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Cr Paul Tully - Supporting an Australian Republic at the 1998 Constitutional Convention. |
In a spirited - if slightly light-hearted speech - Cr Paul Tully examined the role of the various Australian colonial and state governors since 1788.
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Cr Paul Tully addresses the media outside the Old Parliament House in Canberra where the issue of the humble Aussie lamington became the focus of debate. |
According to Hansard page 728 at the Australian Constitutional Convention in Canberra on 11 February 1998, Cr Paul Tully, an elected delegate representing "Queenslanders for a Republic" suggested that his extensive research of the Governors of the six Australian colonies and states had produced evidence of only "one, single, solitary, positive achievement of any Governor since the First Fleet arrived in 1788" and that was Lord Lamington's contribution to the culinary delights of the Australian nation!
Lord Lamington served Queensland for 5 years but despite all of his colonial, aristocratic pomp and ceremony, the only thing which Charles Wallace Alexander Napier COCHRANE-BAILLIE will ever be remembered for in Australia is the creation of the world-famous lamington.
Lord Lamington served Queensland for 5 years but despite all of his colonial, aristocratic pomp and ceremony, the only thing which Charles Wallace Alexander Napier COCHRANE-BAILLIE will ever be remembered for in Australia is the creation of the world-famous lamington.
Long live the humble Aussie lamington!
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