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Sir Henry Parkes has a vision splendid - to federate the colonies and create one nation.
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The quest for federation was revived
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Each colony was now able to elect their own government, but still the big decisions were made in Britain.
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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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They started to write a constitution, which is a list of rules about how the nation's parliament will work.
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The federation groups decided that the people of Australia should vote to decide if federation should take place.
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All attempts at federation were defeated.
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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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The premiers met to discuss the things that worried those three colonies, and changes were made to the Constitution.
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The colonies collectively became states of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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The first parliament was opened in Melbourne on 9th May.
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