Australia is captured in stereotypes only Anne Summers dared name. Bereft of archetypes, we are blind to the potent women standing in our midst. Women, childless or not, with or without a partner, are fair game as they lead our nation or walk home at night. We barely know how we do it, but Australians have passed on this culture to our children since the 26 January 1788. Australia, goddamn.

