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Sir Henery Parkes timeline
Henery parkes is born in warwickshire england. -
Sir Henery Parkes timeline
He arrives in Sydney as a poor immigrant, and he is working in lots of differint jobs -
Sir Henery Parkes timeline
Parkes is active in theanti-transportion movement and he starts a new newspaper -
Henery parkes federation promotion
Henry Parkes uses his newspaper 'the Empire' and promotes Federation -
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Australian Federation timeline
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Sir Henery Parkes timeline
Parkes is elected to the NSW paliament. but he has to stand down from parliament becaused he is declared bankrupt -
Sir Henery Parkes timeline
Parkes is re-elected then must stand stand down several times during this time he gets in volved in the federation movment -
colonies
there were six British colonies in Australia. The main laws of the colonies were made by the British Parliament. -
communication
-telegraphs linkingcoloines
-idea of being australian in song and dance -
Sir Henery Parkes timeline
he begins the first of his five terms as NSW premeir. he reforms the hospital system and he establiches free public education in NSW -
why federate
after the colonies developing sepratly they became more unifiedduring the 1870's and 1880's. they were devolping faster and comunication was much easier -
why federate
during the 1880'sthree european (Germany, france and russia) showed a interst in south western , australia feared they would attack and that they would try to occupy Australia -
money
In melbourne, the gold rushes had broughtgreat wealth to Victoria and New South Wales and that meant that they were wealtheir then other colonies -
Sudan contingent
british Parliment passes an act to Constitute the Federal council Australlia -
why federate
in 1888, a British militry expert from England was sent to report on defence he reported that armed forces were to smalland that the only solution was to combind them -
Sir Henery Parkes timeline
Parkes gives a famous speech at tenter feild for the federation -
Australasian Fedration conference
at tenterfeild sir henry Parkes had called for a meetingof all premeirs . they met in Feburary1890, and representatives from New Zealand which was thinking of joining the federation came -
Melbourne confrence
a confrence in melbourne was held to discuss the national Convention -
idea of federation
idea of federation was beginning to become more popular -
convention
convention to discuss federation with premeirs and representitives from New Zealand held in Melbourne -
Sir Henery Parkes timeline
Parkes loses trhe pe\remiership ,but remains in parliment until 1895. in 1891, he is hair of the premiers conventiom, at which a draft constitution is written -
the first National Australasian Convention
The First National Australasian Convention held in Sydney -
Barton & Federation Lee
Sir Edmund Barton sets up a Federation Lee (that is a club) -
another convention
another convention was held in Sydney -
work
Began work on Aus consti -
confrence
hard times across australia drew people's attention away from federation for seven years but they had a confrence for the pro-federation -
confrence
federation consitution redrafting was one of the confrence about -
natinol australian
1897-1898 natinal Australian
convention met to reveiw the contrast
-QLD was not on board -
referendum
referendum was held to vote on the contrast -
premeirs
revise contitutiton to meet confrence of the three coloines -
Sir Henry Parkes dies
Henry Parkes dies, in November People's Federal Convention held in Bathurst -
The Corowa Convention
Corowa Convention was held -
referendum
referendum QLD and WA did not particapate NSW didn't aprove it