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austarlia becomes a nation

Jan 1, 1901

Australias first referendum

Sep 9, 1906

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

Sep 16, 1911

compulsory voting is used for the first time in a federal election

Sep 9, 1925

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

Sep 9, 1934

But its appeals to the king and the british paliament are unseccessful.

enid lyons became the first in federal cabinet

Sep 9, 1949

when she is appointed vice-president of the excutive council in the menzies goverment

Neville Bonner is the first indigenous member of paliament

Sep 9, 1971

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

Sep 16, 1975