10
TOURNAMENT DEBATE. ALBERT PARK V. MALVERN. 10 , 7
Answers to Correspondents. 11
EGERTON BRANCH. 11
WARRNAMBOOL BRANCH. 11
MIDDLE CREEK BRANCH. 11
RICHMOND BRANCH. 11
ELSTERNWICK BRANCH. 11
BRIGHTON BRANCH. 11
WARRACKNABEAL BRANCH. 11
Advertising 11
BOARD NOTES. 12
RUTHERGLEN BRANCH. 12
Advertising 12
WEST AUSTRALIAN NOTES. 12
PERTH BRANCH. 12
FREMANTLE BRANCH. 12
MENZIES BRANCH. 12
NAGAMBIE BRANCH. 12
DAYLESFORD BRANCH. 12
EUROA BRANCH. 12
DONALD BRANCH ANNITERSARY. 12

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THE  

Advance Australia  

Journal devoted to  

Australian National Advancement  

and circulatiag in the  

Australian Natives’ Association  

throughout the  

Australian Commonwealth  

YOL. 11., No. 8.  

SEPTEMBER 7, 1898.  

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Business Manager— FRED. DAVISON.  

Subscription: —3s. 6d per annum, post free to private .address.  

For Advertisement Rates, and all other information, apply to  

the Business ManagerFred.- Davison, 133 Bourke Street Mel-  

bourne.  

We will be glad to receive items of news and reports of branch  

meetings, especially from the Country Branches. Such reports will  

tend to keep our members more in touch with each other, and  

promote friendly intercourse in manner that must be beneficial to  

the Association.  

Contributions, on National or Association topics, sent to the  

Editor, care of our Business Manager, will receive careful attention,  

and will find place in our columns, should the subject be deemed  

of sufficient importance.  

“ Fling out the flag, let her flap and rise  

With the rush of the eager air,  

With the ring of the wild swan’s wing  

As she flies from the swamp and her reedy lair.  

Fling out the flag, and let friend or foe  

Behold, for gain or loss,  

The Sign of our Faith and fight we fight—  

The Stars of the Southern Cross.”  

THE AUSTRALIAN NATIVE.  

short anonymous essay on the Australian Native  

that appeared in our last issue has occasioned much  

comment —mostly adverse although why that should  

be the case is not easy of discernment.  

The writer, no doubt was very frank in expressing  

his opinions, but when those opinions are closely ex-  

amined we will find that anything uncomplimentary  

applies with equal force to all associated men, while  

there is much in them that we can only hope is true.  

The qualities that he places on the debit side of the  

ledger, are, as we have said, common to all associations,  

yet it is questionable whether the Australian native is  

not freer from them than are the members of many  

other bodies. Certain it is that he has much larger  

share of tolerance for the opinions of his brother mem-  

ber—and in all cases acts in broader way towards  

those who differ from him in religious, social, or politi-  

cal beliefs—than members of certain societies, who shall  

be nameless.  

This tolerance is no small point in favor of the Aus-  

tralian native. It is not simply spirit of laxity, arising  

from want of mental capacity, but it is sign of that  

larger growth to which men attain when the circumfer-  

ence of their mental horizon enlarges, and they discov-  

er that all the truth is not the peculiar possession of any  

man or any party.  

Very many members of our branches are in state  

of development. They have not yet shed their chicken  

feathers, and therefore like all young cockerels crow  

loudly and they are none the worse—but rather the  

better—for showing youthful traits during their youth-  

ful years.  

Our critic says  

“ He is generally ignorant, but the seal of the Associa-  

tion always authorises him to talk with glib fatuity  

upon every subject under the sun.”  

This is very severe—but we rather incline to think that  

it was penned under great pressure—probably on ar-  

riving home after meeting protracted through the de-  

laying of General Business by some worthy but prosy  

member.  

The most serious charge is as follows  

“ On the Federal question, the Australian native is im-  

pregnable and although most of him has only  

learned shibboleth, he clings to it with as much  

tenacity as that with which he holds his right to  

rise to point of order at branch meetings. ”  

No one will for moment claim that each and every  

member of the A.N.A. understands the Commonwealth  

Bill from cover to cover—but its broad principles they  

do grasp—fully as well as do their opponents. We  

have seen Convention delegates disagreeing as to the  

interpretation of clauses, and challenges have been  

thrown out by able lawyers, andiaccepted by other able  

lawyers, as to the scope of certain very important por-  

tions of the Act. Why, then, expect the ordinary elec-  

tor to have full grasp of all the minute details of the  

measure.  

The Australian native knows that Federation under  

the 1898 Bill makes for the consolidation of Australia  

that it takes away from him none of his present free-  

dom, but, instead, grants the masses privileges unknown  

elsewhere. He knows the fundamental principle is  

right, that its franchise makes all men equal, and there-  

foae that the last word lies with him.  

Again  

“ Commensurate with his pride in his association is his  

zeal for sweet charity, and it is difficult problem  

in human motives to decide whether his impulse in  

charitable undertakings is that of corporate com-  

placency or human kindness. ”  

The motive is wholly neither. It is an admixture of  

both, with touch of that spirit which causes men to  

perform public work at'personal inconvenience, name-  

ly, desire for prominence.  

The next charge is out-of-date. The native has out-  

grown the one-time natural tendency to support fellow  

native at the polling booth solely because he is native  

—though friendship will always count in these matters.  

Further “ Damnably conceited in hisjorganisecl cap-  

acity.” Quite true—Hence his success.  

The parting shot is note of warning, and it is to be  

hoped that it will not be disregarded  

“ One faculty he has. beyond j’all others—that of hero-  

worship. Heaven grant that not all of his idols  

may have feet of clay.”  

Hero-worship is only possible by the abasement of reason  

and individual judgment. The blessing is doubtful  

one, and the price demanded is too great.  

SANDHURST BRANCH.  

The 27th anniversary was celebrated on the 25th  

August. There was very large attendance of memb-  

ers, and the senior vice-president of the board of direct-  

ors (Mr. Roberts) and representatives from other Friend-  

ly Societies were present, and received an enthusiastic  

welcome. Mr. Roberts apologised for the absence of  

the president (Dr. Salmon) who was opening new  

branch of the association in another part of the colony  

and but for that he would have accompanied him.  

Songs, recitations aud the gramaphone formed part of  

the the enjoyment of the evening.  

Mr. Roberts delivered very interesting address on  

the matters relating to the A.N.A. He also referred to  

the great subject of federation.  

In responding to the toast of “ Kindred Societies, ”  

the representative from the Bendigo Deutscher Verein  

(Mr. Sluyterman) expressed hope that the federation  

of the Australian Colonies would soon be won and re-  

marked that it is through federation that the German  

Empire has gained its present strong position.  

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