What is the date of australias countryhood?

Question

What is the date of australias countryhood?

Answer 1

The Federation took legal effect from 1 January 1901.  The first federal parliament sat on 9 May 1901.  

The first British colony started on 26 January 1788.  

Other colonies were started after that, by 1840 or so there were six well established ones and by 1860 or so they had their own parliaments and governments.  

The federation of these colonies as states of a commonwealth was proposed in the 1870s or maybe earlier.

Wikipedia has an an article on the federation of Australia but Yahoo is up to it's old tricks and won't allow URLs to be posted at the moment.

Answer 2

What?  Do you mean the day we celebrate being Australian?  Australia Day is held on 26 January.

Answer 3

The Wikipedia article on the Federation of Australia is as follows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_...

Australia Day is held on 26 January every year. For More info on Australia Day, click on the below link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_D...

Answer 4

Federation Day 1st January, 1901.

Prior to this Australia was six separate British colonies.

Answer 5

Federation 1901

First fleet 1799.