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To counter the pro-secession movement, a Federal League of Western Australia was formed which organised a "No" campaign. They brought several high-profile people to Western Australia including the Prime Minister Joseph Lyons , Senator George Pearce , and former Prime Minister Billy Hughes for a brief speaking tour of Perth, Fremantle and ...
The Western Australian secession movement emerged soon after the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901. Existing grievances over the impacts of the federal constitution and the federal government's economic policies were exacerbated by the Great Depression .
Various attempts for secession have occurred in Western Australia, including the 1933 Western Australian secession referendum, and a number of more recent movements have continued proposing and pushing for independence, including the Western Australia Secessionist Movement [2]
What is and is not considered an autonomist or secessionist movement is sometimes contentious. Entries on this list must meet three criteria: They are active movements with active members. They are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region (as opposed to personal autonomy).
Proposed state or autonomous area: Western Australia. Political party: WAxit Party, [11] Western Australia Party Victoria. Proposed state: Victoria. Advocacy group: Victorian Independence Movement [12] [13] Northern Territory. Proposed: Statehood for Northern Territory within Australia Political party: Country Liberal Party
Secession. List of states with limited recognition; List of stateless societies; Independence referendum; War of independence; Wars of national liberation; Autonomism. Autonomous administrative division; List of autonomous areas by country; Regionalism; Dependent territory; Associated state; Irredentism. List of irredentist claims or disputes ...
Sir Henry Keith Watson (22 August 1900 – 13 January 1973) was an Australian businessman and politician. He was a leader of the Western Australian secession movement in the 1930s, holding office in the Dominion League of Western Australia.
In November 1930, Mitchell declared his personal support for the secession of Western Australia. The movement for secession, led by the Dominion League of Western Australia, had accelerated following the Great Depression in response to perceived inaction by the federal government, with Mitchell describing himself as a "federalist who could not ...