a cross-party parliamentary republic support group is launched in the national parliament in Canberra. Two of the three convenors are women: Senator Natasha Stott Despoja (Democrats SA) and Ms Nicola Roxon, ALP Member for Gellibrand in the lower house and shadow Attorney-General. They are joined by Senator Mitch Fifield (Liberal Vic).
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
