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List of Occupations

Aboriginal activist: Archer, Caroline Lillian (1922 - 1978), Aboriginal activist; Bindi, Daisy (c. 1904 - 1962), Aboriginal activist; Clare, Monica (1924 - 1973), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal activist and Aboriginal leader; Coe, Isabel Edie (1951 - 2012), Aboriginal activist; Cullen, Ngingali (1942 - 2012), Aboriginal activist, Community development worker, Health worker and Nurse; Eatock, Pat (1937 - ), Aboriginal activist, Women's rights activist, Public servant, Film maker and Academic; Jackomos, Merle Robertha (1929 - ), Author, Community worker and Aboriginal activist; Maris, Hyllus Noel (1934 - 1986), Aboriginal activist, community worker, educator and scriptwriter; Miller, Sandy, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker and Aboriginal activist; O'Shane, Patricia (1941 - ), Barrister, Public servant, Teacher, Management consultant, Magistrate, Café owner, University Chancellor and Aboriginal activist; Peris, Nova (1971 - ), Aboriginal activist, Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Hockey Player, Olympian and Track and Field Athlete; Quagliotti, Winnie (1932 - 1988), Aboriginal activist, Community worker and Aboriginal spokesperson; Turner, Patricia Ann (1952 - ), Aboriginal activist, Feminist and Public servant; Watson, Maureen (1930 - ), Aboriginal Storyteller, Actor, Singer and Aboriginal activist; Williams, Loris Elaine (1949 - 2005), Aboriginal activist and Archivist

Aboriginal administrator: Ah Kee, Margaret, Aboriginal Administrator and Aboriginal welfare worker; Burney, Linda Jean (c. 1957 - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Educator; Clare, Monica (1924 - 1973), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal activist and Aboriginal leader; Colless, Daphne Rosina (1928 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Public servant and Aboriginal community worker; Corbett, Helen (1953 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal rights activist and Educator; House, Matilda (1945 - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Aboriginal Artist; Mayers, Naomi Ruth (1941 - ), Aboriginal health worker, Aboriginal welfare worker and Aboriginal Administrator; McPherson, Shirley (1948 - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Accountant; Mundine, Kaye (1947 - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Public servant; Oscar, June (1962 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Health worker, Welfare worker and Film maker; Procter, Isabelle (1944 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Educator and Researcher; Pryor, Jenny (1958? - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Child Welfare Worker; Rankine, Dorothy Leila (1932 - 1993), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal community worker, Educator and Musician; Sculthorpe-Randriamahefa, Kerry (1947 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Public servant and Researcher; Stainton, Irene, Aboriginal Administrator, Child Welfare Worker and Cultural Advisor; Sykes, Roberta (Bobbi) (1944 - 2010), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal health worker, Journalist, Academic and Writer; Tippett, Veronica (1944 - 1990), Aboriginal Administrator and Public servant; Torres, Patricia (1956 - ), Aboriginal Artist, Community worker, Health worker, Educator and Aboriginal Administrator; Tripcony, Penny (1942 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Community worker, Educator and Research Officer; Ware, Kathy (1949 - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Public servant

Aboriginal artist: Bates, Fiona, Aboriginal Artist, Tour operator and Welfare worker; House, Matilda (1945 - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Aboriginal Artist; Marika, Marmburra Wananumba Banduk (1954 - ), Aboriginal Artist, Film maker and Community worker; Morgan, Sally (1951 - ), Aboriginal Artist and Aboriginal Writer; Mundja (c. 1930 - ), Traditional Aboriginal Custodian, Aboriginal Artist and Justice of the Peace; Napangati, Pansy (c. 1948 - ), Aboriginal Artist; Riley, Muriel, Aboriginal Artist; Shearer, Heather, Aboriginal Artist and Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker; Thancoupie (1937 - ), Aboriginal Artist and Teacher; Torres, Patricia (1956 - ), Aboriginal Artist, Community worker, Health worker, Educator and Aboriginal Administrator; Ungunmerr-Baumann, Miriam-Rose (1950 - ), Aboriginal Artist and Educator; Walker, Della (1932 - ), Aboriginal Artist, Aboriginal community worker and Aboriginal health worker

Aboriginal child welfare worker: Clarke, Michelle, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker; Coller, Doreen, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker; Cummings, Barbara, Aboriginal welfare worker, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker and Writer; Dyer, Mollie (1927 - 1998), Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker and Aboriginal community worker; Fisher, Kathy, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker, Actor and Photographer; Graham, Mary, Aboriginal child welfare worker; King, Christine, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker; Miller, Sandy, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker and Aboriginal activist; Munns, Caroline, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker; Munro, Jenny, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker; Oakley, Jackie, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker; Pearce, Betty, Aboriginal child welfare worker, community worker and Aboriginal rights activist; Shearer, Heather, Aboriginal Artist and Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker; Thorpe, Marjorie, Aboriginal child welfare worker and Aboriginal community worker; Tommy, Julie, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker

Aboriginal community worker: Cochrane Smith, Fanny (1834 - 1905), Aboriginal Linguist and Aboriginal community worker; Colless, Daphne Rosina (1928 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Public servant and Aboriginal community worker; Cooney, Vicki, Aboriginal community worker and Childcare worker; Dyer, Mollie (1927 - 1998), Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker and Aboriginal community worker; Hunter, Dora, Aboriginal community worker and Childcare worker; Malamoo, Shireen, Aboriginal community worker; Nona, Dosina, Aboriginal community worker; Rankine, Dorothy Leila (1932 - 1993), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal community worker, Educator and Musician; Roughsey, Elsie (Labumore) (1923 - ), Aboriginal community worker, Aboriginal health worker, Educator and Writer; Shillingsworth, Jessie (c. 1893 - 1981), Aboriginal community worker; Simon, Ella (1902 - 1981), Aboriginal community worker; Thorpe, Marjorie, Aboriginal child welfare worker and Aboriginal community worker; Walker, Della (1932 - ), Aboriginal Artist, Aboriginal community worker and Aboriginal health worker; West, Ida (1919 - 2003), Aboriginal community worker and author

Aboriginal health worker: Brown, Olive (1945 - 1993), Aboriginal health worker; Bryant, Val, Aboriginal Health Worker; Davis-Hurst, Pat, Aboriginal leader, Justice of the Peace and Aboriginal health worker; Mayers, Naomi Ruth (1941 - ), Aboriginal health worker, Aboriginal welfare worker and Aboriginal Administrator; Pepper-Connolly, Louise (c. 1841 - 1934), Aboriginal health worker and Childcare worker; Roughsey, Elsie (Labumore) (1923 - ), Aboriginal community worker, Aboriginal health worker, Educator and Writer; Smallwood, Gracelyn (1951 - ), Aboriginal health worker, midwife and nurse; Sykes, Roberta (Bobbi) (1944 - 2010), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal health worker, Journalist, Academic and Writer; Thomas, Jenny, Aboriginal health worker and Child Welfare Worker; Walker, Della (1932 - ), Aboriginal Artist, Aboriginal community worker and Aboriginal health worker; Winch, Marie Joan (1935 - ), Aboriginal Health Worker, Midwife and Nurse

Aboriginal heritage consultant: Bancroft, Robyne, Aboriginal Heritage Consultant; Carmichael, Beryl (1935 - ), Aboriginal Heritage Consultant and Aboriginal Storyteller

Aboriginal leader: Clare, Monica (1924 - 1973), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal activist and Aboriginal leader; Davis-Hurst, Pat, Aboriginal leader, Justice of the Peace and Aboriginal health worker; Gibbs, Pearl Mary (1901 - 1983), Aboriginal leader, Political activist and Social activist; Tarenorerer (Walyer) (c. 1800 - 1831), Aboriginal leader; Truganini (1812 - 1876), Aboriginal spokesperson and Aboriginal leader

Aboriginal linguist: Bell, Jeanie (1949 - ), Aboriginal Linguist, Educator and Academic; Brennan, Gloria Faye (1948 - 1985), Aboriginal Linguist, Anthropologist, Pianist and Public servant; Cochrane Smith, Fanny (1834 - 1905), Aboriginal Linguist and Aboriginal community worker; Mack, Maggy Pinkie (1858 - 1954), Aboriginal Linguist and Aboriginal Storyteller; Moysey, Annie (c. 1870 - c. 1970), Aboriginal Linguist and Aboriginal Tradional Dancer; O'Keefe, Cherry (Tjapun) (c. 1895 - 1977), Aboriginal Linguist; Oldfield, Alice Warrika (c. 1885 - 1978), Aboriginal Linguist, Aboriginal Tradional Dancer and Traditional Aboriginal Custodian; Stewart, Eleanor Jessie (c. 1887 - 1977), Aboriginal Storyteller and Aboriginal Linguist; Toby, Ida (1899 - 1976), Aboriginal Linguist

