Containing Contention: A Reinterpretation of Democratic Change and Electoral Reform in the Australian Colonies.
Australia was a precocious mass democracy. In the middle of the 19th century the franchise was extended to nearly all white male adults, the secret ballot was introduced, and other important reforms implemented. Surprisingly, these developments have attracted little recent attention. Dominant interp...
| Published in: | Australian Historical Studies Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 337 - 357 |
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Sep2011
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