| A | B |
|---|
| arbitration | settlement of disputes by a judge |
| conciliation | reconciling by helping both parties to reach agreement in a dispute |
| conscription | forcing people to join the armed forces |
| constitution | rules according to which a state is governed |
| democracy | political system in which |
| egalitarian | principle of equality among people |
| federation | joining together of the Australian colonies to become a nation |
| franchise | the right to vote at elections |
| free trade | trade between nations or states that is not restricted by measures to protect a state’s industries |
| fringe dwellers | people living in poverty at the edges of country towns |
| Governor-General | Australian representative of Australia’s head of state |
| House of Representatives | lower house of the Australian Commonwealth Parliament |
| nationalism | feeling of strong loyalty towards a country |
| paternalism | system of control of the affairs of people as if they were children |
| premier | government leader |
| protection | policies toward Aborigines adopted by Australian colonial and state governments between the late 1880s |
| referendum | voting in which electors can express a view on a particular issue |
| republic | system of government in which the head of state is elected or appointed and is not a monarch |
| Senate | upper house of the Australian Commonwealth Parliament |
| socialism | idea that industry should be controlled by the public rather than privately owned |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| tariff | tax or duty imposed by governments on imported goods to raise money and to protect local industries |
| temperance movement | group of people who campaigned to have alcoholic drinks restricted or banned |
| trade union | organisation formed to represent workers in an occupation or industry |
