The theme for the Third National Republican Short Story Competition is “Citizen or Subject”. Entries close 6 November. Entry costs $11.99. Length 2000-4000 words with a first prize of $500. Details at http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com or email fiction@republic.org.au
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
