Women for An Australian Republic held a bell-ringing ceremony at its headquarters in Canberra for the Centenary of Federation. The event commemorated both the centenary and the failed 1999 referendum on the republic. National Convenor, Sarah Brasch, made a short speech and expressed a fervent hope that Australia will be a republic well before the end of the 21st century. The bells used were Celestial 5 windchimes made by the Bellingen Woodcraft Company (NSW) in 1992 ie around the time that the current republican campaign began to gather momentum.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
