Sir Joseph Carruthers - Gorman, Zachary
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The decades immediately preceding and following Federation were the formative years of Australian politics. This biography tells the story of that period of transition through the life of one of its central protagonists. Sir Joseph Carruthers had a distinguished and eventful career as Premier, a Father of Federation and a Member of the New South Wales Parliament for forty-five years. His greatest legacy is the adaptation of nineteenth-century classical liberalism to the politics of Australia's nascent party system. It is in large part because of Carruthers, and his great friend George Reid,…mehr

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The decades immediately preceding and following Federation were the formative years of Australian politics. This biography tells the story of that period of transition through the life of one of its central protagonists. Sir Joseph Carruthers had a distinguished and eventful career as Premier, a Father of Federation and a Member of the New South Wales Parliament for forty-five years. His greatest legacy is the adaptation of nineteenth-century classical liberalism to the politics of Australia's nascent party system. It is in large part because of Carruthers, and his great friend George Reid, that liberalism in Australia came to be associated with the centre-right.
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Autorenporträt
Zachary Kevin Kearney Gorman is a Tutor of History & Politics at the University of Wollongong, where he recently completed his PhD. His research focus is the history of classical liberalism in pre-war Australian and Colonial politics, covering figures such as George Reid, Henry Parkes and Bruce. As an up-and-coming historian, Zachary has been published widely in both academic journals and Quadrant. His first book, a biography of Sir Joseph Carruthers, founder of the original NSW Liberal Party and a key figure in ensuring that 'liberalism' in Australia came to be associated with the centre-right.