![]() Bernard O'Dowd Portrait by William Rowell oil on canvas ; 89.5 x 76 cm PIC R11326 National Library of Australia |
THE NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA'S FEDERATION GATEWAY O'DOWD, BERNARD (1866-1953) Bernard O'Dowd, born in Beaufort,
Victoria, was an opponent of Federation involved with the radical journal
Tocsin. He wrote many satirical poems therein about Federation and a
clause by clause critique of the draft Federal Bill. He saw future dangers in
State/Federal rivalry to working people, warned of the unspecified powers given
to the Governor General and considered a federated Australia to be at a
disadvantage compared with more "unitary" countries. |
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