Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Henry_Parkes> ?p ?o. }
- Henry_Parkes abstract "Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG (27 May 1815 – 27 April 1896) was a statesman and politician who is considered the Father of the Australian Federation. As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Commonwealth of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his lifetime by The Times as "the most commanding figure in Australian politics". Alfred Deakin described him as "though not rich or versatile, his personality was massive, durable and imposing, resting upon elementary qualities of human nature elevated by a strong mind. He was cast in the mould of a great man and though he suffered from numerous pettinesses, spites and failings, he was in himself a large-brained self-educated Titan whose natural field was found in Parliament and whose resources of character and intellect enabled him in his later years to overshadow all his contemporaries".Parkes was tall, with rugged facial features, a leonine mane of hair and a commanding personality. He was a persuasive orator, too, who eschewed flights of rhetoric and spoke as a plain man to plain men, with great effect, in spite of occasional difficulties in controlling his aspirates. He had no schooling worthy of the name but had read widely. It has been said of him that he lacked gracious manners and was too conscious of his intellectual superiority, but his kindly reception in the UK by the likes of Thomas Carlyle and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, suggests that he was not without charm. He was interested in early Australian literary men, having been a friend of both Harpur and Kendall. He was a bad manager of his own affairs; what he had he spent, and he died penniless. He is the father of Katherine Parkes.Yet he evidently knew a good financier when he saw one, for he had able treasurers serving in each of his cabinets, and their financial administration was sound. He was vain and temperamental, and frequently resigned his parliamentary seat only to seek election again soon afterwards. He was not a socialist but he had strong views about the rights of the people and for most of his parliamentary life was a great leader of them. In his later years, however, he seems to have been worn down by the strong conservative opposition he encountered, and he was responsible for a smaller body of social-reform legislation than might have been expected. Early to recognise the need for Australian Federation, when he saw that it had really become possible to achieve, he fought strongly for it, at a time when many leading politicians in New South Wales were fearful of its effect on their colony. The indomitable character which had raised him from farm labourer to premier, and his recognition of the altruistic broader view that was required in a great movement such as Federation, had an immense effect when the cause's fate was in doubt, and weighted the scale in its favour.".
- Henry_Parkes birthDate "1815-05-27".
- Henry_Parkes birthPlace Canley.
- Henry_Parkes birthPlace Warwickshire.
- Henry_Parkes birthYear "1815".
- Henry_Parkes child Sydney.
- Henry_Parkes deathDate "1896-04-27".
- Henry_Parkes deathPlace Annandale,_New_South_Wales.
- Henry_Parkes deathPlace New_South_Wales.
- Henry_Parkes deathPlace Sydney.
- Henry_Parkes deathYear "1896".
- Henry_Parkes nationality British_subject.
- Henry_Parkes office "Premier of New South Wales".
- Henry_Parkes orderInOffice "7th".
- Henry_Parkes religion Anglicanism.
- Henry_Parkes thumbnail Henryparkes.jpg?width=300.
- Henry_Parkes viafId "47687438".
- Henry_Parkes wikiPageExternalLink books?id=SdUNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:henry+inauthor:parkes&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3&ei=fgXeSIvaA4PstAPMiKC0CA.
- Henry_Parkes wikiPageExternalLink books?id=eTgXAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:henry+inauthor:parkes&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3&ei=fgXeSIvaA4PstAPMiKC0CA.
- Henry_Parkes wikiPageExternalLink books?id=mt9BAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:henry+inauthor:parkes&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3&ei=fgXeSIvaA4PstAPMiKC0CA.
- Henry_Parkes wikiPageExternalLink books?id=mz8SAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:henry+inauthor:parkes&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3&ei=fgXeSIvaA4PstAPMiKC0CA.
- Henry_Parkes wikiPageExternalLink nla.party-514478.
- Henry_Parkes wikiPageExternalLink text-idx?c=acls;cc=acls;view=toc;idno=heb03372.0001.001.
- Henry_Parkes wikiPageExternalLink parkes.htm.
