[ { "Title\/Name": "Ryan, Julia", "Entry ID": "AWE0002", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ryan-julia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Women's liberationist", "Summary": "Ryan was a member of the first Canberra Women's Liberation Group in the 1970s and remained in the movement from that time. She was Honorary Secretary of the National Foundation for Australian Women 1991-1996.\n", "Details": "Member of first Canberra Women's Liberation Group 1970s; Public Officer, Canberra Women's Refuge 1975 - 1977; Women's Studies, Australian National University, 1981-1982; Governor General's nominee, Australian National University Council (including appointee to Equal Employment Opportunity Committee) 1984-1991; ACT Women's Consultative Council Convenor 1992-1993, Member 1989-1993; Honorary Secretary, National Foundation for Australian Women 1991-1996; Trustee and Assessor, Beryl Henderson Foundation 1988 - 2000; Trustee, Pamela Denoon Trust 1990 - 2000.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gender-equity-at-canberra-high\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/capitalism-and-the-family\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julia-womens-liberation-inside-the-movement\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julia-ryan-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-julia-ryan-1947-1982-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-julia-ryan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-edna-ryan-1948-1993-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-foundation-for-australian-women-1988-2009-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-meredith-stokes-circa-1970-1997-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ryan, Edna Minna", "Entry ID": "AWE0004", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ryan-edna-minna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory", "Occupations": "Activist, Feminist, Trade unionist, Writer", "Summary": "Edna Ryan was a leading figure in three eras of feminism in the 20th century. As a feminist and labour activist she is credited with achieving equal pay for women, maternity leave and work based child care. Ryan wrote numerous articles, conference papers, submissions to government and two books, Gentle invaders (1975) and Two thirds of a man (1984).\n", "Details": "Parliamentary and Local Government Career\nLocal\n\nAlderman, Fairfield Municipal Council, 1956-65\nDeputy Mayor 1958\nMember, Prospect County Council retired 1972\n\nState\n\nCandidate, Mosman, 1953\n\nOther Highlights\n\nParticipated in the first International Women's Day 1928;\nOrganised the wives of the timber workers strike 1929;\nMember of Communist Party and International Workers of the World 1920-35c;\nJoined Australian Labor Party 1935;\nOrganised first residential Summer School for women for the Workers Educational Association;\nFirst female Deputy Mayor in NSW 1958;\nAlderman Fairfield Council 1959-65;\nFirst woman president of the largest branch of the Municipal Employees' Union 1960s;\nCampaign manager for future Prime Minister Gough Whitlam;\nFounding member of Women's Electoral Lobby 1972;\nPresented breakthrough submission to the Arbitration Commission to award low paid women workers the same minimum wage as men 1974;\nPublished Gentle Invaders, Australian Women and the Workforce 1788-1974 with Anne Conlon 1975.\n\nRyan campaigned for maternity leave and work-based child care for women workers, was an advocate of women's reproductive rights, and campaigned on the negative impacts of enterprise bargaining and compulsory superannuation on low paid women workers. In 1984 she published Two-thirds of a Man: Women and Arbitration in New South Wales 1902-08. The following year she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Sydney, and in 1995 was again awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters, this time by Macquarie University.\nEdna Ryan had three children - Julia, Lyndall and Patrick - whom she raised alone after the early death of her husband, Jack Ryan.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gentle-invaders-australian-women-at-work\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/two-thirds-of-a-man-women-and-arbitration-in-new-south-wales-1902-08\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-ryan-remembered-tributes-from-the-australian-feminist-policy-network-and-union-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/proving-a-dispute-laundry-workers-in-sydney-in-1906\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-and-production-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/talking-back\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/equal-pay-comparable-worth-and-the-central-wage-fixing-system\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-beryl-henderson-ms-9360\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-edna-ryan-ms-9140-ms-acc09-172\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-ryan-1904-1997\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wel-nsw-1972-1997\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/death-of-ms-edna-ryan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/commemorating-our-dear-departed-equal-pay-activists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/back-to-the-future-urgent-issues-for-men-and-women-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-ryan-a-political-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/getting-equal-the-history-of-australian-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/comments-for-edna-ryans-funeral\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-matriarchs-twelve-australian-women-talk-about-their-lives-to-susan-mitchell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-decade-of-mary-owen-dinners\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-minna-ryan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliaments-and-local-governments-past-and-present-a-survey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \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\/on-their-own-terms-profiles-of-five-very-individual-australians-prepared-by-tim-bowden-and-ros-bowden\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yarn-spinners-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-edna-ryan-1948-1993-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-beryl-henderson-1973-1992-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-ryan-and-sylvia-winters-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jack-kavanagh-collection-deposit-1\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interviews-with-edna-ryan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-ryan-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-ryan-interviewed-by-lucy-taksa-in-the-nsw-bicentennial-oral-history-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-ryan-papers-1965-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-ryan-further-papers-1961-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-lyndall-ryan-professor-of-australian-studies-university-of-newcastle-sound-recording-interviewer-sara-dowse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-richardson-scrapbooks-relating-to-the-womens-electoral-lobby-and-womens-events-1977-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ros-bowden-interviews-conducted-for-radio-programs-and-documentaries-ca-1975-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-julia-ryan-1947-1982-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-meredith-stokes-circa-1970-1997-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-edna-ryan-unionist-and-author-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/audrey-blake-further-papers-1915-1998\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Henderson, Beryl", "Entry ID": "AWE0005", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henderson-beryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lincoln, England", "Death Place": "Jerusalem, Israel", "Occupations": "Women's liberationist", "Summary": "Beryl Henderson set up the Abortion Law Reform Association in Canberra. She was an active member of Canberra Women's Liberation, and translated the French book Abortion: the Bobigny affair: law on trial. The first women's refuge in Canberra was named after her and in 1987 the Beryl Henderson foundation was established.\nBorn in England, she arrived in Australia via Israel, to settle in Victoria in 1965. She eventually made Canberra her home until the end of the 1970s when she returned to Israel.\n", "Details": "Beryl Henderson was born in Lincoln, England, in January 1897 and died in Jerusalem, Israel in December 1990, a month before her 94th birthday.\nAlthough she gained entry to university, the economic circumstances in her family prevented her from taking up her place. She won a scholarship to the Diocesan Training College, Lincoln, and became a primary school teacher.\nEarly in life, Henderson became interested in political and social issues, associating with Fabian Society members and the Pankhurst family. She attended suffragette meetings with her mother and at the age of 16 was a founding member of the British Abortion Law Reform Association, along with Dora\nRussell and other prominent women.\nHenderson belonged to that generation of British women whose fianc\u00e9s were killed in World War I and who never married. A feminist activist, Beryl became a councillor on the Extra Metropolitan London Borough Council, 1929-32, a member of the first Committee of the Abortion Law Reform Association in England in 1936 and a member of the Progressive League.\nHenderson left England to teach languages in an Israeli Kibbutz in 1960-64. Answering an advertisement in an English newspaper, she then came to Victoria as a housekeeper in 1965. She visited Canberra on holiday and decided to make it her home. Renting a room in Ainslie she started her first job in Canberra, undertaking housecleaning and general domestic work.\nBeryl Henderson found employment in Canberra Hospital in 1969, teaching English to migrants. She taught classes in 1969-73, forming many friendships in the migrant community. Volunteers from Women's Liberation helped by minding the children to enable migrant mothers to attend classes.\nHenderson was responsible for setting up the Abortion Law Reform Association in Canberra. She also became active in the Family Planning Association (Life Membership in 1979) and the Humanist Society. As an active member of Canberra Women's Liberation, Henderson performed the official opening of the first Women's Refuge in Canberra (1975), now named after her.\nIn 1974 Henderson translated from the French the book on the Bobigny Trial in France, Abortion: the Bobigny affair: law on trial, which was published by Wild and Woolley, Sydney 1975. Gisele Halimi, the French Arab lawyer who conducted the defence in the famous trial and wrote the book, expressed her great satisfaction with the standard of Henderson's translation when she launched it in Sydney during International Women's Year, 1975. The Women's Movement in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra contributed to the cost of the publication.\nAt the end of the 1970s Henderson returned to Israel. Soon after her ninetieth birthday, at the suggestion of her friends in Australia, she agreed to set up the Foundation in her name. The Beryl Henderson Foundation was established in May 1987 by eight of her friends. It offers an annual prize for an essay of no more than 5000 words on a topic relevant to women's studies or to the status of women. Eligible entrants must be enrolled in an undergraduate course in a post-secondary public education institution in Australia in the year preceding submission. The inaugural prize was presented in 1998.\n", "Events": "Councillor, Extra Metropolitan London Borough Council (1929 - 1932) \nEnglish translation of Abortion: the Bobigny affair: law on trial, (Wild and Wolley 1975) (1974 - 1974) \nEstablishment of the Beryl Henderson Foundation, it offers an annual prize for an essay on a topic relevant to women's studies or to the status of women (1987 - 1987) \nFamily Planning Association Life Membership (1979 - 1979) \nHousekeeper, Victoria and then Canberra, Australia (1965 - 1968) \nMember of first Committee of the Abortion Law Reform Association, England (1936 - 1936) \nOfficially opened the first women's refuge in Canberra, named after her (1975 - 1975) \nReturned to Israel (1979 - 1979) \nTaught English classes to migrant community (1969 - 1973) \nTaught English to migrants, Canberra Hospital (1969 - 1969) \nTaught languages in an Israeli Kibbutz (1960 - 1964)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-beryl-henderson-ms-9360\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/testimonial-beryl-hendersons-legacy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abortion-the-bobigny-affair-a-law-on-trial-a-complete-record-of-the-pleadings-at-the-court-of-bobigny-8-november-1972\/ \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\/beryl-henderson-at-the-womens-tent-embassy-today\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beryl-henderson-maureen-worsley-and-liz-goldring-at-the-womens-embassy-at-parliament-house-protesting-against-abortion-laws\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-beryl-henderson-1973-1992-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-beryl-henderson-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hunter, Thelma Anna Carmela", "Entry ID": "AWE0006", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hunter-thelma-anna-carmela\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Political scientist, Women's liberationist", "Summary": "Dr Thelma Hunter was a feminist political scientist, whose academic career was mostly spent at the Australian National University (ANU). She described herself as a teacher, scholar and writer. As well as teaching university students, she worked in schools, in adult education and in preparatory courses for mature age non-matriculants seeking university entry. Before establishing her academic career, she contributed occasional articles to UK newspapers, and was later a regular contributor to the Canberra Times. A hobby artist, she offered drawing workshops to staff and students at ANU, having earlier studied art in evening classes in Sydney and at Dartington College, Devon.\nFor Thelma Hunter the personal was political; her academic interests in women's employment, the status of women and the obstacles arising from combining work with marriage and family reflected her own experience. Growing up in an Italian family in Scotland, and later migrating with her family to Australia, Thelma Hunter also identified as a migrant.\n", "Details": "Thelma Cibelli was born at home in Glasgow, the fourth child of Italian migrants; her father Gaetano was the owner of a hairdressing shop. The only child not given an Italian first name, she was called after the actress Thelma Ritter, reflecting her mother Assunta's enjoyment of popular films.\nIn her autobiography she wrote candidly of an unhappy childhood, growing up fearful of an authoritarian, unpredictable, violent father. She took refuge in 'bookish achievements'.\nEducated at the Convent of Mercy, she loved languages, finding French and Latin easy. In 1940 she began an Arts degree at Glasgow University, interrupting her studies when she ran away from home as a rebellious teenager. She lived with her hairdresser sister Lyda, initially working at the Coates thread factory as a stock clerk, and later undertaking secretarial studies. At this time she began keeping diaries (some still in the possession of her family). She joined the wartime Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1940 working as a driver, including driving large trucks despite being small statured (155 cm). During this time she wrote that she 'joyfully' discovered her sexuality. On demobilisation her service record was described as exemplary, despite an incident of being absent without leave when she stowed away to France to win a bet.\nShe met her Scottish husband Alex Hunter at a dance following their demobilisation. Resuming studies at Glasgow University, Thelma switched to political economy, a decision she attributed to her growing sense of social justice. Encouraged by Thelma, Alex followed her to university, studying economics. After living together for a period, during which time Thelma had a backyard abortion, they married at a Registry Office in 1947. Thelma gained a Master of Arts with First Class Honours in 1950 and in 1952 a Diploma in Secondary Education from Jordanhill College, Glasgow. In this time, she worked as a research assistant and began submitting articles published in the Glasgow Herald.\nDuring five years living in Keele, following her husband's appointment to the University of Keele in 1953, Thelma had three children, Stephen, Assunta (known during her school days as Susan) and Maxwell. Thelma taught adult education classes and worked as a relief school teacher, while continuing freelance journalism for the Manchester Guardian.\nThe family migrated to Australia in 1958 when Alex was appointed to the University of Melbourne, where Thelma later tutored in Economics. Thelma began research on women and employment, including interviewing the, by then old and frail, feminist labour activist Muriel Heagney. They moved to Sydney in 1961 when Alex took up a chair at the University of NSW and Thelma began tutoring in the Department of Government at the University of Sydney. During this time she participated with Madge Dawson in a series of television programs Doorway to Knowledge.\nAlex Hunter had a major heart attack shortly after their arrival in Australia and, after other cardiac episodes, Thelma decided to seek fulltime work, facing the very real prospect that she would be supporting the family. Her 1963 application for a fulltime lectureship was unsuccessful - unlike Thelma, the successful male applicant not having a First Class Honours degree nor being a PhD candidate. Thelma was appointed to a lectureship in Political Science at the Australian National University (ANU) in 1965; Alex arriving two months later to take a Senior Research Fellowship in the Research School of Pacific Studies. Thelma's PhD on the politics of national health was conferred in 1969.\nKnown for activities to make new staff and students feel welcome in the ANU community, Thelma was at various times tutor and member of the governing body of Garran Hall, a resident Fellow in Bruce Hall, a board member and the acting Steward of University House. While she was not against having a high table, she usually sat with students at dinners.\nIn 1971 Alex Hunter died suddenly while working in Papua New Guinea. Widowed at 47, Thelma experienced profound depression, a condition which had afflicted her since youth. In her autobiography she courageously examined her experiences of depressive illness, which she attributed to stress, exhaustion and the social isolation arising from employment with no family support. She was also acutely aware of the impacts of a childhood with a violent father; her sense of rootlessness living between worlds of Scottish and Italian identity, and frustration about the constraints imposed on her as a woman.\nAfter her husband's death, Thelma Hunter described her illness as profound. She retired from her Senior Lectureship in 1979 at the age of 56, after six months sick leave from the university; feeling her career potential was still unrealised. She continued her association with ANU as a Visiting Fellow. In 1981 she began a long period of periodic lecturing in Politics at the ANU Centre for Continuing Education.\nIn 1990 Thelma returned to ANU to write her autobiography, which is deeply candid - in contrast to her personal papers in the National Library of Australia, which reflect her academic interests in women's issues, feminism, health policy and Indian politics.\nIn retirement Thelma enjoyed long country walks, which included traversing the high alpine Copland Pass in New Zealand and up and down the south rim of the Grand Canyon in the USA. She resumed art, which she had first studied in evening classes in Sydney; in 1978 gaining a Certificate of Special Studies in Art and Design from Dartington College, Devon, undertaken during long service leave from ANU. Thelma Hunter was a regular book reviewer for the Canberra Times and taught in a university bridging course for mature age entry students and occasional French lessons at Hawker Primary School in Canberra, where the students included two of her six grandchildren.\nThelma Hunter characterised herself as a reforming rather than radical feminist. She contributed to the Association for the Study of Women and Society submission on married women's employment, made to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Capital Territory 1971 enquiry into employment opportunities, and gave evidence to that enquiry. She instigated a pioneering course on the political sociology of feminism at ANU and chaired the ANU Women's Studies Committee. Thelma Hunter was the only woman on the selection panel which appointed Elizabeth Reid as the first Prime Minister's Women's Adviser in 1973.\nHer curriculum vitae records her participation in the Australian Association of Adult Education, Women's Electoral Lobby, National Foundation for Australian Women, Federation of University Women, Health Consumers' Association and Voluntary Euthanasia Society, as well as the Australian Political Studies Association (APSA).\nIn a Canberra Times article on 23 September 1981 'Academic feminism gathers strength', Thelma reported on the APSA annual meeting, and the contribution by members of the Women's Caucus, including the Presidential address, carriage of a resolution about inclusion of content about women in new and existing courses and strengthening informal social networks for women inside and outside academia. The APSA Women's Caucus awards the biennial Thelma Hunter Prize for the best PhD thesis on women or gender in politics.\nThelma Hunter's bequest to the National Foundation for Australian Women has supported the development of the online exhibition Women Who Caucus - Feminist Political Scientists.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-thelma-hunter-ms-9353\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/not-a-dutiful-daughter-the-personal-story-of-a-migrant-academic\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/academics-informative-and-moving-life-story-not-a-dutiful-daughter-the-personal-story-of-a-migrant-academic\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/with-and-without-a-partner\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-who-caucus-feminist-political-scientists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-employment-of-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/review-of-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/industrial-court-and-womens-wages\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-status-of-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reform-and-revolution-in-contemporary-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womanities-towards-integration-or-segregation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-factors-affecting-the-employment-of-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/married-women-in-academia-a-personal-view\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-and-social-policy-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-travails-of-a-liberal-feminist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/papers-of-thelma-hunter-1950-1984-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hunter-t-a-c\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sociology-conference-1980-women-in-the-workforce-dr-thelma-hunter\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/personal-papers-of-prime-minister-e-g-whitlam-correspondence-between-e-g-whitlam-and-dr-thelma-hunter-senior-lecturer-in-political-science-school-of-general-studies-box-10\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-jocelynne-scutt-1982-2010-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-thelma-hunter-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Owen, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0011", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/owen-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Balwyn, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Trade unionist, Women's liberationist", "Summary": "Mary Owen was founding Coordinator of The Working Women's Centre Melbourne, 1975-1986, when it was absorbed into the Australian Council of Trade Unions. She was a staff member of AAESDA (Association of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors & Draughtsmen of Australia), 1965 -1975 and a member of La Trobe University Council 1983-1990. She was appointed Deputy Chancellor of La Trobe University 1989. A founding member of Emily's List, Mary Owen was also a Member of the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) for over forty-three years. She represented WEL on many Government committees, making a significant impact on policies advancing the status of women, especially the fight for equal pay.\nIn 1986 the first Mary Owen Dinner was organised in Melbourne to celebrate Mary's retirement. Held annually, the event lasted twenty years. There was always a female keynote speaker and the audience, normally in the order of 600 women, wearing the feminist colours of purple, green and white, was a sight to behold. The last dinner was held in 2005.\nMary Owen was a very early supporter of the Australian Women's Archives Project, which began as a community based organisation's response to a request from Mary Owen for help with conserving the records of her long and varied contribution to public life.\nBorn in 1921, Mary was a woman who effected change - and made Australia a better, more equal place for all of us coming after her. She died 23 March, 2017.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/getting-equal-the-history-of-australian-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-we-know\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-decade-of-mary-owen-dinners\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vale-mary-owen-oam\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/working-women-discussion-papers-from-the-working-womens-centre-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-political-participation-of-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stress-in-the-workplace\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-rights-in-the-workplace-whats-being-done-to-improve-them\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/living-generously-women-mentoring-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-minna-ryan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/why-have-a-working-womens-centre\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/i-confess-id-rather-work-for-a-few-reforms\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/discrimination-what-does-it-mean\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/what-choice-for-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/what-came-out-of-copenhagen-the-definition-and-relevance-of-education-for-women-in-developing-countries\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-working-womens-centre\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/making-affirmative-action-work\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-a-wastefully-exploited-resource\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/100-years-of-womens-suffrage-1908-2008-reflection-and-celebration\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-owen-dinner-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-electoral-lobby-8\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-mary-owen-1951-2017-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/owen-mary-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-edna-ryan-1948-1993-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/working-womens-centre-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-mary-owen-co-ordinator-of-the-working-womens-centre-melbourne-1981-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Street, Jessie Mary Grey", "Entry ID": "AWE0013", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/street-jessie-mary-grey\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Chota Nagpur, Bihar, India", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Suffragette", "Summary": "Jessie Street was recognised nationally and internationally for her activism in women's rights, social justice and peace. Street campaigned for equality of status for women, equal pay, the appointment of women to public office and the election of women to parliament. Co-founder of the New South Wales Social Hygiene Association (1916) and Co-founder (1928) and President of the United Associations of Women, she was the only woman on the Australian delegation to the founding conference of the United Nations in 1945 and established the UN Commission on the Status of Women and the Charter of Women's Rights.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Mabel Ogilvie and Charles Lillingston, Jessie was born in India and moved with her family to Yulgilbar on the Clarence River, northern NSW, in 1896. She was schooled in England at Wycombe Abbey School, Buckinghamshire, from 1903, returning to Australia in 1906. She graduated in 1910 with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney, and became a founding member of the Sydney University Women's Sports Association that same year.\nFrom here, a long and active career began with attendance at the International Alliance of Women Conference in Rome in 1911, and Geneva in 1914. Jessie worked for the New York Protection and Probation Association in 1915. She joined the Feminist Club the following year, becoming President in 1928 and resigning in 1929. In 1916 she was Co-founder with Annie Golding of the NSW Social Hygiene Association. That same year she married Kenneth Street. The pair were to have four children: Belinda (1918), Philippa (1919), Roger (1921) and Laurence (1926).\nIn 1920, Jessie Street became Secretary of the National Council of Women, NSW, and founding member of the Australian League of Nations Union. She was a member of the Women's College Council from 1921-50; member of the Women's League of NSW after its formation in 1926; Foundation Vice-President of the Racial Hygiene Association of NSW in 1926 (renamed the Family Planning Association in 1961); Co-founder of the United Association of Women (UAW) in 1929; and President of the UAW from 1931-42. In 1936, Street was the NSW Vice-President of the Australian Federation of Women Voters. She formed the Council of Action for Equal Pay in 1937, and became President of the Australian Open Door Council the same year. In 1939, Street joined the Australian Labor Party. She was also Australian president of the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR. The following year she took an equal pay case to the Commonwealth Arbitration Court with Nerida Cohen on behalf of the UAW.\nJessie Street was a member of the NSW Committee of the International Peace Campaign throughout the 1930s-40s. In 1934 she was awarded the Victorian sesquicentennial prize for her song Australia Happy Isle.\nStreet founded and launched the Australian Women's Digest in 1941. In 1941 she was also Chair of the Russian Medical Aid Comforts Committee, and in 1942, formed the NSW branch of the Council for Women in War Work. She initiated the national conference which led to the Australian Women's Charter in 1943. The following year, as the NSW Chair of the Australian Women's Charter, she led a delegation of 13 women to present the Charter to Parliament.\n1943 and 1946 saw two unsuccessful campaigns as Labor candidate for the seat of Wentworth in Sydney, but Street became President of the NSW Peace Council and was the sole woman in the Australian delegation to the founding Conference of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945. She was the founder of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, 1945, acting as Australian representative from 1945-47, and Vice-President in 1947. Between 1957-67, she campaigned for constitutional change to grant the Aboriginal population the right to vote.\nStreet travelled extensively between 1945-64, visiting Washington, London, Moscow (as an official guest of the Soviet Union), Paris (for the Women's International Democratic Federation Conference), New Delhi (as guest delegate to the All India Women's Conference, 1945), and New York (for the Status of Women Commission, January-February 1947 and January 1948). Street was invited to Britain to help organise the World Peace Conference in 1950. She travelled throughout Europe on World Peace business in 1951, attending the Women's Congress in Copenhagen in 1953. She travelled to Geneva to observe the United Nations; to Vienna for the World Peace Council; to China on the invitation of the China Peace Committee; to Madras in 1955 for the All India Congress for Peace and Asian Solidarity; to Helsinki for the World Assembly for Peace; and to New York to attend the UN General Assembly. She chaired a seminar on the Status of Women in London in 1956. Between 1958-59, Street attended peace conferences in Stockholm and New Delhi. She was involved with the UN Status of Women Commission in New York; the International Assembly of Women in Copenhagen; and the 6th World Conference against A & H bombs in Japan, 1960-61.\nJessie Street's autobiography, Truth or Repose, was published in 1966. In 1989 the Jessie Street National Women's Library was established in her honour in Sydney, New South Wales.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/truth-or-repose\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/worth-her-salt-women-at-work-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-at-work\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bird-of-paradise\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/50-years-of-feminist-achievement-a-history-of-the-united-associations-of-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feminism-and-class-the-united-associations-of-women-and-the-council-of-action-for-equal-pay-in-the-depression\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-street-a-rewarding-but-unrewarded-life\/ 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\nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/2001-eldershaw-memorial-lecture-founding-fathers-dutiful-wives-and-rebellious-daughters-lecture-presented-to-a-tasmanian-historical-research-association-meeting-on-10-apr-2001\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/street-jessie-mary-grey-1889-1970\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-the-womens-college-within-the-university-of-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/uphill-all-the-way-a-documentary-history-of-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-street-a-revised-autobiography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-street-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-jessie-street\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newtown-tarts-a-history-of-the-sydney-university-womens-sports-association-1910-1995\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ 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\nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-jessie-street-to-the-status-of-women-commission-new-york\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/personal-papers-of-prime-minister-curtin-correspondence-s-jim-spain-john-symons-includes-representations-from-mrs-jessie-m-street-and-thumbs-up-horse-gymkhana-poster\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-jessie-street-forum-of-the-air-sz-21-1\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/personal-papers-of-prime-minister-holt-volume-3-of-press-cuttings-as-minister-of-immigration-labour-and-national-service-includes-articles-on-migrants-employment-commonwealth-parliamentary-assoc\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/personal-papers-of-prime-minister-curtin-correspondence-s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/status-of-women-general-mrs-jessie-streets-co-ordinating-agency\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/status-of-women-general-mrs-jessie-streets-co-ordinating-agency-2\/ \n 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\nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bill-morrow-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-australian-peace-council-1949-1955-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-street\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-shirley-andrews-1917-2002-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-jessie-street-circa-1914-1968-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jack-and-jean-horner-interviewed-by-peter-read-in-the-peter-read-collection-of-interviews-conducted-for-his-book-entitled-charles-perkins-a-biography-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-street-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australasian-book-society-records-1949-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feminist-club-of-new-south-wales-records-1928-1973\/ 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{ "Title\/Name": "Ryan, Lyndall", "Entry ID": "AWE0014", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ryan-lyndall\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Paddington, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Educator, Feminist, Historian", "Summary": "Lyndall Ryan was a member of the first Sydney Women's Liberation Group in 1970. In 1974 she joined the Commonwealth Public Service as a policy analyst on women's health and child care. She became an academic in 1977 and has held positions in Australian Studies and Women's Studies at Griffith and Flinders Universities. She was appointed to the position of Foundation Professor of Australian Studies and Head of School of Humanities at the University of Newcastle in 1998.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Edna Ryan and a committed feminist, Lyndall Ryan was one of the early wave of scholars who examined the extent of violence perpetrated against Aboriginal people by white colonisers. Her book The Aboriginal Tasmanians, first published in 1981 and based on her 1975 PhD thesis, presented a critical interpretation of the early history of relations between Tasmanian Aborigines and white settlers in Tasmania. A second edition was published by Allen & Unwin in 1996, in which she brought the story of the Tasmanian Aborigines in the 20th century up to date.\nHer scholarship since then continued to confront this violent past. In 2013, she led a team of scholars in a four year project to map the frontier massacres in Eastern Australia, a project funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant investigating Violence on the Australian Colonial Frontier, 1788-1960.\nRyan was elected as a Labor member of the ACT Advisory Council in September 1967 and resigned in December 1968.\nRyan was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in January 2019 for her significant service to higher education, particularly to Indigenous history and women's studies and then posthumously appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in January 2025 for distinguished service to tertiary education, particularly Indigenous history and colonial settlement through research and publications.\n", "Events": "Mejane (1971 - 1971) \nRefractory Girl (1972 - 1972) \nAustralian Academy of the Humanities (2018 - 2018) \nAustralian History, Australian National University, Canberra. (1977 - 1977) \nAustralian Studies, University of Newcastle. (1998 - 2005) \nComparative Social History and Australian Studies, Griffith University. (1977 - 1986) \nFirst Sydney Women's Liberation Group. (1970 - 1970) \nLeichardt Women's Community Health Centre. (1973 - 1974) \nPolicy Analysist, Priorities Review Staff and Women's Affairs Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra. (1974 - 1976) \nQueensland Committee on Discrimination in Employment and Occupation. (1984 - 1986) \nSchool of Humanities, University of Newcastle (1999 - 2003) \nSchool of Humanities, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah Campus. (2004 - 2005) \nSouth Australian Committee, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. (1996 - 1998) \nWomen's Studies, Flinders University. (1986 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-aboriginal-tasmanians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/we-women-decide-womens-experience-of-seeking-abortion-in-queensland-south-australia-and-tasmania-1985-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/origins-of-a-royal-commission\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/getting-equal-the-history-of-australian-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-of-warren-osmond-and-lyndall-ryan-1972-1996-bulk-1974-1982-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-lyndall-ryan-dr-author-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-julia-ryan-1947-1982-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waterloo-creek-the-australia-day-massacre-of-1838-george-gipps-and-the-british-conquest-of-new-south-wales-melbourne-penguin-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-manning-clark-1907-1992-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-dymphna-clark-circa-1930-2000-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julia-ryan-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-lyndall-ryan-professor-of-australian-studies-university-of-newcastle-sound-recording-interviewer-sara-dowse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-lyndall-ryan-1968-1992-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Levy, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE0015", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/levy-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Anne Levy was the first woman to preside in any house of any Parliament in Australia. She was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council in 1975 where she remained until 1997. In 1986 she became the President of the Legislative Council - the first woman to be a Presiding Officer of a House of Parliament in Australia. She held various Ministerial positions between 1989-1993, including first ever Minister for the Status of Women in Australia.\n", "Details": "Born in Perth, Anne Levy moved to Adelaide at the age of six and has since resided there. She was awarded her Bachelor of Science with Honours in 1957 and her Master of Science in 1963, both from the University of Adelaide. There she worked as a Tutor and Senior Tutor in Genetics from 1960-1975.\nLevy was elected Member of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of South Australia in 1975. She was re-elected in 1982 and 1989. She served on many Parliamentary Committees, including the Industries Development Committee (of which she was Chair) 1983-85, and the Statutory Authorities Committee, 1994-97. She was elected President of the Legislative Council, 1986-88. From 1989-1993 she served with the Bannon and later Arnold Governments as Minister for the Arts, Minister of Local Government, Minister of State Supply, Minister of Consumer Affairs, and Minister for the Status of Women. She retired in 1997.\nLevy was also a Member of the Council of the University of Adelaide, 1975-96; Patron of the Humanist Society, and 1986 Australian Humanist of the Year; Member of the Abortion Law Repeal Association, 1969 onwards; Founding member of the Family Planning Association, 1972-84; Patron of Supporting Mothers Association (SA); Founding and life member of the National Foundation for Australian Women (Board member 1993-95 and President 1996-99); Honorary Life Member of the Women's Electoral Lobby; Elected member of the Management Committee of the Women's Legal Service (SA); and Founding member of Emily's List (Australia).\nLevy worked primarily in areas of homosexual law reform, abortion law reform, euthanasia, rape law reform, childcare, maternity leave, equality in education for girls, equal pay and affirmative action. She married Keith Barley in 1956 and the pair had two children, Mathew (born 1959) and Rachel (born 1962).\n", "Events": "Adelaide University (1965 - 1975) \nJoint Committee on Subordinate Legislation (1979 - 1979) \nLegislative Council (1986 - 1989) \nLegislative Council, Australian Labor Party (1975 - 1997) \nStatutory Authorities Review Committee (1994 - 1997)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-significant-dates-in-the-history-of-women-in-south-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/excerpts-from-maiden-speech\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/who-are-my-representatives-government-in-south-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-politics-a-forum-in-the-centenary-year-of-womens-suffrage-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anne-levy-interviewed-by-peter-donovan-in-the-don-dunstan-foundation-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-anne-levy-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anne-levy-elected-to-state-ministry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anne-levys-bill\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hungarian-uprising-30th-anniversary\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mitcham-scented-garden\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/arts-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-resignation-1992-1993-l\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anne-levy-celebration-introducing-dr-anne-summers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/electorate-office-miscellaneous-correspondence-october-1992-to-june-1993\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mayor-r-a-allen-and-minister-anne-levy-mlc\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anne-levy-and-frances-bedford-at-the-international-womens-day-lunch\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-hon-anne-levy-former-member-of-the-south-australian-legislative-council-first-woman-presiding-officer-of-an-australian-parliament-and-first-minister-for-the-status-of-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ga1109-hon-anne-levy-member-of-parliament\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Read, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE0016", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/read-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Parliamentarian, Political candidate, Politician, Public servant, Tutor, Writer", "Summary": "Robyn Read was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in the seat of North Shore from 1988 until 1991. She failed to gain re-election in the 1991 by-election. Prior to her parliamentary career, Robyn was a successful local councillor and was Alderman for the North Sydney Municipal Council from 1970-77 and 1987-91 and was also Deputy Mayor from 1974-75.\n", "Details": "Parliamentary and Local Government Career\nLocal Government\n\nAlderman, North Sydney Municipal Council, 1970-77, 1987-91\nDeputy Mayor 1974-75\n\nState Government\n\nIndependent Member, North Shore, 1988-1991\nParty: Independent\n\nA lifelong resident of Sydney's lower north shore, Read completed her BA and MA in Town and Country Planning at the University of Sydney.\nFrom 1971 to 1977 and 1987 to 1991 she was Alderman of North Sydney Council, including periods as Deputy Mayor and Acting Mayor. During this time the Council introduced innovative programs such as public participation in precincts and the first New South Wales neighbourhood centre at Kirribilli. North Sydney became an acknowledged leader in the local government industry because of programs such as these.\nThe mother of three children - James Hamilton, Sophie Read-Hamilton and Cassandra Read-Hamilton - Read has also held positions with the Byron Shire Council, the New South Wales Water Resources Commission, the New South Wales Department of Environment and Planning and the Universities of Sydney and Macquarie.\n", "Events": "North Shore (1988 - 1991) \nNSW Legislative Assembly (1988 - 1991)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-more-things-change\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/report-on-prisons-following-visits-to-bathurst-goulburn-and-parklea-gaols\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burnside-just-twenty-six-suburbs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burnside-needs-study-research-data-document-part-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/writer-read-takes-a-leaf-out-of-her-own-book\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hmss-0039-robyn-read-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-robyn-read-author-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robyn-read-further-papers-1972-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oral-history-interview-with-robyn-read-sound-recording-by-margaret-park\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robyn-read-further-papers-1974-1991\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robyn-read-papers-concerning-the-water-resources-commission-of-nsw-1983-87\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reid, Elizabeth Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE0023", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reid-elizabeth-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Taree, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Consultant, Educator, Political scientist, Public speaker, Researcher", "Summary": "In 1973 Elizabeth Reid became the first adviser on women's affairs to a head of state, being appointed in this capacity for Australian Labour Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. Reid went on to work as an adviser, administrator, consultant, educator and researcher in an international setting on issues of women and development, health and population. She is currently based in Canberra, a Visiting Fellow, State, Society and Governance Program, College of Asia and the Pacific, at the Australian National University, and an analyst, programmer, consultant and trainer in development and humanitarian assistance.\n", "Details": "Elizabeth Reid graduated Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Philosophy from the Australian National University, Canberra in 1965. She went on to Somerville College, Oxford University, England where she gained a Bachelor of Philosophy in 1970.\nShe returned to the Australian National University as a Philosophy tutor and with Murray Goot published Women and Voting Studies: Mindless Matrons or Sexist Scientism? in 1975, based on a paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association conference in 1973. She was campaign manager for an Aboriginal woman candidate in the 1972 Federal election which installed Gough Whitlam as Prime Minister.\nReid then applied and was selected as an adviser to Whitlam in the women and child welfare area. During her work with the Whitlam government, Reid oversaw the Australian Government's arrangements for International Women's Year 1975, convening the IWY National Advisory Committee. She also led the Australian delegation to the Mexico World International Women's Year Conference, 1975, and was the Australian Representative to the United Nations forum on the Role of Women in Population and Development, 1974.\nReid helped resource community initiatives and women's services such as women's refuges, rape crisis centres, women's health centres, child care, and working women's centres. She brought in new policies in equal opportunity, training, employment and housing. Reid emphasised the need for all Cabinet submissions to include an assessment of their impact on women.\nFrom the time of her appointment, Reid and her work came under extreme pressure, both in the way of accolades and criticism. She attracted a high profile in the media, as well as the hopes, expectations, scrutiny, gratitude and criticism of feminists and women all over Australia. Political scientist Marian Sawer suggests Reid as women's adviser took on 'quasi-ministerial status', receiving more letters than anyone except the Prime Minister (Sawer, 1996). Reid resigned in October 1975, moving on to become Adviser to Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran on policy formation and implementation for women (1975-76).\nFrom this time on Reid began working in development and humanitarian assistance, both for the United Nations and in other organizations. She was the founding director and project manager of the United Nations Asian and Pacific Centre for Women and Development (1977-1979). She then worked as Principal Officer in the United Nations Secretariat for the 1980 World Conference of the Decade for Women. From 1981-1984, Reid worked for USAID and for the Peace Corps, based in Zaire, Burundi, Rwanda and Thailand. From 1985-1989 she worked as a consultant largely on HIV and AIDS strategies, education and policy in Australia, Zaire and the Pacific.\nFrom 1989 to 1997 Reid worked out of New York in the United Nations Development Programme, originally as Programme Director for Women in Development, then as Policy Adviser to the Administrator on HIV\/AIDS and Development, and from 1992 was Director of the HIV and Development Programme. In 1996 she was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. From 1998-2000 she was Resident Coordinator of the United Nations, and Resident Representative of the UNDP in Papua New Guinea (PNG).\nReid has addressed many conferences as keynote speaker, and her speaking engagements and extensive publication record have been focussed particularly in the areas of HIV education and women in development.\nIn 2001 Reid was made an Officer of the Order or Australia for work nationally and internationally on women and on the HIV epidemic; in the same year she was also named on the Centenary of Federation Honour Role of Women: Firsts and Founders, Victoria.\nSince 2002 she has worked as a Consultant to many countries, churches and other faith based organisations in the Asia Pacific region and in Africa. Her focus has been on assisting with health programs related to the treatment of HIV\/AIDS. From 2002-07, she was Senior Adviser, The Collaboration for Health in PNG a Public Private Partnership for Health. From 2005 she has acted as a consultant to faith based organisations and churches in PNG and the Pacific.\nFrom 2006-10 she served as Senior Adviser, HIV and Development, the PNG Sustainable Development Program (PNGSDP). From 2009 she has worked as an Evaluation Consultant in the Review of the national Nursing Program in Timor-Leste.\nIn 2006 the Australian National University awarded her a Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa.\nShe is currently Executive Trustee, Serendipity Educational Endowment Fund (SEEF) for the education of children touched by the HIV epidemic in PNG and Board Member of Oxfam Australia.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sisters-in-suits-women-and-public-policy-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/getting-equal-the-history-of-australian-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hiv-and-aids-the-global-inter-connection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-feeling-of-infinity-fourth-kenneth-myer-memorial-lecture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aids-a-time-to-care-a-time-to-act-a-policy-discussion-paper\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aids-and-development-implications-for-australian-non-government-aid-agencies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/proceedings-of-the-who-australian-inter-regional-ministerial-meeting-on-aids\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-and-voting-studies-mindless-matrons-or-sexist-scientism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-child-of-our-movement-a-movement-of-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/creating-a-policy-for-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-and-the-new-international-economic-order-a-critique\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-womens-roll-of-honour-women-shaping-the-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/femocrats-and-ecorats-womens-policy-machinery-in-australia-canadaand-new-zealand\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-reid-womens-advisor-to-the-australian-government-the-life-of-elizabeth\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-who-caucus-feminist-political-scientists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-decade-of-mary-owen-dinners\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-preliminary-survey-of-migrant-women-in-the-clothing-trade\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reading-as-a-woman-understanding-generalised-hiv-epidemics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reading-generalised-hiv-epidemics-as-a-woman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/embracing-disruptions-responding-to-uncertainties-valuing-agency-situating-a-feminist-approach-to-social-protection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/re-thinking-human-rights-and-the-hiv-epidemic-a-reflection-on-power-and-goodness\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elas-question\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-elizabeth-reid-1963-1981-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-reid-interviewed-by-sara-dowse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-advisory-committee-files-single-number-series-with-w-nac-womens-national-advisory-committee-or-nac-prefix\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dowse, Sara", "Entry ID": "AWE0024", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dowse-sara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Chicago, Illinois, USA", "Occupations": "Feminist, Public servant, Women's rights activist, Writer", "Summary": "Sara Dowse is a prize-winning writer of reviews and Canberra-themed fiction. A feminist and women's rights activist, she was a member of the Women's Liberation Movement and the Women's Electoral Lobby-ACT. She became the inaugural head of the Women's Affairs Section of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (now Office of the Status of Women) for the Whitlam government.\n(This entry is sponsored by generous donation from Christine Foley.)\n", "Details": "Born in Chicago, USA, Sara Dowse (nee Rosenthal) grew up in Hollywood, the daughter of an actor mother and celebrity lawyer father. Born of Jewish parents, she experienced anti-semitism in her early years, and left for Australia at nineteen (in 1958) when she married a visiting Australian footballer.\nShe studied Arts at Sydney University, and after experiencing sexism as a pregnant student and in society generally, she became what has been described as an 'old-style feminist'.\nShe arrived in Canberra in 1968 and worked as a journalist, publisher's field editor and tutor at the Canberra College of Advanced Education. She was a member of the Women's Liberation Movement and the Women's Electoral Lobby-ACT, and became the inaugural head of the Women's Affairs Section of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (now the Office of the Status of Women) for the Whitlam government. At the time of her appointment, she was dubbed 'Supergirl' by the press.\nDowse became spokesperson for 130 organisations that opposed the removal of lawfully performed abortions from the medical benefits scheme.\nAfter a publicised resignation from the public service, she worked as a teacher at The Australian National University, a reviewer for newspapers and journals, and became a writer of novels and short stories. She has also been an interviewer for the National Library of Australia's Oral History Program. She was forty-five when her first novel, West Block, based on her experiences in the Prime Minister's department, was published in 1983.\nDowse's other books include Silver City (1984), Schemetime (1990), Sapphires (1994) - a largely autobiographical work about rediscovering Jewish roots - and Digging (1996). She has contributed to Worth Her Salt: Women at Work in Australia (1982); Leaving School, It's Harder for Girls (1983); Women, Social Welfare and the State (1983), Sisterhood is Global (1984) and Home Grown Anthology (1993).\nShe was a member of Seven Writers - a group of seven Canberra-based writers whose work vividly portrayed life 'beneath the surface of Canberra' - and as part of this collective she contributed to Canberra Tales (1988), republished as The Division of Love in 1996, an anthology of short stories about life in Canberra. The work received an ACT Bicentennial Award.\nDowse has also been awarded the AIPS\/APSA Women in Politics Prize (1982); 3M\/Royal Blind Society Talking Book of the Year (1994); ACT Book of the Year (1995); ACT Book Reviewer of the Year (1995 and joint winner in 1997 with Marion Halligan). She was short-listed for the Steele Rudd Award (1995) and long-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Prize (1996). She has also been the recipient of an Australia Council fellowship; a Harold White Fellowship (1991) and an ACT Literary Fellowship (1996).\nSara Dowse has five children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/getting-equal-the-history-of-australian-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/femocrats-and-ecorats-womens-policy-machinery-in-australia-canadaand-new-zealand\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-writers-a-bibliographic-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-division-of-love-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/digging\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sapphires\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schemetime\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/silver-city\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/west-block-the-hidden-world-of-canberras-mandarins\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/as-the-lonely-fly\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-ward-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-reid-interviewed-by-sara-dowse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-sara-dowse-public-servant-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-seven-writers-group-between-1986-and-approximately-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-brenda-walker-1989-1996-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-drusilla-modjeska-1959-2006-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-dorothy-green-1943-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-1972-96-amirah-inglis-geoff-page-amy-witting-marion-eldridge-sara-dowse-les-murray-philip-hodgins-1988-94-includes-congratulations-on-banjo-award-for-to-the-burning-bush\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-marion-halligan-circa-1970-circa-2003-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-elizabeth-reid-1963-1981-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hmss-0131-word-festival-canberra-records\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-curtis-brown-australia-pty-ltd-1962-2002-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ann-turner-1901-2009-bulk-1975-2004-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hmss-0154-majura-womens-group-records\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/susan-ryan-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-sara-dowse-1958-2007-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julia-ryan-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-lyndall-ryan-professor-of-australian-studies-university-of-newcastle-sound-recording-interviewer-sara-dowse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-gae-margaret-pincus-lawyer-sound-recording-interviewer-sara-dowse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-helen-garner-author-sound-recording-interviewer-sara-dowse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kathleen-taperell-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meredith-edwards-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-in-the-academy-of-the-social-sciences-in-australia-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/amirah-inglis-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cassandra-pybus-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carmel-bird-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/linda-jaivin-interviewed-by-sara-dowse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anne-summers-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ryan, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE0025", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ryan-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Randwick, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Parliamentarian, Senator", "Summary": "Susan Ryan was appointed the first Labor Senator for the Australian Capital Territory, in 1975. In the Federal Parliament she was the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister Bob Hawke on the Status of Women 1983-88 and the Minister for Education, 1984-87. She presided over the passage of the federal government's Sex Discrimination Act 1984 and the Affirmative Action (Equal Opportunities in Employment) Act 1986. A complete record of her parliamentary service, including a link to her first speech, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).\nFrom July 2011 to 2016 she held the newly created position of Age Discrimination Commissioner with the Australian Human Rights Commission. She was also the Disability Discrimination Commissioner from July 2014 to 2016.\nSusan Ryan died on 27 September, 2020. She was a woman of many firsts; a trailblazer for Labor women in parliament. As former prime minister, Julia Gillard, observed, 'Every Australian's life has been improved by her leadership on gender equality.'\n", "Details": "Susan Ryan was awarded her BA from the University of Sydney in 1962, and MA in English Literature from the Australian National University in 1972. She worked as a school teacher in 1963 and then tutor in English Literature at ANU between 1970-72.\nRyan was a founding member of the Belconnen Branch of the ALP in 1969, and was later Vice-President of the Branch. She was delegate to the ALP ACT Branch Council between 1973-76. She was also a founding member of the Women's Electoral Lobby, ACT Branch. Ryan attended the World Conference on Women in Mexico City in 1975 and the United Nations Decade for Women Conference in Copenhagen in 1980. She was a member of the ALP Federal Policy Committee on Women and Education Officer of the International Women's Year Secretariat.\nElected as one of the first of two Senators for the ACT and the first Labor Senator for the ACT in 1975, Ryan served on a number of parliamentary committees between 1975-83. She was a member of the Council of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1981-83; member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry, Dec 1977-March 1983; Minister for Education and Youth Affairs, Hawke Labor Government, 1983; Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women, 1983-88; Minister for Education, Dec 1984; and Special Minister of State including responsibilities for the bicentenary, the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse and the implementation of the Australia Card program. She advocated for the Senate to pass the Sex Discrimination Bill 1982 and enact the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination, the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 and the Affirmative Action (Equal Opportunities in Employment) Act 1986. Ryan resigned as Minister and Senator in January 1988. She was awarded the Order of Australia in 1990.\nFollowing her resignation she worked as Publishing Editor of Penguin Books in 1988, Executive Director of the Plastics Industry Association Inc in 1989 and CEO of the Association of Suerannuation Funds of Australia from 1993 to 1997. She was also the Independent Chair of the IAG and NRMA Superannuation Plan, President of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees from 2000 to 2007 and a member of the ASX Corporate Governance Council from 2003 to 2007. She also held a number of positions at the University of New South Wales. She was Pro-Chancellor and Council member from 1998, Chair of the UNSW Risk Committee from 2002 and Chair of the Arts and Social Sciences Advisory Council from 2010.\nAfter retirement from politics, Ryan also remained involved in progressive causes, including as deputy chair of the Australian Republican Movement from 2000 to 2003, and as an advocate of an Australian bill of rights. She remained committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination, returning to the public sphere in 2011 to do so when she was appointed the inaugural Age Discrimination Commissioner. She expanded her remit to include the responsibilities of the Disability Discrimination Commissioner when the two roles were merged in 2014.\nSusan Ryan died on 27 September 2020. In later life, when reflecting upon her role as the architect of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, which outlawed discrimination on the basis of sex, marital status, and pregnancy, she observed that it was 'probably the most useful thing I've done in my life'.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taking-tiger-mountain-by-strategy-the-task-of-opposition-catching-the-waves-susan-ryan-at-the-hawke-institute\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-long-wave-still-rolling\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/catching-the-waves\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/getting-equal-the-history-of-australian-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-ordinary-lives-pioneering-women-in-australian-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ryan-the-hon-susan-maree-ao\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-susan-ryan-author-and-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/susan-ryan-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mass-media-regulation-1980-jul-by-senator-susan-ryan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-julia-ryan-1947-1982-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-peter-ryan-1927-2010-bulk-1962-1996-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-kathleen-abbott-1964-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/statement-by-bob-hawke-on-ministerial-arrangements\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-1967-1983-including-letters-by-thomas-shapcott-geoffrey-blainey-michael-costigan-senator-susan-ryan-les-hiatt-mary-tully-beau-riel-colin-scrimgeour-austin-byrne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sound-recordings\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/perth-pen-centre-records\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-craig-mcgregor-1961-2005-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-richardson-scrapbooks-relating-to-the-womens-electoral-lobby-and-womens-events-1977-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-hon-susan-maree-ryan-ao\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Denoon, Pamela", "Entry ID": "AWE0026", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/denoon-pamela\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Biochemist, Public servant", "Summary": "Pamela Denoon was National Coordinator of the Women's Electoral Lobby from 1982-84. She actively lobbied for women's rights in Canberra during the 1980s, and established by bequest the National Foundation for Australian Women and the Pamela Denoon Trust.\n", "Details": "Pamela completed a Bachelor of Science at Queensland University; a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) at the University of Papua New Guinea (1977); and was awarded her Master of Arts in Sociology by the London School of Economics.\nShe worked as a Biochemist in Cambridge, UK, and between 1966-72 was employed by Makarere University, Uganda. In 1981 she took up employment with the Abortion Counselling Service in Canberra, following which (from 1982-84) she was National Coordinator of the Women's Electoral Lobby. She worked for the Australian National University's Urban Research Unit in 1984, and was employed by the Office of Local Government.\nPamela played a major role in various women's campaigns and conferences including: the UN Women's Convention (CEDAW); the Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act; the Economic Summit 1983; the Affirmative Action Act; National Women's Tax Summit 1985 and National Agenda for Women Conference 1986.\nPamela, who married Donald Denoon and was the mother of three children born between 1966-72, died at the age of 46 after battling leukaemia. She established two feminist organisations by bequest: the National Foundation for Australian Women and the Pamela Denoon Trust.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/records-of-the-womens-electoral-lobby-1952-2010-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-realia-and-papers-relating-to-womens-issues-and-organisations-1975-2008-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-pamela-denoon-public-servant-feminist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-pamela-denoon-trust-1989-2005-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-relating-to-the-pamela-denoon-lecture-series-1989-2013\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-foundation-for-australian-women-1988-2009-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-marilyn-lake-1964-1999-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-edna-ryan-1948-1993-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "De Leo, Maria", "Entry ID": "AWE0028", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/de-leo-maria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Maria De Leo was the inaugural National Coordinator of the Women's Electoral Lobby, 1978-79.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-womens-electoral-lobby-1952-2010-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carnahan, Yvonne", "Entry ID": "AWE0029", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carnahan-yvonne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Yvonne Carnahan was the National Coordinator of the Women's Electoral Lobby from 1980-81.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-womens-electoral-lobby-1952-2010-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thompson, Lorelle", "Entry ID": "AWE0030", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thompson-lorelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Lorelle Thompson was the National Coordinator of the Women's Electoral Lobby from 1983-84.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-womens-electoral-lobby-1952-2010-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morgan, Joanne", "Entry ID": "AWE0031", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morgan-joanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Joanne Morgan was the National Coordinator of the Women's Electoral Lobby in 1984.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-womens-electoral-lobby-1952-2010-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Elix, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE0032", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elix-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Advocate, Consumer activist, Environmentalist", "Summary": "Jane Elix was the National Coordinator of the Women's Electoral Lobby from 1985-86.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-passionate-advocate-for-women-and-environment\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-womens-electoral-lobby-1952-2010-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lee, Lynn", "Entry ID": "AWE0033", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-lynn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Lyn Lee was the National Coordinator of the Women's Electoral Lobby, 1986-88.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-womens-electoral-lobby-1952-2010-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taylor, Joy", "Entry ID": "AWE0034", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taylor-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "England", "Occupations": "Author, Solicitor, Teacher, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Joy Taylor was the National Coordinator of the Women's Electoral Lobby in 1988.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-womens-electoral-lobby-1952-2010-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackson, Mavis", "Entry ID": "AWE0035", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-mavis\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Masulapatam, India", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Microbiologist", "Summary": "Mavis Jackson was a microbiologist. She founded International House (University of Melbourne) and served as President of the Lyceum Club from 1973-75.\n", "Details": "Mavis Jackson was educated at the Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne and the University of Melbourne (BSc 1931-35). She was one of only two women on the University of Melbourne SRC in her final year. During World War II she worked as a volunteer microbiologist with the Australian Army Medical Corps and as a Blood Transfusion Officer at Heidelberg Military Hospital.\nIn 1942 Mavis married Alan Vaughan Jackson and raised three children - Ian, Prue and Trevor. Though officially she left the workforce after marrying, she did return to establish the cytology unit at the Alfred Hospital in 1962, and ran it for the next fifteen years.\nJackson was a foundation member of the International House Council from 1955, and Chair 1973-79. She was a member of the board of management at Yooralla Children's Hospital School 1957-60; of the National Council of Women 1957-60; and of the executive Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria 1967-84. She served as President of the Victorian Society of Cytology in 1966.\nJackson was awarded honorary life membership of the Lyceum Club (having joined in the early 1930s). She was President of the Club from 1973-75 and twice a member of the general committee. In 1999 she was honoured as a \"living treasure\".\nIn 1967 Jackson was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of her community service work. Ten years later, in 1977, she was awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal for community service.\nMavis Jackson she was grandmother many times over.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituaries-mavis-jackson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituary-mrs-mavis-jackson-mbe-1913-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ladiges, Pauline Yvonne", "Entry ID": "AWE0036", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ladiges-pauline-yvonne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Botanist", "Summary": "Professor and Head of the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne.\n", "Details": "Pauline Ladiges is a member of the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) Advisory Committee which advises the Minister for the Environment on the award of grants and scholarships and on priorities for ABRS. She is also Deputy Chair of the Board of the Royal Botanic Gardens.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sara, Vicki", "Entry ID": "AWE0037", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sara-vicki\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Endocrinologist", "Summary": "Vicki Sara researches in the area of growth hormones and foetal brain development. She became the Dean of Science at Queensland University in 1996.\nVicki was the Chancellor of the University of Technology, Sydney, for three terms: 15 December 2004-14 December 2008; 15 December 2008-14 December 2012 and; 15 December 2012 until 17 February 2016.\n", "Details": "Having completed a Bachelor of Arts and PhD at the University of Sydney, Sara worked at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, between 1976-92. She was subsequently appointed Head, Queensland University of Technology School of Life Science from 1993; Director, Cooperative Research Centre for Diagnostic Technologies 1995-96; and Dean of Science, Queensland University of Technology from 1996.\nSara was awarded the Rolf Luft Medal, Karolinska Institute, in 1993 and the Eccles award, National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia, in 1994.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-vicki-sara-academic-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Freeman, Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE0038", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/freeman-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Physicist", "Summary": "In 1976 Joan Freeman became the first woman to be awarded the British Institute of Physics' Rutherford Medal. She began her career at CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory during World War II, working on the production of a 10cm microwave radar set, and spent most of her working life at the British Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell.\n", "Details": "Freeman was educated at the University of Sydney, where she completed a Bachelor of Science in 1939 and Master of Science in 1943.\nShe worked with the CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory 1941-46; the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge 1946-51; and the Van de Graaff Accelerator Group, Harwell Nuclear Physics Division 1951-78.\nFreeman was awarded the Rutherford Medal, British Institute of Physics, in 1976. SCEGGS Darlinghurst has a science, art and technology centre named in her honour.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-passion-for-physics-joan-freeman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-passion-for-physics-joan-freeman-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dr-joan-freeman-address-for-the-gordon-godfrey-inaugural-lecture-may-1993\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-passion-for-physics-the-story-of-a-woman-physicist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dr-joan-m-freeman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dr-joan-m-freeman-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-joan-freeman-physicist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Freeman, Mavis Louisa", "Entry ID": "AWE0039", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/freeman-mavis-louisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Scientist, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Mavis Freeman worked with Macfarlane Burnet during the 1930s and, with Burnet, succeeded in identifying the microbe responsible for Q fever. She became only the second female scientist to join the AIF and served in the Australian Army Medical Corps during World War II, undertaking research into safe methods for blood transfusion in malarial regions.\n", "Details": "Mavis Louisa Freeman went from Firbank Grammar School to the University of Melbourne, where she took her BSc in 1928 and MSc on denaturation of proteins in 1950. Between the two she had led an exciting life. From 1928 until July 1940, she undertook protein research with Macfarlane Burnet at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. In 1934 she won the travelling fellowship made available by the Victorian Women Graduates' Association, which allowed her to study at the Lister Institute.\nIn 1937, the first time the cause of a human disease had been identified and isolated in Australia, she and Burnet succeeded in identifying the bacterium, Coxiella burnetii, responsible for Q fever which is carried by cattle, sheep, goats, rodents, cats, dogs, birds, and marsupials. It can survive harsh conditions and remain in the environment for long periods of time. People may become infected through breathing in small particles with bacteria from animal fluids. Handling birthing products and slaughtering animals pose an especially high risk. In 1940 Mavis Freeman was the lead author of a paper on testing of sera for agglutination with au emulsion of Rickettsia burneti.[1]\nIn 1940, Mavis Freeman became only the second female scientist to join the AIF, serving in the Australian Army Medical Corps and undertaking research into safe methods for blood transfusion in malarial regions. The Australian Women's Weekly noted that 'as there is no special uniform for women doing her work, she will wear the trim navy-blue outdoor uniform and the saxe-blue working dress of the VAD'.[2] On duty in the Middle East, she disproved the common assumption that 'desert sores' were caused by bacterial infection, showing that they could be prevented by improvements in hygiene.\nThe official history tells us:\nShe was commissioned as a lieutenant in the A.A.M.W.S. on 20th May 1942 and appointed an assistant pathologist. Promotion among assistant pathologists, male and female, was governed by the ratio of one captain to four lieutenants.[3]\nAfter the war, she returned to the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute until 1948 when she took a position in the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Research in Adelaide.\n[1] M. Freeman, E.H. Derrick, H.E. Brown, D.J.W. Smith & D.W. Johnson. 'Studies in the Epidemiology of Q Fever. 5. Surveys of Human and Animal Sera for R\u00ecckettsia burneti Agglutinins'.\nAustralian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science. v. 18 no. 3(1940): 193-200.\n[2] 'Women also Serve'. Australian Women's Weekly. 30 March 1940: 39. See also 'Let's Talk of Interesting People'. Australian Women's Weekly. 21 September 1940: 2.\n[3] Allan S. Walker. Australia in the War of 1939-1945. Series 5 - Medical. Volume IV - Medical Services of the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force with a section on women in the Army Medical Services. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1961. p 419.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-war-against-disease\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/freeman-mavis-louisa-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/40-years-40-women-biographies-of-university-of-melbourne-women-published-to-commemorate-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-international-year-of-women\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Galbraith, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE0040", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/galbraith-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tyers, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Ringwood, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Botanical collector, Botanist", "Summary": "Galbraith, a prominent Victorian naturalist, joined the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria in 1923 and in 1970 was awarded their Australian Natural History Medallion. In 1950 she published Wildflowers of Victoria which by 1970 had gone to three editions.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-jean-galbraith-1900-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-to-david-sharpe-from-professor-thomas-cherry-and-jean-galbraith-1965-march-2-1969-november-7-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-jean-galbraith-field-naturalist-and-author-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-marian-eldridge-1942-1997-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pink, Olive Muriel", "Entry ID": "AWE0041", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pink-olive-muriel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Alice Springs, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Occupations": "Anthropologist, Botanical artist", "Summary": "Olive Pink was a botanical artist and anthropologist who campaigned for the rights of Aboriginal people. She was one of few women anthropologists working in a male dominated field in the 1930s and 1940s. Pink positioned herself as an expert on Aboriginal people and campaigned from this basis in her criticism of government officials, missionaries and pastoralists.\n", "Details": "Educated in art at Hobart Technical College. Pink worked at the Public Works Department and later the Railways Commission of New South Wales. She studied anthropology at Sydney University with the Workers' Educational Association and became secretary to the Anthropological Society of NSW. In 1926 & 1927 she travelled to Ooldea on the Transcontinental Line, SA. There she created many of her early drawings of desert flora.\nPink spent much time in the Northern Territory, living first with Arrernte and Warlpiri people and settling eventually in Alice Springs. She was a prolific correspondent, writing many letters to government departments and the press, particularly to represent her beliefs about Aboriginal people and her views on their better treatment by the government. Historian Julie Marcus suggests that Pink eventually lost faith in the potential of Anthropology to assist Aboriginal people, and abandoned the discipline later in life.\nIn 1955 she applied for the reservation of an area of land on the eastern bank of the Todd River as a flora reserve. In 1956 the Australian Arid Regions Flora Reserve of 20 hectares was gazetted. Pink and her gardener Johnny Jambijimba Yannarilyi developed the garden, where Pink lived until her death. The garden was then renamed the Olive Pink Flora Reserve, and now contains over 300 of Central Australia's plant species.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-norman-b-tindale-archives\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-e-w-p-ernest-william-pearson-chinnery-1887-1972\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/significant-tasmanian-women-olive-pink-1884-1975-early-anthropologist-aboriginal-rights-activist-and-botanical-artist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-beauty-simplicity-and-honour-of-truth-olive-pink-in-the-1940s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-sir-paul-hasluck-1905\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-landowners-in-the-northern-division-of-the-aranda-tribe\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spirit-ancestors-in-a-northern-aranda-horde-country\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/imagined-destinies-aboriginal-australians-and-the-doomed-race-theory-1880-1939\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yours-truly-olive-m-pink\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-indomitable-miss-pink-a-life-in-anthropology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/talkin-up-to-the-white-woman-aboriginal-women-and-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bulletin-of-the-olive-pink-society\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/first-in-their-field-women-and-australian-anthropology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pink-olive-muriel-1884-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/olive-pink-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ernest-william-pearson-chinnery-1897-1971-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-sir-paul-hasluck-1925-1989-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tom-and-mary-wright-collection-deposit-1\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flora-and-fauna-reserve-alice-springs-miss-olive-pink-general-correspondence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alice-springs-native-flora-reserve-olive-pink\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miss-olive-pink-secular-sanctuary-granites-tanami-district\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flora-and-fauna-reserve-alice-springs-miss-olive-pink-general-correspondence-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pink-olive\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/native-flora-reserve-olive-pink\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/field-diaries-notebooks-and-other-data-relating-to-fieldwork\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/olive-pink-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miss-olive-pink-application-for-permit-to-enter-aboriginal-reserves-general-correspondence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tom-and-mary-wright-collection-deposit-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-olive-pink-anthropologist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-patron-and-a-friend-olive-pink-and-j-b-cleland\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/warlpiri-vocabulary-slips-by-olive-pink-c1934\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-miss-olive-pink-to-t-g-h-strehlow-8th-september-1946\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-olive-muriel-pink\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/on-policies-for-the-northern-territory-aborigines-an-open-letter-no-4\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-letters-documents-interview-transcripts-from-depositors-collection-on-ooldea-closure-and-the-maralinga-tests\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rw-boden-work-files-and-reports-relating-to-olive-pink-and-the-olive-pink-society\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coleman, Marie Yvonne", "Entry ID": "AWE0042", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coleman-marie-yvonne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Feminist, Journalist, Medical Social Worker, Public servant, Researcher, social activist, Statutory Office Holder", "Summary": "Marie Coleman was the first woman to head a Commonwealth Government statutory agency, and the first woman to hold the powers of Permanent Head under the Public Service Act. She was founding Secretary of the National Foundation for Australian Women, one of the NFAW Board of Directors who worked to establish the Australian Women's Archives Project (AWAP), and remains active in community organisations and public life in her retirement. She was awarded the Public Service Medal in 1989 for contributions to public administration. In 2001 she was awarded the Centenary Medal. In 2011 she was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia.\n", "Details": "Marie Burns was an only child, born in Dubbo, New South Wales (NSW) in March 1933. Her father John Alexander Burns (Alex) was at that time a porter with the Railways Commission of NSW, and the family lived at Nevertire, a small railhead west of Dubbo. Her mother, Kathleen (Nunan) Burns was a former shop assistant with Western Stores, Dubbo (where she had been apprenticed), and her maternal grandmother, Annie Klintworth (formerly Nunan, nee Manners) lived in Dubbo with her second husband Samuel Klintworth.\nThe small family moved around remote and rural NSW as Alex pursued promotion. Marie's initial experience with education came through boarding at the small Hunter Valley town of Singleton for six months, to attend pre-primary school; thereafter until a move to Nimmitabel on the Monaro of Southern NSW in 1940 she was educated by correspondence through the NSW Government Education Department's Blackfriars Correspondence School. She was subsequently educated at Dubbo Primary School, Orange Primary School, Orange High School, and Lithgow High School.