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[12] [13] [14] The Constitution of Australia, however, describes the union as "one indissoluble Federal Commonwealth" [15] and makes no provision for states to secede. [b] Western Australia is the only state not specifically listed in this preamble, as its final decision to join came too late for the constitution, already enacted by the UK ...
The 1933 Western Australian secession referendum was held on 8 April 1933 on the question of whether the Australian state of Western Australia should leave the Australian federation. Nearly two-thirds of electors voted in favour of secession, but efforts to implement the result proved unsuccessful.
Political party (or parties): for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession. Militant organisation(s): for armed organisations. Advocacy group(s): for non-belligerent, non-politically participatory entities. Ethnic / ethnoreligious / racial / regional / religious group(s).
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]
Casley believed that under Australian law the federal government had two years to respond to Casley's declaration of sovereignty. Casley says the failure to respond gave the province "de facto autonomy" on 21 April 1972, but that the Western Australian government can still dispute the secession. [19] Principality of Hutt River
Advocacy groups: Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Murrawarri Republic, [1] [2] [3] Sovereign Union of First Nations and Peoples in Australia, [4] Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, Aboriginal Provisional Government, Yuggera Ugarapul Tribal People's, [5] Sovereign Yidindji Government, [6] Euahlayi People's Republic, [7] [8] Torres Strait Islands, Republic of ...
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.
West Virginia regions 1863. West Virginia was created out of three regions of Virginia; the Northwest, the Shenandoah Valley, and the Southwest. [15] When secession from the United States became an issue for Virginia, there was little support for it in the counties bordering the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania, but there was more support in the central and southern counties of what became West ...