Timeline to Federation

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  • 1889 Speech

    Sir Henery Parkes called for all the colonies to form a federal government at Tenterfield.
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  • 1890 Confrence

    Delegates from each coloniel parliment and New Zealand agreed 'the intrests and prosperity of the Australian colonies would be served by an early union under the crown' at Melborne.

  • 1891 First constitutional convention

    In Sydney Edmund Barton disscussing and composing a draft consitution which became the basis for the consitution we have today.

  • 1893 Confrence

    In Corowa John Quick proposed a three-step process towards federation.

  • 1897-1898 Second constitution convention

    Queensland was crippled by internal issues. The central and northern parts wanted to become seperate colonies in Melborne, Sydney and Melborne. Delegates from all colonies except Queensland were included.

  • 1898 First referendum

    In each town and city in each colony voters in each colony except WA and QLD, Campaign for and against the Bill.

  • Second Referendum 1899

  • 1900

    In London members of the British Parliment and Queen Victoria was included. Queen Victoria signs the Royal Commision of Assent

  • 1901 Federation

    In Sydneythe Governments and Queen Victoria make Australia a nation.