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division
At the end of the 1800s, Australia was divided into six separate colonies instead of being one nation -
Henry parkes
Henry Parkes is often called the Father of Federation -
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Austalian Federation
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Making Colonies federate
Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales makes the colonies federate -
Uniting All of the colonies
he called for the colonies to unite and create a great national government for all Australia -
conventions
During the 1890s, each colony sent representatives to special meetings, called conventions -
Australasian Convention
The first National Australasian Convention is held in Sydney -
A people confence
A people's conference in Corowa, New South Wales, makes the colonial parliaments to hold a new convention -
Premiers Confrence
A special premier's conference agrees to hold a new federation convention -
Australasian Convention
The second National Australasian Convention meets in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne -
voting
in June 1898 in Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia partisipated in the vote -
becoming a nation
On 22 January 1899, leaders of the six Australian colonies met in Melbourne to discuss a federation dollar note -
commonwelth
The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act was passed on -
becoming a nation
Australia became it's own nation -
Not being counted
early 1900's aboriginal poeoplre were not being counted as part of australia -
not a nation
before 1901 australia was not a nation, we were jus divided by colonies and each colony had different laws and railway tracks. we couldn't share water ways easily. -
election day
On the 29 - 30 march there were the first fedral electtions -
Wear A Federation Medal
When the first federal parliment opened about 250 000 victorian school children were given a bronze medal. -
Australian Government
The Australian government decided to create the capital city which is canberra -
first prime minister
The first ever Australian prime minister was sir Edmund Barton in early 1900's -
Abiriginals getting to vote
1967 is often recalled as the year that the Aboriginal people of Australia gained the right to vote -
centenary of federation
Throughout 2001, Australians everywhere participated in thousands of events, projects and community activities to celebrate the Centenary of Federation