Fabian Socialism and British Australia, 1890-1972

Title
Fabian Socialism and British Australia, 1890-1972
Publication Date
2005
Author(s)
Bongiorno, FR
Editor
Editor(s): Phillip Buckner & R. Douglas Francis
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
University of Calgary Press
Place of publication
Calgary, Canada
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:627
Abstract
In a lecture at the London School of Economics in April 1899, Sidney Webb, the English Fabian socialist, gave his impressions of the Australian federal movement, gathered on a recent visit. He reported that 'great credit was due to Australian statesmen and the public for the way in which, without the consolidating force of foreign war or external pressure, they had hammered out a basis of agreement... The long and patient discussions on all these points had proved a most beneficial education on the Australian statesmen, with the result that at this moment these statesmen were... actually superior to our own in their acquaintance with both the theory and practice of political science.' Sidney admired Australia, not least because he found it so unlike the United States. In particular, he was impressed by the lack of corruption in politics and by the fact that Australian premiers died poor.
Link
Citation
Rediscovering the British World, p. 209-232
ISBN
155238179X
Start page
209
End page
232

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