Corporate Body
Commonwealth of Australia (1901 - )
- From
- 1 January 1901
Australia - Website
- http://australia.gov.au/
- Reference No
- CO 1
Summary
The Commonwealth of Australia was created on 1 January 1901, when the separate colonies came together to become a nation. The official Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, who is represented in Australia by the Governor-General.
Related entries
Subordinate
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Department of Otolaryngology - Bionic Ear Records, 1949 - 2000, 2004.0043 at U77/46-55; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Nathan, Elizabeth, 'Sources relating to survey, mineral exploration and research on substitute fuels in the Australian Archives' in Some sources for the history of Australian science: six papers presented at a workshop on the history of Australian science organized by the Australian academy of Science. 24-25 August 1982, Borchardt, D.H., ed. (Kensington (N.S.W.): History Project Incorporated, 1984), pp. 47-71. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1508875. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of organisation CO 1; Commonwealth of Australia. Registration of entity: 24 August 1990', in Record Search, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CO%201. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 21 July 2000, Last modified: 24 March 2010
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