Sir Henry Parkes was the true father of Australia’s federation To say the man who would become Sir Henry Parkes had a tough childhood is an understatement. Yet poverty and a lack of formal education ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896) has been a little in the news in recent days because the prime lakeside part of Parkes Place, the bailiwick ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. One is the Queen of England and Australia; the other is known as the father of Federation. And a stoush is brewing about whether the ...

To say the man who would become Sir Henry Parkes had a tough childhood is an understatement. Yet poverty and a lack of formal education would not hold back the man who, arguably, was the most ...