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Two Way Governance: Presentation 6
Before they could unite, the States had to
agree on a set of rules for how the new
country would operate – a constitution.
Led by Sir Henry Parkes, the Premier of
the Colony of NSW, the six state
premiers met in 1895 and set up a
Constitutional Convention.
The Convention met for a full year
between 1897 and 1898 to decide what
the Constitution should be and how
Australia should be governed.