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Federation : the secret story Bob Birrell Published by Duffy & Snellgrove (2001) |
Book description
The story of Federation has been muddied by the influence of the republican movement. As a result, many people today think that
Federation was only a half-hearted, and half-successful, attempt to break
our links with Britain.
Bob Birrell's book explodes this myth. He shows that Federation was the result of an enormous popular movement based on intensely nationalistic
feelings about what it meant to be an Australian. The story he tells is of
the highly successful formation of a new, politically and culturally distinct
nation.
To prove his case, Birrell looks at what was actually said and done by leaders such as Alfred Deakin and organisations such as the Australian
Natives Association. He examines the sorts of laws that were passed by the new federal government in the early 1900s. His book is a deliberate
and important attempt to destroy the myth of Australian dependency on Britain, which has dominated historical writing here since the 1980s.
About the Author
Dr. Bob Birrell is Director at the Centre for Population and Urban Research at Monash University.
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