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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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| April 16 |
| A Popular Push for Federation: Federal Leagues | |
| Campaigning for a yes vote in the lead up to the referendum on federation. | |
| Professor Marian Quartly (Monash University) Hon John Bannon (Federation Historian and former Premier of South Australia) | |
| Duration: 5' 43"
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April 17 |
| The Commonwealth: How Named? | |
| The meaning and history of the word commonwealth and its troubled adoption by the federation fathers. | |
| Dr Tom Burton (Adelaide University) Dr Helen Irving (University of Technology Sydney) | |
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Duration 5' 49"
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April 18 |
| Port Augusta for Capital! | |
| A Federation town with capital pretensions. | |
| Hon John Bannon (Federation Historian and former South Australian Premier) Historical Readings by Jonathon Lucraft | |
| Duration 5' 30"
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April 19 |
| James Jefferis and Federation Sunday | |
| Preaching federation from the pulpit. | |
| Dr Walter Phillips (Emeritus Scholar, La Trobe University, and author of "James Jefferis, Prophet of Federation") Historical Readings by Norman Athersmith and Jonathon Lucraft | |
| Duration 6' 09"
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April 20 |
| The Anti-Billites | |
| Campaigning for a no vote in the lead up to the referendum on federation. | |
| Hon John Bannon (Master of St Mark's College and former South Australian Premier) Dr John Williams (Adelaide University) Historical Readings by Ewart Shaw | |
| Duration 5' 35"
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April 23 |
| Voting for Federation: The Referenda | |
| It was democratic, it was an Australian invention, and it happened twice. | |
| Professor Stuart Macintyre (Melbourne University) Hon John Bannon (Federation Historian and former South Australian Premier) Historical Readings by Nivven Barlow | |
| Duration 6' 05"
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April 24 |
| Aboriginal Australians and the Politics of Exclusion | |
| Living under white rule on the eve of Australian Federation. | |
| Dr Robert Foster (Adelaide University) Klynton Wanganeen (ATSIC Regional Council) | |
| Duration 6' 03"
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April 25 |
| The Commonwealth: An Act of the British Parliament | |
| The troubled journey of the Commonwealth Bill through the British Parliament. | |
| Professor Stuart Macintyre (Melbourne University) Dr Helen Irving (University of Technology, Sydney) | |
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Duration 5' 58"
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| April 26 |
| The Boer War | |
| The story of George Henry Goodall, the face behind the Boer War monument at the gates of Government House in Adelaide. | |
| Mr Don Pedler (Boer War Researcher) | |
| Duration 6' 12"
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| April 27 |
| The Constitution: More than a Business Contract | |
| There's more to the Australian Constitution than meets the eye. | |
| Dr Helen Irving (University of Technology Sydney) Historical Readings by Jonathon Lucraft. | |
| Duration 5' 49" |
