Australian Republicanism

A Reader

Mark McKenna, Wayne Hudson
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Australian Republicanism

Published

15 November 2003

ISBN

9780522850703

Pages

304

Imprint

Melbourne University Press

Australian Republicanism

A Reader

Mark McKenna, Wayne Hudson
This collection of readings is designed to transform the way Australians understand republicanism.
'We Love the Queen. We honour the Queen. We serve the Queen.'—R. G. Menzies

'We must be ourselves.'-Patrick White

This collection of readings is designed to transform the way Australians understand republicanism. The editors, Mark McKenna and Wayne Hudson, have harvested a wealth of previously neglected historical sources to produce a fascinating collection of original documents that grapple with the issue of Australian republicanism. In the vein of Manning Clark's Select Documents in Australian History, this collection offers an inspiring and salient sample of Australian viewpoints, from the famous to the obscure, the official to the flagrantly informal, the rhetorical to the ridiculous.

McKenna and Hudson argue with wit and conviction that the republic has a place in Australia's future, but only if it is a republic founded on a vision of inclusion. 'This is the first principle of creating a sense of ownership and belonging—a republic about which people might begin to care.'
'We Love the Queen. We honour the Queen. We serve the Queen.'—R. G. Menzies

'We must be ourselves.'-Patrick White

This collection of readings is designed to transform the way Australians understand republicanism. The editors, Mark McKenna and Wayne Hudson, have harvested a wealth of previously neglected historical sources to produce a fascinating collection of original documents that grapple with the issue of Australian republicanism. In the vein of Manning Clark's Select Documents in Australian History, this collection offers an inspiring and salient sample of Australian viewpoints, from the famous to the obscure, the official to the flagrantly informal, the rhetorical to the ridiculous.

McKenna and Hudson argue with wit and conviction that the republic has a place in Australia's future, but only if it is a republic founded on a vision of inclusion. 'This is the first principle of creating a sense of ownership and belonging—a republic about which people might begin to care.'

Mark McKenna

Mark McKenna

Mark McKenna is one of Australia's leading historians. Professor of History at the University of Sydney, he is the author of several prize-winning books, including Looking for Blackfellas' Point: an Australian History of Place, which won the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction and Book of the Year in the 2003 NSW Premier's Literary Awards.

Seven years in the making, his biography of Manning Clark won the 2012 Prime Minister's Award for Non-Fiction and four…

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Wayne Hudson

Professor Wayne Hudson studied History and Law at the University of Sydney. He also studied German philosophy at Oxford University. His research focusses on the connections between utopianism, heterodoxy and social reform. He is a leader in innovative university teaching and was awarded the Australian National Teaching Award for Arts and Humanities in 2004.

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