One of the most awful moments of the tour occurs when we get footage of our Governor-General, the Queen of Australia’s representative, making an awkward job of a bob curtsy to the Queen of Australia, our head of state, in her (the G-G’s) own house. It really looked horrible and made WfaAR cringe. Interesting how the real relationship is more striking with a female Governor-General. At least most of our political leaders only made a slight bow, to their credit. Why are Australian leaders bowing and curtsying in the 21st century in a country immersed in new world equality of all?
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
