Colonial Ambition
Foundations of Australian Democracy
$99.27
- Paperback
614 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2006
Summary
Peter Cochrane tells of the fight for responsible government and democracy through a memorable cast of characters.
Colonial Ambition tells the story of the politicians and would-be politicians of Sydney, who were driven by a determination to lift themselves and their new colony to a higher level. They wanted parliamentary liberty, though they were sharply divided over the form it might take and these divisions, centred in Sydney, were unremitting.
Peter Cochrane tells…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522853315 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522853315 |
| Author: | Peter Cochrane |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 614 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2006 |
| Weight: | 796g |
| Dimensions: | 47mm x 156mm x 232mm |
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Peter Cochrane
Historian Peter Cochrane is the author of the critically acclaimed companion volume to the ABC television series Australians at War (ABC Books, 2001) and Simpson and the Donkey- The Making of a Legend (Melbourne University Press, 1992). He is now at work on a new project, Bligh’s Factotum, about William Bligh’s sojourn in the colony of New South Wales.
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