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By Year 6

  • violence occurs towards Chinese on the gold fields

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    Federation

  • The Eureka Rebelion takes place

  • Men in South Australia get the vote.

  • Men In Victoria get the vote.

  • Men in New South Wales get the vote.

  • There Was six British Colonies in Australia.They could decide some things themselves, but the laws were made in Britain

  • Men in queenland get the vote.

  • This decade is a boom time in Australia

  • Maritime workers' strike occurs

    Maritime workers' strike occurs

  • federation

    Each colony was now able to elect their own government, but the big desicions were made in britain.People i n the colonies started to talk about joining together as on nation instead of six little colonies

  • A National Convention to draft the Consititution is held

  • federation

    A meeting was held to discuss federation. Each colony sent seven people. They started to write a constitution, which is a list of rules about how the nation's parliament will work

  • Men in Western Australia get the vote

  • federation

    The federation groups decided the people of australia should vote to decide if federation will work

  • women in South Australia get the vote

  • Premiers' conferences discuss federation

  • Second convention to draft the consititution takes place.

  • federation

    people in all the colonies execpt Queensland and Western Australia voted on the constitution, but in New South Wales they did not agee what was written and the vote failed.

  • federation

    Metting discussed the draft constitution and made changes and a new draft. Queensland was the only colony that did not send people to the meetings. Because some colonies were much smaller than others, it was decided to have a parliament the way the united states did-the number of people from each state in house of representatives depends on how many people live in the state, but each state has the same number of people in the senate.

  • The first referendum for federation occurs.

  • The second referendum for Federation occurs. Women in Western Australia get the vote.

  • Federation

    The premiers met to discuss the things that worried those three colonies, and changes were made to the constitution. One change was that there were would be a new capital built between melbourne and sydney, because both thought they should be the capital city. People in all colonies exept western Australia voted for the new constitution , and this time it was successful.

  • federation,Men in Tasmania get the vote

  • Federation

    A committee took the constitution to london to persuade the British parliament to pass a law allowing five colinies to join together to become a nation. The law was passed in May and signed by Queen Victoria in July saying that on 1st january 1901, NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, TAS would become state in the commonwealth of Australia

  • Federation, Australia becomes a nation. The Australian Government takes control of all Australia colonial army and navy forces.

  • - 1903, Federation, Edmund Barton becomes Australia's first prime minister.

  • Federation, Australia's population reaches 3,773,801 but Aboriginal peoples are not included in the cencus. The winnning design for the australian flag is announced.

  • Federation, Women get the right to vote in australian fedral elections. women in NSW get the vote in their state.

  • women in NSW get the vote in their state.

  • Federation, Women in Tas Get the vote

    Federation, Women in Tas Get the vote

  • The High Court of Australia is formed. Alfred Deakin becomes the second prime minister of australia

  • Federation, The conciliation and Aribitration court is formed

  • Women in Qld get the vote.

  • Deakin becomes prime minister for the second time.

  • Australia becomes responsible for British New Guinea.

  • Women in Vic get the vote.

  • The site of New national capital is desided. Andrew fisher become prime minister

  • The Commonwealth bank is set up.

  • Royal Australian Navy is formally establisted

  • Prime minister fisher commits Australian forces to WWI