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Jason Shute is an acknowledged expert on immigrant communities in South Australia and on Henry Ayers. He is a graduate of London’s Royal College of Music, where he won a number of prizes and carried out further studies in opera. He has lived with his family in South Australia for nearly two decades where he continues to work as a composer and conductor.
Illustrations | p. vii |
Map of the Province of South Australia | p. ix |
Family Trees | p. x |
Preface | p. xii |
Acknowledgements | p. xiv |
Introduction | p. xviii |
'In search of a place to ascend' | p. 1 |
The Secretary | p. 14 |
Friends when and where you need them | p. 27 |
The Year of Evolutions: taking hold of the reins | p. 41 |
All that glisters... | p. 55 |
A cuckoo in the nest? | p. 68 |
'...into Parliament he shall go!' | p. 77 |
Arrivals and departures | p. 87 |
'Betsey' no longer as free with her favours | p. 99 |
The ins and outs of office: keeping on track | p. 111 |
The cuckoo exercises his wings | p. 120 |
Royal imprimatur | p. 133 |
Slings and arrows | p. 143 |
Home, sweet Home? | p. 157 |
Meanwhile, back in the colony... | p. 174 |
Telegraphs, Honours and the hard slog of government once more | p. 185 |
The Rock | p. 196 |
Career and reputation in tatters? | p. 208 |
A lonely apotheosis: raw young emigrant become Grand Old Man | p. 218 |
Death and resurrection | p. 234 |
Weights, measures and money | p. 247 |
The Westminster system | p. 250 |
The fate of the SAMA | p. 252 |
Bibliography | p. 254 |
Index | p. 260 |
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