The Study of the Australian Federation Movement in the 19th Century

• Project/Area Number: 15510200
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: FUJIKAWA Takao Osaka University, School of Letters, Professor, 文学研究科, 教授 (70199305)
• Project Period (FY): 2003 – 2006
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2005: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000); Fiscal Year 2004: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2003: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
• Keywords: Australia / Federation / Database / meeting / New South Wales / 19^<th> century / constitution / referendum / パブリック / 民衆運動 / 政治文化 / 憲法制定 / 一九世紀 / ヘンリー・パークス / 憲法制定会議 / アルフレッド・ディーキン

Research Abstract

I want to focus on the matters most relevant, I believe, to English speaking readers in this English version With the research grant from 2003 to 2006, I have created the database for the public meetings on the occasion of the referendum for the Federation of Australia in New South Wales in 1899. In that period, public meetings played an important role in the making of public opinion. The supporters of and the opponents to Federation extensively resorted to this method to influence the populace and one of the largest campaigns in Australian history was fought over Federation.
I have initially collected the data from the advertisement of the Sydney Morning Herald, an influential newspaper in Sydney in order to avoid the bias of that paper. The data on that basis was extended to include the information from the reports of that paper. In this way I have collected the data of more than 1200 meetings including the date, day, time, place, convener, convened, speakers, chairman, number of audience, attendance of women, and organization concerned. The data will improve the understanding of political culture of late 19th century Australia which has been largely based on descriptive evidence
Working in the National Library of Australia, I also collected the documents from Australian Federation movement papers and many pictures and images, which I attached to the final report as well as the database

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Takao and others (2005)
  • Author(s): Kawakita, Minoru, Fujikawa
  • Journal Title: Space in British History(Yamakawa Shuppansha) Pages: 295-295
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] Takao and others (2004)
  • Author(s): Kimura, Kazuo, Fujikawa
  • Journal Title: The British Empire at the turn of the last century(Minerva Publishing Co) Pages: 367-367
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Book] 空間のイギリス史 (2005)
  • Author(s): 川北稔, 藤川隆男編, 藤川他著
  • Total Pages: 295
  • Publisher: 山川出版社
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Book] 空間のイギリス史 (2005)
  • Author(s): 川北稔, 藤川隆男編
  • Total Pages: 295
  • Publisher: 山川出版社
• [Book] 世紀転換期のイギリス帝国 (2004)
  • Author(s): 木村和男, 藤川隆男他11名
  • Total Pages: 367
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より