The Key Events And Times For Fedaration

By mmondolo1

  • 1871

    Australian Natives Association established

  • 1886

    First meeting of Federal Council in Hobart. Representatives from Western Australia, Fiji, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria attended. New South Wales refused to join

  • 1889

    Major-General Sir J. Bevan Edwards reported on the defence of the Australian Colonies
    24 October Sir Henry Parkes made a speech at Tenterfield calling for 'a great national government for all Australia.

  • 1891

    The first national Australasian convention held in Sydney. They talked about Australia becoming a country. There were 28 countries involved with the first meeting in Sydney.

  • 1895

    Premiers Conference in Hobart agreed to a second Constitutional Convention with elected delegates from each colony

  • 1896

    27 April Death of Sir Henry Parkes
    November People's Federal Convention held in Bathurst.

  • 1901

    Australia was established in 1901 on the 1st of January.

  • 1901

    Lord Hopetoun became the first Governor-General and Edmund Barton the first Prime Minister. Both were sworn in at the ceremony inaugurating the Commonwealth of Australia.

  • 1913

    Commonwealth Government issued its first stamps
    Federal capital named Canberra
    Norfolk Island transferred to the Commonwealth from New South Wales control.

  • 1914

    Australia entered world war 1. The only reason Australia went to war was that we were fighting over Australia military.

  • 1918

    World War I ended
    Australia House (London) opened by King George V

  • 1921

    Edith Cowan (Western Australia) first woman elected to an Australian Parliament