The Australian Women's Register

Carrying On The Fight: Women Candidates in Victorian Parliamentary Elections lists more than 800 women candidates who stood for Victorian Parliament, recognising their significant contributions and achievements, despite, in most cases, their lack of success. Archival materials and secondary sources have been used to create a searchable database that allows users to: browse alphabetical listings of women candidates; browse women candidates by political party; browse women candidates by seat; browse women candidates by year and browse women candidates by jurisdiction. An essay about Aboriginal women’s struggle for suffrage rights in Victoria is included.

Biographical entries about a selection of women have been prepared, some containing links to further bibliographical and archival resources.

Dr Rosemary Francis was principal researcher for the project. Ailie Smith and Helen Morgan from the ESRC at the University of Melbourne provided technical support.

This exhibition is a project of the National Foundation for Women as part of the Foundation ‘s ongoing initiative, the Australian Women’s Archives Project.
Work on this project was funded in 2008 by a Victorian State Government Centenary of Women’s Suffrage Grant.

The project was funded in 2005-2006 by the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government Committee, an initiative of the New South Wales Government Premier’s Department.

Representative Women: Victorian Women Parliamentarians Since 1923 aggregates and makes accessible to a broad audience, information about Victorian women, past and present, who were elected to both the Federal and State Parliaments. It links research findings (current in 2007) to the Australian Women’s Register.

Users can: browse an alphabetical list of parliamentarians; browse a list of Victorian Women Representatives in the State Parliament; browse a list of Victorian Women Representatives in the Federal Parliament and search the register of Australia Women

Dr Rosemary Francis was principal researcher for the project.

This exhibition was created to honour Professor Patricia Grimshaw on her retirement from the History Department at the University of Melbourne in April 2006. As a member of the Board of the National Foundation for Australian Women, she has been an energetic supporter of the Australian Women’s Archives Project.

Australian in My Difference: Women And Migration In Australia Since 1945 publishes the migration stories of sixteen women and lists a selection of support services for CALD women. It was current at the time of the research (2006).

The project was funded in 2006 by the Australian Government: Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.

Dr Nikki Henningham, Dr Barbara Lemon and Ms Helen Morgan were principal researchers for the project.

Faith Hope And Charity: Australian Women And Imperial Honours: 1901 – 1989 lists more than 4000 women recipients of Imperial Honours in Australia during the twentieth century, recognising their significant contributions and achievements. Biographical entries on a selection of women have been prepared, containing links to further bibliographical and archival resources.

Users can: browse women by award;
browse women by year and browse alphabetical listings of women.

Faith Hope And Charity is a project of the National Foundation for Australian Women as part of the Foundation’s ongoing initiative, the Australian Women’s Archives Project. It was funded by a 2001-2002 capacity building project grant under the Women’s Development Programme administered by the Commonwealth Office of the Status of Women, and published in 2003.