The 1917 Australian referendum was held on 20 December 1917. It contained one question.
Poster for the Yes campaign 1917
"Keep Australia White" poster used during the 1917 conscription referendum. The "No" campaign claimed that conscripted soldiers sent overseas would be replaced by non-white labour.
"The Death Ballot", a campaign poster for the "No" vote.
"Facts for Farm Workers", a campaign poster for the "Yes" vote.
On 29 November 1917, an egg was thrown at the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes at the Warwick railway station, Queensland, during his campaign for the 1917 plebiscite on conscription. The egg wa
1917 Australian conscription referendum
…usually referred to as a plebiscite to distinguish it from a referendum to alter the Constitution. The campaign was notable for an incident in which a protester threw an egg at Prime Minister Hughes, in Warwick, Queensland, and for a raid on the Queensland Government Printing Office by Hughes, accompanied by a party of…
"Who Threw That Egg?", a 1917 cartoon making reference to the incident.
Information board about the incident, 2015
Portrait of W. M. Hughes