[ { "Title\/Name": "Australian Women's Charter", "Entry ID": "AWE0017", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-womens-charter\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist Manifesto", "Summary": "The Australian Women's Charter was a program of reforms put forward by women for incorporation into government planning of postwar reconstruction. Described as 'the feminist agenda for postwar reconstruction' and 'a landmark feminist manifesto', the charter documented a wide range of issues and objectives that were discussed at the Australian Women's Conference For Victory in War and Victory in Peace, held in Sydney in November 1943. It ranged over a series of issues - women's right to paid work, the necessity for adequate child care, the particular needs of rural and Aboriginal women amongst them - and reflected the conference participants' agenda for women in the post war world, an agenda that was influenced heavily by women's wartime experiences. A series of publications, programs and follow-up Charter conferences were organized to plan and campaign for the implementation of its aims.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/getting-equal-the-history-of-australian-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/left-wing-ladies-the-union-of-australian-women-in-victoria-1950-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/50-years-of-feminist-achievement-a-history-of-the-united-associations-of-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-street-documents-and-essays\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/girdled-for-war-womens-mobilisations-in-world-wat-two\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-manuscript-australian-womens-charter\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1944-1967-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alice-henry-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-della-and-ev-elliott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-nancy-lutton-1918-2007-bulk-1960-2007-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1960-1991-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/united-association-of-women-records-ca-1930-1970\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-jessie-street-circa-1914-1968-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pethybridge-eva-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daisy-marchisotti-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Australian Servicewomen's Memorial", "Entry ID": "AWE0121", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-servicewomens-memorial-6\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "The Australian Servicewomen's Memorial was dedicated by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, the Hon. Bruce Scott MP, on 27 March 1999. The Memorial, designed by Sydney sculptor, Anne Ferguson, commemorates all women who served, suffered and died in the defence of Australia.\n", "Details": "In November 1997 Sydney sculptor, Anne Ferguson, won a competition for her design of the Australian Servicewomen's Memorial. Other work in Canberra by the artist is the marble finials for the staircase at Parliament House. Ferguson has also worked with sculptor Peter Corlett to create a black granite carving of the Returned Soldier's League Memorial at the Australian War Memorial.\nThe Australian Servicewomen's Memorial commemorates all women who served, suffered and died in the defence of Australia. The flat mosaic sculpture represents a carpet laid by women. Set on a concrete slab is a square mosaic of granite stones which were gathered from all over Australia. A feature of the sculpture is the winding river that divides the mosaic into the pre and post 1945 periods.\nThe insignia of the various divisions in which women have served, from World War II through to 1999 (when the Memorial was dedicated), are incised into the stone borders of the work. The lettering and insignia face inwards encouraging people to walk on the memorial. It is located under a grove of trees in the sculpture garden beside the Australian War Memorial's administration building.\nPlaque on concrete slab in front of memorial, south east corner\nPre-1945\nRoyal Australian Naval Nursing Service\nWomen's Royal Australian Naval Service\nAustralian Army Nursing Service\nAustralian Women's Army Service\nVoluntary Aid Detachments\nAustralian Army Medical Women's Service\nRoyal Australian Air Force Medical Service\nRoyal Australian Air Force Nursing Service\nWomen's Auxiliary Australian Air Force\nInsignia of Royal Australian Navy\nInsignia of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces\nInsignia of Royal Australian Air Force\nWestern Border, from south west corner\nPost-1945\nRoyal Australian Naval Nursing Service\nWomen's Royal Australian Naval Service\nRoyal Australian Navy\nAustralian Army Nursing Service\nRoyal Australian Army Nursing Service\nRoyal Australian Army Nursing Corps\nWomen's Royal Australian Army Corps\nAustralian Army\nRoyal Australian Air Force Nursing Service\nWomen's Auxiliary Australian Air Force\nRoyal Australian Air Force\nInsignia of Royal Australian Navy\nInsignia of The Australian Army\nInsignia of Royal Australian Air Force [1]\n[1] http:\/\/www.skp.com.au\/memorials\/pages\/00018.htm accessed 