Australian Fedaration

By doofydavid

  • first fleet

    1788 the first fleet from england of ships under captain arthur phillip arives at sydney cove with soldiers and convits

  • Australian Fedaration

    six british colonies and Laws were made by british parliament

  • telegraphs linking colonies

    Began celebration idea of being Australian in songs and dance

  • defence of austarlias coloneis

    Major-General Sir J. Bevan Edwards reported on the defence of the Australian Colonies24 October Sir Henry Parkes made a speech at Tenterfield calling for 'a great national government for all Australia'

  • idea of fedaration

    idea of fediration was bigginning to become more popullar

  • premiers

    convention to discuss federation with premiers and reprecentitives from new zealand held in melbourn

  • the road to fediration

    During the 1890s, each colony sent representatives to special meetings, called conventions

  • another convention was held in sydney

    began work on the aaustralian constichotion and looked at those from Great Britern the USA and Canada and switzaland

  • confrence held for pro federation groups

    they agreed that the countrey to be a diplomatice country

  • national Australasian

    convention met to review conscience QLD did not send representation as they did not support Federation

  • Australia voted on the constitution

    People in all the colonies except Queensland and Western Australia voted on the Constitution, but in New South Wales they did not agree to what was written and the vote failed.

  • referendum

    referendum was held to vote on the const QLD and WA didnt but nsw did not aprouve

  • premiers

    revisem constittution to meet concerns of the three colonies

  • idear of a national captain

    among the changes that were made was the decision that a new captain city be established between sydney and melbourn both of witch wanted to be natins captain

  • signed by Queen victoria

    a delegation of flve, plus an observer from Western Australia, took the draft constitution to London. In May, the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 was passed by the British Parliament, and was signed by Queen Victoria on 9th July 1900, and so became law.

  • the commenweth

    It was then passed as a British Act of Parliament in 1900, called the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act.

  • the first governor

    On 1st January 1901 the first Governor General, Lord Hopetoun, officially declared that there were now six states forming the Commonwealth of Australia.
    The first parliament was opened in Melbourne on 9th May.

  • the initial agreement

    The colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania united and became states of Australia, known as the Commonwealth of Australia. Western Australia was not a party to the initial agreement but also agreed to join the federation before 1 January 1901.

  • how was federation celerbate

    At the time of Federation, citizens of the newly-born country gathered together to await news of the official proclamation. In Sydney and Melbourne, enormous crowds gathered to view official processions before the inauguration of the country was formally annouced in specified venues

  • great britens law

    untill 1901 australia was not a nation it was only 6 states under great britens law