In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, the representatives of five colonies adopt a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Australia" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Constitution of Australia">constitution</a>, which would become the basis of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Australia" id="mwYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commonwealth of Australia">Commonwealth of Australia</a>.<sup about="#mwt46" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_16#cite_note-7" id="mwZA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwZQ">[7]</span></a></sup><link about="#mwt42" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Page needed","href":"./Template:Page_needed"},"params":{"date":{"wt":"September 2021"}},"i":0}}]}' href="./Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_September_2021" id="mwZg" rel="mw:PageProp/Category" typeof="mw:Transclusion"/><sup about="#mwt42" class="noprint Inline-Template" id="mwZw" style="white-space:nowrap;"><span typeof="mw:Entity">[</span><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (September 2021)">page<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>needed</span></a></i><span typeof="mw:Entity">]</span></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"><cite about="#mwt43" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFLa_Nauze1972">La Nauze, J.A. (1972). <i id="mwCg4">The Making of the Australian Constitution</i>. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCg8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwChA" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/0-522-84016-7" id="mwChE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/0-522-84016-7"><bdi id="mwChI">0-522-84016-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt43" class="Z3988" id="mwChM" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Making+of+the+Australian+Constitution&amp;rft.place=Carlton%2C+Vic.&amp;rft.pub=Melbourne+University+Press&amp;rft.date=1972&amp;rft.isbn=0-522-84016-7&amp;rft.aulast=La+Nauze&amp;rft.aufirst=J.A.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarch+16"></span></span>