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19190101. Federation of Australia 1901. By Andreas Petropoulos, Sarah Jackson, Shane Lim and Liam Brown. CONTENTS. Why did people want Federation? Vot e card. When did it happen? Royal Exhibition Building What happened after Federation? Australia coming together as a nation. .
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19190101 Federation of Australia 1901 By Andreas Petropoulos, Sarah Jackson, Shane Lim and Liam Brown
CONTENTS • Why did people want Federation? • Vote card. • When did it happen? • Royal Exhibition Building • What happened after Federation? • Australia coming together as a nation.
Why did people want Federation? • To become one nation. • To be ruled by one Government. • To stop having double taxes. • To stop the colonies and states arguing. • To have one army force instead of many.
When did it happen? • 1st of January 1901-1st January 1911. • 7 people represented each colony. • Edmund Barton (Australia's first prime minister) and Henry Parkes (First in charge)- The 2 main leaders.
Royal Exhibition Building • This is the Royal Exhibition Building-Melbourne. • This is the inside of it.
What happened after Federation? • We got stronger. • Ruled by one Government. • One army force. • No more double taxes. • There was no more conflict. • We became one nation.