2003-04-08\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-servicewomens-memorial-8\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/symbols-in-stone\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-honour-of-our-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/poetic-memorial-under-fire\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-servicewomens-memorial-7\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/design-for-australian-servicewomens-memorial\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden", "Entry ID": "AWE0324", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pioneer-womens-memorial-garden\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Birth Place": "King William Road, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "The Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden was established by the women of South Australia as a tribute to the pioneer women of the state in 1941. The garden was designed by landscape designer Elsie Cornish and the statue created by Ola Cohn was unveiled by Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey on the 19 April 1941. The Memorial Garden was paid for by the Women's Centenary Council of South Australia.\n" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ellis Rowan Building", "Entry ID": "AWE0330", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ellis-rowan-building\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Birth Place": "Australian National Botanic Gardens", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "In 1966, the first building established in the National Botanic Gardens was named in honour of Ellis Rowan, a wildflower painter. At that time it accommodated the original administration offices and the Herbarium. Later the horticultural research laboratory was added. It now houses the National Plant Photographic Index; the display, interpretive and public relations units of the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG); the Fauna of Australia unit of Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), together with their graphics and illustration studio. The Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) also have their offices there.\n" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Tapestry", "Entry ID": "AWE0367", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dame-elisabeth-murdoch-tapestry\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "The National Portrait Gallery commissioned this woven portrait of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, who is a trustee of the Tapestry Foundation of Victoria. The 1.5 by 1.2 metre tapestry depicts Dame Elisabeth sitting in the garden of her Langwarren home, Cruden Farm. Entitled \"A weaver of magic\", it was woven by Merrill Dumbrell at the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, South Melbourne and hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in the Old Parliament House, Canberra.\n" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dame Elisabeth Murdoch (Rose)", "Entry ID": "AWE0368", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dame-elisabeth-murdoch-rose\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "A Hybrid Tea rose bred by Kordes (Germany).\n" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kathleen Best Memorial Gates", "Entry ID": "AWE0479", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kathleen-best-memorial-gates\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "On 6 November 1959 a memorial gateway to the first director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) was erected at the entrance to WRAAC School, Georges Heights, Sydney and was opened by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales, Lieutenant General Sir Eric Woodward KCMG, CB, CBE, DSO.\nThe design chosen for the gates was submitted by an Australian Regular Army (ARA) Sergeant, Juanita Feltham BEM. The design was symbolic of the life and work of Colonel Kathleen Best. The gates were relocated to the Royal Military College, Duntroon and rededicated on 6 November 1994.\n", "Details": "Description of gates\nThe overall background is composed of a pattern of the Red Cross, which is symbolic of the life and work of Colonel Best's early associations with the medical professions. The main gates bear the lozenge, which is the heraldic women's emblem. The left hand gate symbolises her associations with the medical service during World War II and the right hand gate is symbolic of her service with the WRAAC. The centre of the main gates form a cruciform synonymous with the Red Cross which symbolised her Christianity and humanity.\nThe spikes above the gates are in the form of gum leaves and represent the 47 years of her life. The gates were wrought at the Army Apprentices School, Balcombe, Victoria and hung from piers made of natural sandstone.\nA commemorative panel bearing ceramic tile Command Formation signs is on the right of the gates while to the left of the main gates is a foot gate bearing the Corps badge in bronze. Moneys raised for the gates were donated from serving and ex-service women.\nThe last parade of the WRAAC was held on 5 December 1984. The following day the WRAAC flag was lowered and handed to the WRAAC School's last Commanding Officer, Lt-Col Robert Hennessy, following which Colonel Best's sister, Gwen Ellis, and Major Dianne McVicker ceremonially closed the Best memorial gates for the last time. Later the gates were dismantled and lay neglected until the WRAAC Association succeeded in having them relocated in the grounds of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, where they were rededicated on 6 November 1994, exactly 35 years after their official opening. [1]\n[1] Soldiers of the Queen by Janette Bomford p. 120.