Over the end of the century, many great minds had put enormous efforts into federating Australia, uniting its eight colonies. Almost a century had passed since Oceanyka had been subjugated by the British Empire, the influx of new ideas and people from this colonial hegemony helping create a new Oceanykan national consciousness. However, many of the historical events which had helped create this unity had been opposed to the Empire, such as the Eureka Rebellion and Ned's Rebellion, strengthening the federalist camp which advocated for full independence. Eventually, the moderate side managed to sway enough of the opposition, and the Australasian Council was convened in the summer of 1898. They began campaigning for the continent's unification, self-governed but still united to Britain. Throughout March of 1900 a referendum was held by colonial authorities, in which registered voters (the majority of which were British Australians) overwhelmingly chose unification. A new Constitution of Australia was assembled, based on a mixture of the American and British models, and sent to the latter's parliament, which approved it.
On the 1st of January, 1901, the Constitution of Australia went into effect and all eight colonies were unified as the Commonwealth of Australia, its capital in the city of Sydney. This new government made many great strides in the development of society throughout Australia, but was ultimately still an apartheid state ruled by a minority of British Australians, and helplessly tied to the Empire. Such a regime would not be long-lived, as social frustrations from the Aboriginals and Ferozen eventually burst, leading to the Oceanykan War of Independence.