Australia's Federation Overview Video - Behind the News. CloserLook Short History of Parliament. Centenary of Federation Victoria: Federation Documents ONLINE. Inauguration of the Commonwealth (1901) clip 2 on ASO. 1890s. Constitution for a Nation – National Archives of Australia, Australian Government. Cover of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) is the most important document for the modern nation of Australia.
The Constitution expresses our understanding of ourselves as a democratic nation. The Constitution is an agreement among the six colonies of the 1890s about what powers would be granted to the new federal parliament of Australia and how they should be exercised. Constitution for a Nation is the story of the 10 tumultuous years (1890–1900) of the creation of the Constitution, the people, the conventions, the arguments, the passion and the politics that created your Constitution.
National Library of Australia's Federation Gateway. Debates that shaped the nation: Federation fast facts. Background information At the end of the 1800s, Australia was divided into six separate colonies instead of being one nation.
But people had been talking for years about whether Australia should be one nation, and in the 1890s a series of meetings (called conventions or conferences) was held to discuss federation of the colonies. Parliamentary Education Office (parliament,video,plai,role,snapshot) Steps to Federation: 1883-1901, Federation and Australia's Constitution, Australia to 1914, SOSE: History Year 9, NSW. Introduction For several decades leading up to 1883, the general public and the colonial governments had been discussing ideas which included forming an inter-colonial authority or even federating the six separate colonies.
Matters of defence, immigration, trade, transport and national pride were growing in importance on colonial agendas and influencing them to form a united front. Parliamentary Education Office (constitut,feder,australia,new,south) Parliamentary Education Office (coloni,feder,australia,nation,british) Federation of Australia - History (6) Transcript 00:00:10:05Black-and-white footage of a train travelling through a rugged landscape.00:00:12:06(Locomotive horn toots)00:00:15:24REPORTER:Imagine you're on a train, travelling for hours across the vast Australian continent, and part way through your journey this happens.00:00:24:12TICKET CHECKER:Immigration.
Papers please.00:00:26:03Dramatisation of travellers having their papers checked.00:00:27:13REPORTER:Back in the late 1800s, making a trip between Australian colonies was a bit like travelling to a different country. Federation celebrations - inauguration of a new nation - (TLF R10804 v2.0.0) Snapshots – Federation – Popup - Parliamentary Education Office. 1901: Federation ‐ Australia Day. FIGURE 10: The two Australian shipping ensigns, modified and approved by the British Admiralty, were gazetted in 1903.
Source: Ralph Kelly, Flags Australia Celebrations surrounding the inauguration of the new Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January in Sydney and at the opening of its first Federal Parliament on 9 May in Melbourne overshadowed Anniversary Day in 1901. Parliamentary Education Office (coloni,feder,australia,nation,british) Parliamentary Education Office (constitut,feder,australia,new,south) Parliamentary Education Office (feder,parliament,law,new,australia) The move to Federation. A student: HT3-3 identifies change and continuity and describes the causes and effects of change on Australian society HT3-5 applies a variety of skills of historical inquiry and communication Students: Comprehension: Chronology, terms and concepts sequence historical people and events.
(ACHHS098, ACHHS117) use historical terms and concepts (ACHHS099, ACHHS118) Citizens' Arch – Flash interactive. Interactives (requires Flash) Citizens’ Arch: an exploration (1.06mb) Explore the design and decorations of the 1901 Citizens’ Arch.
Find out about the arch, its symbols, flags and images and why they symbolised what was important to Australia in 1901. For 8-12 year olds.