The Commonwealth of Australia was declared on 1 January 1901 at a ceremony held in Centennial Park in Sydney. During the ceremony, the first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, was sworn-in and Australia’s first Prime Minister, Edmund Barton, and federal ministers took the oath of office. Many Australians welcomed nationhood.. Australia became a nation on 1 January 1901 after the British Parliament passed laws allowing the six Australian colonies to come together and form the Commonwealth of Australia. Federation created a new national Parliament and an Australian Constitution which divided law making powers between the old colonies (now called states) and the new parliament.
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Historical Map of Australia, New Zealand & the Southwest Pacific (1 January 1901 – Federation of Australia: The late nineteenth century saw an increasing call for federation among the Australian colonies. On 1 January 1901 they united to form the Commonwealth of Australia, with a new capital to be built midway between the main centres of Melbourne and Sydney.. The English-born Earl of Hopetoun was appointed Australia’s first Governor-General. On 31 December 1900 he swore in the first federal ministry, with Edmund Barton as caretaker Prime Minister. The following day, 1 January 1901, Hopetoun proclaimed the Commonwealth of Australia at a ceremony at Centennial Park, Sydney.