Murrawarri Republic

The Peoples Council of the Murrawarri gave the Queen of England [sic] (Elizabeth II), the Prime Minister of Australia (Julia Gillard), as well as the Premiers of Queensland (Campbell Newman) and New South Wales (Barry O'Farrell) 21 days to respond to the declaration.

[1] The specific requests made to Queen Elizabeth II were: The deadline expired on 8 May 2013, with the Crown failing to give a response.

The Council interpreted their failure to produce the requested documents to be affirmation by the Crown of "the Murrawarri Republic to be a continued Free and Independent State, in line with International law and covenants".

The study also concluded that "the proclamation of the Republic of Murrawarri is currently exerting a significant influence over similar contexts in Australia", thus reinforcing the debate on Aboriginal sovereignty.

[9] The First Peoples Worldwide website quotes the population of the Murrawarri republic as being approximately 4,000,[10] but this value is inconsistent with census figures.

[Note 2] The dominant vegetation and climate, based on the Köppen classification, is described as hot, persistently dry grassland.