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Six British colonies the laws were made by the British parlement -
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In 1860 there were six British colonies -
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gold was Discovered in Gympie ( Queensland) -
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telephones linking colonies they began celebrating the idea of being Australian in songs and dance -
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On January 1881 a inter coloniel meeting was held in sydney to talk about customs Duties -
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The idea of Federation Was becoming more popular -
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There was a convention to discuss Federation with Premiers and
representitive of new Zealand and Melbourne -
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Another convention was held in Sydney -
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Began to work on Australian Constitution and looked at those from Great Britain, the united states Canada and Switziland -
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Conferance was held for pro-Federation groups
Redrafting Constitution allow Australian to vote on whether they agree with the Constitution -
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There was a Australasian convention to meet to review constitution
Queensland did not send Representitives -
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A referendum was held to vote on the constitution
Queensland and Western Australiadid not participate New south wales did not approve it -
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The premiers revise the Constitution to meet concerns of the three colonies -
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The fate of federation (Sir Henry Parks) made a famous speech at tenterfield supporting the idea of federation -
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on the 1st of January 1901 Australia became its own country -
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on the 29th and on the 30th the commen wealth elections your held -
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The first offical coat of arms of Australia was allowed by a Royal warrant by King Edward the vII in 1908 -
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In 1911 Douglas Mawson launched and expedition to the Antarctic -
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The first parliment was opend on the 9th of may 1927 at 12pm
in the exhibition in Melbourne -
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in 1953 the Australian flag officially adopted as te national flag