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1877
Australia and Melbourne play their first Cricket Match in Melbourne -
1878
The National Anthem was written and composed by Perter Dodds McCormick -
1889
Henry Parkes made a speech in tenterfeild urging the people to Federate. -
1891
An economic depression hits Australia pushing people away from the Federation -
1893
A peoples conference in Corowa convinces the governors to write another constitution. -
1897
2nd to the 24th of September the 2nd session of the Federation Convention was held in Sydney. -
1897
: On the 22nd of March to the 23rd of April the first session of the Federation Convention was held in Adelaide where they started writing the constitution. Every colony but Queensland attended. -
1898
20th of January to the 17th of March the third and final session of the Federation Convention was held in Melbourne. -
1899
29th of September to the 2nd of February the 6 colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss the proposed constitution. -
1900
On the 9th of July Queen Victoria gives royal assent to the act of the Federation. -
1900
On the 21st of September Lord Hopetoun is announced official Governor-General of Australia. -
1901
1st of January the Commonwealth of Australia becomes a nation. The ceremony is held in Sydney’s Central Park.