This time is it the Queen’s cousin and 35th in line to the throne, Prince Edward the Duke of Kent. Officially visiting for Anzac Day in his capacity as President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Duke also commemorated the National Arboretum that could have quite easily been done by an Australian. (In fact, it had already been officially opened by the ACT Chief Minister in 2013 for the Centenary of Canberra). This is the eighth British royal visit to Australia since 2011. We are being overrun to make sure “they from over there” are cemented into our psyche. We may not want them but they seem intent on hanging on to us.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
