Henry Parkes was an Australian politician and writer. He is best known for helping Australia become a unified country. He became Sir Henry Parkes when he was knighted in 1877.. Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896) Politician known as the 'Father of Federation'. Sir Henry Parkes was described during his lifetime by The Times of London as 'the most commanding figure in Australian politics'. He was a political survivor, evidenced by the fact that he was premier of colonial New South Wales five times between 1872 and 1891.
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Henry Parkes, 1880s. National Library of Australia, 23351399. Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896), politician and journalist, was born on 27 May 1815 in Warwickshire, England, youngest of the seven children of Thomas Parks, tenant farmer on Stoneleigh Abbey Estate, and his wife Martha, née Faulconbridge.. Henry Parkes boasted he could federate the colonies in 12 months. Parkes decided to put all his efforts into the movement.. Henry Parkes died in 1896, five years before the process he initiated to federate the colonies into one nation was completed. Australia became a federated nation on 1 January 1901. activities. Quiz.
