The Queen of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Australia starts a 15 day visit to her subjects downunder – her tenth since 1954. She will visit Sydney, Wagga Wagga, Bourke, Melbourne, Ballarat, Hobart, Launceston, Alice Springs, Perth and Canberra. She will not visit South Australia or Queensland where support for the monarchy is the highest. The visit will cost Australian taxpayers around $10m.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
