The national institutions in Canberra are right into the 60th anniversary of the Queen of Australia’s first tour downunder in 1954. The Museum of Australian Democracy has just opened “Happy and Glorious” complete with high teas and making a likeness of the Queen from Lego reputedly involving 2500 visitors (see below) while the National Museum of Australia showed a preview of new film about that tour and tried to raise funds to restore a Daimler used to transport the royals. WfaAR could think of more critical things for both to be spending money on including promotion of the Australian Republic, thus, as a matter of balance, we ask when their next serious exhibitions on this important subject will be?
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
