Documenting a Democracy (Museum of Australian Democracy)

Documenting a Democracy is a National Archives of Australia website - developed in partnership with Australia's eight state and territory government archives and the National Council for the Centenary of Federation - that provides 110 key documents, in both digital and transcription format, relating to the foundation of Australia. Key documents include nine sets of original legal and constitutional instruments for the creation and evolution of the Commonwealth, states and territories governments, accessed by either a place or map search tool. There is a Picture Album of people and places behind the documents; information on how Australia's constitutional boundaries were formed at Places; and an Australian history Timeline which shows what was happening when each document was written. There are also Pathways to documents on the themes of Foundation, Building, Freedoms and Land. This webpage includes a digital map of Aboriginal Australia before the advent of Europeans.