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Know Your History

The constitutional record, 1931 to today.

The constitutional record, one document at a time: each entry says what an instrument did and when, and cites the document so you can check it.

A record, not a narrative

This timeline states what each constitution, statute or order did, with its date and a source. It does not say why things happened or whether they were right. Where a finding comes from a commission or report, the entry names who said it.

Just started

Six entries so far: the four constitutions from 1931 to 1978, independence in 1948, and the abolition of the Senate in 1971. The colonial reforms, the other amendments to the Soulbury Constitution and the amendments to the 1978 Constitution come next.