Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909
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The ''Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909'' is an Act of the
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Parliament which completed the transfer of land from New South Wales to establish the
Federal Capital Territory A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...
as the seat of
Commonwealth government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Like other Westminster-style systems of government, the Australian Government i ...
. The Act became law on 14 December 1909, the day after the ''
Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 The ''Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909'' is an Australian Commonwealth Government act, that in conjunction with the ''Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909'' transferred land from the state of New South Wales to the Commonwealth for the crea ...
'' had been passed by the Commonwealth government.


See also

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History of the Australian Capital Territory The history of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) as a separate administrative division began in 1911, when it was transferred from New South Wales to the Australian federal government. The territory contains Australia's capital city Canberr ...


References

* National Archives of Australi
- Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909
1909 in Australian law History of the Australian Capital Territory New South Wales legislation 1900s in New South Wales {{Australia-gov-stub