and disagreement, as Alfred Deakin wrote in 1900 "its accomplishment

must always appear to have been secured by a series of miracles".

It was not until the late 1880s that a movement towards federation really started to gather strength. Before this the colonies held the believe that federation would do little for them, they were too busy in there own local problems.

However a sense of nationalism was growing and Australia was primarily an Anglo - Saxon, English speaking country and Australians were determined to keep it that way. By the 1880s 70% of Australian people were native born, these Australians regarded Australia as home. Australians had also become worried about the number o

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