“What is there that should be impossible to those people?”

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“What is there that should be impossible to those people?”

“… what is there that should be impossible to those people?” To us, the people of Australia?

“The crimson thread of kinship runs through us all”.

On 6 February 1890, Henry Parkes spoke about Federation in Queens Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne.
Whether we are discussing our Federation or any other issue, “we must unite as one great Australian people”.

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Article Posted: February 4, 2022