About Foundation 1901

Where the Murray meets the sea (and the outcomes of the negotiated decision making of SA, NSW, Victoria and the Commonwealth can be fully realised)

We, the people of Australia

Foundation 1901 was established in October 2014 to recognise 125 years since Henry Parkes’ Tenterfield Oration speech and to commemorate 200 years since Parkes’ birth on 27 May 2015.

Since 2015, John DownerThomas PlayfordRobert GarranGeorge Reid John ForrestAlfred DeakinSamuel Griffith and Edmund Barton have seen anniversary dates in addition to various significant Federation-related occasions.

Much more can and should be done to recognise a broader and more diverse representation of our Federation’s past.

Inaugural Directors

Jane Reyonlds
BEc, MCom, GAICD
Dennis O’Neill
BSc (Hons) FAusIMM
Allan Castleman
BComm, DipElecEng, FIEAust, FAICD, FAIM

Annual Reports

2021 annual report
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2020 annual report
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2019 annual report
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2018 annual report
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2017 annual report
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2016 annual report
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2015 annual report
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Funding

Consistent with the long-standing Australian folklore of self sufficiency, Foundation 1901 will be funded through majority non-government sources. It was granted charity status in 2014 and non-enduring DGR status in 2019 until 2021. Further DGR arrangements for 2021 onwards have indicative approval.

The establishment of the Foundation, while important, is a starting point in generating a much needed permanent national discussion about our Federation that will, of necessity, include many voices and interests.