Aboriginal mission or reserve: Coranderrk Station (1860 - 1950); Cummeragunja Reserve (1883 - ); Ebenezer Mission Station (1859 - 1904); Lake Tyers Mission (1861 - 2001); Ramahyuck Mission (1862 - 1908)

Aboriginal missionary: Noble, Angelina (1890? - 1964), Aboriginal Missionary

Aboriginal rights activist: Bennett, Mary Montgomerie (Montgomery) (1881 - 1961), Teacher, Writer and Aboriginal rights activist; Bromham, Ada (1880 - 1965), Aboriginal rights activist, Feminist, Political candidate and Temperance advocate; Buchanan, Cheryl (1955 - ), Aboriginal rights activist, Aboriginal Writer and Publisher; Buchanan, Pamela Ann (1937 - 1992), Aboriginal rights activist, Community advocate, Educationalist and Parliamentarian; Corbett, Helen (1953 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal rights activist and Educator; Flick, Isabel Ann (1928 - 2000), Aboriginal rights activist, Community worker and Educator; Hoffman, Elizabeth, Aboriginal rights activist and Public servant; Pearce, Betty, Aboriginal child welfare worker, community worker and Aboriginal rights activist; Smith, Celia (1911 - 1980), Aboriginal rights activist and community worker

Aboriginal spokesperson: Briggs, Louisa (1836 - 1925), Aboriginal spokesperson, Matron, Midwife and Nurse; Brodie, Veronica (1946 - ), Aboriginal spokesperson; Quagliotti, Winnie (1932 - 1988), Aboriginal activist, Community worker and Aboriginal spokesperson; Truganini (1812 - 1876), Aboriginal spokesperson and Aboriginal leader

Aboriginal storyteller: Carmichael, Beryl (1935 - ), Aboriginal Heritage Consultant and Aboriginal Storyteller; Mack, Maggy Pinkie (1858 - 1954), Aboriginal Linguist and Aboriginal Storyteller; Schrieber, Lorna (1926 - 1993), Traditional Aboriginal Custodian, Welfare worker and Aboriginal Storyteller; Stewart, Eleanor Jessie (c. 1887 - 1977), Aboriginal Storyteller and Aboriginal Linguist; Trew, Judy Thandripilinha (c. 1865 - c. 1945), Aboriginal Storyteller; Watson, Maureen (1930 - ), Aboriginal Storyteller, Actor, Singer and Aboriginal activist

Aboriginal teacher: Beeton, Lucy (1829 - 1886), Aboriginal teacher; Cameron, Bessy (c. 1851 - 1895), Aboriginal teacher

Aboriginal tradional dancer: Moysey, Annie (c. 1870 - c. 1970), Aboriginal Linguist and Aboriginal Tradional Dancer; Oldfield, Alice Warrika (c. 1885 - 1978), Aboriginal Linguist, Aboriginal Tradional Dancer and Traditional Aboriginal Custodian

Aboriginal welfare worker: Ah Kee, Margaret, Aboriginal Administrator and Aboriginal welfare worker; Cummings, Barbara, Aboriginal welfare worker, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker and Writer; Mayers, Naomi Ruth (1941 - ), Aboriginal health worker, Aboriginal welfare worker and Aboriginal Administrator; Passmore-Edwards, Mary-Ellen, Aboriginal welfare worker; Stanton, Mimbingal Violet (Vai) McGinness (1929 - 1995), Aboriginal welfare worker; Tongerie, Maude (1927 - ), Aboriginal Welfare Worker

Aboriginal writer: Buchanan, Cheryl (1955 - ), Aboriginal rights activist, Aboriginal Writer and Publisher; Miller, Olga Eunice (1920 - 2003), Aboriginal writer, Community worker, Environmentalist, Illustrator and Storyteller; Morgan, Sally (1951 - ), Aboriginal Artist and Aboriginal Writer

Academic: Allport, Carolyn, Academic, Political candidate and Trade unionist; Atkins, Ruth Ethel, Academic; Babacan, Hurriyet (1961 - ), Academic, Migrant community Advocate, Public servant and Policy adviser; Bage, Anna Frederika (1883 - 1970), Academic, Biologist and Sports Administrator; Beal, Diana (1945 - ), Academic; Bell, Jeanie (1949 - ), Aboriginal Linguist, Educator and Academic; Bin-Sallik, Mary Ann, Social worker, Academic, Justice of the Peace and Nurse; Blair, Nerida (1957 - ), Policy adviser, Academic and Public servant; Brewer, Ilma Mary (1915 - 2006), Academic, Botanist and Educator; Browne, Ida Alison (1900 - 1976), Academic, Geologist and Palaeontologist; Burton, Clare (1942 - 1998), Researcher, Public servant, Academic, Consultant and Writer; Campbell, Persia Gwendolen Crawford (1898 - 1974), Academic and Economist; Corbett, Joan Lorna (1952 - ), Academic, Public servant, Teacher and Trade union official; Derham, Dorothy Lush, Poet and Academic; Derham, Enid (1882 - 1941), Academic and Poet; Dow, Gwyneth Maude, Academic; Eatock, Pat (1937 - ), Aboriginal activist, Women's rights activist, Public servant, Film maker and Academic; Ester, Helen, Academic, Journalism trainer, Journalist, Print Journalist and Television journalist; Fidler, Isabel Margaret (1869 - 1952), Academic and Women's rights activist; Green, Dorothy (1915 - 1991), Academic, Commonwealth or Empire Games gold medalist, Literary critic, Poet, Political activist and Swimmer; Greer, Germaine (1939 - ), Academic, Feminist and Writer; Grimshaw, Patricia (1938 - ), Academic, Feminist and Historian; Harwood, Marian Fleming (1846 - 1934), Academic, Peace activist, Philanthropist and Teacher; Henningham, Nicola (1960 - ), Academic and Historian; Hunter, Thelma (1923 - ), Academic and Women's Liberationist; Jennings, Vera, Academic and Lecturer; Jordan, Deirdre Frances (1926 - ), Academic and Educator; Kalantzis, Mary (1949 - ), Director and Academic; Kiddle, Margaret Loch (1914 - 1958), Academic and Historian; Kiek, Winifred (1884 - 1975), Academic and Minister; Kramer, Leonie Judith (1924 - ), Academic, Educator and Professor; Landorf, Christine (Chris) (1961 - ), Academic and Architect; Langton, Marcia Lynne (1951 - ), Academic and Activist; Manion, Margaret Mary (1935 - ), Lecturer and Academic; Marcus, Julie (1944 - ), Anthropologist and Academic; Marks, Gladys Hope (1883 - 1970), Academic, Teacher and Women's rights activist; Marlay, Elaine (1915 - 1977), Academic and Dentist; McArthur, Annie Margaret (1919 - 2002), Academic and Anthropologist; McCall, Andrea Lea (1952 - ), Academic and Parliamentarian; McLennan, Ethel Irene (1891 - 1983), Academic, Botanist and Educator; Mills, Carol Moya (1942 - ), Academic, Librarian and Historian; Moffatt, Marjorie (Ann) (1941 - ), Academic; Moyle, Alice Marshall (1908 - 2005), Academic and Ethnomusicologist; Ogilvie, Florinda Katherine (1902 - 1983), Academic and Social worker; Pegrum, Annabelle Nicole (1952 - ), Public servant, Architect and Academic; Phillips, Christine (1963 - ), Academic and Doctor; Reynolds, Margaret (1941 - ), Parliamentarian and Academic; Robinson-Valéry, Judith (1933 - ), Academic; Sawer, Marian, Academic and Political Scientist; Sperling, Karla Michelle, Lawyer and Academic; Sweet, Georgina (1875 - 1946), Academic, Philanthropist, Zoologist and Women's rights activist; Sykes, Roberta (Bobbi) (1944 - 2010), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal health worker, Journalist, Academic and Writer; Taylor, Dorothy Rhodes (1882 - c. 1971), Academic and Geographer; Thornton, Merle (1930 - ), Academic, Feminist and Author; Tory, Ethel Elizabeth (1912 - 2003), Academic and Teacher; Vick, Lesley Helen (1945 - ), Academic, Editor, Researcher and Writer; Walker, Alice Ruth (1917 - 1986), Academic and philosopher; Willis, Sabine Hedwig (1938 - ), Historian and Academic; Young, Elspeth (1940 - 2002), Academic and Geographer

Academic organisation: Association of Women Employees of the University of Sydney (1980 - ?); Australian National University Women's History Group (1982 - 1987); Women's Studies Conference Committee (1984 - 1985)

