1900
Commonwealth
Creates an Australian Commonwealth
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Canberra in Australia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Creates an Australian Commonwealth
Appointed Attorney General
The Commonwealth of Australia is established
The Commonwealth of Australia is established
The Commonwealth of Australia is established. Appointed the 1st Prime Minister of an independent Australia
Forms a Liberal Protectionist Government dependent on Labour support
Leaves the Labour Party & leads a coalition Government
Appointed High Commissioner
Australia administers New Guinea under League mandate.
Appointed High Commissioner for Australia in London
Appointed Australian Representative on the Council of the League of Nations
Appointed Attorney General
Appointed Party Leader of the Country Party, in Parliament
Resigns due to dissatisfaction with his wartime leadership
Forced to resign after his budget is rejected
Resigns as PM of Australia
Appointed Chairman of the World Food Council
Created Lord Melbourne, 1st Australian in the British House of Lords
Appointed Federal Treasurer
Appointed Governor General of Australia
Resigns as Prime Minister of Australia
Abolishes the "white Australia" policy
Appointed Governor General of Australia
Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party
Makes a television broadcast confessing to adultery
Makes a television broadcast confessing to adultery
Sworn in as Governor of Autralia
Wins the Australian federal election.
Deploys defence support during the severe Australian bushfire crisis.
Announces limits on public gatherings as cases rise.
Announces restrictions on non-residents entering Australia.
Leads Labor to re-election in the federal election.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Australia and Canberra. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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