The 100th year of a federated Australia is near.
Federation has more to it than bearded men.
The site is for historians, students and people wanting to learn about those people Alfred Deakin called 'makers of miracles'. The site is also about the period in which they worked and the complex politics that made a Commonwealth of Australia far from certain until late 1900. People' will lead you into a list of politicians, artists, writers, a farmer and an Aboriginal leader. Chronology' links with the digitised proceedings of these gatherings. Exhibitions' announces such coming online exhibitions as 'The Medical Experience', 'Fashion' and 'Invitations and Events' in which the National Library will be participating with the National Archives of Australia, the State Library of Victoria and the State Library of New South Wales.