Crown of Australia

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The Crown of Australia is the constitutional monarchy and legal embodiment of the Australian state, represented federally and in each state by the sovereign and their vice-regal representatives.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Crown of Australia canonical 4
Australian Crown 1
Crown in Victoria 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body politic
constitutional monarchy
legal institution
appliesToJurisdiction Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context)
surface form: Australian Capital Territory

Commonwealth of Australia
Northern Territory
New South Wales
surface form: State of New South Wales

Queensland
surface form: State of Queensland

South Australia
surface form: State of South Australia

Tasmania
surface form: State of Tasmania

State of Victoria
Western Australia
surface form: State of Western Australia
associatedWithDoctrine Crown in right of Australia
surface form: Crown in right of the Commonwealth

Crown in right of Australia
surface form: Crown in right of the States
constitutionalForm constitutional monarchy
constitutionalPrinciple parliamentary sovereignty (as adapted in Australia)
responsible government
country Australia
definedIn Australian Constitution
surface form: Constitution of Australia
exercisesPowersThrough ministers of the Crown
governedByPrinciple constitutional conventions
headOfState monarch of Australia
historicallyDerivedFrom Regalia of the United Kingdom
surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom
legalPersonality New South Wales
surface form: the state in right of New South Wales

the state in right of Queensland
South Australia
surface form: the state in right of South Australia

the state in right of Tasmania
the state in right of Victoria
the state in right of Western Australia
Commonwealth government
surface form: the state in right of the Commonwealth
partOf Australian system of government
representedBy Governor of New South Wales
Governor of Queensland
Governor of South Australia
Governor of Tasmania
Governor of Victoria
Governor of Western Australia
Governor-General of Australia
roleInGovernment executive authority
judicial authority
legislative authority
separatedFrom British Crown in matters of Australian law
symbolizes continuity of the state
sovereignty of Australia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Succession to the Crown Act 2013 appliesTo Crown of Australia
King of Australia partOf Crown of Australia
this entity surface form: Australian Crown
Government Houses of Australia represents Crown of Australia
Executive Council of Victoria actsOnBehalfOf Crown of Australia
this entity surface form: Crown in Victoria