\nShe entered the University of Sydney in 1950. She studied Economics and Philosophy for an Arts degree, followed by a Diploma in Social Studies. From 1950-1952 she was a resident of the Women's College, University of Sydney. During her University career she was a member of the Student Representative Council, the Board of Manning House, and editor of the student newspaper Honi Soit - at that time only the second woman to hold that position. She represented the University in district women's cricket and Inter-Varsity women's cricket; she represented the University in Inter-Varsity and international debating.\nAfter leaving University she worked briefly as a society page reporter for the Sydney Daily Telegraph and for the Royal Empire Society as publicist. In January 1954 she traveled to the USA and then the United Kingdom where, after a period teaching for the London County Council, she married James Harry Coleman, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1956. The couple returned to live in Melbourne. She became a scriptwriter for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, in both radio and early television, and then established her own public relations business.\nThree daughters were born, Carolyn Margaret Coleman, Susan Dinah Coleman, and Elizabeth Burns Coleman.\nIn 1964 Coleman became medical social worker at the Preston and Northcote Community Hospital and subsequently Social worker for the Asthma Foundation of Victoria, before joining the Victorian Council of Social Service as Director. Following the (Federal) election in 1972 of the Whitlam Labor Government she was invited to head the newly created Social Welfare Commission.\nIn 1976, following the election of the Fraser Liberal-National Coalition Government, she was appointed Director of the Office of Child Care. During this period the Commonwealth commenced support for Aboriginal Child agencies, expanded provision of full day care services, before and after school care and school holidays programs, and created a system of child care in women's refuges, and of youth refuges. In 1982 she became Special Adviser in the Social Welfare Policy Secretariat. This entity was subsequently re-formulated and renamed several times.\nIn 1983, at the invitation of the Government of South Australia, she carried out a review of Early Childhood Services in that state, which was followed by the re-structure of public administrative arrangements in that field. In 1989 she became a foundation member of the National Foundation for Australian Women. In 1990 she accepted a posting as Senior Visiting Fellow at the Australia New Zealand Studies Centre at Pennsylvania State University in the United States of America. During this period she represented the Australian Government at the meeting of the United Nations final Preparatory Committee for the 1993 Rio \"Earth Conference\". In 1994 she returned to Australia as Acting Director of the Australian Institute of Family Studies in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1994-5 she returned as First Assistant Secretary to the Commonwealth Department of Health and Community Services to review funding for family planning services.\nShe retired from the Australian Public Service in 1995, recommencing journalism as a regular columnist with the Canberra Times. This continued through to 2003.\nShe was a consultant and subsequently Director of the Indigenous Social Development Institute, working in Cape York communities in Far North Queensland on adolescent indigenous family development. This continued until 2003. She was appointed as first Chair of the Management Assessment Panel for the Australian Capital Territory, and subsequently in addition as the Alternate Chair of the Care Coordination Panel.\nDuring the celebrations marking the Centenary of Federation of the Commonwealth of Australia, she was awarded the Commonwealth Honours System's Centenary Medal for services to public administration, the Centenary Medal of the Australian Institute of Public Administration for services to public administration, and placed on the Victorian Parliament's Honour Roll of Women, in recognition of services to Victoria and the Nation. In 2006 she was placed on the ACT Honour Roll of Women and awarded an EDNA. This award was created in 1998 to honour the life and work of Edna Ryan and is awarded to feminists whose activity has advanced the cause of women.\nIn 2003 she became Chair of the Advisory Board to the Hindmarsh Education Centre, at the Quamby Youth Detention Centre, Australian Capital Territory. She retired in 2007.\nIn 2011 she was appointed ACT Senior Australian of the year and appointed Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia 'for distinguished service to the advancement of women, particularly through the National Foundation for Women and the Australian Women's Archives Project'.\nIn 2012 she continues to work for the Australian Women's Archives Project and for the Social Policy Committee of the National Council for Australian Women. She is also Chair of the Management Assessment Panel and the Care Coordination Panel of the ACT.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1999\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tireless-activist-for-womens-movement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/web-savvy-and-wired-into-the-womens-movement\/ \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\/papers-of-marie-coleman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burns-family-portraits\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/early-scenes-from-roseby-park-and-brewarrina\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-marie-coleman-former-head-of-the-federal-office-of-child-care-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-marie-yvonne-coleman-ao\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Medd, Ruth", "Entry ID": "AWE0043", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/medd-ruth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Stoke, Trent, England", "Occupations": "IT professional, Public servant, Public speaker", "Summary": "Ruth Medd has served on the Board of Directors for the National Foundation for Australian Women since 1997. Her ongoing interest in the advancement of women is focused on increasing women's representation on Boards of Management and educating women about investment. She has been a senior manager in the telecommunications field.\n", "Details": "Ruth completed a Bachelor of Science and Diploma in Computing Science from Adelaide University. She has also studied Accounting at the Australian National University.\nRuth was appointed Executive Director of the Australian Association of National Advertisers (1997-98); Senior Executive, Telstra (1991-96); and General Manager, Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (1988-91).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Creaghe, Emily Caroline", "Entry ID": "AWE0044", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/creaghe-emily-caroline\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bay of Bengal, India", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Diarist, Explorer", "Summary": "Emily Creaghe was the only woman member of Ernest Favenc's exploring party across Northern Australia in 1883.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/emily-caroline-creaghe-diary-22-dec-1882-5-sept-1883\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Scott, Harriet", "Entry ID": "AWE0045", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-harriet\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Naturalist", "Summary": "Harriet Scott was educated by her father, A.W. Scott, and acquired a considerable knowledge of Australian plants, animals and insects. Her paintings earned high praise from the Entomological Society and she was elected, like her sister Helena, as an honorary member.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-scott-sisters-art-treasures-of-the-19th-century-revealed\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-harriet-1831-1907\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-alexander-walker\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-harriet-1907-biographical-entry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-harriet-and-helena-scott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-family-papers-being-material-belonging-to-mary-anne-scott-1880-1893\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-family-rose-scott-papers-1777-1925-mlmss-38-1-79\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Molloy, Georgiana", "Entry ID": "AWE0046", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/molloy-georgiana\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Near Carlisle, England", "Death Place": "Vasse, Western Australia", "Occupations": "Botanist", "Summary": "Georgiana Molloy emigrated to Western Australia from England in 1830 and settled in Augusta. She collected and despatched seeds of local native plants to J. Mangles FRS who passed them to collectors in the UK. She was known for her detailed botanical descriptions.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-with-background-a-life-of-georgiana-molloy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pioneer-women-pioneer-land-yesterdays-tall-poppies-angus-robertson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/molloy-georgiana-1805-1843\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-letters-of-georgina-molloy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/molloy-family-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/john-and-georgiana-molloy-diaries\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-1829-1838-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shirley-daffen-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-books-1835-1845-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vera-whittington-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-papers-on-western-australian-history-1829-1966-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Atkinson, Caroline Louisa Waring", "Entry ID": "AWE0047", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/atkinson-caroline-louisa-waring\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Berrima, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Botanical artist, Illustrator, Naturalist, Writer", "Summary": "Caroline Atkinson was home-educated in New South Wales, a keen student of natural history and an accomplished botanical illustrator. She was also a populariser of science and published in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Horticultural Magazine.\n", "Details": "Taught by her mother, Atkinson developed a keen interest in botany and zoology. She wrote popular articles on botany, made drawings and sent numerous specimens to eminent botanists including William Woolls and Ferdinand von Mueller (q.v.). She was also an able taxidermist.\nAtkinson was commemorated in the naming of the Loranthaceous genus Atkinsonia, also Erechtites atkinsoniae and Epacris calvertiana. A horticulturally distinct fern, ranking as a form of Doodia caudata, was named Doodia atkinsonii in her honour.\nAtkinson married James Snowdon Calvert.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pioneer-women-pioneer-land-yesterdays-tall-poppies-angus-robertson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/atkinson-caroline-louisa-waring-1834-1872-naturalist-and-writer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-meredith-and-miss-atkinson-writers-and-naturalists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/natural-history-illustrations-correspondence-and-newscuttings-1859-1961-mainly-relating-to-australian-fauna-and-botany-caroline-louisa-calvert-nee-atkinson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/caroline-louisa-waring-atkinson-records\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-caroline-louisa-waring-calvert-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/atkinson-and-cosh-family-pictorial-material-ca-1842-1973\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/four-photographs-including-list-of-names-of-the-sitters-and-a-letter-from-janet-cosh-1-11-1980\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-patricia-clarke-1887-2010-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-janet-l-cosh-1826-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/journal-kept-on-board-the-cumberland-bound-from-england-to-new-south-wales-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stone, Emma Constance", "Entry ID": "AWE0048", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stone-emma-constance\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Medical practitioner", "Summary": "In February 1890, Dr Constance Stone became the first woman to be registered with the Medical Board of Victoria, paving the way for medical women in Melbourne, Australia, Working mainly with women and children in free clinics, she gave low-income women the opportunity to be treated in private, free from the embarrassment of examination in front of male medical students. She founded the Victorian Medical Women's Society and was a member of a number of women's organisations, including the Victorian Women's Franchise League. Her major achievement was the foundation of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital.\n", "Details": "Constance Stone was not permitted to enrol in the Melbourne Medical School because in the early 1880s, women were excluded from medical studies because the subject matter was deemed inappropriate for co-ed classes. Consequently, in 1884 she travelled to North America , where she was educated at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, USA and the University of Trinity College, Toronto, Canada (MD, ChM 1888) thus ensuring that she could be registered in Australia. She also studied at the New Hospital for Women, London, qualifying as a licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries in 1889. The first woman to register with the Medical Board of Victoria 1890, she practised one day a week at the free dispensary attached to Dr Singleton's mission in Collingwood. She founded the Queen Victoria Hospital, where she was assisted by her sister Dr Clara Stone (one of the first women to enter the Melbourne Medical School) and her cousin, Dr Emily Mary Page Stone. She was Foundation member (1895) of the Victorian Medical Women's Society.\nStone was one of the few early female medical practitioners to marry and have children. Her daughter, Bronwen, also became a doctor.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stone-emma-constance-1856-1912\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nation-builders-great-lives-and-stories-from-st-kilda-general-cemetery\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-to-miss-evans-1926-sep-16-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-constance-stone-first-woman-physician-in-australia-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-pamphlets-containing-souvenir-concert-programmes-and-australian-biographies\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bates, Daisy May", "Entry ID": "AWE0050", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bates-daisy-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tipperary, Ireland", "Death Place": "Prospect, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Anthropologist, Journalist", "Summary": "A self-taught anthropologist, Daisy Bates conducted fieldwork amongst several Indigenous nations in western and southern Australia. She supported herself largely by writing articles for urban newspapers on such topics as 'native cannibalism' and the 'doomed' fate of Indigenous peoples. Bates also published her work on Indigenous kinship systems, marriage laws, language and religion in books and articles. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for Aboriginal welfare work in 1934.\nBates' birth year was changed from 1863 to 1859 on 16 January 2018 after consulting the references in Bob Reece's work Daisy Bates: Grand dame of the desert and Susanna De Vries' book Desert Queen: The many lives and loves of Daisy Bates.\n", "Details": "Daisy May Bates first arrived in Australia in 1884 and worked as a governess in Berry, New South Wales from 1884-1885. She worked on the Review of Reviews in London, 1894-1899, gaining expertise in journalism.\nFrom 1899-1900 she was at the Trappist mission, Beagle Bay, north of Broome and in 1904 was appointed by the Western Australian government to research the tribes of the State. Bates was a member of an expedition led by A.R. Radcliffe-Brown to study the social anthropology of Aboriginal people of north-west Australia in 1910.\nOver more than twenty years Bates camped at several locations in South Australia and Western Australia; Eucla, 1912-1914; near Yalata, 1915-1918; and near Ooldea, 1918-1934; She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for Aboriginal welfare work on January 1, 1934. She was a member of the British Royal Anthropological Institute and the Australasian Anthropological Institute.\nBates wrote her autobiography 'My natives and I' in a tent at Pyap, South Australia, 1935-1940. This was serialised in The Adelaide Advertiser and later edited and published as The Passing of the Aborigines in 1938. Her articles appeared in several newspapers, including The Catholic Record, The Western Mail, The Adelaide Advertiser, and The Children's Newspaper.\nShe lived in Wynbring, east of Ooldea, South Australia from 1941 until old age and failing health led her to return to Adelaide in 1945, where she remained until her death in 1951.\nBates is remembered in an ambivalent light by Indigenous and non-Indigenous folk-lore, and has been represented in children's literature, theatre, film and opera. According to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bates was given the affectionate name 'Kabbarli', meaning 'grandmotherly person'; the Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia records that Anangu people living at Yalata have referred to Bates as 'Daiji Bate mamu' ('mamu' meaning ghost or devil) and as 'that poor old lady at Ooldea.'\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daisy-bates-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/first-in-their-field-women-and-australian-anthropology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bates-daisy-may-1863-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/100-great-australians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kabbarli\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/down-the-hole-up-the-tree-across-the-sandhills-running-from-the-state-and-daisy-bates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daisy-bates-keeper-of-totems\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daisy-bates-in-the-desert\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-perth-and-bibbulmun-biographies-and-legends\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-native-tribes-of-western-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portraits-of-australian-women-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kabbarli-a-personal-memoir-of-daisy-bates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tales-told-to-kabbarli-aboriginal-legends-collected-by-daisy-bates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daisy-bates-the-great-white-queen-of-the-never-never\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-passing-of-the-aborigines-a-lifetime-spent-among-the-natives-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/social-organization-of-some-western-australian-tribes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aborigines-of-the-west-coast-of-south-australia-vocabularies-and-ethnographical-notes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-marriage-laws-and-some-customs-of-the-western-australian-aborigines\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kabbarli-a-film-about-daisy-bates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/imagined-destinies-aboriginal-australians-and-the-doomed-race-theory-1880-1939\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-sphere-the-empires-illustrated-weekly-london\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-daisy-bates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daisy-may-bates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-evaluation-of-daisy-bates-passing-of-the-aborigines-london-john-murray-ltd-1972\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reflections-profiles-of-150-women-who-helped-make-western-australias-history-project-of-the-womens-committee-for-the-150th-anniversary-celebrations-of-western-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-writers-a-bibliographic-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/uphill-all-the-way-a-documentary-history-of-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/efforts-made-by-western-australia-towards-the-betterment-of-her-aborigines\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-alexander-gore-gowrie-1835-1987-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-1918-1946-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sir-john-burton-cleland-1878-1971-papers-principally-relating-to-anthropology-and-medicine\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1907-1940-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-daisy-bates-1833-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bates-daisy-may-aa-23\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daisy-mary-bates-correspondence-1910-1942\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daisy-bates-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-to-john-mathew-ca-1905-1913-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daisy-may-bates-records\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-to-a-j-vogan-relating-to-mrs-bates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alvis-brooks-interviewed-by-marian-hinchcliffe-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-daisy-bates-ethnologist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/field-diaries-notebooks-and-other-data-relating-to-fieldwork\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daisy-bates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-relating-to-daisy-bates-comments-on-her-manuscript-of-the-native-tribes-of-western-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-mother-to-a-black-race-by-mrs-daisy-bates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/you-would-have-loved-her-for-her-lore-the-letters-of-daisy-bates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/series-of-ceremonies-eucla-district-natives-daisy-bates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-daisy-bates-1905-1921-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-of-daisy-bates-1941-1943-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-1901-1951-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-and-diary-1911-1931-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-daisy-bates-1905-1913-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1907-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1907-1940-manuscript-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/request-that-publicity-in-ireland-be-given-to-work-done-by-mrs-daisy-bates-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bates-mrs-daisy-may\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-eleanor-witcombe-1941-1987-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-elizabeth-salter-1922-1980-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1920-1956-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/typescripts-and-photographs-ca-1947-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kathleen-hilfers-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-1943-44\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-to-fitzherbert-21-8-31-and-vocabularies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/georgina-king-papers-1889-1930\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-to-fitzherbert-12-8-31-incl-ibaris-information\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-to-fitzherbert-5-4-32-and-vocabularies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-from-daisy-bates-on-the-treatment-of-aborigines\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-to-fitzherbert-9-11-31-and-vocabularies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/georgina-king-papers-1888-1921\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-from-daisy-bates-1905-11\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/draft-letter-and-queries-and-remarks-a-w-hewitt-to-daisy-bates-10-september-1905-and-6-november-1905\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-with-the-national-library-and-photocopies-of-photographs-relating-to-the-funeral-of-daisy-bates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-nancy-lutton-1918-2007-bulk-1960-2007-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ernest-william-pearson-chinnery-1897-1971-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aborigines-friends-association-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/darwin-nt-adelaide-sa-daisy-bates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-papers-on-western-australian-history-1829-1966-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-1928-nov-10-ooldea-to-phoebe-kirwan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/susanna-de-vries-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dorothy-green-manuscript-collection-1918-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rory-barnes-manuscript-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-william-hurst-1918-1956-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nancy-robinson-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ernestine-hill-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lee, Ida Louisa", "Entry ID": "AWE0051", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-ida-louisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kelso, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Norwich, Norfolk, England", "Occupations": "Geographer", "Summary": "Ida Lee (later Marriott) approached geography historically, and reconstructed the exploration of Australia by the British through the study of logbooks, journals and lost charts found in British repositories, notably the Admiralty.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-ida-louisa-1865-1943\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ida-lee-notebooks-1919-1931-and-letters-received-1937\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ida-lee-notebooks-and-correspondence-1898-1922-on-exploration-of-australia-1791-1821\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fletcher, Jane Ada", "Entry ID": "AWE0052", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fletcher-jane-ada\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Penshurst, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Ornithologist, Poet", "Summary": "Jane Fletcher published a number of books on nature and nature study, and broadcast on 7ZL Hobart and 3LO Melbourne. In 1934 she became the first woman to lecture to the Royal Society of Tasmania. She was an outstanding bird observer with a particular interest in crakes and rails.\n", "Details": "Jane Fletcher began work on an aunt's farm in Wilmot, north-western Tasmania, from 1892-96. From 1896 she worked as a sewing teacher (initially without pay) at West Kentish Primary School. By 1899 she had qualified as a head teacher and was appointed to set up a school at Upper Wilmot. She later taught at Cleveland (Tasmania), Springfield, Woodbridge and Forcett.\nFletcher undertook fieldwork for Gregory Mathews (q.v.) until 1936. She was the first woman to deliver a lecture to the Royal Society of Tasmania (in 1934), of which she was a member. She was a foundation member in 1901 - and life member from 1945 - of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union. \nShe wrote a number of children's books, including Stories from Nature (London, 1915) and Little Brown Piccaninnies of Tasmania (Sydney, 1950), her most popular children's book. She also wrote books and articles for adults on Tasmanian history, Aborigines and ornithology, her final book being Tasmania's Own Birds (1956).\nOn retirement, Fletcher opened part of her house at Eaglehawk Neck as a Youth Hostel.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/first-in-their-field-women-and-australian-anthropology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fletcher-jane-ada-1870-1956\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/om67-02-jane-ada-fletcher-papers-1915-1917-1933-1939\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "a'Beckett, Ada Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0053", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abeckett-ada-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Norwood, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Biologist, Educator", "Summary": "Teacher, kindergarten activist, and philanthropist, Ada Mary a'Beckett was born in Adelaide in 1872. Throughout her career she worked as a demonstrator and lecturer in biology at the University of Melbourne as well as teaching at various schools throughout Victoria. She was very closely involved in the kindergarten movement, helping to establish the Kindergarten Training College in Kew. Ada was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 3 June 1935, and had a kindergarten named after her the following year. She died in 1948 in Melbourne.\n", "Details": "Ada Mary a'Beckett was born in Norwood, Adelaide on 18 May 1872. She was educated at the Advanced School for Girls in Adelaide.\nBetween 1893 and 1900 Ada worked as a teacher at several different girls schools in the Melbourne and Geelong area as well as at the Working Men's College. During part of this time she was also a student at the University of Melbourne, where she was awarded the Wyselaskie scholarship in natural science (biology) and the final honours scholarship in biology. She was Annie Grice Scholar in 1892-1893 and a founder of the Victorian Women Graduates' Association. She graduated with a BSc (1895) and a MSc (1897). \nAda maintained strong ties with Melbourne University throughout her life, working there for varying periods as a demonstrator and lecturer in biology - especially during World War I. From 1912 until 1920 she also worked as teacher at the Church of England Girls' Grammar School in Melbourne. In 1921 Ada was appointed head of the biology department at Scotch College, a position she held until 1937. She had a significant impact on her students, many of whom entered medicine or allied professions.\nAda's involvement in the kindergarten movement began in 1908 when she was elected a foundation president of the Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria. In 1916 Ada helped establish the Kindergarten Training College in Kew. Between 1920 and 1923 she helped develop the training course there for kindergarten teachers and lectured in physiology and hygiene. Ada was also the resident of the Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria from 1919 to 1939; and the president of the Kindergarten Training Council from 1926 to 1939. In 1936 she founded the Australian Association for Pre-School Child Development. \nIn 1935 Ada was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her philanthropic work and in 1942 had a kindergarten at Fisherman's Bend named after her. She died of cancer in Melbourne in 1948.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituary-ada-abeckett\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-views-and-news-the-womans-part-mrs-t-abeckett\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituary-mrs-a-m-abeckett\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/monash-biographical-dictionary-of-20th-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-beckett-ada-mary-1872-1948\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-historical-sketch-the-growth-and-development-of-the-free-kindergarten-movement-of-victoria\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abeckett-ada-mary-nee-lambert-1872-1948-biographical-entry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/degrees-of-liberation-a-short-history-of-women-in-the-university-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/university-of-melbourne-office-of-the-registrar-registrars-correspondence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-t-a-a-beckett-cbe-msc\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/institute-of-early-childhood-development\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kenny, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0056", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kenny-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Warialda, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Health administrator, Nurse", "Summary": "Elizabeth Kenny developed a new treatment for infantile paralysis (poliomyelitis). Guided by Dr Aeneas McDonnell of Toowoomba, she developed a thorough knowledge of human musculature. [1]\nAlthough Kenny never completed any nursing training or registered as a nurse, she opened a hospital at Clifton, near Toowoomba, in 1913. In 1915 she joined the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and completed 12 round sea voyages between England and Australia with the returning wounded. During this time she earned her promotion to Sister, a title she used all her life. [2]\nDuring the 1930s she established clinics in Brisbane with the backing of the State government, but with opposition from the medical profession. In 1940 she moved to the United States of America where her methods were widely acclaimed and gradually accepted world wide. Kenny returned to Queensland in 1951 and died in Toowoomba on 30 November 1952.\n[1] 200 Australian Women p. 124\n[2] ibid\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kenny-elizabeth-1881-1952\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/100-great-australians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sister-elizabeth-kenny\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-kenny-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/application-for-letters-patent-for-an-invention-by-elizabeth-kenny-titled-an-improved-transport-stretcher\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/application-for-letters-patent-for-an-invention-by-elizabeth-kenny-titled-a-surgical-appliance-for-supporting-the-injured-members-of-patients-bodies-during-their-transport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-kenny-clinic\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/author-elizabeth-kenny-address-sydney-title-of-work-infantile-paralysis-and-cerebral-diplegia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/author-elizabeth-kenny-address-nobby-qld-title-of-work-the-kenny-method-of-treatment-of-paralysis-polio-myelitis-or-infantile-paralysis-spastic-paralysis-and-birth-paralysis\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/1947-file-dark-blue-tab-kenny-elizabeth-sister\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/supply-of-agricultural-and-scientific-information-elizabeth-kenny-institute-for-infantile-paralysis\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kenny-elizabeth-service-number-sister-place-of-birth-warialda-nsw-place-of-enlistment-n-a-next-of-kin-mother-kenny-m\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-kenny-papers-1936-1937\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rae-william-dungan-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rivett, Amy Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE0057", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rivett-amy-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Amy Rivett was a medical practitioner who specialised in gynaecology. She was a disciple of Marie Stopes and advocated birth control. During WWI she worked in several hospitals in Brisbane. After the war she moved into private practice, first on her own and then, from 1946, with her brother Edward in Sydney. She was a founding member of the Queensland Medical Women's Society.\n", "Details": "Amy Rivett was educated at the University of Sydney (MB 1915; ChM 1918). Over the course of her career she worked as Superintendent, Hospital for Sick Children (Brisbane) 1915-17; resident medical officer, Brisbane General Hospital 1917; resident medical officer, Lady Bowen Hospital 1918; and in private practice, Wickham Terrace 1919-ca 1946. She studied in London and Vienna in 1936, and moved into private practice with her brother Edward in Sydney from 1946. As municipal medical officer in Brisbane she was in charge of the health of licensed prostitutes. She specialised in gynaecology and experimented in mental telepathy and extra-sensory perception.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rivett-amy-christine-1891-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rivett, Doris Mary (Mary)", "Entry ID": "AWE0059", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rivett-doris-mary-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Beechworth, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Psychologist", "Summary": "Mary Rivett was trained as a psychologist and lectured briefly at the University of Sydney. With her sister Elsie she formed the free Children's Library and Crafts Club in 1922. In 1934 they formed the Children's Library and Crafts Movement which after their death became the Creative Leisure Movement.\n", "Details": "Educated Universities of Sydney (BA 1918) and Cambridge (first-class honours in psychology 1921). Lecturer, Bedford College, University of London ca1922, returned to Sydney 1922. University extension lecturer in psychology 1923-27, lectured at the Kindergarten Training College and edited her father's paper the \"Federal Independent\".\nRivett left the university to promote faith healing and was interested in telepathy. She formed the free Children's Library and Crafts Club 1922, and in 1934 the Children's Library and Crafts Movement, of which she was secretary-organiser until 1961.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rivett-doris-mary-1896-1969\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rivett-elsie-grace-1887-1964\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-elizabeth-long-relating-to-the-rivett-family-circa-1860-1960-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Macnamara, Annie Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE0063", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macnamara-annie-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Beechworth, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical scientist", "Summary": "Jean Macnamara, born in 1899 at Beechworth, Victoria, and a graduate of the University of Melbourne, was a physician at the Children's Hospital Melbourne in 1922 and 1923, a consultant and medical officer to the Poliomyelitis Committee of Victoria 1925-1931, and medical officer, Yooralla Hospital School for Crippled Children 1928-1951. During 1931-1933 she held the Rockefeller Foundation travelling scholarship, furthering her studies on poliomyelitis. While in America she learnt about the virus myxomatosis and it was largely due to her efforts that the Australian Government held field trials testing the virus as a means to eradicating Australia's rabbit problem. She was on the part-time staff of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1933-1937. As Mrs Annie Jean Connor (she married Dr Ivan Connor in 1934), she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to the welfare of children in 1935, and was known as Dame Jean Macnamara.\nIn 2016 a suburb in Canberra was named after her and in 2019 a new federal electoral division in metropolitan Melbourne was named Macnamara, covering most of the former Melbourne Ports division.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-standing-back-dame-jean-macnamara\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/technology-in-australia-1788-1988\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macnamara-dame-annie-jean-1899-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituary-annie-jean-macnamara\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macnamara-annie-jean-1899-1968-biographical-entry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/150-years-150-stories-brief-biographies-of-one-hundred-and-fifty-remarkable-people-associated-with-the-university-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-electoral-divisions-named-after-women\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-jean-macnamara-ca-1920-1968-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hill, Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE0064", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hill-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Geologist, Palaeontologist", "Summary": "Dorothy Hill was the first female Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1956); the first Australian woman elected to the Royal Society (1965); the first female President of the Australian Academy of Science (1970); and the first woman in an Australian university to be president of her university's professorial board (1971-1972).\n", "Details": "Hill was Research Professor of Geology at the University of Queensland from 1959-1972 and published widely on palaeontology, stratigraphy and geology.\nShe was awarded the CBE in 1971 for services to geology and palaeontology, and received an AC in 1993.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dorothy-hill-1907-1997\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dorothy-hill-1907-1997-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/finding-life-in-ancient-corals-dorothy-hill\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hill-dorothy-1907-1997-biographical-entry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hill-dorothy-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-research-leaders-in-the-australian-learned-academies-1954-to-1976\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dorothy-hill-records\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dorothy-hill-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clarke, Adrienne Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0065", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-adrienne-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Botanist, Medical scientist", "Summary": "Clarke, a scientist with the Plant Cell Biology Research Centre at the University of Melbourne from 1982, received a Personal Chair in Botany at the University of Melbourne in 1985 and became Lieutenant Governor of Victoria in 1997.\nClarke was the first female Chairperson of the CSIRO, a position which she held from 1991 until 1996.\n", "Details": "Adrienne Clarke was educated at the University of Melbourne, where she completed her Bachelor of Science in 1958, and PhD in 1963. In 1991 she was awarded an AO.\nClarke's prolific career began in the 1960s when she worked as a Research Fellow with the Institute of Dental Research, United Dental Hospital of Sydney, 1964; Visiting Instructor, Department of Endocrine Physiology, Baylor University, Houston, Texas, Jan-Jun 1967; Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Michigan, July-Dec 1967; and Lecturer in Biochemistry, University of Auckland, 1968-69.\nThe following decade and a half saw her work with the University of Melbourne as follows: Research Fellow, Asthma Foundation, Department of Medicine, 1969-73; Research Fellow, School of Botany, 1974; ARGC Research Fellow, School of Botany, 1975-77; Lecturer in Botany, 1978; Senior Lecturer in Botany, 1979; Reader in Botany, 1981; Director, Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, 1982 onward; and Professor, School of Botany, 1985 onward.\nShe was appointed Chairman of CSIRO from 1991-96; and Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria from 1997.\nAdrienne Clarke is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1988), Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1991), Mueller Medal winner (1992), and Foreign Associate, US National Academy of Sciences (1994).\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-adrienne-elizabeth-1938\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ragbir-singh-bhathal-1949-2006-bulk-1996-1999-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cory, Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE0066", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cory-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Biochemist, Molecular oncologist", "Summary": "Suzanne Cory (AC FAA FRS) is an Australian molecular biologist of international renown. She has worked on the genetics of the immune system and cancer and has lobbied her country to invest in science.\nShe was Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research between 1996 and 2009, after spending eight years as Joint Head of the Molecular Biology Unit with her husband, Jerry Adams, before her appointment as Director.\nIn 1998 she received the Australia Prize, in 2001 the L'Or\u00e9al-UNESCO Award for Women in Science, followed by the Royal medal in 2002 and the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize in 2009. She was the first elected female President of the Australian Academy of Science and took office on 7 May 2010 for a four-year term. In 2011 the Suzanne Cory High School, a public high school that caters to 800 students from years 9-12, opened in Cory's honour in 2011.\n", "Details": "Cory completed a Bachelor of Science (1964) and Master of Science (1965) at the University of Melbourne, before being awarded her PhD by Cambridge University in 1968.\nSince then she has been nominated Queen Elizabeth II Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1972-74; Roche Fellow 1974-76; Research Fellow 1977; Senior Research Fellow 1978-83; Principal Research Fellow 1984-88; Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science 1986; Senior Principal Research Fellow and Joint Head, Molecular Biology Unit 1988-96; Director from 1996; International Research Scholar, Howard Hughes Medical Institute from 1992; Fellow of the Royal Society 1992; Research Professor of Molecular Oncology, University of Melbourne from 1993; Burnet Lecturer, Australian Academy of Science 1997; and Fellow, Royal Society of Victoria 1997.\nAwards include the David Syme Prize, University of Melbourne 1982; the Avon Australia \"Spirit of Achievement\" Award 1992; the Lemberg Medal, Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 1995; and the Australia Prize 1998.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-suzanne-cory-director-of-the-walter-and-eliza-hall-institute-of-medical-research-wehi-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/suzanne-cory-interviewed-by-ragbir-bhathal-in-the-australian-women-scientists-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ragbir-singh-bhathal-1949-2006-bulk-1996-1999-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Guilfoyle, Margaret Georgina", "Entry ID": "AWE0075", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guilfoyle-margaret-georgina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Dame Margaret Guilfoyle was the first woman to be appointed to federal Cabinet with portfolio, when, in 1975 she became Education and then Social Security Minister in the Fraser Liberal Government. In 1980 she became the first woman to hold an economic portfolio when she became Minister for Finance. On 31 December 1979 Margaret Guilfoyle was appointed to the Order of the British Empire (Dames Commander) for her services to public and parliamentary service. She left parliament in 1987.\n", "Events": "Board Member, Australian Institute Family Studies (1993 - 2000) \nBorn: daughter of William and Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Ellis) McCarthy (1926 - 1926) \nChair, Judicial Remuneration Tribunal (1995 - 2001) \nDeputy Chair, Infertility Treatment Authority (1996 - 1996) \nDirector, Australian Children's Television Foundation (1989 - 1989) \nDirector, Jack Brockhoff Foundation (1990 - 1990) \nFederal Minister, Assisting the Prime Minister in Child Care Matters (1975 - 1976) \nFederal Minister, Education (1975 - 1975) \nFederal Minister, Finance (1980 - 1983) \nFederal Minister, Social Security (1975 - 1980) \nFederal Shadow Minister, Taxation and Finance (1983 - 1984) \nHonorary National Treasurer, Young Women's Christian Association Australia (1968 - 1976) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001) \nMarried Stanley Martin Leslie Guilfoyle (1952 - 1952) \nMember, Appeal Committee for Hall Residence University Papua New Guinea (1970 - 1973) \nMember, National Health and Medical Research Council (1998 - 2000) \nMember, National Mental Health Research Institute (1988 - 2001) \nPresident Board Management, Royal Melbourne Hospital (1993 - 1995) \nSenator, Victoria (1971 - 1987) \nState Chairman Women's Section Liberal Party (1967 - 1970) \nTrustee, Mark Fitzpatrick Trust (1990 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-womens-roll-of-honour-women-shaping-the-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/so-many-firsts-liberal-women-from-enid-lyons-to-the-turnbull-era\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parliamentarians-questionnaires-1982-1983-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hon-dame-margaret-georgina-constance-guilfoyle-ac-dbe\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Neumann, Hanna", "Entry ID": "AWE0080", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/neumann-hanna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lankwitz (Berlin), Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany", "Death Place": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada", "Occupations": "Mathematician", "Summary": "Hanna Neumann was Professor and Head of the Department of Pure Mathematics, School of General Studies, Australian National University from 1964-71. Previously she worked as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Hull and University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, 1946-63.\nNeumann became a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1969.\n", "Details": "Neumann completed her D. Phil. At Oxford in 1944. She typed her thesis on a card table by a haystack when the weather permitted. Much of it was written in a caravan by candlelight. This was the only accommodation she could find in Oxford during World War Two.\nShe completed her education in Germany, at the Auguste-Viktoria-Schule and the University of Berlin. In 1938 she joined her fianc\u00e9, Bernhard Hermann Neumann in Britain. A Jewish refugee from Germany, he held a lectureship in mathematics at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff. They were married on 22 December 1938 and went on to have five children.\nIn Australia as Professor of Pure mathematics at the Australian National University, she quickly became involved with secondary school teachers in the implementation of the mathematics syllabus for the Wyndham scheme in New South Wales. Together with a colleague in the first term of 1964, they ran a once-a-week course for teachers entitled 'The language of sets in school mathematics'. She maintained a direct involvement with secondary teachers of mathematics for the rest of her life.\nHer own research was focused mainly on group theory; on problems related to free products with amalgamations, embeddings and varieties of groups. In her entry for the Australian Dictionary of Biography Kenneth Fowler stated that 'she found joy and beauty in the study of mathematics'.\nShe died while making a lecture tour of Canada organised by the Commonwealth Universities Interchange Scheme. \n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hanna-neumann-1914-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hanna-neuman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hanna-neumann-1914-1971-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hanna-neumann-includes-list-of-publications\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/neumann-hanna-aas-biographical-memoir-3-2-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/neumann-johanna-hanna-1914-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-research-leaders-in-the-australian-learned-academies-1954-to-1976\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hanna-neumann-collection\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Farmer, Margaret Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE0081", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/farmer-margaret-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Psychotherapist, Social worker", "Summary": "Margaret Farmer was a social worker and psychotherapist. She was a foundation member of a group of child care centres established in the 1970s in Caulfield, Victoria. She was a volunteer visitor for 17 years of the Anti-Cancer Council Breast Cancer Support Service.\n", "Details": "Margaret Farmer was awarded her B.A. Dip. Social Studies in 1956 and her B.Social Work in 1978, both from the University of Melbourne.\nShe was a member of the Women's Electoral Lobby, International Women's Development Agency, Amnesty International, Coalition against Trafficking Women, Austcare, UN NA, Soroptimist International, Unifem and Genealogical Society of Victoria.\nMargaret is the daughter of Margery Johnson (n\u00e9e Warren), and mother of Felicity, Celia and David.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tindle, Elizabeth (Lily)", "Entry ID": "AWE0084", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tindle-elizabeth-lily\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Durham, England", "Occupations": "Psychologist", "Summary": "Elizabeth Tindle was president of the Australian Women's Weight Lifting Association, Adelaide 1964. She was a researcher at the UNESCO Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos Islands Ecuador, where she studied flamingos and flightless cormorants in 1976. She completed her doctoral thesis on Foetal Alcohol Syndrome and effects, and alcohol-related disabilities.\n", "Details": "Tindle was educated at Jarrow Grammar School 1957; London Institute of Education 1959; Adelaide University, BA and Dip Applied Psychology 1960-70s; and Queensland University of Technology, Doctor of Education 1999.\nShe has worked as a high school teacher, 1959-70; school counsellor, 1971-76; researcher, 1976-79, 1981-83; University Lecturer, 1985-91; counselling psychologist, QUT, from 1989; and director of private practice in psychology.\nTindle was awarded the Trailblazer award from the Office of the Status of Women, 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/duo-for-remote-island\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Connell, Helen Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0085", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oconnell-helen-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Urologist", "Summary": "Helen O'Connell was the first Australian woman to complete urology training. Her work on female genital anatomy, published in 1998, was pathbreaking. In particular, her research on the anatomy of the clitoris drew worldwide attention.\n", "Events": "For distinguished service to medical education, and to medicine in the field of urology, as an academic and clinician, and to professional groups. (2021 - 2021)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Henry, Alice", "Entry ID": "AWE0086", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henry-alice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Malvern, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Journalist, Lecturer, Trade unionist, Writer", "Summary": "Alice Henry was a feminist journalist and union activist who became a prominent and respected figure in the American women's and trade union movements in the early twentieth century.\n", "Details": "Alice Henry was the daughter of Scottish born migrants to Australia who she credits with ensuring that she developed a passionate commitment to social justice issues. She received a good, progressive education but was denied access to a university education. Nevertheless, she accepted the need to support herself, so Henry first tried teaching but then turned to journalism after a serious illness. She published her first article in 1884. For the next twenty years she wrote for the Argus, the Australasian, and occasionally other newspapers and overseas journals, under her own name or a pseudonym, 'A.L.F.', 'Wyuna', or 'Pomona'.\nAt the age of 48 she embarked on an overseas tour which took in the United Kingdom and the United States. Unable to find work in England, she arrived in the United States in December 1905. Her knowledge of the Australian feminist and labour movements attracted the attention of the prominent reformer Margaret Dreier Robins. She invited Henry to work for the National Women's Trade Union League of America (W.T.U.L.) in Chicago where, as lecturer, as field-worker organizing new branches, and as journalist, she became a key figure in the campaign for woman suffrage, union organization, vocational education, and labour legislation in the United States.\nIn 1908, she began to edit the women's section of the Chicago Union Labor Advocate, and in January 1911 became the founding editor of the W.T.U.L.'s monthly Life and Labor, where she remained as editor (working with Australian novelist Miles Franklin) until 1915. She served in a variety of ways and positions at W.T.U.L. including investigating the conditions of woman brewery workers (1910), author of The Trade Union Woman (1915), field organizer (1918-20), and director of the education department (1920-22). She returned to Melbourne temporarily in 1925 to address meetings and urge the importance of combining unionism and feminism. This visit inspired women to form an organisation similar to her own in Melbourne in July 1925, named the Women's Trade Union League.\nHenry retired to Santa Barbara, California, in 1928. She returned to Melbourne in 1933 and died there ten years later.\nPublished\nThe Trade Union Woman, 1915\nWomen and the Labor Movement, 1925\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alice-henry-investigates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alice-henry-the-power-of-pen-voice-the-life-of-an-australian-american-labour-reformer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/getting-equal-the-history-of-australian-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henry-alice-1857-1943\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fred-coleman-browne-papers-including-papers-of-his-wife-eileen-powell-ca-1871-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-kate-baker-1893-1946-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-alice-henry-1873-1943-bulk-1873-1943-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alice-henry-1857-1943-annotated-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-alice-henry-1873-1943\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miles-franklin-papers-1841-1954\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alice-henry-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-relating-to-alice-henry-ca-1901-1903\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ankers, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE0088", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ankers-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Julie has had a long involvement with Zonta, a worldwide organization of executives in business and the professions working together to advance the status of women. She is currently President of the Zonta Sydney Breakfast Club, Director of the National Foundation for Australian Women and Founder, Alumni Association of Social Ecologists.\n", "Details": "Educated Welfare Certificate, Hornsby Tech. and MA Applied Science (Social Ecology), University of Western Sydney (1999).\nManaging Director of EnterTrainers & Speakers, a speakers bureau that works with organisations to provide trainers, consultants, facilitators, speakers and entertainers, 1992 - present; Field Support Manager and Training Manager for l'Arome 1989-1992; Manager, City Training & Education Centre personnel agency 1987-1988; Account Manager, Salons for James Richardson & Co 1985-1986; Manager of AdStaff, a subsidiary of Centacom, 1980-1982; published a tourist magazine on the Central Coast 1976-1979; Account executive for a small advertising agency and recording studio 1973-1975; Copywriter and part-time announcer at a Central Coast radio station 1971-1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Graham, Diana", "Entry ID": "AWE0093", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/graham-diana\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Death Place": "Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Diana Graham was a member of the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL), Rape Law Reform Action Group from 1976, and co-convenor of the WEL Family Law Action Group from 1977.\n", "Details": "Di Graham was central to the debate on probate duties. Legislation around probate duties discriminated against women, she argued, as wives were obliged to wait for the probate period to expire despite their substantial direct and indirect contributions to assets which were seen as wholly belonging to their husbands or partners. Graham was convenor of the WEL probate group from c.1973.\nFrom 1977, Graham was co-convenor (with Dr Jocelynne A. Scutt) of the WEL Family Law Action Group, of which Kerry Heubel was also an active member. She wrote numerous submissions to federal members of parliament, including a submission (written with Scutt and Heubel) to the joint select parliamentary committee on the Family Law Act in 1979.\nIn 1976, Graham had become a member of the WEL Rape Law Reform Action Group (again, convened by Scutt). The WEL draft bill on rape and other sexual offences formed the basis of rape law reform around Australia as well as substantially affecting reform and reform discussions in Aotearoa\/New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Fiji, Canada and the USA. It was the basis of discussion at the first national conference on rape law reform, held in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1980 and hosted jointly by the Australian Institute of Criminology, the Tasmanian Law Reform Commission, and the University of Tasmania Law School.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/different-lives\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rape-law-reform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/getting-equal-the-history-of-australian-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/di-graham-oam\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-di-graham-1975-1997-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Griffiths, Jennie Scott", "Entry ID": "AWE0094", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/griffiths-jennie-scott\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Woodville, Texas, United States of America", "Death Place": "San Francisco, California, United States of America", "Occupations": "Editor, Feminist, Journalist, Pacifist, Poet, Political activist, social activist, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Jennie Scott Griffiths was a champion of women's rights and a campaigner in many labour and socialist groups in Australia, Fiji and the United States. She served with\u202fKate Dwyer\u202fon the Women's Anti-Conscription Committee and with\u202fVida Goldstein\u202fin the Women's Peace Army, and also belonged to the Social Democratic League and the Feminist Club.\nJennie contributed to and edited a number of papers and magazines in Australia and the Pacific, including the Australian Woman's Weekly (editor, 1913-1916), from which she was sacked in 1916 for opposing conscription. Jennie even replaced\u202fDame Mary Gilmore\u202fsometimes, as editor of the women's page of the Australian Worker.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-jennie-scott-griffiths-circa-1875-1993-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jennie-scott-griffiths-1903-1943\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/autobiography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newspaper-cuttings\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/she-fought-where-she-stood\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Spunner, Suzanne Sylvia", "Entry ID": "AWE0095", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spunner-suzanne-sylvia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dromana, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Art historian, Critic, Playwright, Writer", "Summary": "Feminist playwrite Suzanne Spunner's works include: Not still lives; Edna for the garden; Running up a dress; Dragged Screaming to Paradise; Overcome by Chlorine; Radio for Help and The Ingkata's Wife.\nA founding member of the Home Cooking Theatre Company, in 1987 Spunner moved with her family to Darwin and established Paradise Productions. A board member of The Australian National Playwrights Centre, in Sydney, and 24 HR ART: the Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, she has been the recipient of Fellowships from the Literature Board of The Australian Council in 1988, 1991 and 1994. Both Dragged Screaming to Paradise and The Ingkata's Wife were highly commended by The Jessie Litchfield Award for Northern Territory Literature.\n", "Events": "Co-ordinator of the feminist journal Lip (1977 - 1978) \nCo-ordinator of the International Women's Film Festival in Melbourne (1975 - 1975) \nConducted a weekly radio programme on theatre for 3RRR FM (1979 - 1979) \nFilm and theatre reviews, articles and interviews in journals and magazines (1978 - 1980) \nGraduated BA Hons from the University of Melbourne (1972 - 1972) \nGraduated Dip Ed from the University of Melbourne (1973 - 1973) \nLecturer in Australian studies and theatre for the School of Drama at the Victorian College of the Arts (1980 - 1980) \nMarried Ian Gray (later Chief Magistrate of Victoria), they have 2 children (1979 - 1979) \nOne of 12 playwrights chosen to represent Australia at the 3rd International Women Playwrights' Conference in Adelaide (1994 - 1994) \nRecipient of a Fellowship from The Literature Board of The Australia Council (1988 - 1988) \nRecipient of a Fellowship from The Literature Board of The Australia Council (1991 - 1991) \nRecipient of a Fellowship from The Literature Board of The Australia Council (1994 - 1994) \nReviewer of the Melbourne Times (1976 - 1978) \nReviewer of the Melbourne Times (1981 - 1981) \nSeconded to Open Universiity in the United Kingdom (1978 - 1978) \nSenior tutor at Deakin University (1977 - 1979) \nVictorian editor of Theatre Australia (1979 - 1979) \nWith family moved to Darwin (1987 - 1987)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/running-up-a-dress-a-mother-daughter-dialogue\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dragged-screaming-to-paradise\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/not-still-lives-a-play-and-an-exhibition-about-margaret-preston-and-thea-proctor\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tea-and-pictures\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-for-the-garden\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/safe-n-sound-the-driver-as-mother\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-womens-drama-texts-and-feminisms\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/suzanne-spunner-manuscript-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dragged-screaming-to-paradise-by-suzanne-spunner\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pankhurst, Adela Constantia Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0097", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pankhurst-adela-constantia-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Chorlton upon Medlock, Lancashire, England", "Death Place": "Wahroonga Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Pacifist, Political activist, Suffragist", "Summary": "Adela Pankhurst was a feminist and pacifist whose political affiliations shifted from communism to strong anti-communism over her lifetime of activism. Born in England, the daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, Adela was involved with the British suffrage movement from her teenage years and then the Women's Social and Political Union which was founded by her mother and sisters in 1904. She later became estranged from her family and moved to Melbourne in 1914 partly for health reasons. Once there she worked with Vida Goldstein and the Women's Political Association and campaigned against conscription particularly with the Women's Peace Army. She also joined the Victorian Socialist Party. She married Tom Walsh, a fellow anti-conscriptionist, in 1917. After the war they moved to Sydney and had five children. They were foundation members of the Communist Party of Australia, but soon withdrew. Adela's evolving anti-communism became starkly apparent when, in 1928, she founded the Australian Women's Guild of Empire. Pankhurst used this conservative patriotic organisation as a platform to advocate the need for industrial cooperation, and she frequently spoke out against strikes. She ended her public life in 1943 with her husband's death.\n", "Details": "Adela Pankhurst toured Australia in 1915 with Vida Goldstein and Cecilia John to set up branches of the Women's Peace Army in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walsh-adela-pankhurst-1885-1961\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adela-pankhurst-the-wayward-suffragette-1885-1961\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feminists-food-and-the-fair-price-the-cost-of-living-demonstrations-in-melbourne-august-september-1917\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/after-the-war-what-being-papers-on-the-duties-of-labor-and-the-unity-and-morality-of-the-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-voice-of-the-people-the-peoples-welfare-is-the-nations-strength\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-and-the-empire\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-empire-gazette\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/conditions-in-japan-lecture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/industrial-co-operation-policy-speech-of-the-australian-womens-guild-of-empire\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/is-communism-possible-in-australia-special-to-advance-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brazen-hussies-and-gods-police-fighting-back-in-the-depression-years-revised-version-of-article-published-in-hecate-v-8-no-1-1982\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-enthusiasms-of-adela-pankhurst-walsh\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-australian-womens-guild-of-empire\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pankhurst-adela-constantia-mary-1885-1961\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-unwritten-history-of-adela-pankhurst-walsh\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thomas-walsh-and-adela-pankhurst-walsh-papers-1905-1961-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thomas-walsh-and-adela-pankhurst-walsh-papers-1905-1961-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-adela-constantia-mary-pankhurst-walsh-leader-of-suffragette-movement-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bacon, Eva", "Entry ID": "AWE0098", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bacon-eva\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Peace activist", "Summary": "Eva Bacon settled in Australia after Hitler's invasion of Austria in 1938. Jim McIlroy, in his tribute to Eva in the Green Left Weekly, writes that \"she continued her life-long struggle for peace, socialism and the emancipation of women in her new homeland through her activism in the Communist Party of Australia and a variety of other progressive organisations.\"\nEva was a member of the Communist Party of Australia, the Union of Australian Women and the Women's Electoral Lobby. She was also a founding member of the International Women's Day Committee. She was married to her husband Ted for almost 50 years and they had one daughter, Barbara.\n(Source: http:\/\/www.greenleft.org.au\/back\/1994\/155\/155p5d.htm accessed 18\/11\/2002)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eva-bacon-1909-1994\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/worth-fighting-for\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ted-and-eva-bacon-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Whitlam, Margaret Elaine", "Entry ID": "AWE0100", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whitlam-margaret-elaine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bondi, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Social worker, Sportswoman, Swimmer", "Summary": "Recognised as a National Living Treasure, Margaret Whitlam achieved public figure status after 1972 as the wife of Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. She was outspoken on many issues affecting women and was appointed to the National Advisory Committee for International Women's Year in 1974.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-day-first-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-life-and-times\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-matriarchs-twelve-australian-women-talk-about-their-lives-to-susan-mitchell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-other-world\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/margaret-whitlam-1938-third-british-empire-games-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gough-whitlam-margaret-whitlam\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/prime-ministers-wives\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-advisory-committee-files-single-number-series-with-w-nac-womens-national-advisory-committee-or-nac-prefix\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-richardson-scrapbooks-relating-to-the-womens-electoral-lobby-and-womens-events-1977-2002\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vick, Lesley Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE0101", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vick-lesley-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Richmond, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Editor, Researcher, Writer", "Summary": "Lesley Vick specialises in medico-legal ethics. Using her research and policy development skills she is actively involved in the legal aspects of equality for women, reproductive health, human rights and free-thinking philosophy. She was the senior adviser to the Leader of the Australian Democrats 1985-1992 and Chief of Staff in the Leaders office from 1986.\nLesley Vick was educated at Mentone Girls Grammar; the University of Melbourne (Bachelor of Laws); and La Trobe University (Master of Arts).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/summary-of-program-on-the-rights-of-women-to-abortion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/papers-of-lesley-vick\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schutt, Helen Macpherson", "Entry ID": "AWE0102", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schutt-helen-macpherson\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland", "Death Place": "Cannes, France", "Occupations": "Philanthropist", "Summary": "Helen Macpherson Schutt, who was charitable in life, bequeathed the majority of her considerable wealth to Victorian charities on her death in 1951. The Helen Macpherson Schutt Trust subsequently donated to hospitals, art galleries, museums, aged care homes, educational institutions and medical research bodies throughout Victoria, according to the stipulations of its benefactor. In 2001, the Trust marked the 50th year of its operation by publishing a brief biography of its benefactor, and by changing its name to the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust in order to honour her family, and recognise the origin of her wealth.\n", "Details": "Helen Macpherson Smith was the only child of Scottish-born Robert Smith, a timber merchant, and his wife, Australian-born Jane Priscilla (n\u00e9e Macpherson). Jane's father was also Scottish-born and had large landholdings in the Western District of Victoria. Both of Helen's parents were wealthy. The Smiths lived in Melbourne from the year of Helen's birth, residing at Fitzroy for seven years before travelling in Australia, Britain and Europe. Helen received part of her education at boarding schools in Scotland and Germany. On her return to Melbourne in 1889 she attended PLC for one year.\nIn 1901, Helen was married at Toorak Presbyterian Church to William John Schutt, a barrister who also played football for Essendon. Their home, a villa in Toorak, was a present from Helen's parents. In 1919 William became a Supreme Court judge. Helen was by this time a supporter of the Missions to Seamen; the Royal District Nursing Service; and the RSPCA. In 1923 the couple left Melbourne and sailed for London. Helen - due apparently to a fear of seasickness - never returned to Australia. Her husband returned to visit her regularly for ten years until he fell on board a ship leaving England and died from concussion of the brain in 1933. William was given a ship's burial in the Red Sea.\nRobert Smith had died on June 17, 1904, and his wife Jane Priscilla on December 2, 1914. Most of the personal family estate was left to Helen. Little is known about her life abroad. She was secure financially and divided her time between Switzerland and the south of France. She stayed in touch with people at home with the occasional postcard, and paid the school feels of some younger family members. She spent her later years at the Hotel Majestic in Cannes, France, and died from pneumonia at the age of 77, but on her death was buried in a pauper's grave at Marseilles with her name spelt incorrectly in the local register. Many years later her body was exhumed and her remains cremated.\nHelen's estate was valued at \u00a3406,121. Of this she left \u00a3275,000 to establish a charitable trust for the benefit of Victorians. Named the Helen M. Schutt Trust, it became the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust in 2001 to better reflect the origins of the wealth behind it. In her will, Helen stipulated that her Trustees consider some of her favoured organisations but gave them wide discretionary powers for investment and distribution of income. The Helen Macpherson Smith Trust continues today with a capital of over $78 million. Its policy is to make grants in the fields of education, public health, medical research, general cultural activities and social welfare - particularly for disabled and aged persons. In recent years the Trust provided funding for the Melbourne Genealogy Centre, housed within the State Library of Victoria.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-invisible-samaritan-helen-m-schutt\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-macpherson-schutt-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schutt-helen-macpherson-1874-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memorial-to-helen-macpherson-schutt\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-macpherson-schutt\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lowenstein, Wendy Katherin", "Entry ID": "AWE0103", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lowenstein-wendy-katherin\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kew, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Trade unionist", "Summary": "Wendy Lowenstein wrote a number of the most celebrated oral histories in Australia, focusing on the lives and struggles of working class people. She is also one of Australia's best known historians of folklore. A member of many activist organisations since the age of fifteen, Wendy contributed to both social justice and aspects of Australian history which had, until she tackled them, been largely ignored.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-wendy-lowenstein-1918-2003-bulk-1953-2000-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-wendy-lowenstein-writer-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cato, Nancy", "Entry ID": "AWE0104", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cato-nancy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Noosa, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Environmentalist, Journalist, Poet", "Summary": "Nancy Cato was an acclaimed author. She published several historical novels and biographies and two volumes of poetry. Cato was also a strong campaigner for environmental conservation.\n", "Details": "Schooled at the Presbyterian Ladies College, in Adelaide, South Australia, Nancy Cato began her professional writing career as a cadet journalist on the Adelaide News at age 18. Later an art critic for the same newspaper, she also became a freelance writer. In 1950 she edited the Jindyworobak Anthology.\nActively involved in the Fellowship of Australian Writers and the Australian Society of Authors during the 1950s and 1960s, Cato's books include Green grows the vine, Brown sugar and All the rivers run, which was made into a TV mini-series. She published other prose works in addition to two volumes of poetry, and contributed to Australian literary magazines. A major work was Mister Maloga, the story of Daniel Mathews and his Maloga Mission to Aboriginal people on the Murray River in Victoria.\nCato married Eldred Norman, and travelled extensively overseas with him; the pair had one daughter and two sons.\nNancy Cato strove for ultimate skill as a writer, and for protection of the Australian environment, particularly in the face of developers on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. She was awarded the Alice Award by the Society of Women Writers in 1988; the Advance Australia award for environmental campaigning; an Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Queensland; and was a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1935 - 1941)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/prize-winning-author-dies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/all-the-tributes-flow-for-noosas-literary-icon\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lifelong-affair-with-the-river\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/author-brought-authentic-voice-to-literature\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murray-novel-brought-fame-fortune\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/author-shared-pioneer-spirit\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-unpublished-letters-and-poems-also-manuscript-and-signed-published-copy-of-her-novel-northwest-by-south\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mister-maloga-daniel-matthews-and-his-mission-murray-river-1864-1902-1976\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nancy-cato-manuscript-collection-1967-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-nancy-cato-1939-1995-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nancy-cato-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/florence-james-papers-1890-1993\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nancy-cato-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dale-spender-papers-1972-1995\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/literary-papers-1969-1981-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gwen-harwood-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lyons, Enid Muriel", "Entry ID": "AWE0105", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lyons-enid-muriel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Duck River, Smithton, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Politician", "Summary": "Dame Enid Lyons AD GBE was the first woman elected to the Australian federal Parliament, in 1943. She was also the first woman in federal Cabinet. She was appointed as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) on 11 May 1937 for her public services to Australia and as a Dame of the Order of Australia (AD) on 26 January 1980.\n", "Details": "Originally a teacher, Enid had a long-held interest in politics. In 1915 she married Joseph Lyons, who became Prime Minister of Australia in 1931. The couple had 12 children.\nIn 1943 Enid Lyons was elected to the House of Representatives for the seat of Darwin (in Tasmania) as a candidate for the United Australia party, where she demonstrated her concern with issues surrounding maternity care, child endowment, women's representation in parliament and discrimination in employment.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/significant-tasmanian-women-dame-enid-lyons-ao-1897-1981-first-woman-to-be-elected-to-the-commonwealth-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-electoral-divisions-named-after-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dame-enid-lyons\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-writers-a-bibliographic-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/uphill-all-the-way-a-documentary-history-of-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dame-enid-lyons-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liberal-women-federation-to-1949\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-ordinary-lives-pioneering-women-in-australian-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/so-many-firsts-liberal-women-from-enid-lyons-to-the-turnbull-era\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/prime-ministers-wives\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-alexander-gore-gowrie-1835-1987-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-janine-haines-am\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-on-various-australian-women-19-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-dame-enid-muriel-lyons-1931-1974-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dame-enid-lyons-a-tribute-sound-recording-presented-by-the-australian-broadcasting-commission\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dame-enid-lyons-interviewed-by-mel-pratt-in-the-mel-pratt-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-jack-and-jean-horner-1956-2003-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/subject-files-of-prime-minister-john-gorton\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irina-dunn-further-papers-1943-1994\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-of-joseph-aloysius-lyons-as-prime-minister-and-leader-of-the-opposition\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "D'Aprano, Zelda Fay", "Entry ID": "AWE0107", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daprano-zelda-fay\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Carlton, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Dental nurse, Feminist, Trade unionist, Writer", "Summary": "Zelda D'Aprano was an active unionist and an activist in the women's movement. She chained herself across the doors of the Commonwealth Building and later the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission in Melbourne, Victoria in protest against the inadequacy of the decision on the Equal Pay case in 1969. D'Aprano was one of the initiators of the Women's Action Committee in 1970, and the Women's Liberation Movement in Melbourne in 1971. She was a member of the Australian Women's Party and was a member of the Communist Party of Australia from 1950-1971.\n", "Details": "Doctor of Laws honoris causa, Macquarie University, 2000. Left school aged 14. Married at 16. Resumed study aged 37, and completed the Leaving Certificate in 1963. Worked as a machinist in the clothing trade. Qualified as a dental nurse in 1961 and worked in this capacity at Larundel Psychiatric Hospital for 15 years. Qualified in Chiropody in 1967. Employed as a clerk in the Meat Industry Union, and as a mail sorter at the General Post Office. D'Aprano was involved in campaigns around Equal Pay for women, the gender-bar at public bars, the Miss Teenage Quest, entitlements of pregnant workers and women's participation in left-wing and workers' movements. D'Aprano was also involved in establishing the Women's Liberation Centre in Little Latrobe St, Melbourne, and was a representative of the Women's Liberation Movement on the International Women's Year committee, 1975. She self-published an autobiography, 'Zelda: the Becoming of a Woman' in 1977; republished by Spinifex Press as 'Zelda' in 1995; Spinifex also published D'Aprano's 'Kath Williams - The Unions and the Fight for Equal Pay,' in 2001. D'Aprano has spoken in numerous forums around Melbourne, as well as on radio and at conferences and has written many articles for magazines, particularly the Women's Liberation Newsletter. In 1995 she received a Special Mention Award from the Centre for Australian Cultural Studies (Canberra) for 'An Outstanding Contribution to Australian Culture'.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/zelda-daprano\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/zelda\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/zelda-the-becoming-of-a-woman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/human-sexuality\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kath-williams-the-unions-and-the-fight-for-equal-pay\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thirty-years-on-how-much-has-really-changed\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-katherine-mary-isabel-1895-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daprano-zelda-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daprano-zelda\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1971-1987-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1912-1980-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/demonstration-outside-fairlea-womens-prison-melbourne-ca-1970-picture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daprano-zelda-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1972-2001-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Daniels, Kay", "Entry ID": "AWE0108", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daniels-kay\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Historian, Public servant, Writer", "Summary": "Kay Daniels taught and published widely in the fields of women's, social and colonial history. Until her two-volume work Women in Australia: An Annotated Guide to Records was published in 1977, it had been generally believed that women could not be included in history as they lived within the family and there were no records of their lives in the public sphere.\nShe spent part of her life as a Commonwealth public servant in Canberra, contributing in areas of cultural policy and intellectual property rights.\n", "Details": "After graduating from the University of Adelaide in 1963, Daniels chose an interdisciplinary studies course offered by University of Sussex. It was here that she completed her doctoral thesis on the publication of novels in England in the 1890s, under labour historian Asa Briggs and literary critic David Daiches.\nFrom 1967 to 1988, Daniels taught history, applying the insights she had acquired to the new field of women's history, at the University of Tasmania. With a grant funded from the International Women's Year project, Daniels designed and supervised a project that set out to unearth in Australia's official archives all materials relating to women. Women in Australia: An Annotated Guide to Records was published in 1977. She also attended early women's movement conferences, as well as leading the fight to save the Cascades Female Factory and publishing the newsletter Liberaction.\nDaniels took leave in 1985, to head up the committee to review Australian studies in tertiary education in Canberra. The resulting report, Windows into Worlds, led to the establishment of many Australian Studies centres, and to the increased Australian content of much of tertiary education.\nShe was the principal intellectual force behind the 1993 cultural policy statement Distinctly Australian, and also had significant input into its successor Creative Nation, after commencing work for the federal Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, in 1989.\nBefore passing away, Daniels was awarded an adjunct professorship at Macquarie University and an honorary degree from the University of Tasmania.\nIn 2003 The Kay Daniels Award was established to honour her work as a historian and public servant. It is a biennial award, sponsored by members and associates of the Australian Historical Association, the University of Tasmania and the Port Arthur Historic Site.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kay-daniels-writer-historian-scholar-and-bureaucrat\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/life-of-compassion-drove-gifted-feminist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/enlightened-voice-of-womens-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/destined-for-distinction\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituary-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kay-daniels-1941-2001\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australia-an-annotated-guide-to-records-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-marilyn-lake-1964-1999-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Oldmeadow, Joyce", "Entry ID": "AWE0109", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oldmeadow-joyce\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Bookseller", "Summary": "In the late 1950s Oldmeadow, with her husband Courtney, founded Oldmeadow Booksellers. In 1974, they opened Dromkeen, which has become an internationally recognised children's literature museum.\n", "Details": "Born: 22 August 1921. Died: 4 August 2001.\nOldmeadow trained as a kindergarten teacher before founding Oldmeadows Booksellers with her husband Court in the late 1950s. They promoted children's authors and successfully conducted a series of meet-the-author sessions.\nIn 1973, the Oldmeadows purchased a large 19th century farmhouse near Riddells Creek, Victoria, Dromkeen Homestead. They began a collection of original children's book illustrations, manuscripts and early Australian children's books.\nThe Oldmeadows were jointly awarded Britain's Eleanor Farjeon Award for their services to children's literature in 1976.\nIn 1982, Oldmeadow inaugurated the Dromkeen Medal, which is awarded annually to individuals for outstanding achievements in the field of children's literature. She was awarded the Nan Chauncy Award in 1988, by the Children's Book Council of Australia, as well as the Order of Australia Medal in 1989, for her services to children's literature.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joyce-oldmeadow-oam\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/caring-custodian-of-childrens-imaginations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-joyce-oldmeadow-bookcollector-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-joyce-oldmeadow-sound-recording-interviewed-by-bill-bunbury\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Christesen, Nina Mikhailovna", "Entry ID": "AWE0110", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christesen-nina-mikhailovna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Blagoveshchensk, Manchuria, Russia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Lecturer", "Summary": "Nina Mikhailovna Christesen AM (n\u00e9e Maximoff) pioneered the study of Russian in Australia and founded the Department of Russian Language and Literature at the University of Melbourne in 1946. She remained at the head of the department until her retirement in 1977.