In which year was the federal conference yielded by Parkes’s Tenterfield Oration?
1890
1880
1885
1895
Answer
The Tenterfield Oration was a speech delivered by Sir Henry Parkes in 1889 in Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia. The speech advocated for the federation of the Australian colonies. The first federal conference was held in Melbourne in 1890, as a result of the oration.
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