What is the role of the British Monarchy in Australia?

File photo dated 22/3/2000 of Queen Elizabeth II receiving flowers from members of the crowd in Central Park, Bourke, Australia, a small settlement of 3,600 people, 500 miles (800kms) north west of Sydney. Credit: Fiona Hanson/PA

Australia maintains a formal and sentimental connection to the British Monarchy as a legacy of British colonisation. The passing of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96, on 8 September 2022 raises the question of: What is the role of the British monarchy in contemporary Australia? Renuka reports in Tamil with a feature written by Melissa Compagnoni

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