Secession - Western Australia

The Case of the People of Western Australia in support of their desire to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Australia ... and that Western Australia be restored to its former status as a separate self-governing colony in the British Empire.[Secession]

Perth: Govt Printer: Fred Simpson, 1934. 1st ed., royal octavo., pp xviii 489, b/w & col. fold. maps, half-bound in kangaroo, original gilt titled silk moire boards professionally repaired, new gilt leather spine label, ownership in ink of Western Australian historian to ffep. A beautifully bound copy in near fine condition.

The 1934 'case for secession' failed, and support for the Dominion League in the Western Australian community dwindled. The secession debate was reignited briefly in 1974 by mining magnate Lang Hancock with the formation of the Westralian Secession Movement. The movement was sparked in reaction to the centralist policy of the Whitlam Labor Government. However, the movement failed to achieve prominence due to the strong economy at the time, and disappeared as quickly as it emerged. [Harrop]. Item #99357

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