PART 2
Choose ONE significant event from LIST D, research information about that event and and how it contributes to Australian democracy
(i) create a detailed informative piece of writing to present your work based on your research. Your writing should include factual information about the event, a timeline (important things leading up to the event, the event itself, and some of the important consequences), the people involved, and its contribution to Australian democracy.
(ii) You may present a glossary of unfamiliar words as a list at the end of your writing.
(iii) You may use images to illustrate your work.
(iv) Your information should come from more than three sources (books, websites, etc.), and should be presented in your own words. You should provide a bibliography of your sources, made using the SLASA online referencing generator (use the Middle School option).
PART 2 - Significant events
The Eureka Stockade
Democracy was an important legacy of the Australian gold rush
The Rum Rebellion
Early European settlement of NSW
Women's Suffrage movement
Women and equality as citizens
Women and politics in South Australia
Charles Perkins and the Freedom Rides
'Freedom Ride' bus tour through rural NSW: 80 days that changed our lives
The 1967 Referendum
Struggle for rights: Aboriginal cirizenship in the 1960s
Yes: the ongoing story of the 1967 referendum
The Dismissal
Australia in turmoil as Whitlam is fired
The Mabo Case
Australian politics explainer: the Mabo decision and native title
Eddie Mabo: the man who changed Australia
1999 Republic Referendum
Australian Electoral Commission Official Yes/No pamphlet
Kevin Rudd's Apology speech
Apology to Australia's indigenous Peoples
10 things you should know about the national apology
Reflecting on the apology to the stolen generations: an Interview with Kevin Rudd