The Foreign Minister of Canada says that the country’s “foreign” sovereign (also the British monarch) should be replaced by a Canadian. His view is that the head of state should reflect Canadian diversity and be chosen by Canadians. If Canada is slow to act, he thinks that Britain might ditch the monarchy first. Reported by Clare Dyer and Jeevan Vasagar in the Guardian Weekly.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
