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Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)
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Seat of Government Act 1908 (Cth)
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Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909 (NSW)
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cth)
Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 (Cth)
Seat of Government Surrender Act (NSW) Act 9 of 1915
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ACT Supreme Court Act 1933 (Cth)
National Capital Development Commission Act 1957 (Cth)
Senate (Representation of Territories) Act 1973 (Cth)
ACT Representation (House of Representatives) Act 1974 (Cth)
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cth)
ACT Supreme Court Transfer Act 1992 (Cth)
ACT Proportional Representation (Hare-Clark) Entrenchment Act 1994 (ACT)
Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT)
Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)
Royal Commission of Assent 9 July 1900 (UK)
Letters Patent constituting the office of Governor-General 29 October 1900 (UK)
Queen Victoria's Instructions to the Governor-General 29 October 1900 (UK)
Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901 (Cth)
Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (Cth)
Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 (Cth)
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1924 (Cth)
Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 (Cth)
Flags Act 1953 (Cth)
Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth)
Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 (Cth)
Treaty of Versailles 1919 (including Covenant of the League of Nations)
Balfour Declaration 1926 (Imperial Conference)
Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 (Cth)
Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 (Cth)
Royal Style and Titles Act 1953 (Cth)
Royal Style and Titles Act 1973 (Cth)
Yirrkala bark petitions 1963 (Cth)
Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 (Cth)
Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 (Cth)
Australia Act 1986 (Cth)
Mabo v Queensland No. 2 1992 (Cth)
New South Wales
Secret Instructions to Lieutenant Cook 30 July 1768 (UK)
Governor Phillip's Instructions 25 April 1787 (UK)
New South Wales Courts Act 1787 (UK)
Charter of Justice 2 April 1787 (UK)
Charter of Justice 13 October 1823 (UK)
Australian Courts Act 1828 (UK)
New South Wales Act 1823 (UK)
Governor Darling's Commission 1825 (UK)
Governor Bourke's Proclamation 1835 (UK)
Order-in-Council ending transportation of convicts 22 May 1840 (UK)
New South Wales Constitution Act 1842 (UK)
New South Wales Constitution Act 1855 (UK)
University of Sydney Act 1850 (NSW)
Crown Lands Acts 1861 (NSW)
Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909 (NSW)
Northern Territory
Letters Patent annexing the Northern Territory to South Australia, 1863
Northern Territory Act of 1863 (SA)
Northern Territory Surrender Act 1908 (SA)
Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910 (Cth)
Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910 (Cth)
Supreme Court Ordinance No. 9 of 1911 (Cth)
Aboriginals Ordinance No. 9 of 1918 (Cth)
Northern Territory Representation Act 1922 (Cth)
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)
Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 (Cth)
Local Government Act 1978 (NT)
Queensland
Letters Patent erecting Colony of Queensland 6 June 1859 (UK)
Order-in-Council establishing Representative Government in Queensland 6 June 1859 (UK)
Constitution Act 1867 (Qld)
Constitution Act Amendment Act 1922 (Qld)
Letters Patent altering the western boundary of Queensland 1862 (UK)
Queensland Coast Islands Act 1879 (Qld)
Pacific Island Labourers Act Amendment Act 1884 (Qld)
Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 (Qld)
Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (Land Holding) Act 1985 (Qld)
South Australia
South Australia Act, or Foundation Act, of 1834 (UK)
Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia 19 February 1836 (UK)
Order-in-Council Establishing Government 23 February 1836 (UK)
South Australian Commission Land Sale Regulations 1835 (issued by the Commissioners in the UK)
South Australia Act 1842 (UK)
Constitution Act 1856 (SA)
Real Property or 'Torrens Title' Act 1858 (SA)
Constitution (Female Suffrage) Act 1895 (SA)
Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966 (SA)
Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 (SA)
Tasmania
Colonel Collins' Commission 14 January 1803 (NSW)
Charter of Justice 2 April 1814 (UK)
Charter of Justice 13 October 1823 (UK)
New South Wales Act 1823 (UK)
Order-in-Council separating Van Diemen's Land from New South Wales 14 June 1825 (UK)
Australian Courts Act 1828 (UK)
Constitution Act 1934 (Tas)
Australian Constitutions Act 1850 (UK)
Constitution Act 1855 (Tas)
Order-in-Council changing name to Tasmania 21 July 1855 (UK)
Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 (Tas)
Victoria
Governor La Trobe's Instructions, 11 September 1839 (NSW)
Australian Constitutions Act 1850 (UK)
Chinese Immigration Act 1855 (Vic)
Victoria Constitution Act 1855 (UK)
Electoral Act 1856 (Vic)
Payment of Members Act 1870 (Vic)
Aboriginal Protection Act 1869 (Vic)
Aborigines Act 1910 (Vic)
Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 (Vic)
Education Act 1872 (Vic)
Western Australia
Instructions to the Admiralty to take formal possession of the western portion of the continent 5 November 1828 (UK)
Lieutenant-Governor Stirling's Instructions 30 December 1828 (UK)
Western Australia Act 1829 (UK)
Lieutenant-Governor Stirling's Proclamation of the Colony 18 June 1829 (UK)
Commission appointing Stirling Governor and Commander-in-Chief 4 March 1831 (UK)
Despatch No. 2 re legal and judicial subjects 28 April 1831 (UK)
Act establishing Civil Judicature 1832 (WA)
Ordinance enabling transportation of convicts to Western Australia 29 December 1849 (WA)
Constitution Act 1890 (UK)
Letters Patent re Constitution 25 August 1890 (UK)
Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 (WA)
Acts Amendment Constitution Act 1978 (WA)