Australian Horn of Plenty - How Britain''s Australian Colonies Began Democracy

Hamilton explores in a short history how all men gained the vote, self-government and the secret ballot in South Australia (1856), Victoria (1857) and New South Wales (1858). A vital text for scholars of democracy, Australian Studies, Political Science, Constitutional Law, and about the building blocks of first world prosperity.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Democracy
Chapter 2: What were the 1850s constitutions and electoral laws?
Chapter 3: The ideas that formed these new Australian colonial democracies
Chapter 4: The Colonial leaders that fought for and opposed democracy
Chapter 5: (upper houses)
Chapter 6: New South Wales - the 18th century colony
Chapter 7: Victoria- the colony of the goldfields and Eureka stockade
Chapter 8: South Australia - the democracy colony
Chapter 9: The British framework
Chapter 10: Conclusion
Annexure 1: A Note on Sources

About the author

Reg Hamilton is Adjunct Professor, Central Queensland University, College of Business, School of Business and Law, formerly a Deputy President of the Fair Work Commission and Australian Industrial Relations Commission. He is the author of numerous articles on the history of the minimum wage, and books on labour relations and Australian colonial history.

Product details

• Authors: Reg (Central Queensland University Hamilton, Hamilton Reg
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032791463
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3279146-3
• No. of pages: 138
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Elections & referenda, Political parties and party platforms, Elections and referenda / suffrage