Australia-Timeline Federation

Time Line

1850

Henry Parkes promotes Federation in his Newspaper

1883

Opening of Sydney-Melbourne Rail line celebrated with a banquet at Albury

1885

Resolution allowing women in SA to vote in the council

1888

100 years of white settlement

Opening of first Australian Parliament

1901

Australia became an inedependent nation on the 1st of January 1901 after all the colonies voted in a referendum. Queen Victoria and the british government passed legislative laws to allow Australia to govern its self in the proclamation of the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia was established as a constitutioinal monarch. It was a constitutional monarch because the Commonwealth of Australia was established via a constitution. Australia's monarch was Queen Victoria

SIR HENRY PARKES

Australia becomes independant nation

SIR EDMUND BARTON