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The first fleet arrived at Botany Bay on the 18 January 1788.
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Violence occurs to Chinese on the goldfields.
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The Eureka Rebellion takes place.
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Men in South Australia get to vote.
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Men in Victoria get to vote.
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Men in New South Wales to get vote.
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There were six British colonies in Australia. They decided themselves, but the laws were made in Britain.
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Men in Queensland get to vote.
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This decade is a boom time in Australia.
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Melbourne and Adelaide are linked by train service.
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Sydney and Brisbane are linked by a train service.
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Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, suggests drawing up a constitution for a federal parliament.
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Maritime Workers' stike occurs.
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Each colony was now able to elect their own goverment, but still the big decisisions were made in Britiain. People in the colonies were starting to talk about joining together to be one nation instead of a six little colonies. Joining together like this is called federation.
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A National Convention to draft the Constitution is held.
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A meeting was 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 to vote.
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The people living in in the colonies begin to demand federation. They are called federation leagues.
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The federation groups decided that the people of Australia should vote to decide is federation should take place.
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South Australia becomes one of the first places in the world to allow women to vote. Wonmen in South Australia get to vote.
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Between 1895 and 1897 premiers' conferences discuss federation.
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Second Convention to draft the Constitution takes place.
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Durning 1897 and 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 writtern and the vote failed.
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Between 1897 and 1898 meetings discussed about the draft constitution and made changes and a new draft. Queensland was the only colony that did not send people to this 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 Representives depends on how many people live in state, but each state has the number of people in the Senate.
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The first referendum for federation occurs.
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The scond refeendum fro federation occurs. Women in Western Australia get to vote.
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The premiers met to discuss the things that worried those three colonies, and changeswere made to the Constitution. One change was that that there would be a new capital built between Sydney and Melbourne, because both thought that they sould be the capital city. People in all colonies except Western Australia voted for the new Constitution, and this time was it was successful.
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Men in Tasmania get to vote.
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A committee took the Constitution to London to persusde the British Parliament to pass a law allowing five colonies to join together to become a nation. The law was passed in May and signed by Queen Victoia in July saying that on the first January 1901, New South Wales, Victora, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania would become states in the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Meanwhile, there was the gold rush in Western Australia and people from all over the contry went there to look for gold. The Western Australians started to change their minds about federation. In August they voted to be part of it.
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Between 1901 and 1903 Edmund Barton becomes Australia's first prime minister.
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On 1st January 1901 the first Governor General, Lord Hooetoun, officially declared that there were now six states forming the Commonwealth of Australia.
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The first parliament was opened in Melbourne on 9th May.
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Australia becomes a nation. The Australia Goverment takes control of all Australia colonial army and naval forces. Australia's population reaches 3 773 801, but Aboriginal people are not included in the census. The winning design for the Australian flag is announced.
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If a non-European was unable to pass the test they were not allowed to enter the country. In 1901, the Immigration Restriction Bill was passed and it extended the dictation test to include all people of non-European origin, and became known as the official "White Australia Policy.
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Women get the right to vote in Australian federal elections. Women in New South Wales get to vote in their state.
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Women in Tasmania get to vote. The High Court of Australia is formed.
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The High Court of Australia is formed. Alfred Deakin becomes the second prime minister of Australia.
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The High Court of Australia is opened.
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The Conciliation and Arbitration Court is formed.
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Women in Queensland get to vote.
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Deakin become prime minister a second time.
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Australia becomes responsible for British and New Guinea.
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Women in Victoria get to vote.
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The site of national capital is choosen. Andrew Fisher becomes prime minister.
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The federal government introduces old age pensions.
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The Commonwealth Bank is set up.
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The Royal Australian Navy is formally established.
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Prime Minister Fisher commits Australian forces to fighting in World War I.
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World War I begins.
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The ANZACs land at Gallipoli, Turkey.
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The Commonwealth Police Force is formed.
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World War I ends. Sixty thousand Australias and New Zealands lost their lives.
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World War II begins.
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The federal government takes over the collection of all income taxes. After this is collected, the federal government gives each state government a share of the money.
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World War II ends. Thirty-four thousand Australians have given their lives.
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Australian citizenship is created.
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The voting age is dropped from 21 to 18 years of age.
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A Labor Party is elected as federal government for the first time in 23 years. It's leader was Gough Whitlam.
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'Advance Australia Fair' becomes the Australian national anthem in place of 'God Save the Queen'.
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The federal government starts to charge a tax levy to provide national health insurance. This insurance is to make sure that all Australians can afford visit to doctors and hospitals.
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The Northerm Territory becomes self-governing.
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Queen Elizabeth II signs a document calld the Australia Act. This officially removes any powers the British parliament has over the Australian law.
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Senator Janine Haines becomes leader of the Australian Democrats . She is the first women to be chosen to lead of an Australian poitical party.
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Australians hold celebrations to (and protests) mark the bicentenary of British settlement in Australia.
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On thh 9th of May, the new permanent Parliament House is opened by Queen Elizabeth II Canbrra.
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An Australian republican movement set up. The ain of this movement is to have an Australian as Australia's head of state instead of the British monrch. If this happens,Australia will become a republic instead of a constitutional monarchy.
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In a case know as the Mabo Decision, the High Court decides that Indigenous Australians have right to Australian land.
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A referendum was held to decide if Australia should become republic. The referendum was lost and the Queen remains Australian head of state.
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People all over Australia celebrate the centenary of federation.
