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One Nation
Sir Henry Parkes has a vision splendid - to federate the colonies and create one nation.
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Government
Each colony was now able to elect their own government, but still the big decisions were made in Britain.
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A Fanciful Idea
The idea of an Australian nation was a fanciful one, previous attempts to forge a national identity had failed. Tasmanian Andrew Inglis Clark brought along a ready made constitution.
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Writing a Constitution
They started to write a constitution, which is a list of rules about how the nation's parliament will work.
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Vote
The federation groups decided that the people of Australia should vote to decide if federation should take place.
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Failed vote
People in all the colonies except Queensland and Western Australia voted on the Constitution, but in New South Wales they did not agree to what was written and the vote failed.
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Another Meeting
The premiers met to discuss the things that worried those three colonies, and changes were made to the Constitution.
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The Federation of Australia
The colonies collectively became states of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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