 Likewise the viceroy assumed authority to appoint high commissioners to Commonwealth countries.The line of communication between Sovereign and viceroy became the Australian High Commission in London, in place of the British High Commission in Canberra.When mention of the United Kingdom was removed from the Queen's titles in Australia in the same year, the government of the state of Queensland, concerned that this action was a first step towards declaring Australia to be a republic, sought to declare her "Queen of Australia, Queensland and her Other Realms and Territories", in order to ensure that the Monarchy would at least be entrenched in Queensland.