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/soldiers-of-the-queen-women-in-the-australian-army\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/colonel-best-and-her-soldiers-the-story-of-the-33-years-of-the-womens-royal-australian-army-corps\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-stroll-down-memory-lane\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/speech-by-colonel-sybil-h-irving-honorary-colonel-of-the-corps-made-at-the-opening-of-the-kathleen-best-memorial-gates-womens-royal-australian-army-corps-wraac-school-mosman-nsw-6-november-19\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/seven-slides-from-the-opening-of-the-kathleen-best-memorial-gates-womens-royal-australian-army-corps-wraac-school-mosman-nsw-6-november-1959\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kathleen-best-memorial-gates-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kathleen-best-memorial-gates-and-portrait\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "The Sybil Irving Memorial, Western Australia", "Entry ID": "AWE0532", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-sybil-irving-memorial-western-australia\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "The Sybil Irving Memorial in Western Australia is a pink flowered White Wood tree (Eucalytus leucoxylon macrocarpa rosa), seat and plaque in the War Veterans' Home, Mt Lawley, unveiled by Mrs Alice Corry, President Ex-AWAS Association of Western Australia, dedicated by The Reverend Neil McGregor 16 March 1977.\n" }, { "Title\/Name": "The Sybil Irving Memorial, Victoria", "Entry ID": "AWE0533", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-sybil-irving-memorial-victoria\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "The Sybil Irving Memorial in Victoria is a Firewheel tree (Stenocarpus sinuatus) and plaque in Kings' Domain (near Edith Cavill Memorial) Melbourne, unveiled by Miss May Douglas, OBE, Chairman National Memorial Committee, dedicated by The Reverend Evan Wetherell 16 April 1978\n" }, { "Title\/Name": "The Sybil Irving Memorial, Tasmania", "Entry ID": "AWE0534", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-sybil-irving-memorial-tasmania\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "The Sybil Irving Memorial in Tasmania is a Flowering Cherry tree (Prunus serrulata) and seat with plaque on Alexandra Battery Point, overlooking Hobart Harbour, unveiled by Lady Burbury, wife of the Governor of Tasmania, dedicated by The Very Reverend H J L Butterly 19 April 1978.\n" }, { "Title\/Name": "The Sybil Irving Memorial, New South Wales", "Entry ID": "AWE0535", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-sybil-irving-memorial-new-south-wales\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "The Sybil Irving Memorial in New South Wales is a seat with plaque between established Plane trees (Plantanus cuneata) in Wynyard Street (near The Royal Australian Regiment Memorial), Sydney, unveiled by Lady Cutler, wife of the Governor of New South Wales, dedicated by The Very Reverend Lance Shilton 3 October 1978. The seat is now located in the Jessie Street Gardens.\n" }, { "Title\/Name": "The Sybil Irving Memorial, South Australia", "Entry ID": "AWE0536", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-sybil-irving-memorial-south-australia\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "The Sybil Irving Memorial in South Australia is a Lilly Pilly tree (Acmena smithii) and seat with plaque in North Terrace Gardens opposite Stephen Place) Adelaide, unveiled by Mrs Keith Seaman, wife of the Governor of South Australia, dedicated by The Right Reverend Lionel Renfrey 26 November 1978.\n" }, { "Title\/Name": "The Sybil Irving Memorial, Queensland", "Entry ID": "AWE0537", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-sybil-irving-memorial-queensland\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "The Sybil Irving Memorial in Queensland is a seat near a Leopard tree (Caesalpinia ferrea), adjacent to Anzac Square Brisbane, unveiled by Lady Ramsay, wife of the Governor of Queensland, dedicated by The Reverend Douglas Thomson 16 December 1978.\n" }, { "Title\/Name": "The Sybil Irving Memorial, Australian Capital Territory", "Entry ID": "AWE0538", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-sybil-irving-memorial-australian-capital-territory\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "The Sybil Irving Memorial in the Australian Capital Territory is located in the Commonwealth Park Gardens (near tunnel under Parkes Way) Canberra, seats under a Wisteria covered pergola, and plaque set in boulder, overlooking Lake Burley Griffin, unveiled by Her Excellency Lady Cowen, wife of the Governor-General of Australia, dedicated by Canon John Falkingham 11 March 1979.\n" }, { "Title\/Name": "WRANS Memorial HMAS Harman<\/I>", "Entry ID": "AWE0566", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wrans-memorial-hmas-harman\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "On 1 July 2003 a dedication of a WRANS Memorial, formally recognising Harman as 'The Birthplace of the WRANS,' was held. The WRANS Memorial HMAS Harman is dedicated to those who have served in the Woman's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) and those females who have and are currently serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).