Accompanist: McHenry, Zoe Rosalind (1901 - 1971), Accompanist, Composer, Musician and Teacher

Accountant: Hood, Elizabeth Anne (1943 - ), Accountant; Marland, Valerie Hope (1922 - ), Accountant; McPherson, Shirley (1948 - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Accountant; Ranke, Aine, Accountant and Lecturer; Sanderson, Rachel, Accountant, Business woman and Parliamentarian; Vinnicombe, Sue, Accountant; Walker, Judith Mary (1938 - 2001), Accountant, Parliamentarian and Union secretary

Acquatic performer: Kellermann, Annette Marie Sarah (1886 - 1975), Acquatic performer, Actor, Author, Diver and Swimmer

Activist: Abraham, Vivienne (1920 - ), Peace activist and Editor; Ahern, Elizabeth (1877 - 1969), Political activist; Allan, Stella (1871 - 1962), Community advocate, Journalist, Print Journalist and Women's rights activist; Anderson, Maybanke Susannah (1845 - 1927), Activist, Feminist and Journalist; Archer, Caroline Lillian (1922 - 1978), Aboriginal activist; Arena, Franca, Parliamentarian and Women's rights activist; Aston, Matilda Ann (1873 - 1947), Disability Activist, Teacher and Writer; Australian Women's National League (1904 - 1944?); Bacon, Eva (1909 - 1994), Peace activist; Baines, Sarah Jane (Jennie) (1866 - 1951), Feminist and Political activist; Barry, Mary Kathleen (1925 - ), Political candidate, Public speaker and Activist; Beaurepaire, Beryl Edith (1923 - ), Feminist, Women's rights activist, Community worker and Patron; Beaver, Aileen Winifred (1926 - ), Metalworker, Political candidate, Trade unionist and Activist; Bennett, Mary Montgomerie (Montgomery) (1881 - 1961), Teacher, Writer and Aboriginal rights activist; Bethune, Dulcie Evelyn, Women's rights activist; Bindi, Daisy (c. 1904 - 1962), Aboriginal activist; Blackburn, Doris Amelia (1889 - 1970), Politician and Peace activist; Blake, Audrey, Political activist; Booker, Lorelei Emmeline (1906 - 1994), Women's rights activist; Booth, Sarah (1844 - 1928), Community worker and Women's rights activist; Boundy, Olive (c. 1934 - ), Nurse, Teacher and Activist; Bowen, Sally (1918 - 1999), Women's rights activist and Peace activist; Brentnall, Elizabeth (1830 - 1909), Political Activist; Bromham, Ada (1880 - 1965), Aboriginal rights activist, Feminist, Political candidate and Temperance advocate; Brown, Amanda (1956 - ), Photo journalist, Political activist, Printmaker and Social activist; Brown, Freda Yetta (1919 - 2009), Activist, Journalist and Political candidate; Bryan, Edith (1872 - 1963), Disability activist and Teacher; Buchanan, Cheryl (1955 - ), Aboriginal rights activist, Aboriginal Writer and Publisher; Buchanan, Pamela Ann (1937 - 1992), Aboriginal rights activist, Community advocate, Educationalist and Parliamentarian; Buckland-Fuller, Dorothy (1922 - ), Feminist, Human rights advocate, Migrant community Advocate, Peace activist and Sociologist; Burrows, Maggie, Political activist and Women's rights activist; Byles, Marie Beuzeville (1900 - 1979), Author, Conservationist, Feminist, Journalist, Lawyer, Mountaineer, Pacifist, Photographer, Political activist and Print Journalist; Calvert, Michelle, Lawyer and Activist; Cameron, Annette (1920 - 2008), Feminist, Political activist, Political candidate and Social activist; Cameron, Barbara, Women's rights activist; Carman, Marina (1974 - ), Program manager, Researcher and Activist; Chambers, Joy (1942 - ), Farmer and Social activist; Cilento, Phyllis (1894 - 1987), Doctor, Print Journalist, Radio Journalist, Women's rights activist, Social reformer, Journalist and Broadcaster; Clare, Monica (1924 - 1973), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal activist and Aboriginal leader; Coe, Isabel Edie (1951 - 2012), Aboriginal activist; Coleman, Marie Yvonne, Feminist, social activist, educator, researcher, public servant, journalist, Medical Social Worker and Statutory Office Holder; Collins, Moira, Environmentalist, Farmer and Social activist; Cope, Madeleine (Madge) (1904 - 2001), Unionist and Activist; Corbett, Helen (1953 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal rights activist and Educator; Cowan, Edith Dircksey (1861 - 1932), Community worker, Politician and Political activist; Cowper, Robina Fordyce (1866 - 1948), Lay preacher, Magistrate, Religious Leader and Women's rights activist; Cox, Eva Maria (1938 - ), Social activist, University teacher and Women's rights activist; Coxsedge, Joan Marjorie, Political activist and Parliamentarian; Crow, Ruth (1916 - 1999), Political activist; Cruz, Elba (1945 - ), Women's Refuge Worker and Union activist; Cullen, Ngingali (1942 - 2012), Aboriginal activist, Community development worker, Health worker and Nurse; Cunningham, Mary Emily (1869 - 1930), Activist, Pastoralist wife and Poet; Curthoys, Barbara (1924 - 2000), Feminist, Social activist, Pacifist, Political activist and Psychologist; Cusack, Dymphna (1902 - 1981), Author, Cultural Commentator, Political activist, Social activist and Teacher; Cuthbertson, Margaret (1864 - 1944), Child Welfare Worker, Factory inspector, Public servant and Women's rights activist; Daley, Jane (Jean) (1881 - 1948), Activist and Political candidate; Dick, Muriel (1921 - ), Farmer, Social activist and Women's rights activist; Downing, Cecilia (1858 - 1952), Community worker and Women's rights activist; Dowse, Sara (1938 - ), Feminist, Women's rights activist, Writer and Public servant; Drechsler, Audrey Louise (1933 - ), Farmer, Political candidate and Social activist; Dwyer, Catherine Winifred (Kate) (1861 - 1949), Teacher and Activist; Eatock, Pat (1937 - ), Aboriginal activist, Women's rights activist, Public servant, Film maker and Academic; Edwards, Royalene, Architect and Activist; Egan, Francis, Activist and Café owner; Fisher, Elizabeth M. (1925 - ), Activist, Feminist and Sports Administrator; Flick, Isabel Ann (1928 - 2000), Aboriginal rights activist, Community worker and Educator; Forrest, Margaret Elvire (1844 - 1929), Botanical artist and Political activist; Francis, Susan (1877 - 1946), Nurse and Activist; Frewin, Elizabeth (1892 - 1955), Activist; Furner, Elizabeth (1916 - ), Writer and Women's rights activist; Geach, Portia Swanston (1873 - 1959), Artist and Women's rights activist; Gibbs, Pearl Mary (1901 - 1983), Aboriginal leader, Political activist and Social activist; Gilchrist, Roma Catherine (1909 - 1983), Feminist and Peace activist; Giles, Patricia Jessie (Pat) (1928 - ), Nurse, Political activist and Politician; Glencross, Eleanor (1876 - 1950), Feminist, Political candidate and Women's rights activist; Golding, Annie Mackenzie (1855 - 1934), Activist, Feminist, Suffragist and Teacher; Green, Dorothy (1915 - 1991), Academic, Commonwealth or Empire Games gold medalist, Literary critic, Poet, Political activist and Swimmer; Greenwood, Irene Adelaide (1898 - 1992), Feminist, Peace activist, Activist, Pacifist, Broadcaster and Writer; Greville, Henrietta (1861 - 1964), Activist and Trade unionist; Guérin, Julia Margaret (Bella) (1858 - 1923), Teacher, political activist and feminist; Hansen, Elizabeth May, Political activist; Harwood, Marian Fleming (1846 - 1934), Academic, Peace activist, Philanthropist and Teacher; Hearman, Vannessa, Political activist and Political candidate; Hobbs, Mary Eleanor (1842 - 1920), Homemaker, Social activist and Suffrage activist; Hoffman, Elizabeth, Aboriginal rights activist and Public servant; Hughes, Agnes Eva (c. 1856 - 1940), charity worker and Political activist; Hypatia, Marg, Anti-nuclear campaigner, Feminist and Peace activist; Inglis, Amirah (1926 - ), Author and Political activist; Jackomos, Merle Robertha (1929 - ), Author, Community worker and Aboriginal activist; Jollie-Smith, Christian Brynhild Ochiltree (1885 - 1963), Lawyer and Social activist; Kent, Ivy Mary (1893 - 1974), Women's rights activist and Community worker; Kirk, Maria (Marie) Elizabeth (1855 - 1928), Welfare worker and Women's rights activist; Kontellis, Marika, Disability Activist; Kumm, Frances Gertrude, Community worker and Women's rights activist; Kunert, Carol, Political activist; Laidler, Bertha May (1912 - 1975), Political activist and Political candidate; Langton, Marcia Lynne (1951 - ), Academic and Activist; Lawson, Louisa (1848 - 1920), Feminist, Women's rights activist, Writer, Businesswoman and Suffragist; Lee, Mary (1821 - 1909), Suffragist, Union activist and Welfare worker; Lenane, Jean, Psychiatrist and Activist; Littlejohn, Emma Linda Palmer (1883 - 1949), Feminist, Journalist, Radio Broadcaster, Radio Journalist and Women's rights activist; Macdonald, Amelia Morrison Fraser (1865 - 1946), Church woman, Social reformer, Tailoress and Women's rights activist; Manuel, Jean Maree (1922 - 2001), Teacher, Volunteer and Activist; Marchisotti, Daisy Elizabeth (1904 - 1987), Activist and Journalist; Maris, Hyllus Noel (1934 - 1986), Aboriginal activist, community worker, educator and scriptwriter; Maxwell, May (Maisie) (1876 - 1977), Actor, Journalist, Print Journalist, Radio Journalist, Trade unionist and Women's rights activist; McEwen, Annie Mills (1900 - 1967), Community worker and Political activist; McLean, Jean (1934 - ), Political activist and Parliamentarian; McNamara, Matilda Emilie Bertha (1853 - 1931), Bookseller, Feminist and Political activist; McNish, Mary Elizabeth (c. 1926 - ), Political candidate, Teacher and Activist; McRae-McMahon, Dorothy Margaret (1934 - ), Activist and Minister; Medcalf, Carole, Lecturer, Political candidate and Activist; Miethke, Adelaide Laetitia (1881 - 1962), Feminist, Social activist and Peace activist; Miller, Emma (1839 - 1917), Women's rights activist, Union organiser and Suffragist; Miller, Sandy, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker and Aboriginal activist; Milne, Agnes Anderson (1850 - 1919), Factory inspector and Union activist; Milson, Virginia, Environmentalist and Activist; Monahan, Briony, Feminist, Peace activist and Social activist; Moon, Kylie (c. 1979 - ), Activist; Moon, Silver (1952 - ), Audio Engineer, Composer, Environmentalist, Feminist, Lecturer, Musician, Political activist and Public servant; Moore, Edith Harrison (1872 - 1974), Women's rights activist, Charity worker and Community worker; Morgan, Eliza Elsie, Women's rights activist; Mundey, Judith Ann (1944 - ), Activist and Lawyer; Nashar, Beryl (1923 - 2012), Political activist; Nicholls, Elizabeth Webb (1850 - 1943), Activist and Suffragist; Nicholson, Vivienne Estelle (1946 - ), Political activist and Political candidate; Norris, Ada May (1901 - 1989), Community worker and Women's rights activist; O'Connor, Ailsa Margaret (1921 - 1980), Activist, Artist and Teacher; Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920 - 1993), Poet, Political activist, Artist and Educator; O'Shane, Patricia (1941 - ), Barrister, Public servant, Teacher, Management consultant, Magistrate, Café owner, University Chancellor and Aboriginal activist; Palmer, Helen Gwynneth (1917 - 1979), Writer, Teacher and Political activist; Pankhurst, Adela (1885 - 1961), Pacifist, Feminist, Political activist and Suffragist; Pearce, Betty, Aboriginal child welfare worker, community worker and Aboriginal rights activist; Peris, Nova (1971 - ), Aboriginal activist, Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Hockey Player, Olympian and Track and Field Athlete; Perrott, Margaret (c. 1952 - ), Paediatrician, Political candidate and Activist; Petersen, Mairi Isabel Wilson (1940 - ), Teacher and Activist; Pethybridge, Eva, Women's rights activist and Social activist; Picone, Catherine (Cathy) (1949 - ), Peace activist; Preston-Stanley, Millicent Fanny (1883 - 1955), Politician and Women's rights activist; Putt, Margaret Ann (1963 - ), Activist and Parliamentarian; Quagliotti, Winnie (1932 - 1988), Aboriginal activist, Community worker and Aboriginal spokesperson; Quixley, Suzi, Feminist and Political Activist; Reading, Fanny (1884 - 1974), Medical practitioner, Women's rights activist and Zionist; Rischbieth, Bessie Mabel (1874 - 1967), Women's rights activist and Feminist; Robinson, Elizabeth Esther (1886 - 1943), Political activist, Political candidate and Women's rights activist; Russell, Delia Constance (1870 - 1938), Community worker and Women's rights activist; Ryan, Edna Minna (1904 - 1997), Feminist, Trade unionist, Activist and Writer; Salce, Mary (1945 - ), Activist, Community worker and Farmer; Salomon, Alice, Union activist; Salthouse, Sue (1949 - ), Disability activist, Human rights advocate and Teacher; Scutt, Jocelynne A. (1947 - ), Activist, Lawyer and Writer; Shelley, Cecilia Moore (1893 - 1986), Union activist; Shnookal, Deborah Jane (c. 1953 - ), Editor and Activist; Skene, Lillias Margaret (1867 - 1957), Women's rights activist and Welfare worker; Smith, Celia (1911 - 1980), Aboriginal rights activist and community worker; Spitzer, Fleur, Philanthropist and Women's rights activist; Stokes, Meredith, Feminist and Peace activist; Stuart, Florence Rhoda (c. 1872 - 1932), Journalist and Political activist; Swanton, Mary Hynes (1861 - 1940), Tailoress, Trade unionist and Women's rights activist; Sweet, Georgina (1875 - 1946), Academic, Philanthropist, Zoologist and Women's rights activist; Townend, Christine Elizabeth, Writer and Activist; Turner, Patricia Ann (1952 - ), Aboriginal activist, Feminist and Public servant; Vaughan, Grace Sydney (1922 - 1984), Parliamentarian and Social Activist; Walker, Ellinor Gertrude (1893 - 1990), Poet, Educator and Women's rights activist; Walker, Virginia Clare (1938 - ), Administrator and Activist; Wallace, Joy, Activist; Ward, Elizabeth (Biff), Feminist, Social activist and Writer; Watson, Maureen (1930 - ), Aboriginal Storyteller, Actor, Singer and Aboriginal activist; Watts, Margaret Sturge (1892 - 1978), Migrant community Advocate, Welfare worker and Peace activist; Weber, Ivy Lavinia (1892 - 1976), Parliamentarian, Political candidate and Women's rights activist; Weeks, Clara (1852 - 1937), Suffrage activist, Teacher and Women's rights activist; Weiner, Haete (c. 1973 - ), Political candidate, Social activist and Social worker; Wilhelm, Eileen Vimy (1919 - 2004), Social activist, Health worker and Volunteer; Williams, Brigitte, Teacher and Activist; Williams, Joan (1914 - 2008), Print Journalist, Radio Journalist, Writer, Journalist, Broadcaster and Activist; Williams, Loris Elaine (1949 - 2005), Aboriginal activist and Archivist; Williams, Nadine, Feminist and Social activist; Willmore, Henrietta (1842 - 1938), Musician and women's rights activist; Windeyer, Mary Elizabeth (1837 - 1912), Charity worker and Women's rights activist; Wright, Mary (1903 - ), Trade unionist and Women's rights activist; Young Women's Christian Association Victoria (Y.W.C.A. Victoria) (1999 - ), World Young Women's Christian Association (World Y.W.C.A .1855 –); Young, Jeanne Forster (1876 - 1955), Author, Welfare worker, Journalist and Political activist

