. 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. n, with the aid of the proffered Con-stitution. The Convention left the question of theFederal Capital to the Federal Parliament ; but SirGeorge Dibbs moved that it be in Sydney. That wasdefeated by 26 to 4, and Sir George was the only NewSouth Wales delegate to vote for it. That is a greattribute to the manliness of the New South Walesmen. On April gth the Co
. 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. n, with the aid of the proffered Con-stitution. The Convention left the question of theFederal Capital to the Federal Parliament ; but SirGeorge Dibbs moved that it be in Sydney. That wasdefeated by 26 to 4, and Sir George was the only NewSouth Wales delegate to vote for it. That is a greattribute to the manliness of the New South Walesmen. On April gth the Conference ended, and thebattle began. It had been proposed that the Bill, asdrafted, should be submitted by the various Parliamentsto the people. But the Parliaments were not agreeable :32 FROM COLONY TO COMMONWEALTH, to that. Some men opposed it because New SouthWales was going to lose everything. Some because itwas too soon to discuss federation, and some because itwas the wrong sort of a Bill altogether. When the newParliament assembled in Sydney in July, 1891, the?question of federation had to be set back, because theLabour Party had 30 members, and they liked not theBill. Because New South Wales paused, all LORD LAMINGTON, , GOVERNOR, QUEENSLAND. In October, 1891, Sir George Dibbs came into-power, but he Avas no friend to the Bill. EdmundBarton and R. E. OConnor were in the Ministry, andthey resigned in 1893, and federation was off. Buta new force had come into the arena. Public attentionhad been directed to the subject, and it was alive—verymuch alive. The banks failed, too, and evil days mademen think. The evil was greater because we were notfederated. An Australasian Federation League was FROM COLONY TO CO:\IMONWEALTH. 88 formed in Sydney, and the Democrats who wanted toform a RepubHc tried to squelch it, but the Leagueprospered exceedingly. Dr. Quick, of Bendigo, wasone of the fighting men of the party, and he helped toawaken the dormant enth
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