![Australia tried its own government shutdown in 1975. The queen was not amused and it never happened again. | The Seattle Times Australia tried its own government shutdown in 1975. The queen was not amused and it never happened again. | The Seattle Times](https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/australia-5ee0be1a-9cbb-11e8-b60b-1c897f17e185-1560x1200.jpg)
Australia tried its own government shutdown in 1975. The queen was not amused and it never happened again. | The Seattle Times
![All the bizarre powers you didn't know the Queen has - from owning every dolphin in Britain to celebrating two birthdays | The Independent All the bizarre powers you didn't know the Queen has - from owning every dolphin in Britain to celebrating two birthdays | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/indy100/WyVtNqNBZb/25426-1ps3g9i.jpg?width=1200)
All the bizarre powers you didn't know the Queen has - from owning every dolphin in Britain to celebrating two birthdays | The Independent
![Secret Letters Show Queen Elizabeth II Wasn't Warned Of Australia Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Firing In 1975 Secret Letters Show Queen Elizabeth II Wasn't Warned Of Australia Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Firing In 1975](https://c.ndtvimg.com/2018-12/cv86paug_queen-elizabeth-ii_625x300_25_December_18.jpg)
Secret Letters Show Queen Elizabeth II Wasn't Warned Of Australia Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Firing In 1975
![Australia had a government shutdown once. In the end, the queen fired everyone in Parliament. - The Washington Post Australia had a government shutdown once. In the end, the queen fired everyone in Parliament. - The Washington Post](https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/KBWZL3Q4XQ3CPP3BL67VKIT2YI.jpg)
Australia had a government shutdown once. In the end, the queen fired everyone in Parliament. - The Washington Post
![Australia tried its own government shutdown in 1975. The queen was not amused and it never happened again. | The Seattle Times Australia tried its own government shutdown in 1975. The queen was not amused and it never happened again. | The Seattle Times](https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Prince-Phillip-Queen-Aug-2-TZR-780x501.jpg)
Australia tried its own government shutdown in 1975. The queen was not amused and it never happened again. | The Seattle Times
![Queen was not warned of infamous removal of Australian PM in 1975, letters reveal | The Independent | The Independent Queen was not warned of infamous removal of Australian PM in 1975, letters reveal | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2020/07/14/08/shutterstock-editorial-918888ar.jpg?width=1200)
Queen was not warned of infamous removal of Australian PM in 1975, letters reveal | The Independent | The Independent
![Australia tried its own government 'shutdown' in 1975. The queen's man in Sydney was not amused, and it never happened again. - The Washington Post Australia tried its own government 'shutdown' in 1975. The queen's man in Sydney was not amused, and it never happened again. - The Washington Post](https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/EI5ACYAMPUI6TDYMN6DYUJRIRI.jpg)
Australia tried its own government 'shutdown' in 1975. The queen's man in Sydney was not amused, and it never happened again. - The Washington Post
![Did a Government Shutdown in Australia Result in All Members of Parliament Getting Fired? | Snopes.com Did a Government Shutdown in Australia Result in All Members of Parliament Getting Fired? | Snopes.com](https://www.snopes.com/uploads/2018/02/australia_feature-865x452.jpg)
Did a Government Shutdown in Australia Result in All Members of Parliament Getting Fired? | Snopes.com
![Australia had a government shutdown once. In the end, the queen fired everyone in Parliament. - The Washington Post Australia had a government shutdown once. In the end, the queen fired everyone in Parliament. - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/2CjPNwqvXHPS_2RpuRTKY-p3eVo=/1484x0/www.washingtonpost.com/pb/resources/img/twp-social-share.png)