The Constitution was approved in a series of referendums held over 1898–1900 by the people of the Australian colonies, and the approved draft was enacted as a section of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (Imp), an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Konstitutionen godkändes i en folkomröstning som hölls 1898–1900 av befolkningen i de australiska kolonierna, och det godkända utkastet antogs som en del av Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900, en lag i Storbritanniens parlament.