Australia & New Zealand, History, Federal government, Statesmen, Politics and government, 20th century, Australia 

The road that led to the inauguration of the Australian nation on 1 January 1901 was by no means smooth traveling. Alfred Deakin later noted that the Federation "must always appear to have been secured by a series of miracles." Here is a entertaining view of Federation through the lives of the key individuals involved.
 

Content:
1. The Fortunes of Federation / Stuart Macintyre -- 2. Bonhomie, Tenacity, Vindictiveness: The Force of Charles Cameron Kingston / J. C. Bannon -- 3. A Welsh Aristocrat and an Australian Liberal: Samuel Griffith and the Writing of the Constitution / Kay Saunders -- 4. Andrew Inglis Clark: 'The Republican of Tasmania' / John Williams -- 5. George Reid, The Democrat as Equivocator: Piss and Wind, or Principles in Search of a Constituency? / Norman Abjorensen -- 6. 'It Would be a Glorious Finish to your Life': Federation and Henry Parkes / Allan Martin -- 7. Edmund Barton: Some Mysteries / Geoffrey Bolton -- 8. Alfred Deakin and his Friends / Al Gabay -- 9. Federation's Prodigy: The Private Life of Robert Randolph Garran / Jeff Brownrigg -- 10. Prime Ministers' Wives: Women in the Background / Di Langmore -- 11. 'In the Interests of the Home': Rose Scott's Feminist Opposition to Federation / Marilyn Lake -- 12. Catherine Helen Spence: Grand Old Woman of Australia / Vicki Moore -- 13. On the Side of the Angels: E. W. O'Sullivan as Republican, Feminist and Federationist / David Headon -- 14. God / Mark McKenna -- 15. H. B. Higgins: Federation as 'A Mere Word' / John Rickard -- 16. Farmer McGeoch's Diaries / Tessa Milne -- 17. The Most Eccentric of Them All: J. W. R. Clarke / Helen Irving -- 18. The Japanese in the Big Picture / Alison Broinowski -- 19. Tom Roberts and Mandy Martin: From the Big Picture to Red Ochre Cove / Peter Haynes. 

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-246) and index.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.