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Colony : strange origins of one of the earliest modern democracies / Reg Hamilton.
(1st ed.)
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Call No:
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E3/9/2
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Author:
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Hamilton, Reg. ;
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Publisher:
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Kent Town, S. Aust. :
Wakefield Press,
2010.
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Subject:
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Hamilton family ; South Australia - pioneers & settlers ; Australia - South Australia ;
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Material Type:
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Book
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Pagination:
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viii, 311 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
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Edition:
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1st ed.
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Notes:
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-307) and index.
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Summary:
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Chapter 1.
Trouble at St Mary's --
Chapter 2.
The town and port of Dover --
Chapter 3.
The ancient and busy Dover Corporation --
Chapter 4.
The end of the old Dover Corporation --
Chapter 5.
More trouble at St Mary's --
Chapter 6.
Civilising Dover --
Chapter 7.
The freemen of Dover --
Chapter 8.
The freemen vote and have a party or riot --
Chapter 9.
Where did free debate at the hustings come from? --
How did South Australia become the nation's first democracy? The authorseeks to answer this question by examining the attitudes, customs and laws in Dover, where his own immigrant ancestor originated, and in the new colony of South Australia.
The author is a direct descendant of Richard Hamilton, a tailor who arrived with his family aboard the Katherine Stewart Forbes with the South Australian Company on 17 October 1837, only a few months after the initial establishment of the colony.
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