\n", "Details": "In April 1941, 14 women (12 telegraphists and 2 stewards) started work at HMAS Harman near Canberra. At the time instructions were given that no publicity was to be given to the formation of the women's service, but this changed after the war in the Pacific began. During World War II more than 2000 women served in the WRANS. The WRANS served in shore establishments or 'stone frigates' primarily, hence the shape of a building as the main form in the structure. To show that the focus of the work being done by the WRANS was in support of those at sea the sides of the 'stone frigate' are covered in tiles of a colour akin to that of the sea. In the foreground of the memorial there are two bollards to represent the 'ties to the shore' of those at sea. The top of the memorial is sandstone with three distinct capping pieces, one each for the two service periods of the WRANS 1941-1946 and 1951-1984 and, the third to represent the ongoing contribution to the Navy of the female members of the RAN. The sandstone is reflective of the seabed and the seashore. At the rear are two flag poles from which will fly the Australian White Ensign (introduced in 1967) and the White Ensign (flown by the RAN from its inception until 1967), the latter in recognition of the period in which the WRANS first served.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "WRANS Memorial Window", "Entry ID": "AWE0567", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wrans-memorial-window\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "One of the original fourteen females to join the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Jess Scott Doyle (n\u00e9e Prain) was the inspiration for the creation of a lasting memorial to all those in the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) during the war and later in peacetime. Under her direction a memorial committee raised funds and completed research and design details for the window memorial. Arthur Griffiths and Patrick Pearce of Celtic Studios completed the memorial in time for the RANS 75th anniversary ceremonies in 1986.\n", "Details": "The window symbolizes things with which every WRAN can identify without favour to rank or rating. There are two figures, one in the dark wartime uniform representing the dark days of the war and the second in the white summer uniform representing the peacetime service. They both face slightly to the right thus eliminating their category badges. Every category badge is incorporated in a surrounding roped border and across the base are the rank badges from leading hand to officer.\nThe background shows distant rolling hills with radio masts and ships in convoy, as many WRANS, including the original fourteen, worked inland in Canberra maintaining radio contact with ships at sea and all over the world. HMAS Harman was the telecommunications nerve centre of the naval war in the Pacific.\nThe foreground suggests the bow of a ship and a bollard to show the strong link the WRANS had with ships in port.\nThe window was unveiled by Lady Stephen, wife of the then Governor General Sir Ninian Stephen at the RANS 75th anniversary ceremonies in 1986.\nWindow Committee\n\nNan Carrol\nGwenda Garde\nMargaret Jones\nNance McQueen\nJess Doyle (Prain)\nJean Nysen\nSue Timbury\nWOWR M Christensen\nWOWR M Weir, OAM\n\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ships-belles-the-story-of-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service-in-war-and-peace-1941-1985\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial", "Entry ID": "AWE0569", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-ex-prisoners-of-war-memorial-5\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial located at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens features a granite wall listing the names of Australian Prisoners of War (POW). The listing is by surname and initials and shown by war. Between the Boer War (1899-1902) and the Korean War in the 1950's 34,737 Australian servicemen and women (59 World War II nurses) were incarcerated in POW camps.\n", "Details": "The monument, designed by sculptor Peter Blizzard, is intended to provide ex-prisoners of war, their descendants, visitors and future generations with a reflective experience.\nThe design of the POW monument uses the basic idea of a journey through and an experience of time and place. The start of the pathway is long and straight heading off into the shape of railway sleepers, a reference to the Burma Railway. Running parallel to the pathway is a polished black granite wall, 130 metres long etched with the names of all Australian POWs. Standing in a reflective pool are huge basalt obelisks up to 4.5 metres high with the names of the POW camps. The columns are out of reach and across the water symbolizing that all the POW camps were away from Australian shores. Further on, there is another wall with the words 'Lest we Forget' engraved, allowing for an area of contemplation and reflection after the \"journey\".\nThe Memorial's dedication took place on 6 February 2004.