The Native Struggle
Becoming a Nation, fighting for, and winning our Freedom
Bushrangers
1789 - John Caesar
1812 - Micheal Howe
1820 - Matthew Bradey
1813 - The Mainland to 1850
1850 - Wild Colonial Boys
1850 - Bushranging on the Mainland to 1850
1851 - Gold and Bushranging
1860 - Alpin McPherson
1864 - Captain
Thunderbolt
1865 - Daniel Morgan
1865 - Clarkes of Araluen
1865 - The
retaliation of Ben Hall
1866 - Latter Bushrangers
1870 - Harry Power
1880 - Ned Kelly
1850 - Bushranging on the Mainland to 1850
1850 - Wild Colonial Boys
1851 - Gold and Bushranging
1865 - The
retaliation of Ben Hall
1866 - Latter Bushrangers
1874 - Bushranging revival
feared
1874 - Gardiner released into
exile
1877 - Port Arthur gaol
closed
1879 - Captain Moonlite
1880 - Tom Hughes
1882 - Robbery Under Arms
The First Eureka Rebellion Index
1854 - The First Eureka Rebellion Index
1880 - Lalor
elected Victorian Assembly Speaker
The Second Eureka Rebellion
1891
- Second Eureka Rebellion
Major Article
1891 - J.A. Andrews
(1865-1903)
1891 - The Verge of Revolution
- 1890-1894
1878 - Seamen's Strike
1886 - Wharf workers'
Strike
1888 - Newcastle Coal
Strike
1891- shearers' Strike
1892 - Broken Hill
Miner's Strike
1894 - Second
Shearers' Strike
Trade Union Index
1791
- Convict Origins of the Trade Union Movement
1871 - Union council
established
1871 - Eight Hour
picnic
1873 - Female
sweatshop crackdown
1876 - Trade
Unions legalised
1879 -
Intercolonial Trade Union Congress
1881 - NSW trade
unions legal
1882 - First female union
formed
1886 - Queensland
unions legal
1887 - New Labour journal
1889 -
Exploitation of rag trade women
Political and Social Movements
1835 - Australian Patriotic Association -
1848 - Anti-Transportation League
1874 - Australian Natives' Association formed
1895 - Sunday soap boxes
1894 - SA women first to
get the vote
1896 - National
Council of Women formed
1900 - Federal
Labour Party formed
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The Imperial Process
Building the Infrastructure of a new Society
1871 - Governor concerned with instability
1872 - Melbourne mint opens
1879 - Public park dedicated
1897 - Queen Victoria thanks loyal
1898 - Rare book collection
The Negotiation Process
1847 - Early English Proposals
1852 - Federal Initiatives
1859 - Queensland separates from New South Wales
1860
- Inter colonial Conferences, Inter, Colonial Conferences
, tariff question, postal
services, telegraphic communications, defence
1862 - Qld. western boundary changed from Longitude 141
deg. east to 138 deg. east
1863 - First Chief
Justice appointed in Queensland (Sir James Cockle).
1867 - Queensland Constitution consolidated from existing legislation.
1870 - Sir Henry Parkes brief Biography
1870 - Inter, Colonial Conference meets in Melbourne, tariff policy, Melbourne, Victorian Treasurer, Mr J. G. Francis
1871
- Governor concerned with instability, Governor of South Australia, British Parliament, Mr J. Fergusson, the Earl
of Kimberly
1872 - Melbourne mint opened, Melbourne, Victoria, Royal Mint,
Viscount Canterbury,
1880
- Nationalist Period, J. F. Archibald, John Haynes, Bulletin magazine, national consciousness, literature, music, art
1880
- Federal Council, Inter, colonial Conference, Melbourne, Henry Parkes, Federal Council, Germany, New Guinea, France, New Hebrides
1883
- Federal Council of Australasia, Inter, colonial Conference, Melbourne, Henry Parkes, Federal Council, Germany, New Guinea
1883, Queensland
annexes
Papua
(later repudiated by British government)
1886 - Federal Council
1887 - Colonies vie for title, 1887, Sir Henry Parkes, Australia, Mr McLellan, Mr 0. Gillies, Sir Samuel Griffith, Mr T. Playford
1887
- Colonial Conference, London, Colonial Conference,
London, defence, communications, Sir Henry Holland, Queen Victoria, Sir Patrick
Jennings
1888 - Second sitting of the Federal Council of Australasia.
