The Hopetoun Blunder was a political event immediately prior to the Federation of the British colonies in Australia. Federation was scheduled to occur...

known as the "Hopetoun Blunder". Lyne, who had campaigned against federation, had little support from the political establishment, and Hopetoun was forced...

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in the subsequent referendums. In late 1900, despite the initial "Hopetoun Blunder", Barton was commissioned to form a caretaker government as Australia's...

major political controversies in Australia: La Nauze, John (1957). The Hopetoun Blunder: The Appointment of the First Prime Minister of Australia, December...

and Alfred Deakin. He is best known as the subject of the so called "Hopetoun Blunder", unexpectedly being asked to serve as the first Prime Minister of...

Australian Senate, were up for election. After the initial confusion of the Hopetoun Blunder, the first Prime Minister of Australia, Edmund Barton, went into the...

of Australia on 1 January 1901. After the initial confusion of the Hopetoun Blunder, he appointed the first prime minister of Australia, Edmund Barton...

government was necessary. In what is now known as the Hopetoun Blunder, the governor-general, Lord Hopetoun, invited Sir William Lyne, the premier of the most...

Hopetoun Blunder Member for Hunter (1901–1903) Prime Minister of Australia Term of government (1901–1903) 1901 Australian federal election Barton ministry...

Governor-General-designate, The 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appointed Edmund Barton (after the Hopetoun Blunder), leader of the Protectionist Party, to head...

Hopetoun Blunder Member for Hunter (1901–1903) Prime Minister of Australia Term of government (1901–1903) 1901 Australian federal election Barton ministry...

commission. The unsuccessful commissioning of Lyne is known as The Hopetoun Blunder. Lyne subsequently served as a minister in the early Protectionist...

by Australia's first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun before an estimated crowd of 250,000 people. Hopetoun had first offered the position to the Premier...

protesting the Tariff of 1828. 1900 – Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier...

earth strategy. December 19 – Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier...

and was instrumental in the affair that became known as the Hopetoun Blunder. Lord Hopetoun, Australia's first Governor-General, had commissioned Sir William...

anxiety for New South Wales's supremacy may have contributed to the 'Hopetoun Blunder'. According to Bennett, Darley's private assessment in 1902 was that...

arrival in Australia, the first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, commits the so-called Hopetoun Blunder. 14 September – The film Soldiers of the Cross is shown...

selecting instead Sir William Lyne, in a decision memorialized as the Hopetoun Blunder. When key leaders said that they would not serve under Lyne, who had...

in.” Political Economy in Australia (1949) Alfred Deakin (1962) The Hopetoun Blunder (1957) Federated Australia. Selections From Letters to the Morning...

Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed by the Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun on 1 January 1901, and Barton was sworn in as Australia's first prime minister...

March 2012). "Fuel strike: Francis Maude fuels crisis with 'jerry can' blunder". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved...

Cunneen, Christopher (1983). King's Men: Australia's Governors-General from Hopetoun to Isaacs. Allen & Unwin. p. 152. "No. 32856". The London Gazette. 24 August...

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