# Canonical recap data for Australian Defence Force Established (1901)
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slug: australian-defence-force
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1901/australian-defence-force"
title: Australian Defence Force Established
subtitle: Australia's first unified military force consolidated the new federation's defence capability and aligned the nation with British imperial power in the Pacific.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1901-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1901
decade: 1900
country:
name: Australia
slug: australia
summaryShort: "The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia and its national interests. It consists of three services: the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The ADF has a strength of just over 90,000 personnel and is "
summaryLong: "The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia and its national interests. It consists of three services: the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The ADF has a strength of just over 90,000 personnel and is supported by the Department of Defence and other civilian entities that altogether constitute the Australian Defence Organisation."
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Ensign_of_the_Australian_Defence_Force.svg/1280px-Ensign_of_the_Australian_Defence_Force.svg.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Australian Defence Force"
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force"
  title: Australian Defence Force
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia and its national interests. It consists of three servic
wikidataQid: Q625657
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260628174522/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-28
  label: Australian Defence Force
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force"
