Austrailian federation by Troy Dowrick By troyd8 Jan 1, 1788 The first colony The first colony New south Whales was settled by the british it was ruled by a govener appointed to the british goverment Jan 1, 1800 Six self governing colonies Jan 1, 1855 Tasmania was added to australia Jan 1, 1898 Referendums on the constitution held in all six colonies Jan 1, 1901 inauguration of the commenweath of australia Jan 1, 1901 Australian flag was made Aug 2, 1901 Edmond Barton first primeinister Jan 1, 1902 commeweath franchise act and commenweath eloctoral act passed Jan 1, 1903 Federal election held under commenweath electoral art Jul 17, 1984 Australian anthem This is when the austrailian anthem was created Jan 1, 1998 constitutional convention held to discuss issues about wheather Australia should become a republic Jan 1, 1999 referdum held to vote to on the propsel that australia become a republick most people said no Jan 1, 2001 centenery of federation
