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The time of federation was when Australia worked to a independent nation
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Sir Henry parks made a stament at tenter field on October saying that federation should happen
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In 1890 Alfred Deakin said ' in this country we are separated by imaginary lives we are a people in one blood race and religion
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The constitution was formed in Sydney 1891 after the note Henry Parkes sent
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In 1898 a referendum was held so the colonies could vote on the constitution Queensland and Western Australia did not take part, and in New South Wales it did not get approved. The premiers met in 1899 to find ways of meeting the concerns of those three colonies.
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The commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed in Centennial Park in Sydney by lord Hopetoun the first Governor General the colonies became states and Edmund Barton became the first prime minister of Australia.
