History is filled with things that make no sense today. Those are lessons we should learn from, not the lessons that should be erased from the history books.
In accordance with our Constitution (S68), this man will soon become, through his representative, "The command(er) in chief of the naval and military forces" in Australia. Why? Because the colonial armies of the British monarchy invaded and took control of this land, massacring countless First Nations' Australians in the process. "To the victor belongs the spoils".