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how did australian federation occur before 1901australia consisted of six british colonies which were partly self-governing but under the law-making power of the british parliament in the 1880s and 1890s it was suggested that the colonies might be stronger and more efficient if they worked together several conventions were held to draft the Australian constitution in 1899,the draft was approved by a vote of the people in referendums in 1900 it was agreed to by the british parliament on 1 january 1901the australian colonies united to become a nation this is known as federation and resulted in the creation of a federal parliament with the colonies becoming australias six states through federation the states transferred some of their law-making power to the federal Parliament

when did women first vote in federal election as no federal election laws existed at the time of the first federal election in 1901 colonial laws were used one result was that women from South Australia and Western Australia were eligible to vote while others were not this was changed when the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 was passed by the federal Parliament it enabled women aged 21 and over from all states to vote in the 1903 federal election except Indigenous women in some states from that time women have also been eligible to stand for election to the federal parliament