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Sydney to Melbourne rail link was completed.
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Germany annexed north-east New Guinea.
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Sir Heney Parkes made a stirring speech.
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The Australia Federation met in Melbourne.
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The draft constitution was drawn up at the National Australasian Convention in Sydney
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A conference at corowa, NSW, calledfor a constitution to be discussed
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The nation of Australia is proclaimed on the first day of the new century. Edmund Barton is sworn in as the nations first Prime Minister.