The Australian Federation was proclaimed on the 1, January 1901. ... Governments tried to keep order by bringing in police and the military. ... Politicians, bankers and businessmen began to believe that the problems that by now had lasted a few years could be better handled by a central federal government. ... If foreign labour was allowed into Australia, wages would be cut, lowering the standard of living for Australians. ... The new commonwealth government did not make any laws empowering Aboriginals. ...

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Write a brief history of early trade unionism in Great Britain and Australia. ... These men that tried and started these unions were faced with large resistance from the governments and employers. The employers and the government thought that these unions were conspiring against the trades so they made them illegal. ... In particular six English farmhands were sentenced to seven years in an Australian prison/jail for starting a trade union and being involved in union activities, they were in a village called Tolpuddle. ...

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The 1890s gave rise to the growing labour movement in the Australian colonies. ... As a result of this action by employers and colonial government ugly scenes developed in a hope by union members to delay or stop wool and coal reaching the vessels. ... This strike was probably the most spectacular strike in Australian history as the shearers massed in camps with many of them armed forcing the colonial government to send troops to adopt repressive measure. ... In 1892 the Conciliation and Arbitration Act was passed which gave a government representee the right to decide of different industrial ...

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• Grade Level: High School