\nIn the 1987 Australia Day Honours Christesen was made a Member of the Order of Australia \"in recognition of service to education, particularly to the study of Slavic language and culture\".\n", "Details": "Christesen arrived in Brisbane with her parents as a migrant in 1924. She had lived in St Petersburg until 1917 and then the Russian-Manchurian city of Harbin.\nShe graduated from the University of Queensland, became senior mistress at St Aidan's Girl's School in Brisbane, and worked as a tutor at Women's College. She met her husband to be, Clem Christesen, founder of the magazine Meanjin, after being recommended to him as a language teacher.\nIn 1945, the Christensen's moved to Melbourne, when the University of Melbourne offered to support Meanjin and its editor. In 1946, encouraged by members of the University of Melbourne Arts Faculty, Christesen established the Department of Russian Language and Literature, the first such course in Australia.\nIn 1967 Christesen founded the journal, Melbourne Slavonic Studies (later Australasian Slavonic and East European Studies) and in the same year the Australian Slavists' Association (which later incorporated the New Zealand contingent).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituaries-nina-mikhailovna-christesen\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-christesen-romance\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/150-years-150-stories-brief-biographies-of-one-hundred-and-fifty-remarkable-people-associated-with-the-university-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-half-open-door-sixteen-modern-australian-women-look-at-professional-life-and-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meanjin-editorial-records-of-c-b-christesen\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christesen-nina-mikhailovna-1911-2001-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-dorothy-green-1943-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christesen-nina-mikhailovna-1911-2001\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-half-open-door\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sanger, Ruth Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE0111", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sanger-ruth-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Southport, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Haematologist", "Summary": "Dr Ruth Sanger was an internationally known expert in blood grouping, who for many years worked for the Medical Research Council in London.\nRuth Sanger, the daughter of Hubert and Katharine Mary Ross (n\u00e9e Cameron) Sanger, obtained her Science Degree from Sydney of University in 1940. She then worked in the blood-grouping laboratory of the Sydney Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service. After the Second World War Sanger moved to London and worked for Dr Robert Race, her future husband, at the Medical Research Council. In 1950 she co-wrote Blood Groups in Man, with her husband and they released their sixth and final edition in 1975. Dr Sanger also contributed papers to medical and genetic journals. She was admitted as a fellow of Britain's Royal Society in 1972 and in the same year she was a joint recipient of the Gairdner Foundation Award. In 1983 Dr Sanger retired as director of the British Medical Research Council, a position she had held for ten years. She was a member of the International Society of Blood Transfusion and an affiliate of similar groups in Canada, Germany, Mexico and Norway. The British Blood Transfusion Society has established the Race and Sanger Award.\n", "Events": "Attended the Women's College within the University of Sydney (1936 - 1939) \nAwarded a Fellow of the Royal Society, London (1972 - 1972) \nAwarded a gold medal from the Australasian Society of Blood Transfusion (1991 - 1991) \nAwarded Caird scholarship in zoology (1938 - 1938) \nAwarded her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of London (1948 - 1948) \nAwarded the Gairdner Foundation Award, Canada (1972 - 1972) \nAwarded the Grace Frazer scholarship (1939 - 1939) \nAwarded the Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award (with R Race), United States of America (1957 - 1957) \nAwarded the Oliver Memorial Award for Blood Transfusion from the British Red Cross (1973 - 1973) \nAwarded the Philip Levene Award, United States of America (1970 - 1970) \nDirector of the Blood Group Unit of the Medical Research Council (London) (1973 - 1983) \nGraduated Bachelor of Science (BSc) (1940 - 1940) \nHonorary treasurer of the basketball club (1938 - 1938) \nMember of the Students' House committee (1938 - 1938) \nOn the scientific staff of the New South Wales Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (1940 - 1946) \nPlayed in the inter-Varsity basketball team (1936 - 1939) \nReceived Doctor of Medicine (MD (Honoris Causa)) from the Helsinki University (1990 - 1990) \nReturned to Sydney and worked with the Blood Transfusion Service (1949 - 1949) \nScientific staff member of the Blood Group Unit of the Medical Research Council, London (1946 - 1973) \nSecretary of the Women's College dance committee (1938 - 1938) \nThe Ruth Sanger Oration established by the Australasian Society of Blood Transfusion (1990 - 1990) \nTravelled to London to work with Dr R Race, director of Medical Research Council's Blood Group Unit (1946 - 1946) \nTreasurer of the Women's College dance committee (1937 - 1937) \nVice-captain of the basketball team (1938 - 1938) \nWorked with the Science Research School in the Department of Zoology at the University of Sydney (1940 - 1940)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-the-womens-college-within-the-university-of-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-with-ruth-sanger-blood-group-research-unit-lister-institute\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wells, Lilian C", "Entry ID": "AWE0112", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wells-lilian-c\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Moderator", "Summary": "Lillian Wells was the first moderator of the New South Wales synod of the Uniting Church (1977) . On 31 December 1977 she was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (civil) for services to the church.\n", "Details": "In 1934, Wells obtained her MA (Hons) from the University of Tasmania and then completed her Diploma of Education, while teaching French and German at Methodists Ladies' College in Kew, Victoria.\nIn 1938, she married Henry Wells, a minister of the Congregational Church. As well as raising three daughters, Wells worked in various positions with the local congregations, wherever her husband was appointed.\nPositions held include: President, Congregational Union of NSW 1975-1977, President, NSW Congregational Women's Fellowship; President Congregational Women's Fellowship of Australia; Secretary, SA Congregational Union; Member, Australian Council of Churches; Associated with Pan Pacific and South-East Asian Women's Association.\nA Uniting Church Nursing Home at Parramatta is named after her.\nSources: obit by Geoffrey Barnes; http:\/\/assembly.uca.org.au\/update\/June.htm (accessed 30\/8\/01- link no longer active)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-lilian-wells-president-of-the-congregational-union-of-nsw-1975-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Holt, Lillian Rose", "Entry ID": "AWE0113", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/holt-lillian-rose\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator", "Summary": "Lillian Holt was a member of the first generation of Aboriginal high school and university graduates and had an impressive track record of full time work, study and concomitant achievements. She traversed new terrain in order that younger ones might follow.\nLillian worked or studied full time since the age of 17. She worked as an educator in Aboriginal affairs and education \"25 hours a day, eight days a week\"! She was appointed as a University of Melbourne Fellow in 2003 -2005, prior to that she was Director of the Centre for Indigenous Education, University of Melbourne.\nLillian Holt passed away on her birthday in February 2020, at the age of 75.\n", "Details": "In 1960, at a time when Aboriginal students rarely attended secondary school, Lillian was among the first dozen Aboriginal students to go to Murgon High School, Queensland, following her sister's entry to the school the previous year. There she studied for her junior certificate (year 10).\nIn the early 60's Lillian became secretary of the Opal Younger Set, Opal, Brisbane. Opal held monthly dances for the Aboriginal community and Lillian was instrumental in organising family occasions for the Aboriginal community in Brisbane.\nIn 1967 she returned to study for her senior (year 12) matriculation in order to enter university, as there was no special entry nor mature age entry in those days. Hence, she competed openly in the mainstream and gained her matriculation in one year studying at Hubbard Academy in Brisbane.\nIn 1977 Lillian completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Queensland, with majors in English and Journalism. She was awarded her Master of Arts by the University of Northern Colorado in 1980, and by 2000 had enrolled as a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne.\nLillian is the first Aboriginal person to have worked for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (now Corporation) in Queensland. Her four years at Brisbane (1962-1966) were followed by a further four working in administration for Sydney's ABC. She was the first Aboriginal Executive Officer for the National Aboriginal Education Committee, Canberra (a federal advisory body to the Commonwealth government) in 1978; and the first Aboriginal principal at Tauondi, Port Adelaide (an adult Aboriginal community college) from 1990-1996. She worked for sixteen years (1980-1996) at Tauondi, firstly as teacher, then deputy principal, then principal.\nLillian has been a public speaker for the past twenty years; her vast number of speaking engagements include the UN (Millennium Forum) New York (2000), the Sambell Oration for the Brotherhood of St Laurence (1993); and the Anglican National Conference (1995) entitled 'Towards the end of the century: What does it mean to be human?'. Her work has been published in a number of journals, magazines, and anthologies. Her speaking engagements have taken her around the world, to England, Kenya, Tanzania, Sweden, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, the USA, Brazil, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Spain, Guatemala, India, Egypt, South Africa, Morocco, Hong Kong, Japan, the Czech Republic, France, and Greece.\nLillian's committee membership has included International Council of Adult Education, Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education (Sri Lanka), and the Australian Association of Adult and Community Education, Canberra. She has also served on the Port Adelaide Centre Ministerial Advisory Committee, the Catholic Education Commission - Aboriginal Consultative Group, the South Australian Aboriginal Education Training Advisory Committee - Ministerial Appointment, the Board of Management, Tandanya (National Aboriginal Cultural Institute) - Ministerial Appointment, the Brotherhood of St Laurence - Melbourne - 'Future of Work' Project - Patron, and the Labour and Employment Aboriginal Reference Group - Warren Snowden Committee.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/one-aboriginal-womans-identity-walking-in-both-worlds\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-traps-that-come-with-the-trappings-a-conversation-with-lillian-holt-interview-conducted-by-tapping-carmel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-justice-democracy-and-adult-education\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/work-an-aboriginal-perspective-the-twelfth-sambell-memorial-oration\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/challenging-outcomes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wright, Judith Arundell", "Entry ID": "AWE0114", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wright-judith-arundell\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Armidale, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Poet, Writer", "Summary": "Judith Wright expressed her love of Australia and its people in her poetry. She was also a respected writer on poetry. Later in her life Wright was well known as a conservationist and campaigner for Aboriginal rights. Wright, a descendant of a pioneering pastoralist family, began writing poetry at the age of six for her ailing mother. At the age of 14 she became a boarder at the New England Girls School, and it was during her time there that she decided to become a poet.\nAfter completing an Arts course at the University of Sydney, Wright worked in a variety of positions including that of research officer at Queensland University, where she helped Clem Christesen to edit Meanjin.\nIn 1975, Wright was the first woman appointed to the Council of Australian National University as the Governor-General's nominee. She was founder and later president of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland, and member of the National Parks Association of New South Wales and the South Coast Conservation Council. Wright was a patron of many organisations including: Campaign Against Nuclear Power (Queensland); Townsville Women's Shelter; Amnesty International (Victoria.); Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland and the National Forests Action Council (Victoria.).\nIn 1991, Wright became the second Australian - after Michael Thwaites in 1940 - to receive the Queen's gold medal for poetry.\nJoan Williams concludes her obituary on Judith Wright in The Guardian on July 5, 2000 with:\n\"Judith Wright is not a romantic, but makes her judgement on changes in the economy and lifestyle, the growth of industry and the swing from country to city. In her own way she has taken a step further for us in the expression of Australian national, spiritual and environment values in her poetry.\"\n", "Details": "Judith Wright, who died in Canberra of a heart attack, had spent much of her time there from the early 1970s when her daughter Meredith went to study at the Australian National University. Her long relationship with H.C. 'Nugget' Coombs was an added incentive for her to be close to Canberra. In 1973 she was appointed Chairman of the Australia Council. In 1975 She bought the property Edge 100 kilometres east of Canberra and spent much of her time there. By 1998 she was living in a small flat in Canberra.\nIn 2010 a suburb in Canberra and a federal electoral division in Queensland were named after her.\n", "Events": "Awarded a Commonwealth Literary Fund Fellowship (1949 - 1949) \nAwarded Fellow Australian Academy of Humanities (FAHA) (1970 - 1970) \nAwarded Hon. Life Member Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) (1980 - 1980) \nAwarded the Alice Award by the Society of Women Writers of Australia (1980 - 1980) \nAwarded the Encyclopedia Britannica Prize for literature (1965 - 1965) \nAwarded the Grace Leven Prize from the Braidwood Historical Society (1949 - 1949) \nAwarded the Grace Leven Prize from the Braidwood Historical Society (1972 - 1972) \nAwarded the Indian Asan World prize for poetry (1984 - 1984) \nAwarded the Order of the Golden Ark, degree of Ridder by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1980 - 1980) \nAwarded the Queen's Gold Medal for poetry (1992 - 1992) \nAwarded the Robert Frost Memorial Award from the Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) (1976 - 1976) \nAwarded the Senior Anzac Fellowship (1976 - 1976) \nAwarded the Senior Writers Fellowship by the Literature Board of the Australia Council (1977 - 1979) \nCouncil member of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) (1964 - 1972) \nCouncil member of the Australian National University (ANU) (1975 - 1979) \nFoundation council member of the Australia Society Authors (ASA) (1963 - 1963) \nMember of the Aboriginal Treaty Committee (1979 - 1983) \nMember of the Committee of Enquiry into the National Estate (1973 - 1974) \nPresident of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (1962 - 1976) \nStatistical research officer with the Queensland University (1944 - 1948) \nStenographic and secretarial work in Sydney (1938 - 1942)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-moving-image\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woman-to-man\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-gateway\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-two-fires\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/birds\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/birds-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/five-senses\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/selected-poems\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-other-half-poems\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collected-poems\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alive\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fourth-quarter\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fourth-quarter-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-generations-of-men\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-nature-of-love\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/preoccupations-in-australian-poetry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/because-i-was-invited\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-coral-battleground\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/charles-harpur\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-cry-for-the-dead\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-book-of-australian-verse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/new-land-new-language\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/witnesses-of-spring-unpublished-poems-by-john-shaw-neilson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kings-of-the-dingoes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/range-the-mountains-high\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-day-the-mountains-played\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-river-and-the-road\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-craig-powell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/monash-biographical-dictionary-of-20th-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-judith-wright\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-the-womens-college-within-the-university-of-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lines-from-the-bush\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/judith-wrights-biography-a-delicate-balance-between-trespass-and-honour\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vale-judith-wright\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-poet-judith-wright-1915-2000-an-appreciation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/judith-wright\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-research-leaders-in-the-australian-learned-academies-1954-to-1976\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-electoral-divisions-named-after-women\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-dymphna-clark-circa-1930-2000-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-dorothy-green-1943-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-judith-wright-1944-2000-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-generations-of-men-manuscript-by-judith-wright\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-judith-wright-1949-1951-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-1986-1989-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-relating-to-oodgeroo-noonuccal\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/craig-powell-manuscript-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-nancy-cato-1939-1995-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dymphna-clark-interviewed-by-heather-rusden-and-elizabeth-cham-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nancy-cato-manuscript-collection-1967-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-elyne-mitchell-circa-1928-2002-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/southern-africa-defence-and-aid-fund-in-australia-records-1961-1981-together-with-the-records-of-community-aid-abroad-australia-southern-africa-group-1981-1987\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-nonie-sharp-1980-2000-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-of-barbara-blackman-with-judith-wright-1950-1998-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/literary-papers-1969-1981-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-patricia-clarke-1887-2010-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Armstrong, Pauline", "Entry ID": "AWE0115", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/armstrong-pauline\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Camberwell, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Author, Historian, Trade unionist", "Summary": "Dr Pauline Armstrong was a long time activist and her later work as a researcher and historian resulted in the publication of her historical and biographical book Frank Hardy and the making of Power without Glory (2000). She was passionately involved in the Save Our Sons movement during the Vietnam War.\n", "Details": "Born in 1928, Pauline Armstrong came from a politically active family. Her grandmother and mother protested against Billy Hughes' attempts to introduce conscription during World War I and were disenchanted Labor Party members, later joining the Communist Party. Armstrong herself was introduced to the Eureka Youth League of the Communist Party by her uncle, Paul Mortier. She joined the Communist Party in 1947 and worked as a legal secretary from 1949 for lawyer Cedric Ralph, who represented the Communist Party at the royal commission into its activities in 1949-50. In other arenas she was active in campaigns for improved local services, and passionately involved in the Save Our Sons movement during the Vietnam War. Armstrong's son, Karl, was jailed twice during the Vietnam War for refusing to register for the draft.\nAt the age of fifty-six she entered university as a mature age student. She gained a Bachelor of Arts (Deakin University) - Literature, Philosophy, Professional writing; a Master of Arts (Monash University) - Australian Studies; and a Doctor of Philosophy (University of Melbourne). She was a member of the Fellowship of Australian writers and the Australian Society of Authors.\nThe publication in 2000 of Armstrong's book Frank Hardy and the making of Power without Glory was a major achievement and the culmination of 8 years of research. Armstrong also wrote feature articles for newspapers, short stories and made journal contributions. She collaborated with Rebecca Maclean on content for Maclean's documentary S.O.S. Movement, which was informed by Armstrong's MA thesis on the history of the Save Our Sons movement.\nFrom her youth, Armstrong was involved in political activities, school and library formation committees, folklore and folk music promotion. In the 1940s she assisted on committees to remove restrictions on Sunday sport and promote daytime training for apprentices, and equal pay. Armstrong was also a trade union, Communist Party and Eureka Youth League activist.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-critical-biography-of-frank-hardy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/frank-hardy-and-the-making-of-power-without-glory\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-the-save-our-sons-movement-of-victoria-1965-1973\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-formation-of-municipal-libraries\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-pauline-armstrong-1990-2002-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/armstrong-pauline-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/audrey-blake-and-jack-blake-further-papers-1937-2004\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Edwards, Meredith Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE0118", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edwards-meredith-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Lecturer, Public servant, Researcher", "Summary": "Professor Meredith Edwards AM has enjoyed an extensive career as lecturer, researcher and policy analyst in economics. She is best known for developing policies around AUSTUDY, Child Support, HECS and long-term unemployment initiatives. She is currently Emeritus Professor, Australia and New Zealand School of Government ( ANZSOG) Institute for Governance at the University of Canberra.\n", "Details": "Born in Sydney and the eldest of three sisters, Meredith Edwards was educated at Canberra High School where she was Vice-Captain. She went on to complete a Bachelor of Commerce (Degree with Honours) at the University of Melbourne (1963) and later, in 1983, a PhD in Public Finance at the Australian National University.\nEdwards began her academic career from 1963 with a post at the University of Malaya, followed by the Australian National University and the Canberra College of Advanced Education. She also served on government-appointed consultative committees and was seconded to the Office for the Status of Women in 1983. She went on to work in the Commonwealth Public Service until 1997.\nEdwards worked in many departments: as Special Advisor on Youth Allowances in both the (then) Department of Education and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (1983-1985), focussing on rationalisation of Australia's youth allowances and the introduction of AUSTUDY; in the Department of Social Security (1986-1990) assisting a Cabinet Sub-Committee on Child Support Policy and as Head of the Social Policy Division; in the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services (1990-1992) as Director of the National Housing Strategy; and in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (1993-1997) as Head of a Taskforce on long term unemployment issues and later as Deputy Secretary of that Department. She was a member of the Women's Electoral Lobby, with particular focus on childcare and economic matters, and often acted as WEL's economic spokesperson.\nIn addition, Edwards was a member of the Wran Committee on Higher Education Funding (1988-1989). She is a member of the Australian Statistics Advisory Council, a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (FAIM), a Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for International and Public Law at the Australian National University and was President of the Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand (ACT Branch) from 1994-1996.\nShe was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canberra in August 1997 -2002 when she also became Professor. In 1999 she became Director of the National Institute for Governance at the University of Canberra, a position she held until 2004.\nIn 2008 she was made a Member of the Board of the Council for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and since 2009 she has been Chair, Board of Closing the Gap Clearing House as well as Member, Committee of Experts on Public Administration, United Nations.\nProfessor Edwards has published numerous articles and presented many papers in the area of policy development and analysis, particularly in the areas of economics and tax in the family, child support, housing, poverty, women in government, and governance. Her recent book Social Policy, Public Policy: From Problem to Practice is based on case studies taken from her time working with the Commonwealth Public Service.\nProfessor Edwards was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/social-policy-public-policy-from-problem-to-practice\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/inside-agitators-australian-femocrats-and-the-state\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sisters-in-suits-women-and-public-policy-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/face-to-face-the-power-of-sisterhood\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-burton-girls\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/papers-of-meredith-edwards-1974-2002-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-meredith-edwards-academic-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-julia-ryan-1947-1982-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-womens-electoral-lobby-1952-2010-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meredith-edwards-interviewed-by-nikki-henningham-in-the-academy-of-the-social-sciences-in-australia-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meredith-edwards-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-in-the-academy-of-the-social-sciences-in-australia-collection-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walling, Edna Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE0119", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walling-edna-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "York, Yorkshire, England", "Death Place": "Buderim, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Landscape designer, Photographer, Writer", "Summary": "Edna Walling is best known for her contribution to Australian landscape architecture design. She was also a talented amateur photographer, and used the many photographs of gardens she took to illustrate the books and articles she wrote. Walling also created portrait photography.\n", "Details": "Edna Walling was born on 4 December 1896 in Yorkshire, England, and was the second daughter of William and Margaret Walling. Her father was a businessman, who had been keen on having a son; when Edna was born he was disappointed on having another daughter. He treated her as he would a son, involving her in exploring the countryside around Devonshire and woodworking.\nIn 1911, when Walling was 14 years old, the family moved to New Zealand. Shortly after this relocation her father travelled to Australia on his own, and in 1914 the whole family joined him there.\nFrom 1916-1917 Walling trained at Burnley Horticultural College; following this she gained employment as a gardener, and eventually commenced a career as a landscape designer. She designed gardens for some of Melbourne's wealthiest families, such as those owned by Dame Nellie Melba, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Mrs Harold Darling, Sir Clive and Lady Steele and Sir William and Lady Irvine, many of whom had large country properties in the Western District of Victoria and the Riverina in New South Wales. Her landscape designs followed the English tradition and were influenced by the work of Gertrude Jekyll and William Robinson.\nWalling photographed these gardens as a means of documenting her work, and she used these photographs in her illustrated books on gardens, and to complement the many articles she wrote. She also worked as a journalist, writing for a number of magazines, including Australian Home Beautiful, as well as for many newspapers on gardening and landscape design. She produced numerous illustrated books - Gardens in Australia (1943), Cottage and Garden in Australia (1947), A Gardener's Log (1948) and The Australian Roadside (1952).\nThese titles featured her drawings, garden plans and photographs.\nShe also designed and built her own house at Mooroolbark, east of Melbourne, which she called Sonning. The house was burned down during the 1936 fires, but she rebuilt it and purchased more land to create the Bickleigh Vale village on 18 acres. In 1948 she purchased a property near Lorne on the Great Ocean Road, on which she built a cottage. Walling wrote about this property in The Happiest Days of My Life.\nDuring her lifetime Walling designed a number of villages but unfortunately few were built. In 1967 she moved to Queensland, settling in Bendles, at Buderim, where she designed an Italian inspired village (but was not able to build it due to her advancing age).\nWalling died on 8 August 1973 in Queensland.\nTechnical\nEdna Walling used a Rolleiflex camera with a twin lens and worked in black and white.\nCollections\nEdna Walling Collection, State Library of Victoria\nPrivate Collections\nContent added for original entry in the Register, last modified 4 May 2009\nThe Walling family lived in the village of Bickleigh, Devon, before migrating to New Zealand, and then to Australia in 1914. In Bickleigh, Edna Walling's father William had trained his daughter in woodwork and honed her skills in perspective and scale. Father and daughter also enjoyed walking together through the English countryside. Walling's future garden designs were to reflect elements of this countryside, and of the various English gardens they visited.\nAfter completing a course in horticulture at Burnley College in 1917, Walling commenced work as a jobbing gardener. In 1921 she purchased three acres of land at Mooroolbark and built her first home from local and second hand materials. This home was named Sonning after Gertrude Jekyll's Deanery Garden of the same name, which she had visited in England.\nIn 1922 Walling purchased a further 18 acres of land adjacent to Sonning. The houses she built became the village of Bickleigh Vale. Between the 1920s and 1960s Walling's commissions included designing the lily pond for Coombe Cottage, Dame Nellie Melba's residence in Coldstream, Vic.; Durrol for Mrs Stanley Allen, Mount Macedon, Vic.; and the Cruden Farm garden for Mrs Keith Murdoch (now Dame Elisabeth), Langwarrin, Vic. She also undertook commissions in Hobart, Tasmania, and designed villages at Port Pirie, South Australia (never completed) and Mount Kembla, New South Wales, for Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd.\nDuring this period Walling wrote four books: Gardens in Australia (1943), Cottage and Garden in Australia (1947), A Gardener's Log (1948) and The Australian Roadside (1952). She wrote articles for The Australian Women's Mirror, The Australian Home Builder and The Australian Home Beautiful. In a letter held by the State Library of Victoria's Edna Walling Collection (La Trobe Australian Manuscripts), Walling declines an invitation to join the Australian Society of Authors by saying:\n'Actually, you know, I am not a writer. I merely made a record of the work I had done, which the Oxford University Press published. I also wrote The Australian Roadside as my contribution to conservation work of this country\u2026 The books were only achieved through the great help of my teacher friend, Miss Lorna Fielden, without whose assistance I doubt if they would ever have seen the light of day. And so, much as I appreciate the honour you have bestowed on me I don't really think I have any right to be counted amongst the illustrious names appearing in your Society'\nWalling's ABC Radio talks include On Making a Garden (1941), Improving the Farm and Curing Erosion and The Farmers' Friends (1951). In 1967, Walling moved to a cottage - 'Bendles' - at Buderim, Queensland. She died there in 1973.\n", "Events": "Edna Walling's work featured in Beyond the Picket Fence: Australian Women's Art in the National Library Collections (1995 - 1995) \nEdna Walling's work featured in The Living Sculptures of Edna Walling (1995 - 1995)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gardens-in-australia-their-design-and-care\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cottage-and-garden-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-australian-roadside\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/country-roads-the-australian-roadside\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-wallings-year\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-edna-walling-book-of-australian-garden-design\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-garden-magic-of-edna-walling\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-gardeners-log\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-to-garden-lovers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/on-the-trail-of-australian-wildflowers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-vision-of-edna-walling-garden-plans-1920-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-edna-walling-website\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-walling-landscape-designer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gardens-in-time-in-the-footsteps-of-edna-walling\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beyond-the-picket-fence-australian-womens-art-in-the-national-librarys-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-walling\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-photographers-1840-1960\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-walling-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-happiest-days-of-my-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heritage-the-national-womens-art-book-500-works-by-500-australian-women-artists-from-colonial-times-to-1955\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walling-edna-margaret-1895-1973\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-for-the-garden\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mooroolbark-village-given-heritage-protection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-markdale-experience\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/exchange-of-correspondence-and-accounts-1937-feb-5-aug-14-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1962-1970-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1937-1964-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-jean-galbraith-1900-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cuming-smith-company-limited\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/university-of-melbourne-photograph-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-edna-walling-architect-and-horticulturalist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edna-walling-australian-art-and-artists-file\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walling-edna-photography-related-ephemera-material-collected-by-the-national-library-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-ca-1940-ca-1970-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Adam-Smith, Patricia Jean (Patsy)", "Entry ID": "AWE0120", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adam-smith-patricia-jean-patsy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Nowingi, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Historian, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Patsy Adam-Smith introduced many readers to Australian history. Of her many publications three in particular stand out: The Anzacs (1978), Australian Women at War (1984) and Prisoners of War (1992).\nOn Australia Day 1994 Patricia Adam-Smith was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to community history, particularly through the preservation of national traditions and folklore and the recording of oral histories. She also received an Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil) (OBE) in the Queens Birthday Honours list on 14 June 1980 for her services to literature.\n", "Details": "The daughter of railway workers, Patsy Adam-Smith was raised in a number of small Victorian country towns. She enlisted as a Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Second World War and was the first female to be articled as a radio officer when she worked on an Australian merchant ship from 1954-1960. In Hobart from 1960-1967 she was employed as an Adult Education Officer before taking the position of manuscripts field officer for the State Library of Victoria from 1970-1982.\nIn 1978 her book The Anzacs shared The Age Book of the Year Award and was made into a 13 part TV series. In 1980 she was the recipient of an OBE for services to literature. Prisoners of War won the 1993 triennial Order of Australian Association Book Prize. In 1994 Adam-Smith was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for her outstanding services to community history.\nHer autobiography was published in two parts - Hear The Train Blow and Good-bye Girlie. For Good-bye Girlie Adam-Smith won the 1995 Benalla Award for Audio Book of the Year, and the 1995 TDK Australian Audio Book Awards, Unabridged Non-Fiction Category.\n", "Events": "Adult Education Officer in Hobart (1960 - 1967) \nAppointed Officer of the British Empire (1980 - 1980) \nAwarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (1994 - 1994) \nCommittee Member of the Museum of Victoria (1983 - 2001) \nFederal President of the Fellows Australian Writers, Victoria (1973 - 1973) \nManuscript Field Officer for the State Library of Victoria (1970 - 1982) \nMember of the Board of Directors for the Royal Humane Society Australasia (1976 - 2001) \nRadio operator on an Australian merchant ship (1954 - 1960) \nReceived Triennial Award from the OBE Association (1993 - 1993) \nServed with the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (1943 - 1944) \nState President of Australian Writers, Victoria (1973 - 1973)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patricia-jean-patsy-adam-smith-ao-obe\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-anzac-legends-great-storyteller-dies-at-77\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2001\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/penguin-books-author-profile-patsy-adam-smith\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patsy-adam-smith-ao-obe\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adam-smith-patsy-1926\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/folklore-of-the-australian-railwaymen\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hobart-sketchbook\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-tribesman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/romance-of-australian-railways\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-desert-railway\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/neon-signs-to-the-mutes-poetry-by-young-australians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/footloose-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/historic-tasmania-sketchbook\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trader-to-the-islanders-there-was-a-ship\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-anzacs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/islands-of-bass-strait\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-and-edwardian-melbourne-from-old-photographs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/outback-heroes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-shearers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/when-we-rode-the-rails\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-at-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heart-of-exile-ireland-1848-and-the-seven-patriots-banished\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-beyond-the-dreamtime\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/prisoners-of-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trains-of-australia-all-aboard\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goodbye-girlie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patsy-adam-smiths-romance-of-australian-railways\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moonbird-people\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hear-the-train-blow-an-australian-childhood\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/across-australia-by-indian-pacific\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/port-arthur-sketchbook\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/re-discovering-tasmania-the-north-west-coast\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/there-was-a-ship\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-barcoo-salute\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tasmania-sketchbook\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/launceston-sketchbook\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tiger-country\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-rails-go-westward\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anzacs-author-led-us-through-our-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-writers-a-bibliographic-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beckett-patricia-jean\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/storyteller-brought-anzac-legend-alive\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leading-tasmanian-literary-figure-dies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/weaver-of-dreams-teller-of-our-tales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austlit-the-australian-literature-resource\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patsy-adam-smith-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beckett-patricia-jean-nee-smith-vfx124737-6-pages\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-patsy-adam-smith-when-the-war-came-to-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christmas-letters-1974-1995-manuscript-patsy-adam-smith\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-patsy-adam-smith-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-patsy-adam-smith-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1993-1994-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/literary-papers-1969-1981-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-patsy-adam-smith-not-after-2000-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sinn, Myra Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE0122", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sinn-myra-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Fashion Designer", "Summary": "During the 1970's Sinn was employed as a designer with Prue Acton. Upon her return from London she started her own business called Hedgehog.\n", "Details": "Born: 22 Jan 1949. Died: 19 Aug 2001.\nDuring the 1970s Sinn work as a designer with Prue Acton, before travelling overseas. Upon her return from London she commenced a business called Hedgehog, where she produced intricate jumpers on knitting machines.\nSinn donated the denim dress she designed for her first wedding to the National Gallery of Victoria.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituary\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Delahunty, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0123", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/delahunty-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Mary Delahunty won the seat of Northcote (Legislative Assembly) for the Australian Labor Party, in a by-election in August 1998. She held the ministerial portfolios of Education, the Centenary of Federation, Planning, Arts and Women's Affairs. Before entering politics, she was Managing Director of her own media consultancy company, also a former ABC journalist and long time member of the Journalist's Union. She retired from politics at the state election in November 2006.\n", "Details": "Born: 7 June 1951.\nDelahunty received a BA (Hons) in Political Science from La Trobe University, before commencing a career in television news, current affairs and the arts. She reported nationally and internationally for the ABC and commercial television stations, producing numerous documentaries and anchoring live broadcasts.\nDelahunty is known for presenting ABC TV news (Melb.) and current affairs programs, the 7.30 Report and Four Corners. She also hosted the ABC's national arts program, Sunday Afternoon.\nIn 1983, Delahunty was awarded the Gold Walkley for journalism, for the story 'Aiding and Abetting' an investigation of the use and misuse of Australian aid moneys. She has been a four times recipient of the Deafness Society Clear Speaking Award.\nShe was one of the early Foundation members of Emily's List and the first Labor woman candidate to be supported by Emily's List in Victoria and then win. Also she was the Victorian convenor and foundation member of the Australian Republic Movement and elected delegate to the People's Convention on the Republic (held Canberra 2000), as well as being a former Director and long time supporter of the Victorian Women's Trust.\nDelahunty is a Governor of the Dromkeen Children's Literature Collection and Patron of P.A.L.S. (partnership and linking for the seriously mentally ill).\nMarried to Jock Rankin (passed away 2002) with two children, she enjoys reading, theatre, dance and riding.\n", "Events": "Best Television Current Affairs Report - with Alan Hall (1983 - 1983) \nGold Award (with Alan Hall) - Best Piece of Journalism - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1983 - 1983)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-delahunty-member-for-northcote\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-delahunty-member-for-northcote-minister-for-education-arts-and-the-centenary-of-federation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Garbutt, Sherryl", "Entry ID": "AWE0125", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/garbutt-sherryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Essendon, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Sherryl Garbutt was elected to the seat of Greensborough in 1989 at a by-election following the death of Pauline Toner; the seat of Greensborough was abolished in the 1990 redistribution. She was the Member (ALP) of Parliament for the Bundoora electorate from 1992-2006 and held the portfolios of Environment and Conservation and Women's Affairs from 1999-2002 and Community Services from 2002-06. She did not contest the 2006 election.\n", "Details": "Sherryl Garbutt completed her BA and DipEd at the University of Melbourne and her B.Ed. at La Trobe University. She worked as a secondary school teacher (1970 -1976) before she went to work as an Electorate Officer to the Hon. Pauline Toner, Member for Greensborough, in 1982. She was elected to the seat of Greensborough in 1989 at a by-election following the death of Pauline Toner.\nAfter winning the Greensborough by-election, Garbutt became a member of the Education Caucus Committee and the Conservation and Environment Caucus Committee from 1989-92. She was also a member of the Natural Resources & Environment Parliamentary Committee (1991-1992) and the Community Development Committee (1992-1996).\nIn 1992 Garbutt became the Shadow Minister for Community Services and a year later the Shadow Minister for Women's Affairs. She held both these positions until 1996 when she was made Shadow Minister for Environment, Conservation & Land Management and Shadow Minister for Water Resources from 1996-1999.\nThe mother of two adult children, her interests include bushwalking, camping and travel.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2016 - 2016)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/minister-for-womens-affairs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sherryl-garbutt-mp-member-for-bundoora\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackson, Judith Louise (Judy)", "Entry ID": "AWE0129", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-judith-louise-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Attorney General, Lawyer, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Judy Jackson was elected to the House of Assembly in the Tasmanian Parliament representing the electorate of Denison in 1986. During her parliamentary career, she held the ministerial portfolios of Health and Human Services from 1998 to 2002 and Attorney-General from 2002 until her retirement in 2006.\n", "Details": "Educated at Glenorchy Primary School and Hobart High School, Judy Jackson graduated from the University of Tasmania with a BA, DipEd and LLB. She worked as a secondary school teacher (1969-1983) and as a lawyer with the Crown Law Department (1984-1985) before launching a political career in 1986.\nJackson was the Shadow Spokesperson for Health from 1986 to 1989. In 1989 she was appointed Minister for Community Services and Minister for Parks, Wildlife and Heritage and in 1991 became Minister for Roads and Transport. She held these portfolios until 1992.\nLeader of the Opposition in the House from 1992 to 1996, she was also Shadow Minister for Social Justice (1993-1995); Parks, Wildlife and Heritage (1993-1996); Environment and Planning (1994-1996); Local Government (1995-1996); Status of Women (1996-1998); Justice (1996-1998); and Shadow Attorney General (1996-1998). In 2002 she became Attorney-General in Tasmania. Her community interests included being on the boards of Euphrasia and Glenorchy Skillshare.\nShe was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2023 for significant service to the people and Parliament of Tasmania.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hon-judy-jackson-mha-electorate-denison-inaugural-speech-19-march-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/judith-judy-louise-jackson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-judy-jackson-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bladel, Frances (Fran) Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0131", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bladel-frances-fran-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Fran Bladen was elected a State Member (ALP) for Franklin in Tasmania and held her seat from 1986 to 2002. She held several ministerial portfolios from 1989 to 1992, and returned to the ministry as Secretary to Cabinet in 1998. She resigned from the Legislative Assembly in 2002 to unsuccessfully contest the Legislative Council seat of Huon.\n", "Details": "Fran Bladel graduated with a BA (Honours) degree from the University of Tasmania. She became a teacher at Rose Bay High and Bridgewater High and a coordinator of the Tagari Project from 1970 to 1985.\nFrom 1989 to 1992 Bladel was Minister for Consumer Affairs, Administrative Services and Construction and Minister assisting the Premier on the Status of Women. She was a member of the Administrative Committee of the Australian Labor Party, the Australian Education Union, the Tasmanian Council of Social Services, the Working Women's Centre, the Community Enterprise Employment Project (Clarendon Vale), the East Derwent Branch of the Tasmanian Arts Council, the Management Committee of the Housing Assistance Service, the Tasmanian Writers Union and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She was Patron of the Eastern Shore Table Tennis League, the Risdon Vale Community Centre Management Committee and the Bridgewater Police, Citizens and Youth Club.\nBladel was a founding member and secretary of 'A Taste of the Huon' Festival Committee, Chairperson of Bridgewater\/Gagebrook Skillshare Inc and a foundation member of Emily's List (Tasmania).\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women (2006 - 2006) \nInducted into the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2001\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fran-bladel-member-for-franklin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-fran-bladel-teacher-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-jocelynne-scutt-1982-2010-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kosky, Lynne", "Entry ID": "AWE0133", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kosky-lynne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Williamstown, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Mayor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Lynne Kosky was elected Member (ALP) for Altona in 1996. On the election of the Labor Government at the 1999 Victorian state election, she held the portfolios of Finance, and later Post Compulsory Education, Training and Employment. After her re-election at the 2002 state election, she was appointed the Minister for Education and Training. She was re-elected at the 2006 state election and held the portfolios of Public Transport and Minister for the Arts. In January 2010 she resigned from the parliament, citing serious family health problems as the reason for her resignation. She died at Williamstown on 4 December 2014.\n", "Details": "In 1980, Kosky graduated from Melbourne University with a Bachelor of Social Work. In 1981 she commenced work for the Victorian Education Department as a Social worker and from 1982 to 1986 was a Community Education Officer. In 1987 Kosky became a Policy Adviser for the Department of Youth Affairs and from 1989 to 1990 was Community Liaison Officer for the Melbourne Olympic Committee.\nKosky worked as a Ministerial Adviser for Community Services Victoria from 1990 to 1992, as well as being a Member for the Coode Island Review Panel from 1991 to 1992. In 1993 she was Executive Officer for Westgate Community Initiatives Group. From 1994 to 1996 she was a member of the Immigration Review Tribunal and in 1995 was also a Lecturer in Public Administration at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. During her time as the ALP member for Altona in 1996, Kosky served on the Federal-State Relations All Party Parliamentary Committee (1996-1999), Member of the Cabinet Expenditure Review Committee, Chair of the Future Jobs and Skills Cabinet Sub-Committee, Joint Ministerial Co-ordinator of the Growing Victoria Together Summit and Deputy Chair of the Information and Communication Technologies Skills Taskforce.\nKosky was Shadow Minister for Employment, Tertiary Education and Training and Youth Affairs in 1999.\nFrom 1986 to 1990, Kosky was a Councillor for Footscray City Council, and served a year as Mayor in 1988.\nMarried to Jim, they had two children, Hana and Jack. Kosky's interests included: gardening, painting, family and keeping fit.\nSources: http:\/\/www.vic.alp.org.au\/people\/altona.html accessed 10\/10\/01;\nhttp:\/\/home.victorianlabor.org\/lkosky accessed 10\/10\/01\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2015 - 2015)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lynne-kosky-member-for-altona\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lynne-kosky-mp-melbourne-for-altona-parliament-of-victoria\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2001\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Martin, Clare Majella", "Entry ID": "AWE0134", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martin-clare-majella\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Clare Martin gained the distinction of becoming the first Labor and first female Chief Minister of the Northern Territory in 2001. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory at a by-election for the seat of Fannie Bay in 1995. This seat was formerly held by the Chief Minister Marshall Perron, member of the Country Liberal Party. She was re-elected in 1997, assumed the leadership of the ALP in 1999 and went on to win the 2001 election. In addition to her role as Chief Minister, she held the ministerial portfolios of Treasurer, Arts and Museums, Young Territorians, Women's Policy, Senior Territorians, Communications, Science and Advanced Technology. She won the 2005 election with an increased majority, but resigned from Parliament in November 2007.\n", "Details": "Born: 15 June 1952.\nMartin obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Sydney University in 1972. From 1978 to 1994 she was a Senior Journalist and broadcaster with ABC Radio and TV. She worked in both Sydney and Canberra before relocating to Darwin in 1985.\nMartin and her partner David have a son and daughter and her interests include: reading, music, politics and sport.\nSource: www.nt.alp.org.au\/people\/fanniebay.html accessed 10\/10\/01\n", "Events": "Officer of the Order of Australia (AO): For distinguished service to the people and Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory, and as a community advocate. (2019 - 2019)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clare-martin-member-for-fannie-bay\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2001\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-ordinary-lives-pioneering-women-in-australian-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-clare-martin-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brooks, Geraldine", "Entry ID": "AWE0135", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brooks-geraldine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Journalist", "Summary": "Sydney-born journalist Geraldine Brooks worked as a Middle-East correspondent during the 1980s and early 1990s.\n", "Details": "Brooks worked for the Sydney Morning Herald before joining the Journal's Australasian bureau in the mid-1980s and then transferring to the Middle-East. She spent several years as a Middle-East correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. Brooks reported on the Iran-Iraq war, the Palestinian uprising and the Gulf War. From 1993 to 1994 she was the United Nation's correspondent covering the peacekeeping operations in Somalia.\nHer first book Nine Parts of Desire: the Hidden World of Islamic Women was published in 1995. In 1999, Brooks was the recipient of the Kibble Literary Award for Women Writers for her second publication Foreign Correspondence. Her third publication, Years of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, was released in 2001.\nBrooks married American journalist Tony Horwitz (1958-2019) in 1994 and they have a son, Nathaniel.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2001\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/geraldine-brooks\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-chronicler-of-chaos\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-bland-street-to-bosnia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nine-parts-of-desire-the-hidden-world-of-islamic-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/foreign-correspondence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/years-of-wonders-a-novel-of-the-plague\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-day-honours-david-walsh-and-elizabeth-broderick-among-recipients\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-geraldine-brooks-journalist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-janet-hawley-1946-2006-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kibble, Nita Bernice", "Entry ID": "AWE0136", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kibble-nita-bernice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Denman, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Librarian", "Summary": "Nita Kibble was the first woman appointed as a librarian with the New South Wales State Library. Her career began by accident in 1899 when the signature on her application form was misread, and thought to be that of a man.\n", "Details": "Kibble joined the State Library of NSW in 1899 and established the Library's first research department in 1918. In 1919 she was appointed Principal Research Officer, and retained the position until her retirement in 1943. Kibble raised her niece, Nita May Dobbie, from birth. Dobbie later established the Kibble Awards for Women Writers in memory of her aunt.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-gentle-arts-australias-women-pioneers-in-the-fields-of-literature-music-and-fine-art\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kibble-nita-bernice-1879-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-fleming-arnot-personal-and-professional-papers-1890-1995\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/state-library-of-new-south-wales-jean-arnot-interviewed-by-rosemary-block-about-her-life-after-she-retired-from-the-state-library-she-also-speaks-in-some-detail-of-her-colleagues-miss-nita-kibble-a\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dobbie, Nita May", "Entry ID": "AWE0138", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dobbie-nita-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Librarian", "Summary": "Raised by her aunt, Nita Bernice Kibble, Dobbie worked as a librarian and research officer. She established the 'Kibble Awards for Women Writers' in memory of her aunt. The 'Nita May Dobbie Literary Award' was established in 1996 in her memory.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-fleming-arnot-personal-and-professional-papers-1890-1995\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/state-library-of-new-south-wales-jean-arnot-interviewed-by-rosemary-block-about-her-life-after-she-retired-from-the-state-library-she-also-speaks-in-some-detail-of-her-colleagues-miss-nita-kibble-a\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burton, Clare", "Entry ID": "AWE0140", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burton-clare\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory", "Occupations": "Academic, Consultant, Public servant, Researcher, Writer", "Summary": "Dr Clare Burton was a strong advocate and activist for social change, particularly in the area of equal pay for women. Her academic research fed into policy and practical change in the workplace.\n", "Details": "Clare Burton was raised in Canberra, where her Methodist upbringing may have instilled in her the tireless work ethic she displayed in her efforts to bring about social change, promoting greater equity and justice for all.\nBurton graduated from the University of Sydney with a university medal and first class honours in anthropology in 1963. She married Peter Krinks and the pair had three children: Rachel, Stephen and Kate. She completed her PhD at Macquarie University in 1979, exploring theoretical explanations for women's subordination, and began her academic career at Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education (later University of Technology, Sydney), where she became an Associate Professor.\nBurton was awarded the Australasian Political Studies Association Women and Politics Prize in 1984 for her essay 'Public and Private Concerns in Academic Institutions'. Her monograph Redefining Merit became an essential companion text for practitioners of employment equity. Major publications include The Promise and the Price: the struggle for equal opportunity in women's employment (1991), Subordination, Feminism and Social Theory (1985) and Women's Worth : pay equity and job evaluation in Australia (1987).\nIn 1989 Burton became the New South Wales government's Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment, and in 1992 served as the Commissioner for Public Sector Equity in the Queensland Goss government. In 1993, she chose to work independently as a researcher and consultant in employment equity, being much in demand as a consultant, adviser, and speaker. In the 1990s Burton conducted about a dozen university equity reviews as well as reviewing both the Australian and New Zealand Defence Forces. She was a dedicated member of the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) and worked on WEL submissions on the 1997 Federal Public Service Bill and the 1998 review of the Affirmative Action Agency. She also convened WEL policy groups.\nBurton was a member of the Network of Women in Further Education, the Black Women's Action in Education Foundation, the National Foundation for Australian Women, the Australian Political Science Association, the Australian Sociological Association and the Institute of Public Administration Australia, and was a founding member of the National Pay Equity Coalition.\nThe Australian Technology Network, with Clare's friends, colleagues and family has established the Clare Burton Memorial Fund to commemorate her life and continue her work by providing a scholarship in Dr Burton's specialist field.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-promise-and-the-price-the-struggle-for-equal-opportunity-in-womens-employment\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/subordination-feminism-and-social-theory\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/redesigning-womens-work-a-case-study-in-the-community-sector\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-worth-pay-equity-and-job-evaluation-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/redefining-merit\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gender-equity-in-australian-university-staffing\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gender-bias-in-job-evaluation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/equity-principles-in-competency-standards-development-and-implementation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/enterprising-nation-renewing-australias-managers-to-meet-the-challenges-of-theasia-pacific-century-managing-for-diversity\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-beauty-therapist-the-mechanic-the-geoscientist-and-the-librarian-addressingundervaluation-of-womens-work\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/merit-gender-and-corporate-governance\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tributes-to-clare-burton\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/face-to-face-the-power-of-sisterhood\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-burton-girls\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-womens-honour-roll-b\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feminist-put-equality-on-agenda\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/papers-of-clare-burton-1987-1997-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-clare-burton-public-servant-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tebbutt, Carmel Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0144", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tebbutt-carmel-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Forbes, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Carmel Tebbutt was a very successful ALP politician who made the transfer from the upper to the lower house of the New South Wales parliament. However, before she entered state politics Carmel was a councillor in the Marrickville Council from 1993- 1998 and their Deputy Mayor from 1995-1998. She entered state politics when she was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1998 and subsequently re-elected in 2003. During this time she served as Minister for Juvenile Justice (1999-2003), Minister for Ageing, Disability Services and Minister for Community Services (2003 -2005) and Minister for Education and Training (2005-2007). Carmel Tebbutt resigned from the Legislative Council in August 2005 to run for the seat of Marrickville in the Legislative Assembly by-election, which she won. She was then appointed Minister for Education and Training (2005 - 2008). In 2008 she became the state's first female Deputy Premier and subsequently held the portfolios of Climate Change and Environment and in the Keneally Government, that of Health Minister. She retired from parliament at the 2015 election.\n", "Details": "In 1981, Tebbutt obtained her Higher School Certificate from De La Salle College Cronulla. She worked as a Graduate Trainee, State Bank of NSW 1985-1986, and graduated with a Bachelor of Economics, majoring in Economics and Industrial Relations, from Sydney University in 1986.\nBefore being elected to the Legislative Council, she was an Industrial Officer for the AMP Staff Association 1986-1988, State Secretary AMP Staff Association 1988-1990; an Electorate Officer for Senator Bruce Childs 1990-1992; an Industrial Officer\/Training Officer for the Community and Public Sector Union 1992-1995 and Policy Adviser to the Deputy Premier and Minister for Health 1995-1998.\nTebbutt has been a Representative of the Legislative Council on the Council of University of New England since 1998.She became a Minister in 1999, and was Minister for Juvenile Justice 1999 -2003, Minister Assisting the Premier on Youth Affairs 1999-2003, and Minister Assisting the Minister for the Environment 1999-2002.\nHer Committee Memberships include: Sessional: Library Committee 1998-1999, Standing Orders Committee since 1999. Standing: Standing Committee on Social Issues 1998-1999.\nTebbutt became a Member of the ALP in 1985, and her party activities include: being a Member of the Executive of NSW Young Labor Council 1988-1991; President of the NSW Young Labor Council 1990-1991; Member of the ALP Economic Policy Committee 1990-1994; President Ashfield State Electorate Council 1994-1998; Deputy Convenor ALP Credentials Committee 1996-1999 and Member of the Administrative Committee ALP NSW Branch 1993-1999.\nA Member of the Marrickville Council since 1993, Tebbutt served as Deputy Mayor 1995-1998. She was a Member of the Marrickville Aboriginal Consultative Committee 1995-1998 and a Member of the Marrickville Heritage Promotion Committee 1997-1998.\nShe is a Member of Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad; Australian Republican Movement and the Evatt Foundation. Her interests include: social justice, local government, children's and young peoples services, education and the environment and she enjoys swimming, cycling, reading and movies.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-members-of-the-parliament-of-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carmel-tebbutt-mlc\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-members-of-the-nsw-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2001\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lo P\u00f2, Faye", "Entry ID": "AWE0145", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lo-po-faye\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Fay Lo P\u00f2 retired in 2003 after a distinguished public career in NSW politics. A long time member of the Australian Labor Party, she served in local government (on the Penrith City Council) before winning the seat of Penrith in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1991. Lo P\u00f2 was re-elected in 1995 and 1999. While an MP, she held a number of portfolios, including Minister for Women, Community Services, Fair Trading and Consumer Affairs. She was Shadow Minister for Housing in 1994-95 while the ALP were in opposition.\nFay Lo P\u00f2 was also heavily involved in local politics in the 1970s and 80s, culminating in a term as Mayor of the Penrith City Council in 1990-1991. She was Alderman of Prospect Electricity (1980-1987, 1991-1992) serving as Chair. From 1986-1987. She was Chair of the NSW Women's Advisory Council, a Member of the Metropolitan Waste Disposal Authority, Chair of the NSW Board of Adult Education and Patron of various groups. She was appointed an AM in 1984.\n", "Details": "Parliamentary and Local Government Career\nLocal Government\n\nMember Penrith City Council 1971-74, 1980-95\nMayor Penrith 1990-91\n\nState Government\n\nElected, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Penrith 1991, 1995, 1999,\nShadow Minister for Housing, 1994-95\nMinister for Consumer Affairs, 1995\nMinister for Fair Trading, 1995-97\nMinister for Women 1995 to 2003\nMinister for Community Services, Aging and Disability Services, from 1997 to 2003\n\nRetired 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-members-of-the-nsw-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-members-of-the-parliament-of-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2001\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nori, Sandra Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE0146", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nori-sandra-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Sandra Nori served as the New South Wales Minister for Small Business and Minister for Tourism. She is the Member (ALP) for Port Jackson.\n", "Details": "After completing her secondary education Petersham Girl's High School, Nori attended the University of Sydney and graduated with a Bachelor of Economics.\nBefore entering Parliament, as a Member for McKell in 1988 she was a co-ordinator at the Sydney Women's Health Centre; a Health Worker at Leichhardt Community Health Centre; Research Officer to Peter Baldwin, former Federal Member of Sydney and a former member of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal.\nSince entering parliament her service includes being Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer and Minister for State Development. Minister for Small Business since 1999 and Minister for Tourism since 1999.\nNori has two children and her interests include: women's issues, education, housing, planning\/the environment, consumer affairs and transport. She enjoys music, ballet, ballroom dancing and paragliding.\nA member of Italian community organisations, Nori is a supporter of several women's groups including the National Foundation for Australian Women, Women's Network Collective, Women's Health in Industry Inc. and the Women's Electoral Lobby.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-members-of-the-nsw-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-members-of-the-parliament-of-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2001\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-sandra-nori-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/issy-wyner-collection-box-27-2-1-4-public-transport\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pearson, Joan Daphne Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0147", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pearson-joan-daphne-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Christchurch, Hampshire, England", "Occupations": "Horticulturalist, Photographer, Researcher", "Summary": "Pearson was the first women in Britain to be decorated (received the George Cross) for saving a pilot from a burning plane.\n", "Details": "Born: 26 May 1911. Died: 25 July 2000.\nIn 1939 Pearson joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. It was while stationed at an RAF Bomber Command at Detling Kent, in 1940 as a radio operator, that she noticed an engine on an aircraft was \"coughing\" as it approached the landing strip. The aircraft, which had a full bomb load, crashed and Pearson helped rescue the crew, covering the pilot with her own body, when the first of the bombs exploded. After the war she worked as a civil servant for ten years and then as an assistant with the Royal Botanic Gardens UK for three years.\nPearson came to Australia, in 1959, on the inaugural flight of the Comet IV from Heathrow to Darwin. She worked as a horticulturist, first with the Department of Agriculture in Victoria and from 1968 to 1976 the Commonwealth Department of Transport.\nPearson was a member of the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association (London), Australian Red Cross Society (Victorian Division), Women's Royal Air Force Officers Association (UK), she was a Life Member of the Royal Air Force Association (UK) and Honorary Life Member of the Returned Services League (RSL), Royal Air Force Club (UK) and the British Legion (UK).\nHer interests included: gardening, writing and reading.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daphne-pearson-heroine\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1962-1970-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-ca-1958-1980-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dixon, Trisha Burkitt", "Entry ID": "AWE0148", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dixon-trisha-burkitt\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Photographer, Writer", "Summary": "Trisha Burkitt Dixon is a writer and a photographer with a passion for landscape, literature, art and history. She has written, edited, photographed and co-authored a number of books, has edited journals and contributed as a columnist and writer\/photographer to various publications and lectured widely within Australia and abroad. Trisha is on the Board of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, on the National Management Committee of the Australian Garden History Society and a company member of Winifred West Schools Limited.\nLinking her passions of literature and landscape, Trisha's recent book Under the Spell of the Ages was published by the National Library of Australia. Trisha is currently working on a book to be published by Murdoch Books. She has spent 20 years documenting the life of Australia's leading landscape designer, Edna Walling and spent some years working on a private commission to document one of Australia's most interesting pastoral properties where our only Nobel Prize laureate for Literature, Patrick White wrote his first novel, Banjo Paterson wrote his last poem for and poet Barcroft Boake wrote a number of poems about. Research for this book led her to Greece and the island of Hydra where she now takes literary and photographic workshops.\nTrisha has also worked as a pilot and as a presenter on ABC Television and is a landscape consultant and heritage adviser. She lives in an early colonial house on her historic grazing property at the foothills of the Snowy Mountains.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-vision-of-edna-walling-garden-plans-1920-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gardens-in-time-in-the-footsteps-of-edna-walling\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/banjo-patersons-high-country\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/garden-design-and-style-the-essence-of-the-garden\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-country-garden\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abc-radio-gardeners\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-fragrant-garden\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australias-timeless-gardens\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/under-the-spell-of-the-ages-australian-country-gardens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leonard, Marjorie (Helen)", "Entry ID": "AWE0149", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leonard-marjorie-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Nurse, Photographer", "Summary": "Helen Leonard worked with numerous women's organisations including the Nursing Mothers' Association (now the Australian Breastfeeding Association), Women's Electoral Lobby, National Women's Media Centre, CAPOW!, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, the National Foundation for Australian Women and WESNET. As a lobbyist and photographer in the women's movement from the 1970s onward, she recorded the activities of many women's organisations, building an extraordinary library of photographs and recordings.\n", "Details": "An only child, Helen was educated at Hornsby Girls High School. Aged 17 she enrolled as a student nurse at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital, and worked for three years as a nurse or dental nurse in various settings.\nHelen's children, Christopher, Robin and Carolyn Inman were born within four years of each other. By 1973 Helen was an active member of the newly created Nursing Mothers Association (NMA), working at the local level in Group Leadership and counselling. Legislation in some States at the time meant that women could be charged with offensive behaviour for breast-feeding in public, and relatively few Australian mothers were encouraged to breast-feed. While running self-esteem and communication groups for the NSW Health department, Helen began representing the NMA at a national level. By 1988 she had been appointed to the National Women's Consultative Council (NWCC) as a representative of NMA; was co-director of Distaff Associates; and co-convenor of WRITES, the umbrella for the Women's Economic Think Tank, Refractory Girl, Women's Radio Network and others.\nOn behalf of the NWCC, with the Women's Electoral Lobby, Helen organised the Women's Tax Convention in Canberra. She began work as a consultant to the Office of the Status of Women in the Commonwealth Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Working with journalist, writer and friend Anne Deveson she explored the portrayal of women in the media, became an Australian expert, and founded the National Women's Media Centre (www.nwmc.org.au). She also led the project to produce the 1998 National Women's Media Directory, which registered women to provide expert comment to the media on issues of the day.\nIn the mid 1990s, working for the NSW Department for Women, Helen coordinated state-wide International Women's Day activities, the Women and Media Awards, and the Out of Line: 25 Years of Women's Posters exhibition. She also created National Women's History Month; This Day In History, which profiles the achievements of women; and The Australian Women's Honour Roll, launched in March 2000. She moved to Canberra in 1998 to become National Executive Officer for the Women's Electoral Lobby (Australia). From early 2000 she worked as National Executive Officer for WESNET (Women's Services Network); as Iraq anti-sanctions Campaign Manager for the Medical Association for the Prevention of War; and as Manager, Government and Community Relations for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. She was Convenor of the Coalition of Australian Participating Organisations of Women (CAPOW!), the peak national women's organisation.\nHelen was posthumously awarded a high commendation in the community section of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Human Rights awards, 2001, for her \"tireless commitment to the rights of women, and broader issues of social justice.\" She is survived by her partner, Judy Harrison, and her three children. Helen's family have launched an appeal through the National Foundation for Australian Women (www.nfaw.org or telephone 02 62874422) to raise funds to create an accessible archive of her historic photographic work.\nEdited from an Obituary by Marie Coleman\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fabulous-fifties-when-life-really-begins-interviews-with-australian-women-in-their-fifties\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tireless-activist-for-womens-movement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/real-dynamo-on-behalf-of-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/web-savvy-and-wired-into-the-womens-movement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Benny, Susan (Grace)", "Entry ID": "AWE0150", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/benny-susan-grace\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Politician", "Summary": "In 1919, Susan Benny was elected a member of South Australia's Brighton Council, thus becoming Australia's first woman politician. She held her seat for two elections and left local government after failing to become mayor in 1922.\n", "Details": "Born: 4 October 1872. Died: 5 November 1944.\nAfter her mother died, Benny went to a girl's boarding school at McLaren Vale, then returned home and taught her younger sisters. She married, solicitor Benjamin Benny in 1896, and they had three daughters and two sons.\nDuring World War I, Benny was honorary secretary of the Seacliff Cheer-up Society and was a member of the local progress association and spinning and croquet clubs.\nBefore becoming the local government member for Seacliff in 1919, she was a member of the Liberal Union Sturt District committee and president of the Brighton Women's Branch of the Liberal Union.\nSuzanne Edgar and Helen Jones in their biography of Benny in 200 Australian Women : A Redress Anthology state that while with the local council, \"Benny claimed credit for several improvements at Brighton: the opening of a cliff to enable free access to the beach; the installation of electric lights; and the allotment of reserves as a children's playground and public garden. She successfully supported the abolition of segregated sea-bathing, so that families could swim together.\" (p. 93) Also she attended night meeting, which legislators had commonly believed women incapable of doing. In 1921, she became a justice of the peace and heard state children's, police and women's cases.\nIn 1926, her husband resigned from the Australian Senate, to which he had been elected in 1919, due to ill-health. He was later convicted of embezzlement, sentenced to three years hard labour and declared insolvent. Relying on inherited money to support her family, Benny moved into her husband's city offices and operated the \"Elite Employment Agency,\" during the depression.\nShe separated from her husband, who died in 1935 and remarried in 1940.\nThe Brighton Council named a crescent and a community centre for women's groups after her.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australias-first-female-politician\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/benny-susan-grace-1872-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Turner, Ethel", "Entry ID": "AWE0151", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turner-ethel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Balby, Yorkshire, England", "Death Place": "Mosman, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Author", "Summary": "Ethel Turner's first book, Seven Little Australians, was published in 1894. Translated into ten languages, it was made into a stage play in 1915 and a film in 1939. In 1953 it was televised in Britain, and in 1973 and 1975 by the Australian Broadcasting Commission.\n", "Details": "Ethel Turner migrated to Australia with her family at the age of eight. While attending Sydney Girl's High School, she published Parthenon with her sister Lillian. She began writing in 1890. Ethel met Herbert Curlewis in 1891, and the pair were married in 1896 when he was an established barrister and she was already a successful writer of children's stories. According to Heather Radi in her anthology 200 Australian Women, Turner contributed a 'Sydney letter' to the Tasmanian Mail and wrote for the children's column of the Illustrated news. The Bulletin accepted her first story in 1892 and she published her first book, Seven Little Australians, in 1894. Radi notes that the book was criticised by some for not conforming to nineteenth century conventions in children's literature, whereby good behaviour is always rewarded, but the book was enormously successful and remains so, with over 40 editions published.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ethel-turner-lilian-turner-and-jean-curlewis-a-family-of-australian-authors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johns-notable-australians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-diaries-of-ethel-turner\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/seven-little-australians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-apple-of-happiness\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/betty-co\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ethel-turner-birthday-book-a-selection-of-passages-from-the-books-of-ethel-turner\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brigid-and-the-cub\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/captain-cub\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-cub-six-months-in-his-life-a-story-in-war-time\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-family-at-misrule\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dark-eleanor-1901-1985\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-sunshine-family-a-book-of-nonsense-for-girls-and-boys\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-oath-102-years-of-seven-little-australians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/authors-illustrators-of-australian-childrens-books\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-writers-a-bibliographic-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turner-ethel-mary-1871-1958\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ethel-turner-literary-papers-and-related-papers-1894-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ethel-turner-1887-1935-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/literary-manuscripts-and-correspondence-1901-1926-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-violet-braddon-1916-1980-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-sir-william-cullen-1880-1935-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-eleanor-dark-1910-1974-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/photographs-19-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-1928-1954-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ada-cambridge-manuscript-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dowell-oreilly-papers-1884-1923-with-additional-family-papers-1877-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/curlewis-family-papers-1881-1966\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dixon, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE0153", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dixon-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Armidale, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Politician", "Summary": "Patricia Dixon was the first aboriginal woman elected to local parliament in New South Wales, and the first Aboriginal woman federal candidate for the ALP.\n", "Details": "A Dunguddy woman, Patricia Dixon was born on the Macleay River near Kempsey, New South Wales and raised on a reserve near Bellbrook. Her extended family included many aunts and uncles, nine sisters and three brothers, but Patricia was separated from her family at the age of 13. Sent away by the Aboriginal Welfare Board, she worked in domestic service in a wealthy private home in Sydney.\nAs an Aboriginal person growing up in the 1950s, she was excluded from high school, but attended primary school, and eventually returned to study as a mature-age student.\nAfter working in Sydney for several years, Patricia married Doug Dixon and had two sons, Graham and Douglas. The family soon moved to Armidale, where Patricia worked as a cleaner. She joined the Labor party in the late 70's, and her involvement in local politics began. Much of her work since then focussed on enhancing Aboriginal involvement in local governance and mainstream civic affairs. In 1983 she was elected to Armidale City Council, becoming the first Aboriginal person elected to local government in NSW. Working with Lowitje (Lois) O'Donoghue, she saw numbers of Aboriginal people participating in local councils nationally build to over 600 in 1998.\nDixon spent over 17 years in local government, serving on the Armidale City Council as a member and, for three years, as Deputy Mayor. She also worked for the Australian Local Government Association (Canberra) and the Department of Local Government in NSW. She served as Chairperson of the Armidale & District Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place; was a member of the NSW State Committee for Reconciliation; and was the Chief Executive Officer of the Aboriginal Medical Service in Armidale at the time of her death.\nIn 1997, Patricia Dixon was pre-selected by the Australian Labor Party in the seat of New England, becoming the first Aboriginal woman federal candidate for the ALP. She passed away just before the 2001 Federal Election was called.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/excerpt-of-speech-by-lowitja-lois-odonoghue\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hope-for-us-all-the-importance-of-local-government-in-strengthening-aboriginal-communities\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/uphill-battle-for-stronghold-seat\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Poole, Philippa", "Entry ID": "AWE0154", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/poole-philippa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Writer", "Summary": "Philippa Poole is the grand daughter of Ethel Turner who complied The Diaries of Ethel Turner in 1979.