Australia and the British monarchy: Lingering on?
On 22 August 1770, Captain James Cook climbed the highest peak of Possession Island and ‘in the Name of His Majesty King George the Third took possession of the whole Eastern Coast’. This was the formal beginning of the relationship between Australia and the British monarchy. With Cook’s declaration...
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ftcquniportalfig:oai:figshare.com:article/13451255 2023-05-15T18:03:11+02:00 Australia and the British monarchy: Lingering on? Benjamin Jones 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10018/1268274 unknown https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Australia_and_the_British_monarchy_Lingering_on_/13451255 http://hdl.handle.net/10018/1268274 QUniversity General 1.0 Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) Australia British monarchy Cultural identity Australian Republican Movement Text Journal contribution 2015 ftcquniportalfig 2022-08-05T12:23:05Z On 22 August 1770, Captain James Cook climbed the highest peak of Possession Island and ‘in the Name of His Majesty King George the Third took possession of the whole Eastern Coast’. This was the formal beginning of the relationship between Australia and the British monarchy. With Cook’s declaration and the celebratory firing of ‘three Volleys of small arms’ the ancestral home of some 500 Indigenous clans became Crown Land. With the arrival of the First Fleet on 26 January 1788, this theoretical dispossession became reality for the Eora people who lived in the Sydney basin. Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper Possession Island CQUniversity: acquire Possession Island ENVELOPE(171.200,171.200,-71.867,-71.867) |
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On 22 August 1770, Captain James Cook climbed the highest peak of Possession Island and ‘in the Name of His Majesty King George the Third took possession of the whole Eastern Coast’. This was the formal beginning of the relationship between Australia and the British monarchy. With Cook’s declaration and the celebratory firing of ‘three Volleys of small arms’ the ancestral home of some 500 Indigenous clans became Crown Land. With the arrival of the First Fleet on 26 January 1788, this theoretical dispossession became reality for the Eora people who lived in the Sydney basin. |
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Australia and the British monarchy: Lingering on? |
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Australia and the British monarchy: Lingering on? |
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Australia and the British monarchy: Lingering on? |
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Australia and the British monarchy: Lingering on? |
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Australia and the British monarchy: Lingering on? |
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