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Federal Council of Australasia

Federal Council of Australasia:Final meeting of the Council in 1899.
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Final meeting of the Council in 1899.

The Federal Council of Australiasia was a forerunner to the current Commonwealth of Australia, though its structure and members were different. It consisted of the then British Colonies of New Zealand, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Fiji, and others. New South Wales never joined the Council. It was a limited legislative body that met eight times in the last two decades of the nineteenth century to discuss matters of national importance. It had no power to enforce its decisions beyond that provided by the member colonies.


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Political history of Australia | Proposed countries

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