\n", "Details": "Philippa Poole was the daughter of Betty Carr and Sir Adrian H F Curlewis. Married to Adrian she was the mother of two sons and two daughters.\n\u00a0\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-diaries-of-ethel-turner\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/of-love-and-war-the-letters-and-diaries-of-captain-adrian-curlewis-and-his-family-1939-1945\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-philippa-poole-author-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Curlewis, E. Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE0155", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/curlewis-e-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mosman, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Author", "Summary": "E. Jean Curlewis was the daughter of Ethel Turner. Before passing away she wrote a number of books including The Sunshine Family: A Book of Nonsense for Girls and Boys, with her mother.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Ether Turner and Herbert Raine Curlewis. The author of mainly children's publications, she was married to M L Charlton.\nSources: http:penrithcity.nsw.gov.au\/usrpages\/collect\/ethel.html accessed 17\/10\/01;\nhttp:\/\/www.pcug.org.au\/~efp\/megangen\/ftree.htm#Philippa accessed 24\/10\/01\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-sunshine-family-a-book-of-nonsense-for-girls-and-boys\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beach-beyond\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-dawn-man\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/drowning-maze\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christmas-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/verse-writing-for-beginners\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ethel-turner-lilian-turner-and-jean-curlewis-a-family-of-australian-authors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-eleanor-dark-1910-1974-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Turner, Lilian Wattnall Burwell", "Entry ID": "AWE0156", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turner-lilian-wattnall-burwell\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lincoln, Yorkshire, England", "Occupations": "Author, Journalist", "Summary": "Lilian Turner was the older sister of Ethel, with whom she wrote stories and edited magazines while at Sydney Girls' High School. She won the Cassell and Co. (London publishers) literary competition for her novel The Lights of Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-writers-a-bibliographic-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Martin, Carol Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE0157", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martin-carol-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Carol Anne Martin was the first Indigenous women to be elected to an Australian Parliament. In 2001, she was elected MLA (ALP) for the Western Australian seat of Kimberley.\n", "Details": "At the age of twelve, Martin was made a ward of the state. After her parents divorced she followed her mother, Rose Pilkington, to Broome. Here she worked as a social worker, after completing a business management course, although she had not completed her schooling. Martin moved north to Derby, where she met and married Brian Martin.\nIn 1992 she won a scholarship to study social work at Curtin University. Her husband and two children moved to Perth to be with her.\nBefore entering parliament Martin worked as a consultant providing support and counselling services for a number of community and interest groups.\nHer interests include: fishing, camping, reading and spending time with her large extended family.\nSources: www.wa.alp.org.au\/people\/kimberley.html accessed 31\/10\/01;\nwww.federation.vic.gov.au\/honour.html p. 134 accessed 31\/10\/01\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-womens-roll-of-honour-women-shaping-the-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Onians, Edith Charlotte", "Entry ID": "AWE0160", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/onians-edith-charlotte\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lancefield, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Philanthropist", "Summary": "Edith Onians was a full-time volunteer (organiser and honorary secretary) from 1897 until her death in 1955 of the Melbourne Newsboys Society. She was the first woman Special Magistrate appointed to Children's Court Melbourne in 1927, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) on 2 January 1933 for services to child welfare in Victoria.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Richard and Charlotte (n\u00e9e Smith) Onians, Edith Onians attended Fontainebleau Ladies College, St Kilda, as a boarder, and then taught Sunday school. In 1897, Onians became interested in the work of the Newsboys Try Society - an organisation devoted to the wellbeing of homeless children. The name came from the founder, Mark Forster's, belief that \"if a boy continued to try, he could succeed in whatever he attempted.\" Many of the boys became newspaper sellers.\nOnians offered her services in an honorary capacity, and before going on a trip to England in 1900, she took over the teaching and generally helped with the work amongst the boys. By 1903 Onians was Honorary Secretary of the new organisation the City Newsboys' Society.\nThe Melbourne Newsboys Club Foundation history states that:\nIt was also in 1923 that a young man named Norman Craig joined Miss Onians in her work. Between them they built up an extensive network of welfare services, including family counselling, extension of education, instruction in technical skills - then not available elsewhere - free medical and dental services, camping at their property at Millgrove, advice on dealing with newsagents, their legal rights and requirements, free meals and clothing, extra food for needy brothers and sisters.\nBoth Miss Onians and Mr. Craig were very active in pushing through legislation aimed at the care and protection of working children in Victoria and were members of the Street Traders Board, which met at the Club headquarters.\nThe Street Trading Act was passed in 1926, and in 1927 Onians was appointed justice of the peace. She was also vice-president of the Victorian Council for Mental Hygiene and of the Vocational Guidance Centre.\n", "Events": "First woman member of Street Trading Board (1926 - 1926) \nFirst woman Special Magistrate appointed to Children's Court Melbourne (1927 - 1927) \nHonourary Organiser and Honourary Secretary Melbourne Newsboys' Society (1897 - 1897)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-men-of-to-morrow\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/keeping-them-off-the-streets-youth-organisations-as-instruments-of-hegemony-in-victoria-1850-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-herald-cry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/history-of-melbourne-newsboys-club-foundation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/onians-edith-charlotte-1866-1955\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1897-1976-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reid, Margaret Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0161", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reid-margaret-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Crystal Brook, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Barrister, Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Solicitor", "Summary": "Margaret Reid is the first woman to have been elected President of the Senate. She held this position for six years, from 20 August 1996 to 18 August 2002. In 2004 she was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia for her service to the Australian Parliament and the community.\n", "Details": "Margaret Reid obtained her Bachelor of Laws from Adelaide University and worked as a barrister and solicitor before entering Federal Parliament. She was Deputy Government Whip in the Senate from 18 November 1982 to 4 February 1983, Deputy Opposition Whip from 21 April 1983 to 14 September 1987 and Opposition Whip from 14 September 1987 to 9 May 1995. On 9 May 1995, Reid became Deputy President of the Senate and Chair of Committees and President of the Senate in August 1996.\nReid was awarded the Queen Elizabeth 11 Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977 and the Order of Polonia Restituta in 1987. She is married with two sons and two daughters.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-margaret-reid-senator-for-the-australian-capital-territory\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-senator-margaret-reid\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-margaret-reid-relating-to-andrew-fisher-2001-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-margaret-reid-1969-2003-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/margaret-reid-interviewed-by-barry-york-in-the-old-parliament-house-political-and-parliamentary-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-margaret-reid-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liberal-party-policy-on-act-self-government\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "MacDonald, Karin", "Entry ID": "AWE0162", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macdonald-karin\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Karin MacDonald was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory, representing the electorate of Brindabella, in 2001 and was re-elected in 2004, retiring in 2008.\n", "Details": "After studying to become a primary school teacher and working with handicapped children for six years, MacDonald worked in a variety of clerical positions. She worked with the NSW Professional Officers' Association as a recruitment organiser before joining the Australian Services Union as the Canberra organiser for the Clerical and Administrative Branch. Before entering parliament she was executive director of the Business Training Advisory Board.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macdonald-resigning-for-personal-reasons\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dundas, Roslyn", "Entry ID": "AWE0163", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dundas-roslyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Democrats, Roslyn Dundas was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) representing the electorate of Ginninderra, in 2001. She was the youngest woman ever to be elected to an Australian Parliament, but was unfortunately defeated at the 2004 election.\n", "Details": "After being educated via the public school system Dundas commenced her Bachelor of Arts degreee at the Australian National University. In 2000 she was General Secretary of the ANU student body as well as a member of the National Union of Students' National Women's Committee.\nDundas has worked as a trade union organiser and as a young women's development co-ordinator at the YWCA. She was a participant in the National Youth Constitutional Forum in 2000 and was selected as a reserve for the National Youth Roundtable 2001. In 2008 she was appointed Director of the ACT Council of Social Service. Dundas was the CEO of Ausdance from January 2013 to October 2016.\n\u00a0\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vote-1-roslyn-dundas\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contributors-roslyn-dundas-ausdance-website\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-relating-to-the-pamela-denoon-lecture-series-1989-2013\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dunne, Vicki", "Entry ID": "AWE0164", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dunne-vicki\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lismore, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Political advisor, Public servant", "Summary": "A member of the Canberra Liberals, Vicki Dunne was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory representing the electorate of Ginninderra from 2001 to 2020. She held the position of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2016.\n", "Details": "Dunne was a member of many other community groups including Karinya House, the Cystic Fibrosis Association, ArtSound FM and the North Belconnen Landcare Group and Radio 1RPH (Print Handicapped Radio). She is married with five children.\n\u00a0\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dunne-vicki-legislative-assembly-for-the-australian-capital-territory-website\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trafficking\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gallagher, Katy", "Entry ID": "AWE0165", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gallagher-katy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Senator, Union organiser", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Katy Gallagher was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Parliament of the Australian Capital Territory, representing the electorate of Molonglo, in October 2001. She was re-elected in 2004, 2008 and 2012 and served as Chief Minister from 16 May 2011 to 2014.\nIn 2014 Gallagher resigned from the ACT government to seek preselection to the Australian Senate. She was appointed to fill the casual vacancy caused by the retirement of Senator Kate Lundy in 2015, and elected in her own right a year later, in 2016. After a brief interruption during the parliamentary eligibility crisis of 2018, when she was forced to stand down because she had not renounced her British citizenship prior to her nomination in 2016, she was re-elected as Senator for Canberra in 2019.\nIn 2022, she was appointed Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Vice-President of the Executive Council, and Minister for the Public Service in the Labor Government.\n", "Details": "After receiving her secondary education in Canberra, Gallagher obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from the Australian National University, graduating in 1990. She was a project worker for the Woden Community Service and from 1994 to 1997 worked for People First ACT, an organisation providing advocacy and support to individuals with an intellectual disability. She has been active in the community and union sectors for over ten years. She has advocated for both adults and children with intellectual disabilities and for the industrial interests of workers as a Community and Public Sector Union national organiser.\nWhilst an MLA for the ACT, Gallagher held a variety of portfolios, including Regional Development, Health and Higher Education, Community Services and the Office for Women. She held the positions of Deputy Chief Minister and Treasurer before she became Chief Minister in 2011.\nAs a senator in opposition, Gallagher served as Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness, and Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader on State and Territory Relations. She was promoted to Shadow Minister for Small Business and Financial Services in 2016, the year she was also appointed as Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate. In 2020 she served as Chair of the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19. In 2022, she was appointed Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Vice-President of the Executive Council, and Minister for the Public Service in the Labor Government.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/katy-gallagher-mla\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/senator-the-hon-katy-gallagher-parliament-of-australia-website\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hmss-0375-canberra-centenary-time-capsule\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hmss-0154-majura-womens-group-records\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cross, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE0166", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cross-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party, Helen Cross was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory representing the electorate of Molonglo, in 2001. She served as an Independent from 2002 and lost her seat at the 2004 election.\n", "Details": "Cross ran her own marketing and events business and was a past President of the Phillip Traders' Association and Vice-President of Women in Information and Communications. She also worked for the Local Chamber of Commerce, the Canberra Festival and the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and was involved in community work for various organisations including the Smith Family and Clean-up Australia.\nCross ran unsuccessfully for the Legislative Assembly again in 2020 as an independent in the seat of Yerrabi. She died in March 2022.\n\u00a0\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituary-former-mla-helen-cross\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tucker, Kerrie", "Entry ID": "AWE0167", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tucker-kerrie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Editor, Librarian, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the ACT Greens, Kerrie Tucker was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory representing the electorate of Molonglo in 1995. She served in the Parliament until 2004.\n", "Details": "Prior to being elected to the Assembly, Tucker was an editor and librarian at the Canberra Environment Centre. In the Legislative Assembly she served on a number of Select Committees including budget estimates and inquiries into gambling and superannuation funding and was Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Policy 1995-1998. In 1998 she became Chair of the Assembly Standing Committee on Education, Community Services and Recreation.\n\u00a0\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kerrie-tucker-act-greens-website\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-kerrie-tucker-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newspaper-clippings-clippings-mention-kerrie-tucker-and-other-act-greens-mlas\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fay, Maura", "Entry ID": "AWE0168", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fay-maura\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Casting director", "Summary": "Maura Fay's name is associated with a variety of film, television and theatre projects including: Brides of Christ, The Paper Man, The Thorn Birds, Cold Feet, The Last Bullett, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Farscape and On the Beach.\n", "Details": "Born: 12 March 1958 Died: 29 October 2001\nRaised in Wynyard, Tasmania, she achieved a number of scholastic distinctions at Wynyard High School and was head prefect.\nReturning to Australia, after travelling with her mother in Ireland where she managed a pub in County Cork, she commenced working on the television production Prisoner for Grundy Organisation. Seven years later she joined PBL Productions as head of production, and worked at different times for both Seven and Nine networks.\nFay founded Maura Fay Casting in 1987, and at the time of her death had offices in Sydney, Melbourne, the Gold Coast, Auckland, Singapore and Los Angeles.\nShe served on the boards of the Australian Theatre for Young People and the Sydney Film Festival and often attended amateur, student and community theatre productions.\nEdited from an Obituary by Michael Idato\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maura-fay\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Edmond, Wendy Marjorie", "Entry ID": "AWE0169", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edmond-wendy-marjorie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Wendy Edmond was Queensland Minister for Heath and Minister Assisting the Premier on Women's Policy. She was elected MLA (ALP) for the electorate of Mount Coot-tha on 2 December 1989.\n", "Details": "After being educated at West Bundaberg, McIlwraith, Gin Gin State Schools and Bundaberg State High School, she attended the Queensland Radium Institute and graduated in 1967 with a Diploma of Radiography. In 1971 she obtained a Diploma of Nuclear Medicine Technology in Canada.\nEdmond worked as a therapy radiographer in Brisbane 1964-1967, in Copenhagen 1968, and New York 1969-1970 before taking up a position as a nuclear medicine technologist in Montreal 1970-1971, Adelaide 1972, Edinburgh 1973-1974, and at the Royal Brisbane Hospital 1984-1986 and the Holy Spirit Hospital in Brisbane 1986-89.\nShe is a former secretary of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine, a member of the Education Committee of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, a committee member of Citizens Against Route Twenty (CART), and a committee member of the Paddington Residents Group.\nSince entering parliament her service includes: Parliamentary Representative University of Queensland Senate 1993 - 31 December 1995; Member, Library Advisory Committee November 1992 - June 1995; Member, Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee March 1990 - August 1992; Chairperson, Estimates Committee C 1994 and 1995; Minister for Employment and Training and Minister Assisting the Premier on Public Service Matters 31 July 1995 - 19 February 1996; Deputy Chairman Estimates Committee G 1996 and 1997; Shadow Minister for Health 27 February 1996 - 26 June 1998; Minister for Health since 29 June 1998 and Minister Assisting the Premier on Women's Policy since 22 February 2001.\nMarried with three children Edmond's interest include: theatre, environment, crafts, art, reading, tennis and cooking.\nSources: http:\/\/www.parliament.qld.gov.au\/Parlib\/Members\/women\/chapters\/edmond.htm> accessed 7\/11\/01;\nhttp:\/\/www.parliament.qld.gov.au\/Parlib\/handbook\/edmond.htm accessed 7\/11\/01\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edmond-hon-wendy-marjorie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-members-of-the-legislative-assembly-from-1929\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-wendy-edmond-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Longman, Irene Maud", "Entry ID": "AWE0170", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/longman-irene-maud\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Franklin, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Irene Longman was the first woman to both stand for and be elected to the Queensland Parliament. She was a member of the Country and Progressive National Party for the electorate of Bulimba from 11 May 1929 to 11 June 1932. Longman moved Address-in-Reply to the Governor's Opening of Parliament Speech on 21 August 1929.\n", "Details": "Irene Longman was educated at Sydney Girls' High School and Redlands (SCEGS) North Sydney. After obtaining a Kindergarten Teaching Diploma she taught at Normanhurst, Sydney Girls' Grammar School and Rockhampton Girls' Grammar School.\nAn activist in many women's organisation Longman was President of the National Council of Women of Queensland from 1920 to 1924; Honorary President Queensland Citizenship League; Honorary President Queensland Association for the Welfare of the Mentally Deficient; Vice-President of the Queensland Branch Lyceum Club; Vice-President of the Queensland Womens' Peace Movement and Officer of the Creche and Kindergarten Association.\nAlso Longman is responsible for the first Queensland women police officer and for changing the meeting place of the Children's Court from its meeting place in the precinct of the Police Court.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/getting-equal-the-history-of-australian-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-members-of-the-legislative-assembly-from-1929\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-republic-for-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/childbearers-as-rights-bearers-feminist-discourse-on-the-rights-of-aboriginal-and-non-aboriginal-mothers-in-australia-1920-50\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/longman-irene-maud-1877-1964\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liberal-women-federation-to-1949\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/so-hard-the-conquering-a-life-of-irene-longman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-ordinary-lives-pioneering-women-in-australian-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-the-queensland-parliament-1929-1994\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-electoral-divisions-named-after-women\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-irene-longman-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/om92-82-country-and-progressive-party-elections-clippings-1926-1935\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/om83-01-ogg-margaret-ann-manuscript-1824-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/m-1065-mamie-okeeffe-papers-1970s-1980s\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hoare, Kelly Joy", "Entry ID": "AWE0172", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hoare-kelly-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Kelly Hoare was elected MHR (ALP) for Charlton, New South Wales in 1998.\n", "Details": "Kelly Hoare obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Canberra. From 1985 to 1995 she worked in the public service for the Departments of Defence and Employment, following which she became assistant and adviser to the Federal Member and former Minister for Transport, Bob Brown.\nSince entering parliament, Hoare has been a member of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and the Parliamentary Committee on the Library. She is married with two children and when able enjoys netball and swimming.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kelly-hoare-candidate-for-charlton\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kelly-hoare-member-and-candidate-for-charlton\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ms-kelly-hoare-mp-member-for-charlton-nsw\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-kelly-hoare-federal-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ley, Sussan Penelope", "Entry ID": "AWE0173", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ley-sussan-penelope\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Sussan Ley was elected to the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia, representing the electorate of Farrer, New South Wales, on 10th November 2001.\n", "Details": "Ley's experience includes: working as an air traffic controller at both Mascot and Tullamarine airports, she has her commercial and aerial stock mustering pilot license. Since 1986 she has helped on the family farm.\nAfter obtaining a degree in Economics and her Masters in Taxation and Accounting, Ley worked at the Albury Branch of the Australian Taxation Office as Director, Technical Training.\nLey held ministerial positions in the 2004-2007 and 2013-2022 periods of Liberal-National Party government. She was elected Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party, and thus as Leader of the Opposition, on 13 May 2025, the first woman to hold this position. She was defeated by Angus Taylor in a party room ballot on 13 February 2026.\nA complete record of her parliamentary service, including a link to her first speech, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/farrer-sussan-ley\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sussan-ley-liberal-for-farrer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ley-the-hon-sussan-penelope\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Irwin, Julia Claire", "Entry ID": "AWE0174", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irwin-julia-claire\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Julia Irwin was elected to the Australian Parliament as Member for Fowler, New South Wales, in 1998. She was re-elected in 2001, 2004 and 2007. She was not a candidate in the 2010 federal election.\n", "Details": "Born and raised in Western Sydney, Irwin left school at the age of 16 to work in a bank and while studying at night.\nDuring the early 1970's she worked for a number of Trade Unions and participated in the equal pay campaign. In 1976 she was appointed electorate secretary to NSW Deputy Premier Jack Ferguson.\nFrom 1989-1998, Irwin worked as an electorate officer for Federal Schools, Vocational Education and Training Minister, Ross Free (1989-1995) and Member for Fowler, Ted Grace (1995-1998).\nSince entering parliament she was Deputy Chair of the House of Representatives Environment and Heritage Committee (1999 & 2000) and a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Migration and the House of Representatives Family and Community Affairs Committee.\nIrwin is also a member of a number of Caucus Committees - Living Standards and Economic Development, National Security and Trade, Social Policy and Community Development and is Secretary of the Status of Women Caucus Committee.\nMarried to Geoff (Member NSW Parliament 1984-1995), they have two children and her interests are centred on the community and family.\nSources: http:\/\/www.juliairwin.org\/biography.htm accessed 14\/11\/01;\nhttp:\/\/www.aph.gov.au\/house\/members\/biography.asp?id+83Z accessed 14\/11\/01;\nhttp:\/\/www.labor.net.au\/emilyslist\/candidates\/can_irwin.html accessed 14\/11\/01;\nhttp:\/\/www.alp.org.au\/people\/people.html?seat+Fowler accessed 14\/11\/01\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-julia-irwin-mp-member-for-fowler-nsw\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julia-irwin-candidate-for-fowler\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julia-irwin-member-and-candidate-for-fowler\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gash, Joanna", "Entry ID": "AWE0175", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gash-joanna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Groningen, Netherlands", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Joanna Gash was elected to the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia as the Member for Gilmore, New South Wales, in 1996. She was re-elected in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010.\n", "Details": "Joanna Gash obtained a Diploma of Tourism and Hospitality from the Institute of Administration (Sydney), and has held positions including Regional Manager, Tourism Commission of NSW (Outer Sydney Region); Director, Southern Highlands Tourism Agency; Consultant, Macarthur Country Tourist Association and Guest house co-proprietor. She is a former Councillor with the Wingecarribee Shire Council where she chaired the Works and Town Planning Committee from 1991 to 1995.\nShe has been Mayor of the City of Shoalhaven since 2012. Gash has also served as president of the NSW Council of Tourist Associations; director of the Restaurant and Caterer's Association of NSW; delegate to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Board; delegate to the Women's Consultative Committee; delegate to the Domestic Violence Council, NSW; and Chairman of the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal. During her parliamentary service she was Government Whip from 2001 to 2008; a member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training (from 30 May 1996); Chair of the Coalition Defence and Veterans' Affairs Committee; Chair of the Australian Egypt Parliamentary Group and Deputy Chair of the Australian Parliamentary Christian Fellowship.\nGash has two daughters and enjoys reading, theatre and golf.\n", "Events": "Received for significant service to the Parliament of Australia, to local government, and to the community of Shoalhaven. (2017 - 2017)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-joanna-gash-mp-member-for-gilmore-nsw\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-the-party\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vale, Danna Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE0176", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vale-danna-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Danna Vale was elected to the House of Representatives as the Member for Hughes, New South Wales in 1996. She became Minister for Veterans' Affairs on 26 November 2001 and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence from 2001 until 2003. From 1984 until 1988 Minister Vale was a full-time wife, mother and student. In 1988 she began practising as a solicitor and held this position until entering parliament.\nShe did not contest the 2010 federal election.\n", "Events": "Delegate to the Cook and Miranda Federal Electoral Councils (1994 - 1995) \nDelegate to the Liberal Party State Council (NSW) (1994 - 1995) \nElected to the House of Representative for Hughes, New South Wales (1996 - 1996) \nFull-time mother (1965 - 1984) \nFull-time wife, mother and student (1984 - 1988) \nMarried Robert Vale and they had 4 sons (1965 - 1965) \nMember of the House of Representative Standing Committee on the Library (2001 - 2001) \nMember of the House of Representative Standing Committee on Communications, Transport and Microeconomic Reform (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the House of Representative Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage (1998 - 2001) \nMember of the House of Representative Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs (1996 - 1997) \nMember of the House of Representative Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (1997 - 2001) \nMember of the Liberal Party (1993 - 1993) \nMinister Assisting the Minister for Defence (2001 - 2003) \nMinister for Veterans' Affairs (2001 - 2001) \nPresident of the Liberal Party Gymea Branch (1994 - 1995) \nSolicitor (1988 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-the-party\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-danna-vale-mp-member-for-hughes-nsw\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/danna-vale-mp\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kelly, Jackie", "Entry ID": "AWE0177", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kelly-jackie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Upper Hutt, New Zealand", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Jackie Kelly was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister in the third Howard Ministry on 26 November 2001. She was elected MHR (Lib) for Lindsay, New South Wales on 19 October 1998.\n", "Details": "Jackie Kelly graduated with a law degree from the University of Queensland, where she was awarded a University Blue for her sporting achievements and contribution to University life.\nIn 1987 she commenced work with the Corrective Services Department of Queensland and worked as a Probation and Parole Officer. In May 1989 Kelly was admitted to practice as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland. From 1989-1996 she was a Legal Officer with the Royal Australian Air Force and in June 1995 she was awarded the Helsham prize for her services to the RAAF Legal Category.\nIn 1986, Kelly represented Australia in the under 23s rowing and she has completed in the 1994 World Masters rowing in Brisbane (2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze), the 1997 Australian Masters Rowing Championships in Canberra (1 gold, 1 bronze) and the 1997 World Masters Rowing Championships in Adelaide (2 gold).\nKelly was the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Sydney 2000 Games and her committee service includes: Member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment, Recreation and the Arts 30 May 1996 - 11 September 1996 and the Industry, Science and Technology Committee from 24 September 1997. Appointed Federal Minister for Sport and Tourism on 21 October 1998 until 26 November 2001 when she was made Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister.\nMarried with one child, Kelly enjoys participating in team sports such as hockey and netball.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/competitive-australia-jackie-kellys-biography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-jackie-kelly-mp-member-for-lindsay-nsw\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-the-party\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/so-many-firsts-liberal-women-from-enid-lyons-to-the-turnbull-era\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-the-hon-jackie-kelly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-jackie-kelly-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bishop, Bronwyn Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE0178", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bishop-bronwyn-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Company director, Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Solicitor", "Summary": "Bronwyn Bishop was elected as a Senator for New South Wales in 1987 and resigned in 1994 to contest the seat of Mackellar in a by-election and was elected to the House of Representatives, holding her seat until 2016 when she lost pre-selection as the Liberal candidate. She served as Minister for Defence Industry, Science and Personnel 1996-98, and Minister for Aged Care 1998-2001 in the Howard government and as Speaker of the House of Representatives 2013-15.\n", "Details": "Before entering Federal Parliament Bronwyn Bishop was a Solicitor and Company Director. She was elected to the Senate for NSW in 1987 and resigned on 24 February 1994. In March 1994, Bishop contested the seat of Mackellar at a by-election called upon the resignation of the Hon. J.J. Carlton, and was elected to the House of Representatives. She was re-elected in 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013, but did not contest the 2016 election, losing pre-selection as the Liberal candidate to Jason Falinski.\nBishop was Minister for Defence Industry, Science and Personnel from 11 March 1996 to 21 October 1998, and Minister for Aged Care from October 1998 to October 2001. She held a number of shadow portfolios over her long career and was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2013 on the election of the Abbott government. She resigned her position in August 2015 after controversy over her travel expenses and returned to the backbench.\nBishop was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2020 for distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, to the people of New South Wales, and to women in politics.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-the-party\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-bronwyn-bishop-mp-member-for-mackellar-nsw\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-bronwyn-bishop-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hmss-0375-canberra-centenary-time-capsule\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-hon-bronwyn-bishop\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grierson, Sharon Joy", "Entry ID": "AWE0179", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grierson-sharon-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Sharon Grierson was elected as the Member for Newcastle, New South Wales, in the House of Representatives of the Australian Parliament at the federal election, which was held on 10 November 2001. She was re-elected in 2004, 2007 and 2010.\n", "Details": "Born and raised in Newcastle, Grierson completed her teacher training at Newcastle Teachers' College.\nPrior to entering parliament she was a principal at several Newcastle schools.\nSource: http:\/\/www.alp.org.au\/people\/people.html?seat=Newcastle accessed 14\/11\/2001\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sharon-grierson-candidate-for-newcastle\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crosio, Janice Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE0180", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crosio-janice-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Granville, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Mayor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Janice Crosio was the first woman Cabinet Minister of New South Wales, and first woman to serve on the executive at all three levels of government - local, state and federal. She was elected to the House of Representatives (ALP) for the seat of Prospect, New South Wales, in 1990 and retired in 2004. A complete record of her parliamentary service, including links to her first and valedictory speeches, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).\nShe was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 30 December 1978 for services to local government.\n", "Details": "Parliamentary and Local Government Career\n\nLocal Government: Fairfield City Council (New South Wales), 1971-80. Elected Mayor in 1974, 1977-1980\nState Government: MLA Fairfield (New South Wales), 1981, 1984; MLA Smithfield (New South Wales), 1988\nFederal Government: House of Representatives, Member for Prospect (New South Wales), 1990\nRetired: 2004\n\nJanice Crosio served on the Fairfield City Council (NSW) from 1971 to 1980 and became the first female Mayor of that council in 1974. She was re-elected in 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980. She transferred to the NSW State parliament in 1981 when she was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Fairfield. She held that seat from 19 September 1981 to 22 February 1988, moving to Smithfield from 27 April 1988 until she resigned on 17 February 1990.\nCrosio was Minister for Natural Resources from 5 April 1984 to 6 February 1986; Minister for Local Government from 6 February 1986 to 25 March 1988; Minister for Water Resources from 4 July 1986 to 25 March 1988 and Assistant Minister for Transport from 26 November 1987 to 25 March 1988.\nAfter entering federal parliament in 1990 she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment, Sport and Territories from 23 December 1993 to 25 March 1994 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Security from 25 March 1994 to 11 March 1996. In 2001, she was elected Chief Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives.\nCrosio was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Medal in 1977 and the Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1980.\n", "Events": "Alderman of the Fairfield City Council, New South Wales (1971 - 1980) \nAssistant to New South Wales State Minister for Transport (1987 - 1988) \nAwarded the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Medal (1977 - 1977) \nBorn Janice Ann Gustard (1939 - 1939) \nDeputy Mayor of the Fairfield City Council, New South Wales (1972 - 1972) \nFirst woman elected a Cabinet Minister, New South Wales (1984 - 1984) \nKnight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1980 - 1980) \nMayor of the Fairfield City Council (first woman), New South Wales (1974 - 1975) \nMayor, Fairfield City Council, New South Wales (1977 - 1980) \nMember of the Co-ordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians of Inter-Parliamentary Union (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the House of Representatives (Australian Labor Party) for Prospect, New South Wales (1990 - 1990) \nMember of the Legislative Assembly (Australian Labor Party) for Fairfield, New South Wales (1981 - 1988) \nMember of the Legislative Assembly (Australian Labor Party) for Smithfield, New South Wales (1988 - 1990) \nMember of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) (MBE) (1978 - 1978) \nMinister for Local Government, New South Wales (1986 - 1988) \nMinister for Natural Resources, New South Wales (1984 - 1986) \nMinister for Water Resources, New South Wales (1986 - 1988) \nParliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Arts and Administrative Services, New South Wales (1993 - 1993) \nParliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment, Sport and Territories, New South Wales (1993 - 1994) \nParliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Security, New South Wales (1994 - 1996) \nPresident of Meals on Wheels (1976 - 1993)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-janice-ann-crosio-1939\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/janice-crosio-testimonial-dinner\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-ordinary-lives-pioneering-women-in-australian-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crosio-the-hon-janice-ann-am-mbe\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-janice-crosio-former-suburban-mayor-and-nsw-government-minister-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/janice-crosio-interviewed-by-judith-winternitz-for-the-cultural-context-of-unemployment-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hall, Jill Griffiths", "Entry ID": "AWE0181", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hall-jill-griffiths\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Macksville, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Jill Griffiths Hall has enjoyed a distinguished career in local, state and federal politics in New South Wales, representing the Australian Labor Party. She has held the federal seat of Shortland since 1998.\n", "Details": "Jill Hall completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Newcastle as a mature age student, and was later a casual lecturer in rehabilitation counselling there. She worked as a rehabilitation counsellor with the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service, and as an employment officer and employment counsellor at the Commonwealth Employment service in Newcastle.\nShe was a Councillor for Lake Macquarie City Council (1991-1995), during which time she served as Deputy Mayor (1993-1994). From 1995 to 1998 she was a Member of the NSW Parliament representing the seat of Swansea. She became the Federal Member for Shortland In 1998, and was re-elected in 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013.\nHall was Deputy Chair of the Social Policy and Community Development Caucus Committee. She served on the House of Representatives Family and Community Affairs Committee, and was a member of the Joint Select Committee for the Republic Referendum in 1999. She currently holds the position of Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ms-jill-hall-mp-member-for-shortland-nsw\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jill-hall-member-and-candidate-for-shortland\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davis, Mervyn Twynam", "Entry ID": "AWE0182", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davis-mervyn-twynam\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "St Kilda, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Landscape architect, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Mervyn Davis commenced A Catalogue of Botanical Collectors and Delineators in 1955. She was elected first individual member and delegate for Australia to the International Federation of Landscape Architects in 1959, a position she held for ten years. Davis was the first woman elected a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Parks and Recreation in 1964, and in 1969 she was elected as the first Fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.\nOn 14 June 1980, Mervyn Davis was appointed a Member of the British Empire for her work in the public service.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Frank Dawson and Ida (n\u00e9e Bell) Davis, Mervyn Davis served with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force during World War II. Following the war she commenced a Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme (CRTS) course at Burnley Horticultural College, Victoria. Davis graduated dux of the course in 1946. She was appointed technical assistant in the herbarium at the Melbourne and then the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. During 1956 to 1957, Davis studied under Brian Hackett at Durham University England, and gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Design. In 1957 she was awarded the first Fellowship of the International Agricultural Study Centre, Wageningen University, Netherlands, in Landscape Design and Allied subjects.\nDavis was employed as a landscape architect with Buchan, Laird and Buchan Architects and Engineers, Melbourne, from 1959 to 1961. She initiated moves to establish the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. In 1969 she became the body's first fellow and in 1980 she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). Davis worked as a private consultant before being employed as a landscape architect with the Commonwealth Department of Housing and Construction in 1963. Her work included landscape developments at the airports of Perth, Launceston, Canberra, Melbourne and Hobart. She retired from the department in 1980.\nIn her retirement Davis continued working with Dr Jim Willis and Daphne Pearson on the catalogue of Australian Botanists and others who have contributed to the Collections and recording of plants in Australia.\n", "Events": "Australian Delegate to the International Federation of Landscape Architects (1959 - 1969) \nFirst Fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (1969 - 1969) \nFirst Fellow of the International Agricultural Study Centre Wageningen University Netherlands in Landscape Design and allied subjects (1957 - 1957) \nFirst woman Fellow of the Australian Institute of Parks and Recreation (1964 - 1964) \nFull-time employee of the Commonwealth Department, Central Office, Melbourne (1963 - 1980) \nInitiated moves to establish Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (1960 - 1960) \nPost Graduate Diploma in Landscape Design, Durham University, England (1956 - 1957) \nTechnical Assistant at the Royal Melbourne Botanic Gardens and National Herbarium Victoria (1951 - 1956) \nWar Service with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (1942 - 1945)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-guide-and-analysis-of-englers-das-pflanzenreich\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/port-davey-south-west-tasmania\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/landscape-architect-dies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vale-mervyn-davis-m-b-e-hon-fellow\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scope-for-landscaping\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/westcoast-floral-specimens-for-melbourne-herbarium\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davis-mervyn-twynam-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mervyn-davis\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1962-1970-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davis-mervyn-twynam-service-number-92177-date-of-birth-22-nov-1916-place-of-birth-st-kilda-vic-place-of-enlistment-hobart-next-of-kin-davis-frank\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-mervyn-davis-landscape-architect-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Abraham, Vivienne", "Entry ID": "AWE0183", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abraham-vivienne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Summary": "Vivienne Abraham was active in the Australian peace movement for several decades. She was Honorary Secretary of the Peace Pledge Union (1946-52), acting editor and editor of the 'Peacemaker' and Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (1982-89).\n", "Details": "Vivienne Abraham graduated in Law at the University of Melbourne, having studied from 1937 until 1966. With her sister Shirley, born 28 February 1922, Abraham was active in a number of peace, pacifist and conscientious objector support groups from the 1940s to 1989. She was active in the Melbourne Jewish Youth Council during World War II, and Honorary Secretary of the Australian Peace Pledge Union (in Victoria) from 1946-1952. She served as Honorary Secretary to the acting editor of the Federal Pacifist Council of Australia journal The Peacemaker from 1947-1949, before becoming editor from 1953-1955.\nShe moved to Sydney in 1955, and lived in Israel and Lebanon in 1961-62. With friend and fellow pacifist G. A. Bishop, Abraham represented the Federal Pacifist Council of Australia at a conference in Lebanon during this time.\nFrom 1964 Abraham again edited The Peacemaker, this time jointly with her sister Shirley until 1968, and alone form 1969 until the final issue of the journal in 1971.\nFrom 1982-1989 Abraham was Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Australian Section).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-vivienne-abraham\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/exploring-the-vivienne-abraham-collection-resources-issues-responsibilities\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vivienne-abraham-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-vivienne-abraham-1938-1989-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stokes, Meredith", "Entry ID": "AWE0185", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stokes-meredith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Feminist, Peace activist", "Summary": "Meredith Stokes has been associated with the women's movement and various organisations for nonviolence activists over many years. She has also been involved in broadcasts for the Canberra community radio station 2XX.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-meredith-stokes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/papers-of-meredith-stokes-circa-1970-1997-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-vivienne-abraham-1938-1989-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-julia-ryan-1947-1982-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vroland, Anna Fellowes", "Entry ID": "AWE0186", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vroland-anna-fellowes\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Box Hill, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Campaigner", "Summary": "Anna Vroland was an activist and writer who campaigned for Aboriginal rights in the 1940s and 1950s.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/their-music-has-roots\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-attitude-of-respect-anna-vroland-and-aboriginal-rights-1947-1957\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-anna-vroland-1947-1973-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-womens-international-league-for-peace-and-freedom-1915-1973-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Matenson, Winsome", "Entry ID": "AWE0194", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/matenson-winsome\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victroria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author", "Summary": "Mrs Matenson has worked extensively on her family history and done genealogical research, publishing several booklets, the first in 1988, and won a certificate from the Tasmanian Government. Her second \"A Melbourne Family 1848-1948\" won the first prize of the Alexander Henderson Award 1989. Her most recent book was self published.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sullivan-bay-and-beyond-a-short-history-of-two-port-phillip-bay-first-fleeters-and-some-of-their-descendants\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-here-we-come-a-story-for-the-descendants-of-pioneer-sarah-lowen\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coonan, Helen Lloyd", "Entry ID": "AWE0195", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coonan-helen-lloyd\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Barrister, Businesswoman, Feminist, Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Solicitor", "Summary": "Helen Coonan is a former Australian politician, who was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing New South Wales from July 1996 to August 2011. On 26 November 2001, she was appointed Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer in the Howard Government. She was re-elected in 2001 and 2007. From 2004-07, she served as Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.\nSince leaving politics in 2011, Coonan has transitioned into the corporate world, and vouches for the seminal importance of the law, including legal training, legal practise and legal experience as a common thread underpinning her capacity to perform across a diverse professional and public landscape for a very long time.\nGo to 'Details' below to read a reflective essay written by Helen Coonan for the Trailblazing Women and the Law Project.\n", "Details": "The following additional information was provided by Helen Coonan and is reproduced with permission in its entirety.\nI first thought about doing a law degree when I received a telephone call from a reporter on the Wagga Daily Advertiser on an afternoon late December in 1964. He broke the news of my success in the HSC (then the Leaving Certificate). During the course of an ensuing interview for the paper the next day, he asked what I wanted to do with such a splendid result. I said that I wanted to go to University and would probably study Arts. But it was then that I started to think about a combined Arts\/Law degree, the only combined law degree then available.\nI didn't know much about law. I had read \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" like just about everyone else had, but no one in my family, friends or acquaintances were lawyers. In fact I had never met one! There were no mentors or role models nor supporters or boosters to turn to for guidance. And yet almost instinctively I knew that this was what I wanted to do.\nEven as a young country girl growing up on a property as part of a small rural community, I was intrigued by the notion that people could right wrongs and help those in need. I thought I could recognise injustice where I saw it, especially in point, that of domestic violence and powerlessness and the dreadful consequences for families utterly without redress. A friend of my mothers who suffered horrific domestic violence was eventually forced to leave her home, a family property that had been in the husband's family for generations and flee with her children to live in poverty and dependence on her relatives. I recall thinking \"how can that be fair and why couldn't more be done to help her?\"\nI graduated in 1970 and was admitted to practice in March 1971 at a time when practicing women lawyers were thin on the ground. Challenges came thick and fast and I quickly learnt to find pathways through the thickets with my Plan B strategy that I have honed throughout my career and that has always served me well. I can truly say never be afraid of Plan B if Plan A does not work!\nI became an active member of the Women's Electoral Lobby and began to get many women referred as clients, in various levels of distress and need. I was working in a commercial law firm doing general commercial work including, corporate structures, insurance and tax advice with a \"big end of town\" type of clientele. Soon the waiting room became populated by women in kaftans, children in strollers, sticky lollies and sticky hands next to suited and serious businessmen, with things corporate on their minds!\nI was frenetically busy. I represented these women in Court during the day and worked into the small hours to represent the corporate clients at night.\nEventually after several months of this, the senior partner came to my office. He closed the door and we had a pleasant conversation about my prospects until it became clear that the women who did not exactly fit the firm's clientele would need to go elsewhere. I said: \"But they have nowhere else to go\".\nThat evening my husband (an early feminist if ever there was one) said to me: \"Why don't you just start your own firm and continue what you are doing\"?\nThis was a huge risk. Here I was on track for a partnership and wanting to start a family. Diverting course to start my own firm then was not on the agenda.\nBut faced with an unpalatable choice, I embarked on Plan B. At the age of 25, full of bravado and self-belief, I set up Coonan & Associates in 1975. I believe it was the first women orientated legal firm of its kind. The lesson learnt is that Plan B can be the best choice if you have the insight to see the possibilities and confidence to take a few risks.\nAs it happened, that decision set me on a course that led to personal and professional success and public recognition. It freed me up to pursue my passion for advocacy on issues I cared about.\nWith some other like-minded women, I lobbied government, raised funds and set up the corporate model for the first women's refuge in Sydney - The Elsie Women's Refuge in Glebe - followed by another half dozen dotted around the metropolitan area. I then turned attention to a Women's Health Centre at Leichhardt and Liverpool and a Women's Legal Centre. I embarked on an awareness campaign against what was then blatant discrimination against women in the workplace, in employment and in their relationships. I discovered the power of television and media to help the cause, and even agreed to be a regular panellist on Beauty and the Beast, provided the genuine letters I got could be treated seriously and information provided on air!\nI fought for changes through political advocacy and legal representation on issues as diverse as tax deductibility for child care to recognition of property and inheritance rights for de facto and same sex relationships. I was appointed Chair of the Law Foundation and in that role embarked on a strategy to save the Public Interest Advocacy Centre that was facing an uncertain future. I worked with others on the NSW anti-discrimination legislation and advocated for reform of the divorce law. After the passage of the Family Law Act it needed to be monitored for unintended consequences. One issue that concerned me was the inability of the Court to deal appropriately with superannuation assets. It was a source of great satisfaction to me that years later as the Assistant Treasurer, I was able to get this reformed so that now superannuation assets belonging to one spouse can be treated as matrimonial property subject to the courts powers to divide these assets on divorce. It was an area where I had developed expertise. I was recently interviewed for the ABC Four Corners 50th anniversary program and was shown old footage of me talking about the need for women to look beyond marriage for their economic security. I realised just how long I have been banging on about the feminization of poverty and it is still relevant today.\nEven though it would take another 15 or so years to get there, I knew that my heart was in politics and my destiny would be in Parliament. I also knew that my legal training and knowledge was a key plank in my toolkit to get there.\nBut I had a young son and so much still to achieve in the law. In 1983 my firm which had morphed into Coonan & Hughes, with the addition of a partner John Hughes and several employed solicitors merged with a larger commercial firm, Gadens. I became a partner there and it was an opportunity to hone my commercial skills with different legal work and a different client base.\nDuring this partnership I accepted a secondment to work in a large business law firm in New York and was admitted to the New York Bar. In legal practice, advocacy is my passion and on returning to Australia I resigned my partnership and was admitted to the Bar in July 1986. I was fortunate to be invited to join the Eleventh Floor Wentworth Chambers in Phillip Street and to enjoy the professional guidance and friendship of legendary clerk Paul Daley. I also enjoyed the collegiality and friendships (which last to this day) of male colleagues who were the members of these chambers. For most of my time on the Eleventh Floor I was the only women in a Chamber set of 20 or so men. It was probably the best chambers in Sydney with able and capable barristers who were generous with their time and advice. Getting a room in these Chambers was a critical component of my success at the Bar.\nI do recognise, however that many if not most women at the Bar do it tough. It can be difficult to get suitable chambers and to get work that demonstrates what you are capable of. As a minister tasking work for the Commonwealth, as a rule I would look out for women juniors to make sure they would get exposure and experience with important briefs. I hope getting good women advocates is now a matter of course.\nI spent 10 rewarding years as a barrister handling complex commercial cases, corporate collapses and building construction cases. Included in my case list was acting as counsel for the liquidator of Spedley Securities. Getting to grips with the anatomy of a deposit taking bank that had been artificially propped up by shareholders for years together with the investigation, litigation and recovery of creditors money was a rewarding and informative experience. I have always liked David and Goliath type contests and another memorable win was acting for around 800 Tooheys hoteliers whose \"goodwill' in their hotels had been cancelled by the acquisition of the Tooheys business by Austotel, an entity associated with Mr Alan Bond. It was this background in these types of commercial disputes that prepared me to later have the experience and capacity as a Minister to work on solutions to major and complex national problems such as the government's response to the insurance crisis following the collapse of HIH.\nMy next strategic career decision cropped up rather suddenly with an opportunity to put myself forward as a candidate for preselection for the Liberal Party. At the time I had just concluded a long construction case involving contract overruns for security installations in six power stations in NSW. It was financially rewarding but a rather formulaic dispute that had lasted almost for one year. It also coincided with my son completing his HSC. Psychologically I was probably ready for the next stage of my evolving career. I had a week to decide whether to nominate or whether to continue my career at the Bar, and work towards being appointed silk and eventually the possibility of judicial appointment. That was the conventional career path and I was well along that track. If I won the preselection, it would mean largely abandoning the momentum I had worked so hard to build as a barrister; it would mean an atmospheric drop in income and it would mean huge disruption and loss of privacy for my family. On the other hand was the lure of a new direction at the highest level of politics - the chance to leverage my skills and experience and make a real difference to the lives of Australians. It was the itch I had to scratch and I was determined not to die wondering! Once again, I chose Plan B but this was an enormous risk.\nI transitioned from being a barrister to full time politics on election to the Senate in 1996. It was a huge adjustment. Politics is not for the faint hearted or the thin skinned! Early on, I was often asked if I missed the law. My answer was: \"At times yes I do, compared to politics; the law is such a gentle profession\"!\nHowever, fortune favoured me as I made my way in the Senate and I have my fair share of firsts as a woman in politics.\nThe then Prime Minister, John Howard, gave me a great vote of confidence when he promoted me straight from the back bench to the key portfolio of Assistant Treasurer in 2002. I was at the time the only woman in the history of Federation to hold a Treasury portfolio. It was the gateway to handling major economic reforms in tax, superannuation, insurance and financial literacy. I had responsibility for the Australian Tax Office and for the prudential regulator of financial institutions, APRA. It enabled me to sit on the Expenditure Review Committee with the Treasurer and Finance Minister and to play a key part in formulating the Federal Budget.\nFor all of these tasks a good working knowledge of legal principle and practical experience proved invaluable. An example is the role I was to play in delivering the Government's response to the major national insurance crisis in 2003 that gripped the nation after the collapse of HIH. My portfolio responsibilities included oversight of the Australia Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) and much work was required to reform regulation of financial institutions to ensure capital adequacy and valuation of assets to prevent similar collapses in the future. It was this work that set up Australian financial institutions to be better able to deal with the head winds from the Global Financial Crisis.\nBut prudential reforms were only one side of the aftermath of the HIH collapse which saw liability classes of insurance become either unavailable or unaffordable whether you were running a pony club, an architect's office or delivering a baby! It was a national problem and together with the co-operation of the State Treasurers I was able to convene a Ministerial meeting that comprehensively reviewed and reformed tort law in each State, set up professional standards schemes in return for capped liability for professionals and embarked on a major rescue of medical indemnity that has lasted to this day. I don't believe I could have delivered and implemented a comprehensive solution to this crisis without having a sound practical grasp of the legal framework that would underpin national reform of insurance.\nFortune smiled on me again in 2004 when I was promoted to Cabinet as the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts which remain a major passion to this day. It was a large and complex portfolio that required handling telecommunications, the privatization of Telstra and media reform. I became the shareholder Minister for both Telstra and for Australia Post. My career was further boosted by promotion to Deputy Leader of the Senate with the immense privilege of participating in the daily leadership meeting with the PM, Treasurer and Senate Leader to discuss the political landscape and tactics of the day. And of course sitting at the Cabinet table was much like having a seat on the top Board in the country.\nDuring my time in politics, I was able to see first-hand the real and positive difference women in politics can and do make - it is a different and essential voice to the proper representation of all Australians. I am proud to have been the most senior woman Minister in that Government, to have been given responsibility for large economic portfolios and to learn the inner workings of Government. I believed that I had been an effective leader and made the most of this opportunity.\nI have now transitioned into challenging new roles in the corporate world, and I can vouch for the seminal importance of the law, including legal training, legal practise and legal experience as a common thread underpinning my capacity to perform across a diverse professional and public landscape for a very long time. Having spent 15 years as a solicitor, 10 years at the Bar and 15 years in Parliament including many years where I had the Ministerial carriage of major reforms for the benefit of all Australians, I am grateful that I took that leap of faith as a 17 year old to grasp the opportunities that the law can deliver!\nThe general information (below) has been sourced from publicly available resources.\nCountry born and bred, Coonan moved to Sydney to complete a combined Arts\/Law degree at Sydney University. After graduating she started the first women-orientated legal firm in 1975. The firm later merged with a business law firm of which she became a partner.\nDuring a secondment to the United States in 1985, Coonan was admitted to practice as an Attorney in the Supreme Court of New York. The following year she returned to Sydney and specialised as a commercial barrister at the Sydney Bar. The Chief Justice appointed her as a Supreme Court Mediator in 1992.\nBefore entering Federal Parliament Coonan was a Member of the Convocation of the Senate, University of Sydney from 1983 to 1984; a part-time Member of the Social Secretary Appeals Tribunal in 1987; Trustee of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW from 1988 to 1992 and Chair from 1992 to 1995; Chair of the Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of NSW from 1991 to 1992; and Director and Fellow of the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation from 1995 to 1996.\nIn parliament, Coonan was a member of several Senate Standing Committees; Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committees; Senate Select Committees; Joint Statutory Committees; Joint Standing Committees and Joint Select Committees; as well as Deputy Government Whip in the Senate from 10 November 1998.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-helen-coonan-senator-for-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/senator-helen-coonan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/so-many-firsts-liberal-women-from-enid-lyons-to-the-turnbull-era\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gallus, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE0196", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gallus-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Chris Gallus was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 26 November 2001.\nShe was elected to the House of Representatives (Liberal Party) in 1990 for the seat of Hawker, which was later abolished, and for the seat of Hindmarsh in 1993 and subsequent elections. She retired in 2004.\n", "Details": "Chris Gallus completed a Bachelor of Arts (Australian National University), a Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology (Flinders University), and a Graduate Diploma in Health Education (Sturt College Advanced Education).\nPrior to entering Federal Parliament she worked as a Researcher for the South Australian Health Commission. She has also worked as an advertising executive, a journalist and the director of a small business.\nGallus served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs until 26 November 2001. She was a Member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee for Community Affairs from 16 May 1990 to 8 February 1993; for Environment, Recreation and the Arts from 16 May 1990 to 8 February 1993; and for Financial Institutions and Public Administration from 29 May 1996. She was a member of the Joint Statutory Committee for Native Title from 29 June 1994 to 29 May 1995; and for Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund from 29 March 1995 to 29 January 1996. She was also a member of Joint Standing Committees for Migration (Chair) from 13 June 1996, and Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 18 June 1996.\nWhile in opposition, she was Shadow Minister for Environment from 7 April to 26 May 1994 and Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 25 May 1994 to 11 March 1996.\nChris Gallus is married with three children. She is a self-described movie fanatic and enjoys reading bad novels.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/federal-team\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chris-gallus-leaves-marginal-seat-of-hindmarsh\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-the-hon-chris-gallus\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vanstone, Amanda Eloise", "Entry ID": "AWE0197", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vanstone-amanda-eloise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Elected to the Senate for South Australia in 1984 (Liberal Party), Vanstone was appointed to several Ministries in her long parliamentary career: Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs from 1996 to 1997, Minister for Justice (and Customs ) from 1997 to 2001, Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women from 2001 to 2003 and Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs from 2003 to 2007. On her retirement in 2007, she was appointed Australia's Ambassador to Italy, serving in this position until 2010.\n\u00a0\n", "Details": "Vanstone obtained a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Adelaide, as well as a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice and a Marketing Studies Certificate form the South Australian Institute of Technology. She began her career as a retailer, and worked in wholesaling before becoming a solicitor.\nVanstone served as Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (11 March 1996 to 9 October 1997), Minister for Justice (9 October 1997 to 21 October 1998), Minister for Justice and Customs (21 October 1998 to 30 January 2001), Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women (30 January 2001 to 7 October 2003), and Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (7 October 2003 to 30 January 2007).\nShe has been a Member of the Cabinet and the Legal Committee of the Cabinet; Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition; Shadow Special Minister of State; and spokesperson on the Status of Women. She was involved in the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse.\nAmana Vanstone was honoured with an AO in the Australia Day Honours list in 2020 for distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, to the people of South Australia, and to the community.\nMarried to Tony, she is a supporter of the RSPCA.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-amanda-vanstone-senator-for-south-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/senator-the-hon-amanda-vanstone-minister-for-family-community-services-minister-assisting-the-prime-minister-for-the-status-of-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/so-many-firsts-liberal-women-from-enid-lyons-to-the-turnbull-era\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/opening-of-a-memorial-to-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-senator-amanda-vanstone\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reynolds, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE0201", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reynolds-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Launceston, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Margaret Reynolds was a Senator for Queensland from 1983 until 1999. First elected to the Senate in 1983, she was re-elected in 1984, 1987 and 1993. Reynolds worked as primary and remedial teacher then a tutor before entering parliament. She also served on the Townsville City Council from 1979 to 1983. Reynolds' responsibilities have included: Federal Government representative on the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation 1992-1995; Minister assisting PM on Status of Women 1988-1990; Chair of the Parliamentary Adviser to the United Nations; and Minister for Local Government 1987-1990. A complete record of her parliamentary service, including a link to her first speech, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below). Reynolds has been a member of the Australian Labor Party since 1971, and has held many positions in the ALP.\nReynolds retired from parliamentary politics in 1999. She is now the National President of the United Nations Association of Australia and an Adjunct Professor and Sessional Lecturer in the School of Political science and international studies, University of Queensland.\nMargaret Reynolds was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2023 for eminent service to the people and Parliament of Australia, to social justice, gender equality and indigenous rights, to local government, and to the community.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/final-report\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interim-report-on-telephone-services\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-last-bastion-labor-women-working-towards-equality-in-the-parliaments-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/report-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/report-on-0055-reverse-phone-directory-service\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/report-on-telephone-message-services\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/report-on-video-and-computer-games-and-classification-issues\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/select-committee-on-community-standards-relevant-to-the-supply-of-services-utilisingtelecommunications-technology-i-e-technologies-official-hansard-report\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/person-notes-for-person-cp-362-senator-margaret-reynolds\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-margaret-reynolds-senator-for-queensland\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/herstory-australian-labor-women-in-federal-state-and-territory-parliaments-1925-1994\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reynolds-the-hon-margaret-ac\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-professor-margaret-reynolds-academic-and-human-rights-consultant-sound-recording-interviewer-diana-giese\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-margaret-reynolds-1973-2005-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-margaret-reynolds-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-to-margaret-1999\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-senator-margaret-reynolds\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stone, Sharman Nancy", "Entry ID": "AWE0202", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stone-sharman-nancy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Pyramid Hill, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Sharman Stone was elected to the House of Representatives of the Australian Parliament representing the electorate of Murray, Victoria in 1996. She was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage on 21 October 1998 and served in that capacity until October 2004, when she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration. She also served as Vice-President of the Executive Council. She was Minister for Workforce Participation from January 2006 until December 2007. She was re-elected in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013 and retired at the 2016 Federal election.\n", "Details": "Sharman Stone completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from Monash University, a Master of Arts from La Trobe University, a Graduate Diploma of Education from Hawthorn CAE and a PhD from Monash.\nBefore her election to Federal Parliament, she worked as a Doctoral Research Fellow at Monash University's Department of Economics and Business. She has been a member of the House of Representatives Standing Committees on Primary Industries, Resources and Rural and Regional Affairs (from 25 May 1996); and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (from 4 June 1997). Stone was a member of the Public Accounts Joint Statutory Committee from 29 May 1996 to 1 January 1998 and the Public Accounts and Audit from 1 January 1998.\nShe was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2024 for significant service to the people and Parliament of Australia, and to the community through executive positions.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-dr-sharman-stone-mp-member-for-murray-vic\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/so-many-firsts-liberal-women-from-enid-lyons-to-the-turnbull-era\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Troeth, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE0203", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/troeth-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brighton, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Farmer, Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Judith Troeth was elected as a Senator for Victoria in the Parliament of Australia in 1993. She was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy from October 1997 until October 1998, when she moved to become Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. She held that position until October 2004. She retired at the 2010 federal election, but remained in the Senate until her term expired on 30 June 2011.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Keith Malcolm and Eileen Mary Ralston, Judith Troeth was educated at Methodist Ladies College, Kew. She completed a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma of Education at Melbourne University.\nBefore entering Parliament she worked as a teacher as well as being an active partner in the family farm. She was Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Employment, Training and Family Services from 26 May 1994 to 11 March 1996; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy from 9 October 1997 to 21 October 1998 as well as being a member of various parliamentary committees.\nSenator Judith Troeth has five children and enjoys films, theatre, reading and bushwalking.\n", "Events": "Chair of the Federal Liberal Regional and Rural Committee (1996 - 2002) \nChair of the Senate Standing Committee for Scrutiny of Bills (1994 - 1996) \nChair of the State Strategy Committee (Vic) (1991 - 1992) \nChairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation committee (1996 - 1997) \nCountry Vice-President of the Liberal Pary (Vic.) (1989 - 1992) \nFederal Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (1998 - 1998) \nFederal Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy (1997 - 1998) \nFederal Parltiamentary Secretary to Shadow Minister for Employment, Training and Family Services (1994 - 1996) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2012 - 2012) \nLiberal Party Branch President (1982 - 1991) \nMember of the Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (1997 - 1997) \nMember of the Joint Standing: Migration Committee (1996 - 1997) \nMember of the Joint Statutory: National Crime Authority (1993 - 1996) \nMember of the Liberal Party Administrative Committee (Vic.) (1988 - 1992) \nMember of the Liberal Party Policy Assembly and State Rural Committees (1985 - 1992) \nMember of the Parliamentary Delegation to the United States of America and Canada (1995 - 1995) \nMember of the Senate Estimates: A Committee (1993 - 1994) \nMember of the Senate Estimates: E Committee (1994 - 1994) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs (1993 - 1994) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs: References Committee (1994 - 1994) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Employment, Education and Training: Legislation Committee (1994 - 1997) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Employment, Education and Training: References Committee (1994 - 1997) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: References Committee (1996 - 1997) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Rural and Regional Affairs (1993 - 1993) \nMember of the Senate Select: Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Electronic Technologies (1996 - 1997) \nMember of the Senate Select: Land Fund Bill Committee (1994 - 1995) \nMember of the Senate Select: Victorian Casino Inquiry (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Senate Select:Certain Land Fund Matters (1995 - 1995) \nMember of the Senate Standing Committee for Scrutiny of Bills (1993 - 1996) \nOfficial visit to Singapore, Taiwan, Japan and Korea (1999 - 1999) \nParticipating member, Community Affairs: Legislation Committee (1994 - 1996) \nParticipating member, Economics: References Committee (1996 - 1996) \nParticipating member, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation Committee (1994 - 1996) \nParticipating member, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: References Committee (1996 - 1996) \nRural and Regional Affairs and Transport: References Committee (1994 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-judith-troeth-senator-for-victoria\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/senator-hon-judith-troeth-parliamentary-secretary-to-the-minister-for-agriculture-fisheries-and-forestry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/so-many-firsts-liberal-women-from-enid-lyons-to-the-turnbull-era\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Worth, Patricia Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0204", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/worth-patricia-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Riverton, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Trish Worth was elected to the House of Representative of the Australian Parliament as the Member for Adelaide, South Australia in 1993. She was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing on 26 November 2001 in the Howard Government. She was defeated at the 2004 election.\n", "Details": "A registered nurse and midwife, Worth was a senior manager at a private pathology company before entering Federal Parliament. From 11 July 1997 to 21 October 1998, Worth was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Family Services. From 21 October 1998 until 2001, she was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-trish-worth-mp-member-for-adelaide-sa\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trish-worth\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Patterson, Kay Christine Lesley", "Entry ID": "AWE0205", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patterson-kay-christine-lesley\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Kay Patterson was elected to the Senate for Victoria in 1987. On 7 October 2003 she was appointed Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women. Her other ministerial appointments have included being Minister for Health and Ageing, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. She retired at the expiry of her term in June 2008 prior to the general election. A complete record of her parliamentary service, including links to her first and valedictory speeches, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).\n", "Details": "Prior to entering Parliament Kay Patterson was Principal Lecturer and Chair with the School of Behavioural Sciences at the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences. She served on the Council of Monash University (1978-1998) and following her retirement from Parliament she held positions there, including professorial fellowships, in the health sciences field. In 2019 she was awarded a Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) at Monash University. As well as serving on various boards in her post-parliamentary career, Patterson served for two years as a National Mental Health Commissioner and as a member of the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation, both from 2014. In July 2016 she was appointed as the national Age Discrimination Commissioner, within the Australian Human Rights Commission, for a five-year term (later extended for another two years).\nHaving joined the Girl Guides as a child Kay Patterson retained a lifelong connection to the movement, holding senior positions in the Victorian administration. In 2002 she was made a life member of the Girl Guides.\n", "Events": "Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) (2016 - 2016) \nAwarded the Centenary Medal 'for service as Minister for Health and Ageing' (2001 - 2001) \nChair of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee (1997 - 1997) \nChair of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee (1996 - 1996) \nChair of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee (1998 - 1998) \nDelegate at the 3rd Commonwealth Conference on Delegated Legislation in London (1989 - 1989) \nDelegate from the Hawthorn West Branch of the Liberal Party State Council (1985 - 1987) \nElected to the Senate for Victoria (1987 - 1987) \nKellogg Travelling Fellow and Visiting Fellow with the Institue of Gerontology at the University of Michigan (1983 - 1983) \nLeader of the Delegation to the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa (2001 - 2001) \nLecturer with the School of Behavioural Sciences at the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences (1977 - 1983) \nLife Member of Guides Victoria (2002 - 2002) \nMember of Guides Victoria State Council (1974 - 1991) \nMember of Guides Victoria State Council (1993 - 1993) \nMember of Guides Victoria State Executive (1974 - 1985) \nMember of Guides Victoria State Executive (1988 - 1991) \nMember of the Hawthorn and East Yarra Province Electorate Committee (1985 - 1987) \nMember of the Monash University Council (1978 - 1999) \nMember of the Opposition Shadow Ministry (1990 - 1996) \nMember of the Senate Estimates Committee: C (1993 - 1994) \nMember of the Senate Estimates Committee: C (1990 - 1992) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs (1992 - 1992) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs: Legislation Committee (1994 - 1996) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs: Legislation Committee (1998 - 1998) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs: References Committee (1994 - 1996) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs: References Committee (1998 - 1998) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Employment, Education and Training (1987 - 1991) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Employment, Education and Training: References Committee (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee (1997 - 1997) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee (1998 - 1998) \nMember of the Senate Standing Committee for Regulations and Ordinances (1988 - 1993) \nMember of the Senate Standing Committee for Regulations and Ordinances (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Senate Standing Committee for Regulations and Ordinances (1997 - 1998) \nMember of the Senate Standing Committee for Scruting of Bills (1987 - 1990) \nMembership Officer of the Hawthorn West Branch of the Liberal Party (1985 - 1987) \nMinister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women (2003 - 2003) \nMinister for Health and Ageing (2001 - 2003) \nOfficial visit to New Zealand (2000 - 2000) \nOfficial visit to Papua New Guinea (2001 - 2001) \nOfficial visit to Samoa (2001 - 2001) \nParliamentary Adviser at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York (1997 - 1997) \nParliamentary Secretary to the Chair of the Family, Social and Health Policy Group (1992 - 1993) \nParliamentary Secretary to the Chair of the Social Policy and Health Group (1990 - 1992) \nParliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (2000 - 2001) \nParliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1998 - 2001) \nParliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Community Services, Senior Citizens and Aged Care (1994 - 1995) \nParliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Health and Human Services (1995 - 1996) \nParticipating member of the Community Affairs: Legislation Committee (1996 - 1998) \nParticipating member of the Economics: Legislation Committee (1995 - 1996) \nParticipating member of the Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee (1996 - 1997) \nParticipating member of the Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: References Committee (1996 - 1998) \nPrincipal Lecturer and Chair with the School of Behavioural Sciences at the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences (1986 - 1987) \nSenior Lecturer with the School of Behavioural Sciences at the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences (1983 - 1985) \nSenior Tutor with the Psychology Department at Monash University (1974 - 1976) \nShadow Minister for Senior Citizens and Aged Care and Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader of the Opposition on Women's Affairs and the Arts (1993 - 1994) \nSmall business secretary and office manager (1961 - 1964) \nTemporary Chair of Committees (1996 - 1998) \nTutor with the Faculty of Education at the University of Sydney (1970 - 1970) \nVice-President of the Hawthorn West Branch of the Liberal Party (1986 - 1987) \nVisiting Scholar with the Gerontology Center at Pennsylvania State University (1985 - 1985)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/so-many-firsts-liberal-women-from-enid-lyons-to-the-turnbull-era\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patterson-the-hon-dr-kay-christine-lesley-ao\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-senator-kay-patterson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-senator-kay-patterson-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burbidge, Nancy Tyson", "Entry ID": "AWE0206", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burbidge-nancy-tyson\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, England", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory", "Occupations": "Botanist, Conservationist", "Summary": "Nancy Burbidge worked at the CSIRO between 1946-1973, rising from systematic botanist to Curator of the Herbarium. From 1973 to 1977 she was scientific leader of the Flora of Australia project. Burbidge published several books on Australian plants.