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  2. Australia–United Kingdom relations - Wikipedia

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    Streams of migration from the British Isles to Australia played a key role in Australia's development, and the people of Australia are still predominantly of British or Irish origin (See: Anglo-Celtic Australians). According to the 2011 Australian Census, around 1.1 million Australians were born in Britain, despite the last substantial scheme ...

  3. Diplomatic history of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The Department of External Affairs was created upon the federation of the Australian colonies, but largely remained an appendage of the Prime Minister's Department.In the view of early governments, foreign policy meant "relations with London on matters of imperial foreign policy on which Australia might have an interest". [1]

  4. List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia

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    Being an Australian, it was felt in London he couldn't properly represent the British Government. They thus appointed their Representative for Migration in Melbourne Ernest Tristram Crutchley as their first Representative of His Majesty's Government in Australia, pending the nomination of a High Commissioner, on the Canadian model.

  5. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Wikipedia

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    Until the Second World War, Australia's status as a dominion of the British Empire in the then British Commonwealth meant its foreign relations were mostly defined by the United Kingdom. During this time, Australia's overseas activities were predominantly related to trade and commercial interests, while its external affairs were concerned ...

  6. Category:Australia–United Kingdom relations - Wikipedia

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    Australia–United Kingdom sports relations (10 C, 37 P) Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom (10 C, 102 P) British expatriates in Australia (8 C, 131 P)

  7. Australian peers and baronets - Wikipedia

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    Peers of the Realm have been associated with Australia since early in its history as a British settlement. Many peers served as governors of the Australian colonies (states following Federation), and in the days when the practice of appointing British governors-general was current, the great majority were peers.

  8. Britain–Australia Society - Wikipedia

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    The Society grants an occasional Britain–Australia Society Award to recognise a person who has been recognized for contributing to the relations between the United Kingdom and Australia. Past recipients have been Barry Humphries, Lord Hague, Kylie Minogue, David Attenborough, Lord Carrington, and Samantha Cohen. [citation needed]

  9. Constitutional history of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution provided that the British monarch be represented in Australia by a Governor-General. Originally, appointments were made on the advice of the British, not the Australian, government, and was generally a British aristocrat. In 1930, the Australian government insisted that Australian-born Isaac Isaacs be appointed. The British ...