July 9, 1900 CE – The Commonwealth of Australia is Decreed by Queen Victoria
July 9, 1900 CE – The Commonwealth of Australia is Decreed by Queen VictoriaRate this post The House of Lords and House of Commons, more than 10,000 miles away from six self-governing states in the South Pacific, passed an act to create the federation of Australia, a law decreed by Queen Victoria on July 9th, 1900. After more than 125 years of serving as variously as a prison colony and a collection of independent territories, a new Commonwealth would be officially created on January 1, 1901. The process to create a new nation out of six unique colonies had taken decades. The initial rumblings of the need for sovereignty were […]