Map of Australia printed for the Centenary of Federation 1901-2001. Description of the footsteps to federation and starting at left pictures of: John Forrest (first premier of Western Australia) - Edmund Barton (Australia's first Prime Minister) - Charles Kingston (premier of South Australia) - Catherine Helen Spence (first woman to run for political office) - Alfred Deakin ( Australia's first deputy Prime Minister) - John Quick (Force behind the people convention) - Andrew Inglis Clark (Attorney General of Tasmania) - Henry Parkes (Premier of New South Wales) - Robert Garran (helped draft the final version of the Constitution) - George Reid (Premier of New South Wales) - Maybanke Wolstenholme (leading women' s suffrage and Federation campaigner) - Samuel Griffith (former Queensland Premier) - The Exhibition Building, Melbourne - Vaiben Louis Solomon (represented the Northern Territory). On the right the evolution of the colonies and the states from 1788 to 1915.australia, history, centenary of federation

The Peace Palace was officially handed over in the presence of the Dutch Royal Family in 1913. Australia was part of the international community watching the inauguration of this new headquarters of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Australia's contribution to this symbol of international peace was the donation of an office desk made of Australian Blackwood, Silky Oak and Queensland Opals, with a matching ink stand. The offer from Sir George Reid, former Prime Minister, was accepted, delivered and installed in 1914 shortly before the outbreak of World War II.(Blackwood, Silky Oak, and Queensland Opals)This bookmark and invitation to the world to visit the Peace Palace is a reminder that Australia was one of the nations that contributed to the establishment of the Peace Palace, contributing a commissioned desk and inkwell for furnishing the Palace. These items were designed and made by leading Australian designers and craftsmen and used Australian materials.Printed massage 'Holland welcomes the World in1913' with border printing 'Come and see the Peace Palace'.bookmark, peace palace, holland, invitation, tourism, carnegie, arbitration, gifts

George Reid was Prime Minister of Australia from 1904 to 1905 and was Leader of the Opposition for six of the first seven years of the Australian parliament. The Prime Ministers Avenue is a collection of bronze bust portraits of the Prime Ministers of Australia, located at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens in Ballarat, Victoria. The Prime Ministers' portraits are commissioned after the incumbent term of each Prime Minister by the City of Ballarat. The City of Ballarat has taken responsibility for commissioning the busts after funds set aside by politician Richard Armstrong Crouch were exhausted in 2014. Crouch originally donate money to pay for six busts, the first of which was unveiled in 1940. The collection of prime ministers' busts are unique in Australia, representing the only sculptural portrait collection of all past Australian Prime Ministers. The different styles used reflect the unique artistic practices of the selected artists; textures, sizes and features and proportions are used by the artists to interpret the characteristics of each of the subjects.The artwork is of historic and aesthetic significance to the people of BallaratBronze bust cast on granite plinthGeorge Houston Reid Prime Minister 1904-05prime minister, australian pm, george reid, parliament of australia

Established by George Guthrie in 1857 (about 5km north of its current site) and then again seven years later in 1864 after it initially closed, Bendigo Pottery remains one of the most influential and longest running Pottery’s in Australia. Over the years the Pottery has contributed to the growth and development of the district through both its products including building products, table ware and decorative and commemorative war as well as artistically, being responsible for training and supporting many potters locally. The City of Greater Bendigo has had a long history of partnering with Bendigo Pottery and the Civic Collection holds a number of important items within its collection. This John C Watson (Chris Watson) 'reform' flask was one of a limited edition character bottles produced by the Pottery to commemorate important figures in Australian politics. He was the first Labour Prime Minister elected forming a minority government in April 1904, aged 37, after the ALP withdrew its support from Deakin. He was one of the first socialists to head a government in a parliamentary system, attracting international attention, and remains Australia's youngest prime minister. After less than four months in office, the Watson government lost a confidence motion and Watson was succeeded as prime minister by anti-socialist George Reid. The original reform flasks were English salt-glazed stoneware flasks produced in the early 19th century shaped into the form of figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832. Much was made of puns like ‘the spirit of reform’ at the time. Artist John Frith has taken the reform flask form as inspiration for a series of political ceramics of some Australian Prime Ministers. The series included Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin and Watson.Glazed ceramic flask in the shape John Watson. Square shaped with most of the detail on the front facing side other than head which is more detailed. Cork still in place in top of head.On reverse of flask; John C Watson / Prime Minister / of Australia / 27.4.1904 / To / 18 .08. 1904 Bendigo Pottery / LMTED / Edition Series / 55/1200 /Australia Signed lower centre; 'Frith'australian politics, bendigo pottery

This poster was sponsored by Woolworths Limited an Australian Company to celebrate Australia Day 26th January 1984Prime Ministers of Australia 1901 - 1983 Edmund Barton 1901 - 1903 Alfred Deakin 1903 - 1904 John Christopher Watson 1904 George Houston Reid 1904 - 1905 Alfred Deakin 1905 - 1908 Andrew Fister 1908 -- 1909 Alfred Deakin 1909 - 1910 Andrew Fisher (1910 1913) Joseph Cook (1913 - 1914) Andrew Fisher (1914 - 1915) William Morris Hughes (1915 - 1917) William Morris Hughes (1917 - 1923) Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1923 1929) James Henry Scullin (1929 - 1931) Joseph Aloysius Lyons (1932 - 1939) Earle Christmas Grafton Page (1939) Robert Gordon Menzies (1939 - 1941) Arthur William Fadden (b1941) John Curtin (1941 - 1945) Francis Michael Forde (1945) Joseph Benedict Chifley (1945 - 1949) Robert Gordon Menzies (1949 - 1966) Harold Holt (1966 - 1967) John McEwen (1967 - 1968) John Grey Gordon (1966 - 1971) William McMahon (1971 - 1972) Edwward Gough Whitham (1972 - 1975) John Malcolm Fraser (1975 - 1983) Robert James Lee Hawke (1983 -)prime minister