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Peers of the Realm have been associated with Australia since early in its history as a British settlement. Many peers served as governors of the Australian colonies (states following Federation), and in the days when the practice of appointing British governors-general was current, the great majority were peers. Not all recommendations for peerages have been accepted. Malcolm Fraser's recommendation of a peerage for Sir John Kerr was not supported by the British prime minister, James Callaghan.

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  • Peers of the Realm have been associated with Australia since early in its history as a British settlement. Many peers served as governors of the Australian colonies (states following Federation), and in the days when the practice of appointing British governors-general was current, the great majority were peers. Australians themselves were previously eligible to receive British Imperial Honours. Such honours, in appropriate cases, included peerages and baronetcies. In other cases, already-extant peerages and baronetcies devolved upon persons who emigrated to Australia, or whose ancestors had emigrated to Australia. Peerage titles bestowed included some distinctly Australian titles, such as Viscount Bruce of Melbourne. Imperial Honours were recommended to the sovereign by the Prime Minister of Australia, an Australian state premier, or sometimes by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Some Australians have been awarded peerages in recognition of services rendered in the United Kingdom, rather than Australia. The practice of awarding British Imperial Honours for services rendered in Australia generally came to a halt when Malcolm Fraser, the last Australian prime minister to make nominations for Imperial Honours, lost the 1983 election to Bob Hawke, who discontinued the practice in favour of nominations solely for the Australian Honours System. (There had previously been a brief hiatus in the recommendation of Imperial Honours under Gough Whitlam, 1972–75.) Despite the discontinuance of nominations on a federal level, individual states such as Queensland and Tasmania continued to recommend Imperial Honours until 1989. Australians based in the United Kingdom and other realms which continue to make nominations for Imperial Honours (such as Papua New Guinea) continue to be eligible for nomination to Imperial Honours, including peerages, and already-extant peerages and baronetcies continue to be inherited according to the instrument of their creation. Not all recommendations for peerages have been accepted. Malcolm Fraser's recommendation of a peerage for Sir John Kerr was not supported by the British prime minister, James Callaghan. (en)
  • I Pari e baronetti australiani sono la nobiltà ereditaria associata all'Australia sin dalla fondazione della colonia britannica. Molti pari prestarono servizio come governatori della colonia australiana (stati e federazione). Le onorificenze vengono concesse agli australiani per nascita i cui antenati fossero australiani o emigrati in Australia e spesso tali titoli fanno riferimento a località australiane come nel caso del visconte Bruce di Melbourne. Tali onorificenze vengono concesse dal sovrano del Commonwealth che è anche il sovrano del Regno Unito e pertanto tali onorificenze vengono proposte dal primo ministro australiano o del primo ministro del Regno Unito. Molti australiani hanno ricevuto pertanto delle parìe per servizi prestati al Regno Unito piuttosto che all'Australia. La pratica di concedere onorificenze imperiali britanniche per servizi resi all'Australia si fermò quando Malcolm Fraser, l'ultimo primo ministro australiano a proporre nominativi per onorificenze imperiali, perse nel 1983 le elezioni contro Bob Hawke, il quale cercò di limitare le nomine unicamente alle onorificenze australiane. (I primi tentativi in questo senso erano già stati iniziati da Gough Whitlam, 1972-75.) Malgrado questa discontinuità di nomine a livello federale, gli stati individuali del Queensland e della Tasmania continuarono a proporre persone per le onorificenze imperiali sino al 1989. (it)
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  • Peers of the Realm have been associated with Australia since early in its history as a British settlement. Many peers served as governors of the Australian colonies (states following Federation), and in the days when the practice of appointing British governors-general was current, the great majority were peers. Not all recommendations for peerages have been accepted. Malcolm Fraser's recommendation of a peerage for Sir John Kerr was not supported by the British prime minister, James Callaghan. (en)
  • I Pari e baronetti australiani sono la nobiltà ereditaria associata all'Australia sin dalla fondazione della colonia britannica. Molti pari prestarono servizio come governatori della colonia australiana (stati e federazione). (it)
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  • Australian peers and baronets (en)
  • Pari e baronetti dell'Australia (it)
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