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First fleet came.
Europe claimed New Holland and then sent the first fleet which was a fleet of boats full of convicts. They sent the first fleet because they didn't have enough room in England to store criminals. They used the convicts as an advantage to colonize New Holland. -
Sir Henry Parks Makes a speech.
Sir Henry Parks makes a speech about federation he stated that how America federated after fighting for years so we can do it without fighting at all. -
Meeting
People decided to listen to sir henry parks and had a meeting about federation of australia -
Idear gone
Economic depression means the colonial parliaments lose interest in federation. So left the idear of federation behind. -
Vote for federation
As the ANA had proposed in Corowa, the people of the colonies then had to vote in a referendum on the Constitution. The 1898 referendum was held in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania. The result was a majority in all four colonies. The New South Wales parliament, however, had previously stipulated that it would not accept a majority in its colony unless there were in excess of 80 000 votes in favour of Federation. -
Approval by britain
As the colonies were still being ruled by Britain, for Federation to be established, legislation needed to be passed by the British Parliament. Sir Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin (Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly) and Charles Cameron Kingston (Premier of South Australia) were just a few of the important delegates who travelled to London to ensure that the British Parliament passed the Constitution Bill. -
Fedderation complete
Australia had changed from six colonies to a whole country.
