- Born
- 1839
- Died
- 1897
- Occupation
- Activist and Theorist
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Henry George is best known for his advocacy of a single tax on land values as a replacement for all other taxes. His thought exercised some sway in Australia amongst radicals in the late nineteenth century, particularly in South Australia.
See Henry George, Progress and Poverty (1879).
See Bede Nairn, 'George, Henry (1839 - 1897)', Australian Dictionary of Biography Online.
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- 'Socialism in Sydney', The Radical (Hamilton, Newcastle, N.S.W.), 21 September 1887, p. 210. [
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- 'The coming revolution', The Bulletin, 1888. [ | | Details... ]
- 'Our Programme', The Pioneer (Adelaide), 2 May 1891, p. 1. [ | |
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| Details... ] - Adams, Francis, 'Australia', in Songs of the army of the night; and the mass of Christ, A.C. Fifield, London, 1910, p. 59. [ | | Details... ]
- H. S. T., 'Parliamentary Echoes. A Glimpse into South Australian History.', The Pioneer (Adelaide), 22 August 1891, p. 1. [ | | | | Details... ]
- Singer, Ignatius (ed.), Our Commonwealth, vol. 1, no. 1, 1886, 8 pp. [ | | Details... ]
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