FEDERATION
BY TOBY AND JULIA
SPECIAL EVENTS THAT HAPEND IN FEDERATION
FEDERATION FACTS
SOME IMPORTANT PEOPLE
SIR EDMUND BARTON
LORD HOPETOUN
SIR HENRY PARKES
BIG EVENTS IN FEDERATION
1 JAN 1901 AUS CELEBRATED A NEW YEAR AND BIRTH OF A NEW NATION.
100,000 PEOPLE GATHRED IN CENTENNIL PARK IN SYDNEY TO WATCH QUEEN VICTORIA'S REPRESENTATIVE ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAS COMMONWEALTH.
COOL FACTS
AUS WAS SIX SEPERET COLONIES.
EACH AUS COLONY HAD ITS OWN PARLEMENT AND LAWS
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901. The British Parliament passed legislation allowing the six Australian colonies to govern in their own right as part of the Commonwealth of Australia.
the aboriginals opinion
Even though 1901 was a very joyful day, it was also a sad time for the Aboriginals. Most Aboriginals known as this day as Invasion Day. Protests sometimes even occur on this day saying to remember and give respect to their culture.
When federation was becoming more popular and more people began to consider it, it was also a time when aboriginal racism was at its highest. Their lands were still being abused, Aboriginal children were taken away to white families and many more terrible things.