1st Parliament
Elected 29 March 1901 · first met 9 May 1901 · dissolved 23 November 1903
The changes below took effect from Federation on 1 January 1901 to 15 December 1903, the day before the next election, so they count the work of the government it produced.
- Edmund Barton (Protectionist)
- Alfred Deakin (Protectionist)
Changes
2
2 split from
Departments of State
7 / 0
created / abolished
Other bodies
15 / 2
created / ended
Administrative Arrangements Orders
1
on the Federal Register, which holds few orders before 2001
What was happening
- Boer War · 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902 · The colonies sent contingents from 1899; the Commonwealth took over the forces in 1901. (War or armed conflict)
- Federation · 1 January 1901 · The Commonwealth of Australia is proclaimed. (National milestone)
Departments of State created (7)
- Attorney-General's Department 1901–present
- Department of Defence 1901–1921
- Department of External Affairs 1901–1916
- Department of Home Affairs 1901–1916
- Department of the Treasury 1901–present
- Department of Trade and Customs 1901–1956
- Postmaster-General's Department 1901–1975
Other bodies created (15)
Show all 15 bodies created
- Department of the House of Representatives 1901–present
- Department of the Parliamentary Library 1901–2004
- Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff 1901–2004
- Department of the Senate 1901–present
- Governor-General's Office 1901–1984
- Joint House Department 1901–2004
- Audit Office 1902–1998
- Chief Electoral Office 1902–1973
- Office of the Public Service Commissioner 1902–1923
- British New Guinea Administration 1902–1906
- Royal Commission on the Arrangements Made for the Transport of Troops Returning from Service in South Africa in the S.S. Drayton Grange 1902
- Commonwealth Crown Solicitor's Office 1903–1984
- Royal Commission on Sites for the Seat of Government of the Commonwealth 1903
- Royal Commission on the Bonuses for Manufactures Bill 1903–1904
- High Court of Australia 1903–present
Other bodies ended (2)
Administrative Arrangements Orders made
- Order of 1 January 1901 · Federal Register of Legislation
Every change (2)
Show every change, day by day
1903
- Attorney-General's Department part split off to form Commonwealth Crown Solicitor's Office
1902
- Department of Home Affairs part split off to form Chief Electoral Office