Watson maintained that his father was a British seaman called George Watson. Records dispute this, however, indicating that Watson's father was a Chilean citizen of German descent, Johan Cristian Tanc ...
Democratic socialism is difficult to define, and groups of political scientists have radically different definitions for the term.Some definitions simply refer to all forms of socialism that follow a ...
Workers who were sent to Australia initially came from England under what was called penal transportation that is as prisoners under the condition of slavery. Workers were also brought from neighbouri ...
Working conditions for sheep shearers in 19th century Australia were not good. In 1891 wool was one of Australia's largest industries. But as the wool industry grew, so did the number and influence of ...
The dispute began on 15 August 1890 when the Mercantile Marine Officers' Association directed its members to give 24 hours' notice to their employers after negotiations broke down with the Steamship O ...
The Attorney-General administers the Attorney-General's Department, and is the minister responsible for the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and the Australian Classification Board ...
Deakin was the second child of English immigrants, William Deakin and his wife Sarah Bill, daughter of a Shropshire farmer, who had migrated to Australia in 1850 and settled in the Melbourne suburb of ...
The Labor Party has always had a left wing and a right wing, but since the 1970s it has been organised into formal factions, to which party members may belong and often pay an additional membership fe ...
Main article: History of the Australian Labor PartyChris Watson, first leader of then Federal Labour Party 1901–07 (held the balance of power) and Prime Minister in 1904Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister ...
The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states and renamed the Anti-Socialist Party i ...
The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow ...
The Parliament of Australia consists of two chambers. The House of Representatives has 150 members, elected for a maximum term of three years in proportional single-member constituencies with a system ...
Signs and symptoms PA presents insidiously, and many of the signs and symptoms are due to anemia itself, where anemia is present. Untreated pernicious anemia can lead to neurological complications, an ...
Hopetoun's time as Governor-General came to an abrupt and embarrassing end after a dispute over the financial arrangements for the office emerged in mid-1902. The Constitutional Conventions of the 189 ...
Hope was born at South Queensferry, West Lothian in Scotland, the eldest son of the 6th Earl of Hopetoun and Ethelred Anne Hope. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhur ...
