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Henry Parkes decided to make Australia one nation by coming up with the idea of bringing the six different colonies together,called federation.
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Telegraphs were built to start bringing the colonies together because it was a faster way to communicate. There were also celebrations for the idea of being 'Australian'.
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Henry Parkes idea of federation was popular so he said for the six colonies to unite.
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Federation was really popular but through out the year, there were massive delays and everyone was ot focused on federation but before the delays, it was the beggining of a great nation.
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The delays were gone and federation was fowarding onwards in the National Australasian Convention.
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There was a referendum but nothing wsa decided or voted on.
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They redraft the constitution that wasn't voted on but the west finally joins the commonwealth.
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They were diciding if the redrafted constitution was good enough for the country.
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Queen Victoria Signs the new constitution act that was made Law.
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Lord Hopetoun declared federation of the six colonies in Centennial Park, Sydney. There was also the first sitting of parliament. Edmund Barton was the first prime minister of Australia.
