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The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate: Volume 1, 1901-1929 (Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate series)
Anne Miller
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Hardcover. The first volume of this reference provides readers with a biographical account of the Australian senators whose period of prominenece was between 1901 and 1929. It reveals their signifcance, and the significance of senatorial clerks, covering a broad political spectrum. Editor(s): Millar, Ann. Num Pages: 528 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; GBCB; HBT; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 184 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1385.
The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate covers the period 1901–1929, the period in which the Parliament operated from Melbourne. This first volume provides short articles on Australia's Senators during the first thirty years of the Federal Parliament. These entries place particular emphasis on the events of a Senator's parliamentary experience, contributions to debates, committee work, parliamentary positions as well as ministerial appointments.
It provides also a window on the colonial and post-colonial societies in which these ninety-nine Senators and their three Clerks lived and worked. It explains how miners, merchants, constitutionalists, soldiers, printers, trade unionists, adventurers and pastoralists became ... Read more
The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate covers the period 1901–1929, the period in which the Parliament operated from Melbourne. This first volume provides short articles on Australia's Senators during the first thirty years of the Federal Parliament. These entries place particular emphasis on the events of a Senator's parliamentary experience, contributions to debates, committee work, parliamentary positions as well as ministerial appointments.
It provides also a window on the colonial and post-colonial societies in which these ninety-nine Senators and their three Clerks lived and worked. It explains how miners, merchants, constitutionalists, soldiers, printers, trade unionists, adventurers and pastoralists became ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522849219
SKU
V9780522849219
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-38
About Anne Miller
Ann Millar is a writer and editor who has worked in the Department of the Senate since 1987. She became Director of the Biographical Dictionary Unit in 1997. Her publications include I See No End to Travelling, and Trust the Women: Women in the Federal Parliament.
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