\nNurses listed on Memorial\n\nAnderson, M J\nAshton, C J\nBalfour-Ogilvy, E L\nBeard, A M\nBlake, K C\nBlanch, J J\nBridge, A J\nBullwinkel, V\nCallaghan, E M\nCasson, F R\nClancy, V A\nCullen, M C\nCuthbertson, M E\nDavis, W M\nDelforce, C E M\nDorsch, M H M\nDoyle, J G\nDrummond, I M\nElmes, D G\nFairweather, L F\nFreeman, R D\nGardam, D S\nGreer, J K\nGunther, J P\nHalligan, C I\nHannah, E M\nHarper, I\nHarris, N\nHempsted, P B\nHodgson, M I\nHughes, G L\nJames, N G\nJeffrey, A B\nKeast, D C\nKeats, E L\nKerr, J\nMcElnea, V I\nMcGlade, M E\nMittelheuser, P B\nMuir, S J M\nNeuss, K M\nOram, W E F\nOxley, C S M\nParker, K I\nRaymont, W R\nSalmon, F A\nShort, E M\nSimons, J E\nSingleton, I A\nSmith, V E\nStewart, E S J\nSyer, A C\nTait, M M A\nTrotter, F E\nTweddell, J\nWhyte, L M\nWight, R J\nWilmott, B\nWoodbridge, B\n\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/34737-pows-we-will-remember-them\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/all-expectations-surpassed-despite-unexpected-heat\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thousands-eager-to-search-for-names\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memories-shared-by-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-australian-ex-prisoners-of-war-memorial-ballarat-botanical-gardens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Storey Hall", "Entry ID": "AWE0597", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/storey-hall\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Birth Place": "Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Meeting Place", "Summary": "Built by the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society as a meeting hall in 1887, the building now known as Storey Hall, located on the Swanston Street campus of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Melbourne, Victoria, has a long, colourful history that includes its importance as a site for women's social and political protest. Notably, during World War I, the venue was leased to the Women's Political Association, who scheduled public meetings and rallies. The organisation's purple, white and green flag was hoisted on the roof of the building 'as a symbol of the sisterhood of women.' Various International Women's Day Functions have been held at the venue subsequently.\nIn honour of the building's importance to Victorian feminist activism, The Ashton Raggatt McDougall renovation in the 1990s made a feature of the feminist colours.\n", "Details": "The green and purple colours of Storey Hall bring to mind the hall's earlier life as a place for feminist debate and Catholic activism. Built by the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society in 1887 'Hibernian Hall', as it was then called, played a significant role in the organisation of St Patrick's Day processions in Melbourne. By 1903 it was known as Guild Hall and Dureau Memorial Hall. During World War I the building was leased to a feminist pacifist organisation, the Women's Political Association, and was the venue for many of Melbourne's largest anti-conscription public meetings and rallies. Before being purchased, in 1957, by the Victorian Education Department, the building was owned at various times by the Eagle and Globe Steel Company of Sheffield, Melbourne Legacy and architect Bernard Evans, who later became Lord Mayor of Melbourne. In 1958 the hall was remodelled and named after Sir John Storey, an industrialist and member of the College Council for 15 years. Following the 1994 refurbishment the Royal Australian Institute of Architects judged RMIT Storey Hall 'of architectural significance'. The building received several awards and commendations in 1996-1997 including the RAIA National Architecture Award (Interior Award), Victorian Architecture Medal, William Wardell Award (Institutional) and Marion Mahony Award (Interior Category).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/storey-hall-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/storey-hall-rmit-building-16\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/radical-melbourne-a-secret-history\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Australian Service Nurses National Memorial", "Entry ID": "AWE0604", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-service-nurses-national-memorial-6\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "The Australian Service Nurses National Memorial was unveiled on 2 October 1999, 100 years after the first Australian nurses paid their own way to the Boer War, by the then Governor-General Sir William Deane.\n", "Details": "The Australian Service Nurses National Memorial, designed by Sydney-based sculptor Robin Moorhouse, commemorates the role of more than 10,000 Australian service nurses who have served in times of war, including 102 who died while on active service.\nThe Memorial is constructed from translucent blue glass and has the words 'Beyond all praise' on the front. It consists of two curvilinear glass walls which are etched with text and images, in a timeline sequence, portraying the history and contribution of Australian Service Nursing. Also included is a collage of historical photographs and extracts from diaries and letters, in the original handwriting. Included on the west side of the memorial are the insignias of the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force.\nUnveiled on 2 October 1999, the ceremony was attended by over 1000 nurses, some from World War II who were in their 80s. A fly past by the Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes and royal salutes by officers from all defence services were included in the ceremony. A march by nurses carrying 102 Australian flags in memory of the nurses who fell in service plus one other flag in memory of civilian nurses who had lost their lives was also included. Other nurses wore vintage uniforms from previous war campaigns and wreaths were placed at the foot of the memorial by several dignitaries, service and civilian nursing groups from across Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/service-nurses-honoured-with-long-awaited-memorial\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "The Dawn: a journal for Australian women (1888-1905)", "Entry ID": "AWE0641", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-dawn-a-journal-for-australian-women-1888-1905\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Summary": "In 1888 Louisa Lawson, who had previously edited the Republican with son Henry, launched The Dawn; a journal for women. The publication's purpose was to be a \"phonograph to wind out audibly the whispers, pleadings and demands of the sisterhood\". It advised on women's issues, including divorce, the age of consent, and women's right to vote. As well as operating as an important vehicle for the communication of feminist politics the paper also contained short stories, fashion notes, sewing patterns and reports on women's activities around the country and overseas. By October 1889, the Dawn office employed ten women as typesetters, printers, binders, and unskilled workers. They were harassed by male workers, and by their male union, The New South Wales Typographical Association. In 1905, after seventeen years, the publication ceased production.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-dawn-a-journal-for-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-first-voice-of-australian-feminism-excerpts-from-louisa-lawsons-the-dawn-1888-1895\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-incident-at-the-dawn\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-womans-political-work-is-never-done\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ex Servicewomen's Memorial", "Entry ID": "AWE0759", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ex-servicewomens-memorial\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Commemoration", "Summary": "The plaque commemorating the service of the women of New South Wales who enlisted in Australia's Defence Forces during World War II is located in the Jessie Street Gardens in Sydney. It was unveiled by His Excellency Rear Admiral Sir David Martin, KCMG, AO on 16 February 1990.\n" }, { "Title\/Name": "Feminist Tour of Perth", "Entry ID": "AWE0818", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feminist-tour-of-perth\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact" }, { "Title\/Name": "Women's Suffrage Petition (Monster Petition)", "Entry ID": "AWE3776", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-suffrage-petition-monster-petition\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Summary": "The Women's Suffrage Petition (or Monster Petition) is a collection of close to 30,000 signatures collected from Victorian women in 1891 in an effort to gain the right to vote. 260 metres long and 200 millimetres wide, it is made of paper pasted to a fabric backing and rolled onto a cardboard spindle. It takes three people three hours to unroll the petition from one spool to another.\nThe Monster Petition was addressed to the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Colony of Victoria, and was tabled in Parliament in September 1891 with the support of the then Premier, James Munro.\nThe petition contained the following statements:\nThat Government of the People by the People, and for the People should mean all the People, and not one half.\nThat Taxation and Representation should go together without regard to the sex of the Taxed.\nThat all Adult Persons should have a voice in Making the Laws which they are required to obey.\nThat, in short, Women should Vote on Equal Terms with Men.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/1891-womens-suffrage-petition\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-suffrage-petition-1891\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Women in Australia: An annotated guide to records", "Entry ID": "AWE3961", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australia-an-annotated-guide-to-records\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Summary": "An outcome of an International Women's Year National Research Program project, Women in Australia: An annotated guide to records is a major publication that documents sources relating to the study of women in Australia. Initially given a life of six months, the project employed eighteen research assistants from around the nation who undertook to locate and document existing material and to identify gaps in the record that could be supplemented through an extensive oral history program. Kay Daniels, Mary Murnane and Anne Picot edited the collection.\nThe publication functions as much more than a list of what it available. It adds value by describing what exists in each collection, including collections that are not obviously 'women's papers', suggests how they might be used and where researchers might look for further information about particular people, organisations and historical problems.\nThis two-volume guide put paid to the myth that women's histories couldn't be written because there were no records. Never a guide to all the available records, it was, nevertheless, a starting point for research and information exchange.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australia-an-annotated-guide-to-records-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Broken Hill Women's Memorial", "Entry ID": "AWE4054", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/broken-hill-womens-memorial\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Birth Place": "Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia", "Summary": "The Broken Hill Women's Memorial stands as a tribute to the solidarity of Broken Hill women who supported their menfolk during union disputes in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.\n", "Details": "On Friday 30 March 2001, the Women's Memorial in Broken Hill was officially unveiled by Martin Ferguson, Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Transport, Infrastructure, Regional Services and Population. Standing in the town square facing Chloride Street, it was constructed by Zanon Memorials from two pieces of grey polished granite, each weighing 1.2 tonnes. The photograph of a contemporary family used in the memorial was reworked by Doug Banks.\nThe idea for a women's memorial was conceived in 1986, when Broken Hill women organised financial and moral support for their men during a major industrial dispute. In June that year, 400 women marched down the main street in support of the union cause, just as Broken Hill women had done in the great strikes of 1919 and 1892. Fundraising efforts in 1986 left the women with a surplus of $1,000 after the dispute had ended, and it was decided to use those funds to erect a women's memorial. Extra funding came from the mining union.\nUpon the unveiling of the memorial, the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) president Eddie Butcher addressed the crowd. The monument was dedicated to the women of Broken Hill, he said, 'who over the years have not been recognised for what they have contributed to the community. They were the unsung heroes as they stood by their men, through the toughest and darkest hours of mining history. Women are the backbone of Broken Hill's society and they truly deserve the recognition that this monument will give them'.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rebel-women-women-and-class-in-broken-hill-1889-1917\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/celebration-of-women-recognition-of-fight-for-family-and-community\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-richest-lode-broken-hill-1883-1988\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/unbroken-spirit-women-in-broken-hill\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-memorial-broken-hill\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Memorial Plaque - Women on Farms Gatherings, Ouyen, 1998", "Entry ID": "AWE4475", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memorial-plaque-women-on-farms-gatherings-ouyen-1998\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Birth Place": "Ouyen, Victoria, Australia", "Summary": "A Memorial to past committee members of Women on Farms Gatherings was initiated by the Ouyen Gathering in 1998, and since then has been displayed in a prominent place at each Gathering.\nThe women acknowledged on the plaque include: Eileen Patricia (Pat) Hall, Sea Lake 1991; Kathleen (Kath) Paynter, Swan Hill 1995; Rhonda Weatherhead, Warragul 1990; Muriel Dick, Warragul 1990 & 1999.\n", "Details": "Polished cross section of Mallee stump with small carved single furrow plough at the top. Brass plates have been secured to the surface.\nCentre top plaque reads: 'Women on farms Gatherings\/ In memory of\/ Past committee members'.\nSeparate plaques reads: 'Eileen Patricia (Pat) Hall\/ Sea Lake 1991'; 'Kathleen (Kath) Paynter\/ Swan Hill 1995'; 'Rhonda Weatherhead\/ WARRAGUL 1990'; 'Muriel Dick\/ Warragul 1990 & 1999'.\nLower plaque reads: 'Memory board initiated by\/ Ouyen W.O.F.G. 1998'.\n" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parliament House Embroidery", "Entry ID": "AWE4886", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parliament-house-embroidery\/", "Type": "Cultural Artefact", "Occupations": "Artwork", "Summary": "In 1988 the Embroiderers' Guilds of Australia presented a commemorative embroidery to the Commonwealth Parliament as a gift to celebrate Australia's bicentenary. This presentation was the culmination of eight years of unprecedented collaboration among the eight State and Territory Guilds, overseen by a standing committee of the ACT Guild - the Parliament House Embroidery Committee - convened by Dorothy Hyslop. Over 1000 women from all over Australia were involved in the work and the Guilds donated not only their embroidery skills but also the fabric and thread and the administration of the project.\nThe embroidery is one of the two major artworks hanging in the Great Hall of Parliament House. Designed as an eight-panel frieze in the tradition of the Bayeux Tapestry, 16 metres long and 65 centimetres deep, the embroidery's theme is 'the settlement of Australia', in tune with the theme of 'the land' for all the public areas of the House. The exquisite embroidery is universally acknowledged as a nationally significant artwork and has given prominence to a long undervalued medium.