- Henry_Parkes wikiPageExternalLink parkes.htm.
- Henry_Parkes wikiPageExternalLink 30029.
- Henry_Parkes wikiPageExternalLink parkes.html.
- Henry_Parkes wikiPageExternalLink Achievements.htm.
- Henry_Parkes wikiPageID "301816".
- Henry_Parkes wikiPageRevisionID "605856044".
- Henry_Parkes after Alexander_Stuart_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes after Edmund_Barton.
- Henry_Parkes after Edward_Clark_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes after George_Dibbs.
- Henry_Parkes after John_Bowie_Wilson.
- Henry_Parkes after John_Plunkett.
- Henry_Parkes after John_Robertson_(New_South_Wales_Premier).
- Henry_Parkes after John_Stewart_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes after Joseph_Innes.
- Henry_Parkes after Robert_Palmer_Abbott.
- Henry_Parkes after William_Bede_Dalley.
- Henry_Parkes after William_Forster_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes after William_Pigott.
- Henry_Parkes after "George Griffiths".
- Henry_Parkes after "John McElhone".
- Henry_Parkes after Francis_Tait.
- Henry_Parkes after James_Greenwood_(New_South_Wales_politician).
- Henry_Parkes alongside Alexander_Stuart_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes alongside Arthur_Renwick.
- Henry_Parkes alongside Charles_Cowper.
- Henry_Parkes alongside David_Buchanan_(politician).
- Henry_Parkes alongside Edward_Clark_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes alongside George_King_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes alongside George_Oakes_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes alongside George_Reid_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes alongside Henry_Cary_Dangar.
- Henry_Parkes alongside Isaac_Ellis_Ives.
- Henry_Parkes alongside James_Martin_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes alongside James_Robert_Wilshire.
- Henry_Parkes alongside John_Davies_(New_South_Wales_politician).
- Henry_Parkes alongside John_Fitzgerald_Burns.
- Henry_Parkes alongside John_Lucas_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes alongside Joseph_Cullen.
- Henry_Parkes alongside Peter_Faucett.
- Henry_Parkes alongside Robert_Campbell_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes alongside Saul_Samuel.
- Henry_Parkes alongside Thomas_Whistler_Smith.
- Henry_Parkes alongside Charles_Moore_(New_South_Wales_politician).
- Henry_Parkes alongside James_Henry_Neale.
- Henry_Parkes alongside John_Black_(New_South_Wales_politician).
- Henry_Parkes alongside John_MacIntosh.
- Henry_Parkes before David_Buchanan_(politician).
- Henry_Parkes before George_Dibbs.
- Henry_Parkes before James_Farnell.
- Henry_Parkes before James_Martin_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes before John_Darvall.
- Henry_Parkes before John_Davies_(New_South_Wales_politician).
- Henry_Parkes before John_Robertson_(New_South_Wales_Premier).
- Henry_Parkes before Marshall_Burdekin.
- Henry_Parkes before Matthew_Stephen.
- Henry_Parkes before Patrick_Jennings.
- Henry_Parkes before Richard_Hill_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes before Samuel_Gray_(Australian_politician).
- Henry_Parkes before "George King".
- Henry_Parkes before "James Greenwood".
- Henry_Parkes before "James Hart".
- Henry_Parkes before "James Martin".
- Henry_Parkes before "James Neale".
- Henry_Parkes before "John MacIntosh".
- Henry_Parkes before "John Wilson".
- Henry_Parkes before "New seat".
- Henry_Parkes before "Robert Stewart".
- Henry_Parkes before Hugh_Gordon_(New_South_Wales_politician).
- Henry_Parkes before John_Thomas_Gannon.
- Henry_Parkes birthDate "1815-05-27".
- Henry_Parkes birthPlace "Canley, England".
- Henry_Parkes children "Annie".
- Henry_Parkes children "Aurora".
- Henry_Parkes children "Clarinda Martha".
- Henry_Parkes children "Clarinda Sarah".