Editing Proclamation Day (section)

==Western Australia==
Proclamation Day also refers to 21 October 1890, the day that [[Western Australia]] achieved [[responsible government|self-government]], with its own constitution and self-elected [[Parliament of Western Australia|parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.constitutionalcentre.wa.gov.au/ResearchAndSeminarPapers/LaunchingTheShip/Pages/ProclamationDay.aspx|title=Proclamation Day|publisher=Government of Western Australia|date=11 June 2015|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029211952/https://www.constitutionalcentre.wa.gov.au/ResearchAndSeminarPapers/LaunchingTheShip/Pages/ProclamationDay.aspx|archive-date=29 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Court/1996/10/Celebration-of-WA-Proclamation-Day-events.aspx|title=Celebration of WA Proclamation Day events|publisher=Government of Western Australia|date=18 October 1996|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-date=23 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023010655/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Court/1996/10/Celebration-of-WA-Proclamation-Day-events.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Western Australia. Department of the Premier and Cabinet | author2=Constitutional Centre of Western Australia | author3=Constitutional Centre of Western Australia | author4=Western Australia. Dept. of the Premier and Cabinet | title=Western Australia Proclamation Day | date=2002 | publisher=Constitutional Centre of Western Australia | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17034383 | access-date=22 October 2017 }}</ref> Proclamation Day was originally a public holiday, but its significance was overshadowed by the celebrations of the [[Eight-hour day#Australia|Eight Hours Day]], which were held on the same day, and by 1919 the public holiday had been replaced by [[Labour Day#Australia|Labour Day]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.celebratewa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/our-western-land-1829-to-1890.pdf|title=Our Western Land : Foundation Day 1 June 1829 to Proclamation Day 21 October 1890|publisher=Celebrate WA|author=Ruth Marchant James|access-date=21 October 2017}}</ref>

[[Western Australia Day]] is celebrated on the first Monday in June each year to commemorate the founding of the [[Swan River Colony]] in 1829.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/labour-relations/public-holidays-western-australia |title=Public holidays in Western Australia|publisher=Government of Western Australia}}</ref>