Professor Hilary Charlesworth from the ANU was guest speaker at a WfaAR and the ARM Women’s Network breakfast in Canberra. Hilary talked about her experiences in conducting community consultations on the ACT Bill of Rights and what lessons she would pass on to republicans trying to achieve greater community interest and involvement in their propositions Here is the text of her speech.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