1888 - Federal Council of Australasia
1889 - Parkes calls for Federation-
1889 - Henry Parkes - Convention of 1891
1888, - Centennial Park opens in Sydney, 1888, Centennial Park, Sydney, Sir Henry Parkes, century of
white settlement
1888
- Hobart host to Federal Council, Federal Council of Australia, Hobart, Federation, South Australia, Sir Samuel Griffith
1889
- Henry Parkes and the Convention of 1891, Henry Parkes, Tenterfield Oration.
1889, The railway network linking Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane is
completed
1889 - Tenterfield
Address Federal council, Sir Henry Parkes, Major General Sir Bevan Edwards, British Army
1890 - Federation Conference Melbourne, Federation Conference, ‘A United Australia’, Melbourne, Mr James Service, Mr Duncan Gillies, Sir Henry Parkes
1890 - West Australian Parliament sworn in, Western Australia, Parliament, Sir William Robinson , John Forrest
1891 - National Australasian Convention
1891, A constitution is drafted, which provides the basis for all subsequent
redrafting.
1891 - Alfred Deakin, Second Prime Minister, Federal Conventions 1891, 1897, 1898, London, Federation Bill, first federal Parliament
1891 - Sir Henry Parkes
returned in NSW elections, NSW election, Labour Electoral League, Legislative Assembly, Federation, Sir Henry Parkes
1893
- Corowa Conference, Edmund Barton, Australasian Federation League, Australian Natives' Association, tariff problem, Dr John Quick
1895
- Premiers Conference Hobart, Hobart, Federation, Sir Edward Braddon, George Reid,
George Turner, H. M. Nelson, C. C. Kingston, Sir John Forrest
1896
- Bathurst hosts Federal Convention, Federation, Bathurst, Federation League, Australian
Natives' Association, municipal councils , Chambers of Commerce, Chamber
of Manufacturers, progress associations, Republican Union, labour Electoral
Leagues
1896 - Sir Henry Parkes dies, Premier of NSW, Sir Henry Parkes, founding father of Federation
1897 - Elections for Federal Convention Adelaide, Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin, C. C.
Kingston, Sir Philip Fysh
1897
- Federal Convention, Henry Parkes, Samuel Griffith, Kingston, Barton, Adelaide,
bicameral federal parliament, Senate, States
1897- Queen Victoria thanks loyal Australians , 1897, Australia, Queen Victoria, Diamond Jubilee
1898 - third Federal Convention Melbourne- Draft Constitution
1898- Premiers’ Conference Melbourne, postal rates to Britain, Premiers’ Conference, Melbourne
1898
- Referendum Campaigns, Constitution Bill, referendum, George
Reid, Bill rejected, amendments
1898 - Federal Bill dumped in Constitutional Referendum by NSW, Mr George Reid, Federation
, Constitutional Referendum, Draft Constitution Bill
1898
- Federal Bill to go ahead, Draft Constitution Bill, Federal Convention, Melbourne
1899- WA still stalling on Federation, Federal Bill, nationwide referendums, Commonwealth, Perth Legislative
Assembly, Federal League
1899 - National capital to be in NSW, Premiers’ Conference, first sitting of Federal
Parliament in Melbourne, permanent national capital in NSW, Constitution Bill
1899
- Queensland says ‘yes’ to Federation, Queensland, Commonwealth of
Australia Bill, federal referendum
1900 - Australian delegates in London witness the Royal Assent and proclamation of the Commonwealth.
1900 - Federation day Lord Hopetoun is officially appointed as first Governor-General
1900 - Final Steps towards
Federation, Australian delegates in London witness the Royal Assent and proclamation
of the Commonwealth.
1900 - Royal Assent, We are one nation, Queen Victoria, 1 January 1901, proclamation, Federation, Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act
1901 - Commonwealth Proclaimed
1901 - The first federal election
1901 - Edmund Barton GCMG PC QC
1901 - Australian Constitutional Monarchy
1901- Flag competition has 5 winners |