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 council was running three separate awards, as even the Young Australian of the Year was announced earlier in January and had a separate nominations process. The Senior Australian of the Year announcement moved from October to January (skipping 2002 altogether) and joined the other two awards. By integrating the various programs, the NADC increased the prominence of the companion awards by announcing them at the same function as the Australian of the Year. Since then, many remarkable Senior Australians have been honoured on a national stage on Australia Day Eve. As the status of the Australian of the Year award