1917 Australian conscription referendum information

The 1917 Australian referendum was held on 20 December 1917. It contained one question. Are you in favour of the proposal of the Commonwealth Government...

dispute. 1917 Australian conscription referendum Conscription in Australia "Military Service Referendum Act 1916". Commonwealth of Australia. 28 September...

World War. Military Conscription: Issues for Australia Conscription referendums, 1916 and 1917 Australian War Memorial – Conscription Defence Act 1903 -...

1914–18". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 12 June 2013. "Conscription referendums, 1916 and 1917 – Fact sheet 161". National Archives of Australia. Archived...

The Conscription Crisis of 1917 (French: Crise de la conscription de 1917) was a political and military crisis in Canada during World War I. It was mainly...

Austin Elliott who spoke about conscription for World War I. In 1917, ahead of the 1917 Australian conscription referendum, the campaign published a leaflet...

non-constitutional 1916 Australian conscription referendum and the 2009 Western Australian daylight saving referendum being examples. Voting in a referendum is compulsory...

1917 Australian conscription referendum 1917 Western Australian state election 1917 Bay of Islands by-election 1917 Grey by-election 1917 Hawkes Bay by-election...

for men in Canada during World War II. It was similar to the Conscription Crisis of 1917, but not as politically damaging. Canadian Prime Minister William...

discriminatory clause in the Australian Constitution which excluded Aboriginal Australians from being counted in the census;– the referendum was one of the few...

boost Australia's contribution to the war effort. On 30 August 1916, he announced plans for a referendum on the issue (the 1916 Australian conscription referendum)...

Compulsory military training (CMT), a form of conscription, was practised for males in New Zealand between 1909 and 1972. Military training in New Zealand...

Front". Australian Army. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020. "Conscription referendum". National Museum Australia. Archived...

resumed for a week before it was adjourned for the 1917 Australian conscription referendum campaign. By 1917, Colebatch had established district high schools...

as an Australian force. Two conscription referendums were defeated during World War I. Military service during WW1 was voluntary (First Australian Imperial...

of Australia's population in the early 20th century. They were largely working-class and voted for the Labor Party. The referendum on conscription in...

Hughes, the Prime Minister, to attempt a second conscription referendum in December 1917. The referendum was defeated, however, and the unions had recovered...

the RSA. He was involved in the 1917 Australian conscription referendum campaign, advocating in favour of conscription. As RSA president, he was involved...

no-confidence within the Nationalist Party in the wake of a failed second referendum on conscription. However, due to a lack of alternative leaders, Hughes was immediately...

Service Referendum Act 1916 and the War Precautions (Military Service Referendum) Regulations 1917 were contentious, the debate concerning conscription dividing...

further falls in enlistments in 1917, Hughes announced a second referendum on conscription to be held in December. The referendum campaign proved divisive,...

of the Australian Labor Party (federally spelt Labour prior to 1912) has its origins in the Labour parties founded in the 1890s in the Australian colonies...

May – Queenslanders reject a referendum to abolish the state's Legislative Council. 2 August – The General Strike of 1917 begins, a massive industrial...

period of political and social change in the Russian Empire, starting in 1917. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of...

Grey 2001, p. 41. "Conscription referendums, 1916 and 1917 – Fact sheet 161". Your story, our history. National Archives of Australia. Archived from the...

1917: Second referendum on overseas conscription in World War I. 64.4% of Western Australian voters vote in favour, while only 46.2% of Australian voters...