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The making of the Australian constitution / J. A. La Nauze.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Australian federationPublication details: [Melbourne] : Melbourne University Press [1972]Description: xi, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0522840167
  • 9780522840162
Subject(s):
Contents:
Preface -- Note on terms -- 1. The federal idea, 1847-1889 -- 2. A conference in Melbourne, 1890 -- 3. A "most august assembly", Sydney, 1891 -- 4. Griffith's first draft -- 5. A constitution for a commonwealth -- 6. 'Put by', 1891-1897 -- 7. Convention in Adelaide, 1897 -- 8. Adelaide: the secret committees -- 9. Crisis and compromise -- 10. From Adelaide to Sydney, 1897 -- 11. Sydney in Spring, 1897 -- 12. Blackmore's convention -- 13. Melbourne in summer, 1898 -- 14. The convention rises -- 15. Reid and the premiers, 1899 -- 16. Clause 74, London, 1900 -- 17. The framers and their constitution -- Appendices: -- 1. Versions of the Commonwealth Bill, 1890-1900 -- 2. Clark's draft, 1891: federal powers -- 3. Kingston's draft, 1891 -- 4. Matters submitted to Constitutional Committee, 1891 -- 5. Decisions of Constitutional Committee, 1891 -- 6. Some versions of Clause 74, 1900 -- 7. The Constitution Act, 1900 -- 8. Federal meetings: members and officers, 1890-1900 -- Abbreviations -- References -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-361) and index.

Preface -- Note on terms -- 1. The federal idea, 1847-1889 -- 2. A conference in Melbourne, 1890 -- 3. A "most august assembly", Sydney, 1891 -- 4. Griffith's first draft -- 5. A constitution for a commonwealth -- 6. 'Put by', 1891-1897 -- 7. Convention in Adelaide, 1897 -- 8. Adelaide: the secret committees -- 9. Crisis and compromise -- 10. From Adelaide to Sydney, 1897 -- 11. Sydney in Spring, 1897 -- 12. Blackmore's convention -- 13. Melbourne in summer, 1898 -- 14. The convention rises -- 15. Reid and the premiers, 1899 -- 16. Clause 74, London, 1900 -- 17. The framers and their constitution -- Appendices: -- 1. Versions of the Commonwealth Bill, 1890-1900 -- 2. Clark's draft, 1891: federal powers -- 3. Kingston's draft, 1891 -- 4. Matters submitted to Constitutional Committee, 1891 -- 5. Decisions of Constitutional Committee, 1891 -- 6. Some versions of Clause 74, 1900 -- 7. The Constitution Act, 1900 -- 8. Federal meetings: members and officers, 1890-1900 -- Abbreviations -- References -- Bibliography -- Index.

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