A student is making a timeline about Australia’s system of government and law. Which event should they place on 1 January 1901?

A student is making a timeline about Australia’s system of government and law. Which event should they place on 1 January 1901?

• AThe Australian colonies became one independent nation called the Commonwealth of Australia.Correct
• BThe Commonwealth of Australia was renamed the Australian colonies.
• CThe Australian colonies became several independent nations.
• DThe Commonwealth of Australia stopped being an independent nation.

The fact says that on 1 January 1901, the Australian colonies became one independent nation called the Commonwealth of Australia.