The Cambridge History of the British Empire: pt. 1. Australia; advisor Ernest ScottArthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians Cambridge University Press, 1933 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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... Federal Council for legislative purposes ; and it proposed to insert in its second report a draft of an enabling bill , authorising the Queen to establish a federal union of any of the colonies which should agree on the terms of union.1 ...
... Federal Council for legislative purposes ; and it proposed to insert in its second report a draft of an enabling bill , authorising the Queen to establish a federal union of any of the colonies which should agree on the terms of union.1 ...
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... Federal Council . The scheme was not unlike his proposal of a few years before ; but perhaps , with that touch of ... federal constitution . He emphasised the urgency of federal defence , and the need for a national Parliament with ...
... Federal Council . The scheme was not unlike his proposal of a few years before ; but perhaps , with that touch of ... federal constitution . He emphasised the urgency of federal defence , and the need for a national Parliament with ...
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... federal legislature , executive , and judiciary . The Federal Parliament was to consist of a Senate , com- posed of eight members for each State , elected by the State Parlia- ments , and a House of Representatives elected by the people ...
... federal legislature , executive , and judiciary . The Federal Parliament was to consist of a Senate , com- posed of eight members for each State , elected by the State Parlia- ments , and a House of Representatives elected by the people ...
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