Australia will never become fully mature as a nation until it becomes a Republic. Discuss

Australia will never become mature as a nation until it becomes a republic. For over one hundred years, Australia has been acting and governing itself almost entirely autonomous of Britain. It has developed a significant culture, and national identity of it?s own, vastly different to that of Britain and yet it retains the British monarch as its head of state. The monarch is a now obsolete parental figure, overshadowing Australia, its part in world …

…itself as an independent, powerful, industrial nation, and its next step on this course is to sever the old ties to Britain. Bibliography. Cassidy, F 1997, If it?s broke, fix it!, viewed 10 May 2004, <http://www.republic.org.au/ARM-2001/speeches&articles/spa_cassidy1.htm> Keneally, T 1992, The Australian Republican Movement, viewed 10 May 2004, <http://www.republic.org.au/ARM-2001/speeches&articles/spa_keneally1.htm>