Proclamation of Federation (Joan of What?)

The Proclamation of Federation, formally the Proclamation Uniting the People of Swanstone, Kimberley, Gascoyne, Auralia, Pilbara and the Capes of Naturaliste and Leeuwin in a Perpetual Federation, was a proclamation issued by Alexander I, King of the United Kingdom that federated the six Australasian colonies of the United Kingdom into the Kingdom of Cygnia. Its drafting by a committee appointed and chaired by the King began on 12 September 1783, and an approved version was sent to the colonies for ratification in early 1784. The formal ratification by all six states was completed in early 1785. The Proclamation is considered to be the first of Cygnia's four founding documents.

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PROCLAMATION UNITING THE PEOPLE OF SWANSTONE, KIMBERLEY, GASCOYNE, AURALIA, PILBARA AND THE CAPES OF NATURALISTE AND LEEUWIN IN A PERPETUAL FEDERATION.

At the Court at Swanstone, The 12th day of September, 1783.

Present: ''The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. The following Draft Proclamation was this day read at the Board and approved: – A. W. FITZROY.''

By The King PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the People of Swanstone, Kimberley, Gascoyne, Auralia, Pilbara and the Capes of Naturaliste and Leeuwin have agreed to unite in one indissoluble Federation, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the King, with the advice of the Privy Council, to declare by proclamation that, on and after the day appointed, not being later than one year after the issuance of this Proclamation, the people of Swanstone, Kimberley, Gascoyne, Auralia, Pilbara and the Capes of Naturaliste and Leeuwin shall be united in a Perpetual Federation under the name of the Kingdom of Cygnia: We, therefore, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, have thought fit to issue this Our Royal Proclamation, and We do hereby declare that on and after the first day of January, One thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, the people of Swanstone, Kimberley, Gascoyne, Auralia, Pilbara and the Capes of Naturaliste and Leeuwin shall be united in a Perpetual Federation under the name of the Kingdom of Cygnia.

Given at Our Court at Swanstone, this Twelfth Day of September, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Three and in the twenty-fourth year of Our Reign.

God Save The King!