Discovering democracy: Federation timeline

TLF ID L8208

Use a timeline to find information about significant events and ideas in the establishment of a federated Australia. Nominate specific years or scroll from 1788 to 1901 to see what steps were key in determining the nature of government in Australia.





Educational details

Educational value
  • Provides a sequenced account of the development of democracy in Australia.
  • Provides succinct descriptions of key events and some of the key decisions made.
  • Shows the influence of the British system of government on Australian democracy.
  • Establishes the influence of the ‘ordinary’ citizen.
Year level

4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12

Learning area
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Studies of society and environment
  • History

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Global Vision Media
  • Organization: Global Vision Media
  • Description: Technical implementer
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.globalvision.com.au/
  • Name: Australian Heritage Projects Pty Ltd
  • Organization: Australian Heritage Projects Pty Ltd
  • Description: Script writer
  • Address: ACT, AUSTRALIA
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Publisher
  • Name: Curriculum Corporation\; The Le@rning Federation
  • Organization: Curriculum Corporation\; The Le@rning Federation
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Colour independence
  • Device independence
  • Hearing independence
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © Education Services Australia Ltd, 2016, except where indicated under Acknowledgements. Unless otherwise indicated, this material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.