An uneasy relationship : Norfolk Island and the Commonwealth of Australia / Maev O'Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Collins, Maev, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Norfolk Island--History.

Norfolk Island.

Australia--Politics and government.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : Australian National University E Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The situation of Norfolk Island, as a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia, is one of the historical anomalies in governance, which has persisted since 1914. It reflects the direct historical linkages between the British Crown and those Norfolk Islanders who were descendants of Pitcairn Islanders of Mutiny on the Bounty fame. Yet, once Federation was in the wind, the British Government, against the expressed wishes of the Norfolk Island community, sought to divest itself of all responsibility for Norfolk Island. There is a curiously 'Yes Minister' quality about the negotiations which lead to the final take-over by Australia, and the appointment of the first Commonwealth Administrator of Norfolk Island. The direct involvement of Atlee Hunt, then Secretary of the Department of External Affairs, eventually ensured the appointment of Michael Vincent Murphy. In order to achieve this end, Hunt had to fend off other applicants who were busy ingratiating themselves with the Minister for External Affairs Patrick McMahon Glynn and the then Prime Minister Joseph Cook. This is essentially a study of the relationships between governors, politicians, public servants and community leaders during the years which followed the take-over of Norfolk Island, and of the struggle of one Norfolk Islander, Charles Chase Ray Nobbs, against Australian administrative authority.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781921666995

1921666994

OCLC:

1250411794

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_459771

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access