May 9th1901 at the exhibition building in melbourne
For over two decades following Federation, the federal parliament met in the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, Victoria. The reason for this was that this was the only building in Australia large enough to house the very first parliament and the invited guests. Parliament House in Canberra was only completed in 1927.
For which federation? There is more than one country in the world which is a federation run by a parliament.
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The first world cup of the Federation of International Football Association was held in 1930 A.D. in Uruguay.
The colonies met in the 1890's to draft up a constitution for the new federation, the people of the colonies voted in 1899 in a referendum whether to federate, which passed and the British Parliament passed the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 which allowed for the creation of Australia starting on Jan 1st 1901 Pretty quickly elections were held and the first commonwealth parliament sat in May of 1901
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The first Australian Parliament sat in 1901, the year of Federation. It was opened by the Duke of Cornwall and York, later King George V, on 9 May 1901.
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