The State and the People: Australian Federation and Nation-Making 1870-1901

Abstract

Foreword/ Acknowledgments/ List of Illustrations/ Editors' introduction/ note on the text The Stable Society and its Enemies stable society of growth The population and progress Sectarianism Federation and nationalism Great Expectations -- the 1870s-1880s Federation Advocated Why federation? The role of the state Conservative advocates of federation New liberal advocates of federation Some opponents of federation Federation Achieved The relations of the Commonwealth and the States A compromise, with all the faults of a compromise Solving the problem of dissolutions of parliament The electoral franchise problem Establishing a High Court Constitution of checks and balances The distribution of powers The Australian state is made Epilogue: Federation and the New Liberalism