Actor: Alison, Dorothy (1925 - 1992), Actor; Anderson, Frances Margaret (Judith) (1898 - 1992), Actor; Brown, Noeline, Actor, Political candidate and Producer; Byrne, Roxy (1912 - 2004), Actor and Hockey Player; Coffey, Essie (c. 1940 - 1998), Community worker, Singer, Actor and Film maker; Cross, Zora Bernice May (1890 - 1964), Actor, Author, Journalist, Poet, Print Journalist and Teacher; Fisher, Kathy, Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker, Actor and Photographer; Fitton, Doris Alice (1897 - 1985), Actor and Theatrical director; Gavin, Agnes (1872 - 1948), Actor and Scriptwriter; Goodes, Joyce Nancy (1916 - 1990), Actor, Director, Drama coach, Librarian, Producer and Teacher; Hobbs, Constance Ella (1907 - 2009), Actor; Howarde, Kate (1864 - 1939), Actor, Director, Producer, Scriptwriter and Theatrical director; Jenner, Dorothy Gordon (Andrea) (1891 - 1985), Actor, Art Director, Journalist, Scriptwriter and War correspondent; Kellermann, Annette Marie Sarah (1886 - 1975), Acquatic performer, Actor, Author, Diver and Swimmer; Kelly, Ethel Knight (1875 - 1949), Actor and Author; Kennedy, Jane (1964 - ), Actor, Comedian, Producer, Radio presenter and Screenwriter; Kirkby, Elisabeth (1921 - ), Actor, Broadcaster, Farmer, Parliamentarian and Scriptwriter; Landau, Yetty (1895 - 1971), Actor, Broadcaster, Teacher of Elocution, Drama and Speech and Public Speaking; Litchfield, Ruby Beatrice (1912 - 2001), Community worker, Actor and Director; Lorimer, Enid (1887 - 1982), Actor; Lovely, Louise (1895 - 1980), Actor; Lyell, Lottie Edith (1890 - 1925), Actor; Mafi-Williams, Lorraine (1940 - 2001), Actor, Film maker and Writer; Maxwell, May (Maisie) (1876 - 1977), Actor, Journalist, Print Journalist, Radio Journalist, Trade unionist and Women's rights activist; Moffatt, Tracey (1960 - ), Actor, Artist, Director, Film maker, Producer, Scriptwriter and Photographer; Newton-John, Olivia (1948 - ), Singer and Actor; Plumb, Gwendoline Jean (Gwen) (1912 - 2002), Actor; Robinson, Kathleen (1901 - 1983), Actor and Producer; Saunders, Justine (1953 - 2007), Actor and Teacher; Shun Wah, Annette (1958 - ), Host, Author and Actor; Stewart Towzey, Eleanor (Nellie) (1858 - 1931), Actor and Singer; Tait, Viola (1911 - 2002), Author, Philanthropist, Actor and Singer; Tass, Nadia (1956 - ), Actor, Director and Producer; Warren, Joyce Dorothy (Joy), Actor, Company director, Patron and Public relations professional; Watson, Maureen (1930 - ), Aboriginal Storyteller, Actor, Singer and Aboriginal activist; Woodrow, Carol Joan (1943 - ), Actor, Director, Teacher and Writer

