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1 January – The Constitution of Australia comes into force, as the federation of Australia is complete. John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, is appointed as the first Governor-General, and Edmund Barton as the first Prime Minister. 1 March – Following federation naval and military forces of the States are transferred to Commonwealth control.
The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed by the Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun on 1 January 1901, and Edmund Barton was sworn in as Australia's first prime minister. [1] The new Commonwealth was a federation of the six former British colonies of Australia, which now became states.
The two large powers would use the Julian calendar until World War I, and by 1901, the difference between the two had grown to 13 days; January 1, 1901, for the rest of the world had been December 18, 1900, on the Julian calendar. Russia ordered the withdrawal of its troops from the Zhili province of China and moved them to Manchuria. [2]
The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (Imp) was passed on 5 July 1900 [39] and given royal assent by Queen Victoria on 9 July 1900. [40] It was proclaimed on 1 January 1901 in Centennial Park, Sydney. Sir Edmund Barton was sworn in as the interim Prime Minister, leading an interim Federal ministry of nine members. [citation needed]
The Barton ministry (Protectionist) was the 1st ministry of the Government of Australia.It was led by the country's 1st prime minister, Sir Edmund Barton.The Barton ministry was formed on 1 January 1901 when Federation took place.
The modern nation came into existence on 1 January 1901 as a federation of former British colonies. The human history of Australia, however, commences with the arrival of the first ancestors of Aboriginal Australians by sea from Maritime Southeast Asia between 50,000 and 65,000 years ago, and continues to the present day multicultural democracy.
The 1901 Australian federal election for the inaugural Parliament of Australia was held in Australia on Friday 29 March and Saturday 30 March 1901. The elections followed Federation and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901.
The film begins by following a procession through the streets of Sydney, marking the federation of Australia on 1 January 1901. This procession is seen to be led by 200 mounted police, followed by railway bandsmen, shearers and bush workers, decorated floats, large numbers of Australian and Imperial troops, as well as carriages carrying the first Governor-General John Hope, first Prime ...