Australians can you give me a hand with a 'Centenary of Federation Speech'?

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Hi there, I’d be very humble if you could give me a few ideas for this, I have to do:

My task is to write and present an informative/entertaining speech about some aspect of interest of Australia’s past to an imagined, live audience.

‘Some aspect’ as in only one.

I have a few idea’s that I can’t choose from, I’d be happy for anyone to give their own ideas and a few things I could talk about.

Some of my current ideas:

Australia’s defence over the last 100 years.
Australia’s changing face (immigration policy).
Australian inventions over the past 100 years.
Australia’s sporting achievements.

This is for year 12, English.

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I think the changing faces (immigration), while it has many positives, would have a lot of negativity in it. (think white Australia policy).

The sport could be very interesting but I think maybe the one on Australian inventions would be a good one to do. I have a book here on Australian inventions. Email me if you want some more info.

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You might want to post this on one of the ABC’s message boards as well.

The SSSF forum helped someone will an address with a similar topic a few weeks ago and the JJJ forum would be a good place to get some youth-oriented suggestions.

Good Luck!