Administration assistant: Langworthy, Patricia Ellen (c. 1959 - ), Administration assistant; McIntyre, Joan (1948 - ), Administration assistant

Administrative officer: Croft, Peta-Kaye (1972 - ), Administrative officer and Parliamentarian; Smith, Christine Anne (1946 - ), Administrative officer and Parliamentarian

Administrator: Ah Kee, Margaret, Aboriginal Administrator and Aboriginal welfare worker; Allen, Annie Henrietta (c. 1881 - ), Health administrator; Appleford, Alys (Alice) Ross (1891 - 1968), Servicewoman, Nurse and Nursing administrator; Bohan, Eleanor Lucy (1925 - ), Nurse and Nursing administrator; Bullwinkel, Vivian (1915 - 2000), Nurse, Servicewoman and Health administrator; Burney, Linda Jean (c. 1957 - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Educator; Chatfield, Florence (1867 - 1949), Nurse and Medical administrator; Clare, Monica (1924 - 1973), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal activist and Aboriginal leader; Clarke, Jeanine (1959 - ), Administrator, Compliance Officer and Dental nurse; Cochrane, Catherine, Administrator, Farmer and Teacher; Cohen, Frances (1887 - 1975), Administrator, Headmistress and Teacher; Colless, Daphne Rosina (1928 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Public servant and Aboriginal community worker; Corbett, Helen (1953 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal rights activist and Educator; Dale, Lyn (1945 - ), Administrator, Historian, Soldier and Writer; Dawson, Christine (1943 - ), Administrator; Deasey, Maude (Kathleen) (1909 - 1968), Teacher, Servicewoman and Administrator; Doherty, Muriel Knox (1896 - 1988), Nurse educator and Nursing administrator; Flett, Penelope (Penny) Ruth, Medical administrator; Good, Barbara Doris (1922 - ), Nurse and Nursing administrator; Gow, Heather Oxley (c. 1929 - ), Statistician, Administrator and Civil celebrant; Grey, Helene Dorothy (1895 - 1987), Nurse and Nursing administrator; Griffin, Pauline Marcus (1925 - ), Administrator, Arbitration commissioner, Personnel manager and Social worker; Guy, Margaret Frances (1910 - 1988), Nurse, Nurse educator and Nursing administrator; Henderson, Ann Mary (1941 - ), Parliamentarian, Welfare worker and Administrator; House, Matilda (1945 - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Aboriginal Artist; Jeffrey, Agnes (Betty) (1908 - 2000), Nurse, Nursing administrator and Author; Jones, Violet Margaret (1911 - 2001), Nursing administrator; Kenny, Elizabeth (1880 - 1952), Nurse and Health administrator; Lawless, Sheila (1929 - ), Homemaker and Administrator; Lockwood, Betty Margaret (1941 - ), Nurse and Nursing administrator; Lugg, Marlene Martha (1938 - ), Health administrator; May, Margaret Ann (1950 - ), Administrator, Electorate officer and Parliamentarian; Mayers, Naomi Ruth (1941 - ), Aboriginal health worker, Aboriginal welfare worker and Aboriginal Administrator; McCready, Georgina (1888 - 1980), Nurse, Nursing administrator and Unionist; McEwen, Anne (1954 - ), Administrator, Clerk, Parliamentarian, Union organiser and Union secretary; McPherson, Shirley (1948 - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Accountant; Michelmore, Catherine (1910 - ), Nurse, Nurse educator and Nursing administrator; Mother Emma (1864? - 1939), Administrator, Religious Sister and Teacher; Mundine, Kaye (1947 - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Public servant; Myers, Fiona, Administrator, Farmer, Journalist and Print journalist; Noy, Catherine (1962 - ), Administrator and Community worker; Oscar, June (1962 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Health worker, Welfare worker and Film maker; Porter, Judith (1935 - ), Nurse, Nursing administrator and Nurse educator; Procter, Isabelle (1944 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Educator and Researcher; Pryor, Jenny (1958? - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Child Welfare Worker; Rankine, Dorothy Leila (1932 - 1993), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal community worker, Educator and Musician; Sculthorpe-Randriamahefa, Kerry (1947 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Public servant and Researcher; Spry, Pamela Joy (1924 - ), Nurse, Nurse educator and Nursing administrator; Stainton, Irene, Aboriginal Administrator, Child Welfare Worker and Cultural Advisor; Sykes, Roberta (Bobbi) (1944 - 2010), Aboriginal Administrator, Aboriginal health worker, Journalist, Academic and Writer; Tanner, Gladys (1921 - ), Nurse and Nursing administrator; Tippett, Veronica (1944 - 1990), Aboriginal Administrator and Public servant; Torres, Patricia (1956 - ), Aboriginal Artist, Community worker, Health worker, Educator and Aboriginal Administrator; Tripcony, Penny (1942 - ), Aboriginal Administrator, Community worker, Educator and Research Officer; Walker, Virginia Clare (1938 - ), Administrator and Activist; Ware, Kathy (1949 - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Public servant; Waterhouse, Kathleen Lucy (1891 - 1987), Nurse, Servicewoman and Nursing administrator; Watson, Jean (1908 - 1993), Genealogist and Administrator

Advisor: Ellis, Katherine Margaret (1977 - ), Advisor and Parliamentarian; Mackay, Susan Mary (1960 - ), Advisor, Parliamentarian and Union organiser; Milne, Christine Anne (1953 - ), Advisor, Parliamentarian, Research Officer and Teacher; Payne, Marise Ann (1964 - ), Advisor and Parliamentarian; Polley, Helen Beatrice (1957 - ), Advisor and Parliamentarian; Salama, Vivian (c. 1940 - ), Advisor; Soulos, Mersina, Lecturer and Advisor; Stainton, Irene, Aboriginal Administrator, Child Welfare Worker and Cultural Advisor

Advisory body: The Women's Advisory Office (1976 - ), South Australian Government

Advocate: ACT Women's Consultative Council (1989 - 2001); Allan, Stella (1871 - 1962), Community advocate, Journalist, Print Journalist and Women's rights activist; Anderson, Rosemary, Community advocate; Archer, Robyn (1948 - ), Advocate, Artistic director, Director, Singer and Writer; Armstrong, Hilda, Advocate and Political candidate; Babacan, Hurriyet (1961 - ), Academic, Migrant community Advocate, Public servant and Policy adviser; Bon, Anne Fraser (1838 - 1936), Advocate, Philanthropist and Pastoralist; Braithwaite, Maria (1861 - 1927), Advocate and Author; Brookes, Ivy (1883 - 1970), Advocate, Community worker, Musician and Philanthropist; Buchanan, Pamela Ann (1937 - 1992), Aboriginal rights activist, Community advocate, Educationalist and Parliamentarian; Buckland-Fuller, Dorothy (1922 - ), Feminist, Human rights advocate, Migrant community Advocate, Peace activist and Sociologist; Curley, Sylvia (1898 - 1999), Nurse, Advocate, Farmer and Local historian; Curr, Pamela, Human rights advocate and Political candidate; Dalgarno, Ann Patricia (1909? - 1980), Politician, Nurse and Community advocate; De Franceschi, Barbara (1940 - ), Community advocate and Poet; Dobson, Emily (1842 - 1934), Advocate, Philanthropist and Welfare worker; Drozd, Elizabeth, Chief Executive Officer - Ethnic Community Organisation and Migrant community Advocate; Fouracres, Jenny, Board member, Community advocate and Farmer; Gillam, Elizabeth, Community advocate and Farmer; Heggie, Maria, Community advocate, Local government councillor and Political candidate; Huxley, Keri, Community advocate, Local government councillor, Mayor, Writer and Editor; Ioannou, Varvara (1953 - ), Human Resources Consultant, Educator and Human Rights Advocate; Koshland, Ellen, Community advocate, Director and Poet; Koutsounadis-Germanos, Vivi (c. 1946 - ), Counsellor, Migrant community Advocate and Psychologist; Lawrie, Alline Dawn, Human rights advocate, Journalist and Parliamentarian; Lê, Marion (1947 - ), Refugee Advocate and Migrant community Advocate; Lockwood, Penny (c. 1955 - ), Researcher, Farmer, Community advocate and Councillor; MacCallum, Dorette Margarethe (Dorothea) (1863 - 1952), Community advocate, Philanthropist and Women's rights activist; Marino, Nola Bethwyn (1954 - ), Businesswoman, Community advocate and Parliamentarian; McCue, Helen (1949 - ), Educator, Nurse, Refugee Advocate and Researcher; McGill, Edna Betty, Migrant community Advocate, Political candidate and Public Education Advocate; Morcom, Elfrida Margaret (c. 1911 - 2004), Community advocate, Office worker, Political candidate and Trade unionist; Nenke, Mary, Community advocate and Farmer; Oldfield, Christobel (1960 - ), Community advocate and Psychologist; Osmani, Gyzele (1970 - ), Refugee Advocate and Student; Rainsford, Katrina, Community advocate, Political candidate and Veterinarian; Ravlich, Manda (1903 - 1991), Community advocate; Reichstein, Jill, Community advocate and Philanthropist; Salthouse, Sue (1949 - ), Disability activist, Human rights advocate and Teacher; Santospirito, Lena (1895 - 1983), Community worker and Migrant community Advocate; Schubert, Misha, Community advocate, Journalist and Print Journalist; Smyth, Brettena (c. 1840 - 1898), Advocate and Suffragist; Somerset, Georgie, Board member, Community advocate and Farmer; Steen, Frederika, Public servant and Refugee Advocate; Waterworth, Edith Alice (1873 - 1957), Advocate and Welfare worker; Watts, Margaret Sturge (1892 - 1978), Migrant community Advocate, Welfare worker and Peace activist

Aged care worker: Johansen, Margaret, Aged Care worker

Agriculturalist: Goodacre, Mary, Agriculturalist and Public servant; Hayter, Lorna (1897 - 1989), Agriculturalist, Servicewoman and Public servant; McMillan, Jennifer (1950 - ), Agriculturalist, Board member, Farmer and Scientist; Plant, Merilyn (1946 - ), Agriculturalist, Farmer and Marketing officer

Air Vice Marshal: Staib, Margaret Mary (1962 - ), Air Vice Marshal and Chief Executive Officer

Alderman: Fowler, Lilian Maud (1886 - 1954), Alderman, Local government councillor and Politician; Staunton, Patricia Jane (1946 - ), Alderman, Magistrate, Nurse and Parliamentarian

Ambassador: Gauci, Glenda (1958 - 2006), Ambassador

Anaesthetist: Brophy, Teresa Rita O'Rourke, Anaesthetist; Cooper, Janet Pierson (1891 - 1984), Anaesthetist, Local government councillor and Mayor; McClelland, Margaret, Anaesthetist; Molphy, Ruth, Anaesthetist

Anthropologist: Barwick, Diane Elizabeth (1938 - 1986), Anthropologist and Author; Bates, Daisy May (1863 - 1951), Anthropologist and Journalist; Brennan, Gloria Faye (1948 - 1985), Aboriginal Linguist, Anthropologist, Pianist and Public servant; Marcus, Julie (1944 - ), Anthropologist and Academic; McArthur, Annie Margaret (1919 - 2002), Academic and Anthropologist; McConnel, Ursula Hope (1888 - 1957), Anthropologist and Photographer; Pink, Olive Muriel (1884 - 1975), Anthropologist and Botanical artist; Wedgwood, Camilla Hildegarde (1901 - 1955), Anthropologist and Educator

Anti-nuclear campaigner: Hypatia, Marg, Anti-nuclear campaigner, Feminist and Peace activist

Anti-Nuclear Group: Feminist Anti-Nuclear Group (FANG) (1982 - 1984); Women Against Nuclear Energy (WANE) (1980 - )

Anti-nuclear organisation: Women for Survival

Antique dealer: Bird, Lorraine Rita (1942 - ), Antique dealer, Local government councillor and Parliamentarian

ANZSRC: Australian In My Difference: Women And Migration In Australia Since 1945, The Australian Women's Register (1945 - ); Australian Women In War, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1900 - ); Australian Women in War, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1900 - ); Being Seen and Heard: Migrant Women Organising in Australia, A Documentary History, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1920 - ); Brilliant Ideas and Huge Visions: ABC Radio Australian Rural Women of the Year - 1994-1997, The Australian Women's Register (1990s); Carrying On The Fight: Women Candidates in Victorian Parliamentary Elections, The Australian Women's Register (1924 - ); Educators, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1850 - ); Environmentalists, The Australian Women's Register (1920 - ); Faith Hope And Charity: Australian Women And Imperial Honours: 1901 - 1989, The Australian Women's Register; Feminists, The Australian Women's Register (1845 - ); Headmistresses, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1850 - ); In Her Gift: Women Philanthropists in Australian History, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1860 - ); Indigenous Women, The Australian Women's Register (1812 - ); Musicians, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1850 - ); Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1920 - ); Religious Women, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1810 - ); Representative Women: Victorian Women Parliamentarians Since 1923, The Australian Women's Register (1923 - ); Seven Writers Group, The Australian Women's Register (1980 - ); She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1860 - ); Social Workers, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1900 - ); Trade Unionists, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1900 - ); Welfare Workers, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1850 - ); Where Are The Women in Australian Science? The Australian Women's Register (1796 - ); Women in Local Government, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1920 - ); Women in the Health Professions, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1880 - ); Women In The Making of Canberra, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1900 - ); Women's Organisations And Lobby Groups, The Australian Women's Register (1801 - ); The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1850); Writers, The Australian Women's Register (c. 1850 - )

Aquatic performer: Kerr, Beatrice Maude (1887 - 1971), Aquatic performer, Diver and Swimmer

Arbitration commissioner: Griffin, Pauline Marcus (1925 - ), Administrator, Arbitration commissioner, Personnel manager and Social worker

Architect: Davis, Mervyn Twynam (1916 - 1985), Landscape architect and Servicewoman; Edwards, Royalene, Architect and Activist; Landorf, Christine (Chris) (1961 - ), Academic and Architect; Mahony Griffin, Marion Lucy (1871 - 1961), Architect; Mottram, Elina Emily (1903 - 1996), Architect; Ord, Lecki, Architect, Local government councillor and Mayor; Pegrum, Annabelle Nicole (1952 - ), Public servant, Architect and Academic; Pidcock, Caroline, Architect; Richards, Oline, Landscape architect and Historian; Russell, Karen, Architect and Manager; Sim, Jennie, Landscape architect, Garden historian and Lecturer; Taylor, Florence Mary (1879 - 1969), Architect, Engineer and Publisher; Whitehead, Georgina, Landscape architect

Archivist: Exley, Thea Melvie (1923 - 2007), Archivist and Art historian; Hoffmann, Karin (1941 - ), Computer Scientist and Archivist; Lukis, Merolla Frances Fellowes (Mollie) (1911 - ), Archivist; Mander-Jones, Phyllis (1896 - 1984), Archivist and Librarian; Williams, Loris Elaine (1949 - 2005), Aboriginal activist and Archivist

Armed services organisation: Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) (1942 - 1951); Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) (1902 - 1948); Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) (1941 - 1947); New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR) (1899 - 1903); Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) (1940 - ); Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) (1948 - ); Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service (RANNS); Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) (1941 - 1947); Women's Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAF) (1950 - 1977); Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) (1951 - 1985); Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) (1941 - 1984)

