I’m well aware of the predecessor colonial governments pre-Federation. My point is that those were symbols and apparatus of British imposed rule, and it is rela

I’m well aware of the predecessor colonial governments pre-Federation. My point is that those were symbols and apparatus of British imposed rule, and it is relatively recent that the notion of an “Australian government”, as its own national sovereignty, came about. Specifically since the change in national identity had a direct impact on the government no longer being looked at as “the ruling class”.