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Violence occurs towards the Chinese on the goldfeilds.
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The Eureka rebellion takes place.
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Men in South Australia get the vote.
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Men in Victoria get the vote.
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Men in New South Wales get the vote.
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There were six British colonies in Australia. They decide things themselves,but laws were made in britain.
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Men in Queensland get the vote.
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This decade is a boom time in Australia
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Maritime workers' strike occurs.
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Each colony was now able to elect their own government, but still the big decisions were made in britain. People in the colonies were starting to talk about joining together to be one nation instead of six little colonies. Joining together like this is called federation.
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A meeting is held to discuss federation. Each colony sent seven people. They started to write a constitution which is a list of rules about how the nation's parliament will work.
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Men in Western Australia get the vote.
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The federation groups decided that the people of Australia should vote to decide if federation should take place.
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Women in Western Australia get the vote.
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Premiers' conferences discuss federation.
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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 if Representatives depends on how many people live in each state, but each state has the same number of people in the senate.
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People in all colonies except Queensland and Western Australia voted on the Constitution, but New South Wales they did not agree to what was written and the vote failed.
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The first referendum for Federation occurs.
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The second referendum for Federation occurs. Women in Western Ausralia get the vote.
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Men in Tasmania get the vote
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Meanwhile, there was a Gold Rush in Western Australia and people from all over the country were 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.
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A committee took the constitution to London to persuade the British Parliament to pass a law allowing the five colonies to join toether to become a nation. The law was passed in May and signed by Queeen Victoria in July saying that on the 1st January 1901, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania would become states in the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Edmund Barton becomes Australia's first Prime Minister.
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Women get the right to vote Australian federal elections. Women in New South Wales get the vote in their state.
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Women in Tasmania get the vote. The High Court of Australia is formed. Alfred Deakin becomes the second prime minister of Australia.
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The Conclication and Arbitration Court is formed.
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Women in Queensland get the vote. Deskin becomes prime minister a second time.
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Australia becomes responsible for British New Guinea.
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The Commonwealth Bank is set up.
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Prime Minister Fisher commits Australian forces to fighting in World War 1