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This video is about 'Constitution Day', which is celebrated in Australia on 9 July. It commemorates the day on which Queen Victoria gave royal assent to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900.
It discusses how the Australian delegates tried to get the Constitution passed in the UK by the Westminster Parliament without change. The British, on the other hand, wanted changes to ward off attempts by Australia to become more independent from the UK and to ensure that British courts could protect British commercial interests in Australia.
The video discusses how this conflict was resolved and the Constitution finally passed. It also draws on Queen Victoria's journal to see how significant to her the grant of royal assent to the Constitution was.
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