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On 1 January 1901 Australia became a nation and dominion of the monarchy. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, public concern over intercolonial tariffs, defence and immigration led to a meeting of colonial representatives in Melbourne in 1889. Dominated by the "Father of Federation", New South Wales Premier Sir Henry Parkes, the
Alternative monarchists support Australia having a resident Australian monarch and abolishing the role of governor general of Australia. The proposition was first published in 1867. [1] [3] It was later reiterated by Alan Atkinson in his 1993 book The Muddle Headed Republic, [4] by Harry Meklonian in 2009, [5] and by Richard Hughes in 2017. [6]
The monarchy of Australia is a key component of Australia's form of government, by which a hereditary monarch serves as the country's sovereign and head of state. [1] It is a constitutional monarchy, modelled on the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy, while incorporating features unique to the constitution of Australia.
In the first two volumes of his History of Australia (1962, 1968) Manning Clark developed an idiosyncratic interpretation of Australian history telling the story of "epic tragedy" in which "the explorers, Governors, improvers, and perturbators vainly endeavoured to impose their received schemes of redemption on an alien, intractable setting". [5]
Pages in category "Monarchy of Australia" ... Australian head of state dispute; History of monarchy in Australia; Principality of Hutt River; K. King-in-Council;
The human history of Australia, however, commences with the arrival of the first ancestors of Aboriginal Australians by sea from Maritime Southeast Asia between 50,000 and 65,000 years ago, and continues to the present day multicultural democracy. Aboriginal Australians settled throughout continental Australia and many nearby islands.
Sandy Biar of the Australian Republic Movement says the organization has seen “phenomenal growth” since Queen Elizabeth's passing 'The Elizabethan Era Is Now Over.' Australia Could Reconsider ...
The Oxford History of Australia: Volume 2: 1770–1860 Possessions (1995) Lowe, David. Menzies and the 'Great World Struggle': Australia's Cold War 1948–54 (1999) online edition; Macintyre, Stuart. The Oxford History of Australia: Volume 4: 1901–42, the Succeeding Age (1993) Macintyre, Stuart. A Concise History of Australia (2004) excerpt ...