1887 Imperial Conference

What are the odds of the republican stirrings in Australia (over increased taxes to support the royal navy in the pacific) after the 1887 Imperial conference resulting in an independent republic Australia. Admittedly i read about this on Wikipedia so I don't no how true this is.
 
Australia's population was about 3 million at the time, or about 1 per square mile!

They would have lost large chunks of land to other empires and countries if they were not shielded by the Brits.
 

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What are the odds of the republican stirrings in Australia (over increased taxes to support the royal navy in the pacific) after the 1887 Imperial conference resulting in an independent republic Australia. Admittedly i read about this on Wikipedia so I don't no how true this is.

Realistically? Nil.
 
Australia's population was about 3 million at the time, or about 1 per square mile!

They would have lost large chunks of land to other empires and countries if they were not shielded by the Brits.

I'm pretty sure in 1887, Australians (apart from Aborigines) were for the most part, Brits.
 
Good last post. That last paragraph largely applies for NZ at the same time period as well.

Why rebel against an order where you get protection, yet also practical independence?
 
So I take it republican agitation in 1887 is another example of Wikipedia’s famed accuracy. So if 1887’s is an impossible time for an Australian republic when is, not necessarily one which controls the entire continent? While many point out the Eureka stockade I’m still not convinced it was large enough.
 
Realistically? Nil.
Ditto.
We still identified too closely with the motherland at that time. We still called ourselves British. Sure, we had the ANA (Australian Natives Association) and other union/political parties being formed but i doubt Republicanism was a heavily weighed opinion at that time.
 
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