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Australian Books

Aussie royals

3 October 2015

9:00 AM

3 October 2015

9:00 AM

Australia and the Monarchy David Hill

William Heinemann, pp.306, $35, ISBN: 978085987563

The Royals in Australia Julien Rieden

Pan Macmillan, pp.288, $45, ISBN: 9781743535462

If the issue of Australia becoming a republic is a marathon rather than a sprint, the republicans never had a chance. Enduring, after all, is what monarchies do. Republican sentiment has become rather marginal since the crushing defeat of the 1999 referendum, with the denizens of the Australian Republican Movement sounding more like sore losers than serious contenders.

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