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austarlia becomes a nation
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Australias first referendum
Voters agree to change the constitution to allow for concurrent elections for the house of representatives and the senate. -
the federal parliment passes the commonwealth electoral act 1911
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compulsory voting is used for the first time in a federal election
all austarlians eligible to vote are required to be on the electoral roll and to vote in the election. -
Western Australia tries to secede from australia and become a seprate country
But its appeals to the king and the british paliament are unseccessful. -
enid lyons became the first in federal cabinet
when she is appointed vice-president of the excutive council in the menzies goverment -
Neville Bonner is the first indigenous member of paliament
He is appointed to fill a vacancy in the Senate. He is elected asa Liberal seator for Queensland in1972. -
A deadlock between the housesof parliament results in the govenor general sir jhon kerr dissmising the government of Prime minister gough whitlam
