The referendum showed we need new ways to bring history to life and fight against apathy and misinformation
The musical Hamilton in New York. ‘Academics say that students find Australia’s federation story boring. But there are enough colourful characters to bring it to life.’The musical Hamilton in New York. ‘Academics say that students find Australia’s federation story boring. But there are enough colourful characters to bring it to life.’pre-sale has opened and eager theatregoers are urged to register if they want to get tickets.
Those drafting the Australian rulebook had read Alexander Hamilton closely and wanted to create a constitution that would last but were alert to the dangers of setting it in concrete. In March 1891, its chief protagonist Sir Samuel Griffith declared it needed to be “elastic”. Alfred Deakin noted that it needed to be “capable of being amended”. The lawyerly Griffith agreed: “Everything is capable of being amended.
If the kids don’t know enough to pass, despite trips to museums and parliaments, the chances are that their parents don’t either, a result of apathy, distraction or disinterest. To be successful this would require a degree of bipartisanship that has been notably absent for many years. Momentum must come from the ground and a population that has learned the dire consequences of the limits of apathy and the pain of repudiation.New tools are needed. Maybe it is time to imagine who might star in a local musical. I’d set it on the Hawkesbury River on the Queensland flagship Lucinda on the wet Easter of 1891.
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