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Democratic adventurer : Graham Berry and the making of Australian politics

Author :  Sean Scalmer

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Country
Australia
Publisher
Monash University Press, Australia
ISBN 9781925835779
Format HardBound
Language English
Year of Publication 2020
Bib. Info xiv, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Categories DU - Oceania (South Seas)
Product Weight 730 gms.
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Graham Berry (1822-1904) was colonial Australia’s most gifted, creative and controversial politician. A riveting speaker, a newspaper proprietor and editor, and the founder of Australia’s first mass political party, he wielded these tools to launch an age of reform: spearheading the adoption of a ‘protectionist’ economic policy, the payment of parliamentarians, and the taxing of large landowners. He also sought the reform of the Constitution, precipitating a crisis that the London Times likened to a ‘revolution’. This book recovers Berry’s forgotten and fascinating life. It explores his drives and aspirations, the scandals and defeats that nearly derailed his career, and his remarkable rise from linen-draper and grocer to adored popular leader. It establishes his formative influence on later Australian politics. And it also uses Berry’s life to reflect on the possibilities and constraints of democratic politics, hoping thereby to enrich the contemporary political imagination. Berry, Graham, Sir, 1822-1904. | Biography: general. | History. | Premiers -- Australia -- Biography | Statesmen -- Australia -- Biography. | Statesmen -- Victoria -- Biography. | Australia -- Politics and government -- To 1900. | Victoria -- Politics and government -- To 1900. | Australian

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