Australian federation movement

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The Australian federation movement was the late 19th-century political and social campaign that led to the unification of the separate British colonies on the continent into the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
aim create a federal nation-state in Australia ⓘ
create a written federal constitution ⓘ
establish a national parliament ⓘ
unify separate British colonies in Australia ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Colony of New South Wales ⓘ
Colony of Queensland ⓘ
Colony of South Australia ⓘ
Colony of Tasmania ⓘ
Colony of Victoria ⓘ
Colony of Western Australia ⓘ
linked to: Swan River Colony

New South Wales ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
endTime 1901 ⓘ
followedBy Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
hasCause concerns about foreign powers in the Pacific ⓘ
desire for common defence policy ⓘ
growth of Australian national identity ⓘ
inefficiencies of separate colonial systems ⓘ
need for uniform trade and tariffs policy ⓘ
hasEffect creation of the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
federation of Australia ⓘ
unification of Australian colonies ⓘ
hasPart 1891 National Australasian Convention ⓘ
1897–1898 Australasian Federal Convention ⓘ
colonial referendums on federation ⓘ
constitutional conventions of the 1890s ⓘ
intercolonial conferences ⓘ
public campaigns for federation ⓘ
influencedBy British constitutional traditions ⓘ
Canadian Confederation ⓘ
federal system of the United States ⓘ
location Australia ⓘ
participant Australian colonial premiers ⓘ
Australian voters in colonial referendums ⓘ
colonial politicians ⓘ
result Australian Constitution ⓘ
Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
significantEvent agreement of colonial premiers on federation terms ⓘ
drafting of the Australian Constitution ⓘ
federation referendums in the 1890s ⓘ
passage of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 ⓘ
proclamation of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 ⓘ
startTime late 19th century ⓘ

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Tenterfield → hasCulturalSignificance → Australian federation movement ⓘ
Commonwealth Star → associatedWith → Australian federation of 1901 ⓘ
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Irish Australians → historicalAssociation → Australian Federation movement ⓘ
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British colonisation of Australia → followedBy → Australian Federation ⓘ
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Politics of Australia → foundationalEvent → federation of Australia ⓘ
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Sir Henry Parkes → movement → Australian Federation movement ⓘ
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Sir William Lyne → movement → Australian Federation movement ⓘ
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Lotterywest Federation Walkway → commemorates → Australian Federation ⓘ
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Federation Star → associatedWith → Australian federation of 1901 ⓘ
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Centenary Medal → commemorates → Centenary of Federation ⓘ
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The Bulletin (magazine) → politicalAlignment → Australian nationalism (early years) ⓘ
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