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In 1600 sailors from Holland named Australia “New Holland”.
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Captain Cook raised the British flag on Australian soil in 1770.
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Captain Cook named Australia “New South Wales” in 1770.
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The first fleet arrived in 1778.
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Five more British colonies were created by the British government in 1800.
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In 1800 most people thought joining together as a federation would be a good idea.
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Mathew Flinders suggested the name “Australia” in 1804.
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In 1812 Governor Macquarie bought 40,000 Spanish silver dollars & had the middle punched out of each coin to make new coins.
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British money became Australia’s legal currency in 1825.
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The holey dollar was withdrawn in 1829.
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The Gold rush started in 1851 & continued until 1900.
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By 1870 2/3 of Australia’s European population were born Australians.
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In Tenterfield,1889 Sir Henry Parkes called for all colonies to form a federal goverment.
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In 1890 a second convention was held, shortly followed by a referendum.
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In Melbourne, 1890 there was a conference in which Sir Henry Parkes, Thomas Playford & Sir James Lee Steere were involved.It was a meeting to consider a draft constitution.
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By 1891 there was a growing sense of being Australian.
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In 1891 the first constitutional convention was held in Sydney to discuss whether or not to consider a draft constitution.Andrew Inglis Clark attended this important meeting.
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The Federation Leagues and Australian Natives Association worked to promote federation to the people. In 1893, a conference was held on the banks of Murray River at Corowa, New South Wales.
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In 1897-1898 in Adelaide, Sydney & Melbourne a second constitutional convention was held regarding the proposed constitution.Delegates from all colonies except Queensland attended this second constitutional convention.
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In 1898 a first referendum was held in cities & towns in each colony.Voters from each colony except Western Australia & Queensland attended.The referendum failed because the yes vote of 80,000 was not reached.
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In 1899 a second referendum was held in towns in each colony.Voters from each colony except Western Australia attended.The Western Austrlalians did not believe that federation was the best thing for their colony.
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In London,1900 the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act was passed.Queen Victoria & members of the British Parliment attended this constitution.
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In 1901 the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed & Australia became a nation.
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In 1901 Indeginous Australians were not considered citizens of Australia.
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In 1901 the first Australian National Flag was flown.
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In Sydney, 1901 The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act was proclaimed.Sir Edmund Barton was one of the main people who attended this constitution.
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In 1902 women were given the right to vote.
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In 1903 the federal parliament passed The Judiciary Act.
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In 1910 the first Australian coins came to use.
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In 1913 the first Australian note was printed.
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In 1924 voting was made compulsory for those allowed to vote.
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In 1945-1970 Australia made post war migration for foreign nationals much easier than immigration today.
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In 1924 Australia decided to change from the British system to the decimal system with 100 cents in a dollar.
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In 1967 nearly all Australian’s voted ’yes’ in a referendum to change the constitution.
