Federation
The move to federation was not an easy one; there was lots of debating and disagreement, as Alfred Deakin wrote in 1900 "its accomplishment must always appear to have been secured by a series of miracles".It was not until the late 1880s that a movement towards federation really started to gather strength. Before this the colonies held the believe that federation would do little for them, they were too busy in there own local problems.However a sense of nationalism was growing and Australia was primarily an Anglo - Saxon, English speaking country and Australians were determined to keep it that way. By the 1880s 70% of Australian people were native born, these Australians regarded Australia as home. Australians had also become worried about the number o
There were also pacific islanders who came to work in Queensland on the sugarcanes. These countries were New Guinea and New Caledonia. There were a lot of problems with defence during the mid 1880s, the activities of Germany and France coursed concerns Because they were growing in power and they were interested in countries nearby. Voting is not compulsory and women are not allowed to vote. The Commonwealth of Australia was officially named on the 1st of January 1901 with Edmond Barton named unofficially Prime Minister. There were also problems of communication, train lines between the states were different widths. The first Commonwealth election was in March in 1901 and that was when Edmond Barton was officially named Prime Minister. New Zealand were involved with the federal council but did not continue for long because their representatives found it to far to travel. The revised constitution was accepted by all the states (except Western Australia, which did not vote) and the Commonwealth of Australia was formed. In 1899 the constitution was revised to make itmore acceptable to the New South Wales and Queensland voters. This also caused problems with defence, soldiers had to get of and wait for another train. A year later in 1902 woman were given the right to vote. BIBLIOGRAPHYLandmarksThe Macmillan Company of Australia PTY LTD1969GhostworksLongman Cheshire 1990 .
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