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British troops withdrawn
British troops withdrawn to come too Australia -
Cricket
Britain was defeated in the first cricket test by a team from Victoria and New South Wales. -
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EVENTS LEADING TO FEDEERATION
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Western Australia
Western Australia joined the Federation after a Yes vote in the referendum. -
Tenterfeild speech
Sir henry Parks for all the collonies to become a federal government -
Conferance
He convinced the other premiers to discuss federating Australia -
Constitutional convention
7 Representatives from each colony started working on an Australian constitution. -
Corowa
A 3 step proposal was offered to acheive a federal constitution -
second constitutional convention
Commities debate each paragraph of the draft constitution, changes were mae and a new constitution. -
First fefurendum
NSW didnt vote yes. Then they met to discuss the concerns. -
second referendum
All voters voted yes for federation -
Commonwealth of Australia
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act is passed by British Parliament(For the go ahead in Federating). It also took over the course of 2 months. -
London for queen
The British parliament pased a law to approve the constitution -
Lord Hopetown
Lord Hopetoun was officially appointed as Governor-General of Australia. -
FEDERATION
Fedreation was the creation of a new nation. When sir henry parks was awarded the father of federation. Because he was the 1st person to say we australia should become anation -
Australian Flag
The commonaealth of Australia before 1901. A competition was held to designa new national flag. First place was shared by 5 similar entries -
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria the first died soon after the death of her husband. -
ARMY
First Commonwealth troops embarked to fight Boers in South Africa -
First basic wage
First federal basic wage handed down by Court of Conciliation and Arbitration. -
Od Age People
Commonwealth Invalid and Old Age Pensions Act passed
National capital site selected in the Yass–Canberra District. -
Parliment
New South Wales surrendered territory for the seat of the Commonwealth Government. -
Australian Newzealand Army Core
ANZACS landed at Dardanelles and fought at Gallipoli
Responsibility for lighthouses transferred to Commonwealth Government
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Anzac Day
The first Anzac day was commemorated in Australia. -
WW1
ww1 ended. RIP. familys lost, houses burned, and everythings bombed -
Parliament
Australia inforced a law of non white people imigrating to australi because people where scared there jobs because the non white people work for a dime a day. -
Centenary of Federation
