Chapter 180: Australia and the New Zealand Federation

On March 20, 1904, officials from the Australian Government and the New Zealand Government officially met in Sydney, Australia, and began a peaceful discussion period that lasted over ten days.

These so-called peaceful discussions were actually negotiations between the two governments on the process of forming a Federation, as well as discussing how much power the two countries would have in the Federation and the future relationship between the two governments.

Although the formation of a Federation between New Zealand and Australia had become inevitable, the question of who should lead the Federation and how the two regions should merge was still a matter for discussion.

There were many participants in the meeting, mainly the Australian Duchy Government and the New Zealand Government, which came from the temporary reformation of the New Zealand colonial government.