 Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, in 1952 and 2002 The title Queen of Australia has existed since 1973, when the Parliament of Australia passed the Royal Style and Titles Act (1973). This act repealed sections of the Royal Style and Titles Act (1953), which had been passed at the time of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the Throne. This image of a postage stamp may be copyrighted and/or have other restrictions on its reproduction imposed by the issuing authority. ...
This image of a postage stamp may be copyrighted and/or have other restrictions on its reproduction imposed by the issuing authority. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
The Parliament of Australia is the legislative branch of Australia. ...
Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor),was born 21 April 1926. ...
In the 1953 Act, Elizabeth's Australian style and titles were specified to be: 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Australia and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. Under the 1973 Act her Australian style and titles became: 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. (It should be noted that "the Commonwealth" in this context is not the Commonwealth of Australia, but the Commonwealth of Nations, of which Australia is a member and the Queen is the Head.) The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ...
It will be noted that the title "Defender of the Faith" was deleted by this Act from the Queen's Australian style and titles. In the United Kingdom the Church of England is a state church, and the Queen is its "Supreme Governor." Australia has no state church, and neither the Queen nor the Governor-General have any official connection with the Anglican Church of Australia. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ...
The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the British Monarchs that signifies their titular leadership over the Church of England. ...
The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia (renamed in 1981). ...
The Australia Act of 1986 severed all legal and political ties with the United Kingdom. This established Australia as a monarchy completely separate from the monarchy of the United Kingdom, linked only by the fact that they happen to share the same monarch, along with the fourteen other Commonwealth Realms. The Australia Act of 1986 (No. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A Commonwealth Realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states that recognize Queen Elizabeth II as their Queen and head of state. ...
The Act of Settlement of 1701, originally an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, is usually held to be the law outlining the line of succession for the Australian Crown. This Act provides that only Protestant descendants of Sophia, Electress of Hanover, who have not, furthermore, married a Catholic, can succeed to the Throne. Image File history File links Australia-Royal-Standard-(22-31). ...
Image File history File links Australia-Royal-Standard-(22-31). ...
Queens Personal Australian Flag The Queens Personal Australian Flag, sometimes known as the Royal Standard of Australia is the personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II in her role as Queen of Australia. ...
The Electress Sophia The Act of Settlement (12 & 13 Wm 3 c. ...
Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ...
The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...
Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...
The Electress Sophia of Hanover was born Sophia, Pfalzgräfin von Simmern, at The Hague on October 14, 1630, and died at Herrenhausen on June 8, 1714. ...
Some Australians feel this Act is in conflict with Australian law preventing discrimination on grounds of religion, but this issue has never been tested. However, the principle has been tested elsewhere. In Toronto, Canada, Toronto city councillor Tony O'Donohue launched a court action in 2002 arguing that the Act of Settlement violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, an example of opposition against Monarchy in Canada.) For other uses, see Toronto (disambiguation). ...
2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a constitutionally entrenched bill of rights which forms part of the Constitution Act, 1982, added to the Constitution of Canada in 1982. ...
The Queens Personal Canadian Flag. ...
The Queen assumes the role of Queen of Australia either when she is present in Australia, or when she performs certain functions or attends certain ceremonies outside Australia at the request of Her Australian Government. In her absence, and indeed even when she is in Australia, a Governor-General wields the constitutional powers of the Crown in Australia. The Governor-General is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister of Australia. Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of Australia The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australias head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, who lives in the United Kingdom. ...
External links
- Royal Styles and Titles Act
- The Australian Monarchist League
- Australians for Constitutional Monarchy
See also Government: Parliament - House of Representatives - Senate - Monarchy - Governor-General Australians for Constitutional Monarchy (ACM) was founded in June 1992 to defend the Australian Constitution, the role of the Crown in it, and to preserve the role of the Queen of Australia, represented by the Governor-General, as Australias constitutional head of state. ...
The Queens Personal Canadian Flag. ...
The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (in full, An Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia) is the primary constitutional text of the Commonwealth of Australia. ...
Australian republicanism is a movement within Australia to replace the countrys existing status as a Commonwealth realm under a constitutional monarchy with a republican form of government. ...
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The Parliament of Australia is the legislative branch of Australia. ...
Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ...
Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Australian Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ...
Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of Australia The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australias head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, who lives in the United Kingdom. ...
Federal electoral system: Electoral divisions A how-to-vote card from the Australian federal election of 2004, showing voters how to fill in the squares on the ballot paper if they wish to vote for the Liberal Party of Australia. ...
The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ...
Australian legislative elections: 1993 - 1996 - 1998 - 2001 - 2004 - 2007 Elections in Australia gives information on elections and election results in Australia. ...
Legislative elections were held in Australia on March 13, 1993. ...
Legislative elections were held in Australia on 2 March 1996. ...
Legislative elections were held in Australia on 3 October 1998. ...
Legislative elections were held in Australia on 10 November 2001. ...
Legislative elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. ...
The next Australian legislative election is expected to take place in 2007. ...
State and Territory governments: ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. - SA - Tas. - Vic. - WA | State electoral systems Australia, having a federal system of government, is divided into states and territories. ...
Motto: Pro Rege, Lege et Grege (For the Queen, the Law and the People) Nickname: (none) Other Australian states and territories Capital Canberra Government Administrator Chief Minister Const. ...
The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then. ...
Official crest of the Northern Territory The Government of the Northern Territory is a unicameral parliament (i. ...
Queensland Government Logo The Government of Queensland is commonly known as the Queensland Government. ...
The form of the Government of South Australia is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then. ...
The form of the Government of Tasmania is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then. ...
The form of the Government of Victoria is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1855, although it has been amended many times since then. ...
The form of the Government of Western Australia is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1890, although it has been amended many times since then. ...
The legislatures of the Australian states and territories all follow the Westminster model described in the Australian electoral system. ...
Political parties: Democrats - Greens - Labor Party - Country Liberal Party - Family First Party - Liberal Party - National Party Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. ...
The Australian Democrats (in regular parlance, just the Democrats), is an Australian social liberal party formed in 1977 from the earlier Australia Party by Don Chipp, who left the Liberal Party of Australia to do so. ...
The Australian Greens, commonly ‘The Greens’, is the national Greens party in Australia. ...
The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ...
In Australian politics, the Country Liberal Party (CLP) is the Northern Territory equivalent to the Liberal and National parties - the Country part of the partys name is a relic of when the National Party was called the Country Party. ...
The Family First Party is a political party in Australia. ...
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ...
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ...
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