. From colony to commonwealth, being a brief history of federation. Together with a record of the festivities and ceremonies which took place in the city of Sydney on the occasion of the proclamation of the Commonwealth in January, 1901. HIS HONOR SIR FREDERICK MATTHEW DARLEY, , ,LIEUT-GOVERNOR, NEW SOlTH WALES. ^^olfHere the question took form and shape, and SirHenry Parkes proposed that the several Governmentsshould send deleo;ates to a Convention to discuss thequestion of federation and report upon a scheme for aConstitution. That Conference dissolved hopefully andthe matter had
. From colony to commonwealth, being a brief history of federation. Together with a record of the festivities and ceremonies which took place in the city of Sydney on the occasion of the proclamation of the Commonwealth in January, 1901. HIS HONOR SIR FREDERICK MATTHEW DARLEY, , ,LIEUT-GOVERNOR, NEW SOlTH WALES. ^^olfHere the question took form and shape, and SirHenry Parkes proposed that the several Governmentsshould send deleo;ates to a Convention to discuss thequestion of federation and report upon a scheme for aConstitution. That Conference dissolved hopefully andthe matter had entered on a new phase. In the NewSouth Wales Parliament the opposition was long andbitter. Mr. J. H. Want opposed the whole scheme as a FROISI COLONY TO COMMONWEALTH. 20 fashionable fad, and others opposed it on side issues; butthe resolution to send delegates was carried on Septem-ber loth. There was more or less delay in the othercolonies, but on March 2nd, 1891, the Convention met inSvdney. The delegates were :— New SoutJi Wales : Sir Henry Parkes (Premier),Mr. W. McMillan (Treasurer), Sir J. P. Abbott(Speaker), Mr. G. R. Dibbs (Leader of the Opposition),. HON. SIR JOHN MADDEN, , LIEUT-GOVERNOR, VICTORL\. Mr. W. H. Suttor (Vice-President of Executive Council),Mr. Edmund Barton, and Sir Patrick Jennings. Victoria: Mr. Alfred Deakin (ex-Chief Secretary),Mr. James Munro (Premier). Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, Mr. H. J. Wrixon (ex-Attorney-General),Mr. Duncan Gillies (ex-Premier), Mr. H. Cuthbert (ex-Minister of Justice), and Mr. Nicholas Fitzgerald. 30 FROM COLOXY TO CO-MMOXWKALTH. ]. M. Macrossan (ex-Colonial Secre-tary), Mr. John Donaldson (ex-Colonial Treasurer), (Premier), Sir Thomas Mcllwraith (Treasurer)Mr. A. Rutledge, Mr. A. J. Thynne (ex-Minister foiJustice), and Mr. Thomas Macdonald-Paterson. South Australia : Mr. Richard Chaffey Baker, H. Gordon (ex-Minister of Education), Sir John C.
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