\n", "Details": "Nancy Burbidge emigrated to Australia with her parents in 1913, and was educated at Katanning (Kobeelya) Church of England Girls' School (founded by her mother Nancy Eleanor in 1922), Bunbury High School and the University of Western Australia. She obtained her Bachelor of Science (BSc) in 1937, Master of Science (MSc) in 1975, and Doctor of Science (DSc) in 1961.\nUpon graduating in 1937, Burbidge was awarded the prize of a free passage to England by a group of shipping companies. She spent eighteen months there at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew.\nIn 1943 Burbidge was appointed assistant agronomist at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute in Adelaide, where she started working on the regeneration of native pastures in the arid and semi-arid regions of South Australia. Burbidge was appointed to the new position of systematic botanist in the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, in 1946. Before taking a year's secondment in 1953 to be Australian botanical liaison officer back at the Kew herbarium, London, Burbidge was editing the Australasian Herbarium News and was secretary of the systematic botany committee of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (1948-1952).\nBurbidge published several books on Australian plants and illustrated many with her own drawings. In 1960 she was a founding member of the National Parks Association of the ACT (going on to be twice president, secretary, and a committee member for eleven years), and was prominent in lobbying for the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and Namadgi National Park. She was also a member of the Australian Federation of University Women (president of the Canberra association 1959-1961), and the Pan-Pacific and South East Asia Women's Association (president 1957-1958 and international secretary 1961-1968).\nBurbidge was awarded the 1971 Clarke medal for her achievements in taxonomic botany and ecology by the Royal Society of New South Wales. She is commemorated by an altar-frontal showing banksias and honey-eaters in St Michael's Anglican Church, Mount Pleasant, Perth, and by the Nancy T. Burbidge Memorial, an amphitheatre in the National Botanic Gardens, Canberra.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burbidge-nancy-tyson-1912-1977-biographical-entry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nancy-tyson-burbidge\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burbidge-nancy-tyson-1912-1977\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-phytogeography-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nancy-burbidge-biographical-details\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-grasses\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dictionary-of-australian-plant-genera-gymnosperms-and-angiosperms\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flora-of-the-australian-capital-territory\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/select-list-of-publications-in-systematic-botany-available-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-wattles-of-the-australian-capital-territory\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/history-of-systematic-botany-in-australasia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hayter, Lorna", "Entry ID": "AWE0208", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hayter-lorna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Agriculturalist, Public servant, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Lorna Hayter studied agriculture at the University of Sydney. In 1927 she joined the New South Wales Department of Agriculture. During World War II Hayter was a member of the Women's Australian National Services, and became Assistant Controller with the Australian Army Women's Service. Later she hosted the Australian Broadcasting Commission weekly national program Farm and Home and became women's editor of the Land Newspaper. On 31 December 1979, Lorna Hayter was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to agriculture and the community.\n", "Events": "Assistant controller with the Australian Women's Army Service (1941 - 1944) \nAssisted with the Rural Reconstruction Report (1944 - 1945) \nBoard member of the YWCA, Sydney (1978 - 1980) \nBroadcaster for the radio program Farm and Home and women's editor Land Newspaper (1961 - 1971) \nEmployed by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (1953 - 1967) \nPatron of the Australian Women's Army Service Association (NSW) (1981 - 1989) \nResearcher with the Rural Adult Education Overseas Grant for the Carnegie Corporation, New York (1936 - 1937) \nScience teacher with the Department of Education at Orange (1921 - 1927) \nSenior Extension Officer with the Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales (1927 - 1948)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hayter-lorna-biographical-entry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/byrne-lorna\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1980\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/youll-be-sorry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lorna-hayter-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/major-lorna-byrne-assistant-controller-australian-womens-army-service-land-headquarters\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-of-the-900-members-of-the-australian-womens-army-service-taking-part-in-a-march-past-as-a-farewell-to-major-lorna-byrne\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Symonds, Elizabeth Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE0209", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/symonds-elizabeth-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Campaigner, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Ann Symonds was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1982 to 1998.\n", "Details": "Ann Symonds trained as a teacher at Armidale and taught at Casino before being transferred to Sydney in 1960. She studied Drama (1972-74) and later Law (1984-1985 - deferred), both at the University of New South Wales.\nBetween 1974 and 1977 Symonds was an Alderman at Waverley Municipal Council, and in 1977 became Waverley's first woman Deputy Mayor. She was appointed to the NSW Legislative Council in 1982, and worked in this role until her resignation in 1998. Elected for the Australian Labor Party, she was a member since 1967 and held numerous party positions including Branch President, State Electorate Council President and Federal Electorate Council executive member.\nThroughout her public and parliamentary career Symonds worked on women's policy, with particular reports on prisons, housing and sexual violence, as well as on children's policy, peace and disarmament, inquiries into Drug Law and Policy in NSW, and preparation of the Labor Party's Social Justice Policy at the NSW and National level.\nShe was Patron of the Mothers' and Children's Program, Corrective Services; the Chair, Board of Family Drug Support; and Chair, Board of Guthrie House (residential program for women and children in the Justice system).\nAnn Symonds was married with five children. In 2015 Ann was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to social justice, particularly through drug law reform, and to the Parliament of New South Wales.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographies-ann-symonds\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sexual-violence-addressing-the-crime-inquiry-into-the-incidence-ofsexual-offences-in-new-south-wales-part-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-and-prisons-an-agenda-for-change-10-march-1993\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McDiven, Chris", "Entry ID": "AWE0210", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcdiven-chris\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Llandudno, Wales", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Political party organiser", "Summary": "Chris McDiven is a former teacher, now a business woman and State President, New South Wales Division, of the Liberal Party.\n", "Details": "Chris McDiven was schooled at Penrhos College in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, U.K., then Methodist Ladies College in Claremont, Western Australia. She gained a Primary Teaching Certificate at Claremont Teacher's College, Western Australia (1968) and worked as a primary school teacher and volunteer ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher before returning to study at the Churchlands College of Advanced Education (Diploma of Teaching) in 1978.\nMcDiven moved into small business in 1982, and became a member of the Liberal Party (Paddington Branch) in 1984. She has held many party positions, including President of the Federal Women's Committee (Aug 1994 - Feb 1997) and was awarded a Distinguished Service Award in 1998. McDiven initiated and coordinated the NSW Liberal Women's Forum (1993 - 1997), a political network for more women in parliament and has organized related training seminars, functions, networking opportunities and a mentoring program. She has also coordinated the information centre at campaign headquarters for all State and Federal election campaigns since 1991. McDiven is currently the State president of the NSW division (since December 2000) and a member of Federal Executive. She is also Director of Leon Holdings Pty Ltd Family property trust (1995 -) and Gister Pty Ltd (1999 -).\nHer many community activities include involvement in the Australian Sports Foundation Ltd (Director 1998 -), the National Foundation of Australian Women, Kambala Church of England Girl's School, Rose Bay, the Keep Australia Beautiful Council ( NSW), Rotary Club of Sydney, Toastmasters International, the Powerhouse Museum (Awarded Distinguished Service Award 1995), the Harbourside Swimming Club now known as Uniswim Swimming Club, Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra Medici Ball Committee.\nShe is married with two teenage daughters.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/take-your-seats-guide-for-women-seeking-selection-in-the-nsw-liberal-party\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-chris-mcdiven\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jennings, Vera", "Entry ID": "AWE0211", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jennings-vera\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mildura, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Aireys Inlet, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Lecturer", "Summary": "Vera Jennings was among the first group of 58 students to graduate in the Arts Honours course at the University of Melbourne in 1920-21. She was the only daughter of Ethel, n\u00e9e Crowther and James Davies Jennings (-1951).\nJennings then joined the English Department as a tutor (1927-) before becoming an Acting Lecturer ( -1938, March 1942- ), a Lecturer (1947-) and finally a Senior Lecturer (1951-). She retired on 28 February 1965.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/degrees-of-liberation-a-short-history-of-women-in-the-university-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jennings-vera-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tennent, Gaye", "Entry ID": "AWE0212", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tennent-gaye\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cleveland, Transvaal, South Africa", "Death Place": "Carlton, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Lecturer, Teacher", "Summary": "A South African by birth, Gaye Tennent received her later education in London and at the University of Melbourne. Early crippled by poliomyelitis, she graduated B.A. (Hons) in 1930 and M.A. in English with a Dip. Ed. In 1934. She became a school teacher and later a tutor at Janet Clarke Hall, Vice-Principal at the Women's College and tutor and lecturer in the University English Department.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jennings-vera-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Goldstein, Vida", "Entry ID": "AWE0218", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goldstein-vida\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Portland, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "South Yarra, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Suffragist", "Summary": "Vida Goldstein ran for the Australian Senate in 1903. Though she was not elected, she was the first woman to be nominated for the Australian Parliament.\n", "Details": "One of five children, Vida Goldstein was educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College in Melbourne. As a young woman, she worked with her mother in the anti-sweating movement and developed an anti-capitalist perspective. Later, she became involved in the suffrage movement. She was a paid organiser for the United Council for Women's Suffrage, and she founded the Women's Political Association. From 1900 to 1905 she produced and edited a monthly feminist journal, Woman's Sphere. When the International Women's Suffrage Alliance was formed, Goldstein was elected as corresponding secretary. She helped to found the National Council of Women, and was the Delegate from Australia and New Zealand to the International Woman Suffrage Conference in Washington D.C. in 1902.\nVida Goldstein was nominated by the Women's Federal Political Association as a candidate for the Senate in 1903. She became the subject of heated controversy, stating her policies in feminist terms. Goldstein polled 51,497 votes but was not elected. A further four attempts before 1917 were also unsuccessful. After the award of state suffrage in 1908, Goldstein launched a new journal, Woman Voter. In 1915, she founded the Women's Peace Army alongside Cecilia John, Adela Pankhurst and Jennie Baines.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/that-dangerous-and-persuasive-woman-vida-goldstein\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vida-goldstein-1869-1949-slide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-suffragettes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/colonial-eve-sources-on-women-in-australia-1788-1914\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goldstein-vida-1869-1949\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woman-suffrage-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vida-goldstein-and-the-struggle-for-womens-rights\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-life-and-work-of-miss-vida-goldstein\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recommendations-in-favour-of-voluntary-methods-of-dealing-with-venereal-diseases-as-agreed-upon-by-the-womens-political-association-and-the-womens-convention\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/report-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-of-an-informal-conference-with-mrs-may-wright-sewell-president-of-the-international-council-of-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-changemakers-ten-significant-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-electoral-divisions-named-after-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nation-builders-great-lives-and-stories-from-st-kilda-general-cemetery\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/double-time-women-in-victoria-150-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-the-lyceum-club-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/radical-melbourne-a-secret-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/votes-for-women-the-australian-story\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woman-suffrage-in-australia-a-gift-or-a-struggle\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-australian-womans-sphere\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-lady-politician-vida-goldsteins-first-senate-campaign\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-white-womans-suffrage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/modernity-and-mother-heartedness-spirituality-and-religious-meaning-in-australian-womens-suffrage-and-citizenship-movements-1890s-1920s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vida-goldstein-and-the-english-militant-campaign-of-the-womens-social-and-political-union\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-goldstein-story\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/1891-womens-suffrage-petition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vida-goldstein-of-komein-pine-grove-malvern\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goldstein-vida-jane-mary-1869-1949\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-on-various-australian-women-19-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ruby-rich-1943-1948-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-loma-rudduck-1944-1968-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-england-to-henry-hyde-champion-and-elsie-belle-champion-melbourne-1908-1949-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collections-held-by-the-fawcett-library-relating-to-australia-and-new-zealand-microform-m2291-2314-1858-1967\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-newspaper-cuttings-relating-to-her-candidature-for-the-federal-senate-in-1903\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-diaries-and-lectures\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/press-cuttings-book-presented-to-edith-how-martyn-1943-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-goldstein-chronicle-between-1950-and-1973-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vida-goldstein-1869-1949-january-1966-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-leslie-m-henderson-circa-1880-1961-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-1897-1919-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-baron-henry-stafford-northcote-1908-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-vida-goldstein-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scheme-of-proposed-womens-rural-industries-co\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-suffrage-petition-1891\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fawcett-library-collections-held-by-the-fawcett-library-relating-to-australia-and-new-zealand-m2291-2314-1858-1967\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-pamphlets-containing-souvenir-concert-programmes-and-australian-biographies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vida-goldstein-1869-1949-biographical-notes-by-her-niece-leslie-m-henderson-1966-january-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Spence, Catherine Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE0221", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spence-catherine-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Near Melrose, Scotland", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia", "Occupations": "Campaigner, Suffragist, Writer", "Summary": "Spence ran as a South Australian delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention in 1897, the first woman political candidate in Australia. She was also active in the Women's Suffrage League and the South Australian National Council of Women.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/catherine-helen-spence-her-achievements-and-firsts\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/catherine-spence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-autobiography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/catherine-helen-spence-a-study-and-an-appreciation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tenacious-of-the-past-the-recollections-of-helen-brodie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/works-of-catherine-helen-spence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bibliography-of-catherine-helen-spence-compiled-in-the-research-service-of-the-public-library-of-south-australia-by-elizabeth-gunton\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spence-catherine-helen-1825-1911\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/unbridling-the-tongues-of-women-a-biography-of-catherine-helen-spence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/first-of-all\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/catherine-helen-spence-a-bibliography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-own-name-a-history-of-women-in-south-australia-from-1836\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johns-notable-australians-1906\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-changemakers-ten-significant-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/living-in-south-australia-a-social-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-writers-a-bibliographic-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/uphill-all-the-way-a-documentary-history-of-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-electoral-divisions-named-after-women\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/catherine-helen-spence-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/material-in-archival-and-other-institutions-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1856-1909-microform-catherine-helen-spence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1853-1900-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/catherine-helen-spence-papers-1856-1909\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/speech-re-catherine-helen-spence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wemyss-family-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-grand-old-woman-of-australia-literary-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/unitarian-christian-church-adelaide-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bielski, Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE0223", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bielski-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Wollstonecraft, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Activist, Teacher", "Summary": "Joan Bielski was a long time activist for equality for women in employment, education and public life. A founding member of the Council for Civil Liberties, she was also a foundation member of Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) in 1972 and continued her active involvement throughout her life.\nIn 1988 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her services to women and girls education. In 2004 she was awarded the Order of Australia for her services to women in politics and public life.\nJoan Bielski was a long time supporter of the National Foundation for Australian Women.\n", "Details": "Born in Narrabri, New South Wales (NSW), in 1923, Joan Margaret Ward was the daughter of a banker (Francis Ward) and a banker turned housewife (Doris (nee Bull)). The family later moved to Armidale and Joan attended St Patrick's Convent Armidale, then St Mary's Convent, Gunnedah, where she completed her intermediate certificate.\nAfter leaving school without gaining her leaving certificate, she worked in a newsprint factory and in clerical jobs until she joined the RAAF at 18, where she served as a telegraphist in communications from 1942 to 1945. Assisted by the ex-servicemen rehabilitation scheme after the war, she completed her matriculation at Sydney Technical College. She then moved on to tertiary study in 1947. She graduated BA. Dip.Ed. New England University College, University of Sydney in 1951.\nJoan became an advocate in migrant welfare and joined the Immigration Reform Group in the 1950s. Her voluntary work for migrants consisted of providing translation, information and support services. In 1953, she married Jerzy (George) Stefan Bielski, a socialist immigrant from Poland and survivor of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. They supported each other in all their political and social activities.\nJoan was a foundation member of Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 and reforms for women in relation to child care, employment, poverty, divorce law, inheritance taxes and education. She was also a founding member of Women In Education, a lobby of women educators lobbying for equal opportunity for girls and women in education in the years 1974-1990 approx.\nJoan was a teacher (1951-1974) and Research Officer, Royal Commission on Human Relationships (1975-76) and Officer in Charge, Social Development Unit, NSW Ministry of Education 1977-84. The latter's role was to advise the then NSW Government, the universities, Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges, schools and community organisations on discrimination and sexism issues in education at all levels, multicultural education and anti-discrimination legislation as it applied to education and employment in education..\nJoan worked to inform the education sector about the extant research in the social sciences that pointed to the need for reform and the means of reform in the education of girls, especially in Mathematics, Science, Home Science and Technical Education. She was instrumental in having the NSW system rethink its presentation of Maths and science to girls and to have the TAFE system restructure and broaden the scope of studies such as Secretarial Studies, apprenticeship training for girls and to have TAFE introduce re-entry education and training programs for adult women. The latter programs continue to this day.\nJoan was the author of numerous conference and position papers on various aspects of women and girls education, such as career education, apprenticeships, the effect of technology change, women and educational management, equality in early childhood education of boys and girls. She was instrumental in having the Government of the day schedule the NSW universities under the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act some years before the Sex Discrimination Act was passed to cover all universities.\nMany of her initiatives provided stimulus and\/or models for national action in the area of women and girls education. Her expertise in the area of discrimination, equal opportunity and affirmative action in education was sought after by the Western Australian (WA) Government, private educational institutions in various states and by universities. She was a member of the Councils of both University of New England (UNE) and Macquarie University for many years in the 1980s and the early 1990s. Her book, Women Engineers, is an account of 20 practicing Australian women engineers' motivation, education, training and their working experience and an analysis of the implication of these for educators and employers.\nAfter retirement from paid employment Joan devoted her energies to promoting women's welfare and, as founding member and Honorary Secretary, of Women Into Politics. Since 1992, she has worked with women to explore the issues which limit women's participation in politics and to increase the numbers of women in our parliaments and in Australian public life.\nAs well as organising various conferences, seminars, consultations and fund raising Annual dinners, Joan contributed to conferences, delivering numerous papers on issues relevant to discrimination against women in politics and equal political representation.\nRecent speaking engagements include:\n\nThe Women's Constitutional Convention, January 1998. Topic: What women should expect from a Bill of Rights.\nThe National Party's Women's Council, September 2002, on the rationale for equal representation and outlining necessary political party reforms.\nThe Organisation of Hellenic & Hellenic-Cypriot Women of Australia, National Conference, January, 2001. Topic: Australian women's movement as part of a world movement, its history of gaining the vote, lobbying and activism and the move to equal representation.\nAustralian Federation of University Women Hunter Conference, 15 September 2001. Topic: The Women's Charter for Political Reform.\nAustralian Local Government Women's Association Australia. National Conference, Canberra, 20th October 2001. Topic: The Women's Charter for Political Reform\n\nBielski had returned from a forum on women and ageing organised by the Older Women's Network and was writing a missive on a local development when she collapsed with a massive stroke. She passed away on August 17, 2012. According to friend and fellow traveller in WEL and the NSW Women and Education Group, Jozefa Sobski, 'Her wit and good humour, her infectious and rousing laughter, her generosity with friends, her alertness to injustice, her energetic pursuit of political indolence and indifference to inequality or unfairness, will be remembered by all who knew her.'\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-womens-honour-roll-b\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coming-to-the-party\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-engineers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-womens-charter-for-political-reform-2001-a-charter-for-political-equality-for-women-and-for-good-government-for-all-australian-citizens\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-advocate-smashed-educational-barriers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/law\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-redress-press-book-files-1976-1996-including-correspondence-contracts-readers-reports-reviews-and-photographs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/judith-steanes-interview-with-joan-bielski-of-the-womens-electoral-lobby-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joan-bielski-papers-1968-2004\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roberts, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE0224", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roberts-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist", "Summary": "Lisa Roberts is an exhibiting artist, community artist and interactive publisher. She has created films and animations, produced exhibitions, and been involved in several performances over a long career beginning in the early 1970s.\n", "Details": "Lisa Roberts completed her Dip. Art, Dip. Ed, Grad. Dip. Film & TV, M.A, Animation and Interactive Media, PhD, New Media Arts. Most of her studies were undertaken in Melbourne.\nOver the course of her career Roberts has received several grants, prizes and scholarships, including the National Gallery Drawing Prize (1971); three Australian Film Commission grants (1981, 1991, 1994); the Melbourne Fringe Festival Special Commendation Award for New Short Works (1995); Australian Postgraduate Award (2007-2010); Climate Change Cluster Creative Fellowship (2014).\nRoberts has received funding from the Australia Council to produce art work for exhibition. She has also worked as a lecturer, animator, illustrator, judge in film awards, assessor, curator and artist in residence (Manangatang, 1992, Wesley College, 1994, Scotch Oakburn College, 1997, Launceston College, 1998, on the Aurora Australis, V7, to Davis and Mawson, Antarctica, 2002), at University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Science (2012-2016).\nAs a result of her residency in Antarctica, as part of the Australian Antarctic Division Humanities Programme, she developed an interactive CDROM and other art works for exhibition at New Parliament House, Canberra (Aust.) Much of this work is held at the Australian Antarctic Division headquarters in Kingston, Tasmania, and at the Tasmanian State Library in Hobart. Her PhD thesis 'Antarctic Animation: Expanding Perceptions with Gesture and Line' was awarded by the University of New South Wales in April 2010.\nIn 2011 Roberts built on this research to develop and to lead the Living Data program, which makes known interactions that happen between scientists and artists and changes in understanding that evolve through this process. The Living Data program is based in Sydney and has initiated and contributed to local, national and international conferences and festivals:\n\nAntarctica: Music, Sounds, Cultural Connections conference, Australian National University, Canberra (2011); \nEora Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Abercrombie, Sydney (2012); \nArt & About Sydney Customs House Foyer, Circular Quay, Sydney (2012); \nIV Antarctica Art and Culture International Conference & Festival Oceanic Living Data installation, Universidad Nacional de Tres Febrero, Buenos Aires (2012); \nAnimating Change exhibition and forum for the Ultimo Science Festival at The Muse, Ultimo TAFE, Sydney (2012); \nWilderness alive: Reconnecting through a collaborative research practice at the University of Tasmania Imaging Nature II Conference; \nOceanic Living Data installation, Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, CCAMLR, Hobart (2012); \nLiving Data and Dance installation, Sentinel meeting, CCAMLR, Hobart (2012); \nLiving Data and Dance performance, Rozelle School of Visual Arts (2012), \nSydney; Dreams and Imagination conference presentation, Sydney (2012); \nLiving Data: Art From Climate Science, Data for Action at the Muse gallery for the Ultimo Science Festival, Sydney (2013); \nData for Action forum for the Ultimo Science Festival, Sydney (2013); \nAAD CCAMLR reception Hobart, Tasmania (2013); \nArt & Science Co-creations for the Australasian Society for Phytology and Aquatic Botany conference at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS)(2013); \nPresentations & Workshops for the Beijing City International School, China (2014); \nEvolving Conversations: Interactive Exhibition and Forum for University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and Ultimo Science Festival (2014); \nLiving Data: Align Installation for Hothouse Waterways exhibition, Central Park, Sydney (2014); \nInstallation for Climate: Art of the Anthropocene: Cabinet of Curiosities Australian Galleries, Melbourne (2014); \nLiving Data: Responses of Living things (including us) to change, Final talk for TIERS (Trends In Environmental Research Series) at University of Technology Sydney (2014); \nWalk Through Living Data tour of UTS for the inaugural Sydney Science Festival (2015); \nLiving Data: Cultural perspectives on Ocean systems, Talk for Saltwater Forum, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney (2015); \nLiving Data installation for the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (2015); \nOceanic Bliss installation for Sur Polar exhibition at Complutense University, Madrid (2016); \nStreet Art & Science, Newtown, Sydney (2016);\nOceanic Bliss presentations and installation for Ku-ring-gai Ph Art & Science project, Eramboo Artist Environment and Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney (2016). \n\nRoberts' work is held in a variety of places, including the University of Melbourne, what was the State bank of Victoria, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Wesley College (Melbourne), Queensland University of Technology, the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Technology Sydney, and Launceston General Hospital, where she was a member of the Launceston General Hospital Visual Arts Committee in 2004. In 2005, Roberts worked as a full time teacher of Art and English at the Conservatorium High School, Sydney. Since then she has participated in exhibitions and conferences on Antarctic art and science, in Sydney (Aust.) 2006, Buenos Aires (BA) 2008, Christchurch (NZ) 2008, and Hobart (Aust.) 2010. Her current work is with scientists at the Australian Antarctic Division and the University of Technology Sydney, developing animations and other art works that contribute to accurate communication of our changing natural systems.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dance-therapy-redefined-a-body-approach-to-therapeutic-dance\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joeys-egg-shell-people\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/drawing-in-australia-contemporary-images-and-ideas\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-art-and-artists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-dictionary-of-women-artists-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-carmel-bird-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-contemporary-art-fair-catalogue\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/1994-next-wave-art-and-technology-catalogue\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beware-of-pedestrians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/art-is\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/antarctic-animation-expanding-perceptions-with-gesture-and-line-a-thesis-submitted-for-the-degree-of-doctor-of-philosophycollege-of-fine-arts-the-university-of-new-south-wales-april-2010\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Turner, Patricia Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE0225", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turner-patricia-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Feminist, Public servant", "Summary": "Born and raised in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Patricia (Pat) Turner 's long association with Canberra began with a temporary position with the Public Service Board, leading to the Social Policy Branch of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs (DAA) in 1979. Joining the Australian Public Service (APS) in Alice Springs as a switchboard operator in the Native Affairs Department , she moved to Canberra in 1978, joining the senior executive ranks of the public service in 1985, when she became Director of the DAA in Alice Springs, N.T. (1985-86). Pat then became First Assistant Secretary, Economic Development Division in the DAA, and in 1989, Deputy Secretary. She worked as Deputy Secretary in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet during 1991-92, with oversight of the establishment of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and with responsibility for the Office of the Status of Women among other matters. Between 1994 -1998, Pat was CEO of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, which made her the most senior Indigenous government official in Australia. After stints in senior positions at the Department of Health and at Centrelink, Pat Turner left the APS and Canberra in 2006, returning to Alice Springs with her mother to live. There, she has continued to advocate on the behalf of indigenous people, including taking on what she described as 'one of the best working experiences of my life' as CEO of National Indigenous Television (2006 -2010). (Interview) Other memorable experiences include the period when she was Festival Director of the 5th Festival of Pacific Arts in Townsville, Queensland (1987 -88) and when she held the Chair of Australian Studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC (1998-99). Turner holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Canberra where she was awarded the University prize for Development Studies.\n", "Details": "Pat Turner, the daughter of an Arrente man and a Gurdanji woman, was born in 1952 and raised in Alice Springs. She had three Aboriginal grandparents and one white grandfather and asserts that '[t]he only thing I inherited from the latter was his surname'. (Closing the Gap) From the other three she inherited a strong sense of family and Aboriginal identity that has been a constant source of strength and support throughout the course of her life, regardless of where she was living. She is related to Aboriginal activist and public servant, the late Charles Perkins though her paternal grandmother's family line.\nThe third of five children, Turner was a good student who loved to read anything and everything. A book about the Russian ballerina, Anna Pavlova, was one of her favourites, a fact that now makes Turner laugh. 'I can see the humour,' she says, 'in a little Aboriginal girl in the desert idolising a graceful dancer from Russia, but I can't really explain it!' (Interview)Life during term was a disciplined one with her mother and siblings, attending school, doing chores and homework and helping out her grandmother after school. During holidays, she would travel out bush with her Dad while he erected windmills on far flung properties. He was one of a handful of Aboriginal men who fought the odds to establish his own business. Although it meant he spent substantial amounts of time away from the family, it made a significant financial difference, not the least being the stability of home ownership. The family was able to gather the resources to build a brick home on the east side of town, away from the fibro cottages at 'The Gap' to the south.\nIn 1963 the family was shattered by Alec Turner's death in an accident at work. Apart from the obvious emotional trauma brought about by his death, the family experienced extreme financial hardship, as their mother experienced great difficulty in the search for permanent employment. As a widow, Emma Turner was entitled to welfare but the lack of respect she was accorded by the welfare officers charged with determining her fitness to receive a widow's pension had a profound impact on young Pat, who bristled with indignation and their intervention. Her mother's courage and grit in the face of such difficult circumstances was a constant source of inspiration. She was one of many strong women leaders in their community, says Turner, who kept their families together against many odds and with little assistance. 'Their integrity, courage and family values were second to none. They knew when and how to use their authority.' (Interview)\nAnother source of inspiration was that provided by the example of Uncle Charlie Perkins. In 1965, Woman's Day magazine provided funds for thirteen-year-old Pat and her Nanna Hetty Perkins to travel to Sydney to attend his graduation from Sydney University. The graduation ceremony had a very big impact on her and the importance of the model provided by her uncle, who stressed the importance of education to improving the lives of indigenous people, cannot be under-estimated. Pat determined that she would get a good education herself, and approached the local welfare branch in Alice Springs with her high school reports, telling them she wanted to go to school in Adelaide. In her third year at high school, and with a day's notice to travel, they agreed to her request.\nLiving in a Church of England Girls' Hostel that mainly housed white girls from the country, Pat began school in Adelaide at Adelaide Girls High School. She missed her family, but was not isolated from extended family. Indeed, she would attend Aboriginal Progress Association meetings with her Uncle John Moriarty, and met Don Dunstan on one occasion. Her time in Adelaide introduced her to Aboriginal politics and the history of their struggle for self determination and she brought that interest and commitment home when she returned for holidays.\nTurner transferred her enrolment to Nailsworth Technical College in her last two years so she could get some practical education in commercial subjects that she thought would help her to get a job. After obtaining her leaving certificate, she and some friends embarked on a working holiday around Australia. She stopped long enough in Melbourne to complete her matriculation through the Council of Adult Education.\nTurner's career in the APS began in the early 1970s. Returning to Alice Springs from Melbourne, she joined the Department of Interior (Welfare Branch) as a switchboard operator. Her tenure coincided with the election of the Whitlam Federal Government in 1972 and the subsequent extensive changes to the administration of Aboriginal Affairs in Australia, including the creation of a specific Department of Aboriginal Affairs. One of Turner's first acts as a public servant keen to influence the agenda was to request the role of driver for the Minister, Gordon Byrant, whenever he came to town, so that she 'could talk to him directly about the way things are'. (Interview)\nShe was still in Alice Springs when her talent was spotted and she was selected to receive training in a new program to establish community welfare offices. Upon completing this education, she moved from administration into a role as a welfare officer, the first Aboriginal woman to hold the position in Alice Springs. She became adept at rolling out programs to assist Aboriginal youths at risk and worked hard at building collaborative links between branches of the public service in order to achieve better outcomes for the public. This was a skill that she was renowned for throughout the course of her career, whether the tasks be working as a liaison officer at the Commonwealth heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Melbourne, in 1981, a member of the taskforce set to manage the Papal visit to Alice Springs in 1986, or directing the 5th Festival of Pacific Arts in Townsville, Queensland in 1987-88.\nAs time went by and her experience developed Turner became more committed to the politics of self determination for Aboriginal people over the assimilationist policies that prevailed. At a professional level, this meant being a firm supporter of community based service delivery of health and welfare programs for Aboriginal people. It also meant that she became increasingly frustrated by the tertiary studies in community development and social work that she undertook in 1976 at the South Australian Institute of Technology. Moving with a radical group of students, she found the subject offerings did not engage deeply enough with need for real social change, instead offering 'band aid solutions' that weren't relevant to Australian conditions.\nThe mid to late 1970s were a time of deep political engagement for Pat, as she connected with the politics of women's liberation, the union movement, the anti-uranium movement and the struggle for social justice and land rights for Aboriginal people. She was elected Vice President of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) in 1976, and worked hard in the position to get students involved in Aboriginal politics. The organization itself underwent some stressful times, as the nature of Aboriginal politics changed and as funding for organisations became far more competitive. Pat eventually presided over the winding up of FACAATSI in the late 1970s.\nShe moved to Canberra in 1978 and got a temporary job with the Public Service Board in the Equal Opportunity Branch, undertaking an audit of APS positions to identify those that should be filled by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This gave her an ideal opportunity to learn and understand the APS pecking order, and the authority to shake up the thinking of some old heads. After meeting the human resources manager at the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, she was dismayed to be told that of a staff of two hundred, only twenty positions would be suitable! 'As a junior officer, I found myself telling quite senior staff to reassess their thinking'.(Interview) She also learned how resistant many individuals were to change. She used the time to observe, campaign, learn who was important, who had the power to get results, and how to get money to fund programs she was interested in. It was time well spent, because it provided demonstrable prove that a well prepared, effective public service could affect real change for the good. The summary note (above) indicates just how effective Pat was as a public servant.\nDetermined to use her position as a place where she could demonstrate her value while encouraging new ways of thinking about the administration of Aboriginal Affairs, Turner never described herself as a rebel; rather, she was an administrator who was prepared to speak up and put racists in the public service in their place. She learned the value of good preparation, of treating staff and colleagues with respect and stressed the importance of diversity; of people, and experiences, to the public service. And while she argues that people like Lowitja O'Donoghue and Charles Perkins were the real Aboriginal leaders in the public service, she accepts that her climb through the ranks did provide her with positional leadership opportunities that gave her the power to influence policy matters. She was lucky to be able to combine her personal interests with positional leadership, but was careful to never abuse this privilege, through her scrupulous attention to process and her devotion to hard work. Leadership, for her, was balancing the best interest of the government with the best interests of Aboriginal people. As a public servant, she was always driven to serve Aboriginal people to the best of her ability while fostering open lines of communication with the minister of the day and providing full and frank advice.\nTurner retired from the APS in 2006, not particularly happy with the state of the organisation she was leaving, but happy about the prospect of spending more time with family and focusing on grass roots projects. She worked on the development of the recently launched (2013) National Indigenous Television until 2010. In 2011, she was appointed to the advisory council of the Australian National Preventative Health Agency. Her much loved mother, whose courage and commitment to family were a constant source of support, passed away in 2010. Turner now lives back in Alice Springs with her sister and niece. And no matter how dissatisfied she might feel about how her career in the APS 'wound down' she is, deservedly, very proud of her own career. 'I've had a wonderful career,' she says, 'and I am grateful for the opportunity I had to contribute to nation building'. (Interview)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/excerpt-of-speech-by-lowitja-lois-odonoghue\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/farewell-to-a-freedom-fighter-tributes-to-the-late-charles-perkins-1936-2000-at-his-state-funeral-at-sydney-town-hall-and-eulogy-by-patricia-turner\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-leader-who-can-shake-up-stand-up\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/public-policy-in-indigenous-affairs-no-miraculous-solutions-garran-oration-institute-of-public-administration-australia-conference-1996\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-human-rights-approach-to-development-assistance-an-indigenous-perspective\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patricia-turner-am\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/administration-and-self-determination-paper-presented-at-the-aboriginal-peoples-federalism-and-self-determination-conference-1993-townsville-qld\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/indigenous-australians-and-tourism-conference-issues-revisited\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mission-possible-bureaucrat-pat-turner-is-winning-a-private-battle-in-the-public-fields-of-race-and-government\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turner-sounds-right-for-antic-task\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/closing-the-gap-when-and-how-will-australia-ever-become-truly-liveable-for-indigenous-australians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-turner-interviewed-by-nikki-henningham-in-the-women-and-leadership-in-a-century-of-australian-democracy-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blake, Audrey", "Entry ID": "AWE0226", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blake-audrey\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political activist", "Summary": "Audrey and her husband Jack D. Blake were prominent members the Communist Party of Australia. Both were particularly vocal during the Liberal Party's assault on the CPA and Jack Blake wrote numerous articles and papers on the Cold War. Audrey was the first Secretary of the Eureka Youth League when it was formed during the Second World War.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-proletarian-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recollections-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-audrey-blake\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blake-audrey-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eureka-youth-league-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/audrey-blake-further-papers-1915-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/audrey-blake-papers-1935-1954-1966-mainly-concerning-the-eureka-youth-league-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/audrey-blake-and-jack-blake-further-papers-1937-2004\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Manion, Margaret Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0228", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manion-margaret-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Nowra, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Lecturer", "Summary": "Margaret Manion was a lecturer (1972-1978) before becoming a Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne in 1979, then Emeritus Professor in 1995. She was the first woman chair of the Academic Board from 1987 to 1988, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor from 1985 to 1988. She was a member of the Loreto Sisters and was awarded an AO in 1989 for services to the arts and education.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manion-margaret-mary-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manion-professor-margaret-mary\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Macklin, Jennifer Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE0229", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macklin-jennifer-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Jenny Macklin was elected to the House of Representatives of the Australian Parliament representing the electorate of Jagajaga, Victoria in 1996. She was re-elected in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016, retiring at the 2019 election. On 22 November 2001, Macklin was elected unopposed as Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition and retained that position until November 2006. She was Shadow Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Science. With the election of a Labor Government in 2007, she took on the ministerial portfolio of Families, Housing, Community Service and Indigenous Affairs. She continued to hold that position after the 2010 election. Her final portfolios before the defeat of the Labor government in September 2013, were Disability Reform; Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.\nA complete record of her parliamentary service, including links to her first and valedictory speeches, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).\n", "Details": "Macklin was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry from 19 March 1996. She was Shadow Minister for the Aged, Family and Community Services from 20 March 1996 to 27 March 1997, when she was appointed Shadow Minister for Social Security, the Aged and Family Services. On 26 August 1997 Macklin became Shadow Minister for Social Security and the Aged as well as Assistant to the Leader of the Opposition on the Status of Women. By 20 October 1998 she was Shadow Minister for Health and was also Shadow Minister for the Status of Women until 5 September 2000.\nAfter completing a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) at Melbourne University, Macklin worked as a Researcher at the Australian National University from 1976 to 1978 before being employed as an Economics Research Specialist, Legislative Research Service at the Parliamentary Library, Canberra 1978-81. She then worked at the Labor Resource Centre as a Research Coordinator from 1981 to 1985 and until 1988 was Adviser to the Victorian Minister for Health, the Hon. D R White, MLC. In 1990 Macklin became Director of the National Health Strategy and in 1993 Director of the Australian Urban and Regional Development Review.\nJenny Macklin was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2023 for eminent service to the people and Parliament of Australia, to social welfare, particularly the introduction of paid parental leave and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and to the Indigenous community.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jennifer-jenny-macklin-member-for-jagajaga\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macklin-the-hon-jennifer-jenny-louise-ac\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-the-migrant-and-indigenous-women-action-group\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gillard, Julia Eileen", "Entry ID": "AWE0230", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gillard-julia-eileen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Barry, Glamorgan, Wales", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Prime Minister, Solicitor", "Summary": "On June 24, 2010, Julia Gillard became the first woman Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia and retained her position after the federal election, which was held on 21 August 2010. She led a minority Labor Government, supported by a member of the Greens party and three Independents. She lost the prime ministership on 27 June 2013, when Kevin Rudd challenged her for the position and won. She retired from parliament in August 2013.\nHer career in parliamentary politics began when she was elected Member of the House of Representatives for Lalor (Victoria) in 1998 and re-elected in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010. She became Deputy Leader of the Opposition (ALP) in December 2006. On the election of the Labor Government in November 2007, she assumed the position of Deputy Prime Minister and took on the portfolios of Employment and Workplace Relations, Education and Social Inclusion.\nIn 2017, Julia Gillard was made a Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia 'for eminent service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly as Prime Minister, through seminal contributions to economic and social development, particularly policy reform in the areas of education, disability care, workplace relations, health, foreign affairs and the environment, and as a role model to women.'\n", "Details": "Educated at Unley High School (SA) and the Universities of Adelaide and Melbourne, Julia Gillard worked as a solicitor with Slater and Gordon from 1987 to 1990, when she became a partner with the firm. In 1996, Gillard became Chief-of-Staff to John Brumby (then Leader of the Victorian Opposition) and retained her position until her election to federal parliament in 1998.\nGillard has served as Shadow Minister for Population and Immigration (November 2001 to July 2003); Shadow Minister for Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs (February 2003 to July 2003); Shadow Minister for Health (July 2003 to December 2006); and Manager of Opposition Business (December 2003 to December 2006). She became Deputy Leader of the Opposition in December 2006. In 2010 she became Prime Minister of Australia.\n", "Events": "Appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) (2017 - 2017) \nAppointed Chair of Beyond Blue (2017 - 2017) \nAppointed chairwoman of the Global Partnership for Education focussed on the education of children in the world's poorest countries (2014 - 2014) \nAppointed to the Board of the mental health institution beyondblue (2014 - 2014) \nBorn: daughter of John Oliver and Moira Gillard (1961 - 1961) \nChief of Staff to Leader of the Opposition John Brumby (1996 - 1998) \nDeputy Leader of the Opposition (2006 - 2007) \nDeputy Prime Minister (2007 - 2010) \nElected Member House of Representatives (MHR) for the Australian Labor Party (ALP) for the Victorian electorate of Lalor (1998 - 1998) \nHonorary Visiting Professor of Politics at the University of Adelaide (2013 - 2013) \nMember, Adelaide University Union (1980 - 1980) \nMember, Administrative Committee, Victorian Branch of the Australian Labor Party (1993 - 1997) \nMember, National Let's Develop Education Committee, Victorian Branch of the Australian Labor Party (1982 - 1983) \nPartner, Slater & Gordon Solictors (1990 - 1996) \nPresident, Adelaide University Union (1981 - 1981) \nPresident, Australian Union of Students (1983 - 1983) \nPrime Minister of Australia (2010 - 2013) \nShadow Minister for Health (2003 - 2006) \nShadow Minister for Population and Immigration (2001 - 2003) \nShadow Minister for Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs (2003 - 2003) \nSolictor, Slater & Gordon Solictors (1987 - 1990) \nVice-President, National Education Australian Union of Studies (1982 - 1982)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ms-julia-gillard-mp\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gillard-becomes-australias-first-female-pm-after-rudd-goes-down-without-fight\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-making-of-julia-gillard\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/law\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julia-gillard-my-story\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bashir, Dame Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE0231", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bashir-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Governor, Professor, Psychiatrist", "Summary": "Of Lebanese descent, Marie Bashir became the first woman to be appointed Governor of New South Wales in March 2001. She was succeeded in the role in 2014 by General The Hon. David Hurley AC, DSC.\nBashir's appointment was welcomed by both sides of politics and commended as 'an inspired choice' because Bashir would be 'a powerful advocate for the powerless'. In that role, Bashir departed from past practice. For Australian aborigines, Bashir launched an indigenous health initiative to support indigenous medicine and nursing students as well as supporting the progress of reconciliation. On the very day of her inauguration, Bashir agreed to become Patron of the Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service, which addresses mental and social issues in the LGBT community.\nPrior to her appointment she had a long and distinguished career in medicine. She was Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Sydney. Bashir became an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1988 for her service to medicine, particularly in the field of adolescent mental heath. In 2001, the year she was sworn in as Governor, she was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).\nThroughout her career, Bashir combined work and family life. She was nominated Mother of the Year in 1971. She was married to Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE, who passed away in 2018.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Summers, Anne Fairhurst", "Entry ID": "AWE0232", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/summers-anne-fairhurst\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Columnist, Feminist, Historian, Journalist, Political activist, Political scientist, Print journalist, Public speaker, Publisher", "Summary": "Pioneering Australian feminist Dr Anne Summers AO is a best-selling author and journalist with a long career in politics, the media, business and the non-government sector in Australia, Europe and the United States. Anne is a leader of the generation and the movement that has improved women's rights in Australia. Her first book Damned Whores and God's Police changed the way Australia viewed women. Her contribution has earned her community respect: she has received five honorary doctorates and in 1989 became an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to journalism and women's affairs. She won a Walkley Award for journalism in the same year.\nSummers is a former editor of Good Weekend who regularly writes an opinion column for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. She was a founder of the important feminist journal, Refractory Girl, in the 1970s.\n", "Details": "Anne Summers was born in Deniliquin, New South Wales on 12 March 1945, the first of six children of Eileen Frances Hogan and Austin Henry Fairhurst Cooper, a navigation officer with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War 2. As a baby, she moved with her parents, strict Catholics, to Adelaide, South Australia where she later attended the local convent and then Cabra Dominican College. While former politician and Age and Disability Discrimination Commissioner the Hon. Susan Ryan AO and academic and writer Dr Germaine Greer, who both attended Catholic schools, said nuns were their first examples of strong independent women, Anne said few of the Dominicans she knew encouraged girls to be strong and independent. 'The school was run by women but they deferred egregiously to men, and especially to priests' (Summers, Ducks on the Pond, p. 69).\nFamily life was difficult because of her father's alcoholism and violent moods; Anne said in her autobiography that from this she 'learned to be tough and that was a gift' (Ducks on the Pond, p. 65). Although she won a Commonwealth Scholarship to attend university, Anne's desire to leave home and get away from her father led her to Melbourne where her local priest had arranged a job for her at the National Civic Council, B.A. Santamaria's organisation which aimed to mobilise Catholic unionists against communism. She later moved to a job she loved in an antiquarian bookshop, before returning to Adelaide in 1964 where she worked in the University of Adelaide library and had some formative experiences. With new friend Diana Kenwrick (now Beaton), who felt equally trapped by family and society, Anne discovered Adelaide's bohemian underground, very different from her suburban upbringing, and met journalists for the first time. Fascinated by their work, she began to imagine being a journalist herself. That year, aged 19, Anne experienced first-hand the vulnerability, trauma and pain of women with unwanted pregnancies when she travelled to Melbourne to have a backyard abortion. The birth control pill was not available to unmarried women and abortion was illegal, so women were exploited financially by a system of power and corruption involving disreputable medical practitioners and corrupt police. As a result, women risked their lives, future reproductive capacity and health. Anne began her studies in politics at the University of Adelaide, still bleeding from the botched abortion. She joined the university's Australian Labor Party (ALP) Club and was elected president in 1966; the same year she joined Young Labor, becoming an office bearer soon after, and meeting major political figures of the time including Bob Hawke, Don Dunstan, Gough Whitlam, Arthur Calwell, Mick Young and Jim Cairns.\nShe graduated with a BA (Honours) in Politics. Involved in the movement opposing the Vietnam war, she experienced divisions in her family and wider society because of prevailing polarised views. She became impatient with Labor's approach and by 1969 her interest was captured by the radical student movement and the evolving women's liberation movement.\nIn 1967 Anne married fellow Adelaide University politics student and ALP member John Summers. They moved to the remote Aboriginal community of Musgrave Park (now called Amata) in the far north-west of South Australia where John was an Arts and Crafts Officer. After returning to Adelaide a year later, and working part-time while she continued her degree, Anne found that all the possibilities suggested by the women's movement were increasingly incompatible with marriage. She left John and moved to Sydney where she began a PhD at the University of New South Wales but transferred a year later to the University of Sydney. During this time, Anne became increasingly aware of the issue of domestic violence and, with a small group, was determined to do something. After reading Erin Pizzey's Scream Quietly or the Neighbours Will Hear, a book about setting up a refuge in England, the group decided to do the same in Sydney. As a result, Elsie Women's Refuge was founded.\nDuring her postgraduate years in Sydney, Anne's encounter with the left-wing, intellectual Sydney Push widened her political views. In 1971, she became active in Women's Liberation in Sydney and in 1972 she co-founded the women's studies journal Refractory Girl. In 1975, her best-selling book Damned Whores and God's Police: The Colonisation of Women in Australia was published; in 1979 the University awarded her a PhD for this work. Anne had felt driven to write something that helped Australian women understand themselves better by placing the emerging critique of women's inferior position in society within a specifically Australian historical and social context. She had been influenced by an essay by historian Ann Curthoys, 'Historiography and Women's Liberation', in the Marxist journal Arena which had argued: 'we must find out how the assumptions of female inferiority in public life and subordination in the home have operated in history, and ask why some societies differentiate more than others'. She also wanted to reveal the women who had been 'hidden from history'.\nPublished in 1975 in both hard cover and paperback and reprinted three times by the end of 1976, Damned Whores and God's Police has been reprinted many times since then, selling over 100,000 copies. This bestseller was updated in 1994 and in 2002, and stayed continuously in print until 2008. A new edition was published on International Women's Day 2016.\nDespite the difficulties in her family, family was important to Anne. She was bereft in 1976 when, just a few months after the debut of the book, her youngest brother Jamie died of cancer. In 1999, she dedicated her autobiography to her brothers, David Cooper, Tony Cooper, Greg Cooper and Paul Cooper, saying 'some of this story is also theirs', 'and in memory Jamie Patrick Cooper 1959-1976'.\nAcademia and the news media took Damned Whores and God's Police seriously from the outset. The major Australian newspapers chose serious men of letters to review it: Manning Clark in the Australian, Michael Cannon in the Age, J. D. Pringle, its former editor, in the Sydney Morning Herald. Although she had challenged most of these men in the book, without exception they treated it as important and ground-breaking, giving the book status. Ironically the two most dismissive reviews were written by feminists: Jill Roe in the National Review, and former advisor to Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, Elizabeth Reid, who described it in the Bulletin as 'devastatingly bad'.\nAfter completing her PhD, Anne worked as a journalist on the National Times (1975-78), followed by:\n\n1979-83 Political correspondent and Canberra Bureau Chief, Australian Financial Review,\n1980-83 Canberra correspondent, Far Eastern Economic Review,\n1983 Australian correspondent, Le Monde,\n1983-86 First Assistant Secretary, Office of the Status of Women (now Office for Women) when Bob Hawke was Prime Minister,\n1986-87 US Editor Australian Financial Review; North American manager and editor John Fairfax & Sons Ltd,\n1989 Editorial Director, Sassy,\n1987-89 Editor-in-chief, Ms. magazine. In 1987 Fairfax acquired the US landmark feminist magazine, and appointed Anne editor-in-chief. The following year, she and her business partner Sandra Yates bought Ms. and Sassy magazines from Fairfax, after raising US$20 million on Wall Street, in the second women-led management buyout in US corporate history,\n1990-93 Editor-at-large, Lang Communications Inc.,\n1992-93 Advisor to Prime Minister Paul Keating,\n1993-97 Editor, Good Weekend Magazine.\n\nIn 1989 Anne was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for her services to journalism and to women.\nAnne was chair of the board of Greenpeace International (2000-2006) and Deputy President of Sydney's Powerhouse Museum (1999-2008).\nIn 2011, along with three other women, Anne was honoured as an Australian Legend with her image placed on a postage stamp.\nIn November 2012, she began publishing Anne Summers Reports, a lavish free digital magazine that reported on politics, social issues, art, architecture and other subjects not covered adequately by the mainstream media.\nIn September 2013 Anne launched her series of Anne Summers Conversations events, with former Prime Minister Julia Gillard in front of a packed Sydney Opera House.\nIn addition to her classic Damned Whores and God's Police, Anne has published 7 books: The Misogyny Factor (2013), The Lost Mother: A Story of Art and Love (2009, 2010), On Luck (2009), The End of Equality (2003), Ducks on the Pond: An Autobiography (1999), Gamble for Power (1983) and Her-Story: Australian Women in Print 1788-1975 (with Margaret Bettison, 1980). She writes a regular opinion column for the Sydney Morning Herald.\nAnne currently lives in Sydney with Chip Rolley, her partner of almost 30 years, who now has a senior position with PEN America in New York. Anne will join him there in late 2017.\nThe revision of this entry in 2017 was sponsored by a generous donation from the late Dr Thelma Hunter.\n", "Events": "Best Newspaper Feature Story, The National Times Sydney (1976 - 1976) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001) \nService to journalism and to women's affairs. (1989 - 1989)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-literary-luncheon-series\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feminist-fighter\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/damned-whores-and-gods-police-the-colonization-of-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/her-story-australian-women-in-print-1788-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gamble-for-power-how-bob-hawke-beat-malcolm-fraser-the-1983-federal-election\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ducks-on-the-pond-an-autobiography-1945-1976\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/children-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-curse-of-the-lucky-country\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/not-a-bedroom-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/conversation-with-anne-summers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/back-to-the-future-urgent-issues-for-men-and-women-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memorable-summers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-impact-of-feminist-scholarship-on-australian-political-science\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-womans-place-women-and-politics-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-and-the-political-system\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-operation-that-made-me-a-criminal\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dangerous-remedies-ending-the-horror-of-backyard-abortions\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/her-rights-at-work-the-political-persecution-of-australias-first-female-prime-minister\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/political-science\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-liberation-movement-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/public-service-policy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/movement-against-domestic-violence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-who-caucus-feminist-political-scientists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-writers-a-bibliographic-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/uphill-all-the-way-a-documentary-history-of-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kay-daniels-writer-historian-scholar-and-bureaucrat\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-anne-summers-1967-2007-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anne-levy-celebration-introducing-dr-anne-summers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anne-summers-interviewed-by-humphrey-mcqueen-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-richardson-scrapbooks-relating-to-the-womens-electoral-lobby-and-womens-events-1977-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elsie-womens-refuge-records-ca-1974-2014\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anne-summers-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anne-summers-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gorr, Libbi", "Entry ID": "AWE0234", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gorr-libbi\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Broadcaster", "Summary": "An Australian media personality, Libbi Gorr invented comic interviewer 'Elle McFeast' on ABC television's Sweaty.\n", "Details": "Libbi Gorr participated in Law Revues while completing an Arts\/Law degree at the University of Melbourne. After graduating she performed with an all-girl cabaret group call the Hot Bagels. Gorr was an articled clerk at Phillips Fox in Melbourne before returning to entertain audiences with her interviews and satirical observations of life and society.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-art-of-happiness\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burke, Janine Carmel Brigitte", "Entry ID": "AWE0235", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burke-janine-carmel-brigitte\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Art historian, Writer", "Summary": "Janine Burke was a founding member of Lip, an Australian journal devoted to feminism and the performing and visual arts. She curated a number of exhibitions including Australian Women Artists: One Hundred Years, 1840-1940 (1975); Joy Hester (1981); and The Eye of the Beholder: Albert Tucker's Photographs (1998). Burke is the author of several books and has been a board member of the Heide Museum of Modern Art since 1997. She received the Victorian Premier's Award for fiction in 1987.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-artists-one-hundred-years-1840-1940\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-blue-faraway\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burke\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/company-of-images\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dear-sun-the-letters-of-joy-hester-and-sunday-reed\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-doll\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-eye-of-the-beholder-albert-tuckers-photographs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/field-of-vision-a-decade-of-change-womens-art-in-the-seventies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/journey-to-bright-water\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joy-hester\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lullaby-a-novel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/second-sight\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/speaking-a-novel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/our-lady-of-apollo-bay\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boyd, Anne Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0236", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boyd-anne-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Composer", "Summary": "Anne Boyd was appointed Professor and Head of Department of Music at the University of Sydney in 1990. Over twenty-five years earlier, in 1963, Boyd had commenced her studies in music at the same university with Peter Sculthorpe as her principal composition teacher.\nBoyd was awarded a Commonwealth Overseas Scholarship in 1969 and, under the supervision of Wilfrid Mellers and Bernard Rands, she prepared a portfolio of compositions for her Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of York. In 1972 she was appointed Lecturer in Music at the University of Sussex, and held the position for five years. She returned to Australia in 1977 as a freelance composer before becoming Reader and founding Head of the Department of Music at the University of Hong Kong in 1981.\nBoyd is a recipient of many awards including in 1996 an AM in the Order of Australia for service to music as a composer and educator. She featured in Facing the Music, a documentary about the University of Sydney's Department of Music.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/as-far-as-crawls-the-toad-for-five-young-percussionists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-voice-of-the-phoenix\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/string-quartet-no-1\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/string-quartet-no-2-play-on-the-water-klee\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/as-it-leaves-the-bell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cycle-of-love-for-counter-tenor-alto-flute-cello-piano\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bencharong\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/summer-nights-for-alto-or-counter-tenor-and-small-orchestra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/as-all-waters-flow\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-little-mermaid-an-opera-in-2-acts\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-rose-garden\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-metamorphoses-of-the-solitary-female-phoenix-for-wind-quintet-pianoforte-and-percussion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-last-of-his-tribe-for-ssa-soloists-and-ssa-unaccompanied-chorus\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rain-on-castle-island-for-sss-or-ssa-with-chime-bars-maracas-cymbals-and-piano-duet\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cloudy-mountain-for-flute-and-piano\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bali-moods-no-1-for-flute-and-piano-1987\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-death-of-captain-cook-an-oratorio-for-soprano-tenor-baritone-tree-small-choirs-large-chorus-and-orchestra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/red-sun-chill-wind-for-flute-and-piano-1980\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coal-river-for-satb-choir-with-orchestra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kakan-for-alto-flute-marimba-and-piano\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beside-bamboos-for-solo-violin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wind-across-bamboo-for-woodwind-quintet\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-burning-babe-for-soprano-solo-and-womens-or-boys-voices-a-capella\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-song-of-rain-ssa-choir-solo-voice-and-wind-maker\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/at-telegraph-bay-five-songs-for-baritone-with-piano\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/summer-nights\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/black-sun\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/concerto-for-flute-and-strings\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/revelation-of-divine-love-choral\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/angklung-for-solo-piano\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-name-is-tian-for-soprano-flute-viola-harp-and-percussion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goldfish-through-summer-rain-for-flute-and-piano\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/conversation-with-anne-boyd\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McLucas, Jan Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0237", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mclucas-jan-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Atherton, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Politician", "Summary": "McLucas was elected as a Senator for Queensland in 1998. She trained as a Primary School teacher at the Townsville College of Advanced Education, and was the first woman President of the Townsville CAE Student Union in 1977. Her teaching career was mainly in northern Queensland. McLucas was an active member of the Queensland Teachers' Union in 1977 and was also the Secretary of the Cairns and District Provincial Trades and Labor Council from 1985-1988. In 1995 she was elected as a councillor for the Cairns City Council and represented the people of Division Seven until taking up her Senate seat on 1 July 1999. She was re-elected in 2004 and 2010. She currently holds the positions of Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Queensland and for Disabilities and Carers.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lawrence, Carmen Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0238", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawrence-carmen-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Morawa, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Politician", "Summary": "Carmen Lawrence became Australia's first woman State Premier (WA) on 12 February 1990. She began her parliamentary career by winning the seat of Subiaco for the Australian Labor Party in 1986.\nShe entered Federal politics on 12 March 1994, as the Member for Fremantle, and was appointed Minister for Human Services and Health and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women on 25 March 1994 until 11 March 1996. On 23 November 2001, Lawrence was appointed Shadow Minister for Reconciliation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, the Arts, and the Status of Women. She retired from the Australian Parliament at the 2007 general election, which was held in November 2007. A complete record of her parliamentary service, including a link to her first speech, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).\nLawrence is a supporter of numerous organisations and is Patron of the Western Australia Netball Association and a Foundation Committee Member of EMILY'S List.\nCarmen Lawrence was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2022 for distinguished service to the people and Parliaments of Australia and Western Australia, to conservation, and to arts administration.\nFor a complete record of her parliamentary service, please see 'Hon Dr Carmen Lawrence AO' in the Resource Section below.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-resurrection-of-carmen-how-she-rose-from-the-political-dead\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carmen-and-her-sisters\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carmen-after-the-storm\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawrence-of-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-ordinary-lives-pioneering-women-in-australian-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hon-dr-carmen-lawrence-ao\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawrence-the-hon-dr-carmen-mary-ao\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-the-hon-dr-carmen-mary-lawrence-mp\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "George, Jennie", "Entry ID": "AWE0240", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/george-jennie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Trani, Italy", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Trade unionist", "Summary": "Jennie George, who is of Russian and Italian heritage and came to Australia when she was three years old, was the first woman to be appointed President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) in 1996. In November 2001, she became a Federal Member of Parliament when she successfully contested the seat of Throsby for the Australian Labor Party. She was re-elected in 2004 and 2007, but retired at the 2010 election, which was held on 21 August.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ms-jennie-george-mp-member-for-throsby-nsw\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Plibersek, Tanya Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE0241", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/plibersek-tanya-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "While completing her BA in Communications (Hons) at the University of Technology Sydney, Plibersek was women's officer for the UTS Students Association. She campaigned against sexual harassment and instituted a number of measures to improve safety on campus. Before entering parliament, she worked with the Domestic Violence Unit and the New South Wales Ministry for the Status of Women. She was an electorate officer for Senator Bruce Childs and later Senator George Campbell. Plibersek was elected to Federal Parliament as the Member for Sydney in 1998, was re-elected at each general election since then. She is currently a member of the Ministry in the Albanese Government.\nA complete record of her parliamentary service, including a link to her first speech, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tanya-plibersek-member-for-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tanya-plibersek-mhr\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/electoral-division-of-sydney-nsw-ms-tanya-plibersek-mp\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/plibersek-the-hon-tanya-joan\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crossin, Patricia Margaret (Trish)", "Entry ID": "AWE0242", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crossin-patricia-margaret-trish\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "The Northern Territory gained their first female representative in Federal Parliament in 1998 when Patricia Crossin was chosen to replace the Hon. R. L. Collins, following his resignation. She was re-elected in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010 but was replaced by Nova Peris as the preselected Labor candidate for the 2013 election. Prior to entering Parliament Crossin worked as Branch Secretary for the National Tertiary Education Union (NT Branch) from 1996 to 1998 after spending six years as the Union's Industrial Officer. Between 1978 and 1989 she worked as a primary school teacher.\nShe was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2023 for significant service to the Parliament of Australia, and to the community of the Northern Territory.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trish-crossin-senator-for-the-northern-territory\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trish-crossin-senator-for-northern-territory-trish-crossin-senator-for-northern-territory-trish-crossin-senator-for-northern-territory\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trish-crossin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tangney, Dorothy Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE0243", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tangney-dorothy-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "North Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Wembley, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "In the Queen's Birthday list (8 June 1968) Dorothy Tangney became the first Western Australian born woman to be appointed Dames Commander of the British Empire for services to the Western Australia Parliament. She was a senator for Western Australia in the Senate of the Australian Parliament from 1943 until she retired in 1968.\n", "Details": "A former schoolteacher Dorothy Tangney became the first woman member of the Australian Senate. An advocate for health and welfare, she served on the Joint Committee on Social Security 1943-1946 and served as a senator from 1943 until she retired in 1968. Dorothy Tangney featured on the 45c stamp (1973) and the electoral division of Tangney in Western Australia is named after her. Also in 1999 the street, formerly known as Administration Place (Canberra), was changed to Dorothy Tangney Place. In the Queen's Birthday list (8 June 1968) Dorothy Tangney became the first Western Australian born woman to be appointed Dames Commander of the British Empire for services to the Western Australian Parliament.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reflections-profiles-of-150-women-who-helped-make-western-australias-history-project-of-the-womens-committee-for-the-150th-anniversary-celebrations-of-western-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/monash-biographical-dictionary-of-20th-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-electoral-divisions-named-after-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-ordinary-lives-pioneering-women-in-australian-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/commemoration-biography-of-dorothy-tangney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dorothy-tangney-biography-and-reproduction-of-key-parliamentary-speech\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australias-first-woman-senator-dorothy-tangney-b-a-dip-ed\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/so-many-firsts-liberal-women-from-enid-lyons-to-the-turnbull-era\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-dorothy-margaret-tangney-1938-1986-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parliamentarians-questionnaires-1982-1983-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dame-dorothy-tangney-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blackwood, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE0244", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blackwood-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Yarra, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Botanist, Geneticist, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Margaret Blackwood graduated from the University of Melbourne with a BSc in 1938 and MSc in 1940. During the Second World War she served with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force and then was granted an ex-service postgraduate scholarship for Cambridge, where she gained a PhD for her work in plant genetics. In 1951 Blackwood returned to Melbourne and was a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne until 1974. She was then elected a member of the University Council and in 1980 became the first female Deputy Chancellor. She held both these positions until her retirement in 1983. She was appointed as a Member of the British Empire in 1964 for work in botany and was appointed a Dame (Order of the British Empire - Dames Commander) for her services to education in 1980.