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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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Newspaper Articles

• 'Socialism in Sydney', The Radical (Hamilton, Newcastle, N.S.W.), 21 September 1887, p. 210. Image PDF Details

See also

• 'The coming revolution', The Bulletin, 1888. Image PDF Details
• 'Our Programme', The Pioneer (Adelaide), 2 May 1891, p. 1. Image PDF Transcript HTML Transcript PDF Details
• Adams, Francis, 'Australia', in Songs of the army of the night; and the mass of Christ, A.C. Fifield, London, 1910, p. 59. Image PDF Details
• H. S. T., 'Parliamentary Echoes. A Glimpse into South Australian History.', The Pioneer (Adelaide), 22 August 1891, p. 1. Image PDF Transcript HTML Transcript PDF Details
• Singer, Ignatius (ed.), Our Commonwealth, vol. 1, no. 1, 1886, 8 pp. Image PDF Details