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Type:	Text
Title:	Speeches on Australian federation by the premiers of Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, and Western Australia / [edited by] Mr. Deakin and Lord Brassey.
Author:	Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919. Brassey, Thomas Brassey, Earl, 1836-1918.
Publisher:	Melbourne, Vic. : G. Robertson & Co. : Echo Publishing, 1899.
Issue Date:	1899
Keywords:	Australia History 1891-1901. Australia Politics and government 1851-1901 History Sources
Description:	These speeches were delivered at a luncheon in celebration of Foundation Day in Melbourne. The South Australian Premier, Charles Cameron Kingston, opposed the holding of a further Federal Convention to accommodate Queensland, arguing that the Premiers already had a 'difficult, delicate, and dangerous task before them' to obtain approval for the draft constitution. Kingston (1850-1908) had been a member of the House of Assembly since 1881 and head of government from 1893, during which time many reforms and much progressive legislation were introduced. He made a significant contribution to the Federation movement, representing South Australia at the 1889 Hobart Federal Council session, was a member of the 1891 National Australasian Convention (where he assisted in the preparation of the original Commonwealth bill), and heading the poll of elected delegates from South Australia to the 1897-98 convention. After Federation he was elected to the House of Representatives on a protectionist programme and took the trade and customs portfolio in the Barton government. Scanned from the original held in Rare Books & Special Collections, Barr Smith Library.
Call number:	Rare Books 342.94 A938o 16
Appears in Collections:	Rare Books: texts

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