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dc.contributor.authorO'Collins, Maev
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-18 00:00:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T14:51:39Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T14:51:39Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier459771
dc.identifierOCN: 670399806en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33593
dc.description.abstractThe 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
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH Historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.otherpolitics and government
dc.subject.otheraustralia
dc.subject.otherhistory
dc.subject.othernorfolk island
dc.subject.otherCommonwealth of Nations
dc.subject.otherNew South Wales
dc.subject.otherPitcairn Islands
dc.subject.otherSydney
dc.titleAn Uneasy Relationship
dc.title.alternativeNorfolk Island and the Commonwealth of Australia
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/OAPEN_459771
oapen.relation.isPublishedByddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71
oapen.pages174
oapen.place.publicationCanberra
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Australia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia; Commonwealth of Nations - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations; New South Wales - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales; Norfolk Island - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Island; Pitcairn Islands - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands; Sydney - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney
oapen.identifier.ocn670399806


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