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1901 On 1st January 1901 the first Governor General, Lord Hopetown, officially declared that there were now six states forming the Commonwealth of Australia. The first parliament was opened in Melbourne on 9th May.
And we come to 2014 with Tony Abbuot as the government of Australia.
1898
People in all the colonies except Queensland and Western Australia voted on the Constitution, but in New South Wales they did not agree to what was written and the vote failed.
1897
Meetings discussed the draft constitution and made changes and a new draft. Queensland was the only colony that did not send people to the meetings. Because some colonies were much smaller than others, it was decided to have parliament the way the United States did - the number of people from each state in the House of Representatives depends on how many people live in the state, but each state has the same number of people in the Senate.
1899
The premiers met to discuss the things that worried those three colonies, and changes were made to the Constitution. One change was that there would be a new capital built between Sydney and Melbourne, because both thought they should be the capital city. People in all colonies except Western Australia voted for the new Constitution, and this time it was successful.
1891
National Australian Conversation, Sydney, the parlament of each colony choose and send delegates to represent their interests.
1900
A committee took the Constitution to London to interduced the British Parliament to make a law allowing five colonies to join together to become a nation. The law was passed in May and signed by Queen Victoria in July saying that on 1st January 1901, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania would become states in the Commonwealth of Australia. Meanwhile, there was a Gold rush in Western Australia and people from all over the country went there to look for gold. The Western Australians started to change their minds about federation, and in August they voted to be part of it.
1890
each colony was now able to elect their own government, but still the big decision were still made by Britain. People in the colonies were starting to talk about joining together to be one nation instead of six little colonies.
1890
The Australasian Federation Conference, Melbourne. Delegates agree to return to their colonies and recommend support for federation.
1889
Henry Parkes makes his speech at Tenterfield in which he calls for the colonies to form a federal government.
1889
Major-General Edwards, a military expert from Britain, visits to review the Australian armies. He says that the colonies’ armies are unable to protect Australia and should be united into one.
1885
the federal council of Australia is formed. NSW refuses to join it.
1883
Intercolonial conference. the colonies meet to discuss federation. the conversation agrees to from federal council to act on common problems.
1860
there were six british colonies in Australia. they could decide some things themselves, but the laws were made in Britain