Federation happened in 1901, but it wasn't until the 1890s that most of the colonies started to warm to the idea of being a united nation.
Some 'obstacles' of federation was the fact that South Australia didn't want to join because that was the only convict free colony and they didn't want to mix In with convicts that got transported over from England. They believed that there would be a huge rise in robbery and other punishable offences so it wasn't until later on within the 1890's that they started to push in the favour of federation.
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