William Grant Junior was President of the Shire of Bacchus Marsh in 1901 when the Australian Colonies federated to become a federal nation state. Grant was a member of a prominent local family and was active in public affairs throughout his life. The federation of the Australian Colonies was a turning point in Australian history and as such its achievement was celebrated in a range of ways. A major step towards achieving Federation was the referendum of July 1899 which saw five of the six Australian colonies vote in favor of Federation, with Western Australia later voting in favor in 1900.Printed poster sized document certifying that William Grant of Bacchus Marsh voted in a referendum of Victorian electors on 27th the July 1899 on the question of an Australian Federal Constitution. The body of the certificate text is surrounded on three sides by captioned photographic portraits of the Premiers of the six Australian Colonies. A British coat of arms is at the top of the certificate and at the bottom is an image of Parliament House in Melbourne, which includes a Dome, which was a projected feature of the building which was never actually added to the Victorian Parliament building.Across the top of the certificate: 'Australasian Federal Referendum July 1899'. In the centre: 'This is to certify that the question of an Australian Federal Constitution was submitted to the Electors of Victoria on the 27th day of July 1899 and that out of a Poll of 103,783 votes 152,653 were cast in favor of such Australasian Federal Constitution and further that William Grant, voted at the said election'. Signed, [George Turner], Premier. At bottom: 'Robt. S. Brian, Government Printer, Melbourne'.william grant 1850-1924, federation (1901), referendums, illuminated certificates

Strip of advertisements used to advertise referendum for conscription. "Shall Australia Quit?" "The Kaiser Votes No" "Australians will be there" etc. Advertisements are joined in a serrated tear off strip. Each edged in dark blue with red writing.National Referendum Council.person, individual, gilbert rule

Information about the dating of this photograph was provided by the 'Ask A Librarian' service of the State Library of Victoria. The Scripture Referendum was held on the same day as the Victorian Parliamentary Elections, in which J. Bowser ran against A.K. Buckley for a seat in the legislative assembly in the electoral district of Wangaratta and Rutherglen. The Scripture Referendum had three questions: "1. Are you in favour of the Education Act remaining as at present, strictly secular? 2. Are you in favour of such legislation as shall cause the scheme of Scripture lessons recommended by the Royal Commission on Religious Instruction to be taught in State schools during school hours to children whose parents desire the teaching (such lessons would be given subject to a conscience clause exempting teachers who object)? 3. Are you in favour of the prayers and hymns selected by the Royal Commission being used?" [source of text - Victorian Year-Book 1904. page 29]Black and white postcard sized photograph mounted on light cardboard. Photograph is of a group of men standing in front of shop "C.G. Nevill, Job Printer". Posters in the window are showing the results of "The Referendum", which has been identified as the Scripture Referendum held in Victoria on 1st June 1904. Poster in window at the right of the photo advertises a performance of Maggie Moore in Struck Oil, to be performed in the Town Hall on Saturday, 18th February 1904.On bottom of mount: "A.E. Nevill, Rutherglen" Written on back of mount: "Mr M. Pascoe, Rutherglen, Vic."nevill, printer, referendum, scripture in schools, secular education, victorian state elections, wangaratta rutherglen electoral district, maggie moore, struck oil

Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, at one stage managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and medallions was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (1922-2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by Francis' grandson, Adrian Rigg, at the time of the Gallipoli & Beyond Commemoration in 2015. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the buttons are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after the First World World War (1914-1918) to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Patriotic and other pressed tin buttons and badges were produced in large numbers in the first decades of the twentieth century. By nature, insubstantial and ephemeral, they have not always survived. The collections of badges, buttons and medallions in the Kew Historical Society collection is homogenous and yet diverse, ranging from buttons sold to raise funds for the war efforts in 1914-18 and 1939-45, to those used at festivals and sporting events. Because of the manufacturing process, many surviving buttons and badges have been affected by inadequate storage, suffering from oxidisation and physical damage. These survivors are now historically and socially significant artefacts, revealing much about the attitudes and values of the period in which they were produced. Their widespread distribution means that they are frequently significant at a local, state, national and international level.In 1916 the Australian Government called for conscription of Australian men as voluntary recruiting did not seem to be producing sufficient numbers to supply the front line. Referendums were held in 1916 and 1917. Both referendums were defeated and conscription did not occur. This badge advocates a ‘Yes’ vote in the first referendum."Vote Yes / Oct 28 1916"conscription debate 1916, patriotic buttons, first world war (1914-18), world war one, referendum

