Although submitted in time, the WEL/WIP proposal for selecting the Head of State was not among those put to the vote by paid-up delegates to the Corowa conference (about half the delegates were able to vote). No explanation for this was forthcoming. The five final resolutions to be considered at Corowa were all proposed by men, mostly academic constitutional lawyers, the exception being former television journalist and business identity, Bill Peach.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
