Henry Parkes’ ‘Crimson Thread’ interpreted for modern Australia
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… by John Bannon, Marie Bashir, Neal Blewett, Linda Burney, Lyndsay Connors, John Faulkner, Geoff Gallop, Helen Irving, Philip Laird, Ted Mack, Susan Ryan, Gordon Samuels and George Williams.
The Henry Parkes Foundation has launched ‘The CrThe Henry Parkes Foundation has launched ‘The Crimson Thread’ to commemorate Parkes’ 200th birthday in a Parliament House event in Sydney on 27 May 2015. It provides ideas for Australian society in the spirit of Parkes.
The book is available at Booktopia.
To find out more about Parkes, who he was and what he did grab a copy of Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus by Stephen Dando-Collins.
Stephen Dando-Collins (2013) Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus
Article Posted: May 27, 2015
