DINNER WITH THE FOUNDING FATHERS

Few Australians have any awareness of how their nation was established on 1 January 1901 when six self-governing British colonies joined together as one nation. It was achieved after a dozen years of superb negotiations in which Federation conventions drafted and agreed on a splendid constitution which was approved by six colonial parliaments, six referendums in which ordinary Australians had their say, negotiations in London to have the British parliament gave its approval and finally gain the agreement of a difficult Queen Victoria who wanted the six colonies to become counties of England. Above all, it was achieved without

Putini australieni au vreo constientizare a modului in care natiunea lor a fost infiintata la 1 ianuarie 1901, cand sase colonii britanice autonome s-au unit ca o singura natiune. S-a realizat dupa o duzina de ani de negocieri superbe in care conventiile federatiei au elaborat si au convenit asupra unei constitutii splendide care a fost aprobata de sase parlamente coloniale, sase referendumuri in care australienii obisnuiti si-au spus cuvantul, negocierile din Londra pentru ca parlamentul britanic sa-si dea aprobarea si in cele din urma obtine acordul unei dificile regine Victoria care dorea ca cele sase colonii sa devina judete ale Angliei.