Note 301 — Chapter XV · PERSONS.

It has been expressly recognised by the High Court of Australia, so far as regards the Commonwealth of Australia and the constituent states: Municipal Council of Sydney v. The Commonwealth, 1 Commonwealth L. R. at p. 231, per Griffith, C. J.: “It is manifest from the whole scope of the Constitution that just as the Commonwealth and State are regarded as distinct and separate sovereign bodies,...so the Crown as representing those several bodies is to be regarded not as one, but as several juristic persons.”