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On the 24th of October, 1889, Sir Henry Parkes called a gathering between all colonies to discus forming a federal government for Australia.
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Sir Henry Parkes convinced all the other premiers of the Australian colonies to discuss federating Australia.
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7 representives from each colony in Australia came together and started working on an Australian constitution.
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A 3 step proposal was offered to the colonies to achieve a federal constitution.
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Sir Henry Parkes unfortunately passes away and hands down his work to Sir Edmund Barton (1815-1896)
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Committees debate each paragraph of the draft constitution, changes were made and a new constitution was drafted. each state had the same number of senators.
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All colonies except NSW chose to federate so NSW chose to discuss the concerns of not federating.
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Everyone in Australia decided to federate as one nation.
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Australia is declered a united and federated country and is one full independent nation.
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Aboriginals were allowd to vote in SA for the first time ever.
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The Australian flag was first established and it was flown in melbourne.
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Women gained rights and were allowed to vote.
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Court of Conciliation and Arbitration established
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Commonwealth bank of Australia was established.
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Australia joined WW1 to protect our country and since we are allies with Britian we helped defend them too.
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25 April ANZACS landed at Dardanelles and fought at Gallipoli
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The first ANZAC day was held.
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WW1 came to an end. 60,000 Australians sadly passed away fighting for our country.
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Duke of York officially opened a new parliament house in Canberra.
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The 100th year anniversary for Australias federation day.
