Category Archives: Australian Politics

Enemy Aliens

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Loredana Isabella

During the First and Second World Wars, nationals of countries at war with Australia who were living in Australia were classed as “enemy aliens”. As soon as Italy declared war on Britain and its allies on 10th June 1940, Italian nationals … Continue reading →

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Jessie Street ~ Australian Activist Ahead of Her Time

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 346 of Colourisation Project – April 18 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  She was the only Australian woman delegate at the founding of the United Nations in 1945; … Continue reading →

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Chris Watson – Australia’s Youngest Prime Minister

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 337 of Colourisation Project – April 9 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Having grown up in New Zealand, he started work on the railways at the age of … Continue reading →

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Mary Lee – Australia’s Unsung Suffragist

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 283 of Colourisation Project – February 14 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Australia was one of the leading countries in the world when it came to giving women the right … Continue reading →

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James Scullin – A Man of the People

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 266 of Colourisation Project – January 28 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Timing is everything in politics. Australia’s ninth Prime Minister, James Scullin was unlucky in his timing. … Continue reading →

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Edmund Barton – Australia’s First Prime Minister

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 256 of Colourisation Project – January 18 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. When you stop to think that Australia’s First Prime Minister, Sir Edmund Barton, died less than 100 … Continue reading →

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Dorothy Dix Talks

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Loredana Isabella

Day 195 of Colourisation Project – November 18 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Under a sweeping overhaul of question time as promised by Victoria’s State Labor Party, Dorothy Dixer’s … Continue reading →

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Robert Menzies – Power in Numbers

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Loredana Isabella

Day 162 of Colourisation Project – October 16 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Liberal Party of Australia. On this day, October 16, 1944 … Continue reading →

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Vera Deakin – Red Cross Pioneer

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Loredana Isabella

Day 94 of Colourisation Project – August 9 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. On this day, August 9, 1978 Vera Deakin passed away. Deakin was the third and youngest daughter … Continue reading →

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Alfred Deakin – The Affable Prime Minister

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Loredana Isabella

Day 88 of Colourisation Project – August 3 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Born this day August 3 in 1856, Alfred Deakin was Australia’s second Prime Minister, a position he … Continue reading →

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