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Centenary of Federation
This site provides details of events organised to celebrate the centenary of the Commonwealth of Australia in 2001. Included are media releases and speeches, short articles, an image library, facts about Federation and an interactive quiz.
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The Centenary Companion to Australian Federation
Published to mark the centenary of Federation, this important book explores Australia's national origins in a comprehensive and accessible way. A high-calibre team of writers has been gathered to write the first ever comprehensive, general history of Federation. Starting from the perspective of the individual colonies as they made their way towards membership of the Australian Commonwealth in 1901, the book also provides cross-referenced short alphabetical entries covering key events, people and concepts. It approaches Federation not simply as a formal political story, but as a social and cultural process, maintaining the relevance of nation-making by highlighting ongoing debates about democracy, sovereignty and progressive citizenry. A major contribution to the Centenary of Federation, this book should become a standard reference for scholars, students and general readers in the continuing discussions of Australia's future as a nation.
States of Mind
States of Mind is the result of an interdisciplinary conference of the same name that was hosted by the Stout Research Centre and the Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, and supported by the Australian High Commission and the National Council for the Centenary of Federation, 25-27 October 2001. The twenty-one chapters in the book range across many topics that are relevant to Australia and New Zealand both as separate entities and also as part of the amorphous presence we know as Australasia. And they are presented from several points of view. For instance, the book analyses the efforts of white Australia and white New Zealand as they each attempted to assert polit...
Towards Federation
Discussion of policy leading to Western Australia joining the Australian Federation in 1901. Released as part of Centenary of Federation celebrations in WA. Until May 1900 it appeared that Western Australia would not join the Federation but develop a separate British dominion, however last-minute decisions led to a plebescite on 31 July 1900 and WA joined on 1 January 1901. Includes photos, endnotes and index. Editor is a historian and researcher whose previous titles include 'Westralian Portraits' and 'Yilgarn'.