Army Nurse: Muir, Sylvia Jessie Mimmi (1915 - ), Army Nurse and Nurse; Tweddell, Joyce (1916 - 1995), Army Nurse and Nurse

Army officer (former): Bange, Jane (c. 1958 - ), Dentist, Political candidate and Army officer (former)

Army officer (Reserve): Adams, Judith Anne (1943 - ), Army officer (Reserve), Farmer, Justice of the Peace, Nurse and Parliamentarian

Arranger: Concannon, Gertrude (1899 - 1978), Arranger, Author, Composer, Music adjudicator, Music teacher, Musician, Opera singer and Pianist

Art collector: Maxwell, Helen, Art Collector and Curator; Pizzi, Gabrielle (1940 - 2004), Gallery Owner and Art Collector

Art Director: Jenner, Dorothy Gordon (Andrea) (1891 - 1985), Actor, Art Director, Journalist, Scriptwriter and War correspondent

Art educator: Churcher, Betty (1931 - ), Art educator, Arts administrator and Director

Art historian: Burke, Janine Carmel Brigitte (1952 - ), Writer and Art historian; Exley, Thea Melvie (1923 - 2007), Archivist and Art historian; Hoff, Ursula (1909 - 2005), Art historian; Tipping, Marjorie Jean (1917 - 2009), Author, Art historian and Consultant

Art teacher: Derham, Frances (1894 - 1987), Art teacher and Artist

Art therapist: Eykamp, Jean, Art therapist

Artist: Anderson, Alison, Artist and Parliamentarian; Bancroft, Bronwyn (1958 - ), Artist and Illustrator; Bates, Fiona, Aboriginal Artist, Tour operator and Welfare worker; Bennett, Portia Mary (1898 - 1989), Artist; Bennett, Sonia, Political candidate, Singer / Songwriter, Artist and Environmentalist; Black, Dorothea (Dorrit) Foster (1891 - 1951), Artist; Blumann, Elise Margot Paula Rudolphina Hulda (1897 - 1990), Artist; Bowen, Esther Gwendolyn (Stella) (1893 - 1947), Artist; Brown, Jan (1922 - ), Artist, Sculptor and Teacher; Burke, Frances Mary (1907 - 1994), Designer, Artist and Businesswoman; Canales, Judy, Artist; Cassab, Judy (1920 - ), Artist; Clifton, Louisa (1814 - 1880), Artist and Diarist; Coopes, Jenny, Artist, Cartoonist and Journalist; Derham, Frances (1894 - 1987), Art teacher and Artist; Dieckmann, Debbie, Artist, Farmer and Tour operator; Durack, Elizabeth (1915 - 2000), Artist, Writer and Illustrator; Dybka, Anne (c. 1922 - 2007), Artist; Fiveash, Rosa Catherine (1854 - 1938), Botanical artist; Forrest, Margaret Elvire (1844 - 1929), Botanical artist and Political activist; Francis, Iris Duncan (1913 - 2004), Artist; Gascoigne, Rosalie Norah King (1917 - 1999), Artist; Geach, Portia Swanston (1873 - 1959), Artist and Women's rights activist; Grant, Cath (1969 - ), Artist; Halpern, Deborah (1957 - ), Artist, Philanthropist and Sculptor; Hanrahan, Barbara Janice (1939 - 1991), Artist, Printmaker and Writer; Heysen, Nora (1911 - 2003), Artist; Horsburgh, Julie, Artist and Gallery Owner; House, Matilda (1945 - ), Aboriginal Administrator and Aboriginal Artist; Humphreys, Lilias Stuart (1909 - 1985), Artist and Genealogist; Lahey, Frances Vida (1882 - 1968), Artist; Lawrence, Fiona, Artist and Journalist; Law-Smith, Joan (1919 - 1998), Botanical artist, Writer, Illustrator, Gardener and Horticulturalist; Maloney, Betty Florence (1925 - 2001), Botanical artist and Illustrator; Marika, Marmburra Wananumba Banduk (1954 - ), Aboriginal Artist, Film maker and Community worker; McLean, Pantjiti Mary (c. 1930 - ), Artist; Meredith, Louisa Ann (1812 - 1895), Artist and Author; Moffatt, Tracey (1960 - ), Actor, Artist, Director, Film maker, Producer, Scriptwriter and Photographer; Moore, Catherine (1958 - ), Artist, Political candidate and Political staffer; Mora, Mirka (1928 - ), Artist; Morgan, Sally (1951 - ), Aboriginal Artist and Aboriginal Writer; Mundja (c. 1930 - ), Traditional Aboriginal Custodian, Aboriginal Artist and Justice of the Peace; Napangati, Pansy (c. 1948 - ), Aboriginal Artist; Neville-Rolfe, Harriet Jane (1850 - 1928), Artist; O'Connor, Ailsa Margaret (1921 - 1980), Activist, Artist and Teacher; Olley, Margaret (1923 - ), Artist and Painter; Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920 - 1993), Poet, Political activist, Artist and Educator; Owen, Gladys Mary (1889 - 1960), Artist and Social worker; Paterson, Esther (1892 - 1971), Artist and Cartoonist; Pelloe, Emily Harriet (1877 - 1941), Botanical artist, Equestrienne, Journalist and Print Journalist; Perry, Nancye Kent (1918 - 2011), Scientist and Artist; Pink, Olive Muriel (1884 - 1975), Anthropologist and Botanical artist; Preston, Margaret (1875 - 1963), Artist; Riley, Muriel, Aboriginal Artist; Roberts, Lisa (1949 - ), Artist; Ronksley-Pavia, Michelle (1974 - ), Artist, Teacher and Writer; Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922), Botanical artist; Roxburgh, Rachel (1915 - 1991), Artist and Author; Rudyard, Carol (1922 - ), Artist; Scott, Harriet (1830 - 1907), Artist and Naturalist; Scott, Helena (1832 - 1910), Artist and Naturalist; Searles, Nalda (1945 - ), Artist and Photographer; Shearer, Heather, Aboriginal Artist and Aboriginal Child Welfare Worker; Shore, Ivy (Billie) (1915 - 1999), Artist; Sizgoric, Viki, Artist, Graphic designer, Illustrator and Journalist; Smith, Grace Cossington (1892 - 1984), Artist; Standley-Woodroffe, Bronwen (1949 - ), Artist and Gallery Owner; Stannage, Miriam Helen (1939 - ), Artist and Photographer; Stones, Elsie (Margaret) (1920 - ), Botanical artist; Sutherland, Jane (1853 - 1928), Artist and Teacher; Thancoupie (1937 - ), Aboriginal Artist and Teacher; Tindall, Gabrielle (1955 - ), Artist; Torres, Patricia (1956 - ), Aboriginal Artist, Community worker, Health worker, Educator and Aboriginal Administrator; Ungunmerr-Baumann, Miriam-Rose (1950 - ), Aboriginal Artist and Educator; Walker, Della (1932 - ), Aboriginal Artist, Aboriginal community worker and Aboriginal health worker; Wensing, Petronella Jacoba (1924 - ), Artist, Community activist, Designer, Social worker and Teacher; West, Winifred May (1881 - 1971), Artist and Headmistress; White, Suzanne (c. 1966 - ), Artist, Illustrator and Journalist; Yagoub, Thoria, Henna artist

Artistic director: Archer, Robyn (1948 - ), Advocate, Artistic director, Director, Singer and Writer; Curphey, Judith (1929 - ), Artistic director, Music teacher and Musician

Arts administrator: Churcher, Betty (1931 - ), Art educator, Arts administrator and Director

Arts organisation: Artemis (1985 - 1990), Artemis Women's Art Forum; The Hamilton Literary Society (1889 - ); The Itinerants Literary Society (1894 - ); The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (1902 - ); Society of Women Writers (Australia) (1980 - 2000); Society of Women Writers (Australia), Canberra Magazine Branch (1984 - 1987); Society of Women Writers New South Wales Inc (1925 - ); Society of Women Writers South Australia Inc. (1976 - ); Society of Women Writers Tasmania Inc. (1980 - ); Society of Women Writers Victoria Inc. (1970 - ); Society of Women Writers Western Australia Inc. (1977 - ); Society of Women Writers, Queensland Inc. (1976? - ); The Western Australian Women's Society of Fine Arts and Crafts (1935 - )

Artwork: Parliament House Embroidery (1988 - )

Associate professor: Edquist, Harriet, Associate professor; Fesl, Eve Mumewa D., Associate professor, Author, Councillor, Director, Linguist and Track and Field Athlete; Fitzpatrick, Kathleen Elizabeth (1905 - 1990), Associate professor, Historian and Author; Klein, Renate (1945 - ), Associate professor, Feminist and Writer

