# Canonical recap data for Australian Federation Act Passed (1900)
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slug: australian-federation
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1900/australian-federation"
title: Australian Federation Act Passed
subtitle: The passage of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act unified six separate colonies into a federal dominion and established the institutional framework for the modern Australian nation-state.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1900-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1900
decade: 1900
country:
name: Australia
slug: australia
summaryShort: The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing Australian colonies—New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia—united to form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia. The colonies of Fiji an
summaryLong: The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing Australian colonies—New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia—united to form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia. The colonies of Fiji and New Zealand were originally part of this process, but they decided not to join the federation.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Australian_Conservatism_Flags_Symbol.svg/1280px-Australian_Conservatism_Flags_Symbol.svg.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Australian Federation Party"
importance: 84
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Australia"
  title: Australian federation
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing Australian colonies—New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, T
wikidataQid: Q3310872
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260621125718/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Australia"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-21
  label: Australian federation
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Australia"
taxonomy:
domain: political
eventTypes:
- constitutional_reform
- treaty_signing
canonicalClasses:
- governance
- transformation
- creation
impactRadius: national
velocity: gradual
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: planned
domainCoupling: multi_domain
lifecycleClass: birth
