Sentence examples for until federation from inspiring English sources

The separate colonies maintained control over their military and naval forces until Federation in 1901, when they were amalgamated and placed under the control of the new Commonwealth of Australia.

Until Federation, five of the six Australian colonies operated their own colonial naval force, which formed on 1st March 1901 the Australian Navy's (AN Commonwealth Naval Forcee which received Royal patronage in July 1911 and was from that time referred to as Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

But until the federation was organized, there was "no single body to represent their interests".

The continued immigration of Kanakas provoked hot debate, which was not resolved until after federation, when the young commonwealth imposed an absolute prohibition.

Some players joined in, refusing to appear for the national team until the federation reformed (the vacuum thus left gave Edin Džeko his first chance to play for the team).

Cheating was a regular occurrence in 19th-century Australian cricket, and the inter-colonial rivalry was strong the modern states of Australia were separate colonies until their federation in 1901.

As a result of the ongoing disintegration of Syria, and the undefined nature of what is evolving, clashes between the competing groups will not only increase but are likely to become continuous in the medium and long term, either until a federation evolves (should that prove possible) or separate countries are established.

Until 1789 the U.S. was a confederation; then the word federation, or federal republic, was introduced as implying closer union.

Korean Air has agreed to postpone its sponsorship of the skating federation until after the vote.

But then, rather than wait until this year, the federation held its second championship tournament last year in Las Vegas.

Dōmei, ( Japanese: Japanese Confederation of Labour) abbreviation of Zen Nihon Rōdō Sōdōmei, Japan's second largest labour union federation until it disbanded in 1987.