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Port Phillip District Settlement
The Port Phillip District of New South Wales officially opened for settlement. -
Eureka Stockade
A rebellion where goldfield workers (diggers) burnt a mass amount of miners licenses as protest to the government/s miners license policies at the time. -
Secret Ballot
Voters gained the right to cast their electoral vote in private. -
Federation
Australia officially became a nation. -
Women's Right to Vote
Women aged 21 and over gained the right to vote in elections. -
Multiculturalism
Both chambers of Parliament endorsed an act supporting multiculturalism and denounced racial intolerance.