Haphazardly schooled, he found work where he could, mainly as a house painter. The grinding daily slog left him exhausted and frustrated. His mum, Louisa, had a bright idea. In the political flurry ...

There his father Thomas found work as a gardener and “odd-job man”. Sir Henry Parkes and his second wife, Nellie Parkes. Picture: National Library of Australia ...

He stood six feet tall in his socks, with a head shaped like a mammoth goose egg, big end up, it was said. Sir Henry Parkes seemed to lend himself to such flourishes. Here was a man of "colossal ...

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 ...

premier parkes's book; a poor immigrant's rise to the highest station. fifty years in the making of australian history. by sir henry parkes. with portraits. 8vo.

Sir Henry Parkes c1895. He was returned to parliament. On March 24, 1893, Parkes addressed a meeting in the Aquarium Hall in Manly on the current political situation.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Feb. 4.--Sir Henry Parkes, member of Parliament, Prime Minister of NewSouth Wales, arrived here this morning over the Union Pacific Railroad on a trip for his health, ...

A museum that marks the birthplace of Australian federation has been closed. Sir Henry Parkes made his impassioned plea to Australians to federate the colonies into one nation at Tenterfield, in ...