WfaAR couldn’t help hearing that the conclusion to the lengthy vote to introduce the same sex marriage legislation in the House of Representatives was a rousing rendition of “I am, you are, we are Aus-tra-lian” ringing from the both the public gallery and the floor of the lower house. That was satisfying. Who says symbols aren’t important?
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
