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How were the colonies in Australia governed at the time of settlement?
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Different areas of Australia were settled at different times, and each of these was called a colony. Each colony was governed by a Governor, who acted under orders from England, although a certain amount of discretionary freedom was permitted in law-making. Colonies developed first at Sydney, followed by Newcastle (still part of New South Wales), then further in the south at Van Diemen's Land (Hobart, in Tasmania), north in Brisbane (Moreton Bay), in the west at Perth, and finally south at Melbourne and Adelaide. Each of these colonies was gradually awarded "state" status, particularly as boundaries were drawn up and the eastern states separated from New South Wales, the original colony. On 1 January 1901, they federated as one nation under a Federal Government.
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There isn't much to say other than England was a very power country at the time. Once America seceded from England, they suddenly had a lack of support for some parts of what they needed. England governed themselves in a very different way that we do.
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