Federation of Australia Disintegrates

After the successful uprising in 1855 at the Eureka Stockade revolution spilled over through Ballarat and down into Melbourne changing history forever. British reinforcments were sent to revive their dominance in the new colonies and were successful in New South Wales but forced away by the defiant revels of Melbourne. This situation led to a standoff across the Murray River and establishing a new independent state ironically called Victoria (even with the anti British sentiment). This new land inspired other settlements in 1857 out of the close clutches of the British soldiers to also flex their muscles and the island of Tasmania and the lands west of the Murray also declared their independence. The British for their part relaxed their grip on New South Wales and fearing a further breakaway from settlements far away broke NSW into three regions. Both of the new nations decided a central capital city was important. Adelaide became the capital of Australia. Brisbane the capital of Eastralia. All of this occured by 1859 just 4 years after the initial uprising