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On 1 January 1901, following a proclamation by Queen Victoria, Western Australia, along with the other five British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria, formed the federation of the Commonwealth of Australia, of which they each became component states.
- History of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia came into existence on 1...
- Swan River Colony
The Swan River Colony, also known as the Swan River...
- Territorial evolution of Australia
The first colonies of the British Empire on the continent of...
- History of Australia
The first permanent European colony in what is today Western Australia occurred following the landing by Major Edmund Lockyer on 26 December 1826 of an expedition on behalf of the New South Wales colonial government.
The Commonwealth of Australia came into existence on 1 January 1901 as a federation of former British colonies, however the human history of Australia commences with the arrival of the first ancestors of Aboriginal Australians by sea from Maritime Southeast Asia between 50,000 and 65,000 years ago, and continues to the present day ...
The Swan River Colony, also known as the Swan River Settlement, or just Swan River, was a British colony established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia. This initial settlement place on the Swan River was soon named Perth , and it became the capital city of Western Australia.
The first colonies of the British Empire on the continent of Australia were the penal colony of New South Wales, founded in 1788, and the Swan River Colony (later renamed Western Australia), founded in 1829.
DateEvent25 April 1787The Colony of New South Wales was created ...11 July 1810Macquarie Island was discovered by ...16 July 1825New South Wales was extended west to 129° ...3 December 1825The southern islands of New South Wales ...Western Australia [ˈwestən ɒˈstreɪliə] (deutsch Westaustralien, Abkürzung: WA) ist ein australischer Bundesstaat. Seine Hauptstadt ist Perth. Western Australia ist bis auf die Metropolregion Greater Perth Metropolitan Area sehr dünn besiedelt.
The United Kingdom formally claimed the western part of Western Australia (the Swan River Colony) in 1828. Separate colonies were carved from parts of New South Wales: South Australia in 1836, Victoria in 1851, and Queensland in 1859. [28]
