9 July 1900 July 8, 2020 Author: Staff The Federation of Australia is given royal assent. Famous Words of Inspiration..."We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams — Click here for more from John Adams Related posts: 26 May 1896 8 July 1889 3 January 1938 31 January 1968 17 May 1900 14 March 1900 21 June 1900 9 February 1900 9 February 1900 9 February 1900 Categories: History