A national competition will be held to find a new design (the fifth; the last one dates to 1970) for the 45th anniversary of independence from the UK on 10 October this year. Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said, “The Union flag belongs to the British, not us. Britain is a country with whom we are friends and will continue to be so, but they (symbols on flag) are not symbols that are relevant to any Fijian in the 21st century and they should go.” [Reported on SBS News online 3/5 February 2015]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
