Country · since 1905
Commonwealth of Australia
Commonwealth of Australia appears on the map from 1905 to today. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1945, it covered about 8.23 million km².
Britain founded a convict colony at Sydney in 1788, claiming the land despite more than 50,000 years of Aboriginal occupation. Six separate colonies grew, driven by wool, wheat and the gold rushes of the 1850s, while frontier violence and disease devastated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. On 1 January 1901 the colonies federated as the Commonwealth of Australia, a self-governing dominion with a parliament modelled partly on Britain's and partly on that of the United States. More about Commonwealth of Australia.
See Commonwealth of Australia on the map in 1945
- On the map
- 1905 – today
- Greatest extent
- 1945, about 8.23 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Australia · Wikidata Q408
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1905–1942 | 7.78 million km² |
| 1943 | 7.97 million km² |
| 1944 | 8.11 million km² |
| 1945 | 8.23 million km² |
| 1946–1991 | 7.79 million km² |
| since 1992 | 7.71 million km² |
Related
- Commonwealth of Australia empire
- First World War 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918
- Second World War 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945
- Korean War 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953
- Vietnam War 1955 – 30 April 1975