Category: Australasian Federation Conventions

Categories: Australia, Political History

Landing level category

This category contains profiles of members of the numerous Australasian Federation Conventions.

1. A Convention in Melbourne in 1890. (see the Free Space page 1890 Australasian Federation Conference)

2. The 1891 Constitutional Convention was held in Sydney in March 1891 - There were 46 delegates at the Convention, chosen by the seven colonial parliaments which included New Zealand. (see the Free Space page 1891 AUSTRALASIAN FEDERATION CONVENTION)

3. In January 1895 A Premiers' Conference was held to arrange the upcoming Australasian Federal Convention. (see the Free Space page 1895 Premiers Conference in Hobart Tasmania)

4, 5 & 6. This later Australasian Federal Convention was held in stages in 1897–98 with out New Zealand or Queensland's involvement.

It met first in Adelaide in March 1897.

secondly in Sydney in August 1897.

thirdly in Melbourne in January 1898.

7. A further Premiers' Meeting was held in January 1899 in Melbourne, Victoria to ratify the agreement.

Note:

• Political movements to federate the Australian colonies grew to prominence in the mid 19th century. But they all lapsed or failed to find popular support due to the tensions between the smaller and larger Colonies."
  
• In 1889 the Federal Council of Australasia was established. It arose out of a fear of the growing presence of German and French colonies in the pacific, and a growing Australian identity. The council could legislate on certain subjects but did not have a permanent secretariat, an executive, or independent source of revenue. Perhaps most problematically New South Wales, the largest colony, did not join the body.
  
• There were also two so-called People's Conventions held: one in Corowa in 1893 and Bathurst in 1896.

These were all precursors to the eventual Australasian Federation Conventions and the current Commonwealth of Australia.

SOURCES

• Records of the Australasian Federal Conventions of the 1890s

• Constitutional Convention (Australia) from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Constitution of Australia from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• The Federal Council of Australasia by Deakin, Alfred (1856-1919).

• Corowa Conference from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Timeline of Australian history from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• The Federation of Australia from the Parliamentary Education Office

• SOUVENIR OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE Australian Commonwealth. SECOND EDITION. PRINTED BY JOHN SANDS, SYDNEY FOR THE N.S.W BOOKSTALL Co. as hosted on the National Library of Australia's TROVE website

1890 Australasian Federation Conference

1891 AUSTRALASIAN FEDERATION CONVENTION

1895 Premiers Conference in Hobart Tasmania

1897/1898 National Australasian Convention (First Session): Adelaide 1897

1897/1898 National Australasian Convention (Second Session): Sydney 1897

1897/1898 National Australasian Convention (Third Session): Melbourne 1897

1899 Premiers Conference in Melbourne Victoria

Federal Convention - 1891 Tree

A

Joseph Abbott 29 Sep 1842 Muswellbrook, New South Wales (Australia) - 15 Sep 1901

B

Richard Baker 22 Jun 1841 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 18 Mar 1911

Edmund Barton 18 Jan 1849 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Jan 1920

Graham Berry 28 Aug 1822 Twickenham, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Jan 1904

Bolton Bird 30 Jan 1840 Hazlerigg by Longbenton, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 15 Dec 1924

Edward Braddon 11 Jun 1829 St Kew, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 02 Feb 1904

John Bray 31 May 1842 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 12 Jun 1894

Nicholas Brown 09 Oct 1838 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 22 Sep 1903

James Brunker 28 Apr 1832 Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Jun 1910

C

Joseph Carruthers 21 Dec 1857 Kiama, New South Wales. - 10 Dec 1932

John Cockburn 23 Aug 1850 Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 26 Nov 1929

D

Alfred Deakin 03 Aug 1856 Collingwood, Colony of Victoria - 07 Oct 1919

George Dibbs 12 Oct 1834 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Aug 1904

James Dickson 30 Nov 1832 Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 10 Jan 1901

Henry Dobson 24 Dec 1841 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 10 Oct 1918

Adye Douglas 31 May 1815 Thorpe Saint Andrew, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom - 10 Apr 1906

John Downer 06 Jul 1843 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 02 Aug 1915

F

Nicholas FitzGerald abt 07 Aug 1829 County Galway, Ireland - 17 Aug 1908

Alexander Forrest 22 Sep 1849 Picton, Western Australia - 20 Jun 1901

John Forrest 22 Aug 1847 Preston Point, Western Australia - 03 Sep 1918

Simon Fraser 21 Aug 1832 Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada - 30 Jul 1919

F cont.

