Australian nationality and nationalism: The imperial federationist interlude, 1885–1901

Blackton, Charles S.

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“…97 Vincent's visit to Australia had just preceded the formation of the Victorian branch of the League in Melbourne in June 1885, and, even if the aims of the movement were ambiguous and lacked popular support, many of the political leaders he met on his visit to Australia looked favourably upon it, notably Parkes, Dalley, Service, Gillies, and, at that time, Deakin. 98 He welcomed and personally entertained delegates to the Colonial Conference of 1887, many of whom he had probably met in 1884 and 1885. Moreover his support of the movement was not based on the motives of imperial defence which did most to discredit it in Australia.…”

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Howard Vincent and the development of probation in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom∗

White¹

1979

Historical Studies

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Howard Vincent and the development of probation in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom∗

White¹

1979

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The Australian colonies 1860–1900

Laidlaw¹

1988

Mastering Australian History

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Empire Federalism and Imperial Parliamentary Union, 1820–1870

Martin

1973

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The movement for imperial federation has traditionally been regarded as a late nineteenth century phenomenon, which grew out of a supposed reaction against earlier ‘anti-imperialism’. J. E. Tyler set out to trace its growth ‘from its first beginnings… in and around 1868’. Historians were aware of the suggestions made before the American War of Independence that the colonies should send M.P.s to Westminster, but tended to dismiss them as of antiquarian rather than historical interest. A few also noted apparently isolated discussions of some Empire federal connexion in the first half of the nineteenth century, but no attempt was made to establish the existence of a continuous sentiment before 1870. C. A. Bodelsen did no more than list a series of examples he had discovered in the supposed age of anti-imperialism. In fact between 1820 and 1870 a debate about the federal nature of the Empire can be traced. Like the movement for imperial federation after 1870, there was only the vaguest unity of aim about the mid-century projects, and before 1870, as after, the idea was never consistently to the fore, but enjoyed short bursts of popularity. It is, however, fair to think of one single movement for a federal Empire throughout the nineteenth century. There is a clear continuity in ideas, in arguments, and in the people involved. Ideas of Empire federalism were influential, not so much for themselves as for their relationship to overall imperial thinking: to ignore the undercurrent of feeling for a united Empire is to distort the attitudes of many leading men. In the mid-nineteenth century general principles of imperial parliamentary union were argued chiefly from the particular case of British North America, the closest colonies to Britain and the most constitutionally advanced. This Canadian emphasis strengthened the analogies with the United States which occurred in any case.

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Australian nationality and nationalism: The imperial federationist interlude, 1885–1901

Cited by 5 publications

References 1 publication

Howard Vincent and the development of probation in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom∗

Howard Vincent and the development of probation in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom∗

The Australian colonies 1860–1900

Empire Federalism and Imperial Parliamentary Union, 1820–1870

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