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David Headon


Dr David Headon is Director of the Centre for Australian Cultural Studies (Canberra) and teaches in the Department of English, University of New South Wales (ADFA). He was recently appointed a Special Adviser to the ACT Centenary of Federation Committee.


Dr John Williams is a Senior Lecturer at the Law School, University of Adelaide. His major areas of research are constitutional law, legal history and human rights. He is the founder and co-editor of the The New Federalist: The Journal of Australian Federation History.


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