Engineers and engineering 176 n15,
178, 181 n22, 253, 255, 284,
296, 297
British, railway 168
Engineers Case56 n47, 108
enterprise bargaining 126, 131, 132, 136
sweetheart (consent) awards 124
environment
biosecurity 301
see alsogeography
envy
as a feature of democracy (Hancock) 44, 45
n22, 86– 7
as a feature of democracy (Tocqueville) 87
equality 160, 215, 277, 278
and bureaucracy 113, 115
in Tocqueville’s analysis and appraisal 86–8,
90 – 2, 101
Eureka Stockade 51 n34
Evangelicalism 64, 73
Evatt, H. V. 76
Exceptionalism 5–7, 9, 24, 25, 26, 28, 32, 34,
35, 37, 41, 48, 50, 52, 54, 58, 180, 209, 221,
223 – 5, 289, 302, 304
excise duty 121
Excise Tariff Act (1906) 57, 121, 122,
232, 234
experts, rule by 97, 98, 115, 178, 180, 181,
262, 284
see alsobureaucracy, public service and
independent statutory authorities
Fabianism 98
fairness 44, 117, 122, 119
in Hancock’s analysis 82, 90, 101
‘test’129, 237
see alsoequality
Farmers Union
of New Zealand 298 n23, 307
of Queensland 152
of Victoria 236
far-wests 290, 306
Federal Executive Council 271
federalism 2, 107, 110, 111, 114, 237
New Zealand 293
verticalfiscal imbalance 2, 111, 117
see alsocentralism
federation of Australia 269
Federal Convention of 1897 229
Federation, religion in 66–7, 73– 4
Fianna Fáil 158
Fiji 151 n11
financial deregulation 7, 8, 302, 305
First World War in Australian history 27, 30,
31, 64, 69, 83, 84, 96 n6, 151, 154, 156,
231, 238, 260, 300
Forscutt, C. T. 72
France 23, 31, 64, 95, 166, 190, 302 n31
and Catholic Church in New Zealand 297
industrial relations 137– 8
literature 82, 83–4, 92
Rainbow Warrior302 n31
see alsoFrench Revolution
franchise
aboriginals 38, 160
male 23, 24, 149, 160 n25
Maˉori 295 n14
women 24, 295 n14
Free Church of Scotland 293, 296
Free Trade Party 28, 66, 74, 76, 120, 151, 157,
157 n22, 162 n29, 279, 281
French Revolution 63, 83, 95
frontier conflicts 20, 291, 294
generation
of 1820 83
of 1850s 25, 177
of 1880s 109
of 1890s 76
lost 84
sixties 302 n32
geography 39, 183, 247, 252, 290 n2
distance and isolation 17–18, 29
rising sea levels 17, 18
Zealandia 292
Germany 2, 3, 28, 31, 166, 170, 232 n9
see alsoPrussia
Gillies, D. 175, 179
Glynn, Patrick M. 66– 7
gold mining 28, 31, 51 n34, 53
dovetails with wool 22– 3
gold rushes 29, 30, 31, 35, 145, 230, 235, 292,
293, 296
effects of 21–3, 168, 169, 230, 235, 292
immigrants of 29, 31, 69, 168 n5, 230,
296 n19
Goldstein, Vida 233
Goods and Services Tax (GST) 111, 129
Governor-General of Australia 49, 176, 269,
270 – 2, 286
Governor General of Canada 269, 270
Governors of New South Wales 20, 23, 35, 37,
48, 54, 89, 177, 269
government
debt and deficits 14, 171, 172,
176, 181
subsidies 7, 26, 28, 29, 70, 171 , 172, 184,
204, 210, 219, 220, 222, 252, 256, 294
seestate socialism, colonial socialism, welfare
state
grain elevators 245, 249, 252, 254–7, 259,
260, 263
Great Famine of Ireland 229
Griffith, Sir Samuel 56 n47, 108, 237, 253Index