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When the Commonwealth of Australia was founded after Australia began to gain it's independence in 1901, the colony was already called Western Australia.
When it was adopted by the federation in 1901, the name was kept and it was made a state.
It was most likely called Western Australia because it is on the western side of Australia.
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