After five public hearings of the Senate Inquiry into the Republic, 36 witnesses have appeared before the committee. Only six have been women. In addition to those listed in the entry for 13/14 April, Janet Holmes a Court and Clare Thompson were invited to address the committee in Perth on 18 May; Louise Houston (submission 522) appeared in Adelaide on 19 May while in Hobart on 20 May, there were no women witnesses.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
