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Male land onwers in New South Wales voted in the first Legislative Council elections
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Period: to
Universal Suffrage
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Australian gold rushes started
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Period: to
The gold rushes in Australia
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Governor Hotham became governor
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A crowd of diggers burnt down James Bentley's hotel
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Diggers publicly burned their mining licences
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Authorities launched an attack on the stockade the diggers built
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All of the diggers demands were met
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South Australia and Victoria were the first states to use the secret ballot
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Population on the goldfields hit 150,000
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The idea of being Australian was celbrated in poems and songs
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Women, including Indigenous women got the right to vote in South Australia
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Adult men including Inginenous men, in Tasmainia gained the right to vote
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The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act was passed
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The Commenwealth of Australia Constition Act was signed by Queen Victoria
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The colonies became one and known as the ' Commonwealth of Australia '
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Adult women in Victoria gained the right to vote
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Indigenous Australians were given the right to enrol and vote
