The ARM announces that two newly elected members of National Council are women: Prue Gusmerini and Kate Holloman, both of whom are young lawyers with experience in Indigenous communities. With only a small number of female State Branch convenors, that makes a total of around four women out of 18 Council members. The proportion of women on ARM National Council continues to fall. Later after a resignation, Lyn Petrie Convenor of SA ARM, was appointed as one of the Deputy Chairs in 2009.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
