Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)

E1020730

Act of Parliament United Kingdom statute constitutional instrument

The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) is the British statute that created the Australian Commonwealth and gave legal force to the Australian Constitution.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900	6
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) canonical	2
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (as applied to states)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13041595 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)
Context triple: [Section 128 of the Australian Constitution, enactedAsPartOf, Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)]

A. Australian Constitution
The Australian Constitution is the foundational legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and functions of Australia's federal system of government and its key institutions.
B. Statute of Westminster 1931
The Statute of Westminster 1931 is a landmark British law that granted full legislative independence to the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire, laying the constitutional foundation for the modern Commonwealth realms and redefining the role of the British monarch within them.
C. Statutes of Westminster
The Statutes of Westminster are a series of important 13th-century English laws that reformed feudal, criminal, and procedural law and became a foundational influence on later English common law.
D. Commonwealth Act
A Commonwealth Act is a law enacted by the Parliament of Australia that applies at the federal level across the nation.
E. Australia Act 1986
The Australia Act 1986 is a landmark statute that severed the remaining constitutional links between Australia and the United Kingdom, granting Australia full legal independence in its domestic and external affairs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)
Target entity description: The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) is the British statute that created the Australian Commonwealth and gave legal force to the Australian Constitution.

A. Australian Constitution
The Australian Constitution is the foundational legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and functions of Australia's federal system of government and its key institutions.
B. Statute of Westminster 1931
The Statute of Westminster 1931 is a landmark British law that granted full legislative independence to the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire, laying the constitutional foundation for the modern Commonwealth realms and redefining the role of the British monarch within them.
C. Statutes of Westminster
The Statutes of Westminster are a series of important 13th-century English laws that reformed feudal, criminal, and procedural law and became a foundational influence on later English common law.
D. Commonwealth Act
A Commonwealth Act is a law enacted by the Parliament of Australia that applies at the federal level across the nation.
E. Australia Act 1986
The Australia Act 1986 is a landmark statute that severed the remaining constitutional links between Australia and the United Kingdom, granting Australia full legal independence in its domestic and external affairs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament ⓘ United Kingdom statute ⓘ constitutional instrument ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
bindingIn	Australia ⓘ United Kingdom (at time of enactment) ⓘ linked to: United Kingdom
chamberInvolved	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ House of Lords of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: House of Lords
citation	63 & 64 Vict c 12 ⓘ
commencementDate	1901-01-01 ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	foundational statute of the Australian federation ⓘ
contains	Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ linked to: Australian Constitution
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdEntity	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
enables	operation of the Australian federal system ⓘ
establishes	Executive Government of the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth High Court of Australia ⓘ House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Australia Senate of Australia ⓘ
givesLegalForceTo	Constitution of Australia ⓘ linked to: Australian Constitution
historicalPredecessorOf	Australia Act 1986 (Cth) ⓘ linked to: Australia Act 1986 Australia Act 1986 (UK) ⓘ linked to: Australia Act 1986
inForce	yes ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	created a federation of the Australian colonies ⓘ transformed Australian colonies into States of the Commonwealth ⓘ
legislature	Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: British Parliament
longTitle	An Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
providesFor	admission of new States ⓘ alteration of the Constitution by referendum ⓘ division of legislative powers ⓘ federal system of government in Australia ⓘ finance and trade arrangements ⓘ
receivedRoyalAssentFrom	Queen Victoria ⓘ
relatedTo	Australian federation referendums of the 1890s ⓘ Imperial Conferences on dominion status ⓘ linked to: Imperial Conference
royalAssentDate	1900-07-09 ⓘ
scheduleIncludes	covering clauses ⓘ text of the Australian Constitution ⓘ
shortTitle	Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 ⓘ linked to: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)
subjectMatter	distribution of powers between Commonwealth and States ⓘ establishment of federal institutions ⓘ federation of Australian colonies ⓘ
typeOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ
yearOfAct	1900 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Section 128 of the Australian Constitution → enactedAsPartOf → Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) ⓘ

Courts of Queensland → legalAuthorityFrom → Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (as applied to states) ⓘ