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The Boer War became an occasional war after 1900. The regional response to peace in May 1902 was lacklustre. Other matters had engaged people’s attention: a new nation, a new monarch and a new parliament. Federation on 1 January 1901 was overshadowed by the death of Queen Victoria in the same month. The opening of the first Parliament was observed regionally by the raising of the Union Jack in local school grounds. The coronation of Edward VII was duly celebrated. Victorian politics was in disarray as the Kyabram Reform League began a program of cuts to government spending and the amalgamation of electorates.
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McQuilton, J. (2016). The Occasional War: January 1901 to August 1902. In: Australia's Communities and the Boer War. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30825-8_8
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