Eureka Flag and the Republic

In the Canberra suburb of Manuka, political journalist and artist, Christine Wallace, is staging an exhibition of screen prints of the Eureka flag. Chris says this flag is “burned into the memory of our nation” because “it was the only time in our history that blood has been spilt over politics”. She describes the Australian flag as “the wrong colours and a kind of colonial relic.” Insightfully she also says,”Australia’s very stuck and everybody really moved to the right under John Howard, including the current Labor Prime Minister, and we need to find some symbols through which we can make Australia come unstuck.” [Eureka! Unflagging Artist Puts the Boot In by Sarina Talip in The Canberra Times]