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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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irn=176675&search=federation&site_id=3 > A2778-823 Beaker, Australian Federation Commemorative Ware, earthenware, made by Doulton & Co, Burslem, England, 1901 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=176675&search=federation&site_id=3...
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Compass: (1 May 2005, ABC TV) __________________________________________________________ Bruce Redman certainly had a lot of foresight to record and shoot the formation and campaign of the Family First Party (Redman 2005). The final version of Family Fir...
HOLMES, JOHN DASHWOOD (1907-1973), barrister and judge, was born on 13 May 1907 at Darlinghurst, Sydney, son of Greville Charles Dashwood Holmes, a commercial traveller from England, and his native-born wife Margaret, n. Actively involved in the corporate...
Edmund Barton became Australia's first Prime Minister on New Year's Day 1901 at a huge public ceremony in Centennial Park in Sydney. Barton had worked on Federation for 10 years, and became Australia's first Prime Minister because the supporters of Feder...
McDONALD, LEWIS (1881-1936), printer and Labor Party administrator, was born on 22 December 1881 at Auchterhead, Lanark, Scotland, son of Lewis McDonald, farmer, and his wife Isabella, n~®e Lyon. Educated at the Brisbane Central School and at university ...
TRENWITH, WILLIAM ARTHUR (1846-1925), bootmaker, trade unionist and politician, was born probably on 15 July 1846 at Launceston, Tasmania, second son of convict parents William Trenwith, shoemaker, and his wife Beatrice McBarrett. Despairing of labour po...
Miles Staniforth Cater Smith (1869 - 1934), by Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Co. and Falk Studios, 1906, courtesy of National Library of Australia. SMITH, MILES STANIFORTH CATER (1869-1934), politician and administrator, was born on 25 February 1869 at Kingsto...
Sir William Harrison Moore (1867 - 1935), by Doris McKellar, c1916, courtesy of University of Melbourne Archives. Third Dean of the Faculty of Lawâ~™, in R. Campbell, A History of the Melbourne Law School, 1857 to 1973 (Melb, 1977); Herald (Melbourne), 1 ...
> (A-Z) Scott, Ellis Martin (1799? SCOTT, Sir ERNEST (1867-1939), historian, was born on 21 June 1867 at Northampton, England, son of Hannah Scott, housekeeper. Print Publication Details: Kathleen Fitzpatrick, 'Scott, Sir Ernest (1867 - 1939)', Australi...
William Bede Dalley (1831 - 1888), by unknown photographer, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales. In December Dalley was nominated by (Sir) Henry Parkes for the seat of Sydney, and won after stressing the rights of the native-born to an active pol...
Edward Vivian (Vance) Palmer (1885 - 1959), by Noel Counihan, 1953, courtesy of National Library of Australia. PALMER, EDWARD VIVIAN (VANCE) (1885-1959), writer, was born on 28 August 1885 at Bundaberg, Queensland, seventh child of Australian-born Henry B...
Sir John Quick (1852 - 1932), by Portia Geach, c1910, courtesy of National Library of Australia. QUICK, Sir JOHN (1852-1932), lawyer, politician and author, was born on 22 April 1852 near St Ives, Cornwall, England, only child of John Quick, farmer, and h...
Deakin suggested combining with other Federal sympathizers, and (Sir) Edmund Barton was asked to create a central Federation league in Sydney. Deakin formed the National Liberal Organization, which united wings of the Liberal Party in Victoria, and as fo...
#wmt_banner { background-image: url('/alfreddeakin/images/customer-banner/alfred-deakin-library-02.jpg') ! Alfred Deakin was born on 3 August 1856 in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Edmund Barton became Australia s first Prime Minister and Deakin became the first At...
#wmt_banner { background-image: url('/alfreddeakin/images/customer-banner/alfred-deakin-library-02.jpg') ! The ADPML recognises the contribution to Australian society of Deakin University’s namesake, Alfred Deakin, 1856-1919. The ADPML aims to prov...
#wmt_banner { background-image: url('/alfreddeakin/images/customer-banner/alfred-deakin-library-02.jpg') ! The ADPML recognises the contribution to Australian society of Deakin University’s namesake, Alfred Deakin, 1856-1919. The ADPML aims to prov...
#wmt_banner { background-image: url('/alfreddeakin/images/customer-banner/alfred-deakin-library-02.jpg') ! Deakin returned to Australia having scored a major personal success, determined to now devote his energies to the cause of Australian Federation. Th...
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