Australia in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Federation to War

From Federation to War traces the history of Australia from the period just before Federation in the 1890s up to 1914 and the beginning of World War I. Read about how people lived and worked in Australia during this period, why the Australian colonies federated to form the one nation of Australia, the voting rights of different groups within Australian society during this period, who made up Australia’s population at this time and why the new Australian Government wanted to restrict who came to live in Australia.

• Introduction
• Timeline
• Life in Australia in 1900
• Federation
• Australia's Constitution
• The Vote
• British Australia
• Glossary
• Index
• Find Out More

Features include:

• clear and concise text accompanied by contemporary and historical photographs
• fact boxes providing extra information related to the text
• a timeline of key events
• a glossary explaining new words and phrases
• an index.

Written by a wide range of experienced children's authors specialising in history at primary level.

Suitable for upper primary students.

Australia in the 20th and 21st Centuries traces the history of Australia, from the period in the 1890s just before Federation to modern times. Broken up into volumes based on significant periods in Australia’s history, the series takes a detailed look at the process of Federation, the World Wars, Australia’s growing role in global politics, the rise of multiculturalism and recent political events.

Selected sample pages from Federation to War.