1 Quoted, A.W. Martin, Henry Parkes: a Biography, Melbourne, 1980, p.391. Unless otherwise stated, all quotations in what follows are taken from Chapters 15-16 of this book.
2 Alfred Deakin, the Federal Story: the Inner History of the Federal Cause, Melbourne, 1944, pp.24-6.
3 Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol.6, Melbourne, 1976, p.111.
4 Deakin, op,cit., p.29.
5 Geoffrey Serle, 'Victoria's Campaign for Federation', in A.W. Martin (ed.), Essays in Australian Federation, Melbourne 1969, pp.88-9.
6 Ibid., p.47.
7 Geoffrey Serle, The Rush to be Rich, Melbourne, 1971, p.332.
8 Ibid., p.332.