To Constitute a Nation: A Cultural History of Australia's ConstitutionCambridge University Press, 13. jun. 1999 - 257 strani This imaginative and resonant 1997 book looks at the constitution as a cultural artefact. It attempts to understand the period during which it emerged, culminating in Federation in 1901. Irving looks beyond the well-known events, places and figures to locate federation and the constitution in the context of broader social, political and cultural changes. She argues that Australians displayed an ability to reconcile the demands of pragmatism with the urge of romanticism. Despite its paradoxical construction, there is something uniquely Australian about the constitution, and it marked a utopian moment as the old century gave way to the new. Irving analyses the background and outcomes of the Constitutional Convention and considers its significance for Australia's possible future as a republic. |
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... Federation , I am none the less convinced that there was a shared political culture , one in which a typical way of doing things was both expressed and recognised . Political institutions do not arise from nowhere , and the fact that ...
... Federation , I am none the less convinced that there was a shared political culture , one in which a typical way of doing things was both expressed and recognised . Political institutions do not arise from nowhere , and the fact that ...
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... Federation Conference ( Federation Conference ) , Melbourne . Western Australia gains self - government . 1891 National Australasian Convention ( Federal Convention ) , Sydney . First draft Constitution completed . 1892 Depression hits ...
... Federation Conference ( Federation Conference ) , Melbourne . Western Australia gains self - government . 1891 National Australasian Convention ( Federal Convention ) , Sydney . First draft Constitution completed . 1892 Depression hits ...
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... Federation . It could stress economic arrangements , or imperial relations , or ask which particular interests were served by Federation . Each of the states has its own story too , as well as sharing in a common national history ...
... Federation . It could stress economic arrangements , or imperial relations , or ask which particular interests were served by Federation . Each of the states has its own story too , as well as sharing in a common national history ...
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... Federation ; a Federal Council , with limited . powers to legislate on matters of common concern , would do the job . For many reasons , explored throughout this book , the 1880s would prove the turning point at which the ' federal idea ...
... Federation ; a Federal Council , with limited . powers to legislate on matters of common concern , would do the job . For many reasons , explored throughout this book , the 1880s would prove the turning point at which the ' federal idea ...
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... Federation Leagues had been established in the majority of colonies to promote the cause . In New South Wales , branches of these Leagues organised what were to become important meetings in the Federation story : one in Corowa in 1893 ...
... Federation Leagues had been established in the majority of colonies to promote the cause . In New South Wales , branches of these Leagues organised what were to become important meetings in the Federation story : one in Corowa in 1893 ...
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Colonial Nuptials | 6 |
The Imaginary Nation | 25 |
Imagined Constitutions | 46 |
Models For a Nation | 62 |
Things Properly Federal | 79 |
White Australians | 100 |
Australian Natives | 119 |
The People | 134 |
Half the Nation | 171 |
The Federal Compact | 196 |
Conclusion | 212 |
Epilogue | 216 |
Key Sections of the Constitution | 220 |
Notes | 224 |
Select Bibliography | 244 |
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To Constitute a Nation: A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution Helen Irving Predogled ni na voljo - 1997 |
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