Key People of Federation
The leaders who championed Federation, including Henry Parkes, Edmund Barton, and Catherine Helen Spence.
Key Questions
- 1Who were the key people involved in Federation?
- 2What role did different leaders play in creating the new nation?
- 3Whose voices were missing from the Federation debates?
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