Henry Parkes
Federation of Australia - Part 2: 1880-1900
The 1880s proved to be 'the turning point at which the 'federal idea' found in all the schemes of the previous forty years would be transformed into the Federation movement'
Federation of Australia - Part 1: 1840-1879
The process to federate the six Australian colonies into the Commonwealth of Australia took over fifty years from its beginnings in the 1840s
Federation timeline
Significant events in the 50 year process to federate the six Australian colonies into the Commonwealth of Australia, 1846-2001
On This Day
25 July 1839 Henry Parkes arrived in Sydney
Henry Parkes arrived in Sydney on 25 July 1839 on the 'Strathfieldsaye' with his wife, Clarinda. He became known as the Father of Federation
On This Day
Henry Parkes ‘Tenterfield Oration’
On 24 October 1889, Sir Henry Parkes, then Premier of NSW, made his famous speech, the ‘Tenterfield Oration’, in favour of Federation
Sydney visionaries
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