. From colony to commonwealth, being a brief history of federation. Together with a record of the festivities and ceremonies which took place in the city of Sydney on the occasion of the proclamation of the Commonwealth in January, 1901. HON. SIR JOHN MADDEN, , LIEUT-GOVERNOR, VICTORL\. Mr. W. H. Suttor (Vice-President of Executive Council),Mr. Edmund Barton, and Sir Patrick Jennings. Victoria: Mr. Alfred Deakin (ex-Chief Secretary),Mr. James Munro (Premier). Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, Mr. H. J. Wrixon (ex-Attorney-General),Mr. Duncan Gillies (ex-Premier), Mr. H. Cuthbert (ex-Mini
. From colony to commonwealth, being a brief history of federation. Together with a record of the festivities and ceremonies which took place in the city of Sydney on the occasion of the proclamation of the Commonwealth in January, 1901. HON. SIR JOHN MADDEN, , LIEUT-GOVERNOR, VICTORL\. Mr. W. H. Suttor (Vice-President of Executive Council),Mr. Edmund Barton, and Sir Patrick Jennings. Victoria: Mr. Alfred Deakin (ex-Chief Secretary),Mr. James Munro (Premier). Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, Mr. H. J. Wrixon (ex-Attorney-General),Mr. Duncan Gillies (ex-Premier), Mr. H. Cuthbert (ex-Minister of Justice), and Mr. Nicholas Fitzgerald. 30 FROM COLOXY TO CO-MMOXWKALTH. ]. M. Macrossan (ex-Colonial Secre-tary), Mr. John Donaldson (ex-Colonial Treasurer), (Premier), Sir Thomas Mcllwraith (Treasurer)Mr. A. Rutledge, Mr. A. J. Thynne (ex-Minister foiJustice), and Mr. Thomas Macdonald-Paterson. South Australia : Mr. Richard Chaffey Baker, H. Gordon (ex-Minister of Education), Sir John LORD Ti:XNVSO\, , GOVERXOR, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Brav, (Chief Secretary), Ur. John A. Cockburn (ex-Premier), Sir John W. Downer, Mr. Charles CKingston, and Mr. Thomas Playford (Premier). Tasmania : Mr. William Moore (President ofLegislative Council), Mr. Adye Douglas (ex-Premier),Mr. A. Inglis Clark (Attorney-General), Mr. W. HBurgess, Mr. Nicholas J. Brown (Speaker), Mr. BoltonS. Bird (Treasurer), and Mr. Philip O. Fysh (Premier) Western Australia : Mr. John Forrest (Premier)Mr. W. E. Marmion (Commissioner of Crown Lands), FROM COLONY TO COMMONWEALTH. 31 Sir James G. Lee Steere (Speaker), Mr. John A. Wrig^ht,Mr. John W. Hackett, Mr. Alexander Forrest, and T. Loton. Neiv Zealand: Sir George Grey, Captain W. , and Sir Harry A. Atkinson (Premier). At the Conference the Federation question assumedits real importance, and the best men from all thecolonies discussed the matter/»ro and con. Committeeswere appointed to consider the
Size: 1410px × 1772px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidfromcolonyto, bookyear1901
