Pam Casellas writing in The West Australian reports that the Governor-elect is urging Western Australians to engage in constructive debate about Australia becoming a republic. His pre-decessor had similar views. This is encouraging news from the West: WA voted strongly against the Republic in the 1999 referendum.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
