How and why Federation Occurred

REASONS FOR
There were many more reasons for not federating than for federating. However the much more convincing reasons came from those who wanted to federate. They believed federation was important, mainly to establish a solid defence, be able to trade between the states using a single railway system, and many born in Australia, now considered themselves to be Australian rather than English
·THE RAILWAY SYSTEM - The Railway System was a problem for the states, and this was the main concern before Federation was decided upon. There were states, such as N.S.W and Victoria, who wanted to trade with each other in an efficient way, but because each colony had its own standard railway track width, this was difficult.…