tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post2106630067205380934..comments2024-03-28T22:51:37.034+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond humbly suggests a good stoning might help out prattling Polonius and Miranda the Devine ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-81393822057022965122017-07-23T09:30:14.578+10:002017-07-23T09:30:14.578+10:00"many still here amongst us were born as Brit..."<i>many still here amongst us were born as British citizens, with the idea of Australian citizenship only finally established in a formal sense in January 1949</i>"<br /><br />Very, very many of us, DP, since:<br />"<i>Throughout the 1960s, Australian citizens were still required to declare their nationality as British. The term ‘Australian nationality’ had no official recognition or meaning until the Act was amended in 1969 and renamed the Citizenship Act. This followed a growing sense of Australian nationalism and the declining importance for Australians of the British Empire. In 1973 the Act was renamed the Australian Citizenship Act. <b>It was not until 1984 that Australian citizens ceased to be British subjects</b>.</i>"<br />http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs187.aspx<br /><br />It may be worth noting that the distinction between 'subject' and 'citizen' is that a subject is wholly the property of the monarch of the day and has no civil rights whereas a citizen has a distinct identity that does entail civil rights.<br /><br />But of course there's no need for dual citizenship for somebody to have dual loyalty; just inquire after Kim Philby for example.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.com