A very Public Affair by Philip Benwell MBE

This book was first published in 2009 and relates to speeches and articles written over the preceding eight years. The title itself, ‘A Very Public Affair’ may seem to many to be perhaps more suggestive of a quixotic film script than a title for a series of writings on the Australian Constitution and Crown.

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References to all papers included in "A Very Public Affair". 

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The Crown and the Australian Constitution

A VERY PUBLIC AFFAIR-

CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS 

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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN -
TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE
A DEFINITIVE EXPOSITION OF THE POSITION OF
HEAD OF STATE IN AUSTRALIA
(Written in May 2009)

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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
THE EARLY GOVERNORS OF NEW SOUTH WALES
HARSH OR HUMANE
(Delivered to the Friends of First Government House in Sydney in December 2008)

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CHAPTER SIXTEEN -
EUREKA
(Written in November 2004 on the occasion of the 150^th Anniversary of the Eureka Stockade)

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN -
IF YOU SEEK A MONUMENT, LOOK AROUND YOU
(Written in August 2006)

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN -
THE QUEEN OF THE SOVEREIGN SOUTH
(Written in February 2006)

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN -
AUSTRALIA’S CONSTITUTIONAL CROWN
OUR RIGHTFUL QUEEN
(Written in February 2006)

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CHAPTER TWELVE -
AUSTRALIA’S CONSTITUTIONAL CROWN
THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE
(Written in February 2006)

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CHAPTER ELEVEN -
THE QUEEN AS A CITIZEN OF EUROPE
(Written in January 2007 and amended in December 2007)

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CHAPTER TEN -
THE ASSOCIATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH REALMS
(Delivered a meeting at the House o f Lords in November 2006⁵³⁸)

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CHAPTER NINE -
THE QUEEN, THE REALMS AND EUROPE
(Delivered to the Conference of the Association of the Commonwealth Realms^{574
at the Imperial College, Kensington – October 2006)}

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CHAPTER EIGHT

THE CROWN OF THE COMMONWEALTH REALMS
(Delivered at St. Andrew’s University, Scotland in 2005)
Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative
(John Dryden 1631-1700)⁴⁸⁸

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CHAPTER SEVEN

The following five Chapters express concerns over the sovereignty
of the United Kingdom apropos the European Union.

THE COMMONWEALTH REALMS V THE CONSTITUTION FOR EUROPE
(Delivered to a meeting in the House of Lords in April 2004)

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CHAPTER SIX -
OUR AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION
DEFENDING THE INTEGRITY OF THE FEDERATION
(Written in March 2009)

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CHAPTER FIVE
OUR AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION
‘THE MOMENT IS UPON US’
(Written in October 2008)
One Life, One Flag, One Fleet, One Throne.
A Nation for a Continent, and a Continent for a Nation

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CHAPTER FOUR -
OUR AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE
(Written in April 2008)

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(Written in February 2006)

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(Written in January 2001
The first of five Chapters on the Australian Constitution.)

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