Document - fold over top. Outside "If you turn down the boys at the front you leave them to die" printed in black ink. Picture of soldier at bottom. Inside "Vote yes and help the boys". Writing inside is attributed to W.M. Hughes.National Referendum Council, 595 Collins St., Melbourneperson, individual, gilbert rule

Form 3. Cream card issued as acknowledgement of receipt of Electoral Claim as per The Commonwealth Electoral Act for voting at Elections and Referendums.government, elections

Book titled - Referendum - The Australian Way, delivered by the Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen on Wednesday, 11 October 2000, La Trobe University, Bendigo. The 2000 Sir John Quick Bendigo Lecture. The lecture was written by Michele Matthews. Lecture mentions how the referendums in this country came to be. It was the Swiss Federation that served as the model on which the founding fathers of our constitution relied in selecting the referendum as the instrument of constitutional change. Mentioned in the back of the book is a short life story of Sir John Quick and his work in Australian Federation. Also one about The Rt. Hon. Sir Ninian Stephen.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - referendum - the australian way, 2000 sir john quick bendigo lecture, rt hon sir ninian stephen, la trobe university bendigo, robertson hyetts, quick hyett and rymer, quick and hyett, edmund burke, alfred deakin, playford, the australian natives association, edmund barton, sir robert garran, dr john quick, university of melbourne, michele matthews, mrs cheryle parker

City of Nunawading; Referendum No 91 re Eastern arterial road and Big Bin garbage collection. Copy of notice placed in Nunawading Gazette, 12 July 1989.freeways, rubbish bins, city of nunawading

Postcard size photograph'Written on back of photograph" Ringwood Coolstores, pre demolition, circa 1967. (Say "no" to 1967 Referendum for Aboriginal Vote ,on wall.

Information booklet issued during the lead up to the 2023 Voice Referendum. 7 p., black text and colour imagesaustralia constitution, voice to parliament, aboriginal and torres strait islanders

In 1999 a referendum was held in Australia to determine whether a Republic would be established with the Queen of England and the Australian Governor- General being replaced by a President elected by two thirds of the members of the Australian Government. The Republican referendum failed with 54.8 % of voters being opposed to the Republican model offered. These badges were issued by the groups mounting the campaign in favour of a Republic.These badges are of interest as a memento of an historic referendum in Australia .1 Circular concave metal badge with yellow background, dark green text and five small white stars. The silver coloured reverse has a pin clip .2 As above .1 yes .2 yes

La Trobe University, Sir John Quick annual lectureMichele Matthews Collection - 2000 Sir John Quick Bendigo Lecture - "Referendum - The Australian Way". Presented by The Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen on Wednesday 11 October 2000 in the McKay Lecture Theatre, La Trobe University, Bendigo. Copy of lecture with red light card cover, and program.sir john quick annual lecture

Poster - 'Baby's Thorny Path' (cartoon) featuring 'Rural Workers Log'. Referendum, Caucus Rules, Preference to Unionsts - and printed quotes from 'Father Caucus Hughes', 'Baby Arthur', 'Nurse' and 'The Inspired One'. Authorized by William Wallace, President People's Liberal Party, Bull St. Printed by Bolton Bros.organization, club/society, people's liberal party

Photograph - black & white of 2 women sitting at a table with pen and paper (bottle of ink on table). Other women standing around but can only see bodies (not faces). Date written on front of photograph is 11.9.1947. Written on back of photo - obtaining signatures to petition for referendum re nationalisation of banking. In front of Beehive Hargreave Street. Mrs Burley with me. Who is me?person, group, pethard family, photograph. pethard family collection. signing of a petition. mrs burley and me.

