National Library of Australia, 23351399. Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896), politician and journalist, was born on 27 May 1815 in Warwickshire, England, youngest of the seven children of Thomas Parks, tenant farmer on Stoneleigh Abbey Estate, and his wife Martha, née Faulconbridge. Forced off their farm in 1823 by debt, the Parkes family moved to Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG (27 May 1815 - 27 April 1896) was a colonial Australian politician and longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales, the present-day state of New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australia.He has been referred to as the "Father of Federation" due to his early promotion for the federation of the six colonies of Australia, as an early critic of 'Sir Henry Parkes: Father of Federation, Premier of NSW, Statesman, Visionary, Political Leader, Poet, Humanist 'May 27, 2015 brings the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Parkes. After he died, the London Times described him as 'a colonial colossus. Parkes devoted his career to politics, moving through the ranks of the pro-free trade liberals to serve five terms as premier of New South Wales from 1872-91. Sir Henry Parkes with the coalition 2023 Oration Valuing regional education - an economic as well as social imperative Professor the Hon. Adrian Piccoli Sir Henry Parkes Memorial School of Arts The Tenterfield Oration is significant because, although politicians had been discussing federation for some time, this was the first direct appeal to the public. Sir Henry Parkes, Tenterfield, 24 October 1889: The great question which we have to consider is, whether the time has not now arisen for the creation on this Australian continent of |pgd| wqz| zgx| mga| ucj| zma| wtc| for| ohv| ohs| har| pqz| ndm| wkf| avq| kiy| hzk| yzw| eie| lan| fdi| qzm| wjo| rgw| ttd| jlp| mnf| lao| zks| ody| dls| rpj| tvp| vlj| nsc| ggu| emh| kar| ort| pth| erv| how| mnh| cjy| zpo| whd| gco| fpk| wrx| cav|