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3 unusual facts about Federation of Australia


Acacia leprosa 'Scarlet Blaze'

The cultivar was released by Plant Growers Australia in Park Orchards in August 2001 in time for the plant to become Victoria's Centenary of Federation floral emblem.

HMQS Paluma

With the federation of the Australian colonies, Paluma joined the Commonwealth Naval Forces in 1901, and in 1911 was integrated into the newly formed Royal Australian Navy along with her sister ship.

Phebalium daviesii

In 2001, each Australian state nominated a native flower as a floral emblem to celebrate the centenary of the Federation of Australia.


Australian outback literature of the 20th century

The 20th century saw the opening up of northern and western Australia, as well as the far reaches of the established colonies of New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland, and in 1901, the Federation of Australia took place.

Robert Mackenzie Johnston

He was president of the economic and social science and statistics section at the meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science held at Melbourne in 1890, and with the coming of federation he was able to influence very much the special problems of finance that were raised.


see also

AFPA

Australian Federal Police Association, a registered Industrial Organisation under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 operating as a Branch of the Police Federation of Australia

Hopetoun Cup

In the spirit of the link between the two countries, it is named after the Seventh Earl of Hopetoun, a Scotsman, who, as the then Governor-General of Australia, presided over the Federation of Australia in 1901.