The Australian Republican Movement launches six versions of a preamble to a republican constitution by Australian authors – three are by women: Delia Falconer, Dorothy Porter and Leah Purcell. Not one of the six affirms and states “the equality of women and men” which WfaAR believes is a serious omission although each of texts is commendable either for its poetry and imagination or for the beauty of its expression and evocation. (Other preambles were created by novelists: James Bradley, Peter Carey and Richard Flanagan).
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
