A ReachTEL poll of 2100 people shows women currently supporting the Republic at 36 percent (men at 43 percent). This is the same percentage as the women’s vote before the1999 referendum. Overall support is 39.4 percent with highest support between people aged 35 to 65; 41.6 percent oppose and 19 percent didn’t know. Women thought Quentin Bryce was a better choice for Governor-General than Peter Cosgrove 47.4 percent to 52.6 percent while a much higher percentage of men favoured General Cosgrove at 61.9 percent. [‘Voters’ support for republic hits 20-year low’ by Bianca Hall, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 February 2014]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
