Defence Act 1912
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The Defence Act 1912 was an Australian federal law that significantly revised and expanded the nation’s military and defence provisions in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Defence Act 1912 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8465515 — 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: Defence Act 1912 Context triple: [Defence Act 1903 (Australia), amendedBy, Defence Act 1912]
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A.
Defence Act 1911
The Defence Act 1911 was an Australian federal law that revised and expanded the nation’s military and defence arrangements in the early 20th century, including provisions related to compulsory military training.
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B.
Defence Act 1910
The Defence Act 1910 was an Australian federal law that significantly revised and expanded the nation’s military and defence provisions in the early 20th century.
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C.
Defence Act 1909
The Defence Act 1909 was an Australian federal law that significantly revised the nation’s military legislation, including provisions that paved the way for compulsory military training and the expansion of the Commonwealth’s defence forces.
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D.
Defence Act 1904
The Defence Act 1904 was an Australian federal law that revised and expanded the country’s early 20th-century defence legislation, refining the organization and administration of its military forces.
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E.
Defence Act 1954
The Defence Act 1954 is the primary Irish legislation that structures, regulates, and governs the organization, duties, and administration of the Defence Forces.
- 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: Defence Act 1912 Target entity description: The Defence Act 1912 was an Australian federal law that significantly revised and expanded the nation’s military and defence provisions in the early 20th century.
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A.
Defence Act 1911
The Defence Act 1911 was an Australian federal law that revised and expanded the nation’s military and defence arrangements in the early 20th century, including provisions related to compulsory military training.
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B.
Defence Act 1910
The Defence Act 1910 was an Australian federal law that significantly revised and expanded the nation’s military and defence provisions in the early 20th century.
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C.
Defence Act 1909
The Defence Act 1909 was an Australian federal law that significantly revised the nation’s military legislation, including provisions that paved the way for compulsory military training and the expansion of the Commonwealth’s defence forces.
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D.
Defence Act 1904
The Defence Act 1904 was an Australian federal law that revised and expanded the country’s early 20th-century defence legislation, refining the organization and administration of its military forces.
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E.
Defence Act 1954
The Defence Act 1954 is the primary Irish legislation that structures, regulates, and governs the organization, duties, and administration of the Defence Forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Australian federal statute ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| field |
defence law
ⓘ
military law ⓘ public law ⓘ |
| follows |
Defence Act 1903
ⓘ
linked to:
Australian Defence Act 1903
|
| genre | legislation ⓘ |
| hasPart |
provisions on compulsory military training
ⓘ
provisions on mobilisation and defence preparedness ⓘ provisions on organisation of the Australian military forces ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | statute ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Australian legal system ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of Australia ⓘ |
| legislativeProcess |
Act of the Parliament of Australia
ⓘ
linked to:
Acts of the Parliament of Australia
|
| partOf | Australian defence legislative framework ⓘ |
| purpose |
to expand provisions for national military organisation
ⓘ
to revise Australian defence legislation ⓘ |
| regulates |
Commonwealth Military Forces of Australia
ⓘ
linked to:
Commonwealth Military Forces
defence administration in Australia ⓘ military service obligations in Australia ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Australian military history scholarship
ⓘ
studies of Australian defence policy ⓘ |
| temporalContext | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Defence Act 1912 Description of subject: The Defence Act 1912 was an Australian federal law that significantly revised and expanded the nation’s military and defence provisions in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
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