Australia's prime minister Anthony Albanese -- an avowed republican -- on Friday paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II's "timeless decency" and said her death marked the "end of an era." Australia was a British colony for more than 100 years. The country gained de facto independence in 1901, but has never become a fully fledged republic.
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