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On 1 January 1901, the Federation of Australia was brought into existence. The Australian colonies were joined to form the Commonwealth of Australia. The state of the Commonwealth of Australia was born with a vote to Federate with the Australian British colonies.
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Six colonies that became the states were established in Australia on the following dates. these all became states of Australia with federation in 1901. # New South Wales in 1786, # Tasmania (formerly Van Diemen's Land in 1825, # Western Australia in 1829, # South Australia in 1834, # Victoria in 1851 # Queensland in 1859.
there was only one colony that was established by free settlers and that was South Australia. the rest were developed with penal colony characteristics
the british established colonies along the rivers
Technically Jan 1st 1901, when Australia federated. Prior to that they were self governing colonies of Britain.
There are no longer colonies of Australia. Prior to federation of the colonies in 1901, the colonies of Australia were New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania. These are now known as states.
There were never 13 colonies of Australia.
The main reason the British continued to establish colonies in Australia over a decade after the First Fleet landed was to consolidate the British claim to the entire continent. Colonies were established in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), South Australia and Western Australia to prevent the French from making a claim.
Each of the 13 colonies were established, as a " fresh start " from the colony it came from.
Adelaide was established as Australia's first free settlement. It was established on Australia's southern coast to help strengthen the British claim on Australia.
Proprietary colonies