Federation
The following clips have teachers’ notes related to this topic:
Australia’s constitution
from the documentary The Highest Court (PG)
The 'separation of powers’ means that Australia is administered by the Parliament, the Executive comprising the Department of the Prime Minister and other departments, separate to the Judiciary.
Parade for the Inauguration
from the documentary Inauguration of the Commonwealth (G)
This clip shows part of the official parade for the Inauguration of the Commonwealth on 1 January 1901 as it passes through the temporary gate built especially for the occasion in Hyde Park, Sydney.
Signing oath of allegiance
from the documentary Inauguration of the Commonwealth (G)
This clip shows Sydney’s Archbishop, William Smith, welcoming Lord Hopetoun and Prime Minister Edmund Barton, and dignitaries to the swearing in of Australia’s first federal cabinet and for the reading of the Proclamation …