\n", "Events": "Australian Chairman of the Soroptimist International Association (1957 - 1958) \nBorn daughter of Robert Leslie and Muriel Pearl (n\u00e9e Henry) Blackwood (1909 - 1909) \nCarnegie Scholar for Cambridge University in England (1958 - 1959) \nChairman of the Melbourne University Council and Founder Fellow of the Janet Clarke Hall at the University of Melbourne (1961 - 1974) \nCommanding Officer at No 1 WAAAF Training Depot (1942 - 1942) \nCommissioned WAAAF (1941 - 1941) \nDean of Women, Mildura Branch, Melbourne University (1947 - 1948) \nDemonstrator and Caroline Kay Research Scholarship Plant Cytology and Genetics at the University of Melbourne (1939 - 1941) \nDischarged from Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force with the rank of Wing Officer (1946 - 1946) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001) \nJoined Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) at inception as airwoman (1941 - 1941) \nMember of the Council of the University of Melbourne (1975 - 1986) \nOfficer-in-charge, with rank of Squadran Officer, WAAAF Training (1942 - 1944) \nSenior science mistress at Korowa CEGGS (1934 - 1938) \nSenior science mistress at Lowther Hall CEGGS (1932 - 1933) \nStaff Officer with WAAAF Western Area (1945 - 1945) \nUniversity of Melbourne demonstrator and Howitt Research Student (1938 - 1938)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blackwood-dame-margaret-1909-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blackwood-margaret-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blackwood-margaret-1909-1986-biographical-entry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-and-science-at-the-university-of-melbourne-reflections-on-the-career-of-dame-margaret-blackwood\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/another-time-place-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/margaret-blackwood\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-waaaf-in-wartime-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-learned-start-to-discovery-day\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-the-lyceum-club-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blackwood-margaret-dame-1909-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blackwood-margaret-dame-1909-1986-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dame-margaret-blackwood-dbe-mbe\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/group-portrait-of-four-original-waaaf-officers-with-the-director-waaaf-group-officer-clare-stevenson-after-a-waaaf-staff-officers-conference-at-air-force-headquarters-victoria-barracks\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-the-outdoors-the-director-waaaf-group-officer-clare-stevenson-and-a-waaaf-wing-officer-conversing-with-waaaf-officers-who-conducted-a-four-day-bivouac\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crone, Nina", "Entry ID": "AWE0245", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crone-nina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Grays, Essex, England", "Occupations": "Historian, Journalist, Linguist, Teacher", "Summary": "Nina Crone was Editor of the Australian Garden History Society journal, Australian Garden History, and a former headmistress of Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School (CEGGS). Crone worked in broadcasting, education and management in Australia, England and Switzerland. She was appointed a Fellow of the Australian College of Education and received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2000.\n", "Details": "Daughter of James Kinning and Grace Gwendolen (n\u00e9e Hall) Crone.\nAfter completing her secondary education at Presbyterian Ladies' College (PLC), East Melbourne, Crone in 1953 graduated from Melbourne University with a BA.. From 1957 to 1964 she was a teacher in Europe and Australia as well as obtaining her Bed from Melbourne University in 1962.\nFrom 1965-1974 she was a radio and TV producer for the ABC Schools Broadcasts and in 1975 became Headmistress of CEGGS. Crone is a former member of the Vic. State Advisory Committee for School Broadcasts, member of the Buildings Advisory Committee Australian Schools Commission 1979-1981, member of the Academic Committee on Education (Vic.) 1975-1980, committee member Australian College of Education (Vic.) 1974-1979. Also Crone has been a council member of the Girl Guides Association (Vic.), committee member of the United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) Vic. 1962-1964 and a member of the Lyceum Club Melbourne.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/planting-the-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/honouring-nina-crone\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Whitehead, Georgina", "Entry ID": "AWE0246", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whitehead-georgina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Author, Editor, Landscape architect", "Summary": "The editor of the publication Planting the Nation, Whitehead is described in the book as a 'landscape architect specialising in historical research and analysis of parks and other public landscapes. She has undertaken heritage studies of many significant parks in Melbourne and Victorian regional centres, and is author of Civilising the City: A History of Melbourne's Public Gardens (1997).'\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/planting-the-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Edquist, Harriet", "Entry ID": "AWE0247", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edquist-harriet\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Academic", "Summary": "Professor of Architectural History at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Harriet Edquist obtained her qualifications, a BA and a MA, from Monash University in Melbourne, Victoria. Her RMIT staff profile describes her research interests as 'Australian architecture and design, particularly in late 19th and 20th century Melbourne; regionalism as an idea and practice; renaissance architecture and art, particularly 15th and early 16th century with an emphasis on perspectival theory and practice and the development of the interior'. Edquist's publications include a book on the emigre German architect Frederick Romberg and a monograph on Harold Desbrowe-Annear.\n", "Events": "For significant service to architectural history and design, and to higher education. (2020 - 2020)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/planting-the-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hunt, Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE0248", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hunt-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Historian", "Summary": "The short profile on contributors in Planting the Nation states that Suzanne Hunt 'is a social historian and a former museum curator, currently researching the sociology of gardening in Victoria. As Archives Coordinator for the Victorian Branch of the Australian Garden History Society (AGHS), she is working with the State Library of Victoria to build up the repository of material in the Garden History Archive established in 1999.'\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/planting-the-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richards, Oline", "Entry ID": "AWE0249", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richards-oline\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Historian, Landscape architect", "Summary": "Richards is described as a 'retired landscape architect and professional historian with a special interest in West Australian landscape and garden history and heritage conservation. She has undertaken heritage studies for numerous sites in Western Australia, and is the author of War Memorials in Western Australia (1996) and Designed Landscapes in Western Australia (1998)' in her personal outline listed in Planting the Nation.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/planting-the-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sim, Jennie", "Entry ID": "AWE0250", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sim-jennie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Historian, Landscape architect, Lecturer", "Summary": "Her personal summary in Planting the Nation states that Jennie Sim is a 'landscape architect and garden historian who lectures in landscape architecture at the Queensland University of Technology and has undertaken conservation studies of historic parks and gardens. She completed her PhD thesis on designed landscapes in Queensland before 1940, and is a contributor to the Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens..'\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/planting-the-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Watkin, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0251", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/watkin-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Beaufort, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Beaufort, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Gardener", "Summary": "Elizabeth Watkin is featured on the front of the Australian Garden History Society brochure. In an article titled 'The Lady in White' by Jo Reid (Watkins's grand-daughter), she is described as an active member of the Red Cross and the local Benevolent Fund as well as being a foundation member of the CWA. 'During the 1950s, she campaigned tirelessly, driving the efforts of a fund-raising committee to establish the Elizabeth Watkin Kindergarten.' Reid states that 'as a young woman, her grandmother indulged in oil painting; subjects were often flowers and fruit. There are screens featuring dahlias, hydrangeas, wallflowers, japonica, holly, wisteria, lilac, foxgloves, grapes and Blue Diamond plums.'\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-lady-in-white\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Law-Smith, Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE0252", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/law-smith-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Botanical artist, Gardener, Horticulturalist, Illustrator, Writer", "Summary": "Joan Law-Smith was patron of the Australian Garden History Society (AGHS) from 1989 to 1998. Margaret Darling in her 'Tribute to Joan Law-Smith' in the society journal advises that Law-Smith designed the emblem for the AGHS. She was a botanical artist, a writer, an illustrator and a dedicated gardener and horticulturist with a good working knowledge of botany. Her books included: A Gardener's Diary, Gardens of the Mind, The Uncommon Garden, The Garden Within and a Desk Diary for 1999 - Bird and Flowers - which was published in conjunction with the National Trust (Victoria) Women's Committee.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tribute-to-joan-law-smith\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-a-gardener\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marcus, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE0255", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marcus-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Anthropologist", "Summary": "Marcus's doctoral research was on the impact of Islam on the lives of Turkish women. She has published articles on racism, gender and sexuality in Australian culture. Also Marcus research interests include the Arrernte opposition to the damming of the Todd River in Alice Springs as well as collecting material on the life of Olive Pink.\n(Source: Australian Garden History.)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miss-pinks-garden-the-creation-of-an-arid-zone-botanic-garden\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/first-in-their-field-women-and-australian-anthropology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-beauty-simplicity-and-honour-of-truth-olive-pink-in-the-1940s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yours-truly-olive-m-pink\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-indomitable-miss-pink-a-life-in-anthropology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-patron-and-a-friend-olive-pink-and-j-b-cleland\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-diaries-and-tapes-related-to-julie-marcus\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Flockton, Margaret Lilian", "Entry ID": "AWE0256", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flockton-margaret-lilian\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Essex, England", "Occupations": "Artist, Botanical artist, Illustrator", "Summary": "Margaret Flockton is remembered for her beautiful botanic illustrations. A species of eucalypt was named in her honour.\n", "Details": "Flockton settled in Australia at the age of 19 and according to Payne, Flockton was a member of the Royal Art Society of NSW where she exhibited her work from 1894 to 1901. She illustrated J H Maidens' works Forest Flora of NSW and A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus. Maiden was the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, where Flockton was employed for 26 years, from 1901 to 1927.\nA lithographic artist she published a book, Australian Wild Flowers, containing twelve plates printed by colour lithography and also produced decorative borders for a souvenir book, Greetings from Australia.\n(Source: Australian Garden History.)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/margaret-flockton\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Preston, Margaret Rose", "Entry ID": "AWE0257", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/preston-margaret-rose\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Mosman Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist", "Summary": "Margaret Preston was the first woman to be commissioned by the Art Gallery of New South Wales to produce a self-portrait. In 1996 one of her hand-coloured woodcuts of a Western Australian banksia from 1929 was commemorated on an Australia Day postage stamp.\n", "Details": "Margaret Rose Mcpherson studied in Melbourne and Adelaide before travelling overseas. In 1919 she married Bill Preston. As a successful teacher and exhibitor, she developed a reputation for her highly decorative and colourful paintings and woodcuts of Australian fauna and flora at a time when European flowers were still considered the norm for gardens and paintings.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/margaret-prestons-banksia-woodcut-memorialised\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/100-great-australians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/birth-certificate-and-manuscript-1875-ca-1924-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Loh, Morag", "Entry ID": "AWE0258", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/loh-morag\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Curator, Historian, Lecturer, Writer", "Summary": "Freelance oral historian, scholar, curator of photography and writer of children's stories. In 1995 she won the Young Readers\/Picture Book award from The Family Therapy Associations of Australia for Grandpa and Ah Gong. Her work deals extensively with the immigrant experience, especially that of immigrant women and their children. Loh is a former member of the Advisory Council on Multicultural Affairs\n(Source: Left-Wing Ladies, Suzane Fabian and Morag Loh)\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2008 - 2008)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/left-wing-ladies-the-union-of-australian-women-in-victoria-1950-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buckingham, Beverley (Bev)", "Entry ID": "AWE0259", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buckingham-beverley-bev\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Norfolk, England", "Occupations": "Jockey", "Summary": "Bev Buckingham settled in Australia in 1967. She became the first female jockey in the southern hemisphere to win 1000 races. After a fall at the Elwick Racecourse (Hobart) in May 1998 she was wheelchair-bound, but regained her strength and mobility until she was able to walk again unaided.\n", "Details": "Born in Norfolk, England, Bev Buckingham migrated to Australia with her parents when she was two years old. Living in Tasmania she was soon helping her father, a racehorse trainer, in his stables while taking riding lessons and competing through pony clubs. Aged fourteen she became an apprentice jockey for her father. Women were not allowed to compete against male jockeys until the 1970s when the Lady Jockey's Association lobbied for fifteen races per year on country Victorian racetracks. By 1979 women were permitted to race as regular jockeys. Buckingham and her friend Kim Dixon were among the first women to race professionally against men in the 1980s.\nA win on her fourth ride at Elwick in 1980, on Limit Man, launched Buckingham's career. By the end of her first season's racing she had ridden 22 winners and was ranked ninth overall on the jockeys' table. With a total of 63 winners in her second season, at the age of seventeen, Buckingham became the first woman in the world to win a State Jockey's Premiership. Over her eighteen year career she brought home trophies for the Devonport Cup, the Launceston Cup, the Queen's Cup and the Hobart Cup (three times - 1986, 1996, 1998). In 1984 she became the first woman to ride in the Caulfield Cup. On winning the Queen's Cup she received a personal letter from Queen Elizabeth II expressing her pleasure in being able to congratulate a woman jockey on winning her race.\nAfter a horrific accident in May 1998 in which Buckingham fractured two vertebrae in her neck, she spent many months in rehabilitation on her family's Tasmanian property. She defied predictions that she would never walk again, and gave birth to a daughter, Tara, in 2000. Today she works with her father as a racehorse trainer at Sienna Lodge in Victoria. She was inducted into the inaugural Tasmanian Racing Hall of Fame in 2005.\n", "Events": "First woman to ride in the Caulfield Cup (1984 - 1984) \nRides 109 winners for the season, setting a State record (1995 - 1996) \nWins apprentice's title and ranked fourth overall on the jockeys' table (1983 - 1983) \nWins her third Tasmanian Premiership (64 winners) (1996 - 1997) \nWins the Devonport Cup on Exdirectory (1985 - 1985) \nWins the Hobart Cup on Dark Intruder (1986 - 1986) \nWins the Hobart Cup on Jam City (1996 - 1996) \nWins the Hobart Cup on L'Espoin (1998 - 1998) \nWins the Launceston Cup on Brave Trespasser (1987 - 1987) \nWins the Queen's Cup on Exdirectory (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beating-the-odds-the-fall-and-rise-of-bev-buckingham\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/against-all-odds-bevs-back-on-her-feet\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Magarey, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE0260", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/magarey-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Historian", "Summary": "\"Margarey is founding Editor of Australian Feminist Studies, founding Director of the Research Centre for Women's Studies at the University of Adelaide, and author of a the biography of Catherine Spence Unbridling the Tongues of Women (1985). Other\npublications include Debutante Nation: Feminism contests the 1890s, co-edited with Sue Rowley and Susan Sheridan (1993) and Women in a Restructuring Australia: Work and Welfare, co-edited with Anne Edwards (1995).\n(Source: Passions of the first wave feminists, Susan Magarey.)\"\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/unbridling-the-tongues-of-women-a-biography-of-catherine-helen-spence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/passions-of-the-first-wave-feminists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-bibliography-of-australian-womens-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/debutante-nation-feminism-contests-the-1890s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-research-centre-womens-studies-symposium\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-a-restructuring-australia-work-and-welfare\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/human-rights-and-reconciliation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-susan-magarey-for-the-interchange-programme-november-16-1977-a-2xx-radio-station-broadcast-sound-recording-interviewer-biff-ward\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dame-roma-glimpses-of-a-glorious-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/speech-re-catherine-helen-spence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-sylvia-kinder-sound-recording-interviewer-susan-magarey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-the-australian-womens-movement-since-1967-summary-record-sound-recording-interviewers-kate-borrett-susan-magarey-deborah-worsley-pine-and-sarah-zetlein\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/address-by-dr-susan-magarey-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-politics-a-forum-in-the-centenary-year-of-womens-suffrage-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-studies-tenth-anniversary-at-anu-dr-dorothy-broom-dr-jill-matthews-dr-susan-magarey-ms-wang-ying-ms-wu-lintao-ms-xu-xuehai-ms-liu-maoshu-ms-lian-lijuan-kathleen-taperell\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Edwards, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE0261", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edwards-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Historian", "Summary": "Co-editor Women in a Restructuring Australia: Work and Welfare with Susan Magarey (1995).\n(Source: Passions of the first wave feminists, Susan Magarey.)\"\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-a-restructuring-australia-work-and-welfare\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sheridan, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE0262", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sheridan-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Academic, Feminist", "Summary": "Co-editor Debutante Nation: Feminism contests the 1890s with Susan Magarey and Sue Rowley.\n(Source: Passions of the first wave feminists, Susan Magarey.)\"\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/debutante-nation-feminism-contests-the-1890s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rowley, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE0263", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rowley-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Art historian, Feminist", "Summary": "Co-editor Debutante Nation: Feminism contests the 1890s with Susan Magarey and Susan Sheridan (1993).\n(Source: Passions of the first wave feminists, Susan Magarey.)\"\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/debutante-nation-feminism-contests-the-1890s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baker, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE0270", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baker-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canterbury, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Chairperson", "Summary": "Mrs. Baker was Chairman of the Social Sub-Committee, Victoria Committee on the Status of Women.\n(Source: Historical Note University of Melbourne Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baker-jean-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baker-jean-3\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baldwin, Stephanie", "Entry ID": "AWE0271", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baldwin-stephanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Summary": "Stephanie Baldwin n\u00e9e Clark attended the Agricultural School at Werribee in 1931.\n(Source: Historical Note University of Melbourne Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baldwin-stephanie-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beacham, Doris", "Entry ID": "AWE0272", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beacham-doris\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Summary": "Doris Beacham was born to George and Clara Beacham. George served in the First World War and returned in 1918. Doris had an enduring interest in art and sketching.\n(Source: Historical Note University of Melbourne Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beacham-doris-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Berger, Gertrude", "Entry ID": "AWE0273", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/berger-gertrude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Germany", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Gertie Berger joined the Royal College of Nursing Australia, Victorian Chapter and other nursing organisations and became active on their committees in the 1960s. Her special interest was nursing education whether in Day Study Classes or more formal post-graduate training.\n(Source: Historical Note University Melbourne Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/berger-gertrude-1913-2006\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/berger-gertrude-1913-2006-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/florence-nightingale-committee-of-australia-victorian-branch-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/florence-nightingale-committee-of-australia-victorian-branch-3\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bethune, Dulcie Evelyn", "Entry ID": "AWE0275", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bethune-dulcie-evelyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Active in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs, Dulcie Bethune was a member of both the North Ringwood Women's Liberation and North Ringwood Women's Electoral Lobby (which later merged with the Maroondah WEL). She stood as a candidate for the Australia Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ringwood at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973 and was an independent candidate for the Australian Senate at the federal election, which was held in May 1974. She stood again at the 1979 state election for the Australia Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Warrandyte.\n(Source: Historical Note University Melbourne Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bethune-dulcie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/speeches-1972-1973-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blamire, Annie", "Entry ID": "AWE0276", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blamire-annie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Photographer", "Summary": "Annie Blamire was of the Blamire butchering family, High Street, Malvern. The shop belonging to her brother and sister-in-law was later converted to an antique shop - one of the earliest in the High Street area. Annie's married name was Fraser.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blamire-annie-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bonney, Edith Boroondara", "Entry ID": "AWE0277", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bonney-edith-boroondara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hartwell, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Mentone, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Student", "Summary": "Edith Bonney passed her University of Melbourne Matriculation examination in Algebra, Geometry, English, History, Arithmetic, Geography, and Elementary Physics held in November 1889, and received her certificate 29 March 1890.\n(Source: Historical Note University of Melbourne Archives)\nEdith married Stewart Frank Wylie at 'Cleffcote' in Sandringham, Victoria, on 6 February 1907.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bonny-edith-boroondara\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Booth, Ada Phyllis", "Entry ID": "AWE0278", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/booth-ada-phyllis\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Armadale, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Lecturer, Physicist", "Summary": "Ada Booth graduated B.Sc. in April 1943; and B.A.(Hon) in 1961. She was appointed Laboratory Assistant in 1942; Part-time Demonstrator in Physics 1953; Senior Demonstrator in 1955; Assistant Lecturer in 1961 and Lecturer in 1974. She retired from the Physics School on 31 January 1987.\n(Source: Historical Note University of Melbourne Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/booth-ada-phyllis-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/booth-ada-phyllis-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miscellaneous-travel-documents-of-ada-booth\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buchanan, Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE0280", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buchanan-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Summary": "Dorothy Buchanan is the daughter of William Ridgeway. She married Rod Buchanan, a member of the family who created Buchanan & Brock Ship Repair Pty. Ltd. \n(Source: Historical Note University of Melbourne Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buchanan-dorothy-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burns, Robin Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE0281", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burns-robin-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Lecturer", "Summary": "Burns graduated BA (Hons) in Psychology at the University of Sydney, where she was Secretary of the World University Service (WUS) Committee, was a post-graduate student and tutor at Monash University, and worked in the Department of External Affairs in Bonn and elsewhere before joining La Trobe University. She was ASCM representative on the Australian committee of WUS 1965-66, National International Officer for the Australia c. 1967-69 and c. 1972-76. WUS grew out of the European Student Relief Scheme in post-war Europe in 1920, launched at a meeting of the World Student Christian Federation in Switzerland. An attempt is being made to revive WUS, now moribund, by B. Dyster, University of New South Wales.\n(Source: Historical Note University of Melbourne Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burns-robin-joan-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burrows, Maggie", "Entry ID": "AWE0282", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burrows-maggie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political activist, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Maggie Burrows commenced a law degree at Monash University, transferred to Arts and completed an honours degree in history in 1977. During this period she was active in student politics on the Public Affairs Committee, travelled to Thailand and collected Thai political posters. From 1976 her main interest was in the off-campus women's liberation movement. She participated in voluntary work at the Melbourne Rape Crisis Centre in 1976; from 1978-79 was employed at the Western Region Women's Refuge on issues such as domestic violence, public housing and tenancy law reform; 1979-81 Equal Access for Girls Project.\n(Source: Historical Note University of Melbourne Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burrows-maggie-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cahn, Audrey Josephine", "Entry ID": "AWE0283", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cahn-audrey-josephine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Parkville, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Hughes, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Dietician, Lecturer, Microbiologist, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Audrey Cahn was the first woman to complete the newly established agriculture degree at the University of Melbourne in 1928. Born to parents who were influential scientists themselves, she developed a life long interest in the field of nutritional science and went on to pioneer the academic field of dietetics. Regarded in the 1950s and 60s as a 'soft science' by the then university's head of biochemistry, Victor Trikojus, Cahn fought a long battle for respect, one in which she was eventually supported by major funding bodies such as Nicholas Pty Ltd (Aspro).\nHer research output in the field of nutritional biochemistry is well respected. Some of her studies undertaken during her time at the University of Melbourne (1947-68) included examining the physical properties and energy value of common dietary foods, so that she could compile calorie tables. She was an early proponent of the need to reduce fat intake and to substitute polyunsaturated fatty acids for saturated fats. With colleagues in the anatomy department, she participated in a 17-year longitudinal study of \"Child Growth in Melbourne (1954-71)\". The study was compared with similar studies in the United States and Britain and found that Australian children were overweight and inactive compared with their peers elsewhere.\nCahn enjoyed a very long life, thanks, she said, to a combination of good luck and good genes.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Professor W A and Ethel Osborne (nee Goodson) Audrey Cahn was born in 1905. Her father came to Melbourne University in 1903 to take up the Chair of Physiology, Biochemistry and Histology. Her mother, who received a BSc and MSc from Leeds University, worked for the Victorian State Government examining the conditions of women in various trades. Her work led her to develop an interest in the sociological aspects of medicine and she undertook further study towards a medical degree at the University of Melbourne. She was instrumental in setting up the first Dietetics School in Victoria, at St Vincent's Hospital.\nAudrey completed her secondary education at Merton Hall Grammar School for Girls (now know as the Church of England Girls' Grammar School) and matriculated in 1922. She then enrolled in an Agriculture Degree at Melbourne University from which she graduated in 1928. The next year she took a position as a Microbiologist and Food Analyst with Kraft. In 1930 Audrey married Leslie Cahn, an architect, and they bore twin daughters. The marriage did not survive.\nAudrey completed a Hospital Certificate of Dietetics at the newly opened Dietetics Unit at St. Vincent's Hospital. Before leaving she rose to the post of Chief Dietician at the hospital. She then took a position at Kraft\/Walker and Cheese Factory in Drouin as a microbiologist. Employment as the first Chief Dietician for the Victorian Mental Hygiene Department followed, before spending a year at the Royal Perth Hospital.\nDuring World War II, Audrey Cahn enlisted in the Australian Army Medical Women's Service on 11 February 1943. As part of the Australian Army Medical Corps she became Chief Dietician at the Heidelberg Military Hospital. Before her discharge on 13 September 1946 Audrey had obtained the rank of Major.\nAfter the war, Audrey obtained a position as Lecturer (1947) and then Senior Lecturer (1959) in Nutrition and Applied Dietetics. Audrey Cahn retired in 1968 after spending 21 years at the university.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cahn-audrey-josephine-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/starched-white-dress-and-the-hissing-of-gaslights-early-cloisters-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-scientist-ahead-of-her-times\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cahn-audrey\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cameron, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE0284", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cameron-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Barbara Cameron, formerly Barbara Williams, was a member of the Women's Electoral Lobby in its formative years in the early to mid 1970s.\n(Source: Historical Note University of Melbourne Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cameron-barbara-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cheney, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE0287", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cheney-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Research assistant", "Summary": "Jenny Cheney was Professor Michael White's graduate research assistant in the Department of Genetics from December 1960 to White's retirement at the end of 1975. Cheney also co-authored an article with Professor W.R. Atchley entitled \"Morphometric Differentiation in the Viatica Group of Morabine Grasshoppers\".\n(Source: Historical Note University of Melbourne Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cheney-jenny-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Margetts, Diane (Dee) Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0288", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/margetts-diane-dee-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Elected in 2001, Margetts is a member for the Agricultural Region, in the Legislative Council of Western Australia(WA), representing the Australian Greens Western Australia Party. From 1993-1999 she was a Senator (The Australian Greens) for WA in Federal Parliament.\nPrior to commencing her parliamentary career Margetts was a lobbyist and state co-ordinator for the People for Nuclear Disarmament (1988-1991).\n", "Details": "After completing her secondary education in Western Australia, Dee Margetts moved to the United Kingdom in 1979 where she completed an Honours degree in Development Studies. She became a high school teacher\/librarian following the completion of a diploma of Education at the University of Western Australia. It was while teaching that she became involved with the peace and environment movement, which lead her to joining the political arena.\nAfter leaving the Senate in July 1999, Margetts undertook research for a Master of Philosophy Degree at Murdoch University in the area of Political Economy. Margetts was awarded an MPhl for her thesis: \"Competition Policy, State Agreement Acts and the Public Interest\".\nIn February 2001, Margetts was elected, along with Robin Chapple, to join their Greens (WA) colleagues, Giz Watson, Chrissy Sharp and Jim Scott in the WA State Legislative Council where Dee represents the Agricultural Region.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dee-margetts-mlc-member-for-agriculture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-1996-1999-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-dee-margetts-sound-recording-interviewed-by-criena-fitzgerald\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-dee-margetts-sound-recording-interviewed-by-david-worth\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackes, Betsy Rivers", "Entry ID": "AWE0289", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackes-betsy-rivers\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bingara, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Botanist", "Summary": "Jackes was Head, Tropical Plant Sciences and Deputy Head, School of Tropical Biology at the James Cook University when she retired in 2018, having worked as a lecturer since 1973. She was earlier a member of the academic teaching staff of the University of New England and the University of Queensland. She is the author or co-author of refereed journal papers, refereed conference papers, miscellaneous papers, articles, posters etc and environmental consultancy reports. Her books include: Poisonous Plants in Northern Australian Gardens, Plants of Magnetic Island, A Guide to the Plants of the Burra Range and Plants of the Tropical Rainforest.\n", "Details": "Jackes was born 19 March 1935 at Bingara NSW to Allan and Bessie (n\u00e9e Curtis) Paterson. Following the completion of her Bachelor of Science degree (1957) and her Master of Science degree (1959) at the University of New England, Jackes became a Research Scholar at the University of Chicago where she obtained her PhD in 1961. She married E Michael Jackes in 1962 and they had 2 children.\nJackes was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by James Cook University in 2021 and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in January 2023 for significant service to botany, to conservation and to tertiary education.\n\u00a0\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/plants-of-the-tropical-rainforest-mt-spec-area-north-queensland\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Niland, Carmel", "Entry ID": "AWE0290", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/niland-carmel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Bureaucrat, Consultant, Feminist, Public servant", "Summary": "Director-General of the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Community Services (appointed by Faye Lo Po' (qv) in 1998). Niland is the former President of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board, and founding co-ordinator of the NSW Women's Co-ordination Unit.\n(Source: http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/rn\/talks\/lm\/stories\/s104362.htm accessed 01\/02\/02)\n", "Details": "Born: 23 March 1944, Sydney, NSW (daughter of Kevin Francis and Margaret Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Lawless) Hume.\nFollowing her secondary education at the Brigidine Convent Randwick, Niland completed a BA (UNSW) and DipEd (Syd.). Commencing her career as a teacher with the NSW dept Education, she became a graduate assistant at the Secondary Education Materials Centre, University of Illinois USA, also obtaining her MA from the University.\nAfter teaching at De Witt Junior High School New York for six years (1968-1973), she returned to Australia taking up positions with the ACT Education dept (1973-1974) and Department of Technical and Further Education (1974-1976), before becoming co-ordinator Women's Co-ordinator Unit, NSW Premier's department (1976-1979).\nIn 1979, Niland became Counsellor for Equal Opportunity NSW and in 1982 President of the Anti-Discrimination Board NSW.\nSince 1989, she has been a Consultant and Mediator with Carmel Niland and Associates and in 1994 was appointed Commissioner to inquire into matters surrounding the resignation of the former Minister for Police, Mr Terry Griffiths by Premier John Fahey.\nContemporary Australian Women 1996\/97 lists her major achievements as:\n1970s: created first women's register in Australia for appointment to boards and authorities; developed funding model for first Women's Refuge Network in NSW.\n1980s: first woman councillor for Equal Opportunity; first woman president, NSW Anti-Discrimination Board and administrated the board for five years, managing an extensive research and community consultative program, with 30 full-time staff; advocated gay law reform and established first AIDS liaison team in 1983; drafted and advocated Australia's first racial vilification bill, which became law in 1989.\n1990s: Deputy Chancellor, UNSW 1989-1992 and led move of UNSW to be Australia's first green university; mediated over one hundred complex community, educational, environmental and employment disputes.\n(Source: http:\/\/acwa.asn.au\/ACWA\/publications\/newsletter\/1998\/may\/may2.html and Contemporary Australian Women 1996\/97.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contemporary-australian-women-1996-97\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Toner, Pauline", "Entry ID": "AWE0291", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/toner-pauline\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Horsham, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Pauline Toner stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Templestowe at the Victorian state election, which was held on 20 March 1976, but was unsuccessful. She was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly at a by-election for Greensborough in 1977 and served until 1989. While in Parliament she was Minister for Community and Welfare Services (1982-1985) and a former Shadow Minister for Community and Welfare Services and Women's Affairs.\nFollowing her education at the Brigidine Convent Horsham, Toner obtained the subsequent qualifications TPTC, BA (Melb) and BEd (La Trobe). She held positions at the State College of Victoria (1974-1975), and SCV Hawthorn (1975-1977). Toner began the first woman Shire President of the Diamond Valley Council (1977-1978), where she was a Councillor from 1973 to 1979.\nMarried to Brian Toner on 2 January 1962 and the mother of five children (1s 4d) her recreations included: canoeing, bushwalking and chess. Also she was a director of the Victorian State Opera and a member of Amnesty International and the National Trust\n", "Details": "Born: 16 March 1935 Horsham Vic. (daughter: W Hoare). Died: 3 March 1989.\nBorn in 1935, Pauline Toner was a lecturer in Education before entering the Victorian Parliament in 1977. After being Shadow Minister for Community Welfare Services and Women's Affairs, she was Minister for Community Welfare Services between 1982 and 1985.\nHer Ministry was characterised by a shift in emphasis from institutionalisation to community programs in the provision of welfare services and an increased focus on the rights of children. Among her achievements were the groundbreaking Adoption Act of 1984 which allowed all adult adoptees to receive information about their origins, the establishment of Statewide Community Corrections and foster care programs and funding for Neighbourhood houses.\nPauline resigned due to ill health in 1989, only a few days before her untimely death on 3 March.\n(Source: HERstory: Australian Labor Women in Federal, State and Territory Parliaments 1925-1994, Margaret Reynolds)\n(Information available: http:\/\/www.nwmc.org.au\/history2\/biogs\/toner.htm accessed 12\/02\/02)\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/centenary-of-the-tailoresses-association-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-ordinary-lives-pioneering-women-in-australian-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1988\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Connor, Marjorie", "Entry ID": "AWE0293", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/connor-marjorie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Colac, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Miss Marjorie Connor was born in Colac, Victoria in 1906 and died in Balwyn on 7 May 1991 aged 84. She was educated by a governess an later attended Lauriston before training as a nurse at the Alfred Hospital 1925-1928. After graduation she worked in the private consulting rooms of a dermatologist who used radium. She sustained some radium burns to the hand. From 1945-1972 she was the Executive Secretary of the Royal Victorian College of Nursing. Both it and its successor the RANF Vic. Branch awarded her Honorary Life Memberships. After her retirement she became the Hon. Secretary\/Treasurer of the Florence Nightingale Committee Vic. Br. until shortly before her death.\n(Source: Historical Note University Melbourne Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/connor-marjorie-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cookson, Isabel Clifton", "Entry ID": "AWE0294", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cookson-isabel-clifton\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Botanist", "Summary": "Isabel Clifton Cookson was born in Melbourne in December 1893 and educated at Hambledon Ladies' College and later at the Methodist Ladies' College before entering the University of Melbourne where she graduated B.Sc. in 1916. She tutored at Newman and was appointed as Lecturer in Botany \"including evening\") for 1930 and remained associated with the Department until her death on 1 July 1973, when she was still a Research Associate. She visited Europe for the first time in 1925, and in 1929 studied at the University of Manchester under Professor Lang, a specialist in fossil plants. In 1948 she received a Leverhulme Research Grant and in 1952 attended the 40th session of the Indian Science Congress.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cookson-isabel-clifton-1893-1973\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cookson-isabel-clifton-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coppel, Marjorie Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE0295", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coppel-marjorie-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Author", "Summary": "Coppel (n\u00e9e Service) was an Arts student at the University of Melbourne and the Womens' Vice-President of the SRC. She graduated L.L.B in 1924 and in the following year married Elias Coppel (lecturer in law). Marjorie Coppel (author of modern history texts for secondary schools) was an active member of \"The Catalysts\", an association of intellectual, professional and artistic women who met regularly for dinners at the Lyceum Club.\n(Source: Historical Note University Melbourne Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coppel-marjorie\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coxsedge, Joan Marjorie", "Entry ID": "AWE0296", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coxsedge-joan-marjorie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Political activist", "Summary": "Joan Coxsedge was the first Labor woman to be elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as the Member for Melbourne West Province in July 1979. She served until 1992. While in office she wrote and produced the newsletter, Hard Facts For Hard Times, from her Footscray office, in which she offered a left view of current local, national and international events.\n(Source: Historical Note Melbourne University Archives)\n", "Details": "Joan Coxsedge was born in Ballarat, Victoria, daughter of Roy Selwyn Rochester, clerk and Marjorie Gordon. She was educated at Ormond State School, Gardenvale Central School and MacRobertson Girls' High School. A professional artist, she held four exhibitions of pen and wash drawings of historic buildings and undertook a commission for the Builders' Labourers' Federation drawing Green Bans buildings around Australia in 1975.\nAs a member of the Save Our Sons Movement which opposed conscription for the Vietnam War, she went to gaol in 1971 for anti-conscription activities. She campaigned against Ustashi in 1972 , opposed secret service organisations and was founding Chairman of the Committee for the Abolition of Political Police in 1973.\nA member of the Australian Labor Party from 1967, Coxsedge contested unsuccessfully the Legislative Assembly seat of Balwyn in 1973 and stood for pre-selection in Richmond in 1976 against the Leader of the Opposition, Clyde Holding.\nCoxsedge was elected to the Legislative Council in July 1979 and served until 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-of-the-victorian-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coxsedge-joan\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barclay, Lesley Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE0297", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barclay-lesley-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Professor", "Summary": "Barclay is the Professor of Family Health and Director of the Centre for Family Health and Midwifery at the University of Technology Sydney.\nPrior to commencing an academic career Barclay, who is a registered nurse and midwife, worked in a range of midwifery and women's health and community development roles. She also has degrees in social sciences and education plus doctoral research into sexuality and pregnancy.\nIn 1997 The Hon. Dr Michael Wooldridge, the Federal Minister for Health, appointed Barclay to the National Health and Medical Research Council. She was re-appointed for a second three-year term in 2000. Also she is a founding member of the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care.\n(Source: http:\/\/www.familyhealth.uts.edu.au\/about\/lbarclay.html accessed 18\/02\/02 and http:\/\/www.aut.ac.nz\/conferences\/healthpolicy\/speakers.shtml accessed 18\/02\/02)\n", "Events": "Appointed an Officer of the Order for Australia (AO) 'for service to nursing, particularly in the fields of midwifery and child health in Australia and internationally through participation in development assistance activities. (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contemporary-australian-women-1996-97\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mora, Mirka", "Entry ID": "AWE0298", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mora-mirka\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Paris, France", "Occupations": "Artist", "Summary": "In 1998 Mirka Mora was awarded the title of Honoured Artist, by the Lord Mayor and councillors of the City of Melbourne, 'in recognition of lifelong achievement in the arts which has made an outstanding contribution to the life of this city'. Born in Paris, France, Mora with her husband Georges and son Philippe arrived in Australia in 1951. Over time their cafes and restaurants, The Mirka Caf\u00e9, the Balzac and the Tolarno were renowned for the bohemian style of the time. In 1999, a retrospective of her work was shown at Heide Museum of Modern Art and her autobiography Wicked but Virtuous: My Life was published in October 2000.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contemporary-australian-women-1996-97\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-good-looker-mirka-mora-interview-source-material\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shun Wah, Annette", "Entry ID": "AWE0299", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shun-wah-annette\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cairns, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Author, Host", "Summary": "A fourth-generation Chinese Australian, Shun Wah is known for hosting ABC & SBS programs Studio 22, The Big Picture, Image, Eat Carpet, The Noise and Media Dimensions.\nIn 1996, she was nominated for an AFI award in 'Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role' for acting debut in Floating Life.\nShe is the co-author with Greg Aitkin of the publication Banquet: 10 Courses to Harmony.\n(Sources: http:\/\/www.amida.com.au\/profiles\/1001.diffe.html accessed 18\/02\/02; http:\/\/www.anu.edu\/pad\/community\/literary\/pastlitevents\/Text\/shun-wah.html accessed 18\/02\/02 and http:\/\/www.thei.aust.com\/isite\/cellfloatlife.html accessed 18\/02\/02)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contemporary-australian-women-1996-97\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/annette-shun-wah-interviewed-by-diana-giese-for-the-post-war-chinese-australians-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Spearritt, Katherine Louise (Katie)", "Entry ID": "AWE0300", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spearritt-katherine-louise-katie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Feminist", "Summary": "Katie Spearritt completed her PhD in Industrial Relations and became E-commerce consultant at Hewlett-Packard.\nShe joined the Women's Electoral Lobby in 1993 and is founding convenor of the Young Feminists Group, Women's Electoral Lobby (Victoria).\nIn 1988 Spearritt was award the University Medal, University of Queensland and the Australian PostGrad Research Award in 1993.\n(Source: http:\/\/www.arts.monash.edu.au\/ws\/research\/projects\/women_changing.html accessed 01\/02\/02; http:\/\/www.buseco.monash.edu.au\/Centres\/NKCIR\/Update\/Issue2\/news05.html accessed 01\/02\/02 and Contemporary Australian Women 1996\/97)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contemporary-australian-women-1996-97\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tipping, Marjorie Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE0301", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tipping-marjorie-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Art historian, Author, Consultant", "Summary": "Marjorie Tipping was a prolific writer and historian of art and colonial Australia. In 1990, based on her many published scholarly works, she became the first woman to earn the degree of Doctor of Letters by examination from the University of Melbourne. Tipping's books include Eugene von Guerard's Australian Landscapes (1975) Ludwig Becker: Artist & Naturalist with the Burke & Wills Expedition (1978), Melbourne on the Yarra (1978) and Convicts Unbound: The Story of the Calcutta Convicts and Their Settlement in Australia (1988).\nTipping was the first woman president (1972-1975) and fellow (1968) of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. She was a member of the Victorian Council of the Arts and numerous other committees and community organizations, often in a voluntary capacity. Tipping was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (13 June 1981), for her contribution to the Arts.\nTipping was the patron of and one of the founders of the E W Tipping Foundation for Mentally Retarded Children and Adults, established in 1970. Tipping travelled on six continents; her interests included music, theatre, archaeology, Australiana, and Chinese art.\nSource(s): Personal Communication (2002), Who's Who of Australian Women, Who's Who 2002.\n", "Events": "Born: daughter of John Alexandra and Florence Amelia (nee Paterson) McCredie (1917 - 1917) \nContributor to Encyclopedia of Melbourne project Monash University (1999 - 1999) \nContributor to University Melbourne, Oral History Project (1999 - 1999) \nDoctor C H Currey Fellow (1981 - 1981) \nFirst woman Fellow Royal Historical Society Victoria (1968 - 1968) \nFirst woman President of the Royal Historical Society Victoria (1972 - 1975) \nFirst woman to receive Doctor of Letters by examination from the University of Melbourne (1990 - 1990) \nFoundation Chairman Victorian Publications and Literature Committee (1976 - 1984) \nFoundation Member Science and Humanities Committee Museum Victoria (1978 - 1991) \nFounder Affiliated Historical Societies (1963 - 1963) \nGovernment nominee Council of Adult Education Committee (1975 - 1978) \nGovernment nominee Victorian Government Placenames Committee (1975 - 1987) \nHistory Consultant Grundy Television for Convicts Unbound (TV Series) (1992 - 1992) \nmarried Edmond William Tipping (dec. 1970) (1942 - 1942) \nMember Board of Directors Victorian State Opera (1982 - 1990) \nMember Council International Social Service (1965 - 1979) \nMember Foundation Committee La Trobe and Baillieu Libraries (1996 - 1996) \nMember Literature Board awards Australia Council (1973 - 1973) \nMember Literature Board awards Australia Council (1977 - 1977) \nMember Victorian Ministry Arts Advisory Council (1974 - 1981) \nMember Victorian Theatre Policy Committee Victorian Arts Centre (1979 - 1980) \nOrganising Chairman four biennial conferences and the Australiana Festival (1958 - 1958) \nPatron and Foundation Member E W Tipping Foundation for Intellectually Handicapped (1970 - 1970) \nVice-Chairperson, Matthew Flinders Bicentenary Committee (1974 - 1974)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/historian-makes-history-with-doctor-of-letters-degree\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rare-honour-crowns-life-of-scholarship\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/queens-birthday-honours\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/queens-birthday-honours-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/double-time-women-in-victoria-150-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1975-1985-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/conversation-with-marjorie-tipping-interviewer-hazel-de-berg-1971-oct-10-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-relating-to-a-book-about-ludwig-becker-ca-1970-ca-1979-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-marjorie-tipping-1940-1971-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/essay-1974-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marjorie-tipping-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ingold, Beryl Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0302", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ingold-beryl-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Beryl Ingold AO 2001, MBE 1979 is a former farmer from Cootamundra, New South Wales who has served on many state committees for the advancement of agriculture, education, women and the community. Born in Sydney on 4 March 1927, Ingold was educated at Cootamundra and gained a Bachelor of Applied Science, Agriculture, from the Riverina Murray Institute of Higher Education. She has been a member of the Riverina area consultative committee since 1996, Chair of the Orange Agricultural College of Sydney University since 1995 and the Riverina TAFE since 1994. Ingold is a life member of Country Women's Association, patron of NSW Rural Youth since 1990.\nThe above biography was researched and written by Philida Sturgiss-Hoy for Women's History Month (2002)\n", "Events": "Ambassador for the International Year of the Older Persons (1999 - 1999) \nAustralia\/New Zealand Foundation Scholarship Study Tour 'Women in Agriculture' (1982 - 1982) \nAwarded Bicentennial Medal (1988 - 1988) \nBorn daughter of David Lewis and Evelyn Jane (nee Griffiths) Walters (1927 - 1927) \nChairperson of the Cootamundra District Land Board (1994 - 1994) \nChairperson of the Cootamundra Housing Committee (1980 - 1988) \nChairperson of the Family and Children's Services Ministerial Advisory Committee (1985 - 1987) \nChairperson of the Orange Agricultural College Advisory Council University Sydney (1995 - 1995) \nChairperson of the Riverina Council of Adult Education (1987 - 1992) \nChairperson of the Riverina Institute of TAFE Advisory Council (1994 - 1994) \nCommunity Representative and President of the Cootamundra Public School (1992 - 1992) \nCootamundra Citizen of the Year (1970 - 1970) \nDeputy Chairperson of the New South Wales Board of Adult Education (1989 - 1991) \nDirector of the New South Wales Education Training Foundation (1990 - 1993) \nFellow of the University of New England (1991 - 1991) \nmarried Edward Thomas Ingold (1950 - 1950) \nMember of Farm Writers and Broadcasters (1978 - 1999) \nMember of the Agricultural Bureau New South Wales (1970 - 1970) \nMember of the Albury\/Wodonga Post School Education Council (1985 - 1987) \nMember of the Education Commission NSW Task Force (1981 - 1984) \nMember of the Legal Profession Disciplinary Tribunal (1991 - 1994) \nMember of the Meat and Allied Trade Course Review Committee Ryde School of Hotel Management and Catering (1983 - 1986) \nMember of the Murrumbidgee Agricultural College Advisory Board (1979 - 1979) \nMember of the New South Wales Women's Advisory Council to the Premier (1981 - 1984) \nMember of the New South Wales Board of Adult Education (1984 - 1991) \nMember of the Riverina Area Consultative Committee (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Riverina Area Scout Association of Australia Council (1978 - 1978) \nMember of the Riverina Region Development Board (1991 - 1991) \nOfficer of the Order of Australia (2001 - 2001) \nPatron of the New South Wales Rural Youth State Council (1990 - 1990) \nState President of the Agricultural Bureau New South Wales (1975 - 1979) \nState Treasurer of the Agricultural Bureau New South Wales (1979 - 1999) \nVice-President of the New South Wales Rural Youth State Council (1976 - 1977)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lugg, Marlene Martha", "Entry ID": "AWE0303", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lugg-marlene-martha\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America", "Occupations": "Consumer activist, Health administrator", "Summary": "Marlene Lugg was a pioneer health planner and statistician in Western Australia. She was born Marlene Heinrich in Wisconsin, USA on 6 March 1938. She was educated at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and married Dr Richard Lugg.\nIn 1982 she was the Chief Health Statistician, Department of Public Health, Western Australia (since 1967), deputy chair, Australian National Committee on Vital Health Statistics (since 1976) and a lecturer at the Medical School at the University of Western Australia.\nMarlene Lugg was the first Doctor of Public Health in Australia in 1981: first woman fellow, Australian College of Health Service Administrators (formerly Australian Institute of Hospital Administrators) 1973; first woman of WA State Branch Council of Australian College of Health Service Administrators 1972. Marlene published extensively on health statistics and health planning. In 1983 she returned to the United States as Director of the Health Information Systems Program at the University of California at Los Angeles and was a Visiting Professor in Public Health at California State University, Northridge, 1987\u20142000.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Youatt, Jean Beatrice", "Entry ID": "AWE0304", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/youatt-jean-beatrice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "China", "Death Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Scientist", "Summary": "Dr Jean Youatt was an Australian biochemist. She graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and microbiology, before completing her masters in microbiology at the same university, while working with Vic Skerman on the effects of oxygen on anaerobes.\nBecause she could not get a Ph.D. in Australia at the time, she traveled to the United Kingdom and Leeds University, where she worked under Howard Rogers and Professor Haphold. She finished her Ph.D. there in 1954, doing research on an autotrophic organism that breaks down thiocyanate.\nDr Youatt established her international reputation working with a fungi called allonyces. In an interview she undertook after her retirement in 1990, she said: \"Fungi were new for me. I had always worked with bacteria, where all you see is a little dot or dash, but these things grew like little trees: they had roots and branches and produced different kinds of fruiting structures. Looking down the microscope, you could actually watch what was happening; you could then take samples away and analyse them to see chemically what was happening. I decided this was the nicest combination of things I could possibly get.\"\nShe was born in China on 13 March 1925 and educated at Melbourne University after being \"enclosed in a compound\" by the Japanese for 4 years during the war.\nHer PhD work at Leeds on an autotroph organism is still being cited as the organism is being used to deal with industrial waste. She worked for a number of years in Melbourne on a drug that was used to treat tuberculosis.\n(Source: Royal Australian Chemical Institute - Chemist Profiles www.raci.org.au\/New_Site_ 2001\/chemporf.shtml)\n[NB: the above biography was researched and written by Philida Sturgiss-Hoy]\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bourke, Eleanor", "Entry ID": "AWE0305", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bourke-eleanor\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hamilton, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Welfare worker", "Summary": "A descendant of the Wergaia and Wamba Wamba people of western Victoria, Eleanor Bourke, n\u00e9e Anderson, formerly Koumalatsos, married Colin Bourke and had two children: Sia and Kelly. Eleanor and her family moved to Murraydale, near Swan Hill, Victoria in 1945. She attended primary and high school in rural Victoria and was awarded the degrees\nDip Arts Journalism (RMIT), BA Writing (CCAE), and MEdStud (Adelaide).\nEleanor's work includes policy concerning Aboriginal people in both the Victorian and Commonwealth governments and academia. Positions held include: Associate Professor in Indigenous Affairs and the Director of the Aboriginal Research Institute, Faculty of the Aboriginal and Islander Studies, University of South Australia; Professor of Aboriginal and Islander Studies and Director of Aboriginal Programs at Monash University; member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Family Law Council and the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee; Fellow of the Australian College of Education; and Chair of the Yoorrook Justice Commission. She was a Co-Chair of Reconciliation Victoria for three years, Board Member for the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council for twelve years and a Board Member of Native Title Services Victoria. Her membership of community-based organisations include the Victorian Aboriginal Advancement League, the Victorian Aboriginal Education Consultative Group and Camp Jungai Cooperative Ltd.\nEleanor Bourke was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll for Women in 2010 and the Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll in 2019 and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2022 for significant service to Indigenous heritage, to justice, and to education.\n(Sources: Aboriginal Women by Degrees Mary Ann Bin-Sallik, ed. University of Queensland Press, 2000.)\n\u00a0\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2010 - 2010)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contemporary-australian-women-1996-97\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pridham, Ursula Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE0306", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pridham-ursula-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Austria", "Occupations": "Winemaker", "Summary": "Ursula Pridham was the first woman winemaker in Australia in 1968. She was born Ursula Rauschl on 30 March 1935 and was educated in Germany and Austria in electrical engineering. She married Geoffrey Pridham in 1961.\nShe established the Marienberg Winery in 1966 in South Australia. Ursula gained national recognition for the quality of her wines long before McLaren Vale became a famous wine making area. Marienberg Wines was sold in 1991 but the current owners continue winemaking in the style that Ursula pioneered. The wines are known for the use of oak and delicate varietal styles. The wines have won many awards.\n(Sources: Lofthouse, Andrea, Who's Who of Australian Women, Methuen, Australia, 1982. Marienberg Wines)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Siedlecky, Stefania Winifred", "Entry ID": "AWE0307", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/siedlecky-stefania-winifred\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Stefania Siedlecky was one of the first two women medical officers to work at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW). A general practitioner with a particular interest in women's health, she was influential in the development of the family planning movement in NSW, joining Family Planning NSW in 1971. In 1974 she helped set up the Leichhardt (NSW) Women's Health Centre and the Preterm Foundation, two initiatives which brought safe legal abortion to NSW. From these beginnings, she developed a national, then international, reputation. In 1986 she joined the United Nations Family Planning Association (UNFPA) Special Advisory Committee on Women, Population and Development and in 1988 conducted a review of the UNFPA program in Zambia.\n", "Details": "Stefania Siedlecky was born in Blackheath 1921, daughter of a Polish migrant. She graduated in Medicine during the war years at the beginning of the era of antibiotics and blood transfusions and was one of the first two women RMOs at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney. She spent nearly 30 years in general practice and was on the gynaecology staff at Rachel Forster Hospital in Sydney 1960-1974. She joined Family Planning NSW in 1971 and in 1974 helped set up the Leichhardt Women's Health Centre and the Preterm Foundation, two initiatives which brought safe legal abortion to NSW.\nIn 1974 she became the Consultant in Family Planning in the Commonwealth Department of Health, initially for six months, but stayed on as Senior Adviser in Family Planning and Women's Health for 12 years. She was responsible for the establishment of the Action Centre for Adolescents in Melbourne, the Warehouse and the Fairfield Multicultural Centre in Sydney, an education program in family planning, and the first National Women's Health Conference in 1975. In 1978 she took the MSc in Medical Demography at London University, and in 1979 was seconded to the organising committee for the UN Mid-Decade Conference for Women. She was a member of the Australian delegation to the UN Mid-Decade Conference (Copenhagen 1980), the International Conference on Population (Mexico 1984) and the UN End of the Decade for Women Conference (Nairobi 1985).\nOn retirement in 1986, she joined the UNFPA Special Advisory Committee on Women, Population and Development and in 1988 did a review of the UNFPA program in Zambia. She joined the board of the Family Planning Association in ACT and later in NSW (1987-2000) where she was President for 2 years. She set up the FP NSW Ethics Committee which she chaired from 1987 to 2000. She represented Australia on the ESEAOR Council from 1989-95 and helped to establish its women's sub- committee. In 1990, with co-author Diana Wyndham, she published, 'Populate and Perish-Australian Women's Fight for Birth Control.' She is on the Board of the Preterm Foundation and a member of several women's organisations.\nIn 1989 she joined Macquarie University as an Honorary Associate in Demography where she participates in epidemiological research and teaching. She has written papers on teenage pregnancy, contraceptive use and abortion and contributed to international publications. With Professor Farhat Yusuf she has published a number of papers on aspects of women's health and contraceptive use, most recently a review of 30 years of abortion in South Australia (in press).\nIn 1987 she was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to Women's Health.\nDescribed as 'a true legend in women's health and in our community', Dr Siedlecky was a founder of Australia's women's health movement and trailblazer. Over fifty years, through her intelligence, passion and commitment to medicine and women's health, she had a significant and lasting impact on thousands of women's lives and Australia's health system and academia.\n[NB: the above biography was researched and written by Philida Sturgiss-Hoy]\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crow, Ruth", "Entry ID": "AWE0308", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crow-ruth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Horsham, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Political activist", "Summary": "Ruth Crow and her husband Maurie, long term members of the Communist Party, were active in various progressive movements, in later years becoming especially involved with the North Melbourne Association.\n(Source: Historical Note Melbourne University Archives)\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2008 - 2008)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-crow-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/another-time-place-sound-recording\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crow-ruth-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ruth-maurie-crow-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/audrey-blake-further-papers-1915-1998\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cruickshank, Emily", "Entry ID": "AWE0309", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cruickshank-emily\/", "Type": "Person", "Summary": "Emily Cruickshank was married to F. Cruickshank until 1902 when he died. She was the sole breadwinner for her family of three children.\n(Source: Historical Note Melbourne University Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cruickshank-emily-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cuming, Grace", "Entry ID": "AWE0310", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cuming-grace\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Summary": "Grace Cuming was the wife of W.J. (Bill) Cuming, of the Cuming, Smith & Co. family.\n(Source: Historical Note Melbourne University Archives)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cuming-grace-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cuming-grace-3\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Derham, Dorothy Lush", "Entry ID": "AWE0311", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-dorothy-lush\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kew, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Poet", "Summary": "Dorothy Derham was the daughter of H. and Grace Derham (n\u00e9e Taylor and one of four sisters including Jeannie 'Mrs Aeneas' Gunn), graduated at the University of Melbourne (B.A. 1919, Dip.Ed. 1920, M.A. 1921) and taught English and French to the examination forms at Ruyton Girls' School. She was first cousin to Alfred and Enid Derham, and a close friend of the latter.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-dorothy-lush-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Derham, Enid", "Entry ID": "AWE0312", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-enid\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Kew, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Lecturer, Photographer, Poet", "Summary": "Enid Derham was a poet and an academic who photographed her travels to Egypt, the Mediterranean, Europe, and England during 1927.\n", "Details": "Enid Derham was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne, on 24 March 1882. Her father, Thomas Plumley Derham, was a Bristol-born solicitor, and her mother was Ellen Hyde n\u00e9e Hodgson. She attended Hessle College, Camberwell, before moving on to Presbyterian Ladies' College. She commenced studies at the University of Melbourne in 1900, where she read Classical Philology. Whilst studying at the University, she became involved in the Princess Ida Club, of which she became a committee member. The club aimed to 'promote the common interests of, and to form a bond of union between the present and past women students.'\nDerham graduated from the University of Melbourne with a B.A. (First Class Honours) in 1903. Following this she was awarded a scholarship to complete a M.A. and majored in English and modern languages; she completed this degree in 1905. She began to write her own poetry during this time.\nHer association with the University of Melbourne continued after her graduation when she became a tutor of English at Trinity and Ormond Colleges, and lectured for the University Extension Board, and the Workers' Educational Association.\nDerham, along with 18 other women, was a founding member of the Catalysts' Society, which was based on the Lyceum Clubs in England, as well as The Lyceum Club, Melbourne and the Classical Association of Victoria, all of which fostered intellectual discourse.\nBefore the commencement of WW1, Derham travelled to Oxford and studied Anglo-Saxon and Old English for six months before returning to Melbourne.\nDerham published 'The Mountain Road and Other Verses', along with a short play entitled 'Empire: A Morality Play for Children' in 1912.\nShe moved to Western Australia where she took up a temporary lecturing position at the University of Western Australia in 1921, returning to the University of Melbourne in 1922, where she became the first woman to hold a lectureship position in the English department. She remained in this position for the rest of her life. Derham passed away on 13 November 1941, at her home in Kew.\nIn 1958, Melbourne University Press published a posthumous collection of her poetry entitled 'Poems'.\nDuring 1927 she travelled to Egypt, the Mediterranean, Europe, and England; she documented her travels with photographic studies. These photographs are held by the University of Melbourne Archives.\nCollections\nUniversity of Melbourne Archives (accession no. 1984.0030)\nContent added for initial entry in the Australian Women's Register, last modified 19 November 2015.\nEducated at Presbyterian Ladies' College and the University of Melbourne, Enid Derham graduated (BA) in classical philology in 1903 and her MA (Hons) in 1905. After tutoring in English at Trinity and Ormond colleges she spent six months at Oxford studying Anglo-Saxon and Old English. A member of 'The Catalysts' in 1912 she was a foundation member of both the Lyceum Club and the Classical Association of Victoria. Also her publications The Mountain Road and Other Verses and Empire. a Morality Play for Children were released in 1912. From 1922 until her death Derham was a lecturer in English Language and Literature at the University of Melbourne. In 1958 her second volume of poetry was published posthumously.\n", "Events": "Active as amateur photographer (1927 - 1927)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dictionary-of-australian-biography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-enid-1882-1941\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1941\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-writers-a-bibliographic-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/degrees-of-liberation-a-short-history-of-women-in-the-university-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/two-centuries-selections-from-english-prose-and-poetry-of-the-18th-and-19th-centuries\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/notes-on-the-school-treasury-of-english-literature-section-1\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/empire-a-morality-play-for-children\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/how-the-animals-came-to-australia-an-uncensored-account\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/poems-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-mountain-road-and-other-verses\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-webb-a-memoir\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/melbourne-university-portraits-they-called-it-the-shop\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-enid-6\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-enid-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-enid-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-enid-4\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-enid-5\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-dorothy-lush-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ridley-ronald-thomas\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Derham, Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE0313", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Malvern, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Kew, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Art teacher, Artist", "Summary": "Frances Derham was born in Melbourne in 1894 and married Alfred Derham. As a trained artist and qualified art teacher, she taught and lectured for over sixty years and had a profound influence on early childhood art in Australia. After teaching at Preshil in Kew, Frances Derham tutored at the Kindergarten Training College. She was closely involved with Christine Heineg in the establishment of the Lady Gowrie Child Centres in 1939. A former President of the Art Teachers' Association of Victoria, Vice-President and founding member of the Australian Society for Education through the Arts, Derham died in 1987.\n", "Details": "Represented in the following collections:\n\nNational Gallery of Australia\nhttps:\/\/searchthecollection.nga.gov.au\/artist\/15499\/frances-derham?irn=15499\nNational Gallery of Victoria\nhttps:\/\/www.ngv.vic.gov.au\/explore\/collection\/artist\/2831\/\n\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-frances-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-frances-3\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ward, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE0314", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ward-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gympie, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Barbara Ward was born on February 12, 1954 in Gympie, Queensland, educated at Aspley State High School and studied Economics at the University of Queensland.\nBarbara was advisor to the Hon Paul Keating, MP between 1979 and 1985. ( Keating was Treasurer of Australia between 1983 and 1991).\nBarbara held various positions with TNT Finance between 1985 and 1993 and then was Chief Executive of Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services 1993-97.\nBarbara has been Chairman of North Power since 2000 and a director of the Commonwealth Bank since 1994.\n(Source: Herd, Margaret (editor) Who's Who in Australia, 2002, 38th edition, Crown Content, Melbourne.)\n[NB: the above biography was researched and written by Philida Sturgiss-Hoy]\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contemporary-australian-women-1996-97\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackson, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE0315", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Warragul, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Margaret Jackson was born on March 17, 1953 in Warragul, Victoria, educated at Warragul High School and studied Economics at Monash and Business Administration at Melbourne University.\nMargaret was chairman of Qantas from 2000 to 2007. She has been a director of Qantas since 1992 and her other directorships include ANZ since 1994.\nMargaret is married to Roger Donazzan and they have 2 children.\n(Source: Herd, Margaret (editor) Who's Who in Australia, 2002 38th edition, Crown Content, Melbourne.)\n[NB: the above biography was researched and written by Philida Sturgiss-Hoy]\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contemporary-australian-women-1996-97\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Young, Simone", "Entry ID": "AWE0316", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/young-simone\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Conductor, Music director", "Summary": "Simone Young is the Conductor and Music Director of Opera Australia. She was educated at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music.\nSimone has been conductor Paris Opera, Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin and Vienna Staatsoper, Royal Opera House (London) and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.\nShe was Young Australian of the Year in 1987.\nSimone is married to Greg Condon and has 2 daughters.\n(Source: Herd, Margaret (editor) Who's Who in Australia, 2002 38th edition, Crown Content, Melbourne.)\n[NB: the above biography was researched and written by Philida Sturgiss-Hoy]\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contemporary-australian-women-1996-97\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sisely, Lorna Verdun", "Entry ID": "AWE0317", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sisely-lorna-verdun\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Surgeon", "Summary": "Lorna Sisely, born in 1916 in Wangaratta, was educated at Wangaratta High School, Methodist Ladies College (Melb.) and Janet Clarke Hall University of Melbourne. She was a junior then senior Resident Medical Officer (RMO) at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne from 1942 until 1944. Later Sisely was founder and consultant surgeon at the Monash Medical Centre Breast Clinic. Among her other activities she was a member of the Anti-Cancer Council 1964 - 1981. On 14 June 1980 Lorna Sisely was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her service to medicine.\n[NB: the above biography was researched and written by Philida Sturgiss-Hoy for Women's History Month 2003]\n", "Events": "Consultant Surgeon at the Monash Medical Centre (1981 - 1981) \nDean of the Clinical School at the Queen Victoria Medical Centre Monash University (1980 - 1981) \nDemonstrator with the Department of Anatomy and Pathology at the University of Melbourne (1947 - 1949) \nFounder and Consultant Surgeon of the Breast Clinic Monash Monash Medical Centre (1979 - 1979) \nHonourary Assistant Surgeon at the Children's Hospital, Melbourne (1947 - 1949) \nJunior and Senior Resident Medical Officer at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne (1942 - 1944) \nMember of the Anti-Cancer Council (1964 - 1981) \nSurgeon and member of the senior staff with the Queen Victoria Medical Centre (1947 - 1981) \nWinner of the Gordon Craig Scholarship in Surgery (1949 - 1949)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/surgeon-championed-women-in-medicine\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pioneering-woman-surgeon-who-always-shone\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maloney, Betty Florence", "Entry ID": "AWE0318", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maloney-betty-florence\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Colac, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Botanical artist, Illustrator", "Summary": "An illustrator of many books on Australian plants, Betty Maloney and her sister, Jean Walker, studied art at Melbourne Technical College (now RMIT).\nAfter teaching art at the National Fitness Council, Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and St Catherine's School in Melbourne, she travelled to Europe.\nWith her sister she wrote Designing Australian Bush Garens and Australian Bush Gardens in 1966 and 1967.\nThe 86 watercolour illustrations used for the publication Proteaceae of the Sydney Region with Alec Blombery are in the Archives of the New South Wales State Library.\nAlso she illustrated books on mah-jong and thimbles - she maintained a collection of Victorian thimbles, was a co-founder, with her husband, of the Sydney Wagner Society and was involved with volunteer conservation groups, including the Society for Growing Australian Plants.\nIn the early 1990s her own garden at French's Forest was approved by the National Trust as a Trust garden and she was presented with a terracotta plaque.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maloney-betty-1925-2001\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/betty-florence-maloney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/more-about-bush-gardens\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-game-of-mah-jong-illustrated\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/designing-australian-bush-gardens\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/improve-your-mah-jong-more-about-the-game-of-mah-jong\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-kosciusko\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/propagating-australian-plants\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kakadu-to-broome\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-mah-jong-players-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thimbles-of-australia-including-thimbles-of-the-world-with-an-australian-connection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/growing-australian-orchids\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/growing-native-plants-for-balconies-courtyards-townhouses\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wildflowers-and-native-plants-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-proteaceae-of-the-sydney-region\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/native-plants\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/islands\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/valete\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/volume-03-betty-maloney-original-drawings-of-the-fruits-and-seeds-of-the-family-proteaceae-in-the-sydney-region-1990-1991\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/volume-02-betty-maloney-preliminary-sketches-of-the-fruits-and-seeds-of-the-family-proteaceae-of-the-sydney-region-ca-1990-1991\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/volume-01-betty-maloney-preliminary-sketches-of-the-family-proteaceae-of-the-sydney-region-1976-1980\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-posters-promoting-events-and-exhibitions-of-the-state-library-of-nsw\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mr-and-mrs-selwyn-brown-and-their-two-daughters-and-mrs-selwyns-mother-after-an-aeroplane-joy-flight\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hammer, Julie Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE0319", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hammer-julie-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Julie Hammer was the first woman to command an operational unit in the RAAF, the Electronic Warfare Squadron, and was awarded a Conspicuous Service Cross for that command. She was the recipient of the 1996 Association of Old Crows (Australian Chapter) Award for Distinguished Service to Electronic Warfare. She was awarded the 2001 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial Medal by the Royal Aeronautical Society to recognise her contribution to Australian aerospace and delivered the 2001 Kingsford Smith Memorial Lecture. She is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She was the first woman in the RAAF to become a member of the General List on promotion to Group Captain 1996, and the first serving woman in the history of the Australian Defence Force to be promoted to One Star level, on promotion to Air Commodore in 1999. She served for three years from 1996 to 1998 as one of the Prime Minister's representatives on the Governor General's Australian Bravery Awards Council.\n", "Details": "Julie Hammer completed her schooling in Brisbane and in 1971 was placed 8th in the State of Queensland in the Senior Public (Matriculation) Examination. She joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1977 after completing a B.Sc. (Hons) in Physics at the University of Queensland. Initially an Education Officer, she transferred to the Engineer Branch in 1981 shortly after that employment was opened to women. In her early career as a junior officer, she was a staff member at the Engineer Cadet Squadron, instructed in electronics at the School of Radio, managed deep level maintenance on F-111, Iroquois, Chinook and Canberra aircraft at Amberley, and worked at Headquarters Support Command in the engineering management of avionics equipment for the RAAF fleet. She was promoted to Squadron Leader in June 1985.\n In 1987, after 16 months study at RAF Cranwell, UK and completion of an M.Sc. in Aerosystems Engineering, Julie Hammer returned to Canberra and served as a technical intelligence analyst in the Joint Intelligence Organisation. She subsequently worked on a major Electronic Warfare project, the P-3C ESM Project, first as project engineer and then, after promotion to Wing Commander, as project manager. In 1992, she assumed command of the Electronic Warfare Squadron in Adelaide and served in that post for three years.\n Returning to Canberra in 1996 and completing a Graduate Diploma in Strategic Studies at the Joint Services Staff College, Julie Hammer was promoted to Group Captain and again posted into major projects, this time as the Project Director of a number of command and control projects. During this period, she was seconded for four months to serve on the Science and Technology Team of the Defence Efficiency Review. Throughout 1999, she was the sole Australian student at the prestigious Royal College of Defence Studies in London, completing that 12 month course in strategic and international studies with 83 fellow course members from 38 nations. Returning to Australia in December 1999 on promotion to Air Commodore, she assumed duties as Director General Information Services, responsible for the operations and support of Defence's fixed communications networks and computer systems throughout Australia. In December 2001 she became the Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy, where midshipmen and officer cadets from all three Services are provided with a balanced and liberal university education in a military environment.