A Documentary On The Federation Of

Australia

by Andrew Burgess

1899In 1899 the people of Australia had all agreed

on the thought to make Australia a nation, except for Queensland. during 1899 there were

six British colonies. New South Whales being the first, Tasmania, Queensland, South

Australia, Western Australia and Victoria.

Queensland Queensland was the only state that did not

want in on the federation of Australia because they believed if Australia became a nation by its self they could lose there jobs and all the hard

work the had done. eventually in 1901 Queensland agreed to became a nation and

thats when Federation began.

1901 what do we want? human rights!when do we

want it? now!were the chants going on in Centenary park

Sydney, NSW this was a protest to join Australia as a nation and begin Federation. after all the

state Governments came together in Australia’s first every election for an Australian Prime

Minister.

the electionit was 1901 when Australia’s first ever election

for the nations Prime Minister began. the parties running for the election at the time were...

Protectionist Party: 185,943 36.75 Free Trade Party: 151,960 30.03 State Labour Parties: 79,736

15.76 independents: 8,384 1.66 Other: 79,949 15.80 Total: 505,927 Protectionist/Labour: WIN 45

Free Trade Party: 28

the first Prime Minister of Australia

Australia’s first ever Prime Minister was Sir Edmund Barton who lead the Protectionist/Labour

party to victory. this changed the History of Australia for ever.

Sir Edmund Barton

Sir Edmund Barton was the first ever Prime Minister of the new Australia to lead them

through the good and the bad time’s with the economy and society. Sir Edmund Barton was born January 18 1849 and died on the 7th of

January 1940.

how long he was Prime Minister

Edmund Barton was the Prime Minister of Australia for the next three years and lost the

election to Alfred Deakin the second Prime Minister of Australia in 1903 on the 24th of

September.

Australia is a nationsince Australia had become a nation things

were looking good for the future of Australia until 1914. The world war one began after the

assassination of Austro-Hungarian in 1914 by a group of Serbian nationalists. Australia was

brought into the WW1 after the British Empire declared war on Germany. at the time Prime Minister Andrew Fisher stated that Australia would fight for the mother country Britain.