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5 July – The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (UK) is passed. 24 July – Neville Howse rescues a fallen ally under heavy fire during the Second Boer War, becoming the first Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross.
Technical education in mining, agriculture and other vocational areas was provided in several colonies by the 1870s and 1880s. prominent institutions included the Ballarat School of Mines in Victoria (founded 1870) and the Roseworthy Agricultural College in South Australia (founded 1883). Adult education in literacy, numeracy, the liberal arts ...
This page indexes the individual Australian year pages. It only references years commencing with the European colonisation of the country. Twenty-first century
Decimalisation; the Australian currency is changed to dollars and cents, with the Australian dollar replacing the Australian pound. 1967: 3 February: Ronald Ryan becomes the last person legally executed in Australia. 7 February: Black Tuesday bushfires devastate large areas of Hobart and south-eastern Tasmania; 64 people were killed. 9 February
The history of Australia from 1901 to 1945 begins with the federation of the six colonies to create the Commonwealth of Australia. The young nation joined Britain in the First World War, suffered through the Great Depression in Australia as part of the global Great Depression and again joined Britain in the Second World War against Nazi Germany in 1939.
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia (which also governed what is now the Northern Territory), and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in ...
A series of referendums on the proposed constitution of Australia were held between 2 June 1898 and 31 July 1900 in the six colonies that were to become the states of the Commonwealth of Australia. [1] The first four referendums were held in New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria in June 1898. [1]
1900 Australian novels (7 P) S. 1900 in Australian sport (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "1900 in Australia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.