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Federation
The Commonwealth of Australia1
st
January 1901
 
A
federation
is astatecomprised of anumber of self-governing regions (oftenthemselves referred to as "states") united by acentral ("federal") government. In a federation,the self-governing status of thecomponent
 
statesis constitutionally entrenched and may notbe altered by a unilateral decision of the centralgovernment. Theform of governmentorconstitutional structure found in a federation isknown as
federalism
.
 
SirHenryParkes
•The first move towards unity inthe 1880’s came from SirHenry Parkes, Premier of NewSouth Wales in 1872 and1877.•In 1883 the colonial premiersagreed to his call for a federalcouncil to work out a federalconstitution. The council metbetween 1886 and 1889 but itdid not lead to Federation
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