Federation Centenary Celebrations

 

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Learning outcomes

You will:

Develop an understanding of how the separate Australian colonies became united

Gain skills in finding and recording information from a range of resources

Know more about the events that led to Federation

 

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What is federation?

Australia became a nation in 1901. The word federation means joining together. Up until 1901 Australia was comprised of 6 separate colonies and each belonged to the British Empire. There were many interesting events that took place before 1901, and they led to Australia becoming a Commonwealth. The colonies became states, each with their own parliament.

On 1st January 1901 the colonies joined together to form a nation, and a constitution was developed which explained how the national system of government would work. The federal government was then able to make laws about things that affected Australia as a whole and these laws have precedence over any state laws.

Celebrations for the Centenary of Federation throughout 2001 are a great opportunity to develop an understanding of how our nation was formed.

 

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Your task

You are a member of the Centenary of Federation Celebrations Committee. As a committee member and an expert on web page design you have been asked to develop a web page for 10-14 year old students. A draft outline of how each page on the website will look needs to be presented to the committee before you launch it as a complete webpage.

Include in your web pages a: