I AM A NEW WOMAN Exhibition

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visitors are advised that the following contains the names and images of people who have died.

I AM A NEW WOMAN a series of screen prints by Parliament House artist-in-residence Alison Alder, celebrating 12 women who campaigned for a more inclusive democracy. Part of a movement of thousands of women and men who mobilised across Australia over decades for the cause of political citizenship.

Images: Alison Alder (born 1958), Catherine Helen Spence, SA, 2024, Parliament House Art Collections, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra, ACT. Historic image source: Catherine Helen Spence c. 1900, State Library of South Australia (B36575, https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+36575); Alison Alder (born 1958), C E Clark, WA, 2024, Parliament House Art Collections, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra, ACT. Historic image source: Christine Clark, The Australian Woman’s Sphere, Vol II, no 34, 10 June 1903, State Library of NSW (Z/Q396.05/A, 74VM8D8GGEK3); Alison Alder (born 1958), Henrietta Dugdale, ViIC, 2024, Parliament House Art Collections, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra, ACT. Historic image source: Woman’s Voice, May 1895, p. 233, State Library of New South Wales (ISSN: 1834-5301, https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvwO5aezyM); Alison Alder (born 1958), Emma Miller, QLD, 2024, Parliament House Art Collections, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra, ACT. Historic image source: Portrait of Emma Miller, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland (99183513414702061, https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99183513414702061&context=L&vid=61SLQ_INST:SLQ&lang=en); Alison Alder (born 1958), Jessie Rooke, TAS, 2024, Parliament House Art Collections, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra, ACT. Historic image source: Jessie Rooke, The Tasmanian Mail, 29 September 1900, p. 19, State Library of Tasmania (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/TASMAIL/1546173-9-5-19); Alison Alder (born 1958), Rose Scott, NSW, 2024, Parliament House Art Collections, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra, ACT. Historic image source: May Moore, Rose Scott, 1913, National Portrait Gallery, gelatin silver photograph on paper 19.8 x 11.8 cm (image), 20.9 x 12.7 cm (sheet) (https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/rose-scott-1847); Alison Alder (born 1958), Louisa Lawson, NSW, 2024, Parliament House Art Collections, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra, ACT. Historic image source: Mrs Louisa Lawson, 1880s, photographer unknown, State Library of New South Wales (FL3303630, https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQ8N52n); Alison Alder (born 1958), Vida Goldstein, VIC, 2024, Parliament House Art Collections, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra, ACT. Historic image source: Vida Goldstein, 1900, The Australian Woman’s Sphere volume III, no 38, 10 October 1903, State Library of New South Wales (Z/Q396.05/A); Alison Alder (born 1958), Laura Harris, SA/NT, 2024, Parliament House Art Collections, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra, ACT. Historic image source: Laura Harris (Spender), South Australian Museum, (AA1/5/58, https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/collection/archives /provenances/series/ items/aa-1-5-58); Alison Alder (born 1958), Pearl Gibbs, AUS, 2024, Parliament House Art Collections, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra, ACT. Historic image source: Mrs Gibbs, Aborigines Welfare Board, Government Printing Office 2 – 06644, State Library of New South Wales (229490, https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoxDLL1); Alison Alder (born 1958), Faith Bandler, AUS, 2024, Parliament House Art Collections, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra, ACT. Historic image source: Lobbyists from the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, National Archives of Australia, (A1200, L62232, 11198523, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=11198523); Alison Alder (born 1958), Pat Eatock, ACT, 2024, Parliament House Art Collections, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra, ACT. Historic image source: From the film Ningla A-Na directed by Alessandro Cavadini courtesy of Smart Street Films Pty Ltd.

Event Info

When: Friday 28 February to Monday 10 March 2025

Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm Daily

Where: Australian Parliament House, Level 1

Tickets: This is a free exhibition.

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Illuminations at Australian Parliament House

Visit the I AM A NEW WOMAN projection at the Australian Parliament House during Enlighten and celebrate 12 inspirational women who campaigned for a more inclusive democracy.