Revolutions of 1848 New World or in the more liberal European nations: these emigrants were known as the Forty-Eighters. Steven Brust and Emma Bull's 1997 epistolary novel "Freedom & Necessity" is set in England in the aftermath of the Revolutions of 1848. Mike Duncan's Revolutions Podcast series covered the Revolutions of 1848 starting with episode 7.01. Revolutions of 1848 The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of Nations, People's Spring, Springtime of the Peoples, or the Year of Revolution, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in European history.
Australian of the Year in October 1979, the Northern Territory representative Dr. Ella Stack convinced her fellow board members to introduce a new award that focussed specifically on the achievements of younger Australians. The inaugural winner, youth unemployment worker Julie Sochacki, was named Young Australian of the Year in January 1980. The NADC coordinated the announcement with the Victorian Australia Day Council, which chose the Australian of the Year for the last time. The following year, the NADC assumed responsibility for both awards. The Senior Australian of the Year award initially had no connection with the NADC. When the United Nations declared 1999 the