This is a Federation certificate showing the signatures of the Shire of Warrnambool personnel who signed the addresses presented by the Municipalities of Victoria to the Duke of York and the Governor-General in 1901 on the occasion of the Federation of the six colonies in Australia. This was a highly significant event in Australia’s history and Warrnambool shared in this occasion by voting overwhelmingly in the Referendum in favour of Federation. This certificate shows the official local government acceptance of the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia and the regard for matters of Empire and the representatives of British Royalty. It also has the signatures of the Shire personnel, many of whom were prominent men in the Warrnambool district in the early 20th century, especially Gideon Nicol, James Lindsay, Alexander Rollo and John Glasgow. It was reported in the Warrnambool Standard at the time that this certificate had been designed and illuminated by Victor Henry, an art student from Warrnambool and the son of one of Warrnambool’s Councillors, This is a certificate indicating that the Shire of Warrnambool Councillors signed the Addresses presented by the Municipalities of Victoria to the Duke of York and the Governor- General in January 1901. The certificate is mounted on card with paper binding on the edges and contains the signatures of the President of the Shire of Warrnambool, nine Councillors and the Shire Secretary. It is highly ornamented with lithographs of the crests of the six States of Australia, an archway , an image of a woman representing the British Empire, a lion, a British flag and the crest of ‘United Australia’ and other symbols. The printers of this copy were Sands and McDougalls of Melbourne. The certificate is coloured in mostly yellow, green and brown tonings. The signatures are in black ink. federation, shire of warrnambool federation certificate, warrnambool

The photograph shows a cable tram set, trailer 336, with the Abbotsford Hotel Johnston St in the background. The tram has the destination of Lonsdale St. Adjacent to the hotel is a billboard advertising the Vote Yes campaign for the abolition of Hotel licences - see reference - the referendum was lost. Photographer Eric Victor Copeman - see second reference for the history of the hotel.Yields information about Johnston St cable tram services and the Abbotsford Hotel.Black and white photograph with notes on the rear.On rear in ink "Cable tram Collingwood Melbourne Vic (21.9.38)"tramways, cable trams, johnston st, abolition, tram 336, hotels

The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) provided an interim civil administration and a peacekeeping mission in the territory of East Timor, from its establishment on 25 October 1999,[1] until its independence on 20 May 2002, following the outcome of the East Timor Special Autonomy Referendum. This card instructs personnel the correct procedure for the disarmament, apprehension and detention.A green UN Disarmament, Apprehension and Detention Card that has writing on both sides. Used by United Nation Forces in East Timor.military, army, timor, east timor, united nations, un, card, laminated, untaet, untaet pkf, pkf, green card, disarmament, apprehension, detention

Document. the State Elections, the Victorian Alliance Platform, Questions for Candidates at the State Elections. 1. The question of the Hours of Trading of Licensed Liquor Bars to be submitted to the people by a Referendum. 2. The Abolition of the three-fifths per cent, necessary to carry No-Licence at the Local Option Poll. 3. The Counting of the Aggregate Votes for No-Licence for the State. 4. Abolition of Grocers' Liquor Licences. If elected, will you support the foregoing proposals? And return to General Secretary. Victorian Alliance, 136 Swanston Street, Melbourne.organisation, community, abstinence society

Framed certificate from Australasian Federal Referendum, paper on card under glass and framed with brown timber frame, shades of blue, gold and brown with black lettering, photographs of six state Premiers underneath a coat of arms and showing Victoria's Parliament House. Written on address: 'This is to certify that the question of an Australasian Federal Constitution was submitted to the electors of Victoria on the 27th day of July 1899 and that out of a poll of 163,783 votes, 152,653 were cast in favour of such Federal Australasian Constitution and further, that Alexander M. Dempster voted at the said election'.event, official, civic

Ornate certificate Australasian Federal referendum July 1899. This is to certify that the question of an Australasian Federal Constitution was submitted to the electors of Victoria on the 27th day of July 1899 and that out of a Poll of 163,783 votes 152,653 were cast in favour of such Australasian Federal Constitution and further that Anthony Hall Seniors voted at the said election. Signed by the premier. Photo of the six state premiers: G. Reid from NSW, G. Turner from Victoria, E. Braddon from Tasmania, J. Forrest from WA, R. Dickson from Queensland, C. Kingston from SA. Also a drawing of Parliament House.government, state, federation convention

Annual report of the Braille & Talking Book Library including Minutes of the AGM, Board of Director's Report, President's report and financial statements. Items also included are: the legacy of Mary Daly (consisting of 2 houses), launch on March 5 of LBP LTD by Minister of the Arts Ian Cathie, the death of Stephen Murray-Smith, the revaluation of land and buildings from 1918 value of 18000 pounds to $1,250,000, purchase of small property at 46 Commercial Road (opposite Library) to alleviate over-crowding, Mike Janes joins Board, Referendum materials produced for the AEC, purchase of Versabraille, acquisition of a fax machine, implementation of computer in technical services halted, new shelving purchased for the library, and Clarke & Smith books actively being phased out.1 volume of text and illustrationsbraille and talking book library, annual report