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A procession of Dignitaries, bands, soldiers and horse drawn floats marched 5 1/2 miles
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A British Act was declared making Australia a federation
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Australia's Governor General was sworn in as was Edmund Barton
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People cheered at the slogan, 'One People, One Destiny
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Special Arches were provided by France, USA, Australia's wool industry, The coal industry and the Commonwealth of Australia set uo an arch for the occasion
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Procession went past the queens statue
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In Centennial Park Lord Hopetoun the Governor General, Archbishop WIlliam Smith, the new Prime Minister Edmund Barton arrived
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William Smith delivered a speech
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Australia Federated
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The Federal Parliament was opened in Melbourne