examine the role of the significant individual in the chosen study
assess the significance of the chosen study for Australia in the post-war period
Australia is a constitutional monarchy. Our Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. Her primary role is as Queen of the United Kingdom. She is also Queen of Canada, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
The aim of the republican movement is to have the Monarch of the United Kingdom replaced as Australia's Head of State by an Australian citizen.
Support for an Australian republic has grown considerably since Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1953. Source 7.25 p.387: answer the four questions relating to this graph.
Republicanism became a prominent issue during Paul Keating's term as Prime Minister (1991-1996). Read "The Republican Debate" pp. 388-391. Answer the four questions on p.389 and the five questions on p.390.
Read the arguments for and against an Australian republic on p.391. In your own words, write a speech either in favour or against Australia becoming a republic.
Read pp. 392-394. What was the purpose of the Referendum in 1999? Despite there being significant support for a republic, the referendum was defeated. Why?
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Australia is a constitutional monarchy. Our Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. Her primary role is as Queen of the United Kingdom. She is also Queen of Canada, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
The aim of the republican movement is to have the Monarch of the United Kingdom replaced as Australia's Head of State by an Australian citizen.
Support for an Australian republic has grown considerably since Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1953.
Source 7.25 p.387: answer the four questions relating to this graph.
Read "The Republican Debate" pp. 388-391.
Answer the four questions on p.389 and the five questions on p.390.
Read the arguments for and against an Australian republic on p.391.
In your own words, write a speech either in favour or against Australia becoming a republic.
Some other resources you can use to find information for and against an Australian republic:
Australian Republican Movement
Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy
What was the purpose of the Referendum in 1999?
Despite there being significant support for a republic, the referendum was defeated. Why?