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Queen of Australia invited to National Capital Centenary

Posted on June 18 2009

ACT Chief Minister responds to query from WfaAR about inviting the Queen to attend the 2013 centenary of Canberra celebration. The ACT Government has asked the Prime Minister to invite the Queen in her role as our head of state.

Download: Reply from ACT Government [44KB, pdf]

Download: Our letter [126KB, pdf]

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For a brief but useful guide to republicanism in Australia, see the entry in Wikipedia

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Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867

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Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW

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Senate Inquiry

Report of Senate Inquiry into the Republic Plebiscite Bill released 15 June 2009

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