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The history of Chartism outside Britain remains one of the most neglected aspects of scholarship devoted to the movement. This article explores the story of two loosely connected organizations in Sydney, New South Wales, that were established by former radicals and Chartists and inspired by ideas and aspirations best understood under the rubric �Chartism and Something More�. Sydney's democrats, like many others throughout the Anglophone world, helped to make Chartism one of Britain's most successful, if unheralded, exports.

The history of Chartism outside Britain remains one of the most neglected aspects of scholarship devoted to the movement. This article explores the story of two loosely connected organizations in Sydney, New South Wales, that were established by former radicals and Chartists and inspired by ideas and aspirations best understood under the rubric 'Chartism and Something More'. Sydney's democrats, like many others throughout the Anglophone world, helped to make Chartism one of Britain's most successful, if unheralded, exports.

The closest that Margaret Thatcher comes to an admission of failure in her voluminous political memoirs concerns her efforts to promote history as a subject for school children. Ironically, however, one of the acknowledged legacies of the Thatcher years, a by-product of the transformation of the British economy from manufacturing to services under her stewardship, is the proliferation of museums and historical precincts that pepper the countryside from New Lanark to Wigan Pier.

The closest that Margaret Thatcher comes to an admission of failure in her voluminous political memoirs concerns her efforts to promote history as a subject for school children. Ironically, however, one of the acknowledged legacies of the Thatcher years, a by-product of the transformation of the British economy from manufacturing to services under her stewardship, is the proliferation of museums and historical precincts that pepper the countryside from New Lanark to Wigan Pier.

The 1996 federal election brought thirty‐six new government members into the House of Representatives. The size of the "Class of 96" provides an opportunity for a comparison of biographical characteristics, looking for common experiences and backgrounds, as well as for an exploration of similarities and differences with previous cohorts of Coalition MPs. This examination will suggest that, in biographical terms, the "Class of 96" represents a significant new development in Australian politics. Further, a detailed analysis of the first speeches of the members of the "Class of 96" provides a window into the minds of those who have sought and achieved office on behalf of the Liberal and National parties after thirteen years in the political wilderness.