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The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia (which also governed what is now the Northern Territory), and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in ...
The Manufacturing Grocers' Union underwent several bitter industrial disputes during its history, including a number of strikes. The first major strike the union was involved in was in April 1916, when the M.G.U., along with a number of other unions, participated in a sympathy strike with the Storemen and Packers' Union over the dismissal of several men at a Parsons' Brothers factory in Melbourne.
Australia celebrates centenary of federation. 25 February: Death of Donald Bradman, aged 92 in Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia. Western Australia adopts a uniform age of consent of 16. Boat load of asylum seekers is rescued by Norwegian ship, leading to the Tampa affair. Australian forces deployed to War to topple Taliban for ...
The Federation of Australian Historical Societies (FAHS) is the peak body for historical societies throughout Australia. [1] [2] It has eight constituent members, one in each of the Australian states and internal self-governing territories. It lobbies governments on behalf of the sector and has formed alliances with other related bodies.
The Royal Australian Historical Society, formerly Australian Historical Society, is a voluntary organisation founded in Sydney, Australia in 1901 [1] [2] with Andrew Houison as founding president. [3] Its goals are to encourage the study of and interest in Australian history. It has a membership throughout Australia and many of its activities ...
The history of Australia from 1901 to 1945 begins with the federation of the six colonies to create the Commonwealth of Australia. The young nation joined Britain in the First World War, suffered through the Great Depression in Australia as part of the global Great Depression and again joined Britain in the Second World War against Nazi Germany in 1939.
The Trust was established as a body corporate under the David Tonkin government in 1981 by the History Trust of South Australia Act 1981.This Act repealed the Constitutional Museum Act 1978, but does not affect the operation of the South Australian Museum Act 1976 (which governs the South Australian Museum), nor the later Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 or Heritage Places Act 1993.
Australian Society for Sports History; Australian Society for the Study of Labour History; C. Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations; F.