Böcker av Robert Lehane

When Dalley, a convicts son who became the first Australian Privy Councillor, died in 1888, The Bulletin described him as a man of many splendours, both of intellect and heart, and in many respects the most notable man Sydney has given birth to. Nine years later some 10,000 people gathered in Hyde Park for the unveiling of his statue. A plaque in St Pauls Cathedral, London, commemorates him. Clearly someone with a story worth telling. Unconventional and perennially popular, Dalley was a major contributor to the political, legal and literary life of NSW. While the despatch of colonial troops to Sudan in 1885 is the act he is most often remembered for today, contemporaries admired him for much more - not least the use of his remarkable oratorical power, honed in memorable court cases, to champion causes such as religious and racial harmony and a gentler form of parliamentary politics.';This remarkable book... Robert Lehane has captured the very flavour of late-colonial society, from the bushranging days to the 1888 Centennial.' - Reviews in Australian Studies';...much more than the account of a fascinating and full public life. It brings to life the colony of New South Wales' - Bar News';those whoread William Bede Dalley will rejoice in a rich and meaningful life' - Canberra Historical Journal

John Forrest DD, the exuberant scholar/priest recruited in Ireland in 1859 to set up the Catholic St John's College at Sydney University, found life in colonial NSW much to his liking. However, it soon became clear that divisions within the Church, even more than a shortage of candidates for degrees, would put paid to his high hopes for the college. Relations between the colony's English archbishops and Irish ecclesiastics were often poisonous, and he was in the Irish camp. Fortunately his interests and friendships extended well beyond the Church and university, and so does this story. Characters who make major appearances, as well as some colourful churchmen, include the extraordinary Henry Parkes and other notables of politics and the law. A central event is the attempted assassination of Queen Victoria's son Prince Alfred in Sydney in 1868.';a fascinating account Sydney never seemed so exciting.' The Sydney Morning Herald';full of interest and intrigue.' The Canberra Times ';deserves to be read by all those with an interest in the Irish diaspora, the history of New South Wales or the study of modern Catholicism' Australasian Journal of Irish Studies