Making a Nation

Australia’s defining moments
– timeline showing Australia’s defining moments. Curriculum filter can be applied. From National Museum Australia

Browsing defining moments
– explores a detailed history of key events with images, quotes, related moments and suggestions for further reading. From National Museum Australia

Nationhood

History of Parliament
– Topics: Federal Parliament History Timeline, Introducing Federation,  Australian Parliament and World War I. From Parliamentary Education Office

Immigration Restriction Act
– explanation from the National Archives of Australia

Women’s Voting Rights
Votes for women

Franchise Act
– 1902: Commonwealth Franchise Act gives women the vote in federal elections. From National Museum Australia

Women’s suffrage in South Australia
– describes women’s rights in the late nineteenth century and the agitation for change in South Australia. From National Museum Australia

Reference

Djembayz 2013, Votes for Women, Photograph, Wikimedia Commons, viewed 31 July 2021, <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Votes_for_Women_Parade_for_Womens_Suffrage_March_3,_1913.jpg>, Creative Commons license: <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en>.