Queen of Australia
(N .Z.P. A.-Reuter —Copyright) CANBERRA, October 18. Australian parliamentarians raised their glasses of Australian champagne in Canberra today to drink a toast to the Queen of Australia. The loyal toast in its new form was proposed by the Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam) at a Parliamentary luncheon for the Queen, and he referred to the Commonwealth of Australia as a kingdom. The new Australia style and title comes into force tomorrow, when the Queen signs the necessary legislation at Government House. The Queen welcomed the I change in her Australian title, (saying that the reality and I dynamic quality of the relationship between Crown and (people would be symbolised in another way when she gave ! Royal Assent to the act. As the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh left Parliament House, Prince Philip paused on the steps to accept a petition from a group of Aboriginal protesters demonstrating for Aboriginal land rights.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33360, 19 October 1973, Page 12
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