One flag, one hope, one destiny: Sir Joseph Carruthers and Australian Federation by Earnshaw, Beverley

Kogarah Historical Society Inc., NSW, Australia. 2000. Softcover (17 x 25 cm), 190 pages. ISBN: 1876409088. Ex-library copy. Good condition. No external library markings. The wraps are covered in a permanently attached archival book jacket cover. Bumped, rubbed, with some creases [primarily at corners]. There are no external library markings. Library stamps and/or stickers on title page, last page and page fore edge. The gutters (inside) along the front and rear covers are reinforced with tape. Some pages bumped, creased [top corner]. Sir Joseph Carruthers was a member of the NSW Parliament for 45 years and premier from 1904 to 1907. Many of his reforms are so ingrained in our daily life that today's citizens take them for granted. He was a champion of the Australian worker, an early environmentalist, pioneer of the Pan Pacific Movement, and a supporter of the White Australia Policy, but his most enduring accomplishment was his role in Federation. Sir Joseph Carruthers did much to… Read More

Sydney, Kogarah: Kogarah Historical Society, 2000. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos (including full-page portraits), minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name title page). 190 pp. Beverley Earnshaw reports on Sir Joseph Carruthers, a member of the New South Wales Parliament for 45 years and premier from 1904 to 1907. Many of his reforms are so ingrained in our daily lives that we take them for granted. He was a champion of the Australian worker and an early environmentalist but his most enduring accomplishment was his Federation role (as the chosen successor of Sir Henry Parkes who died before Federation was achieved).

Kogarah , N.S.W., Australia: Kogarah Historical Society, 2000 The cover has a little wear. The page edges are very lightly foxed. The title page has an inscription with a personal address which appears to be written by author Beverley Earnshaw. 190 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Inscribed by Author (?). Paperback. Very Good.