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Founding Fathers of Federation
<p>To honour 125 years since Australia became a nation let’s investigate the people who made it happen, how it all evolved, and whether the process was a success. Among the issues that needed to be
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To honour 125 years since Australia became a nation let’s investigate the people who made it happen, how it all evolved, and whether the process was a success. Among the issues that needed to be resolved was immigration restriction, trade policy and women’s participation – and the decisions they made then had ongoing repercussions.
DELIVERY MODE
- Face-to-Face
COURSE OUTLINE
- Lives of the founding fathers of Federation: their motivations, and representations of their colonies.
- Major intercolonial issues prior to Federation.
- Steps to Federation: meetings and votes.
- Ceremony, Constitution, and first parliament.
- Consequences of their initial decisions.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Describe the personalities and motivations of the Founding Fathers of Federation.
- Outline the timeline of the Federation movement from early inspiration to the consequences.
- Account for some of the key issues in the Federation debate and their resolution
Johanna Henwood
Grad Dip Mus St, M Cult Her
Jo Henwood, BA (Libr Sc), Tourism III Cert, Grad Dip Mus St, Grad Cert (Gifted Ed), M Cult Her, has done most of her teaching outside schools - museum education, gifted education, tour guiding,...