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What was life like living in post-Federation, pre-war Australia (1900-1914)?
For example (and these are what I need help with the most):
- City and Country Life
- Entertainment/Leisure Activities
- Famous People of the 1900s (and some good information sites if necessary)
Thanks!
P.S. I have been doing my own research, I was just wondering if anyone else could help me at all.
P.P.S. And yes, I do know that Federation was in 1901, but I'm ideally going from turn-of-the-century.
This is the immediate post Federation period of Australia history.
In terms of the British Empire which still existed and which Australia was still part of - it was the Edwardian period. King Edward VII had taken over from his mother Queen Victoria.
Appart from the larger cities of Sydney and Melbourne, Australia was mainly rural. It depended on exports of wool and wheat to Great Britain.
Entertainment revolved around sport, Rugby League and Rugby Union and Cricket for the men and Tennis for both sexes and some swimming and Netball and Horseback riding for those fortunate enough to have a horse.
For those living in the city there was some very occasional opera and ballet and other theatre. But these forms of entertainment were in their infancy in Australia. You would look to Dame Nellie Melba as the first outstanding Opera performer to come out of Australia at this time.
http://www.awm.gov.au/forging/australians/melba.asp
http://www.rba.gov.au/CurrencyNotes/NotesInCirculation/bio_dame_nellie_melba.html
http://www.whitehat.com.au/Australia/People/People200.asp
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100464b.htm
http://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/melbourne_details.php?id=3383
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Melba
You can look up Australia's early prime ministers at
http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/meetpm.asp
http://www.nma.gov.au/education/school_resources/websites_and_interactives/primeministers/
Origins of Australias involvement in WW I started in this period which was affluent and resulted in some nations having expansionist policies - hence they went to war.
http://users.cyberone.com.au/ibuckley/ww1_origins.pdf
http://www.australiaday.com.au/studentresources/history.asp
http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/subjects/sose/austhist/austww1.htm
Some Australians were very opposed to conscription introduced by the Australian government to get soldiers to fight Britains war.
http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-14_u-42_t-47_c-140/the-conscription-debate/nsw/history/australia-and-world-war-i/recruitment-and-conscription
http://dl.filmaust.com.au/module/3/
http://www.actf.com.au/learning_centre/school_resources/productions/win/lesson_plans/boy_soldiers.htm
http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/Pubs/RN/2002-03/03rn31.htm
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143871.php
Some other sites
http://www.treasury.gov.au/documents/110/PDF/round3.pdf
http://www.spx.nsw.edu.au/src/history.html#australian
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-army-today/state-regts/11-28-rwar.htm
http://www.harbourtrust.gov.au/topics/trustshop.html
Governors General since 1901
http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/people/a/govgenlist.htm
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/governors-general.htm
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/governorgeneral/
The National Library Site may give you other information too
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/
Reserve Bank pre WW I
http://www.rba.gov.au/Speeches/1998/sp_dg_210598.html
http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/catalogue/sale_88/a09.pdf
Commonwealth Bank
http://about.commbank.com.au/display/0,1694,NI2054%255FCH2054,00.html
Farming in Australia 1900 to 1920
This site show the Chinese market gardeners
http://www.chia.chinesemuseum.com.au/biogs/CH00013b.htm
Market Gardens in Western Australia
http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/wepon/land/html/marketgardens.html
Coffee Growing in Australia
http://www.australiancoffee.com/articles/history/History_of_coffee_production.html
Migration
http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/objectsthroughtime/timeline/1918.shtml
http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/articles/keneley.htm
Australian Economy
http://www.anz.com.au/business/info_centre/economic_commentary/Encyclopedia_Americana_(2002%20update).pdf
Chinese heritage
http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/abstracts.htm
Australian Women & voting
http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/library/localstudies/historical/federation/historical.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/ola/citizen/women/women-home-vote.htm
http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/Australian_Electoral_History/milestone.htm
http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0546b.htm
High Court Established
http://www.hcourt.gov.au/about_02.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Australia
http://www.naa.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/on-show/high-court.aspx
Wool Growing in Australia
http://www.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@commerce/@econ/documents/doc/uow012133.pdf
http://about.elders.com.au/heritage/today9.html
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Wool
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/search_tags.php?tag=birds
The Powerhouse Museum site is full of historical stuff. You are sure to find some relevant stuff here.
http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/library/pdf/5055/41.pdf
The story of Geelong is tied into the Western Districts which is Australias major fine wool growing dirtrict.
Australian Culture at this time
http://www.culture.gov.au/articles/bush/
This is a large paper with the period you are seeking in it
http://www.dtf.wa.gov.au/cms/uploadedFiles/1593-econhistory-5a.pdf
This has a section in it on wheat growing in the early 20th ccentury
http://www.agrifood.info/perspectives/2002/Godden.html
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/HistoryTowardsFederation
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/sa/industry/farmmisc.htm
Famous Austalians
http://home.iprimus.com.au/crothwell/famous.htm
Flynn of the Inland
http://www.wilmap.com.au/people/flynn.html
Nancy Bird Walton
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/nancy_bird_walton_bio.html
http://www.australianbiography.gov.au/subjects/birdwalton/
http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0124b.htm
Charles Kingsford Smith
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/k-smith.html
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090602b.htm
Charles Gavan Duffy
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/speaker/former/duffy.htm
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040109b.htm
Shakleton, Mawson & Scott's expediton to Antartica
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/surviving/quest.html
http://www.shackleton-endurance.com/
http://www.icssydney.com.au/media/docs/antarctica.pdf
http://www.shackleton-endurance.com/images.html
This should be a start. I know that in some of the sites you are going to have to search out the relevant parts. This is best that I could do. Actually it is a topic that I find interesting myself. That is why I have gotten so many sites
Cheers!!!
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