Dominion of Australia

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British dominion constitutional monarchy former country

The Dominion of Australia was the semi-independent constitutional monarchy that governed Australia as part of the British Empire and later the Commonwealth, participating in major 20th-century conflicts alongside other Allied powers.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Australia (until creation of VC for Australia and then in its own form) 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British dominion ⓘ
constitutional monarchy ⓘ
former country ⓘ
alliedWith France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
capital Canberra ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
currency Australian pound ⓘ
demographics predominantly British and Irish descent population ⓘ
dissolved 1942 ⓘ
endTime 1942 ⓘ
establishedBy Australian Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900
executiveBranch Australian government ⓘ
surface form: Government of Australia
followedBy Australia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Australia
foreignRelations member of the League of Nations ⓘ
member of the United Nations (from 1945) ⓘ
governmentForm parliamentary monarchy ⓘ
hasTerritorialUnit Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context) ⓘ
surface form: Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of Australia
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
inception 1901 ⓘ
legalStatus self-governing dominion of the British Empire ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Australia ⓘ
locatedIn Oceania ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
nationalAnthem God Save the King ⓘ
nationalMotto Advance Australia Fair ⓘ
surface form: Advance Australia
officialLanguage English ⓘ
participantIn Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ
surface form: Gallipoli campaign

Pacific War ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front (World War I)

World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
precededBy self-governing colonies of Australia ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
significantEvent Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
surface form: Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942

World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
startTime 1901-01-01 ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Australia ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Victoria Cross → awardingCountries → Dominion of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: Victoria Cross
this entity surface form: Australia (until creation of VC for Australia and then in its own form)
Sinai and Palestine campaign → belligerent → Dominion of Australia ⓘ
Balkan Campaign → belligerentAllies → Dominion of Australia ⓘ