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-Laws made by British Parliament.
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Burke and Wills are the first people to cross Australia from South Australia to the gulf of the Northen Territory. Unfortunately, they didn't survive their expedition.
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Their is a new settlement at Port Darwin.
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-Began celebrating idea of being 'Australian' in songs and dance
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Australia is now linked with the rest of the world because the overland telegraph is completed.
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Ned Kelly, the bushranger, has been captured and hanged at the Old Melbourne Gaol.
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-Idea of federation was beginning to become more popular
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-Convention to discuss Federation with Premiers and rep. from New Zealand held in Melbourne.
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Depression known as a 'Bank Crash' starts and it lasts for most of the decade.
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-another convention was held in Sydney
-began work on Australia Constitution and looked at those from Great Britain, the United States, Canada and Switzerland -
-conference held for pro-federation groups
-redrafting constitution
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-National Australasian Convention met to review Constitution
-Queensland did not send representatives as they did not support federation -
-referendum was held to vote on the coast
-Queensland and Western Australia did not participate
-New South Wales didn't approve it -
-premiers revise constitution to meet concerns of the three colonies
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May, the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 was passed by the British Government.
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Queen Victoria signed the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 and it became law.
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The first national election is held and Edmund Barton gets elected as the first Prime Minister fo Australia.
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The Commonwealth of Australia is formed.
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Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed in Centennial Park, Sydney by Lord Hopetoun, the first Governor General.
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The canetoads were released into Queensland.
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Australia, Britain, New Zealand and France declare war on Germany.
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