why the official name of Australia is commonwealth of Australia
in this question you have to give the reason why Australia is known as commonwealth of Australia thanks please help not getting this is really confusing
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Explanation:
Most of us would think that our country is called ‘Australia’. Although, with our penchant for shortening words, these days you often hear us being called ‘Straya’. But if you flip open a copy of our Constitution you’ll notice that our official country name is the ‘Commonwealth of Australia’. You might have also heard the federal Government being called the ‘Commonwealth Government’.
Our Constitution was written over a period of about a decade before we federated in 1901. It is said that Henry Parkes, affectionately known as the father of federation, suggested the term ‘Commonwealth’ when the drafting process of the Constitution was beginning. A vote was taken and a substantial majority of the delegates at the 1891 constitutional convention in Sydney accepted the name ‘Commonwealth of Australia’. The British Colonies that became our six States were not uniting into one country out of fear or after a war, but for the common good. At the later Constitutional Conventions there were other potential names thrown around. In the 1901 Commentaries on the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia Quick and Garran wrote:
Other names were submitted for consideration, such as “United Australia,” “Federated Australia,” “The Australian Dominion,” “The Federated States of Australia,” &c., but the name Commonwealth was generally accepted.
They go on:
According to the derivation of the term from “common” and “weal,” or “wealth” it signified common well-being or common good
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Our Constitution was written over a period of about a decade before we federated in 1901. It is said that Henry Parkes, affectionately known as the father of federation, suggested the term ‘Commonwealth’ when the drafting process of the Constitution was beginning. A vote was taken and a substantial majority of the delegates at the 1891 constitutional convention in Sydney accepted the name ‘Commonwealth of Australia’. The British Colonies that became our six States were not uniting into one country out of fear or after a war, but for the common good. At the later Constitutional Conventions there were other potential names thrown around. In the 1901 Commentaries on the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia Quick and Garran wrote:
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