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For Peace, Order and Good Government: The first Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
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Drafting a constitution
Declaration of the Commonwealth
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Who could vote?
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Opening
9 May 1901
The royal visit
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Ministry of May, 1901
Edmund Barton
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