Australia from Federation to 1935 By Rebecca Miles Jan 1, 1901 Federation of Australia Dec 1, 1901 Immigration Restriction Act Jan 1, 1902 Franchise Bill - women granted the vote in Federal Government Women granted the vote in Federal Government Jan 1, 1907 Harvester Judgement Jan 1, 1909 Aborigines Protection Board given power to remove ‘part-aborigines’ from reserves Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Jan 1, 1918 World War I Period: Apr 1, 1915 to Dec 1, 1915 Gallipoli Campaign Jan 1, 1916 Aboriginal Protection Board of NSW given the rights to remove Aboriginal children from their parents control Oct 24, 1929 Wall Street Crash Mar 19, 1932 Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge May 1, 1932 Premier of NSW, Jack Lang, dismissed by Governor for defying Federal Government Jan 26, 1938 Aboriginal Day of Mourning