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The six Australian colinies in 1859
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In 1860 there were six British coloines in Australia
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Australians were united in their passion for sport long before they were united as a commonwelth. The first Australian cricket team toured England in 1868.
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But in the telegraph linked to the colonies,and the idea of being 'Austrailan' began to be celebrated in songs and poems.
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The 1890s were filled with conferences, conventions, debates and referendums about Federation.
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Convention in Melboure.
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During the progress of the 1890's they discussed to join togther a federation.
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In the 1890s were filled with conferances, convertions debates and referdrums about federation
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Conference of pro-federation group. Vote for federation.
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The first draft of the Constitution was not passed by the colnial parliaments. A new committee rewrote it in 1897-98.
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Convention. Qld didn't attend because they were against federation. New constitution was drafted.
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In Augest 1900 a referedum was held, and the people of westerion australia voted to join the commerwelth.
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in 1900 a delegation of five, plus an obser from wastern Australia, took the draft constilation to Londern
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In 1901, most people lived on land or in cournty towns
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The Grand seramony was held in the Exhibition building on 9th of May 1901, the duke of York, Queen Victoria`s grandson, proclaimed the Australin parliment open.
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On the 9th of May 1927 Commonwelth Parliment first sat in Cambera in the provisinal (tempuary) Paliment house, which is now called old parliment house
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In the election of a coalition of the Liberal and countrys party in 1949.
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Convention. Qld didn't attend because they were against federation. New constitution was drafted.
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Aboriganal people died in great numbers after 1788, they were killed by colinies or died of newly introduced diseses. The order of colinies got the smaller the Aboriganal population became.
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On the 10th of May 1988 Commonwelth parlement sat in teh new parliment house in cambera
