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Fifty short radio programs exploring South Australia's contribution to the federation of the six colonies into the Commonwealth of Australia
REPEAT SERIES
Mondays
to Fridays
7.35am and repeated at 12.35pm
From March 5 to May 11 2001
Programs
1-10
| 11-20
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21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50
On Radio Adelaide
simulcast on the internet
Series
Producer and Presenter Anna Gillam
Additional Technical Production
Darren van Schaik
Executive Producer Tony Ryan
Enquires or Feedback to:
Deborah Welch (08) 8303 5000
deborah.welch@adelaide.edu.au
NEW!
Federation
Forum
ON-AIR 11am Sunday April 8
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| March 19 |
| Democracy in Action: The Adelaide Convention | |
| A world first for achieving a democratic Federation | |
| Professor Stuart Macintyre (Melbourne University) Dr Helen Irving (University of Technology Sydney) Historical Readings by Keith Hempton | |
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Duration: 6' 04"
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March 20 |
| A Federation Great - Catherine Helen Spence | |
| The first woman to stand in a political contest | |
| Dr Susan Magarey (Adelaide University) Historical Readings by Isabelle Greig and Jonathon Lucraft | |
| Duration 5' 55"
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March 21 |
| Accommodating Politicians 1890s style - The Adelaide Convention | |
| Adelaide's tradition of hosting conventions extends back well over one hundred years | |
| Hon John Bannon (Master of St Mark's College Adelaide and former South Australian Premier) | |
| Duration 6' 00"
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March 22 |
| A Special Collection - The Library of Sir Josiah Symon | |
| A browse through the library of an eminent South Australian Federalist and politician | |
| Valmai Hankel (State Library of SA) | |
| Duration 5' 57"
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March 23 |
| A View from North Adelaide - The Downer Residence | |
| Federal politics behind the scenes in the house of Sir John Downer | |
| Hon Alexander Downer, Hon John Bannon (Master of St Mark's College Adelaide and former South Australian Premier) | |
| Duration 5' 54"
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March 26 |
| A Taste of Federation - The South Australian Wine Industry | |
| Harvesting the fruits of Federation and free trade | |
| Valmai Hankel (State Library of South Australia) Historical Readings by Jonathon Lucraft | |
| Duration 5' 57"
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March 27 |
| South Australia's Northern Territory | |
| The story of how South Australia gained the Northern Territory, only to relinquish it later on | |
| Dr Robert Nicol (State Historian with the History Trust of South Australia) Associate Professor Peter Howell (Flinders University) | |
| Duration 4' 59"
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March 28 |
| Women with a Mission: Woman's Christian Temperance Union | |
| The moral campaign to enfranchise women and to abolish the demon drink! | |
| Dr Helen Jones (Historian) Dr Helen Irving (University of Technology Sydney) Professor Marian Quartly (Monash Univerisy) | |
| Duration 6' 00"
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| March 29 |
| Water Worries: the River Murray | |
| Inter-colonial rivalry over the control of the Mighty Murray | |
| Hon Alexander Downer (Member for Mayo) Dr John Williams (Adelaide University) Readings by Jonathon Lucraft | |
| Duration 5' 44"
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| March 30 |
| James Howe and the Old Age Pension | |
| One man's quest for the introduction of old age and invalid pensions | |
| `Associate Professor Peter Howell (Flinders University) Historical Readings by Jonathon Lucraft | |
| Duration 5' 50" |
