Details of YES campaign polling available two months before the vote is reported in The Australian. It showed that the country was divided on the republic issue on the basis of income and education. Not until income levels reached $50 000 pa did the republic attract a majority vote, and even then only 50 percent (women are less represented at this income level which covers the top 10 percent of income earners). Those with tertiary education and those taking an interest in current affairs were more likely to vote in favour of the republic.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
