TY - BOOK AU - Souter,Gavin TI - Acts of parliament : : a narrative history of the senate and House of Representatives SN - 0522843670 PY - 1988/// CY - Carlton KW - Australia KW - Parliament KW - History KW - Legislative bodies KW - Parliament practice KW - Australia. Parliament -- History N1 - Preamble -- PART ONE Melbourne 1901-1927 -- 1 Moloch -- Forecast -- A Bill for an Act -- Birth and Cradle -- Battalions of Silk Hats -- A Living Organism -- 2 Voices -- Snow-white Australia -- Messages from the Senate -- 3 Cut-throat Euchre -- Arbitration -- Judgement -- Seat of Government -- 4 Fusion -- 'Judas!' -- A Sturdy Youth -- Double Dissolution -- 5 Tumult and Shouting -- Caesar -- Khaki -- 6 The Country -- 7 Moving House -- Melbourne -- Canberra -- PART TWO Canberra 1927-1949 -- 8. Buried in the Bush -- Mace and Sword -- The Serbonian Bog -- 9 Serpent's Eggs -- Senate -- Caucus -- Opposition -- 10 The Hat Trick -- Recovery -- External Affairs -- Leadership -- 11 Time of War -- Crippled -- Wrecked -- 12 Victory -- Flames -- Plans -- 13 The Second Battle -- Ikon -- Wrath -- PART THREE Canberra 1950-1988 -- 14 Lord Protector -- Fear Complex -- Fission -- The Ming Dynasty -- Changing of the Guard -- 15 Lion Passant -- Eagle Guardant -- 16 Another Place -- King Tide -- Independence -- Austerlitz -- 17 Cyclones -- Tracy -- Trixie -- 18 Atlas -- Cabinet -- High Court -- Senate -- Adjournment -- Capital Hill -- Parliament and Judiciary -- Halley's Comet -- Appendices: 1 Parliaments -- 2 Ministries -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index ER -