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|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands]]<br><small>([[Australia]])</small> || External Territory/dependency || [[Succession to the British throne|Male primogeniture]]{{#tag:ref|Equal primogeniture is being considered.|group=N|name=Prim}} || [[Elizabeth II]] || 6 February 1952 || [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] |
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands]]<br><small>([[Australia]])</small> || External Territory/dependency || [[Succession to the British throne|Male primogeniture]]{{#tag:ref|Equal primogeniture is being considered.|group=N|name=Prim}} || [[Elizabeth II]] || 6 February 1952 || [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] |
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|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australian Antarctic Territory]]<br><small>([[Australia]])</small> || Antarctic claim || [[Succession to the British throne|Male primogeniture]]{{#tag:ref|Equal primogeniture is being considered.|group=N|name=Prim}} || [[Elizabeth II]] || 6 February 1952 || [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] |
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|{{flagicon|Cook Islands}} [[Cook Islands]]<br><small>([[New Zealand]])</small> || Free assosiation with NZ || [[Succession to the British throne|Male primogeniture]]{{#tag:ref|Equal primogeniture is being considered.|group=N|name=Prim}} || [[Elizabeth II]] || 6 February 1952 || [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] |
|{{flagicon|Cook Islands}} [[Cook Islands]]<br><small>([[New Zealand]])</small> || Free assosiation with NZ || [[Succession to the British throne|Male primogeniture]]{{#tag:ref|Equal primogeniture is being considered.|group=N|name=Prim}} || [[Elizabeth II]] || 6 February 1952 || [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] |
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|{{flagicon|Niue}} [[Niue]]<br><small>([[New Zealand]])</small> || Free assosiation with NZ || [[Succession to the British throne|Male primogeniture]]{{#tag:ref|Equal primogeniture is being considered.|group=N|name=Prim}} || [[Elizabeth II]] || 6 February 1952 || [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] |
|{{flagicon|Niue}} [[Niue]]<br><small>([[New Zealand]])</small> || Free assosiation with NZ || [[Succession to the British throne|Male primogeniture]]{{#tag:ref|Equal primogeniture is being considered.|group=N|name=Prim}} || [[Elizabeth II]] || 6 February 1952 || [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] |
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|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Ross Dependency]]<br><small>([[New Zealand]])</small> || Antarctic claim || [[Succession to the British throne|Male primogeniture]]{{#tag:ref|Equal primogeniture is being considered.|group=N|name=Prim}} || [[Elizabeth II]] || 6 February 1952 || [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] |
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|{{flagicon|Tokelau}} [[Tokelau]]<br><small>([[New Zealand]])</small> || Dependency || [[Succession to the British throne|Male primogeniture]]{{#tag:ref|Equal primogeniture is being considered.|group=N|name=Prim}} || [[Elizabeth II]] || 6 February 1952 || [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] |
|{{flagicon|Tokelau}} [[Tokelau]]<br><small>([[New Zealand]])</small> || Dependency || [[Succession to the British throne|Male primogeniture]]{{#tag:ref|Equal primogeniture is being considered.|group=N|name=Prim}} || [[Elizabeth II]] || 6 February 1952 || [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] |
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Revision as of 17:20, 22 December 2008
There are presently 6 monarchies in Oceania; that is: self-governing states and territories in Oceania where supreme power resides with an individual, who is recognised as the head of state. Each is a constitutional monarchy, wherein the sovereign inherits his or her office, usually keeps it until death or abdication, and is bound by laws and customs in the exercise of their powers. Currently all six of these monarchies are independent states, and five of them equally share Queen Elizabeth II as their respective head of state, making them part of a global grouping known as the Commonwealth realms. Two of the monarchies in Oceania, Australia and New Zealand, have dependencies within the continent and outside it. There is also one subnational monarchy in Oceania, the Maori monarchy.
Current monarchies
Australia
The Australian monarchy goes back a few hundred years. More than 300 years ago Australia was found by Europeans and eventually settled by the British. Before the settlement there already existed native people as well. Eventually Australia was granted more and more powers to govern itself. In 1900 one of the last acts of Queen Victoria before she passed away on January 22 1901 was the giving Royal Assent to the Commonwealth of Australia Act which would give Australia is own Constitution and government. On January 1st 1901 Queen Victoria would live to see the day Australia was declared federated with six states and several territories in Centennial Park, Sydney. 30 years following that the Statute of Westminster granted equality to the realms and finally on 3 March 1986 Australia Act (UK and Australia) gave full independence to Australia in theory and practice.
New Zealand
In New Zealand as well there existed native people, who now call the islands Aotearoa, before the arrival of colonisers. These native people or Maori, signed a treaty on 6 February 1840. The Treaty of Waitangi was a agreement between the Maori people and representatives of the then British Crown (now the Crown of New Zealand). It is today highly respected by Maori as it is seen as a treaty which granted them certain rights. The treaty is seen as one of the founding documents of the Constitution of New Zealand and to this day is part of New Zealand law.
See also
- Monarchy of Australia
- Monarchy of New Zealand
- Monarchy of Tuvalu
- Monarchy of Papua New Guinea
- Monarchy of the Solomon Islands
- Monarchy of Tonga
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Equal primogeniture is being considered.
- ^ As Queen of the United Kingdom; since 1 October 1978 as Queen of Tuvalu.
- ^ As Queen of Australia; since 16 September 1975 as Queen of Papua New Guinea.
- ^ As Queen of the United Kingdom; since 7 July 1978 as Queen of the Solomon Islands.
- ^ Nation refers to the more stricter usage of the word here, which means a type of people or a similar meaning. The monarchies under "Nation" in the table are all sub-national monarchies and are not sovereign independent countries.
- ^ This monarchy exists mainly in New Zealand.