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One nation, Australia
Federation
Fathers of Federation The Fathers of Federation are men who played a significant role in the act to help Australia become one nation
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Sir Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes was the NSW premier and he made the Tenterfeild Oration to push the idea of Federation.
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Andrew Inglis Clark
Andrew Inglis Clark made a draft of the constitution, that draft was than altered and used as the final copy.
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Sir Alfred Deakin
Sir Alfred Deakin worked VERY hard to promote the idea of becoming one nation. He was the second Prime Minister of Australia. Affable Alfred is said to be the major force behind federation.
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Reasons
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All colonies had the same a common background, supported the same sporting teams and spoke the same language, meaning they already represented the whole of Australia.
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When the six colonies (Queensland, New South Whales, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria) Join together to create one nation, Australia.
Indigenous Rights
The 1967 Referendum
The 1967 Referendum was when Australians voted in a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Federal government to make the rules for Indigenous peoples.
The Government was shocked when the results were more than 90% yes vote. With this miraculous result the Federal government made the rules that grant Indigenous Australian's full citizenship rights.
Reasons
One reason the 1967 Referendum happened was to give the Federal government control of all Indigenous affairs
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The Freedom Ride
The 1964 Freedom Ride was when a group of University of Sydney students leas by Charles Perkins, travelled on a bus across western and costal NSW towns to understand the poor conditions Indigenous Australians were living in.
During the Freedom Ride the University students witnessed Indigenous people not being treated as equally as white Australians. They visited the Walgett Returned Services League, the Moree Baths, the Kempsey Baths, the Bowraville cinema and the Moree pool. As they visited these places they saw discrimination and racism against Indigenous people.
When they visited the Moree pool, they saw Indigenous children being denied access to enter the swimming pool. After a while, the person that worked at the pool let them in. When the Freedom Riders saw this they then brought more children and because the first group of children were let in the person working at the pool couldn't no to the rest of them.
Jack Patten
Jack Patten was and Indigenous Activist whos goal was to gain equal rights for ALL of the Indigenous peoples and their right to be Australian.
Contribution - Jack began speaking at the Domain each Sunday where he lectured the public about the destitute conditions of life on Aboriginal reserves and calling for the government to provide civil rights for Aboriginal people.
Achievement - In 1937, Jack founded the Aborigines Progressive Association (APA) with William Ferguson. The aim of the Aborigines Progressive Association was to gain full citizenship rights for for Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal representation in Parliament and ending the New South Wales Aborigines Protection Board. Jack was the President of the APA.
The Suffragettes
The Suffragettes were women who campaigned for the right of women to vote in Federal Parliament. These women also fought for women to be able to work and not just stay at home and cook, clean and be a mum.
The Suffragettes protested by hosting marches and rallies, sending letters to newspapers, performed music and poetry and organized petitions.
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