Athletics coach: de la Hunty, Shirley Barbara (1925 - 2004), Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete, Athletics coach, Teacher, Lecturer and Olympian; Jones, Joanne, Exercise physiologist, Athletics coach and Businesswoman; Mathews, Marlene (1934 - ), Athletics coach, Olympian, Sports Administrator and Track and Field Athlete; Nunn, Glynis (1960 - ), Athletics coach, Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian and Track and Field Athlete

Audio Engineer: Moon, Silver (1952 - ), Audio Engineer, Composer, Environmentalist, Feminist, Lecturer, Musician, Political activist and Public servant

Audiometrist: Lane, Maureen (c. 1952 - ), Audiometrist and Nurse

Australian football club administrator: Allpress, Val, Australian Football Club Administrator and Sports Administrator

Australian Rules Football coach: Gill, Leeann (c. 1961 - ), Australian Rules Football Coach; Lee, Debbie, Australian Rules Football Coach, Australian Rules Football Player, Sports Administrator and Sportswoman

Australian Rules Football player: Lee, Debbie, Australian Rules Football Coach, Australian Rules Football Player, Sports Administrator and Sportswoman

Author: Adams, Glenda Emilie (1939 - 2007), Author, Novelist and Teacher; Adam-Smith, Patricia Jean (Patsy) (1924 - 2001), Author, Historian and Servicewoman; Alexander, Goldie, Author; Armstrong, Pauline (1928 - 2001), Author, Historian and Trade unionist; Ball, Magdalena (Maggie) (1964 - ), Author and Poet; Bandler, Faith Ida Lessing (c. 1918 - ), Author and Campaigner; Barbalet, Margaret Evelyn, Author, Historian, Poet and Public servant; Barwick, Diane Elizabeth (1938 - 1986), Anthropologist and Author; Braithwaite, Maria (1861 - 1927), Advocate and Author; Brookes, Mabel Balcombe (1890 - 1975), Author, Political candidate and Community worker; Brooks, Geraldine, Journalist and Author; Bruce, Minnie (Mary) Grant (1878 - 1958), Author and Journalist; Burchill, Dora (Elizabeth) (1904 - 2003), Nurse, Author and Historian; Burton, Pamela Melrose (1946 - ), Author and Lawyer; Buttrose, Ita Clare (1942 - ), Businesswoman, Editor, Print Journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist, Journalist and Author; Byles, Marie Beuzeville (1900 - 1979), Author, Conservationist, Feminist, Journalist, Lawyer, Mountaineer, Pacifist, Photographer, Political activist and Print Journalist; Cato, Nancy (1917 - 2000), Author, Journalist, Poet and Environmentalist; Clark, Mavis Thorpe (1909 - 1999), Author; Clayton, Iris (1945 - ), Author, Community worker, Health worker, Public servant and Researcher; Clift, Charmian (1923 - 1969), Author, Journalist and Print Journalist; Cohn, Carola (Ola) (1892 - 1964), Philanthropist, Sculptor and Author; Concannon, Gertrude (1899 - 1978), Arranger, Author, Composer, Music adjudicator, Music teacher, Musician, Opera singer and Pianist; Conlon, Patricia Anne (1939 - 1979), Teacher and Author; Coppel, Marjorie, Author; Cottrell, Ida Dorothy Ottley (1902 - 1957), Author, Journalist and Print Journalist; Crist, Alice Guerin (1876 - 1937), Author and journalist; Cross, Zora Bernice May (1890 - 1964), Actor, Author, Journalist, Poet, Print Journalist and Teacher; Curlewis, E. Jean (1898 - 1930), Author; Cusack, Dymphna (1902 - 1981), Author, Cultural Commentator, Political activist, Social activist and Teacher; Daly, Mary Dora (1896 - 1983), Charity worker, Patron and Author; Drake-Brockman, Henrietta Frances York (1901 - 1968), Author; Dreyer, Marien (1911 - 1980), Author, Journalist, Playwright, Print Journalist and Radio Journalist; Durack, Mary (1913 - 1994), Author and Historian; Edgar, Suzanne (1939 - ), Author, Poet and Writer; Eldridge, Marian Favel Clair (1936 - 1997), Author and Poet; Fesl, Eve Mumewa D., Associate professor, Author, Councillor, Director, Linguist and Track and Field Athlete; Fitzpatrick, Kathleen Elizabeth (1905 - 1990), Associate professor, Historian and Author; Fullerton, Mary Elizabeth (1868 - 1946), Author, Feminist, Novelist and Poet; Galbraith, Jean, Botanist and Author; Gervay, Susanne, Author, Consultant and Hotelier; Graham, Beryl Ada (1919 - ?), Author and Teacher; Griffiths, Glynde Nesta (1889 - 1968), Author, Historian and Philanthropist; Gunn, Jeannie (Mrs Aeneas) (1870 - 1961), Author; Halligan, Marion Mildred (1940 - ), Author; Hooper, Chloe, Author; Horsfield, Dorothy (1948 - ), Author, Journalist and Poet; Inglis, Amirah (1926 - ), Author and Political activist; Jackomos, Merle Robertha (1929 - ), Author, Community worker and Aboriginal activist; Jeffrey, Agnes (Betty) (1908 - 2000), Nurse, Nursing administrator and Author; Johnston, Dorothy (1948 - ), Author, Novelist, Poet and Writer; Kellermann, Annette Marie Sarah (1886 - 1975), Acquatic performer, Actor, Author, Diver and Swimmer; Kelly, Ethel Knight (1875 - 1949), Actor and Author; Loch, Joice NanKivell (1887 - 1982), Author, Journalist, Print Journalist and Welfare worker; Lowenstein, Wendy (1927 - 2006), Author and Trade unionist; Matenson, Winsome, Author; Meredith, Gwenyth (Gwen) Valmai (1907 - 2006), Playwright and Author; Meredith, Louisa Ann (1812 - 1895), Artist and Author; Mount-Batten, Betty Joyce (1924 - ), Servicewoman and Author; Newell, Patrice, Author and Farmer; Nicholson, Joyce Thorpe (1919 - 2011), Feminist, Author and Publisher; O'Brien, May Lorna (1933 - ), Educator and Author; O'Harris, Pixie (1903 - 1991), Illustrator and Author; Palmer, Janet Gertrude (Nettie) (1885 - 1964), Author, Critic, Editor, Journalist and Print Journalist; Parker, Catherine (Katie) Langloh (1856 - 1940), Author; Richardson, Ethel Florence Lindesay (Henry Handel) (1870 - 1946), Author; Roxburgh, Rachel (1915 - 1991), Artist and Author; Sanger, Ruth Anne (1918 - 2001), Author and Haematologist; Scotter, Sheila Winifred Gordon (1920 - 2012), Author, Broadcaster and Columnist; Shun Wah, Annette (1958 - ), Host, Author and Actor; Tait, Viola (1911 - 2002), Author, Philanthropist, Actor and Singer; Tennant, Kylie (1912 - 1988), Author, Journalist and Print Journalist; Thomson, Estelle (1894 - 1953), Author, Journalist, Naturalist, Photographer and Wildflower artist; Thornton, Merle (1930 - ), Academic, Feminist and Author; Tipping, Marjorie Jean (1917 - 2009), Author, Art historian and Consultant; Tucker, Margaret Elizabeth (1904 - 1996), Author, Campaigner and Community worker; Turner, Ethel (1872 - 1958), Author; Turner, Lilian Wattnall Burwell (1870 - 1956), Author and Journalist; Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (2007 - ); Vroland, Anna (1902 - 1978), Campaigner and Author; West, Ida (1919 - 2003), Aboriginal community worker and author; Williams, Julie (1955 - ), Author and Farmer; Young, Jeanne Forster (1876 - 1955), Author, Welfare worker, Journalist and Political activist

Authority on children’s literature: Rees, Lucy Frances Harvey (1901 - 1983), Authority on children's literature, Book collector, Bookseller and Secretary and organiser of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (Canberra Branch)

Aviator: Macknight, Ella Annie Noble (1904 - 1997), Aviator, Golfer, Hockey Player, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist; McKenzie, Gertrude Josephine, Aviator, Business woman, Local government councillor and Mayor; Stark, Amy Gwendoline (1910 - 1994), Aviator and Servicewoman; Thompson, Freda (1906 - 1980), Aviator

Award: Clare Burton Award, Australian National University; Dame Marjorie Parker Memorial Awards; Kibble Awards for Women Writers; Kitty McEwan Victorian Sportswoman of the Year (1974 - ); Nita May Dobbie Literary Award (1992 - ); Pauline Toner Award; Walkley Awards (1956 - )

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