Permanent historical factsheet

Commonwealth

Australia · Government / Government of Australia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1900–2007Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1900

Alfred Deakin1900

Canberra · Government / Government of Australia

Creates an Australian Commonwealth

1901

Edmund Barton1 January 1901

Canberra · Government / Government of Australia

The Commonwealth of Australia is established

2007

Kevin Michael Rudd3 December 2007

Government / Government of Australia

Rudd is sworn in as Prime Minister by Governor of General Michael Jeffery, unlike Labor predecessors, Rudd does not swear allegiance to the Queen of Australia directly but promises to "well and truly serve the Commonwealth of Australia and her people"

Names involved

Alfred DeakinEdmund BartonKevin Michael Rudd

Provenance

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