Australia’s national identity isn’t “a white Anglo man in a hat”. So says art historian and comedian, Hannah Gadsby, in her new TV series. She says to find it, we must examine the history and diversity of Australian art. [‘Hannah Gadsby’s Oz’, Artscape, three-part series on ABC1, Tuesdays 10pm until 25 March]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
