The wily knight -- A poet's farewell -- The exile's lot -- From my obscure station -- Outstepping my sphere -- A bold and uncompromising champion -- The arch-anarchist himself -- No common man -- Parkes! Parkes! Parkes! -- Absolute and irreparable ruin -- This furnace of affliction -- Hurrah for Parkes and purity! -- An ogre called Parkes -- The toad under the harrow -- The gran old man
Summary
Henry Parkes was the dominant political figure in Australia over the second half of the ninteenth century. Parkes came to prominence with the campaign to end convict transportation and some 50 years later was still in the public eye playing a central role in the creation of a federated Australia
Analysis
Biography
Federation (1901)
Former Members
History, 1801-1900
Journalists
New South Wales
Parkes, Henry
State parliaments
Notes
"First published in 1992 as The grand old man of Australian politics : the life and times of Sir Henry Parkes"--T.p. verso
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-220) and index
Notes
Originally published by Kangaroo Press in 1992 as The Grand Old Man of Australian Politics : the Life and Times of Sir Henry Parkes
