Abstract
William Oliver Coleman, Their Fiery Cross of Union: a retelling of the creation of the Australian federation, 1889-1914, Connor Court Publishing, Redland Bay QLD, 2021, pp.xvii + 447, rrp. $44.00 (pb).
Among the foundational moments of modern Australia, Federation in 1901 probably features less prominently in the popular imagination than, say, the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 or the Gallipoli landings of 1915. Yet there is an apparent consensus, even if often unarticulated, that Federation was (and is) on the whole 'a good thing', a conviction - even in distant and sometimes reluctant Western Australia - that Federation underpins (and always has done) the proper functioning of the Australian nation-state...
Among the foundational moments of modern Australia, Federation in 1901 probably features less prominently in the popular imagination than, say, the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 or the Gallipoli landings of 1915. Yet there is an apparent consensus, even if often unarticulated, that Federation was (and is) on the whole 'a good thing', a conviction - even in distant and sometimes reluctant Western Australia - that Federation underpins (and always has done) the proper functioning of the Australian nation-state...
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 120-121 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 2022 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- Literary criticism
- Australian Federation
- William Oliver Coleman
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