Federation in 1901 brought into existence an Australian Constitution that established a national level of government (‘the Commonwealth government’) with jurisdiction over South Australia.
This entry was first published in The Wakefield companion to South Australian history edited by Wilfrid Prest, Kerrie Round and Carol Fort (Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2001). Edited lightly and references updated. Uploaded 27 May 2015.
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John Bannon, ‘Federation’, SA History Hub, History Trust of South Australia, https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/milestone/federation/
Sources
J.C. Bannon, The Crucial Colony (Canberra, 1994)
G. Craven (ed.), The Convention Debates, 1891–1898 (Sydney, 1986)
H. Irving (ed.), The Centenary Companion to Australian Federation (Melbourne, 1999)
J.A. La Nauze, The Making of the Australian Constitution (Melbourne, 1972)
S. Macintyre (ed.), And Be One People (Melbourne, 1995)
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