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Australia is a country located in the Southern Hemisphere and is divided into six states and two territories.
Are you able to identify and label the states and territories?
Are you able to identify and label the states and territories?
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Do you know how Australia was formed?
Australians voted on a referendum.
Majority of the votes was ‘yes’ and Australia was formed.
Australia became a Federation on the 1st of January 1901.
Edmund Barton – became the first Prime Minister of Australia.
Australians voted on a referendum.
Majority of the votes was ‘yes’ and Australia was formed.
Australia became a Federation on the 1st of January 1901.
Edmund Barton – became the first Prime Minister of Australia.
- A referendum is a ‘yes’ or no ‘vote’ to decide whether Australia could become a Federation.
- Federation means that all states and territories becomes one nation called Australia.
- Majority means more than 50%
Watch this brief video on Australia Federation:
It explains why Australia decided to become a Federation.
It explains why Australia decided to become a Federation.