The Shapeshifting Crown Locating the State in Postcolonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK
Book contents
- The Shapeshifting Crown
- The Shapeshifting Crown
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Statutes and Cases
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Nature and Development of the Crown
- Part II The Crown as an Embodied Entity
- 5 The Rituals of Crown and State in New Zealand
- 6 Locating the Crown in Australia
- 7 Localising the Crown
- Part III The Crown and Constitutional Reform
- Index
- References
6 - Locating the Crown in Australia
The Swag of Camp Gallipoli
from Part II - The Crown as an Embodied Entity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2019
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Book contents
- The Shapeshifting Crown
- The Shapeshifting Crown
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Statutes and Cases
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Nature and Development of the Crown
- Part II The Crown as an Embodied Entity
- 5 The Rituals of Crown and State in New Zealand
- 6 Locating the Crown in Australia
- 7 Localising the Crown
- Part III The Crown and Constitutional Reform
- Index
- References
Summary
Of the four countries included in our study, the Crown is least present in the everyday lives of Australians. However, it still underpins the Australian constitution and remains visually ubiquitous, though taken for granted, with many interviewees dismissing it as ‘merely symbolic’. I argue that the Crown’s capacity for reinvention means that it is often hidden in plain sight, even at recently developed events that celebrate the Anzac Centenary (2015) – Australia’s premier political rituals which supposedly symbolise national independence, unity and pride in Australian citizenship. The Crown in Australia provides an instructive comparison to analyse how this former symbol of imperial colonialism has been localised and incorporated – despite, or perhaps because of, remaining unrecognised – within a postcolonial settler society.
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- The Shapeshifting CrownLocating the State in Postcolonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK, pp. 122 - 144Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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