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Booklet - 'Souvenir of the Federation of Australia', 1901, A pictorial souvenir published by E Whitehead & Co, Melbourne, to commemorate the Federation of Australia on 1 January 1901. Australia became a nation when the six self-governing colonies united in 1901. The Commonwealth of Australia was inaugurated on 1 January 1901 in Centennial Park, Sydney. In March, elections were held for the new Federal Parliament, and in May the celebrations focused on