Federation

By stephanienorris

  • The First Fleet

    In 1788 the First Fleet arrived in Australia between the 18th and 20th of January.

  • Sir Henry Parkes

    In 1889 Sir Henry Parks, five time premier of NSW urged for federation and made a speech in Tenterfield on the 24th of October.

  • Australian Federation Conference

    In 1890 the Australian Federation Conference recommended to have a national convection to draft for the Commonwealth of Australia.

  • Australian National Convention

    In 1891 the Australian national convention was held in Sydney.

  • Economic Depression

    In 1891-1894 there was economic depression which means that parliament loses interest in federation.

  • People's Conference

    In 1893 a people’s conference was held in NSW to convince the parliament to have another federation convection.

  • Second National Convection

    In 1897- 1898 a Second National Convection was held in NSW, Sydney, Melbourne and Tasmania for federation.

  • Referendums

    In 1898 the referendums were held in NSW, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania majority voted yes.

  • Secret Meeting

    1899 in January a secret meeting was held to discuss changes to the constitution and Queensland participated in the voting (majority voted yes.)

  • British Parliment

    In 1900 on the 5th of July the commonwealth of Australia was approved by the British parliament.

  • Queen Elizabeth

    In 1900 on the 9th of July the commonwealth of Australia was signed by Queen Elizabeth.

  • Western Australia

    In 1900 on the 31st of July Western Australia held the referendums (majority voted yes.)

  • Federation

    In 1901 on the 1st of January in Central Park Sydney federation was declared and Edmond Barton was elected the first prime minister of Australia.