Liberalism and the Australian Federation edited by J R Nethercote

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Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Stamps on inside pages. Wear to book corners and edges. Minor marks on foredges and front endpage. Dust jacket has creasing at edges and spine. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a glossy protective cover.

Recounts the story of Australia's nationhood as the story of Australian Liberalism. It is a story of great and continuing debates about how best to meet the nation's material needs, how to care for those who must look to the community for aid and assistance, and how to establish a role for Australia in the world, in trade and in diplomacy.

It is also a story of strong and colourful personalities with deep convictions, formidable characters and large ambition for themselves as well as their country.

Along with the story and the personalities are the philosophies, the values, and the principles that have inspired Liberalism as we know it here today.

In little more than two centuries, Australia has moved from penal settlement to responsible self-government to nationhood: constitutionally 100 years ago and now in the full flower of independent, democratic, federal government.

Foreword by Hon John Howard, 25th Prime Minister of Australia.