Constitution

The Australian Constitution
An Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia [9th July 1900]

Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 (Cth)
An Act to remove doubts as to the validity of certain Commonwealth Legislation, to obviate delays occurring in its passage, and to effect certain related purposes, by adopting certain Sections of the Statute of Westminster, 1931, as from the Commencement of the War between His Majesty the King and Germany.

Australia Act 1986 (Cth)
An Act to bring constitutional arrangements affecting the Commonwealth and the States into conformity with the status of the Commonwealth of Australia as a sovereign, independent and federal nation.

Records of the Australasian Federal Conventions of the 1890s
The records of the Australasian Federation Conference of 1890 and the Australasian Federal Conventions of 1891 and 1897/8 are among the most significant founding documents of the Australian nation.

Library holdings

The Constitution as in force on 1 July 1999 : together with Proclamation declaring the establishment of the Commonwealth, Letters Patent relating to the Office of Governor-General, Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942, Australia Act 1986 : with overview, notes and index, (1999), Attorney-General's Department, Canberra.

Moens, G and Trone, J. (2001), Lumb & Moens' The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia annotated, 6th ed, Butterworths, Sydney.

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