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| 1 | 1898 | - 1898: First motor car arrives in Perth, Western Australia.
- 1898: H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds.
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| 2 | 1900 | - 1900: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent.
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| 3 | 1901 | - 1901: Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General.
- 1901: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time.
- Jan 1901: Queen Victoria's death.
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| 4 | 1904 | - 9 Nov 1904: In 1904, the first flight lasting more than five minutes took place on November 9. The Flyer II was flown by Wilbur Wright.
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| 5 | 1905 | - 1905: Einstein evolved the Special Theory of relativity
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1898 - 1905 (7 years)