Essays Tagged: "Tenterfield Oration"
Reasons for Australian Federation
889, the premier of NSW, Sir Henry Parkes, called for a convention on Federation. This speech, "The Tenterfield Oration", sparked more conventions. Soon afterwards, "The National Australasian Conventi ... cal leaders greatly aided the process of Federation.A series of "peoples' conventions" followed the Tenterfield Oration. They took into account the thoughts and ideas of everyday Australians, and incr ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History