Issued to mark the centenary of Australian federation, this 2001 series honored women who campaigned for inclusion in a constitution that initially gave them almost nothing. Catherine Helen Spence, Mary Nicholls, and Muriel Darby Anderson each worked within South Australian suffragist and social reform networks — Spence notably ran for the Federal Convention in 1897, the first woman to stand for political office in Australia, and lost.
The "Masterpieces in Silver" program produced multiple releases that year, each struck to proof standard at the RAM's Canberra facility using frosted relief against mirrored fields.
Issued to mark the centenary of Australian federation, this 2001 series honored women who campaigned for inclusion in a constitution that initially gave them almost nothing. Catherine Helen Spence, Mary Nicholls, and Muriel Darby Anderson each worked within South Australian suffragist and social reform networks — Spence notably ran for the Federal Convention in 1897, the first woman to stand for political office in Australia, and lost.
The "Masterpieces in Silver" program produced multiple releases that year, each struck to proof standard at the RAM's Canberra facility using frosted relief against mirrored fields.