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Governors-General - Australia's Culture Portal

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia represents the monarch of Australia - currently Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The functions and roles of the Governor-General include appointing ambassadors, ministers and judges, giving Royal Ass...

The changing face of early Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Eventually, the arrival of people from diverse societies created a cultural diversity that is now an integral part of Australian society and identity. Image courtesy of the Migration Museum, History Trust of South Australia. Migration Museum, History Trus...

Bark Petitions: Many visits, many petitions and much misunderstanding - Australia's Culture Portal

The bark petitions were the first to use traditional forms and combine bark painting with text typed on paper. Petition to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by Galarrwuy Yunupingu from Yirrkala, Northern Territory, 23 July, 2008. In July 2008, Yunupingu presented...

Federation - Australia's Culture Portal

The Federation Kiosk, Centennial Park, Sydney at the Proclamation of Federation, 1 January 1901. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. The movement had begun to gather real momentum after Henry Parkes wrote to the other premiers in 1889 an...

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The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia - Referendums   (website Constitutional Centre of Western Australia )

Advisory Referendums (also called plebiscites) Not all referendums are about changing the Constitution. Governments can hold advisory referendums to test whether people either support or oppose a proposed action or issue. They are not bound by the "resu...

The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia - Constitutional Referendums   (website Constitutional Centre of Western Australia )

The Australian people have voted on 44 proposals for change in 20 constitutional referendums since 1901. Amending the Commonwealth Constitution has proved difficult. Examples of unsuccessful referendums: 1988 Rights and Freedoms In September 1988, a rig...

The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia - The Federal Constitutional Referendums 1898, 1899 and 1900   (website Constitutional Centre of Western Australia )

The members of the Women's Federal League in New South Wales, none of whom had a vote, were more positive. On 3 and 4 June 1898, Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria went to the polls. These changes were accepted by the voters at anot...

A CENTENARY REFLECTION ON THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION:á THE REPUBLIC REFERENDUM, 1999   (website High Court of Australia )

For Robert Gordon Menzies, long-time Prime Minister of Australia, republicanism was unthinkable in the Australian context. Soon after he attempted to have the constitution amended after the High Court of Australia struck down the Communist Party Dissolut...

The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia - Examples of Successful Referendums   (website Constitutional Centre of Western Australia )

1946 Social Services Referendum The 1946 referendum proposed to give the Commonwealth power to legislate on: The provision of maternity allowances, widows' pensions, child endowment, unemployment, pharmaceutical, sickness and hospital benefits, medical an...

The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia - Interactive Referendum   (website Constitutional Centre of Western Australia )

How would you vote if these referendums were held today? Follow the prompts and register your votes on the screen. > All contents copyright &copy Government of Western Australia. ...

National Museum of Australia - James Scullin   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Jim Scullin was the first Catholic to become Australian Prime Minister, the first Prime Minister to have come from an Irish background, and the first Labor Prime Minister born in Australia. In 1903, Scullin joined the Political Labor Council (PLC), a fore...

O'Connor, Richard Edward (1851 - 1912) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (website Australian Dictionary of Biography )

Richard Edward O'Connor (1851 - 1912), by Swiss Studios, 1900s, courtesy of National Library of Australia. O'CONNOR, RICHARD EDWARD (1851-1912), barrister, Federationist and judge, was born on 4 August 1851 at Glebe, Sydney, third son of Richard O'Connor,...

9248NMAA.R01   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Intellectual Property Branch, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, GPO Box 2154, Canberra ACT 2601 o...

9248NMAA.R01   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Intellectual Property Branch, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, GPO Box 2154, Canberra ACT 2601 o...

9248NMAA.R01   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

APPENDIX 1 Council of the National Museum of Australia Council members are appointed under section 13( 2) of the National Museum of Australia Act 1980. 19) Collections Committee of Council The Collections Committee was re- established by Council at its ...

Studies NMA.indd   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

1855 Anti- Chinese legislation Victoria passes the first anti- Chinese restriction legislation, imposing a tax to limit the number of Chinese arriving in Victoria. 1857 Aboriginal- white conflict Anti- Chinese riot Aboriginal people attack settlers on D...

untitled   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

>> Australian history>> Time, change and continuity A Walk Through White Australia at the National Museum of Australia © 2005 National Museum of Australia and Ryebuck Media Pty Ltd1 The National Museum of Australia at Acton is one of the nationís most imp...

Governors-General - Australia's Culture Portal   (website Culture Portal )

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia represents the monarch of Australia - currently Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The functions and roles of the Governor-General include appointing ambassadors, ministers and judges, giving Royal Ass...

No Title   (website University of Melbourne Archives )

A history of the Australian Psychological Society was published in 2000: A Meeting of Minds: The Australian Psychological Society and Australian Psychologists 1944- 1994. References to this history are included in the list, abbreviated toMoM DATE OFTRAN...

ABC Unleashed - 28/12/2007: Philip Benwell   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

Philip Benwell is the National Chairman of the Australian Monarchist League. His book ôIn Defence of Australia's Constitutional Monarchyö was published by Mellon Press in 2003. He has addressed both the Conservative Constitution Committee and the Cross ...