\nJulie Hammer was the first woman to command an operational unit in the RAAF, the Electronic Warfare Squadron, and was awarded a Conspicuous Service Cross for that command. She was awarded the 2001 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial Medal by the Royal Aeronautical Society to recognise her contribution to Australian aerospace and delivered the 2001 Kingsford Smith Memorial Lecture. She is the only woman in the history of the Australian Defence Force to have achieved 'starred' rank. In 2002, she was appointed by the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women to be one of Australia's Honouring Women Ambassadors. She was awarded the 2003 Alumnus of the Year of the University of Queensland to recognise her contribution to her profession.\nOn 26 January 2004 Air Vice Marshal Julie Hammer was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for exceptional service in the fields of electronics engineering in Defence, and military education as the Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/engineers-in-our-community\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julie-hammer-commandant-wife-daughter-engineer-role-model\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julie-hammer-the-most-senior-woman-in-the-australian-defence-forces\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/air-vice-marshal-julie-hammer-is-uqs-2003-alumni-ace\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julie-hammer-air-vice-marshal\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/biographical-cuttings-on-julie-hammer-airforce-officer-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tait, Viola", "Entry ID": "AWE0320", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tait-viola\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Pressburg, Austria-Hungary", "Occupations": "Actor, Author, Philanthropist, Singer", "Summary": "Born in Pressburg, Austria-Hungary where her father was the manager of a branch of J P Coats thread mills. The family returned to Paisley, in Scotland, with the outbreak of World War I.\nShe enrolled in the in the Scottish National Academy of Music in Glasgow, then studied singing under Francis Harford before joining the Carl Rosa Opera Company in 1935 and played at the London Lyceum Theatre and touring South Africa.\nIn 1937 she joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as a principal soprano, touring the English provinces and later America. In 1939 she was invited to join the Australian Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company as a principal for a year long tour of Australia and New Zealand.\nShe met and married Frank (later Sir Frank) Tait, the youngest of the five Tait brothers.\nHer first book A Family of Brothers provides a history of the J C Williamson's theatre enterprise and the contribution of the Tait brothers to Australian theatre. This was followed by Dames, Principal Boys\u2026and all that: A history of Pantomime in Australia in 2001.\n(Source: Farewell to a grand dame of light opera by Elisabeth Kumm and Grand lady of the stage by Philip Jones)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tait-theatre-drawings-8-may-8-june-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dames-principal-boys-and-all-that-a-history-of-pantomime-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-family-of-brothers-the-taits-and-j-c-williamson-a-theatre-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/farewell-to-a-grand-dame-of-light-opera\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grand-lady-of-the-stage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/viola-wilson-1938-39\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-the-tait-family-1908-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/viola-tait-interviewed-by-michelle-potter-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Connell, Maude", "Entry ID": "AWE0321", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oconnell-maude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Beaufort, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "St Vincent's Hospital East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Trade unionist", "Summary": "Maude O'Connell worked as a teacher and completed nursing training before becoming involved in social work. She was elected a Governor of the Carlton Refuge in 1909, and was an active member of the Tobacco Workers' Union before founding \"The Company of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament\" (more commonly known as 'The Grey Sisters').\n", "Details": "The daughter of Patrick Martin and Rosina (n\u00e9e Hosking) O'Connell, Maude O'Connell worked as a teacher and completed her nursing training before becoming an active member of the Labor Party. She was the Catholic Church's delegate on many committees and councils dealing with industrial and social matters. O'Connell worked with the Charity Sisters working in the slums, and the Good Shepherd Sisters assisting girls who came before the courts. Also she tried to improve the conditions of women factory workers by working alongside them and becoming a union official.\nIn 1930 O'Connell, now in her late forties, established a rest home at Daylesford, where she took mothers and children, especially from the slum areas of inner Melbourne for respite care. Later she set up schools for Mother Craft Training, Rest Homes for Mothers, and provided Home Help for needy families, and Parent Education classes.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/company-of-our-lady-of-the-blessed-sacrament-family-care-sisters\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/horizon-in-retrospect-1916-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cohn, Carola (Ola)", "Entry ID": "AWE0323", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cohn-carola-ola\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bendigo, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Cowes, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Philanthropist, Sculptor", "Summary": "Ola Cohn was the first Australian sculptor to carve large commissions free-hand in stone. She created the statue for the Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden in Adelaide, South Australia, and carved the famous Fairies' Tree in Melbourne's Fitzroy Gardens. Examples of Ola Cohn's work in bronze, stone and wood are in state and provincial galleries nationwide. On 1 January 1965, Cohn was appointed a Member of the British Empire for her work in the service of art, especially sculpture. Her studio home in Gipps St, East Melbourne, is now known as the Ola Cohn Memorial Centre.\n", "Details": "One of six siblings, Carola (Ola) Cohn was born to Julius Cohn and Sarah Helen Snowball in Bendigo. Both parents were born in Australia: Ola's maternal grandparents arrived from England in 1850, and her paternal grandparents from Denmark in 1852. Ola was educated at Girton College, Bendigo, but studied drawing and sculpture at the Bendigo School of Mines. She went on to study at Swinburne Technical College in Melbourne, and finally, at the Royal College of Art in London. Exhibitions of her work were held all over Australia as well as in London, Paris and Glasgow. In 1930 she received a request from the office of H.R.H The Prince of Wales for a piece of her work to be part of an exhibition given in aid of the British Legion. Years later a faded newspaper clipping reads: 'When still a child she saw that most people were content to live, die and be forgotten. Her determination to become a sculptor, and that in this profession her work and memory would endure, commenced at the age of seven when she first modelled figures in wet sand'.\nOla Cohn was the first Australian sculptor to carve large commissions free-hand in stone. A pioneer of modernist sculpture in this country, her early work generated terrific controversy when it was exhibited in Melbourne in 1931. Over the course of her career, however, Cohn completed numerous commissions in Australia including two sandstone figures for the Royal Hobart Hospital, a six foot lime-stone Pioneer Women's Memorial for Adelaide's Garden of Remembrance and the bronze entitled 'Comedy'. In 1952 she received the Crouch Prize in Ballarat - the first and only sculptor to receive the honour - for her wood carving, Abraham. Cohn was perhaps most famous for carving The Fairies' Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens between 1931-34. This was a gift to the children of Melbourne, and she received no payment for the work.\nOla Cohn was a central figure in the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, hosting life drawing classes every Friday night at her studio and serving as president of the Society for many years. She joined the Lyceum Club, and the Arts, Press and Letters Committee for the National Council of Women.\nThe extent of Cohn's philanthropic activity is difficult to assess. One newspaper described her as a 'charity worker', but she is unlikely to have been given honorary life membership of the Royal Children's Hospital simply because she was weaving scarves for charity - which she was indeed doing. Her extensive archives give little clue as to what kind of financial assistance she was able to provide, but certainly she opened her famous studio from time to time to raise money for a particular cause. In this way she raised \u00a3400 in aid of the Red Cross, the Comforts Fund and Food for Britain during WWII. She also held art classes for soldiers recovering from injury. Cohn assisted appeals for the Children's Hospital, Save the Children's Fund, Brotherhood of St. Laurence, Heart Foundation, The Cultural Centre Melbourne, and Animal Relief.\nCohn's greatest philanthropic gesture was her bequest to the Council of Adult Education. To this body she left her home and studio at 41 Gipps Street, East Melbourne and a collection of her works, with the idea that it would become a sculpture school. The bequest was valued at just under \u00a31 million. Poor financial management on the part of the CAE led to an attempt to sell the property, but this was thwarted by a legal battle headed by Cohn's niece Helen Bruinier. It is now known as the Ola Cohn Memorial Centre.\nOla Cohn was married at the age of 61 to her friend Herbert John Green, a retired Victorian Government Printer. She was appointed a Member of the British Empire for her work in the service of art, especially sculpture, on 1 January 1965.\n", "Events": "Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services rendered in the service of art, especially sculpture (1964 - 1964) \nAttended art classes at the Bendigo School of Mines (1910 - 1919) \nAttended the Royal College of Art, London where her lecturers included Henry Moore for sculpture (1926 - 1926) \nAwarded a Royal College of Art, London free studentship (1928 - 1928) \nBecame an associate of the Royal College of Art, London (1929 - 1929) \nCarved Head of a Virgin, now in the National Gallery of Victoria, which was considered very modern in Australia at the time (1926 - 1926) \nCarved The Fairies' Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne (1931 - 1934) \nCarved the limestone Pioneer Woman memorial statue, Adelaide (1940 - 1941) \nEstablished a studio at 9 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria (1930 - 1930) \nExecuted 19 panels for the Mutual Life and Citizens Building, Sydney New South Wales - 14 were designed by Murray Griffen (1939 - 1939) \nHeld an exhibition of her overseas work (1931 - 1931) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2007 - 2007) \nMarried Herbert John Green, retired government printer (1953 - 1953) \nMember of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (1922 - 1964) \nMember of the Victorian Art Society (1921 - 1921) \nMoved to 41 Gipps Street, East Melbourne where she made her studio a centre for artists (1937 - 1937) \nPart-time lecturer in art at the Melbourne Kindergarten Teacher's College (1940 - 1954) \nPresident of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (1948 - 1964) \nProduced two seven-foot (2.1m) sandstone figures, representing Science and Humanity, for the Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania (1938 - 1938) \nStudied at Swinburne Technical College, Melbourne (1920 - 1925) \nTaught art at Geelong Church of England Grammar School (1933 - 1933) \nTravelled to Europe and Iceland (1949 - 1951) \nWon the Crouch Prize - the first time it had been won by a sculptor - for a wood carving (1952 - 1952) \nWon the Roman Catholic Diocesan Centenary Prize in Melbourne (1948 - 1948)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carved-magic-at-the-bottom-of-the-gardens\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/castles-in-the-air\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-fairies-tree\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/more-about-the-fairies-tree\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mostly-cats\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ola-cohn-1982-1964-sculpture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ola-cohns-fairies-tree\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brushing-the-dust-off\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ola-cohn\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/notable-forebears-and-relatives\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-melbourne-society-of-women-painters-and-sculptors-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/more-than-just-gumtrees-a-personal-social-and-artistic-history-of-the-melbourne-society-of-women-painters-and-sculptors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heritage-the-national-womens-art-book-500-works-by-500-australian-women-artists-from-colonial-times-to-1955\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cohn-carola-1892-1964\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/melbourne-painters-prepare-to-fight\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/artists-allowed-to-stay-in-sculptors-house\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ola-cohns-house-and-studio-still-in-question\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/100000-gift-to-help-restore-artists-centre\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-artists-still-call-ola-cohn-centre-home\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-word-in-the-stone-sculptor-ola-cohn\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/glass-after-glass-autobiographical-reflections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/album-ca-1904-1950-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ola-cohn-1912-1964-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/photograph-album-ca-1920-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-ola-cohn-sculptor-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bust-of-fritz-hart-realia-ola-cohn\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1904-1995-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1912-ca-1970-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Henslowe, Dorothea Isabel", "Entry ID": "AWE0326", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henslowe-dorothea-isabel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Launceston, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Teacher", "Summary": "After leaving school Dorothea Henslowe worked as a teacher and governess. During World War I she was a Voluntary Aid at Hornsey Hospital at Evandale after which she returned to teaching. After both her parents died in 1935, Henslowe travelled to Canada and then settled in Battery Point, Hobart. She worked in an honorary capacity for the Australian Board of Mission, a missionary organisation of the Anglican Church that works largely in Asia, the Pacific and with Aboriginal communities, for over 30 years.\n", "Details": "\"Dorothea Isabel Henslowe lived in the Scottsdale area, Tasmania until she was three, when her family moved to a farm at Ulverstone. She was educated by a governess until leaving home to complete her schooling at the Church of England Girls' Grammar School in Launceston. After leaving school she worked as a teacher and governess, including at Launceston's Frederick Street School.\n\"From 1919 to 1920 she was a Voluntary Aid at Hornsey Hospital at Evandale, but subsequently returned to teaching. In 1925 she went to live with her family in Hamilton, where her father had been appointed Anglican rector, and she spent the next ten years there helping in the parish and giving aid to the needy.\n\"After both her parents died in 1935, Dorothea travelled to Canada and then settled in Battery Point, Hobart. She worked for the Australian Board of Mission, a missionary organisation of the Anglican Church that works largely in Asia, the Pacific and with Aboriginal communities. She worked in an honorary capacity for this organisation for more than 30 years. She was first appointed secretary to the Women's Auxiliary of the Board in 1937, serving in the position until 1943. She was then appointed as the honorary state secretary for Tasmania and established the organisation's state office. In this role she became the first woman to address the Synod of the Anglican Church in Tasmania. She retired as honorary state secretary in 1954, but continued to serve on the organisation's board and as its representative to the Anglican Synod. She was federal president of the organisations for six years, and federal president of the Women's Auxiliary from 1964 to 1967. She also served as a voluntary worker on the Diocesan Children's Homes Committee, which oversaw the management of Children's Homes operated by the Tasmanian Diocese of the Anglican Church, including five years as its honorary secretary and later three as its president. She was an initiator of the Canterbury Tea Rooms, which raised funds for both the Australian Board of Mission and the Diocesan Children's Homes between 1949 and 1959.\n\"Dorothea Henslowe was active in the Battery Point community. She was vice-president of the Battery Point Progress Association, and was president for 11 years of a committee which purchased a former Methodist Church in the 1960's to prevent its demolition and replacement by a service station. The Church became the Battery Point Community Centre. She ran a playgroup for underprivileged children and a boys club and suggested the establishment of a Senior Citizen's Club there. In 1987 the Community Centre was renamed Henslowe Park in recognition of her role in its establishment.\n\"She had a wide interest in the history of Tasmania, particularly its buildings. In 1971, Dorothea and a friend had the idea of taking tourists for guided tours of Battery Point. These were established the same year. She took many of the walks herself and also trained other guides to lead them. The walks raised funds for the restoration of St George's Anglican Church at Battery Point and for the National Trust. In 1978 she published a book, Our Heritage of Anglican Churches in Tasmania, a history of Anglican church buildings in the state.\n\"Dorothea Henslowe received a number of awards in recognition for her community and tourism work, including a British Empire Medal in 1979. She became a life member of the National Trust in 1986, and was Hobart City Council's Citizen of the Year in 1992. The same year she won the Tasmanian Visitor Corporation Award, an award created especially for her.\nShe also travelled extensively within Australia and overseas, including a trip to Central Australia to observe the work of the Australian Board of Mission. She published two books as a result of trips to Papua New Guinea, Papuan Post in 1947 and Papua Calls in 1954. During several trips to the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States she visited family members. In 1966 her sister Muriel Cranswick travelled with her to the Holy Lands, and together again in 1972, when Dorothea made a return visit to Papua New Guinea. Dorothea Henslowe died in 1994. Her ashes are at St Peter's Anglican Church at Hamilton, Tasmania.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/st-georges-church-a-guide-to-the-church-together-with-a-short-history-compiled-from-church-records-1824-to-1972\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papuan-post-being-letters-from-new-guinea\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papua-calls\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/our-heritage-of-anglican-churches-in-tasmania\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yarn-spinners-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-australian-board-of-missions-tasmanian-branch\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Forrest, Margaret Elvire", "Entry ID": "AWE0327", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forrest-margaret-elvire\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Le Havre, Normandy, France", "Death Place": "Georgina, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Botanical artist, Botanical collector, Political activist", "Summary": "Margaret Forrest was one of Australia's early botanical artists, and the wife of Western Australia's first Premier. She was born Margaret Elvire Hamersley in 1844, to Edward Hamersley and his French wife Anne Louise (Cornelis). They left London with their two young sons aboard the Shepherd, and arrived at Fremantle in 1837. Edward quickly acquired land around Perth and Fremantle, and became involved in viticulture and horse breeding. In 1843 the family made the first of two voyages back to Europe, and on this first extended sojourn, Margaret was born at La Havre, France, in October 1844. The Hamersley's returned to the Swan River colony in 1850.\nFrom an early age, Margaret Hamersley showed enthusiasm for watercolour painting, spending much time studying and sketching wildflowers. She later travelled on sketching trips with other noted botanical artists Marianne North and Rowan Ellis. She married John Forrest on 29 February, 1876 at St. George's Cathedral, Perth, and became heavily involved in political life, accompanying her husband on overseas and interstate trips. Lady Forrest was an active member of Western Australia's first society for artists and exhibited six wildflower watercolours in the Wilgie First Annual Exhibition of Paintings in 1890. She was a founding member of the Western Australia Society of Arts and the Karrakatta Club which was organised to broaden women's outlook by bringing them in contact with the fine arts. After her death in 1929, her collection was bequeathed to the Art Gallery of Western Australia in 1933.\nSource: http:\/\/www.anbg.gov.au\/biography\/forrest-margaret.html [accessed 15\/03\/2002] and Australian Garden History, vol. 7, no. 6, May\/June 1996, p.12.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lady-margaret-forrest-1844-1929\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lady-margaret-forrest-1844-1929-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forrest-margaret-elvire-1844-1929-painter-and-botanical-artist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-biography-of-lady-forrest\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forrest-family-pioneers-of-western-australia-1842-1982\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/margaret-forrest\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/margaret-forrest-wildflowers-of-western-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/western-australias-lady-forrest-1844-1929-a-memoir\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forrest-sir-john-baron-forrest-1847-1918\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-and-diary-1858-1913-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-1867-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-1922-june-14-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-1910-april-19-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-1918-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1839-1922-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fiveash, Rosa Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE0328", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fiveash-rosa-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide", "Occupations": "Botanical artist", "Summary": "While studying at the Adelaide School of Design under H P Gill, Principal, and Louis Tannert, Master of the School of Painting, Rosa Fiveash chose to specialise in painting Australian flora. She was commissioned by the conservator of forests, John Ednie Brown, to illustrate his Forest Flora of Australia and orchidologist R S Rogers to illustrate his works on South Australian orchids. The Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and the State Herbarium have a collection of her original flower paintings. It was Fiveash who introduced the art of china painting to Adelaide.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fiveash-rosa-catherine-1854-1938\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fiveash-rosa-catherine-1854-1938-biographical-entry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rosa-fiveash-1854-1938\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-orchids-a-collection-of-paintings\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-south-australian-naturalist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-forest-flora-of-south-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-introduction-to-the-study-of-south-australian-orchids\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-botanists-collectors-and-artists-collection\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rowan, Marian Ellis", "Entry ID": "AWE0329", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rowan-marian-ellis\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Botanical artist, Botanical collector", "Summary": "Ellis Rowan was a botanical artist who had no formal art training. She received encouragement from her family and husband, Frederick Charles Rowan, whom she married in 1873, to develop her own style in painting wildflowers.\nHer work was exhibited in both Australia and overseas for which she won a variety of art prizes.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rowan-marian-ellis-1848-1922\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rowan-marian-ellis-1848-1922-biographical-entry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ellis-rowan-1848-1922\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/botanical-and-wildlife-artist-intrepid-explorer-and-writer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/catalogue-of-water-colour-drawings-of-wild-flowers-etc\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flower-paintings-of-ellis-rowan-from-the-collection-of-the-national-library-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bill-baillie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ellis-rowan-1848-1922-a-biographical-sketch\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ellis-rowan-a-flower-hunter-in-queensland\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-flower-hunter-in-queensland-new-zealand\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/press-opinions-of-mrs-f-c-rowans-water-color-flower-drawings\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-guide-to-the-trees\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-guide-to-the-wild-flowers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/southern-wild-flowers-and-trees-together-with-shrubs-vines-and-various-forms-of-growth-through-the-mountains-the-middle-district-and-the-low-country-of-the-south\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-human-side-of-trees-wonders-of-the-world\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ellis-rowan-1873-1895-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cutting-book-1895-1922-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-papers-relating-to-ellis-rowan-1892-1956-bulk-1892-1896-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ellis-rowan-1848-1922-a-biography-of-a-remarkable-australian-woman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1926-1934-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Scott, Helena", "Entry ID": "AWE0331", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-helena\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Naturalist", "Summary": "Along with her sister Harriet (q.v.), Helena was educated by her father Alexander Walker Scott, an entomologist and entrepreneur. After the publication of Australian Lepidoptera, the sisters were elected honorary members of the Australian Entomological Society.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-helena-1832-1911\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-alexander-walker\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-harriet-and-helena-scott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-family-papers-being-material-belonging-to-mary-anne-scott-1880-1893\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-family-rose-scott-papers-1777-1925-mlmss-38-1-79\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blackburn, Jean Edna", "Entry ID": "AWE0332", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blackburn-jean-edna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Feminist", "Summary": "Jean Blackburn was a feminist, socialist and staunch advocate of the critical importance of good quality teaching and resources in shaping children's' lives. After completing an economics major at the University of Melbourne in1940 she became a research assistant for the Department of Economics. A mother who experienced the isolation of suburban living, she worked with Winifred Mitchell in organising the New Housewives' Association to help overcome this isolation.\nShe later completed a Diploma in Education and began her teaching career. In 1969 she was seconded as a consultant to the Committee of Enquiry into South Australian Education issuing the Karmel Report in 1973. This was the first of several such appointments. In 1983 she conducted a public enquiry into Victorian senior secondary education, issuing the Blackburn Report in 1985.\n", "Details": "Jean Blackburn took pleasure in the fact that she was born Jean Muir on 14 July, Bastille Day. The great democratic values of freedom, equality and solidarity inspired her ideas and values, and shine through her writings. She was born in 1919 in Melbourne and was educated in the public school system. The fact that, by the age of 21, she had graduated as a BA with Honours in Economics was largely a tribute to her own determination and thirst for knowledge. At the University of Melbourne, Jean joined the Labor Club and then the Communist Party.\nShe worked as a young woman with the War Office of Industry, before marrying Dick Blackburn and moving to Adelaide. Her work there as a secondary school teacher, while raising her family of three children, led her on to a public career in education policy. She left the Communist Party after the invasion of Hungary in 1956.\nAfter working as a consultant to a 1969-70 Committee of Enquiry into Education in South Australia headed by Prof. Peter Karmel, she was appointed Deputy Chair of the Interim Committee for the Australian Schools Commission in the early 70s, and a full-time member of the Commission for 7 years from 1974 to 1980. Her strong commitment to public values, her capacity for intellectual rigour and engagement with a range of views and her ability to express significant ideas in a lucid and inspiring way meant that she had a profound influence on Australian education. She was also one of the most profound feminist thinkers of her time.\nFrom 1983 -85 Jean Blackburn chaired the Ministerial Review of Post-compulsory Schooling in Victoria. She was the inaugural Chancellor of the University of Canberra from 1990-91, chaired the Victorian State Board of Education from 1991-92 and was founding chair of the State Suffrage Centenary Committee in South Australia from 1992-93. She was awarded honorary doctorates from three Australian Universities. She died in Adelaide in December 2001.\nAs well as this record of distinguished service and influence, it is Jean Blackburn's personal qualities and strength of character that explain her place as one of our most loved and revered leaders in education.\n", "Events": "Inaugural Australian College of Educators Jean Blackburn Oration given at Wilson Hall, The University of Melbourne. (2014 - 2014) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/changing-approaches-to-equality-in-education\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-study-of-work-in-society-a-curriculum-proposal\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-wives-today\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/changing-approaches-to-equality-in-education-lecture-given-at-the-australian-national-university-on-nov-19-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/title-i-and-the-disadvantaged-schools-program\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/report-volume-1-ministerial-review-of-postcompulsory-schooling\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/passionate-for-schools-equity-jean-blackburn\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/papers-of-jean-blackburn\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-blackburn-interviewed-by-peter-biskup-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-jean-blackburn-economist-educationalist-and-chancellor-university-of-canberra-sound-recording-interviewer-peter-read\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-blackburn-interviewed-by-wendy-lowenstein-in-the-communists-and-the-left-in-the-arts-and-community-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-blackburn-interviewed-by-tony-ryan-for-the-conversations-with-australian-educators-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-jean-blackburn-sound-recording-interviewer-allison-murchie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-jean-blackburn-sound-recording-interviewer-kirstin-marks\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-jean-blackburn-sound-recording-interviewer-allison-murchie-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/launch-of-the-barbara-hanrahan-memorial-exhibition-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hunt, Annemarie Jean (Anne)", "Entry ID": "AWE0333", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hunt-annemarie-jean-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "Anne Hunt attended Sacred Heart College, Geelong, Victoria, before completing a Science degree at the University of Melbourne.\nShe began her teaching career in 1978 as a teacher of Maths, Science and Chemistry with the Victorian Department of Education and later transferred to the Catholic schools sector. She also completed a degree in Theology at Yarra Theological Union. From 1983 to 1986 she was Deputy Principal of Loreto Mandeville Hall in Toorak, Victoria.\nIn 1987 Hunt travelled to the USA, where she completed a Masters degree in Educational Administration at Fordham University in New York City, and the next year a Masters degree in Theology at the Catholic Theological Union, Chicago.\nHunt returned to Australia in 1989 and became the first lay principal of Loreto Mandeville Hall. Once again she combined study with her career, completing doctoral studies in Theology in 1994 with the Melbourne College of Divinity. In 2002 Anne Hunt became the Rector of the Aquinas Campus of the Australian Catholic University.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-trinity-and-the-paschal-mystery-a-development-in-recent-catholic-theology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schnagl, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE0334", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schnagl-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress, Immunologist", "Summary": "Heather Schnagl is Principal of Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School and a Director of the Invergowrie Foundation.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Butt, Elizabeth Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0335", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/butt-elizabeth-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "Prior to completing her Science degree at the University of Melbourne, Butt attended Fintona Girls' School, Balwyn, Victoria. In 1950 she became a Scientific Officer for the Defence Standards Laboratory (Vic), and in 1952 was appointed Assistant Mistress at Heathfield School, UK. From 1955 to 1959 she taught at Shelford CEGGS, before joining the staff at Fintona in 1960.\nElizabeth Butt became Headmistress at Fintona in 1963, retaining this position for 29 years until her retirement in 1991.\n(Source: http:\/\/www.fintona.vic.edu.au\/history.htm accessed 18\/03\/2002)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feminine-singular-a-history-of-the-association-of-heads-of-independent-girls-schools-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marles, Fay Surtees", "Entry ID": "AWE0336", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marles-fay-surtees\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator", "Summary": "Fay Surtees Marles AM (n\u00e9e Pearce) is a former Australian public servant. She served as Victorian Commissioner of Equal Opportunity from 1977 to 1987 and Chancellor of the University of Melbourne from 2001 to 2004.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Percy Willam Pearce and Jane Victoria Crisp, Fay Marles completed her secondary education at Ruyton Girls' School, before attending the University of Melbourne.\nMarles graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1948 with a Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Social Work. She subsequently became a social worker in Queensland. However, after her marriage to Donald Marles in 1952 she was subjected to the marriage bar and forced to resign her position. She and her husband had four children, including politician Richard Marles.\nIn 1977, Marles was appointed the first Commissioner for Equal Opportunity in Victoria. She retained the position until 1987, when she established Fay Marles and Associates, a consultancy specializing in dispute resolution and human resource management.\nFay Marles was first elected to the University of Melbourne Council in 1984 and became Deputy Chancellor in 1986, before her appointment as Chancellor in 2001, a position she held until 2004. She was the first woman to hold the position.\nAfter retirement the University of Melbourne established the Fay Marles Scholarship in recognition of her strong commitment to social justice and human right. It is offered to research students from Australian Indigenous descent or students who are experiencing compassionate or compelling circumstances.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2010 - 2010)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dilemma-at-westernport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/workplace-approach-to-sexual-harassment\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/being-a-member-of-a-profession-implications-for-teachers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-decade-of-mary-owen-dinners\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/law\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Connors, Lyndsay Genevieve", "Entry ID": "AWE0337", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/connors-lyndsay-genevieve\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Educator, Feminist, Journalist", "Summary": "As a young parent with children growing up in Canberra, Lyndsay Connors was one of many whose lives were enriched by the philosophy of Jean Blackburn. Along with many other active members of the public education community and the feminist movement at that time, Lyndsay Connors found in The Karmel Report, Schools in Australia, and, in particular, in Girls, Schools and Society a set of directions for the continuing struggle for quality and equality in education.\nHaving served on the ACT Schools Authority as a parent member, Lyndsay Connors was then appointed as a full-time Schools Commissioner. Her later appointments included Chair of the Schools Council of the National Board of Employment, Education and Training; and Deputy Chair, Board, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Following a period of 8 years as a director with the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, she was appointed in 2000 to chair a Ministerial Working Party Review in Victoria, 'Public Education: The Next Generation. She was the Australian College of Education Medallist, 2001.\nIn 2017, Lindsay Connors was awarded an Order of Australian in the General Division for 'distinguished service to national public education policy, to improved school performance and equitable funding delivery, and as a role model and mentor of young women.'\n(Source: Biography supplied by Dr Shirley Randell AM)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gold-medal-2001-dr-lyndsay-connors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lyndsay-connors-speech-keynote-public-education-day-address\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dr-lyndsay-connors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/changing-schools-for-a-changing-future\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/science-and-mathematics-in-the-formative-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/twenty-questions-about-core-curriculum\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/school-based-decision-making\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/planning-and-funding-policies-for-new-non-government-schools\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/interview-with-lyndsay-connors-sound-recording-interviewer-rodney-cavalier\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Anderson, Carolyn", "Entry ID": "AWE0338", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anderson-carolyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "A former Principal of Ruyton Girls' School Melbourne, in 2012 Carolyn Anderson is chair of the board of trustees of the Invergowrie Foundation.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bunyan, Ruth Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0339", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bunyan-ruth-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "A former principal of Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School (1990-2001), Ruth Bunyan became a member (and then a director) of the Invergowrie Foundation Council, a philanthropic organisation that issues grants to community groups to advance girls' education in Victoria.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Barkley, Ruth was educated at Morongo Girls College and Geelong High School. She completed her tertiary education at the University of Melbourne and the University Women's College, graduating with a Bachelor of Science and a Diploma of Education.\nIn 1963, Ruth Barkley married Peter James Bunyan (deceased 1996). The pair had three children.\nBunyan worked as a haematologist at Mater Hospital in Newcastle before becoming a Lecturer in mathematics at the Victoria College of Pharmacy. Later she taught maths at Mitcham High School and Geelong High School, before becoming Chief of Staff at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne.\nBunyan was appointed to the position of Deputy Principal at St Margaret's Girls School, Berwick, and from 1990 until her retirement in 2001, was Principal of Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School, Melbourne.\nRuth Bunyan enjoys travel, reading, music, theatre, bushwalking and tennis. She is a member of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Lyceum Club (Melbourne).\nSource used to compile this entry: Who's Who in Australia, 2002 p. 332 and information supplied by The Invergowrie Foundation.\n", "Events": "Director, Mentone Girls' Grammar School (2001 - 2001) \nMember of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools Australia (1990 - 2001) \nMember, Acton Early Childhood Centre (2001 - 2001) \nMember, Invergowrie Foundation Council (1993 - 1993) \nPrincipal, Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School (Melbourne) (1990 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Douglas, Janice Margaret (Jan)", "Entry ID": "AWE0340", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/douglas-janice-margaret-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "Jan Douglas, a former Principal of Mentone Girls' Grammar School, was a member of the Mentone Girls' Grammar School Council and a director of The Invergowrie Foundation. She was also a council member for International House, a residential college of the University of Melbourne, and vice-principal at Presbyterian Ladies' College in Melbourne.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/educator-had-positive-influence-beyond-the-classroom\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fary, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE0341", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fary-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "A former principal of Camberwell Anglican Girls' Grammar School, Fary is a director of the Invergowrie Foundation.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/camberwell-girls-grammar-school\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Henry, Virginia", "Entry ID": "AWE0342", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henry-virginia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "A council member of the Invergowrie Foundation, Henry is the former principal of St Margaret's School, Berwick.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Otzen, Roslyn", "Entry ID": "AWE0343", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/otzen-roslyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "Otzen, principal of Korowa Anglican Girls' School, Victoria since 1991, is a council member of the Invergowrie Foundation.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Seifert, Deborah", "Entry ID": "AWE0344", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/seifert-deborah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "In 2002 Dr Deborah Seifert became Head of University College, The University of Melbourne. She was Principal of Fintona Girl's School, Balwyn (Victoria) from 1992-2000. Seifert is a council member of the Invergowrie Foundation.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tideman, Ruth", "Entry ID": "AWE0345", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tideman-ruth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "A council member of the Invergowrie Foundation, Ruth Tideman was Headmistress of Lauriston Girls' School, Armadale (Victoria) from 1983 to 2000.\nOn 26 January 2001 Ruth Tideman was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to education as the Headmistress of Lauriston Girls' School and for providing advancement opportunities for teachers and pupils through the Invergowrie Foundation.\n", "Events": "Born: daughter of Ac and N E (nee Boakes) Hansen (1932 - 1932) \nChairman of the Grants Committee for The Invergowrie Foundation (1996 - 1996) \nCouncil member of Melbourne Grammar School (2001 - 2001) \nDeputy headmistress of the Wilderness School in South Australia (1978 - 1982) \nFoundation chairman of The Invergowrie Foundation (1992 - 1995) \nHeadmistress of Lauriston Girls' School (Melbourne) (1983 - 2000) \nmarried: A F Tideman, they bore four children (three daughters and a son) (1956 - 1956) \nMember of Secretariat Assist (USA) Scholarship Scheme (1997 - 1997) \nMember of the Association of Australasian International Baccalaureate Schools (1992 - 2000) \nMember of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (1983 - 2000) \nMember of the Association of Independent School's Victoria (1983 - 2000) \nMember of The Invergowrie Foundation (1992 - 1992) \nTeacher in Adelaide and the United Kingdom (1966 - 1978)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ward, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0346", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ward-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Headmistress", "Summary": "Ward, Headmistress of Presbyterian Ladies' College, Burwood (Victoria) since 1998, is a member of the Invergowrie Foundation.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Martin, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE0347", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martin-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Costume designer, Production Designer", "Summary": "Catherine Martin won two Oscars for costume design and art direction (Moulin Rouge) at the 2002 Academy Awards. At the 2001 Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards she was the winner of the 'GMD AFI Award for Best Production Design' and joint winner of 'The Kirketon AFI Award for Best Costume Design.'\n", "Details": "Martin worked in costume design at the Stables Theatre in Sydney's Kings Cross before completing her Diploma of Design at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1998. At NIDA Martin met her husband, film director Mark Anthony (Baz) Luhrmann, and the pair were married on 26 January 1997.\nMartin's costume\/production credits include: La Boheme, Strictly Ballroom, Romeo & Juliet (for which she was nominated for an Academy Award) and Moulin Rouge.\nShe was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in June 2025 for eminent service to the arts, to costume, production and set design, and to fostering emerging artistic talent.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/catherine-martine-biography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-designing-woman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hooper, Chloe", "Entry ID": "AWE0348", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hooper-chloe\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author", "Summary": "Chloe Hooper attended Lauriston Girls' School before commencing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne. She studied creative writing at New York's Columbia University under a Fulbright Scholarship.\nHooper's first novel A Child's Book of True Crime was launched at the 2002 Adelaide Writers' Week.\n", "Events": "Documentary - The Tall Man, Blackfella Films (with Darren Dale and Tony Krawitz) (2011 - 2011) \nMagazine Feature Writing - 'The Tall Man', The Monthly (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chloes-book-of-real-fiction\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/what-kitty-koala-did-next\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-childs-book-of-true-crime\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Randell, Shirley Kaye", "Entry ID": "AWE0349", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/randell-shirley-kaye\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator", "Summary": "Shirley Randell is an award-winning global mentor, educator, trainer, author, company director, public speaker, change activist, ambassador, patron, and campaigner for human rights. She is a long-time activist for gender equality and women's empowerment in education, employment, public service and civil society in Australia, the Pacific, Asia and Africa.\n", "Details": "Randell was educated at Perth Modern School and the Universities of Papua New Guinea (UPNG), Canberra, New England and London where she took degrees in education and philosophy.\nAfter teaching Aboriginal children in isolated schools in Western Australia, Randell had four children before moving with her family to Papua New Guinea for nine years where she lectured at Uniting Church teachers' colleges, completed her Bachelor of Education degree and was Director of the Teaching Methods and Materials Centre at UPNG.\nReturning to Australia, Randell began a 15-year career in the Commonwealth Public Service, including the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Public Service Commission. She was made a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators for contributions to the administration of major national initiatives in rural education, disadvantaged schools and professional development as Director of Commonwealth Schools Commission Programs. While Director of Programs in the Australian Capital Territory Department of Education she became a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. Her appointments before starting her own consultancy business in 1997 included Executive Secretary of the National Women's Advisory Council, Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Ballarat, Chief Executive Officer of the Council of Adult Education and CEO of the City of Whitehorse, where she was awarded Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.\nAs a leading expert in Gender Mainstreaming, Public Sector and Institutional Reform in Developing Countries, Randell has provided specialist technical assistance to several governments in the Asia Pacific Region and in Africa over 20 years. In 1999-2000 she was Performance Improvement Advisor with the Public Service Commission in Vanuatu after completing a project in the Solomon Islands as Local Government Consultant with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on a Provincial Government Review for the Solomon Islands Department of Provincial Government and Rural Development. In 2001 Randell was Advisor to the Vanuatu Government's Decentralisation Review Commission and undertook training assignments with the Departments of Agriculture and Forestry. She also lectured Thai, Chinese, East Timorese and Indonesian students at the Research Institute of Asia and the Pacific at the University of Sydney. Randell has written books on Ni-Vanuatu Role Models: Women in their own right, Girls Can Do Anything, Women on the Move, Pacific Creative Writing and Raising Awareness on Domestic Violence in Vanuatu. She has undertaken projects with development agencies including The Commonwealth, UN agencies, AusAID, NZAID, World Bank, ADB, European Union, Global Rights Partners for Justice, UniQuest, Philippines Center for Development, Management & Productivity, InfoTechs-I\/D\/E\/A\/S Sri Lanka, WD Scott International, Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria, URS Pacific, Maxwell Stamp and IDP Education Australia. These included ADB studies in skills development for the PNG Government as a Women, Youth and Non-Government Organisation specialist in 1997 and the Sri Lanka Government as Quality Assurance and Gender & Development (GAD) Specialist in 1999. In an AusAid funded project for the Fiji Government's Department of Customs & Excise in 1998, Randell was consultant for GAD, Performance Management Systems, Business Process Re-engineering Training and Human Resources Management.\nIn 2004-2005 Randell was UNDP's Chief Technical Adviser for the Capacity Building in Gender Mainstreaming Project in public service training institutions in Bangladesh, working closely with the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs. From 2006-2008 she was Senior Adviser, Gender and Governance for SNV Rwanda, East and Southern Africa Region with the Netherlands Development Organisation. In this role she was instrumental in engendering Rwanda's Economic Development Poverty Reduction Strategy 2008-2012 and supporting the 2007 Women's Parliamentary International Conference on Gender, Nation Building and the Role of Parliaments attended by over 600 people. At the end of her contract with SNV, women parliamentarians invited Randell back to Rwanda to become the Founder Director of the Centre for Gender, Culture and Development at the Kigali Institute of Education (now Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Rwanda.\nRandell has spoken at a wide variety of Australian and international conferences, given talks, occasional addresses, openings, launches, lectures, seminars and workshops for parent associations, teacher organisations, industry groups, community groups, universities, schools, adult education centres, neighbourhood houses, government departments and service organisations, and been a frequent speaker at luncheon and dinner meetings about international, educational, ecumenical and women's issues. She has written extensively on public sector reform, education, gender empowerment and human rights and been a regular broadcaster, particularly for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.\nAmong her many government, community and university committee roles, Randell has served as President of the Australian College of Education and Phi Delta Kappa Australian Capital Chapter; Chairperson of the Australian Council of Churches Commission on International Affairs, Healthy Cities Canberra and the Sexual Assault Working Party for the Central Highlands Wimmera Region; foundation member of the National Board of Employment, Education & Training and the Schools Council; and a company director of the YWCA of Australia, the National Foundation for Australian Women, the Sir John Monash Business Centre, the Institute of Public Administration Australia and the Australian Institute of Management. She is co-founder and mentor of the Vanuatu Association of Women Graduates, the Vanuatu Women Writers Association and the Rwanda Association of University Women. Her voluntary work includes a role as Vice President of the International Federation of University Women, Convener and member of Graduate Women International's Bina Roy Projects Committee, and Coordinator of Australian Graduate Women. Randell is an active member of Rotary in every country she works in. In 2000-2001 she was President of the Rotary Club of Port Vila in Rwanda and in 2004-5 Director of International and then in 2015-16 Vice President of the Rotary Club of Dhaka North West in Bangladesh.\nAmong many awards Randell became a Member of the Division of the Order of Australia in 1988 for contributions to public service, particularly in education, and an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2010 for distinguished service to international relations, particularly through the promotion of human rights of women and through public sector reform in developing countries. In 2018 she was the inaugural winner of the Institute of Managers and Leaders Australia and New Zealand's Sir John Storey's Lifetime Achievement in Leadership Award. Randell has an Honorary Doctorate from the University of New England, Armidale, and is distinguished alumni of UNE and the University of Canberra.\nSince Randell's return to Australia in 2016 she works for not-for-profit organisations as an ambassador for the Australian Centre of Leadership for Women, FairBreak Global, Dignity Ltd and National Older Women's Network, patron of Sunflower Foundation, board director of indigo foundation, and vice chair of the Independent Scholars Association of Australia. She is Conjoint Professor of Practice, Faculty of Education and Arts, School of Education at the The University of Newcastle and Adjunct Professor of Education, Faculty of Education, The University of Canberra. Shirley maintains her interest in her Public Sector Reform consultancy businesses in Sydney and Rwanda, and in physical fitness, the arts, cinema, theatre, music and travel, four adult children and their spouses, 17 grandchildren and four great grandchildren living in Townsville, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Perth.\nA complete list of Randell's awards, publications and speeches can be found on her website: https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250000000000*\/https:\/\/www.shirleyrandell.com\/.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackson-Nelson, Marjorie", "Entry ID": "AWE0350", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-nelson-marjorie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Governor, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Sprinter Marjorie Jackson-Nelson was commonly known as 'The Lithgow Flash', after the New South Wales town in which she was brought up. Jackson-Nelson became the Governor of South Australia on 3 November 2001. She won two Olympic gold medals (Helsinki 1952) and seven Commonwealth Games gold medals for athletics. Jackson-Nelson also founded the Peter Nelson Leukaemia Research Fellowship, for which she has fund-raised since 1977.\n", "Details": "The daughter of William Alfred and Mary (n\u00e9e Robinson) Jackson, Marjorie Jackson was the first Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal for track and field and the first Australian (male or female) to win an Olympic gold medal on the running track since 1896. During her athletic career Jackson broke world sprint records on ten occasions. In 1953 Jackson married Peter Nelson, an Olympic cyclist. Following his death from leukaemia in 1977 she launched the Peter Nelson Leukaemia Research Fellowship and has since dedicated herself to raising funds to sponsor research into fighting this disease.\nIn 1988, Jackson was nominated by the Governor-General and the Prime Minister as one of 20 living members of the '200 Great Australians' recognised by the Australian Bi-Centenary Committee. In 2001, Jackson-Nelson was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia and, as Governor, was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order by Her Majesty The Queen on the occasion of the Royal Visit to Adelaide in February 2002.\n", "Events": "Admitted into the Australian Sporting Hall of Fame (1985 - 1985) \nAppointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) (2002 - 2002) \nAppointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) (2001 - 2001) \nAppointed Member of the British Empire (MBE) for services to women's athletics (1953 - 1953) \nAthletes Liaison Officer for the Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur (1998 - 1998) \nAthletics - 100m and 200m (world record) (1952 - 1952) \nAthletics - 100y, 220y and 4 x 110y Relay (1954 - 1954) \nAthletics - 100y; 220y; 440y Medley Relay; 660y Medley Relay (1950 - 1950) \nBearer of the Olympic Flame at the Opening Ceremony Olympic Games, Sydney (2000 - 2000) \nDeputy Chairperson of the Adelaide's bid to host 1998 Commonwealth Games (1990 - 1992) \nFounder of the Peter Nelson Leukaemia Research Fellowship (1977 - 1977) \nGeneral Team Manager for the Commonwealth Games Victoria (Canada) (1994 - 1994) \nGold medal winner at the Commonwealth Games, Vancouver (1954 - 1954) \nGovernor of South Australia (2001 - 2001) \nHonoured by Australia Post on a postage stamp titled 'Olympic Legends' (1998 - 1998) \nLegend for Australian Sport (1995 - 1995) \nMarried Peter Nelson (deceased 1977) (1953 - 1953) \nMember of the South Australian Olympic Council (1997 - 1997) \nMember Sydney Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (1998 - 2000) \nNominated by Governor-General and Prime Minister as one of the 200 Great Australians (1998 - 1998) \nOutstanding Athlete award from the Helms Foundation United States of America (1952 - 1952) \nOutstanding Athlete award from the International Amateur Athletics Association (1986 - 1986) \nPaul Harris Fellow Rotary (1995 - 1995) \nRecipient of the Australian Sportsman of the Year (1952 - 1952) \nVoted as one of the Australians of the Century Herald Sun (1999 - 1999) \nWomen's Section Manager for the Australian Commonwealth Games Team (1982 - 1982) \nWomen's Section Manager for the Australian Commonwealth Games Team (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/governor-of-south-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/s-a-s-greats-the-men-and-women-of-the-north-terrace-plaques\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Feehan, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE0351", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feehan-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "Anne Feehan is a member of the Invergowrie Foundation and has been Headmistress of Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School (Canterbury, Victoria) since January 2001.\nShe is the former Deputy Principal (Curriculum) of Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School.\n(Source: http:\/\/www.ahisa.com.au\/tl\/members\/NFTS4.htm accessed 03\/04\/2002)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/camberwell-girls-grammar-school\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sutton, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE0352", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sutton-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "A council member of the Invergowrie Foundation, Sutton is a former Headmistress of Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/camberwell-girls-grammar-school\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cowling, Patricia (Trish)", "Entry ID": "AWE0353", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cowling-patricia-trish\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "A council member of the Invergowrie Foundation, Cowling is Headmistress of Genazzano FCJ College, Kew, Victoria.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walton, Sylvia Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE0354", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walton-sylvia-j\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Chancellor, Educator, Headmistress, Vice-Chancellor", "Summary": "Sylvia Walton, daughter of Ronald Ferguson and Ellen Betty Collis, was educated at both Sydney and La Trobe Universities. From 1982 to 1999 she was Principal of Tintern Anglican Girls' Grammar School, following which she became Principal of the Tintern Schools (Ringwood East, Victoria), comprising Tintern Anglican Girls' Grammar School and Southwood Boys' Grammar School.\nWalton was Deputy Chancellor of La Trobe University from 1997 and Chancellor from 2006 until 2011. She was also a member of the Invergowrie Foundation.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2014 - 2014) \nLa Trobe University (2006 - 2011) \nReceived for her leadership and education at secondary and tertiary levels (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Munro, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE0355", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/munro-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Headmistress", "Summary": "A council member of the Invergowrie Foundation, Jane Munro has been Principal of Firbank Grammar School (Brighton, Victoria), since 1990.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Broad, Candy Celeste", "Entry ID": "AWE0356", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/broad-candy-celeste\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Candy Broad was elected Member of the Legislative Council representing the Australian Labor Party for the Melbourne North Province at a by-election in 1999. She was appointed Minister for Energy and Resources, Ports in 1999 and was Minister for Housing and Local Government from 2002-2006 in the Labor Government. At the 2006 election, which was held in 25 November she was elected to the new Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria and was re-elected in 2010, when the Labor government was defeated. She resigned from parliament on 9 May 2014.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Campbell, Christine Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0357", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/campbell-christine-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Christine Campbell was the Member for Pascoe Vale representing the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1996. She was re-elected at the elections held in 1999, 2002, 2006 and 2010. She has held the ministerial portfolios of Community Services, Senior Victorians and Consumer Affairs. She retired from parliament in November 2014.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gould, Monica Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0358", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gould-monica-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "On 25 February 2003, Monica Gould was elected 18th President of the Legislative Council of Victoria. She was the first female to hold this position and retained it until November 2006.\n", "Details": "Educated at Vaucluse Convent in Richmond, and Macleod Technical School, Gould was a member of the ACTU Executive (1991-1993) and General Vice-President of the National Union of Workers (1980-1993), before entering Parliament.\nIn 1993 she became MLC (ALP) for Doutta Galla province, and held the position until the end of 2006. Toward the end of this period she served as Minister for Industrial Relations (1999-2002) and Minister for Education Services and Youth Affairs (2002). She was Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council (1999-2002), Shadow Minister for Aged Care (1996-1999) and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council (1999).\nGould maintains an interest in the Australian Human Rights Society, the Heidelberg Emergency Housing Group and Australian Rules Football.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2018 - 2018)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kirner, Joan Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0359", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kirner-joan-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Essendon, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "In 1990 Joan Kirner was elected the first woman Premier for the State of Victoria. She held the position for two years but her legacy will extend for much longer. As the Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews said in a statement after her death:\n \"Through her decades of advocacy for gender equality, [Joan Kirner] fundamentally changed [The Victorian ALP] and our society. In the process, she raised a generation of Victorian Labor women - one of whom became Prime Minister\u2026\nShe fought every day for fairness. Our state is stronger for her service and our lives are greater for her friendship. She was our first female Premier and because of her work, she won't be the last.\"\n", "Details": "Kirner entered the Victorian Parliament in 1982 as an MLC (ALP) for the Province of Melbourne West. Between 1985 and 1988 she was Minister for Conservation, Forests and Lands. In 1988 she moved to the Lower House as the member for Williamstown and was appointed Minister for Education (1988-1990) and Minister for Ethnic Affairs (1990-1991). She served as Deputy Premier from 1989-1990 and in 1992 became the Leader of the Opposition.\nKirner resigned from parliament in 1994. That same year, she was appointed Chair of the Employment Services Regulatory Authority (which position she held until 1996), and Chair of the National Committee to Celebrate the Centenary of Federation. In May 2001, as a member of the Victorian Committee for the Centenary of Federation, she organised the Women Shaping the Nation event and presentation of the Victorian Honour Roll of women in the Victorian Parliament with 756 women present.\nKirner's interest in social justice, equity for women, the arts and landcare was lifelong. With Moira Rayner, she co-authored the best selling Women's Power Handbook, published in 1999 and illustrated by Judy Horacek. Kirner was a co-convenor of Emily's List, a Board member of the Australian Children's Television Foundation, and a member of the Playbox Theatre Board. She supported a variety of organisations including the Living Museum of the West, the Women's Circus and Positive Women.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/economic-statement-a-statement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hon-joan-kirner-education-speeches-1973-1984-from-mum-to-minister\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ministerial-statement-on-the-vce\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-positive-partnership-affirmative-action-in-the-australian-labor-party\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-power-handbook\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/but-im-only-a-mum-on-deleting-the-word-only\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australias-working-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/as-a-woman-writing-womens-lives\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/living-generously-women-mentoring-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-ordinary-lives-pioneering-women-in-australian-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorias-first-female-premier-joan-kirner-dies-aged-76\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pike, Bronwyn Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE0360", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pike-bronwyn-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tanunda, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Bronwyn Pike entered the Victorian Parliament in 1999 as the Member for Melbourne in the Legislative Assembly. Her ministerial portfolios included Community Services and Housing. After the 2002 election she became Minister for Health. She was re-elected in 2006 at the state election, held on 25 November, and in August 2007 was appointed Minister for Education in the Brumby Government on the retirement of Steve Bracks as Premier. She was re-elected in 2010, but the Labor Government was defeated. She resigned from parliament on 7 May 2012.\nPrior to entering Parliament, she worked as a secondary school teacher, Director of Justice and Social Responsibility, Executive Officer and Union Official.\nBronwyn Pike was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2022 for significant service to social welfare and not-for-profit organisations, and to the Parliament of Victoria.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thomson, Marsha Rose", "Entry ID": "AWE0361", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thomson-marsha-rose\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Pascoe Vale, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "In 1999 Marsha Thomson was elected Member of the Legislative Council (ALP) for Melbourne North Province at the Victorian state election. She served as the Minister for Information and Communication Technology and Small Business from 2002 until 2006. In 2006 she moved from the Legislative Council to be elected Member of the Legislative Assembly for Footscray. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary, Industry and Trade from August 2007 until December 2010. She was re-elected in 2010 but the Labor Government was voted out of office. She was again re-elected in November 2014, when the Labor Party returned to power.\nShe is married to Federal Parliamentarian, the Hon. Kelvin Thomson MP, and is the mother of two children, Ben and Naomi.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bullwinkel, Vivian", "Entry ID": "AWE0362", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bullwinkel-vivian\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kapunda, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Health administrator, Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Vivian Bullwinkel was the sole survivor of the 1942 Banka Island massacre. Post-war, she was Matron of Melbourne's Fairfield Hospital.\n", "Details": "Vivian Bullwinkel grew up in Broken Hill, New South Wales, and Adelaide, South Australia. Her father had migrated to Australia from Essex in 1912 and worked as a jackaroo on a station near Broken Hill before he married and took on a clerical post with Broken Hill South Pty Ltd. Vivian's grandfather was William John Shegog, a member of the South Australian Police Force. At the age of nine, she moved to Adelaide to live with her grandparents but returned to attend Broken Hill High School when she was thirteen. In 1934 she began nursing and midwife training at the Broken Hill and District Hospital. From February 1939 she was working at the Kia-Ora Hospital in Hamilton, Victoria, but moved to Melbourne to enlist at the outbreak of war and worked for a time at the Jessie MacPherson Hospital.\nIn May 1941, Bullwinkel volunteered for the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and sailed for Singapore, assigned to the 2\/13th Australian General Hospital. In February 1942, she boarded the SS Vyner Brooke with 65 other nurses to flee Singapore following an invasion by Japanese troops, but the ship was sunk by Japanese aircraft two days later. A large number of passengers, including 22 nurses, made it ashore to Radji Beach on Banka Island and decided to surrender to the Japanese. They were joined the following day by about 100 British soldiers. Upon being discovered by Japanese soldiers, however, the men were killed and the nurses ordered to wade into the sea where they were machine-gunned from behind. Bullwinkel was struck by a bullet but feigned death until her persecutors had left. The sole survivor of the massacre, she hid for twelve days before surrendering and spent a further three and a half years in captivity.\nBullwinkel served in Japan in 1946 and 1947 before resigning from the Army as Captain, but she rejoined the Citizen Military Forces in 1955 and served until 1970, when she retired as Lieutenant Colonel. Post-war, Bullwinkel spent 16 years as Matron of Melbourne's Fairfield Hospital and continued as Director of Nursing there until 1977. In that year, she married Colonel F.W. Statham and moved to Perth. She was a member of the Council of the Australian War Memorial, and president of the Australian College of Nursing. In 1992, she returned to Banka Island to unveil a shrine to the nurses who died there.\nVivian Bullwinkel was appointed to the Order of Australia (AO) on 26 January 1993, appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 1 January 1973 and awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal on 6 March 1947 for service to the veteran and ex-prisoner of war communities, to nursing, to the Red Cross Society and to the community. She was also the winner of the Florence Nightingale Medal.\nPhotographs, newspaper articles and memorabilia relating to Vivian Bullwinkel were exhibited at the RSL in Argent Street, Broken Hill, in 2000 and the foyer of the Broken Hill Health Service has been named in her honour.\n", "Events": "Assistant Matron of the Repatration General Hospital, Victoria (1956 - 1960) \nDeputy Principal of the Commandant Australia Red Cross Society (1964 - 1973) \nHonourary Life Member of the Australia Red Cross Society (1992 - 1992) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001) \nMarried Col. F W Statham OBE, ED (1977 - 1977) \nMatron of the Fairfield Hospital, Victoria (1961 - 1977) \nMember of the Council College of Nursing Australia (1973 - 1977) \nMember of the Council of Directors of the Royal Humane Society (1973 - 1978) \nMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (1973 - 1973) \nOrder of Australia (AO) (1993 - 1993) \nPresident of the College of Nursing Australia (1973 - 1974) \nPresident of the Soroptimist Clubs, Victoria (1972 - 1974) \nRoyal Red Cross Medal (1947 - 1947) \nSole survivor of Banka Island, where 21 Australian army nurses were massacred by Japanese soldiers (1942 - 1942) \nStaff member of the 13th Australian General Hospital, Australian Infantry Forces (1941 - 1941) \nStaff member of the Hamilton Private Hospital, Victoria (1939 - 1940) \nStaff member of the Jessie McPherson Hospital, Melbourne (1940 - 1941) \nTrustee of the National War Memorial, Canberra (1963 - 1977) \nWarden of Western Australian State War Memorial (first woman to be appointed) (1988 - 1989)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bullwinkel-vivian-4\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/uncommon-australians-towards-an-australian-portrait-gallery\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/twentieth-century-women-of-courage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rsl-returned-sisters-sub-branchthanksgiving-service-100-years-of-australian-army-nursing\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/transcript-of-the-eulogy-given-by-the-hon-bruce-scott-the-minister-for-veterans-affairs-and-minister-assisting-the-minister-for-defence-on-behalf-of-the-prime-minister-of-australia-at-the-state-funer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vivian-bullwinkel-ao-mbearrc-ed-fnm-frcna-18-12-1915-3-7-2000-survivor-of-the-bangka-island-massacre\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nurse-survivors-of-the-vyner-brooke\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-nurses-since-nightingale-1860-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brave-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nurses-revisit-war-hell-bangka-island-singapore\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/just-wanted-to-be-there-australian-service-nurses-1899-1999\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tributes-pour-in-for-the-hero-of-paradise-road\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-womans-war-the-exceptional-life-of-wilma-oram-young-am\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/service-nurses-honoured-with-long-awaited-memorial\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wwii-nursing-heroine-dies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heroic-wartime-nurse-vivian-bullwinkel-dies-in-hospital-aged-84\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vivian-statham-nee-bullwinkel-eulogy-for-state-funeral-st-georges-cathedral-perth-monday-10-july-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portraits-in-australian-health\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/our-war-nurses-the-history-of-the-royal-australian-army-nursing-corps-1902-1988\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/speech-on-the-occasion-of-the-dedication-of-the-site-of-the-australian-service-nurses-national-memorial-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/butchery-on-bangka\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lasting-testimony-to-local-war-hero\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bullwinkel-honored-as-world-war-two-hero\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/exhibition-highlights-wartime-survivor\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nurses-bravery-example-to-others\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/state-funeral-farewell-for-sister-bullwinkel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/third-anzac-arrives-home\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/she-looked-for-a-warm-place-to-die\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nurses-four-years-ordeal\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-outstanding-women-of-broken-hill-and-district\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/broken-hill\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/unbroken-spirit-women-in-broken-hill\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sister-bullwinkel-the-untold-uncensored-story\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-electoral-divisions-named-after-women\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/war-crimes-and-trials-affidavits-and-sworn-statements\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-awards-for-services-rendered-whilst-prisoners-of-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/war-crimes-and-trials-affidavits-and-sworn-statements-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/campaign-in-malaya-and-singapore-escape-before-and-after-capitulation-and-evacuation-of-civilians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bullwinkel-v-sister-international-military-tribunal\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bullwinkel-vivian-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/official-historian-1939-1945-war-biographical-files\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/radio-talk-presented-by-abc-war-correspondent-haydon-lennard-release-of-nurses-box-7\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/group-portrait-of-australian-army-nursing-service-aans-nurses-who-were-former-prisoners-of-war-pows-ob-board-the-hospital-ship-manunda-on-its-arrival-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bullwinkel-vivian-3\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wake, Nancy Grace Augusta", "Entry ID": "AWE0363", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wake-nancy-grace-augusta\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wellington, New Zealand", "Death Place": "London, England", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Nancy Wake, whom the Gestapo code-named 'the White Mouse' was the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of World War II. The youngest of six children, Nancy Wake came to Australia with her parents when she was 20 months old. In the early 1930s she went first to England and then Paris as a freelance journalist and there met and married Henri Fiocca, a wealthy French industrialist. When the French government surrendered, after the German Army invaded in May 1940, Nancy Wake joined the French Resistance working as a courier and saboteur. For these 'special operations in France' Wake was awarded the George Medal (17 July 1945). Wake worked for the Intelligence Department at the British Air Ministry, after the war. She married John Forward, in 1957, before returning to Australia to live. In December 2001, Nancy Wake left Port Macquarie, New South Wales to live in Europe.\nOn 22 February 2004 Nancy Wake was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia. The award recognises the significant contribution and commitment of Nancy Wake, stemming from her outstanding actions in wartime, in encouraging community appreciation and understanding of the past sacrifices made by Australian men and women in times of conflict, and to a lasting legacy of peace.\nNancy Wake moved to London to live in 2001. She died there, in Kingston Hospital on 7 August 2011.\n", "Events": "Appointed Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia. (2004 - ) \nAuthor of The White Mouse (1985 - 1985) \nBorn: daughter of C A Wake (1912 - 1912) \nCaptain FANY (1943 - 1945) \nExecutive Officer British Foreign Office attached to Embassies Paris and Prague (1946 - 1948) \nFreelance journalist Europe (1936 - 1939) \nLeft Australia to live in London (2001 - 2001) \nmarried Henri Fiocca (dec. 1943) (1939 - 1939) \nmarried John Forward (dec. 1997) (1957 - 1957) \nMember Allied Escape Route Organisation Occupied France (1940 - 1943) \nOfficer Legion d'Honneur (Chevalier 1970) (1988 - 1988) \nWRAF officer Air Ministry London (Intelligence) (1952 - 1958)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-autobiography-of-the-woman-the-gestapo-called-the-white-mouse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nancy-wake-the-story-of-a-very-brave-woman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nancy-wake\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woman-in-arms-the-story-of-nancy-wake\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nancy-wake-a-biography-of-our-greatest-war-heroine\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/twentieth-century-women-of-courage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wartime-spy-honour\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-mouse-finally-gets-her-gong\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wartime-comrades-watch-as-white-mouse-is-honoured\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/timely-wake-up-call\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-nancy-wake-forward-resistance-fighter-during-world-war-ii-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-nancy-wake-french-resistance-worker-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Zadow, Christiane Susanne Augustine (Augusta)", "Entry ID": "AWE0364", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/zadow-christiane-susanne-augustine-augusta\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Runkel, Duchy of Nassau", "Occupations": "Factory inspector, Suffragist, Trade unionist", "Summary": "In 1895 Augusta Zadow was appointed the first female Factory Inspector in South Australia.\n", "Details": "Zadow was the daughter of Johann Georg Hofmeyer and Elizabetha Hemming. After finishing her education at the Ladies Seminar, Biebrich-on-Rhine, Augustine became a governess and ladies companion. She travelled through Germany, France, Russia and finally England, where she settled in 1868. \nIn London she worked as a tailoress (or seamstress) and helped to reform the conditions for female clothing workers.\nShe married Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Zadow in 1871 and together with their three-year-old son, John, the couple travelled as assisted migrants to South Australia six years later, in 1877. There they both became active trade unionists. \nKnown as Augusta (having anglicised her name while in England), Zadow worked in a boot factory and helped to establish the Working Women's Trade Union, becoming its foundation treasurer in 1890. She was a delegate to the United Trades and Labor Council as well as an active suffragist. In 1893 she established and managed the Distressed Women and Children's Fund (later the Co-operative White Workers' Association). \nAugusta Zadow was appointed an Inspector of Factories in February 1895. The following year she contracted influenza and on July 7, 1896, died of haematemesis in Adelaide. She was buried in the West Terrace cemetery.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/zadow-christiane-susanne-augustine-1846-1896\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/augusta-zadow\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beaurepaire, Beryl Edith", "Entry ID": "AWE0365", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beaurepaire-beryl-edith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Camberwell, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Mt Eliza, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Feminist, Patron, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Following the birth of her children, Beryl Beaurepaire became involved with charity work and the women's organisations of the Liberal Party. She summarises her liberal feminist views as follows: 'If you're a feminist you believe in equal opportunities and rights for women, but you also believe that women accept equal responsibilities.' (As cited by Emma Grahame in Australian Feminism: A Companion, OUP, 1998)\nDame Beryl passed away at her home in Mt Eliza, Victoria, on 24 October 2018.\n", "Details": "Beryl Edith Bedggood completed her schooling at Fintona Girl's School in Balwyn, Victoria, before becoming a meteorological officer with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force in 1942. After marrying Ian Francis Beaurepaire in 1946 she became involved in the community and charity work of Melbourne's society women. During the 1970s she was chairman of the Federal Women's Committee (1974-1976), and later convenor of the first National Women's Advisory Council (1978-1982) as well as being vice-president of the Victorian Division of the Liberal Party from 1976 to 1986.\nBeaurepaire was a member of the Australian Children's Television Foundation Board (1982-1988), the Board of Victoria's 150th Authority (1982-1987), and a member of the Australian Bi-centennial Multicultural Foundation (1989-1992). From 1985 to 1993 she was chairman of the Australian War Memorial Council and then chairman of the Australian War Memorial Fund Raising Committee (1993).\nShe is Patron to a number of community organisations including: Children First Foundation since 2000, Peninsula Hospice Service since 1999, Palliative Care (Vic.) since 1999, Victorian College of the Arts since 1999, Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria since 1999, Australia Against Child Abuse since 1999, Peninsula Health Care Network Foundation since 1996 and the Portsea Children's Camp since 1996.\n", "Events": "Appointed, Member of the British Empire (MBE) (1975 - 1975) \nAwarded Silver Jubilee Medal (1977 - 1977) \nBoard member of the Australian Children's Television Foundation Board (1982 - 1988) \nBoard member of the Victorian 150th Authority (1982 - 1987) \nChairman of the Australian War Memorial Council (1985 - 1993) \nChairman of the Australian War Memorial Fund Raising Committee (1993 - 1996) \nChairman of the Board of Management of Fintona Girls School (1973 - 1987) \nChairman of the Federal Liberal Party Women's Committee (1974 - 1976) \nChairman of the Victorian Liberal Party Women's Section (1973 - 1976) \nCommissioned Assistant Section Officer (1945 - 1945) \nCompanion Order of Australia (AC) (1991 - 1991) \nConvenor of the National Women's Advisory Council (1978 - 1982) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001) \nMarried Ian Francis Beaurepaire (1946 - 1946) \nMember of the Australian Bi-centennial Multicultural Foundation (1989 - 1992) \nMember of the Australian War Memorial Council (1982 - 1993) \nMember of the Federal Women's Advisory Committee Working Party (1977 - 1977) \nMember of the National Executive, YWCA Australia (1969 - 1977) \nPatron of the Australian's Against Child Abuse (1999 - 1999) \nPatron of the Children First Foundation (2000 - 2000) \nPatron of the Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria Incorporated (1999 - 1999) \nPatron of the Palliative Care (Vic.) (1999 - 1999) \nPatron of the Peninsula Health Care Network Foundation (1996 - 1996) \nPatron of the Peninsula Hospice Service (1999 - 1999) \nPatron of the Portsea Children's Camp (1996 - 1996) \nPatron of the Victorian College of the Arts (1999 - 1999) \nPresident of the Victorian Association of Most Excellent OBE (1988 - 1990) \nServed with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (1942 - 1945) \nThe Order of the British Empire - Dames Commander (DBE) (1980 - 1980) \nVice-President of the Citizens Welfare Service Victoria (1970 - 1986) \nVice-President of the Victorian Division Liberal Party (1976 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-womens-honour-roll-b\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beaurepaire-beryl-edith-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beryl-beaurepaire\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-and-politics-in-south-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/getting-equal-the-history-of-australian-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-matriarchs-twelve-australian-women-talk-about-their-lives-to-susan-mitchell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-alexandra-club-a-narrative-1903-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-waaaf-in-wartime-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/war-veterans-honoured\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-decade-of-mary-owen-dinners\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/so-many-firsts-liberal-women-from-enid-lyons-to-the-turnbull-era\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-ca-1970-ca-1985-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heritage-200-entries-1988-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beaurepaire-beryl-edith-service-number-90770-date-of-birth-24-sep-1923-place-of-birth-camberwell-vic-place-of-enlistment-melbourne-next-of-kin-bedggood-edward\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Murdoch, Elisabeth Joy", "Entry ID": "AWE0366", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murdoch-elisabeth-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Armadale, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Philanthropist", "Summary": "Dame Elisabeth Murdoch was widely regarded as the 'queen of Australia's philanthropic community' through much of the twentieth century. She was Patron of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, Victoria and supported 110 charitable organisations annually.