For most people, this refers to the states of Australia uniting to become one nation.
Australia achieved Federation, becoming the Commonwealth of Australia, on 1 January 1901. This is, in the classic sense, regarded as when Australia became a new nation.
To go deeper, one can consider the following:
Australia remained a Colony of the British Empire until His Majesty King George V proclaimed Australia a Dominion of the British Empire in 1911. Australia remained a Dominion of the British Empire until 1919.
The historical evidence of Australia achieving nationhood status for the first time in 1919 following the end of WW1 is available for all to read in the 10 September and 1 October 1919 Hansards of the House of Representatives and Senate.
Australia is a nation; it is sometimes abbreviated as "AUS". The political subdivisions of Australia are "states", and they have abbreviations such as "Qld" for Queensland, or "NSW" for New South Wales".
Australia became imperialized and colonized in 1788. On January 26, 1788, the first settlement in New South Wales was started by Captain Arthur Phillip and this date later became Australia Day.
We don't take any oath on Australia Day, only to-be citizens of Australia take an oath when they become Australian.
From 1825 to 1863, the Northern Territory was part of New South Wales, and from 1863 to 1911 it was part of South Australia. On 1 January 1911, the Northern Territory was separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control.
Yes, 2 hours earlier, since New Zealand is 2 hours ahead of Australia.
New Zealand is the nation found southeast of Australia.
Papua New Guinea was granted full independence from Australia on 16 September 1975.
New Zealand is the island nation southeast of Australia.
There is no island nation of Australia, as Australia is a continent. Island nations of Asia which are close to Australia include Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
an island nation located southeast of Australia
Sir Edmund Barton introduced the Constitution Bill allowed the Australian colonies to become an independent nation. He became the first prime minister of Australia in the year 1901 when the country became a nation.
New Zealand celebrates the New Year ahead of Australia.
New Zealand was never a state of Australia. New Zealand was briefly (for one year: 1840) a dependency of the colony of New South Wales in Australia, but this was before either New Zealand or Australia were regarded as separate nations. The Commonwealth of Australia was established in 1901. New Zealand declined to become a member, and became a British Dominion in 1907.
Yes. New Zealand is a separate country which lies to the southeast of Australia.
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No countries physically border Australia, but some of the closest countries to Australia are Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.
New Zealand comes to mind