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In a cool, authoritative and gently ironic biography, Don Baker considers the life of the fiery John Dunmore Lang. A tireless doer, he was a populist politician in the Legislative Council, ran three newspapers and circled the globe eight times. Although he answered only to God, he was a hero to ordinary workers.
'John Dunmore Lang, Presbyterian minister, politician, educationalist, immigration organiser, journalist, goal-bird and 'Patriot and Statesman', had a long and turbulent public career...' - Publisher.
Lang, Harpur and Deniehy were three of the most outspoken proponents of the Australian Republic in the mid-19th century. Their arguments -- concise, powerful and balanced -- are as relevant today in current Republican debate as they were then. This edited selection of their prose brings together for the first time articles, speeches and letters which show the political and cultural currents in NSW over three decades of important political change.