The last time Australia held a referendum, John Howard was prime minister, GST had just become a thing, Savage Garden was high in the music charts and mobile phones looked like bricks.
The Australian Republican Movement was led by Malcolm Turnbull, who would later become prime minister.
There were various schools of thought as to how a head of state should be elected, which some analysts said led to the Yes vote's downfall. Former prime ministers Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke and Malcolm Fraser got behind it and argued that Australia's head of state should be Australian.READ MOREThose who campaigned for a republic didn't particularly want the Constitutional preamble, which was written by Howard, to get passed.
Many people who thought the model for a republic being proposed was unsatisfactory also voted No, as did those who argued that it wouldn't change anything significant.
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