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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

A lady holding a small child [Quarantine Station], Tom Gray Collection, 3. Image courtesy of Manly Quarantine Station. Eventually, the arrival of people from diverse societies created a cultural diversity that is now an integral part of Australian society...

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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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 - 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...

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 - 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...

Browsing by tag 'constitutional referendums' - Museum Victoria   (website Museum Victoria )

This sterling silver and enamel badge was minted by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne in 1899. The badge would have been worn by a supporter of Federation. Commissioned by supporters of Federation, the front of the badge bears the slogan 'One People One Destiny ...

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. ...

No Title   (website Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) )

Abdullah, George, 58 Aboriginal affairs, administration of, 6 13, 25, 60 4, 89 102, 136 9 1957 referendum campaign, 21, 101 constitutional provisions, 2 3 Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement s views on Commonwealth role, 24; 1962 3 petition campaig...

No Title   (website Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) )

In recent months strategic thinking about Indigenous affairs has reiterated that federalism is a central problem for Indigenous Australians to reckon with Let me quote the first of the six recommendations with which the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliat...

AIATSIS Seminar Series   (website Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) )

Limits & Possibilities of a Treaty Process in Australia AIATSIS Seminar Series 27 August 2001 LAND CLAIMS: A NEGOTIATED OPTION Christa Scholtz cscholtz@ princeton. Why examine land claims negotiations themselves? The call for the state to respond to lan...

Documenting Democracy   (website Documenting a Democracy )

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is the only part of Australia born of the Australian Constitution. >>Section 122 of the Constitution provides for the government of the ACT, along with any other territories. >>For more information about the Austra...

Documenting Democracy   (website Documenting a Democracy )

After the Referendum on 21 May 1977, the Constitution Alteration (Referendums) Act 1977 (enacted on 29 July 1977) made the following additions to Section 128:>> 128. >> In this section, "Territory" means any territory referred to in section one hundred a...

Documenting Democracy   (website Documenting a Democracy )

After the Referendum on 21 May 1977, the Constitution Alteration (Referendums) Act 1977 (enacted on 29 July 1977) made the following additions to Section 128:>>>128. >>In this section, "Territory" means any territory referred to in section one hundred an...

Documenting Democracy   (website Documenting a Democracy )

After the Referendum on 21 May 1977, the Constitution Alteration (Referendums) Act 1977 (enacted on 29 July 1977) made the following additions to Section 128:>>>128. >>In this section, "Territory" means any territory referred to in section one hundred an...

Documenting Democracy   (website Documenting a Democracy )

This document is an assent original of the Act of the New South Wales Parliament agreeing to transfer to the new Commonwealth land selected as the site of the proposed Federal Capital Territory. On 18 October 1909, an Agreement of Surrender of Territory t...

Documenting Democracy   (website Documenting a Democracy )

This document is an assent original of the Act of the New South Wales Parliament agreeing to transfer to the new Commonwealth land selected as the site of the proposed Federal Capital Territory. On 18 October 1909, an Agreement of Surrender of Territory t...