August 24 (Boxer), September 17, 1900, the British Parliament passed the Australian federal law. The second half of the century

17 European navigators found the Australian continent. 30 million indigenous peoples living when the Australian continent. 1770 [lssjt.cn] British navigator James library, led the fleet to sail to the east coast of Australia, and named it New South Wales, announced that the British occupation of this place. February 26, 1788, the British navigator Philip led the first settlers (most of them convicts) arrived in Sydney near settlers. By the end of the 19th century, the United Kingdom has fragmented the six colonies in Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania. The early 19th century, the colonial authorities in the UK trick Mu large number of hired workers to the development of sheep farming in Australia. After the discovery of gold in Victoria in 1851, the rapid growth of immigrants.
British government in order to strengthen the rule against Australia, the British parliament in the September 17, 1900 by the Commonwealth of Australia Act. Under federal law on January 1 of the following year, the six fragmented colonial changed state to form the Commonwealth of Australia, became a British dominion. In 1931, the British Parliament passed the Statute of Westminster, giving dominion internal affairs, foreign affairs autonomy and independence, Australia became the independent state within the Commonwealth.
Australia federal area of ​​over 7.68 million square kilometers. Population of over 1400 people, about 99% of Caucasians, which accounts for 95% of the descendants of British colonial. Capital, Canberra, and a population of over 20 million people. Australia's agriculture and animal husbandry of agricultural land accounts for 66% of the country's land area. The wheat output second only to the United States, accounting for the second in the world. The sheep industry is 1/6 of the world's total. According to statistics, Australia has 2.1 cows per person. Australia has rich coal, iron, bauxite, nickel, lead, silver, tin, copper, zinc, gold, natural gas, petroleum, and have accounted for about 1/4 of the world's reserves of uranium.