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  2. ONE PEOPLE: ONE DESTINY.

    When it is remembered that her first book was published in New South Wales in 1825, Australia has no cause to be ashamed of her progress in the fields of literature ...

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  3. THE CENTURY PROBLEM.

    The government of Australia is in the hands of the average Australian. That may be regarded as an axiom of our political condition. Political wisdom, the chief ...

    Article : 1,321 words
  4. WOMAN'S WORK IN AUSTRALIA.

    To-day, as we stand on the threshold of our nationhood, times are very different from what they were a century ago, and each year we add ...

    Article : 1,914 words
  5. THE HON. EDMUND BARTON, Q.C., M.A., FIRST PREMIER OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

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  6. NAVAL DEFENCE.

    "The creation of another Anglo-Saxon nation within the Empire is no mere facon de parler. As they look into the future, they must surely feel that it is hard to place any limits to the ...

    Article : 1,362 words
  7. TO THE PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA.

    I offer my grateful thanks to the people of Australia, whose support and confidence have placed me in the unique position of the first Prime Minister of a continent. I do not forget that the high trust reposed in me exacts much from my sense of duty. ...

    Article : 104 words
  8. OTHER MESSAGES.

    To-day witnesses the consummation of Australian Union, and throughout the length and breadth o[?]ins Continent the one voice which is clearly heard is that of proud congratulation. The time is past for supplying arguments in favour of Federation, and even those whe differed from the advocates of early union in regard to questions of ...

    Article : 335 words
  9. THE HON. A. RUTLEDGE.

    Follow Queenslanders.—With the Commonwealth now an accomplished fact, it behoves every citizen of Queensland to look beyond the borders of his own State, and to think of himself, first of all, as an Australian. Our brave young sons and brothers have fought and triumphed, together with other ...

    Article : 339 words
  10. FREEDOM'S GREATEST VICTORY.

    Bancroft, the historian of the American Constitution, says that the Union of the thirteen original States into one Federal Republic in 1787 was the most cheering act in the political history of mankind. The independence of the American colonies was brought about by the mad policy of a stone-blind King and a corrupt Parliament; their. ...

    Article : 575 words
  11. THE REAL UNION.

    The opportunity which yon have afforded me of wishing my fellow Australians in Queensland a Happy New Year is too valuable to be lost, though at this moment it is difficult to find leisure for an attempt to take advantage of it in an adequate way. Still the cardinal fact remains that on the morning when they may read this greeting we ...

    Article : 503 words
  12. VICTORIA.

    To-day we enter upon a new century. The achievements of the British nation, during the past 10O years, in the extension of civilisation, the improvement of the conditions of life of the people, the expansion of commerce, the successful researches of science, and the spread of colonisation fill us with wonder and with just pride, and ...

    Article : 237 words
  13. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Neighbours all,—Sonth Australia is in the unique position of being next-door neighbour to all the other colonies on this Continent. To her neighbours now about to become with her portions of one great Commonwealth she presents her greetings. Our separate existence has been marked by splendid progress, and by the manifestation of determined ...

    Article : 205 words
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