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Ryan, Lyndall (1943 - )

Born
1943
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Educator and Feminist

Summary

Lyndall Ryan was a member of the first Sydney Women's Liberation Group in 1970. In 1974 she joined the Commonwealth Public Service as a policy analyst on women's health and child care. She became an academic in 1977 and has held positions in Australian Studies and Women's Studies at Griffith and Flinders Universities and was appointed to the position of Foundation Professor of Australian Studies and Head of School of Humanities at the University of Newcastle.

Details

Member first Sydney Women's Liberation Group, 1970; Founding collective member, 'Mejane' 1971, 'Refractory Girl', 1972; Founding collective member, Leichardt Women's Community Health Centre, 1973-4; Policy analyst, Priorities Review Staff, and Women's Affairs Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra, ACT, 1974-1976; Tutor in Australian history, Australian National University, Canberra, 1977; Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, Comparative Social History and Australian Studies, Griffith University, 1978-1986; Associate Professor and Professor, Women's Studies, Flinders University, 1986-1998; Foundation Professor of Australian Studies, University of Newcastle, 1998 -; Chair, Queensland Committee on Discrimination in Employment and Occupation, 1984-1986; Member, South Australian Committee, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, 1996-1998.

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Archival resources

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

  • Lyndall Ryan Oral history tapes, 2000, ORAL TRC 3992; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Ryan, Lyndall, The Aboriginal Tasmanians, First edn, University of Queensland Press, 1981. Details
  • Ryan, Lyndall, The Aboriginal Tasmanians, Second edn, Allen & Unwin, 1996. Details
  • Ryan, Lyndall, Ripper, Margie and Buttfield, Barbara, "We Women Decide" Women's Experience of Seeking Abortion in Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania, 1985-1992, Women's Studies Unit, Flinders University, South Australia, 1994. Details

Journals

  • Nile, Richard and Ryan, Lyndall (eds), 'Secret Women's Business Hindmarsh Island Affair', Journal of Australian Studies, no. 48, 1996. Details

Online Resources

See also

  • Lake, Marilyn, Getting Equal: The History of Australian Feminism, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 1999, 316 pp. Details

Elle Morrell

Created: 28 July 2000, Last modified: 23 March 2004

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