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Appendix 13
Select Sources
State Records has commissioned the writing of a series on the administrative history of
the New South Wales Government. The first volume by Dr Hilary Golder has just been
published — Politics, Patronage and Public Works: The Administration of New South
Wales, 1842-1900 (University of New South Wales Press, 2005). The second volume of
the series, covering the period 1901-60, is currently being written by Dr Peter Tyler.
Clark, C M H. Select documents in Australian History 1788-1850, selected and edited by
C M H Clark with the assistance of L J Pryor, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1950 (1968
reprint). This contains both published and manuscript documents on Australian history in
eight major sections, with commentaries: the British background, the first settlements,
transportation, immigration, land policy, the squatters, constitutional history, and,
economic and social conditions. The section on constitutional history includes, among its
subdivisions, "New South Wales, 1787-1842"; "The separation of Port Phillip, 1840-50"
and "The passing of the Australian Colonies Government Act, 1844-50".
Clark, C M H. Select documents in Australian History 1851-1900, selected and edited by
C M H Clark with the assistance of L J Pryor. Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1950 (1968
reprint). This is a second volume of selected published and manuscript documents on
Australian history, continuing from where the previous volume left off. It includes a
lengthy section on political history, covering such topics as: Responsible Government;
the transfer of legislative and executive power from the Imperial Parliament to the
Parliaments of the Australian Colonies; political democracy; constitutional conflicts;
Federation; and political parties.
CURREY, C H. "The first proposed swamping of the Legislative Council of New South
Wales" in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Volume 15,
Part 5, 1929, pp.282-91.
CURREY, C H. "The Legislative Council of New South Wales, 1843-1943 - Constitutional
changes: attempted and achieved" in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian
Historical Society, Volume 29, Part 6, 1943, pp.337-440.
CURREY, C H. "The Centenary of (a) the proclamation of Constitution Statute (18 and 19
Vict., c.54) and the Constitution Act (17 Vict., No.41); (b) the assembly of the first
bicameral legislature in New South Wales; and (c) the beginning in New South Wales of
responsible government" in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical
Society, Volume 42, Part 3, August 1956, pp.97-137.
DICKEY, Brian. "Responsible government in New South Wales: the transfer of power in a
colony of settlement" in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical
Society, Volume 60, Part 4, December 1974, pp.217-42.
FORREST, Jan. "Political Divisions in the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1847-53"
in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Volume 50, Part 6,
December 1964, pp.466-489.
FRAPPELL, L O. "The Riverina Separation Agitation, 1856-1866" in Journal of the Royal
Australian Historical Society, Volume 63, Part 1, June 1977, pp.1-25.
HAWKER, G N. The Parliament of New South Wales 1856-1965. NSW Government
Printer, Sydney, 1971. A history of the New South Wales Parliament commissioned by
the New South Wales government to coincide with the commemorations for the
bi-centenary of the discovery of the eastern coast of Australia by James Cook in 1770.
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