-
Period: to
Australian Federation
-
rebel
Gold miners rebel at the Eureka Stockade. -
football
Aussie Rules Football first played in Melbourne. -
laws made by the brittish
In 1860 there were six British colonies that were currently there in Australia. The main laws of the colonies were made by the British Parliament because the Brittish Parliament were like the leaders, the high and mighty. -
telegraph
overland telegraph completed. Messages can now be cable direct from London in less than 24 hours. -
beggining to be Australian
At first the colonies had little to do with each other. But in 1872 telegraph linked the colonies, and the idea of being Australia began to excite them and it started to be celebrated in songs and poems, -
busy 1890's
the 1890s were filled with conferences, conventions, debates and referendums about federation. -
federation conference
All the colonies, including New Zeland, were represented at the Australian Federation conference in Melbourne in 1890. -
discussion about federation
The Premier of New South Wales, Henry Parkes, convinced the other premiers to talk about federation and in 1890 the
~Australian Federation Convention~ , including representatives from New Zealand, was on in Melbourne. -
ideas of federation
By the 1890s the idea of federation was becoming popular. People began to realise that for defence and controlling immigration it would be stronger than lots of different colonies. -
yacht
the constitution was drafted on the gouvernment steam yacht Lucinda in 1891. -
~National Australasian Convention~
The ~National Australasian Convention~ met in 1897 and 1898. Representatives chosen from all colonies except Queensland attended. Queensland did not attend because it did not support federation. -
~National Australasian Convention~
The ~National Australasian Convention~ met in 1897 and 1898. Representatives chosen from all colonies except Queensland attended. Queensland did not attend because it did not support federation. -
Australia becomes a Nation
Australia became an independent nation on the 1st of January 1901. -
Commonwealth of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia was made in Centennial Park, in Sydney by Lord Hopetoun, the first Governor General. Edmund Barton was made the first Prime Minister of Australia. -
parliament
The first Commonwealth Parliament was opened on the 9th of May 1901, at 12 p.m. at the Exhibition Building in Melbourne, -
capital
With the changes that were made the decision that a new capital city would be chosen, arose a commotion between Sydney and Melbourne, because both of them wanted to be the capital. -
canberra
Nation's capital was named Canberra. -
voting
Federal group met in Canberra for the first time
non-optional voting in Federal elections was introduced. -
parliament house
On the 9th of May 1927 Commonwealth Parliament first sat in Canberra in the temporary Parliament House, which is now called the 'Old Parliament House'. -
new parliament house
On 10 May 1988 Commonwealth Parliament sat in the new Parliament House in Canberra.