Australian Classical Liberals and Libertarians
[Created: 16 Jan. 2017]
[Updated: January 31, 2023 ] |
19th Century: William Hearn (1826-1888) | Bruce Smith (1851-1937)
20th Century: Robert Menzies (1894-1978) | The Workers Party (1975) | John Hewson (1946-)
The Nineteenth Century
William Edward Hearn (1826-1888)
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William Edward Hearn, Plutology or the Theory of the Efforts to Satisfy Human Wants (Melbourne: George Robertson, 1863; London: Macmillan and Co., 1864). |
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William Edward Hearn, The Government of England: Its Structure and its Development (London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer; Melbourne: George Robertson, 1868). |
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William Edward Hearn, The Aryan Household: Its Structure and its Development. An Introduction to Comparative Jurisprudence (Melbourne: George Robertson, 1878) |
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William Edward Hearn, The Theory of Legal Duty and Rights: An Introduction to Analytical Jurisprudence (Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1883). |
Arthur Bruce Smith (1851–1937)
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| Information about Bruce Smith (1851–1937) |
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Bruce Smith, Liberty and Liberalism: A Protest against the growing Tendency toward undue Interference by the State, with Individual Liberty, Private Enterprise and the Rights of Property (London: Longmans, Green, and Co. and New York: 15 East 16Th Street, 1887).
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Bruce Smith, Truisms of Statecraft: An Attempt to Define, in General Terms, the Origin, Growth, Purpose, and Possibilities, of Popular Government (London: Longmans, 1921). |
The Twentieth Century
Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978)
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Robert Gordon Menzies, The Forgotten People: and Other Studies in Democracy (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1943). These broadcasts were made over the radio between 22 May, 1942 and 20 November, 1942. |
The Workers Party (1975)
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The Workers Party Platform (1975): “No man or group of men has the right to initiate the use of force, fraud or coercion against another man or group of men”. |
John Robert Hewson (1946- )
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Fightback! Taxation and Expenditure Reform for Jobs and Growth. The Liberal and National Parties’ Plan to rebuild and reward Australia (21 November 1991). |