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Australian Referendum Information: general and historical

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Australian articles | Republic Referendum 6th November 1999 - result | Republic Referendum - archive | Republic Referendum - documents | Republic Referendum - sites | Country-specific constitutional sites and organisations | Constitutional internet resources and indexes | Conventions |

Australian articles

Referendums on alterations to the Constitution of the Commonwealth: from Parliamentary Handbook. Includes links to the results of referendums and plebicites
Constitutional referenda in Australia: Department of the Parliamentary Library (DPL) Research Paper 2 1999/2000 by Scott Bennett and Sean Brennan
The 1944 Referendum: by John B. Paul, Chapter 11, Proceedings of the Second Conference of the Samuel Griffith Society: Upholding the Australian Constitution Volume 2 1993.

Republic Referendum 6th November 1999

 Result

MS 9214 Records of the 1998 Constitutional Convention: description of manuscripts held at the National Library of Australia
AEC Virtual TallyRoom: this site is no longer available from the publisher. This is courtesy of the National Library of Australia's PANDORA archive
1999 Referenda - Summary of Results: DPL Research Note 19 1999/2000 by Gerard Newman
ABC News Online Constitutional Referendum 1999: Referendum Result
Referendum 1999: the votes and the count: AEC Electoral Newsfile No 86 October 1999
Referendum 1999: results guide: AEC Electoral Newsfile No 87 December 1999

 Archive

AEC Referendum information can be accessed at Referendum '99: courtesy of the Pandora archive
Australian Electoral Commission Referendum 1999 Information Guide can be found in Electoral Newsfile No 84 September 1999
From Constitutional Convention to Republic Referendum: a guide to the processes, the issues and the participants: DPL Research Paper 25 1998/1999 by Professor John Warhurst
ABC Referendum Site


Go to the Department of the House of Representatives links page Referendum on the Establishment of a Republic

 Documents

The Question: (Do You Approve of the Establishment) of the "Commonwealth of Australia as a Republic with the Queen and Governor-General being Replaced by a President Appointed by a Two-Thirds Majority of the Members of the Commonwealth Parliament"
from the Constitution Alteration (Establishment of Republic) Bill 1999: (Billsnet via ParlInfo)

The Question: To alter the Constitution to insert a Preamble
Preamble: Courtesy of the Prime Minister's home page from the Constitution Alteration (Preamble) Bill 1999
Draft Preamble (previous version): link to the press release from the Prime Minister dated 23rd March 1999

Report of the Joint Select Committee on the Republic Referendum (August 1999): Advisory Report on the Constitutional Alteration (Establishment of Republic) Bill 1999 and the Presidential Nominations Committee Bill 1999


The Constitution: courtesy of the Senate
1999 Referendum: the official site: this site is no longer available from the publisher. This is courtesy of the National Library of Australia's PANDORA archive

 Sites

Australian Republican Movement. The 1999 Republic Referendum: PANDORA (NLA) archive taken 1st November 1999
Australians for Constitutional Monarchy. The 1999 Republic Referendum
The Australian Republic Issue: A Guide: by Stephen Souter, University of Sydney
Real Republic Ltd: PANDORA Archive 5 Nov 1999
The Preamble Quest Report: publisher site no longer available, this archive comes courtesy of PANDORA, National Library of Australia
A Republic?: courtesy of AustLII, authored and edited by Trish Luker

For other relevant sites archived at PANDORA see Republic Referendum 6 Nov 1999 - Australian Internet Sites

Country-specific constitutional organisations

 Australia

Australian Republican Movement
Australians for Constitutional Monarchy
Constitutional Centenary Foundation: publisher site no longer available, this archive comes courtesy of PANDORA, National Library of Australia
Documenting A Democracy: Australia's Story: from Australia's eight government archives supported by the National Council for the Centenary of Federation
Constitutional Centre of Western Australia

 United Kingdom

The Constitution Unit: School of Public Policy, University College London

 United States

FindLaw U.S. Constitution: with annotations of Supreme Court cases
FindLaw State Constitutions
Roadmap to the U.S. Constitution: Jonathan Chin and Alan Stern. Developed for High School students

Constitutional internet resources and indexes

 Australia

WebLaw - constitutional law
The Australian Federal Constitution - a guide to net resources: Stephen Souter, University of Sydney

 United States

Constitution Finder: University of Richmond, Virginia
Constitutions of the World: Julius-Maximilians University of Wurzburg
National Constitutions: Constitution Society, Texas USA

 International

International Constitutional Law: project by Institut fr ffentliches Recht - Aktuell, Bern University
World Wide Constitutions: International Association of Constitutional Law

Conventions

Australia

Constitutional Convention 1998: publisher site no longer available, this archive (12 Nov 1998) comes courtesy of PANDORA, National Library of Australia

Records of the 1998 Constitutional Convention (MS9214): details of the series held by the National Library of Australia

Records of the Australasian Federation Conference (1890) and the Australasian Federal Conventions (1891 and 1897/8): Internet edition published by the Department of the Senate

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