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Where To Stream The Idea of Australia Season 1 Episode 2

Making The Nation

Australians know little about the debates, dreams and compromises involved in making the nation in 1901. This makes it hard to change the constitution. If more were known, would change be possible? The process of Federation that created the nation is a mystery to most. The 1890s was a difficult period marked by booms and busts, but it was also a time of active debate. It took more than a decade, two polls in each colony and months of negotiation with Britain, to create the foundation of a...