Rise of Australia

Chapter 8 Here I come, Australia!

On April 1900, 4, the fleet set off again after a short three-day rest, this time the destination was the end point of Little William, Australia.

Speaking of Australia, as of now, Australia is only a regional title. In fact, Australia is composed of six colonies: Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.

Although the Australian continent where these six colonies are located is a complete and culturally identical area.

But because of the various colonial issues and colonial strategies of the United Kingdom in history, this led to the division of complete Australia into six colonies, and the colonies governed each other without interfering with each other.

Since modern times, the Australian colonies have also faced some common problems, including tariffs, transportation, postal services, defense and restrictions on Asian immigration, so the six colonies had to start thinking about holding a colonial meeting to negotiate a unified standard .

In November 1880, the Melbourne Colony Conference agreed to establish a Federal Council, and the largest and most developed colony of New South Wales drafted the Federal Council Act, which was also a sign of Australia's unity and union.

The Federation Council was established in 1883, and the colonies began asking the British government to support the Federation Council Act a year later.

In 1891, Australia's first party, the Labor Party, was established. The development of the trade union movement broke the long-standing boundaries of the colonies, and the calls for free trade between the colonies and the beginning of unions became louder and louder.

In 1893, the Federation Council held a meeting of representatives of the Federation League in Croix, calling on and recommending that the colonies begin to take measures to prepare for the establishment of the Federation.

Even in 1898, the Australian Federation Council had begun to prepare for a referendum on the establishment of a federation. However, due to the uneven order among the colonies, the progress of the referendum was not high.

It wasn't until Queen Victoria announced Australia as Arthur's new territory some time ago, and decided to unify the six colonies into a complete Australian principality, that the calls for unification among the colonies began to decrease, and they began to look forward to the new Australian principality.

On April 4, after more than half a month of sailing, the fleet arrived in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales.

New South Wales is the earliest British colony in Australia, and it is also the most populous and most economically developed Australian colony.

During the federalization of Australia, New South Wales was also the colony with the most voice, and was also responsible for drafting the Federal Council Act.

According to the situation in Australia, as long as you control New South Wales, you basically control the situation in Australia.

Sydney Harbor was already full of welcoming crowds.At the forefront of the crowd were the prime ministers and officials of the various colonies, standing in a dense row, very lively.

Beside the welcoming crowd, a troop of soldiers is waiting.They belonged to the armies of their respective colonies and were directly under the orders of the Ministry of Defense and Queen Victoria.

After the fleet slowly docked, the welcoming crowd burst into cheers immediately.After the ceremony and music, Arthur supported Queen Victoria and slowly landed on the land of Australia.

"Long live Your Majesty the Queen! Long live Your Royal Highness the Duke!" The crowd spontaneously burst into cheers, loudly welcoming the arrival of the two rulers.

Unlike in the Suez Canal and India, Queen Victoria did not step forward, but signaled Arthur to go forward with her eyes.

Arthur understood immediately, stepped forward lightly, looked up at the excited crowd, and finally stood in front of the six prime ministers.

"Your Highness, welcome home!" The six prime ministers said together.

Arthur was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized.Australia is already his only territory, and Arthur's future home will also be in Australia.

If there is no special event, the UK will basically not go back.

"You should be the prime ministers of the colonies, right? How is Australia doing?" Arthur asked with a smile.

"Yes, Your Highness. Please allow me to introduce you to the prime ministers of each colony." The leader smiled and said with a slight compliment.

"Yeah." Arthur motioned to continue.

"Your Highness, I am Evan H. Parkes, the Prime Minister of New South Wales." The man continued: "These are the Premier of Victoria, Walter Blake, the Prime Minister of Queensland, Andrew King Porter, the Prime Minister of Tas Richard Noble Chapman, Prime Minister of Mania, Pierre Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Western Australia, and Thomas Cech, Prime Minister of South Australia. When they learned of your arrival, they immediately dispatched from their respective The region came here to greet you and Her Majesty the Queen as soon as possible."

"Well, are you calling these people too?" Arthur asked curiously, looking at the excited crowd around him.

"That's not true, Your Highness. You don't know that the six colonial branches of Australia are no longer suitable for the current situation. The different systems among the colonies make it extremely difficult to trade and communicate with each other, which has caused great harm to both the colonies and the residents. Trouble. People have been looking forward to the federalization of Australia for a long time, and it is because of you that Australia has a chance to unify this time. Thank you, Your Highness!" Prime Minister Evan H. Parks spoke again with a little gratitude Salute to Arthur.

"It's nothing, Prime Minister Evan. I will be a part of Australia in the future. Isn't it what all Australians should do to maintain the unity of Australia?" Arthur smiled and helped Prime Minister Evan up.

"Okay, Prime Minister Evan, take me and His Majesty to rest first, the long sea journey is exhausting enough. By the way, let these people go back too, and their work and life cannot be delayed because of welcoming me. said Arthur, laughing.

"Yes, Your Highness, please come with me. I have already ordered people to clean up the top floor of the government affairs building. The conditions are not good, so I can only temporarily wrong you and Her Majesty where you live." While leading the way, Ai Premier Wen explained to Arthur and Queen Victoria with a little apology.

Before Australia established a federation, Australia's economy had always been based on the sale of minerals, agriculture, and fishery. Although it improved the situation that food needed to be imported from Britain in the early days of the colony, it could only barely survive.

Coupled with the fact that the colonies are not connected to each other, Australia's overall economy is not developed, the industry is very backward, and the finances of each colony are very tight.

Although New South Wales, the wealthiest, is better off, it is just wishful thinking to build a palace that fits the identities of Arthur and Queen Victoria.

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