The Captive Republic: A History of Republicanism in Australia 1788-1996The idea of an Australian republic has existed from the moment the First Fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour. This book is a comprehensive history of republican thought and activity in Australia and traces republican debate in Australia from 1788. It explains the pivotal role played by republican philosophies in the decades before responsible government was granted to the Australian colonies in 1856 and prior to federation in 1901. Mark McKenna also describes the often erratic appearance of republicanism during the twentieth century, focusing in particular on the period after 1975, when the issue of a republic became a prominent and increasingly fixed term on the political agenda. This book will be essential reading for all those with an interest in political and intellectual history. It calls for a higher level of public debate about the republic and makes an outstanding contribution to this debate itself. |
Contents
List of illustrations | ix |
Abbreviations | x |
Acknowledgments | xiii |
Introduction | 1 |
The Piratical Republic 17881833 | 12 |
The Blue Mountains Republic 18191827 | 15 |
Shaking Off the Yoke | 18 |
Horatio Wills and the Currency Lad | 22 |
The Loyalty Play | 112 |
Reconstructing the Empire | 115 |
Independence Enough | 118 |
A White Mans Republic 18801887 | 121 |
The First Stirrings 18801886 | 123 |
New Guinea | 125 |
Sudan | 127 |
Socialists and Republicans | 131 |
The Stockmens Republic 18331848 | 29 |
The Invisible Compact | 31 |
A Civil Constitutional and Gentlemanly State of Disgust | 33 |
The Last Resort 18481856 | 40 |
Another America? | 44 |
The Coming Event | 47 |
Bringing Out the Doctor | 53 |
Convict Scum | 56 |
Nation or Empire | 59 |
Redemption from Misrule | 63 |
Lang Stands Again | 67 |
Driving a Loyal People to Rebellion | 69 |
A Bunyip Aristocracy | 73 |
Bunyips in the House | 74 |
The Doctor Returns | 79 |
The First Sacrifice | 86 |
A Victorian Republic | 92 |
Eureka | 97 |
The Rebellion | 98 |
After Eureka | 102 |
Quieta Non Movere 18561880 | 109 |
1887The Jubilee Year and the Republican Riots | 136 |
Nation and Republic 18871891 | 151 |
1888The Centenary Year | 160 |
The Coffee Palace Republic | 166 |
QueenslandThe Banana Republic | 174 |
The Republicans of Charters Towers | 178 |
The Common WealRepublicanism and Federation | 188 |
Commonwealth | 191 |
The Imperial Mardi Gras 19011963 | 205 |
The End of the Affair 19631995 | 219 |
The Legacy of Kerr 19721988 | 226 |
The Queens Australian | 229 |
Celebration of a Nation | 239 |
The Dead Duck | 241 |
The Dead Duck Flies 19901995 | 248 |
Epilogue | 264 |
Notes | 268 |
Select Bibliography | 310 |
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