Janet Holmes a Court, businesswoman and prominent campaigner in favour of the republic said in Perth that the change required to shift to a direct election model was huge and would be difficult to achieve. She also said that the nation had foregone a great opportunity at the referendum, adding that she was very disappointed with the result.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
