The Committee has developed a Magna Carta poster for students and teachers to help them examine some key clauses from the document. Teachers and students, please contact us if you would like a copy. Download the PDF of the Magna Carta Replica Poster
Is Magna Carta history’s most important document? The History Council of NSW and the Rule of Law Institute are running a symposium at the State Library discussing this question – Thursday, 7 May at the State Library of NSW, register here. In this one day symposium, five speakers, including Nicholas Cowdery AM QC, Professor David Clark, Professor John Hirst, Dr Rosemary
He shoots… and he scores!! It’s a goal for liberty and democracy! The Magna Carta Committee has produced a film for High School students exploring the ideas and the story of the Magna Carta through a game of football. When the Royals come up against the Barons in the Runnymede Derby there can only be one winner – and King John
2015 Governor General’s Prize – Magna Carta This years Constitution Education Fund Australia‘s Governor-General’s Prize has a distinct Magna Carta theme, one question is: ‘“Magna Carta has neither legal nor symbolic significance in Australia today.” Discuss.’ Find out more about the Governor-General’s Prize for 2015. Governor-General’s Prize Presentation 2014 This year the Constitution Education Fund Australia celebrated the 10th Anniversary of
Recently, the importance of Magna Carta has been mentioned in the Senate by Senator David Leyonhjelm, and the Committee’s work noted by Dr Rosemary Laing, Clerk of the Senate. Clerk of the Australian Senate tells Senate Estimates about Magna Carta Events Dr Rosemary Laing, Clerk of the Senate, was asked by Senator Smith about what events were planned to celebrate
The excitement around the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta is beginning in Britain, with the start of a series of events drawing attention to the importance of the document which is: “Considered the cornerstone of modern democracy, liberty, justice and the rule of law, the 1215 English charter forms the basis for legal systems around the world, such as
All educated persons think they know what the Magna Carta is and why it is important to our lives – but it is always helpful to stop and think about objects that have passed into legend and that have acquired value that the originators could never have foreseen. We all know that a document was sealed at Runnymede (on the
The Magna Carta is the most famous and important document in the history of the English-speaking world. Heard of by most, but read by few, it is handwritten in medieval Latin on untanned animal skin. How it survived is a wonder, and survived it has for nearly 800 years, not simply as a historical document, but relevant in everyday life