Henry Parkes
June 24, 2015
He was the father of…um what was it?…feda-wha?, oh federation. Henry parkes was a kind man here is a quote that was probably the most powerful sentence in his speech ;
sir Henry parkes was the premier of new south wales in 1888, and bragged he could get the colonies of Australia to federate in the time of 12 months or a YEAR. the following day the speech was published into the “Sydney morning herald”.