Philip Fysh 01 Mar 1835 Highbury, London, England, United Kingdom - 20 Dec 1919

G

Duncan Gillies 14 Jan 1834 Overnewton, Scotland. - 12 Sep 1903

Patrick Glynn 25 Aug 1855 Gort, County Galway, Ireland - 28 Oct 1931

John Gordon 26 Jul 1850 Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 23 Dec 1923

George Grey 14 Apr 1812 Lisbon, Portugal - 19 Sep 1898

Samuel Griffith 21 Jun 1845 Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 09 Aug 1920

H

John Hackett abt 04 Feb 1848 Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland - 19 Feb 1916

John Hall 18 Dec 1824 Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England - 25 Jun 1907

Albert Hassell 17 Nov 1841 Albany, Western Australia, Australia - 16 Sep 1918

John Henry 01 Sep 1834 Lerwick, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom - 14 Sep 1912

Frederick Holder 12 May 1850 Happy Valley, Colony of South Australia - 23 Jul 1909

I

Isaac Isaacs 06 Aug 1855 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 11 Feb 1948

J

Walter James 29 Mar 1863 Perth, Western Australia - 03 Jan 1943

Patrick Jennings 20 Mar 1831 Newry, County Down, Ireland - 11 Jul 1897

K

Charles Kingston 22 Oct 1850 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 11 May 1908

L

George Leake 03 Dec 1856 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 24 Jun 1902

James Lee Steere 04 Jul 1830 Ockley, Surrey, England - 01 Dec 1903

Neil Lewis 27 Oct 1858 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 22 Sep 1935

William Loton 11 Jun 1838 Dilhorne, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Oct 1924

William Lyne 06 Apr 1844 Van Diemen's Land, Australia - 03 Aug 1913

M

John Macrossan abt 1833 County Donegal, Ireland - 30 Mar 1891

Thomas McIlwraith 17 May 1835 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 17 Jul 1900

William McMillan 14 Nov 1850 Londonderry, Ireland - 21 Dec 1926

James Munro abt 07 Jan 1832 Scotland, United Kingdom - 25 Feb 1908

N

Hugh Nelson 31 Dec 1833 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 01 Jan 1906

P

Henry Parkes 27 May 1815 Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Apr 1896

Alexander Peacock 18 Jun 1861 Creswick, Colony of Victoria - 07 Oct 1933

Frederick Piesse 06 Dec 1853 Northam, Western Australia, Australia - 29 Jun 1912

Thomas Playford 26 Nov 1837 Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England - 19 Apr 1915

Q

John Quick 14 Apr 1852 Towednack, Cornwall, England - 17 Jun 1932

R

George Reid 25 Feb 1845 Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 12 Sep 1918

William Russell 12 Nov 1838 Sandhurst, Berkshire, England - 24 Sep 1913

Arthur Rutledge 29 Aug 1843 Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Feb 1917

S

Robert Sholl 27 Aug 1848 Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia - 04 Dec 1909

Vaiben Solomon 13 May 1853 Weymouth Street, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 20 Oct 1908

Josiah Symon 27 Sep 1846 Wick, Caithness, Scotland - 29 Mar 1934

T

George Turner 08 Aug 1851 Melbourne, Victrorian Colony - 13 Aug 1916

V

Henry Venn 27 Oct 1844 Port Adelaide, South Australia - 08 Mar 1908

W

Henry Wrixon 18 Oct 1839 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 09 Apr 1913

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