Australian newspapers reported that letters of credential and recall for Canadian ambassadors would be addressed to and approved by the Governor General, Hong Kong-born Adrienne Clark, rather than to Queen Elizabeth II who is also Queen of Canada. One of main reasons for the change was considered to be Canada’s significant immigration from Asia since the 1980s.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