\n", "Details": "An international architectural competition was initiated by the Australian Parliament in 1979 to design a new Parliament House, to be completed in time for the bicentenary in 1988 of European settlement in Australia. Canberrans naturally took a strong interest in the winning design by architects Mitchell, Giurgola and Thorp which was announced in June 1980. However, when Dorothy Hyslop proposed to her fellow members in the ACT Embroiderers' Guild that an embroidery be created by all the eight embroiderers' guilds and presented to the new Parliament House as a gift to the nation, the initial reaction was 'stunned silence'. The ACT Guild was small; few members thought the idea worthwhile and the eight State and Territory Guilds did not then enjoy regular communication and had only lukewarm interest in formal connections.\nNevertheless, the ACT Guild authorised Hyslop and fellow Canberra embroiderer Loma Ruddock to approach the chairs of the Joint House Standing Committee on the new Parliament House. The latter called the idea a 'breath of fresh air' and responded enthusiastically. The Guild then sought and obtained the agreement of all the other State and Territory Embroiderers' Guilds to participate in the project despite some members' trepidation that, as 'amateurs', their work might not be considered good enough.\nIn October 1980 the ACT Guild set up a Parliament House Embroidery (PHE) Committee, convened by Hyslop, to manage the project. It proved to be a huge, complex and lengthy project during which two states withdrew but later re-joined. Its ultimate success owed much to Hyslop's exceptional project management and communications skills.\nThe PHE Committee worked very closely with the Parliament House Construction Authority and, in particular, the Art Advisory Committee for the House, and Pamille Berg, the architects' Art and Craft Coordinator, to make the embroidery an intrinsic part of the House's artworks and the architectural context of the building. The first steps were to develop a design brief and invite six designers to submit designs for consideration.\nThe Committee decided that the embroidery design should be as significant in quality as the craft skills devoted to the fabrication of the work. The theme would be 'the settlement of Australia', stemming from the overall theme of works for the new Parliament House focussing on the interactions of peoples with Australia's vast landscapes from early Aboriginal occupation to modern times. The work had to be long and narrow as it was to hang in the gallery of the Great Hall, and each Guild would work on a section of the embroidery which would later be joined to form a single piece.\nThe competition was won by Kay Lawrence, a South Australian textile designer and tapestry weaver. Her design was decidedly unconventional, comprising 31 different images, intended as such rather than as one overall design. It refers to each State and Territory in particular images but emphasises common elements in the experience of settlement rather than distinct, State-based differences. It moves from Aboriginal people's harmonious relationships with the land to the changes wrought by European settlers as they sought to develop and control their surroundings. It conveys beauty and ugliness, joy and loss.\nThe PHE Committee appointed Anne Richards, a highly skilled Melbourne embroiderer, as the national embroidery coordinator and each State and Territory appointed a supervisor to oversee the work in her state and liaise with the Committee, Lawrence and Richards. Over a thousand women around Australia were involved in the work - some in making the hundreds of samplers from which stitches and colours were selected, others in preparing the linen and stretching it onto frames before work began, others in preparing the pieces for transport to Canberra, or in joining the sections and mounting the completed work in its case. The Guilds donated not only their labour but also all the funds needed for the materials. The linen and threads were intensively researched and of the highest quality.\nTwelve thousand unpaid hours of embroidered stitching were put into the eight panels by 504 women. Many viewed the work as an important historical, as well as artistic, project. In a number of cases several generations of one family worked on the embroidery. Embroiderers enjoyed the teamwork required not only in the embroidery itself but also in the complex tasks of conservation, joining the sections, and mounting the completed work in its case.\nThe embroidery was presented to the Presiding Officers of the Parliament on 25 May 1988 in front of more than 600 people. Within a decade it had been seen by over 14 million people. Visitors marvel at the exquisite stitching and the dedication and craftsmanship of so many embroiderers working creatively and cooperatively together.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-embroidery-to-remember\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/declaring-independence-the-enduring-impact-of-judy-chicagos-installation-artwork-the-dinner-party-and-kay-lawrences-parliament-house-embroidery\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/act-embroiderers-guild-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/embroiderers-guilds-of-australia-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1984-1988-manuscript\/" } ]