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Rupert and Marie Green, Elisabeth Murdoch was educated at St Catherine's School, Toorak and Clyde School, Woodend. Rupert was the wool expert of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, and was well known in racing circles as a starter for the VRC and VATC. Marie - or Bairnie as she was known - was twice president of the Alexandra Club and once of the Victoria League. Years later, Dame Elisabeth would recall that 'that was very much my mother's milieu. She really was so very much attached to the English part of her heritage'. At the age of nineteen, Elisabeth was courted by the newspaper proprietor Keith Murdoch, then in his early forties, and the pair were married in 1928. They had four children: Helen (later Handbury), Anne (later Kantor), Rupert, and Janet (later Calvert-Jones).\nWhile still a schoolgirl, Elisabeth had begun knitting woollen singlets for babies at Melbourne's Children's Hospital, and by virtue of knitting the greatest number, was given a tour of the institution. She was 'devastated by what she saw', and here the seed was sewn for later philanthropic activity. After school she volunteered one day a week at the Lady Northcote Kindergarten, another eye-opener. After her marriage, Elisabeth's voluntary work became a central part of her life. Through Keith she had become very friendly with Mr and Mrs Henry Gullett and, in 1933, was 'enlisted' by Lady Gullett onto the committee of the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and by Lady Latham onto the management committee of the Royal Children's Hospital. She maintained that 'of course I had that opportunity because Lady Latham and her husband knew Keith' and wished to have the support of his Herald and Sun publications.\nElisabeth dedicated her life to philanthropic activity. Asked why, years later, she claimed that she felt so blessed in life that she was obliged to do the work 'as a sort of thanksgiving'. Her own philanthropic work, she insisted, was inspired by Keith's and she said: 'All the wonderful life I've had stemmed, I suppose, from my marriage, so I'm very conscious that I never would have made much of a mark\u2026 unless I'd married Keith and had the opportunities which he gave me and his position gave me.' Sir Keith, as he became, died in 1952. Lady Murdoch went on to serve as president of the Royal Children's Hospital management committee from 1954 to 1965, and was known for her personal touch in fundraising endeavours, hand-writing letters of thanks to each major donor. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Civil Division (CBE)\nin 1961, and in 1963 was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire Civil Division (DBE) for her role in building a new children's hospital in Melbourne.\n1968 saw Dame Elisabeth become the first woman on the Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria. She held the position for eight years. In 1976 she co-founded the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, and served as its Chairman from 1986-88. Dame Elisabeth's philanthropic activities continued throughout her varied career, and in 1984 she was a founding member of the Murdoch Institute (known today as the Murdoch Children's Research Institute). In 1968 she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Melbourne in acknowledgement of her contributions to research, the arts and philanthropy. Trinity College installed her as a Fellow in November 2000.\nIn July 2006, BRW magazine wrote that 'the 97-year-old mother of Rupert Murdoch is widely regarded as queen of Australia's philanthropic community'. By the time of her death Dame Elisabeth was supporting 110 charities annually. She concentrated her efforts most particularly on: the Tapestry Workshop; the McClelland Art Gallery; the Advisory Council for Children with Impaired Hearing; Noah's Ark Toy Library; the RSPCA; the Royal Botanic Gardens; the Maud Gibson Gardens Trust; the Chair of Landscape Architecture (Melbourne University); the Murdoch Research Institute; and Taralye, an oral language centre for deaf children.\nDame Elisabeth was a very keen, knowledgeable, gardener who designed and developed her garden at Cruden Farm into one of the best known in the country. She frequently opened the garden for fundraising purposes. An honorary fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture, she funded and helped to establish the Elisabeth Murdoch Chair of Landscape Architecture and the Australian Garden History Society.\nIn 1989 Dame Elisabeth was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for services to the community also receiving the Centenary Medal in 2001 for her philanthropic services to the Australian arts community. In 2001 she was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.\nDame Elisabeth Murdoch lived at Cruden Farm, Langwarrin until she died, in December 2012.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elisabeth-murdoch-two-lives\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trinity-has-three-new-fellows\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-alexandra-club-a-narrative-1903-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-winning-streak-the-murdochs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/garden-of-a-lifetime-dame-elisabeth-murdoch-at-cruden-farm\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-great-form-of-love-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1972-aug-17-27-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dame-elisabeth-murdoch-interviewed-by-john-farquharson-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Giles, Patricia Jessie (Pat)", "Entry ID": "AWE0371", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/giles-patricia-jessie-pat\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Minlaton, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Political activist, Politician", "Summary": "Pat Giles commenced her working life as a nurse. After completing a Bachelor of Arts as a mature age student, she was an Organiser with the Hospital Employees Union of Western Australia from 1974 until 1981. In that year Giles was elected as an Australian Labor Party (ALP) Senator for Western Australia, and held the position for twelve years. During this time she was directly involved in the United Nations Decade for Women meetings, leading the government delegation to Nairobi in 1985.\nGiles was a founding member and inaugural convenor of the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) WA in 1973 and was the first woman on the executive of the West Australian Trades and Labour Council. She was a member, later Chairperson, of the first Australian Council of Trade Unions Women's Committee. In 2004 Giles completed her third and final term as President of the International Alliance of Women. In 2010, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.\n", "Events": "ACTU representative member of the first tripartite committee on women's employment in Australia (sub-committee of the National Labour Consultative Committee on Women's Employment) (1979 - 1981) \nChaired the World Health Organisations's Global Commission on Women's Helath (1995 - 1996) \nExecutive member of the Health Education Council of WA (1971 - 1981) \nFirst woman elected to the executive of the WA Trades & Labour Council (1975 - 1975) \nFirst woman to argue an important general issue before the WA State Industrial Commission (Maternity Leave which was granted to women in private employment, January 1980) (1979 - 1979) \nFirst woman to chair a committee on Discrimination in Employment & Occupation (1974 - 1974) \nGraduated with a BA from the University of Western Australia (1974 - 1974) \nInaugural convenor and member of WEL Perth (1973 - ) \nJunior Vice-President of the ALP (1983 - 1985) \nMarried Keith Giles (FFARCS, FFAARCS) (diss. 1976), they had four daughters (1953 - 1953) \nMember of the Administrative Committee for the ALP (WA) (1976 - 1979) \nMember of the Community Advisory Committee in Industrial Relations for the University of WA (1979 - 1981) \nMember of the first ACTU Women's Committee (1978 - 1978) \nMember of the Homeless Persons Advisory Committee in WA (1975 - 1981) \nMember of the Review Committee for the WA Legal Aid Commission (1978 - 1981) \nObtained Certificate in General Nursing (1950 - 1950) \nObtained Certificate in Infant Welfare (1952 - 1952) \nObtained Certificate in Midwifery (1951 - 1951) \nOrganiser of the Hospital Employees' Union WA (1974 - 1981) \nSentator (ALP) for Western Australia (1981 - 1993) \nService industries representative on the WA Trades & Labour Council (1975 - 1980) \nSpeaker at the 19th Mary Owen Dinner (2004 - 2004) \nTemporary Chairman of Committees (1986 - 1986) \nVice-president of the WA Council of State School Organizations (1971 - 1974) \nWestern Australian delegate to the ALP National Conference (1981 - 1981)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/giles-pat\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1988\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/one-thing-led-to-another-a-life-of-activism-in-support-of-womens-rights-an-interview-with-pat-giles\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interviews-with-famous-feminists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-pat-giles-and-wendy-fatin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-patricia-giles-politician\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patricia-jessie-giles-awarded-honorary-degree-by-murdoch-university-career-details\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patricia-jessie-giles-biography-and-key-parliamentary-speech\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-1899sic-1992-a-hero-of-the-feminist-movement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-a-hero-of-the-feminist-movement-1899-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/among-the-chosen-the-life-story-of-pat-giles\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-giles-papers-1974-1986-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Haines, Janine", "Entry ID": "AWE0372", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/haines-janine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tanunda, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "In June 2001, Haines was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia 'for service to the Australian Parliament and to politics, particularly as Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Democrats, and to the community.'\nHaines was appointed to the Senate to fill a casual vacancy in South Australia in 1977. In 1986 she became the first woman to lead an Australian political party when she was elected leader of the Australian Democrats.\n", "Details": "Haines spent her early family years growing up in country South Australia, settling in Adelaide by the time she attended Brighton High School. She was elected Deputy leader of the Australian Democrats in 1985; elected to the position of Federal leader in 1986 which she held until 1990. Since 1990 she had taken on a number of roles; as a freelance writer and speaker; involvement in a number of organisations; as a member of Parliamentary delegations to South Africa and Iraq.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/getting-equal-the-history-of-australian-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-senator-janine-haines\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-janine-haines-am\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-janine-haines-federal-politician-1977-1990-freelance-writer-and-speaker-sound-recording-interviewer-jenny-palmer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-janine-haines-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parliamentarians-questionnaires-1982-1983-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-richardson-scrapbooks-relating-to-the-womens-electoral-lobby-and-womens-events-1977-2002\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hawthorne, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE0373", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hawthorne-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Feminist, Writer", "Summary": "Susan Hawthorne is a writer, publisher and circus performer.\nWith Renate Klein she established Spinifex Press, specialising in feminist publications, in the early 1990s.\nHer biography on CyberFeminism states that 'she has degrees in Philosophy and Ancient Greek Language and has taught in the fields of Philosophy, Education, Literature and Women's Studies.'\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-for-women-travel-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cyberfeminism-connectivity-critique-and-creativity\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dale-spender-papers-1972-1995\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Klein, Renate", "Entry ID": "AWE0374", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/klein-renate\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Switzerland", "Occupations": "Associate professor, Feminist, Writer", "Summary": "Described as a radical feminist, Klein was awarded a Master of Science degree in Biology from The University of Zurich; a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of California, Berkeley; and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from London University.\nA senior lecturer in Women's Studies, she is currently Associate Professor at Deakin University's School of Social and International Studies in Burwood, Melbourne.\nWith Susan Hawthorne she established Spinifex Press, specialising in feminist publications, in the early 1990s.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-for-women-travel-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cyberfeminism-connectivity-critique-and-creativity\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/theories-of-womens-studies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Calder, Rosemary Vivian", "Entry ID": "AWE0375", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/calder-rosemary-vivian\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ryde, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Bureaucrat", "Summary": "Rosemary Calder served as First Assistant Secretary (Head) of the Office of the Status of Women from 2000-2003.\nAs a member of the Monash University alumni, she was honoured by the University in 2002 with a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa). She was appointed Adjunct Professor in the School of Political and Social Inquiry in the Faculty of Arts from 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brooks, Suzanne May", "Entry ID": "AWE0377", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brooks-suzanne-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Bureaucrat", "Summary": "Head of Office of the Status of Women 1986-1988\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "L'Orange, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE0378", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lorange-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Bureaucrat, Femocrat", "Summary": "First Assistant Secretary, Office of the Status of Women 1988-1993.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sherry, Ann Caroline", "Entry ID": "AWE0379", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sherry-ann-caroline\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gympie, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Bureaucrat, Businesswoman", "Summary": "First Assistant Secretary, Office of the Status of Women 1993-1994.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Townsend, Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE0380", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/townsend-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Bureaucrat", "Summary": "First Assistant Secretary, Office of the Status of Women 1994-1997.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Goward, Pru", "Entry ID": "AWE0381", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goward-pru\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Bureaucrat, Journalist, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Pru Goward served as Executive Director of the Office of the Status of Women from 1997. In July 2001 she became the Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, appointed for a term of five years. In 2004 she was also appointed Commissioner Responsible for Age Discrimination. In 2004 she was nominated by The Australian as one of the forty most influential Australians and by the Australian Financial Review as one of the country's top cultural and industrial relations influencers. Her speeches have been reproduced in published collections and in 2001 she was awarded a Centenary Medal for her services to journalism and women's rights.\nIn 2007 she stood successfully as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the seat of Goulburn in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March. She was re-elected in 2011 and again in 2015\u00a0 and 2017 and retired in 2019.\nShe was the New South Wales Minister for Family and Community Services from 2011 to 2014 and again from 2017 to 2019, Minister for Women from 2011 to 2017, Minister for Planning from 2014 to 2015, Minister for Mental Health, Minister for Medical Research, and Assistant Minister for Health from 2015 to 2017, Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault from 2015 to 2019, and Minister for Social Housing, from 2017 to 2019.\nPru Goward was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2023 for distinguished service to the people and Parliament of NSW, and to women's affairs.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-business-of-your-own-how-women-succeed-in-business\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/striking-the-balance-women-men-work-and-family\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/john-howard-prime-minister\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gallagher, Lynne", "Entry ID": "AWE0382", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gallagher-lynne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "National Convenor of WEL from 1984 until early 1985.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beveridge, Elizabeth (Bessie)", "Entry ID": "AWE0383", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beveridge-elizabeth-bessie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "England", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Elizabeth Beveridge was a Foundation member and President of the Country Women's Association (CWA) in Tasmania.\n", "Details": "Elizabeth Beveridge (n\u00e9e Reader) immigrated to Australia with her family while she was still a child. She married Frank Beveridge of \"Alva\" Hagley at St Andrews Church Launceston, in 1912. They were to have three children.\nPrior to marrying, Elizabeth assisted at a small private Progressive School at Trevallyn. She also taught music and singing. After her marriage she continued to conduct award-winning mixed and children's choirs. She became well known in musical and literary circles, especially for her love of monologues and readings. A keen gardener and embroiderer, Elizabeth contributed to all facets of life in her community. She helped raise money for charity through her \"Concert Party\" which she organised and toured to country centres. During World War II, she conducted community singing to raise money for the Comforts Fund, and introduced camouflage net making classes. \nElizabeth strongly supported the Show Judges Association, Child Health Clinics and the Red Cross Society. She was President of the Wilmot Branch of the Australian Women's National League. She was organist at the Hagley Presbyterian Church, where she taught Sunday school and organised Fairs and Flower Shows.\nElizabeth was honoured by being named Patron of the Hagley Community Club and Hagley Farm School, where she taught music and drama. A memorial to her is located in the Hagley Recreation Ground and trees are planted in her memory.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Deakin, Catherine Sarah (Kate)", "Entry ID": "AWE0385", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/deakin-catherine-sarah-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "South Yarra, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Tutor", "Summary": "Kate Deakin (1850-1937) was Alfred Deakin's sister and close companion. She was tutor to his two eldest children and taught music at various times during her life.\n", "Details": "Katie Deakin was the only daughter of William (Bill) and Sarah Deakin and sister of Alfred Deakin. Alfred Deakin became the youngest ever cabinet Minister in 1883. He was Prime Minister of Australia 1903-1904, 1905-1908 and 1909-1910.\nBorn in Adelaide Katie came to live with her parents in Melbourne in 1851. In 1856 her only brother Alfred was born at their parent's home in George Street (Collingwood) now Fitzroy. She was educated at Miss Thomson's School in Kyneton (1858-1862), and was then a pupil, with her brother, at Miss Thompson's School in South Yarra from 1863 to 1865.\nKatie matriculated with honours from Presbyterian Ladies' College (East Melbourne). She had attended the College since its opening day (1875) and studied under Professor Pearson. She taught there when Charles Pearson was headmaster. Katie studied music at the Melbourne School of Music under C. W. Russell, passing after three years with honours in 1882. An accomplished pianist, she taught music theory and practice privately and tutored her three nieces, Ivy, Stella and Vera Deakin.\nKatie never married. She lived at \"The Elms\" in Adams Street, South Yarra, with her parents until their death and it was here that she taught her three nieces. She had many friends in the musical and literary world of Melbourne including the Monash family, and Baron Von Mueller.\nA close companion and confidante of her younger brother, Katie travelled with his family to London in 1900. She accompanied Stella Deakin to Berlin (1909) where she pursued her scientific studies, and Vera Deakin in 1913 when she studied music in Berlin and Budapest.\nKatie Deakin died at \"The Elms\" in 1937 and was buried with her parents at St Kilda cemetery.\nThis entry was researched and written by Katie Deakin's great niece, Judith Harley.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-mystic-life-of-alfred-deakin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alfred-deakin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alfred-deakin-a-biography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alfred-deakin-pattie-deakin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/deakins-confidante\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-family-romance-the-deakins-at-home\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-catherine-deakin-1844-1958-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-lady-stella-rivett-1923-1935-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McKenzie, Florence Violet", "Entry ID": "AWE0386", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mckenzie-florence-violet\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Engineer, Servicewoman", "Summary": "In 1923 Florence Wallace (as she was then known) graduated as an electrical engineer from Sydney Technical College and in 1924 became Australia's first certificated woman radio telegraphist and the only woman member of the Wireless Institute of Australia. She was the founder and director of the Electrical Association for Women, established in 1934. In 1939 she founded and directed the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps, which later became the starting point for the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS). Rosemary Broomham wrote in the biography of Florence McKenzie in 200 Australian Women that altogether Mrs McKenzie trained over 10,000 servicemen in Morse, visual signalling and international code, and she trained 3000 women, a third of whom went into the Services. On 8 June 1950 Florence McKenzie was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her work with the Women's Emergency Signals Corps.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/florence-violet-mckenzie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cookery-book-and-electrical-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-waaaf-in-wartime-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-florence-violet-mckenzie-nee-wallace-obe-astc-elec-eng-fain-mrs-mac-died-peacefully-in-her-sleep-on-sunday-evening-23-may-1982-aged-90\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mckenzie-florence-violet-1890-1982\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-florence-mckenzie-former-patroness-of-the-ex-wran-association-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Curtis-Otter, Margaret Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE0389", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/curtis-otter-margaret-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Strathfield, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Journalist Margaret Curtis-Otter, whose husband (Donald) was serving with the navy, enlisted in the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) on 18 January 1943 and became second in charge of this service. She was one of the first 16 officers and became an adviser to the Naval Board after the war, as well as Acting Director WRANS, while Sheila McClemans attended the Victory Parade in London in 1946. Margaret Curtis-Otter worked with Naval Control, assisting with the assembling of convoys and arranging for the departure of merchant ships. Later she became one of the founders of the Naval Information Service, when she joined the Naval Office. In 1975 the Naval Historical Society published W.R.A.N.S. : the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service written by Margaret-Curtis Otter. On 2 January 1956 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her services as Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/w-r-a-n-s-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-at-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/curtis-otter-margaret-catherine-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ships-belles-the-story-of-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service-in-war-and-peace-1941-1985\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/margaret-curtis-otter-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/department-of-information-broadcasting-division-talks-by-margaret-curtis-otter-jan-1942-transcripts\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/department-of-information-mrs-curtis-otter-correspondence-flat-12a-594-st-kilda-rd-melbourne-sc-4\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/members-of-the-first-wrans-officer-training-corps\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-first-officer-margaret-curtis-otter-director-of-the-wrans-until-demobilised-in-1945\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/margaret-curtis-otter-acting-first-officer-womens-royal-australian-naval-service-interviewed-by-dr-ruth-thompson-for-the-keith-murdoch-sound-archive-of-australia-in-the-war-of-1939-45\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/curtis-otter-margaret-first-officer-womens-royal-australian-naval-service-wrans\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jorgenson, June", "Entry ID": "AWE0391", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jorgenson-june\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Penrith, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Community worker, Servicewoman", "Summary": "During World War II June Jorgenson (n\u00e9e Jordan) joined the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) and was a Leading Writer in the Captain's and Admiral's office. She served at HMAS Penguin, HMAS Moreton, mainly at HMAS Kuttabul and HMAS Rushcutter. Following the war Jorgenson became an active member of the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women. On 26 January 1997 Jorgenson was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to veterans through the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women and the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service. On Anzac Day 2003, she was awarded the Commonwealth Centennial Medal.\nIn October 2002 June Jorgenson became a member of the working group for the \"Women in War Project.\"\n", "Details": "June Jorgenson was the eldest of eight children and is a descendant of New South Wales pioneers.\nHer father was descended from Private Thomas Sharp of the 102nd British Regiment, who arrived in 1793 on the ship Sugar Cane. Some of the Regiment returned to England in 1809 after the Rum Rebellion, but Thomas Sharp transferred to 73rd Regiment and took his discharge in Australia in 1815. Jorgenson's father was a World War I veteran, being seriously wounded by machine gun fire on the Western Front. He died a T.P.I.[1]\nHer mother was descended from Private William Sadleir of 57\/17 British Regiment, who arrived in 1824 and took his discharge in 1833, receiving a grant of land at Bowral.\nAfter Jorgenson left school she completed a secretarial\/accountancy course and worked for accountants until joining the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service as a communicator\/writer in March 1945. She worked in the Captain's office and Admiral's office until her discharge in 1947.\nShe married Raymond Jorgenson (deceased 1978) in 1951 and had three children. Jorgenson rejoined the workforce about 1965 working part time until 1972, then full time with the Life Offices' Association of Australia.\nTwice an Alderman (1983-1987 and 1991-1995) on the Willoughby City Council, she served on 15 committees. She also became the city vice-president and member of the executive committee of the Australian Local Government Women's Association.\nA member of the Returned Services League (RSL), for over 27 years Jorgenson has been the Honorary Organiser\/Honorary Secretary for the Chatswood-Willoughby Anzac Dawn Service committee.\nJorgenson's involvement with the Ex-Women's Royal Australian Naval Service began in about 1963. Since 1980 she has been a member of the executive committee five times as well as holding the position of welfare officer since 1986. June has represented the WRANS on various working committees including the School Talks Committee.\nA member of the Naval Association of Australia - Northern Suburbs Sub-Section, Jorgenson has been president since 1997. She also has been a delegate to the Australian Veterans and Defence Services Council for over a decade and when called upon has worked on committees as well as working as a pension advocate.\nIn 1963 Jorgenson joined the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women. From 1964 until 1971 she was Honorary Secretary for the Willoughby Sub Branch. Jorgenson also was foundation President of the Willoughby Legion Women's Bowling Club (1969-1973). From 1975 she has been a State Councillor at head office and from 1989 Honorary State Secretary. In 1990 she became the delegate to the National Council of Australian Legions. Jorgenson also represented the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women on the Bicentennial Celebration (1988) and Australia Remembers Committee in 1995.\nJune Jorgenson obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Environmental Law) from the UNSW in 1989 and in 2002 graduated from the University of Technology with a Bachelor of Law. On 26 January 1997 she was awarded the Order of Australia and the Centennial Medal on Anzac Day 2003.\n[1] T.P.I. an acronym for totally and permanently incapacitated, usually used in reference to returned servicemen\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jordan-june\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/willing-volunteers-resisting-society-reluctant-navy-the-troubled-first-years-of-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jordan-june-service-number-wr-2609-date-of-birth-27-jan-1924-place-of-birth-penrith-nsw-place-of-enlistment-sydney-next-of-kin-jordan-ethel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/group-photograph-of-personnel-at-hmas-kuttabul\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McDonald, Grace Thelma", "Entry ID": "AWE0392", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcdonald-grace-thelma\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ashbury, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Servicewoman", "Summary": "A member of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) during World War II, Grace Griffith enlisted on 6 March 1945 and was discharged on 28 October 1946.\nServing as a writer on HMAS Penguin, Kuttabul and Torrens, her training included activities that she may not have participated in had she remained in 'civvy' street.\nAfter being 'demobbed' some veterans were given scholarships to university and Teachers College, and Griffith was given one to the Conservatorium of Music. She achieved the position of being a Piano soloist with the Conservatorium's orchestra.\nIn 1950 Grace Griffith and Ernest McDonald married, they had four children including twins and now have nine grandchildren. During this time she returned to Netball as a player - a sport she had competed in while single. In 1966 McDonald was asked to be state secretary of the netball association. She held this position at a time when she was also state selector and state delegate. Later when the Randwick Netball Association was starting she was asked to be president, a position that McDonald held for 27 years before retiring in 1997. Over this period the Association had the largest contingent of Australian players from any one Association in Australia.\nDuring her time as president McDonald was given a Community Service Award in 1986 and in 1997 a Civic Reception and a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition for years of service as president of Randwick Netball Association and to sport in the City of Randwick.\nGrace McDonald was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on 26 January 1996 for her services to netball. On 26 July 2000 she was awarded the Australian Sports Medal.\nIn 2002 Grace McDonald became secretary of the Council of Ex-Servicewomen's Associations New South Wales(NSW) and she represented the Association on the working group for the \"Women in War Project.\"\n", "Details": "Letter submitted by Dorothy McHugh, nominating Grace McDonald for an Australian Honour.\nIt gives me great pleasure as General Secretary of the International Federation of Netball Associations to recommend Mrs Grace Thelma McDonald for an award to honour her outstanding contribution to the sport of Netball at Club, District, State, National and International Levels.\nGrace was always a keen athlete - tennis, hockey, athletics and netball being her favourite sports. These were all put on hold during World War II when she became a member of the Women's Royal Australian Navy in 1944 as a writer.\nI first met Grace McDonald in 1949 when we both played netball for the YWCA. In 1955 she was selected in the New South Wales (NSW) 'Rest' and became a State 'B' grade practical umpire.\nFrom 1966-70 she was not only umpiring, but held positions of State Secretary (1966-68) and Junior Vice-President (1969-70). During this period Grace McDonald served on numerous committees concurrently with the Executive roles she held. She exhibited a great deal of versatility as the portfolios were wide and varied. One of the most significant was the Building Committee which was responsible for planning, organising, and supervising the construction of the New South Wales (NSW) Netball Headquarters 'a first for women's sport' now known as the Anne Clarke Centre.\nGrace's meticulous attention to detail and her caring approach to people made her a much respected member of the State body. She played a vital role as a member of the committees which co-ordinated the National Tournaments hosted by NSW Netball Association in 1966, 1972 and in 1978 the Golden Jubilee Year for Netball in Australia. In 1966-67 Grace was a State Delegate to the National Council and in 1976 was appointed Manageress of the NSW Night State Team. In 1974 Grace set off to Papua New Guinea with a selected team on a touring and coaching exercise.\nIn 1971 Grace McDonald was elected President of the Randwick Netball Association, a position she still holds. Grace works patiently with a quiet unassuming dedication and zeal to maintain the standard and ethics the Association enjoys to-day. In addition, through her role as President of Randwick Netball Association she is promoting a game which provides enjoyment for some 2500\/3000 girls and women within the District. The Association serves an essential community role offering physical and mental involvement with others and the opportunity to meet people with varying interests and cultures within the District and the State. Under her leadership the Association has progressed from working out of a tent to finally achieving its own Headquarters in 1980. In 1986 disaster struck when the building was vandalised and burnt to the ground. I say disaster, because with the building the archives of the Association were also lost.\nUndaunted and true to her community spirit Grace McDonald surged ahead negotiating with the Randwick Municipal Council for the establishment of a new Headquarters. Mr Michael Cleary, then the NSW Minister for Sport opened the new building in 1987.\nIn 1981 Grace was made a Life Member of the Randwick Netball Association for her contribution to Netball within the District.\nThe Association has not only grown in size, but also in status. It caters for players from the grass roots level up to the elite. Randwick Netball Association boasts a large contingent of Australian players. Three of the most recent ones played in the Australian Team which won the 1991 World Netball Championships, which was staged in Sydney.\nGrace McDonald's drive and administrative skills do not stop at administrative level. With a working party she was successful in securing a very substantial sponsorship from Sydney Electricity to support the Randwick District Team in the Australian Super League Series, which Randwick won in 1993.\nSince 1990 Grace McDonald has been a member of the Heffron Park Action Group striving to prevent a Golf Driving Range from being put on Crown Land. The issue has become a very contentious one as Crown Land is reserved for public recreation and not for private enterprise. The issue has been tested in court several times. However, the battle still continues. More recently Grace McDonald has been invited to take a place on the Randwick Plan of Management Group for Heffron Park. (Formation of this group yet to be confirmed by Council).\nIn conclusion - Grace McDonald has administered Netball at all levels. She has generously shared her expertise with others and it should be noted that the many, many years she has been involved in Netball have been in a purely voluntary capacity. Anything she has ever done, not only for Netball, but within the community has reflected her high principals and integrity.\nI can attest to the quality of Grace's work and the effective and efficient way she gets things done. Her dedication is reflected in the respect she commands from Netballers at large.\nIf further information is required to supplement this outline of the invaluable contribution made to the sport of Netball by Grace McDonald I will be only too happy to oblige.\nDorothy M McHugh OAM\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/griffith-grace-thelma\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-informal-group-of-members-of-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service-wrans-on-the-wharf-at-garden-island\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wakehurst, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE0394", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wakehurst-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Margaret Wakehurst was the wife of the Governor of New South Wales. Lord Wakehurst was appointed Governor in 1937 and held the position until 1946.\nDuring World War II she was associated with the Australian Women's Land Army of New South Wales and while resident in Australia was patron of the Association. She was President of the Women's Australian National Services (WANS).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wakehurst-family-papers-1891-1931-1948-1957-1960\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-nancy-bird-walton-with-lady-wakehurst-wife-of-the-governor-of-nsw-in-front-of-squadron-leader-f-c-mackillop-and-gwen-stark\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lady-wakehurst-wife-of-the-governor-of-nsw-squadron-leader-f-c-mackillop-and-gwen-stark\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miss-nancy-bird-walton-wearing-the-uniform-of-the-australian-womens-flying-club-with-squadron-leader-f-c-mackillop-gwen-stark-and-lake-wakehurst-wife-of-the-governor-of-nsw\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-services-on-parade-in-melbourne-and-sydney-news-from-home-no-65\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lynch, Aileen Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0395", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lynch-aileen-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Randwick, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Waverton Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Bureaucrat, Community worker", "Summary": "Aileen Lynch (n\u00e9e Ryan) a public servant since 1917, was appointed officer-in-charge of the Women's Australian National Services. She inaugurated a scheme on which the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) was based.\nIn 1941 she became superintendent of the AWLA in New South Wales (NSW). Appointed Commonwealth superintendent in July 1942, Aileen Lynch remained at this post until she was officially relieved of her position on 9 April 1946. After the war she resumed her former occupation in the Premier's Department.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McEwan, Kathleen (Kitty) Agnes Rose", "Entry ID": "AWE0396", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcewan-kathleen-kitty-agnes-rose\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Golfer, Journalist, Print journalist, Sports Journalist, War Worker", "Summary": "Kitty McEwan was educated at Ormiston Ladies' College and became a freelance journalist working with Australian Home Beautiful in 1929. Interested in the game of golf, she began writing about women and golf, for the Radiator in 1937 and the Sun News-Pictorial in 1938. She organised fund-raising for patriotic appeals during World War II. In June 1942 McEwan was appointed superintendent in Victoria of the Australian Women's Land Army, a position she held until March 1946. After the war she returned to journalism, writing for the Sun News-Pictorial from which she retired in 1966. Kitty McEwan served as honorary publicity officer and an executive member of the National Council of Women Victoria and a councillor of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. She died on 17 August 1969, aged 75 years.\n", "Details": "Kitty McEwan was a keen sportswoman and was a member of several sporting clubs and associations, including the Barwon Heads Golf Club and the Women's Amateur Sports Council. She used her role as a journalist to promote women's sport to a wide audience. Her efforts in this area have seen her commemorated publicly. In 2003 she had a street in the Canberra suburb of Mckellar names after her, and the pre-eminent Victorian sportswoman of the year receives the VicSport Kitty McEwan Sportswoman of the Year award.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1929 - 1966)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcewan-kathleen-agnes-rose\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-australian-womens-land-army-a-brief-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-1967-oct-26-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gould, Ellen Julia (Nellie)", "Entry ID": "AWE0397", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gould-ellen-julia-nellie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, Wales", "Death Place": "Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Appointed lady superintendent of the New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR), Nellie Gould left Australia on 17 January 1900 with thirteen nursing sisters to serve in the Boer War as part of the British Army. The nursing contingent returned to Australia in 1902.\nOn 27th September 1914 Nellie Gould enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and served in Egypt, caring for Gallipoli casualties, followed by service in France and then England. She returned to Australia in January 1919 and was discharged on 3 March. She was unfit to take up nursing duties again and from 1920 she received a war service pension.\nIn 1916 Nellie Gould was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal (1st class) for her war work.\n", "Details": "Nellie Gould was born to Henry and Sarah (nee Baker) in Wales, her mother died when Nellie was 18 months old. When she was four the family moved to Portugal where she received her early education. Later the family returned to England and Nellie attended Mildmay Park College. She was a teacher and governess before moving to Sydney in 1884.\nOn 19 January 1885, Nellie commenced a two-year nurses training course at the Royal Alfred Hospital, Sydney. She stayed on at the hospital for two years after finishing the course. Nellie was then appointed matron of St Kilda Private Hospital at Woolloomooloo and in 1891 she became matron and superintendent of the training school of Sydney Hospital. She resigned in October 1898 to join the New South Wales Public Health Department and was matron of the Hospital for the Insane at Rydalmere in 1898-1900.\nIn February 1899 Matron Nellie Gould was asked to help form an Army Nursing Service Reserve attached to the New South Wales Army Medical Corps. On 26 May the nurses were sworn in and Nellie Gould was appointed lady superintendent. In charge of 13 nursing sisters, Nellie Gould left in the Moravian for the South African War (Boer War) on 17 January 1900. She returned to Australia in August 1902.\nUpon their return, Nellie Gould and her friend Sister Julia Bligh Johnston opened Ermelo Private Hospital at Newtown, Sydney. She also organized the Army Nursing Service Reserve in New South Wales and was appointed principal matron of the 2nd Military District. After Ermelo was sold in 1912, both Nellie Gould and Julia Johnston joined the Public Health Department.\nOn 27 September 1914 Nellie Gould enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and served in Egypt, caring for Gallipoli casualties, followed by service in France and then England. She returned to Australia in January 1919 and was discharged on 3 March. She was unfit to take up nursing duties again and from 1920 she received a war service pension.\nNellie Gould was involved in founding the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association (ATNA) and was a council member from 1899 until her retirement in 1921. She also initiated the publishing of the ATNA journal in 1903 and served on the editorial committee. \nNellie Gould died at Neutral Bay on 19 July 1941.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guns-and-brooches-australian-army-nursing-from-the-boer-war-to-the-gulf-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/monash-biographical-dictionary-of-20th-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-at-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-nurses-in-the-boer-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/just-wanted-to-be-there-australian-service-nurses-1899-1999\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nightingales-in-the-mud-the-digger-sisters-of-the-great-war-1914-1918\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gould-ellen-julia-nellie-1860-1941\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nurses-narratives-principal-matron-ellen-julia-gould\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nominal-rolls-and-lists-of-medals-and-clasps-for-new-south-wales-military-forces-who-served-in-boer-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/informal-portrait-of-three-nurses-who-accompanied-the-second-contingent-to-the-boer-war-as-members-of-the-nsw-army-medical-corps\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nursing-services-notes-on-australian-nursing-sisters-in-the-history-of-the-australian-army-nursing-service-by-matron-ellen-j-gould-rrc\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gould-ellen-julia-sern-principal-matron-pob-monmouth-wales-poe-cairo-egypt-nok-harley-b-a-mrs\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stevenson, Clare Grant", "Entry ID": "AWE0399", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stevenson-clare-grant\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Bureaucrat, Community worker, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Clare Stevenson was appointed Director of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force on 9 June 1941. Thus she became head of the first Women's Service formed in Australia for ground-staff duties with an armed force. After the war Stevenson returned to her executive position with Berlei Ltd. Also she became involved with community work. For forty years she was affiliated with the Services Canteens Trust Fund. Clare Stevenson, with a group of friends, helped initiate the Scholarship Trust Fund for Civilian Widows' Children. She also helped establish the Kings Cross Community Aid Centre as well as the Carer's Association of New South Wales. On 11 June 1960 Clare Stevenson was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for social welfare services on behalf of ex-servicewomen. On Australia Day 1988 she received the Member of the Order of Australia award for service to the community and to the welfare of veterans.\n", "Details": "Born at Wangaratta, Vic., Clare Stevenson was the second youngest of six children and moved with her family to Essendon when she was four years old. Her education commenced at Winstow Girls' Grammar School, Essendon and later Essendon High School. Passing her School Leaving Examination in February 1922, she was one of 116 young women out of a total of 501 who that year signed the matriculation roll at the University of Melbourne.\nClare Stevenson was admitted to the Faculty of Science and during her time at the university she was active in campus activities. A member of the Students' Representative Council and the Science Club, Clare Stevenson was a hockey blue and in 1925, president of the Committee of Melbourne University Women. During the final year of the degree she failed chemistry and enrolled for the Diploma of Education, which she obtained at the end of 1925. She commenced her working career with the Y.W.C.A. and in 1932 became a training and research officer at Berlei Ltd.\nOn 9 June 1941 Stevenson was selected as director of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) a position she held until she retired on 18 March 1946. At the end of World War II she returned to her position at Berlei Ltd and remained with the company until her retirement in 1960.\nIn her retirement, Clare Stevenson continued her involvement with community associations. Affiliated with the Services Canteens Trust Fund for 40 years, she and a group of friends helped establish the Scholarship Trust Fund for Civilian Widows' Children. Clare Stevenson helped establish the Kings Cross Community Aid Centre as well as the Carer's Association of NSW. In 1960 she was awarded the MBE for her services to the community.\nClare Stevenson never married and died in Sydney on 22 October 1988.\n", "Events": "Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (1960 - 1960) \nAwarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) (1988 - 1988) \nGeneral Secretary of the Y.W.C.A, Rockhampton (1929 - 1931) \nJoined Berlei Ltd to take charge of staff training (1932 - 1932) \nOrganiser of night classes and clubs for day workers Y.W.C.A. (Sydney) (1926 - 1928) \nPromoted to Group-Officer (1942 - 1942) \nPromoted to Wing-Officer (1941 - 1941) \nRetired from Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (1946 - 1946) \nSelected as Director of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force with rank of Squadron-Officer (1941 - 1941) \nSenior Execuctive at Berlei Ltd, London (1935 - 1939) \nSenior Executive at Berlei Ltd (1946 - 1960)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stevenson-clare-grant-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-waaaf-in-wartime-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/double-time-women-in-victoria-150-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/unsung-heroes-heroines-of-australia-edited-by-suzy-baldwin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-w-a-a-a-f-book\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/department-of-information-broadcasting-division-talks-by-wing-officer-clare-stevenson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clare-g-stevenson-honour\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stevenson-clare-grant-service-number-351001-date-of-birth-18-jul-1903-place-of-birth-unknown-place-of-enlistment-unknown-next-of-kin-stevenson-a\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/director-of-waaaf-clare-stevenson-middle-and-warrant-officer-gwen-starkie-stark-obscured-on-inspection-of-no-5-operational-training-unit-raaf\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/group-portrait-of-a-number-of-waaaf-officers-who-attended-the-first-annual-conference-of-waaaf-staff-officers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-the-outdoors-the-director-waaaf-group-officer-clare-stevenson-and-a-waaaf-wing-officer-conversing-with-waaaf-officers-who-conducted-a-four-day-bivouac\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stevenson-clare-grant-group-officer-director-waaaf\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clare-grant-stevenson-papers-1941-1947-concerning-the-womens-auxiliary-australian-air-force\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clare-grant-stevenson-further-papers-192-1988-mainly-concerning-the-womens-auxiliary-australian-air-force-with-the-papers-of-joyce-a-thomson-concerning-clare-grant-stevenson-1941-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/group-portrait-of-four-original-waaaf-officers-with-the-director-waaaf-group-officer-clare-stevenson-after-a-waaaf-staff-officers-conference-at-air-force-headquarters-victoria-barracks\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clare-grant-stevenson-papers-ca-1917-1988-together-with-unidentified-business-records-1848-1876-and-the-papers-of-stella-florence-james-1919-1971-marian-macleod-hamilton-nee-grant-stevenson-1\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carlton, Eileen Grace (Sally)", "Entry ID": "AWE0403", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carlton-eileen-grace-sally\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Social worker", "Summary": "Sally Carlton was superintendent in Western Australia of the Australian Women's Land Army during the Second World War. \nBorn in Perth, she attended Perth College and became a 'Girl Friday.' Later she joined the West Australian newspaper and was in charge of the file room. Here she hand indexed all news in the papers each day. After a failed marriage Carlton worked as the organising secretary with the Lady Gowrie Child Centre (Perth) in 1942. She responded to a newspaper advertisement seeking a person to organise the recruiting of women for the Western Australian Land Army. Involved with the Girl Guide movement, Carlton had conducted training sessions for the Women's Australian National Services (WANS) officers. Initially supervisor she was later titled State Superintendent.\nAfter the war, Carlton worked at the Princess Margaret Children's Hospital as a social worker. As she wasn't qualified she completed mature age matriculation and then tertiary studies at the universities of Western Australia and South Australia, while working full-time.\nOn 31 December 1960, Sally Carlton was awarded the Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) for service to the Girl Guides Association in Western Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sally-carlton-biographical-details\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thanks-girls-and-goodbye-the-story-of-the-australian-womens-land-army-1942-45\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pender, Beryl Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0404", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pender-beryl-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gympie, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "During World War II Beryl Pender was superintendent in Queensland of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA). She was previously with the Queensland Public Service and secretary to the Queensland Trade Commission. Pender was the first married woman to be readmitted to the public service on the outbreak of the war. Following the war she maintained an interest in the 'land girls' and helped with the organising of the 30-year reunion and a short history of the organisation.\n", "Events": "Administrator with Building & Industrial Suppliers Pty Ltd (1950 - 1950) \nAppointed administrative officer with the Australian Women's Land Army (Queensland) (1942 - 1942) \nAppointed State superintendent of the Australian Women's Land Army (Queensland) (1943 - 1943) \nDivorced (1946 - 1946) \nJoined the Queensland Public Service (1920 - 1920) \nMarried grazier Daniel Matthew McLeish (1946 - 1946) \nMarried solicitor Edward Francis Pender (1939 - 1939)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcleish-beryl-elizabeth-1902-1974\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hodgson, Agnes", "Entry ID": "AWE0405", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hodgson-agnes\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Agnes Hodgson was superintendent of the Australian Women's Land Army in Tasmania. \nIn 1940 she became the organising secretary when the Tasmanian government provided a grant to help establish the Agricultural Department's research farm at Cressy as a training farm for land girls.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thanks-girls-and-goodbye-the-story-of-the-australian-womens-land-army-1942-45\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-land-army-launceston-tasmania\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Deasey, Maude (Kathleen)", "Entry ID": "AWE0406", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/deasey-maude-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Collingwood, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Prahran, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Servicewoman, Teacher", "Summary": "Kathleen Deasey was appointed assistant-controller Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS), Southern Command in November 1941. Prior to joining the AWAS, Deasey was lady superintendent at Melbourne's Ladies College, Melbourne. Following World War II, Deasey worked with the Department of Immigration, after which she studied at the Sorbonne, Paris. Later Deasey returned to teaching and was a senior tutor in education at the University of Melbourne and then became Principal of St Ann's College, University of Adelaide.\n", "Details": "The second of six children to Anglican clergyman, Rev. Denis Murrell and Maude Williamson (n\u00e9e Watt) Deasey, Kathleen was educated at Geelong Church of England Girls' Grammar School. She obtained a BA (1931), MA (1933) and DipEd (1935) from the University of Melbourne, and a BA (1937) and MA (1946) from Newham College, Cambridge. She taught at Frensham, Mittagong, NSW and became lady superintendent at Methodist Ladies College (Melbourne). \nIn November 1941 Deasey was appointed assistant-controller, Southern Command and was promoted to Major on 28 January 1942. Initially she established the service's structure in Victoria and then supervised the enlistment and training of recruits. In May 1943 she was transferred to First Army Headquarters, Toowoomba, Queensland as assistant-controller and later to the Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Land Headquarters, Melbourne.\nIn 1944 the Chaplains' Department published, Readings and Prayers for Members of the Army Women's Services, a booklet that Deasey compiled. After the war she represented the Australian Women's Army Service at the Victory march in London (1946) and then returned to Australia and drafted a history of the Service. \nAfter being discharged from the army Deasey worked with the Department of Immigration, spent time studying at the Sorbonne, Paris, followed by administering an agency sponsorship scheme for the World Council of Churches. From 1960 to 1961 she was a senior tutor in education at the University of Melbourne and then became Principal of St Ann's College, University of Adelaide, until 1966. Returning to Melbourne in 1967, she joined the staff of Larnook Domestic Arts Teachers' College, Armadale.\nKathleen Deasey, who never married, died on 6 September 1968 and was buried in Boroondara cemetery, Kew.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/deasey-maude-kathleen-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/deasey-maude-kathleen-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-at-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-the-lyceum-club-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/deasey-m-k-maj-appointment-as-lc-between-aa-ch-d-and-australian-army-womens-services\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/deasey-maude-kathleen-service-number-v345001-date-of-birth-26-may-1909-place-of-birth-melbourne-place-of-enlistment-melbourne-vic-next-of-kin-deasey-d\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-m-kathleen-deasey-college-principal-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/honours-and-awards-recommendations-for-new-year-honours-list-1946\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/general-sir-thomas-blamey-inspects-units-of-the-australian-womens-army-service-at-their-headquarters\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/major-deasey-sewing-on-a-victory-contingent-colour-patch-for-private-frank-john-partridge-vc-on-board-hmas-shropshire\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/major-m-k-deasey-australian-womens-army-service-awas\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-major-kathleen-deasey-who-in-november-1941-was-appointed-assistant-controller-in-victoria-of-the-australian-womens-army-service\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackson, Dawn Valerie Vautin", "Entry ID": "AWE0409", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-dawn-valerie-vautin\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kent, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Dawn Jackson was born in Kent, England, the daughter of Major-General R E Jackson CMG, DSO. Educated at St Catherine's Church of England Girls School, Sydney, she served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment and subsequently with the Australian Army Women's Medical Service. She was a member of the Australian Imperial Forces from 1941 to 1947 and saw service in the Middle East and New Guinea. Colonel Jackson was associated with the combined training of the Army Women's Services Training Company and the Army Women's Services Officers School.\nOn 2 December 1957 Dawn Jackson was appointed the second Director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps, a post she held until February 1972.\nDawn Jackson was appointed to The Order of the British Empire - Officer (Military) on 11 June 1960 for her services to the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps.\nColonel Dawn Jackson died on 20 January 1995 in Canberra.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/soldiers-of-the-queen-women-in-the-australian-army\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-dawn-valerie-vantin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-dawn-valerie-vautin-2\/ \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\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-dawn-valerie-vautin-service-number-qfx24150-date-of-birth-22-feb-1917-place-of-birth-kent-england-place-of-enlistment-unknown-next-of-kin-jackson-r\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/first-wraac-womens-royal-australian-army-corps\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-pre-dinner-chat-for-womens-royal-australian-army-corps-wraac-officers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fowler, Kathleen May", "Entry ID": "AWE0410", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fowler-kathleen-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Kathleen Fowler enlisted in the Australian Women's Army Service in 1943 and served in a variety of postings until demobilisation in 1947. She re-enlisted in the Women's Royal Australian Army Service in April 1951. From 1961 she was directly involved in planning and administration of the WRAAC. On 23 Feb. 1972 she became the third Director of WRAAC and remained in the position until 4 July 1977. \nColonel Fowler was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia on 9 June 1975.\nSource used to compile this entry: A Stroll Down Memory Lane: A Brief History of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps.\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\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-kathleen-may-fowler-director-of-womens-royal-australian-army-corps-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maxwell, Barbara Edwina Audrey", "Entry ID": "AWE0411", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maxwell-barbara-edwina-audrey\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rangoon, Burma", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Born in Burma in 1932, Barbara Maxwell came to Australia with her family in 1946 and attended Girdlestone School, Perth, Western Australia. She joined the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) in 1952, serving in Japan, and was in every Australian Command with the exception of Eastern Command.\nWhile posted to the 11th RAANC, Western Command, Warrant Officer 2 (WO2) Barbara Maxwell gained selection for the Officers' Cadet School. This was after the Military Board gave approval for other ranks of the RAANC to attend the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) Officer Cadet School. Except for the last few days of the course Barbara Maxwell wore her RAANC grey uniform and she won the 'Scarf of Honour' (dux) for the course. \nBarbara Maxwell was fourth Director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps from 5th July 1977 to 14th March 1979. She was the first Director who had not previously served in Australia's wartime army. Following her retirement from the Army Barbara Maxwell pursued a business career with her husband, Bruce Starrett. [1]\n[1] Soldiers of the Queen by Janette Bomford p. 117\n", "Events": "Attended officer cadet course at Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) School, Georges Heights (1960 - 1960) \nAwarded National Medal and Bar (1978 - 1978) \nAwarded the British Commonwealth Occupation Force medal (1954 - 1954) \nAwarded top academic cadet prize (1960 - 1960) \nCaptain Staff Officer and Officer Commanding 6 WRAAC Headquaters Tasmania Command (1968 - 1968) \nCaptain Staff Officer at the Royal Military College, Duntroon (Australian Capital Territory) (1964 - 1965) \nCaptain Staff Officer with the Department of Defence (Army Office) (1966 - 1967) \nCaptain, senior instructor at the WRAAC School (1969 - 1969) \nColonel in Reserve of Officers Headquarters, 2nd Military District (1979 - 1991) \nColonel, director of the WRAAC (1977 - 1979) \nFirst servicewoman crew member of service-owned yacht in the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race (1973 - 1974) \nInvolved in establishment of WRAAC Association (1977 - 1978) \nInvolved in organization and conduct of collections for Red Cross, Austcare, etc., with Mosman City Council (1969 - 1972) \nInvolved in organization and conduct of collections for Red Cross, Austcare, etc., with Mosman City Council (1974 - 1975) \nLieutenant Adjutant and Quartermaster at the WRAAC Barracks, Melbourne (1963 - 1964) \nLieutenant Colonel, assistant director WRAAC Headquarters Eastern Command at Victoria Barracks, Paddington (1972 - 1974) \nLieutenant Colonel, commanding officer and chief instructor at the WRAAC School (1974 - 1975) \nLieutenant Colonel, staff officer grade 1 at the Directorate of Service Conditions with the Department of Defence (Army), Canberra (1975 - 1977) \nLieutenant instructor and platoon commander of the WRAAC School Recruit Training Wing (1961 - 1962) \nMajor, chief instructor at the WRAAC School (1969 - 1972) \nMarried (Lieutenant Colonel) Bruce Starrett (1972 - 1972) \nMember of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan (1954 - 1954) \nMember of the Royal Australian Naval Sailing Association (1972 - 1979) \nServed with the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) (1951 - 1959)", "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\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vale-barbara-edwina-audrey-starrett-nee-maxwell-colonel-and-last-director-of-the-womens-royal-australian-army-corps\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-barbara-maxwell-former-head-of-the-womens-royal-australian-army-corps-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/army-minister-visits-wraac-school-dpr-tv-1513\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Verinder, Dulcie Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0412", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/verinder-dulcie-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "East Brunswick, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Colonel Dulcie Verinder's appointment was \"Head of Corps\", rather than Director. She graduated from the first WRAAC Officer Cadet Course in December 1952, and served in various capacities with the WRAAC, including five years as Chief Instructor at the WRAAC School.\nIn 1976 Dulcie Verinder was promoted to Colonel. At that time she was the only female officer to have been promoted to Colonel for appointment outside her Corps.\nColonel Dulcie Elizabeth Verinder was Head of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps from 1979 until 1981. On 14 July 1977 she was awarded the National Medal.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/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\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-dulcie-verinder-colonel-womens-royal-australian-army-corps-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/queens-birthday-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-pre-dinner-chat-for-womens-royal-australian-army-corps-wraac-officers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Douglas, Mary Stewart (May)", "Entry ID": "AWE0413", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/douglas-mary-stewart-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victor Harbour, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "On 1 June 1953 May Douglas was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition for her service as Commissioner of Girl Guides in South Australia. She was also awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1997 for service to veterans, particularly through the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps Association, and the Australia Remembers 1945-1995 Celebrations.\n", "Events": "Appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) (1953 - 1953) \nAssistant Controller of the Australian Women's Army Service (1941 - 1943) \nAwarded Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) (1997 - 1997) \nCaptain and Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association (1923 - 1941) \nController of the Australian Army Medical Womens' Service (1943 - 1946) \nDeputy South Australian Commissioner of the Girl Guides (1949 - 1952) \nDistrict Commissioner of the Girl Guides (1946 - 1948) \nHonorary Colonel of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (1961 - 1966) \nLife member of the South Australian Council of Girl Guides (1958 - 1958) \nState Commissioner of the South Australian Girl Guides (1952 - 1958)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/douglas-mary-stewart\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/soldiers-of-the-queen-women-in-the-australian-army\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/notable-lives-profiles-of-21-south-australians\/ \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\/from-blue-to-khaki-the-enlisted-voluntary-aids-and-others-who-became-members-of-the-australian-army-medical-womens-service-and-served-from-1941-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-stroll-down-memory-lane\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-wartime-may-douglas-who-played-a-prominent-part-in-the-australian-womens-army-service-raised-in-august-1941-contributes-some-of-her-memories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/douglas-mary-stewart-service-number-sfx30364-date-of-birth-20-jan-1904-place-of-birth-victor-harbour-sa-place-of-enlistment-wayville-sa-next-of-kin-douglas-f\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-mary-stewart-douglas-o-b-e-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/major-mary-douglas-seated-formerly-of-the-australian-womens-army-service-awas\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/end-of-war-awards-submissions-by-quartermaster-general-and-director-general-of-medical-services\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-pre-dinner-chat-for-womens-royal-australian-army-corps-wraac-officers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/officers-at-the-conference-of-assistant-and-deputy-assistant-controllers-australian-army-medical-womens-service\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/officers-at-the-conference-of-assistant-and-deputy-assistant-controllers-australian-army-medical-womens-service-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lieutenant-colonel-may-douglas\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/members-of-the-girl-guides-association-south-australia-working-in-the-depot-during-their-thrift-campaign-to-raise-funds-for-organisations-such-as-the-red-cross\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cutler, Helen Gray Annetta", "Entry ID": "AWE0414", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cutler-helen-gray-annetta\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) on 9 June 1980, Lady Cutler had previously been awarded Dame of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (1977) and Commander of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (1965).\nHelen Morris married Roden Cutler (Governor New South Wales (NSW) 1966-1981) on 28 May 1946 and they had four sons. She was educated at Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School and served with the Australian Women's Army Service from 1942 to 1946.\nPatron of the Children's Book Council of Australia (NSW), Lady Cutler received an Honorary Fellow from the NSW College of Nursing. She was President of the NSW Division of the Save the Children Fund, Vice-President of the Girl Guides' Association (NSW), Vice-President of the St John Ambulance Brigade and Honorary Colonel of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps 1967 to 1985.\n", "Events": "Appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (1980 - 1980) \nAppointed an Honorary Colonel of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) (1967 - 1985) \nAwarded Dame of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (1977 - 1977) \nCommissioned Officer Commanding Convoys and later Officer Commanding AWAS Barracks 1 Australian Ordnance Vehicle Park Bandiana (1944 - 1944) \nMarried: Arthur (Roden) Cutler VC (later His Excellency Sir) (1946 - 1946) \nServed with the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) (1942 - 1946)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morris-helen-gray-annetta\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/soldiers-of-the-queen-women-in-the-australian-army\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1971\/ \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\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1988\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-lady-cutler-wife-of-the-former-governor-of-nsw-sir-roden-cutler-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morris-helen-gray-annetta-service-number-nf436079-date-of-birth-05-may-1923-place-of-birth-sydney-nsw-place-of-enlistment-paddington-nsw-next-of-kin-morris-david\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cutler-family-papers-1909-1995\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morris-family-papers-1913-1963\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pocock, Mary Anne (Bessie)", "Entry ID": "AWE0418", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pocock-mary-anne-bessie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dalby, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Grafton, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "A member of the New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR), Bessie Pocock served in the Boer War. She was awarded the Queen's and the King's South Africa medals and mentioned in despatches. Once again Pocock enlisted in the defence force at the outbreak of World War I. Serving in Cairo and Ismailia (Egypt) Pocock was later a matron on hospital ships. On 2 May 1916 Bessie Pocock was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal (2nd class) for her service with the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS).\n", "Details": "Before commencing her nursing training at Sydney Hospital in 1890, Bessie Pocock worked as a domestic. Upon completion she joined the hospital staff as a Sister. In 1899 Pocock became a member of the New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR) and served in the Boer War being posted to hospitals in London, Johannesburg and Middleburg. She was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Queen's and the King's South Africa medals. After the war she returned to her position at the Sydney Hospital. From 1907 until 1911 Bessie became matron of the Newcastle Hospital and later (1911-1914) at Gladesville.\nDuring World War I Pocock served with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in hospitals at Cairo and Ismailia (Egypt). She was then matron of the Hospital Ship Assaye before being stationed at Marseilles and Wimereux (France), followed by Trois Arbres (Belgium), and then Boulogne and England. On 2 May 1916 Sister Bessie Pocock was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal (2nd class) and she had been twice mentioned in despatches.\nAfter the war Pocock returned to Gladesville Hospital as matron. Before retiring she set up a convalescent hospital at Chatswood called 'Ismailia.' She remained an active member of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association of which she became a life member as well as the Australian Army Nursing Service Reserve.\nBessie Pocock never married and was looked after by her nieces until she died on 16 July 1946.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pocock-mary-anne-bessie-1863-1946\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-diggers-makers-of-the-australian-military-tradition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-nurses-in-the-boer-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/just-wanted-to-be-there-australian-service-nurses-1899-1999\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nightingales-in-the-mud-the-digger-sisters-of-the-great-war-1914-1918\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nominal-rolls-and-lists-of-medals-and-clasps-for-new-south-wales-military-forces-who-served-in-boer-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nursing-sisters-including-sister-mary-a-bessie-pocock-far-left-back-row-mounted-on-camels-in-front-of-the-sphinx\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cawood, Dorothy Gwendolen", "Entry ID": "AWE0419", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cawood-dorothy-gwendolen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Dorothy Cawood commenced her nursing training in 1909, and on 14 November 1914 enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). On 22 July 1917, while attached to the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station at Armentieres, Cawood along with two other sisters, Clare Deacon and Alice Ross-King (later Appleford), evacuated patients from burning buildings while the station was being bombed. All three sisters were awarded Military Medals for their action. Later, while stationed at the 6th Australian General Hospital, Cawood was mentioned in despatches for 'distinguished and gallant service in the field'. At the end of the war, Cawood joined the nursing staff at the State Hospital (Liverpool) and in 1928 became matron at the David Berry Hospital, Berry, a position she held until her retirement in 1943.\nDorothy Cawood never married and died on 16 February 1962.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cawood-dorothy-gwendolen-1884-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-diggers-makers-of-the-australian-military-tradition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davidson, Ethel Sarah", "Entry ID": "AWE0420", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davidson-ethel-sarah\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Semaphore, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Orphaned at the age of five, Ethel Davidson grew up with her half-brothers and sisters - children from her father's first marriage. After completing her nursing training at Adelaide Hospital, she worked in district and private nursing.\nIn 1904 Davidson became a reserve member of the Australian Army Nursing Service, enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in 1914. During World War I she was stationed at Mena, Cairo, where she was mentioned in despatches. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal, 2nd class, for her nursing service in England and France. On 3 June 1919 Davidson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military) for services to army nursing.\nAfter leaving the army, Davidson became matron of the military hospital at Keswick (SA), a post she held until her retirement in 1933. From 1922 to 1926 she was president of the Returned Army Nurses' Association of South Australia. In 1924 the Association became a sub-branch of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League.\nEthel Davidson never married and died on 21 April 1939. She is buried in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davidson-ethel-sarah-1872-1939\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-diggers-makers-of-the-australian-military-tradition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davidson-ethel-sarah-sern-matron-pob-payneham-sa-poe-n-a-nok-b-davidson-thomas\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stone, June", "Entry ID": "AWE0423", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stone-june\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Balmain, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Servicewoman", "Summary": "On 26 January 1997, June Stone was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to veterans particularly through the Council of Ex-Servicewomen's Associations (New South Wales) and the Royal Australian Air Force Association State Council. She had previously been appointed to the Order of the British Empire (Civil) (BEM) on 12 June 1976.\nIn October 2002 June Stone became a member of the working group for the \"Australian Women in War Project.\"\n", "Details": "After completion of a Commercial Course at Sydney Technical College, June Garside worked as a secretary at an assurance company. She enjoyed going to dances, hiking with a social group at the weekend and going to the movies. This was at a time when the couple would dress formally and the male always had a box of Old Gold or Winning Post chocolates and sometimes a small corsage for the female. Then war came and the girls who were just as loyal and patriotic as the boys, did what their boyfriends were doing - they joined up.\nOn 29 September 1941 June, aged 19 years, joined the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) as a Clerk General and was posted to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Station Bankstown to join the first WAAAF Recruit Course in New South Wales. She served at RAAF Bankstown and Sydney (underground) at 1 Fighter Sector Headquarters, later known as 101 Fighter Control Unit, in Operations Room and for a short time was attached to Headquarters Southern Area, United States Air Force in Australia: was posted to 6 RAAF Postal Unit, Townsville, in October 1944 as Orderly Room Sergeant and to RAAF Canberra in April 1946 to serve as Confidential Secretary to Rear-Admiral Leighton Bracegirdle, Official Secretary to His Royal Highness the Governor-General, The Duke of Gloucester, until discharge in October 1946.\nJune married Flight Sergeant Harold Paul Clancy, RAAF Wireless Operator Air Gunner, on 12 October 1942 and was widowed on 21 July 1943 when he was killed in an aircraft crash at Habbaniya, Iraq whilst attached to the RAF. On 21 May 1949 she married William (Bill) Stone, a World War II RAAF Radiographer and the couple had a son, Robert. In her spare time June enjoyed reading mystery stories, good music and travel.\nIn 1946 June joined the RAAF Association, New South Wales Division, and as a member of the WAAAF Branch held the offices of President, Honorary Secretary and Committee Member from 1960-1992. She was elected to RAAFA State Council in 1960 and held the office of State Vice-President from 1971-1999, received the honour of Life Membership in 1972 and was further honoured by being appointed a Life Vice-President of the NSW Division in 1999. She was Co-ordinator of the Air Force Contingent in Sydney's ANZAC Day March for many years.\nFrom 1973 June served as a National Councillor representing the New South Wales Division on the National Council, RAAF Association.\nFrom 1974 she was the RAAF Association's Delegate to the Australian Veterans and Defence Services Council, a crest veterans' body with a membership of 35 national organisations. \nJune Stone was the Foundation Chairman at the Council of Ex-Servicewomen's Associations (NSW)'s Inaugural Meeting on 20 January 1975 and continued as Chairman. The Council works promoting the interests of members of the World War II Women's Services (WAAAF, WRANS, AWAS and AAMWS) within Australia's Defence Forces and makes joint submissions on their behalf to Governments. Also it disseminates information to state and interstate ex-servicewomen's organisations on matters affecting female veterans of World War II. It raised money and built 12 self-contained units at the RSL Veterans' Retirement Villages, Narrabeen, for ageing and disadvantaged members of the WAAAF, WRANS, AWAS and AAMWS, in the absence of access to Defence Service Homes Loans and other support. Money was raised for plaques and the erection of a memorial in Jessie Street Gardens, Loftus Street, Sydney, to commemorate the service of the women of New South Wales in the World War II Defence Forces. The Chairman planted a Memorial Tree, a mint leafed peppermint, at the western side of the main building of the Australian War Memorial on 12 December 1991.\nOver many years, through the Council, June Stone worked to have eligibility for Defence Service Homes Benefits extended to all members of the World War II WAAAF, WRANS, AWAS and AAMWS irrespective of where they served, as did a number of ex-servicewomen's organisations. In 1993, by lodging a representative complaint under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission as an individual woman against the Department of Veteran's Affairs, and with the support of Mrs Val Buswell OAM, a fellow WAAAF, the matter was fully debated at a conciliation meeting on 29 June 1994. The Government announced changes to the legislation in the 1995 Budget to take effect from July 1995 extending full eligibility to all members of the four World War II Women's Services. The complaint was settled!!\nIn 1995 the incumbent Minister for Veterans' Affairs, The Hon Con Sciacca MP, appointed June to the Ministerial Advisory Council on Veterans' Issues (MACOVI) and she was invited, as the representative of Australia's World War II Australian servicewomen, to join the Committee of the DVA Australia Remembers Task Force organising the National Day for World War II Australian female veterans held at Parliament House, Canberra, on 25 July 1995. She has been a member of a number of other Committees set up by DVA National and State Offices. June was also a member of the Advisory Group for the planning, erection and launching of the Australian Servicewomen's Memorial in the Statuary Gardens at the Australian War Memorial on 29 March 1999.\nA particular honour for June was being invited by the Council of the Australian War Memorial to represent the World War II servicewomen as their Official Mourner and to take part in the Funeral Procession at the Entombment of the Unknown Australian Soldier in the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial on 11 November 1993, a never to be forgotten experience.\nAs a RAAF Association delegate June was involved in the activities of the World Veterans Federation (WVF) from 1975. She travelled extensively throughout Europe and Asia. She attended General Assemblies every three years from 1976, and attended associated meetings of Standing Committees. She was Honorary Secretary of the WVF Australian Members Committee and from 1979 to 1997 was General Rapporteur of the Standing Committee for Asia and the Pacific. In November 1997 at Seoul, South Korea, she was elected Vice-President of the WVF and re-elected Vice-President for a further three years in Paris in December 2000. June Stone was the first female to be elected to the Executive Board of the WVF since the Federation was formed in 1950.\nThe WVF is an international non-governmental organisation bringing together associations of those who have experienced the sufferings of war, fighting side by side or facing each other in combat and who want to contribute to the establishment of a more peaceful, just and free world. Member associations come from 84 countries and their membership covers over 30 million individuals, being war veterans, victims of war and former personnel of peacekeeping forces.\nIn 1997 June Stone was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to veterans and in 1976 the Medal of the Order of the British Empire (BEM) for her work on behalf of ex-servicemen and women.\nJune believed that her sustained efforts for veterans over such a long period and any results achieved would not have been possible without the support, understanding and tolerance of her dearly loved husband, Bill Stone, who died on 24 March 2002.\nThe information for this entry was supplied by June Stone OAM, BEM\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-waaaf-in-wartime-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clancy-june\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clancy-june-service-number-92478-date-of-birth-10-jun-1922-place-of-birth-balmain-nsw-place-of-enlistment-sydney-next-of-kin-garside-edwin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-june-stone-when-the-war-came-to-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Whitworth, Joyce Ethel", "Entry ID": "AWE0424", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whitworth-joyce-ethel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Major Joyce Whitworth was Assistant Commander, Eastern Command New South Wales (NSW), Australian Women's Army Service. She was discharged from the Army Service on 27 June 1946. From 1959 until 1972 she was President of the Australian Women's Army Service Association (NSW). On the 21st Anniversary of the Australian Women's Army Service, Joyce Whitworth planted an Australian Gum (Lemon Eucalyptus) in Hyde Park on the western side of the War Memorial, in the presence of Lt-General Sir John Northcott. For services to the community, Joyce Whitworth was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 8 June 1968. In 1989 Joyce Whitworth became Patron of the Council of Ex-Servicewomen's Associations (NSW), a position she held until her death on 19 September 1998.\n", "Details": "In July 1989 Joyce E Whitworth wrote the following:\nI was born in May 1911 and educated at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School (SCEGGS). Upon leaving school I completed two years nursing training at the Children's Hospital in Sydney. After leaving the Hospital I did a business course and when war broke out was a private secretary in a large industrial firm.\nIn June 1940 I joined the Women's Australian National Service (WANS) - a voluntary organisation formed to train women in their 'spare' time in the event of their services being needed to replace \"A\" class men for combat duty. I was trained in this organisation to become an officer and was eventually promoted to Commandant of a Defence Unit.\nWhen the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) was formed in October 1941, I was selected as one of six from New South Wales to attend, with the others selected from other States, the first officers' training school held in November at the Guide House at Yarra Junction in Victoria. After completion of this course I was promoted to the rank of Captain and returned to Victoria Barracks, Sydney, to assist the Assistant Controller - Major Eleanor Manning OBE, and her staff officer, Captain Stella Swinney - to interview and process the first applicants to the Service.\nIn January 1942 I was appointed Chief Instructor of the First Recruit Training School at Killara. In May 1942 in view of the urgent need for signallers, one thousand women were called up as Signallers. Two training battalions were formed in June 1942. Signallers from Queensland and New South Wales were trained at Ingleburn Camp, New South Wales. This Unit was called the Signals Training Battalion and I was posted to this Unit with four AWAS NCO's. I was to be the Administrative Officer in charge of recruit training; Lt. Col. Farrow the Commanding Officer and his male staff were responsible for technical training. A similar Unit was formed in Victoria. These Units were later moved to Bonegilla, Victoria.\nIn view of the increasing demand by the Army for more members in the AWAS it was necessary to form a larger Unit to train recruits. I was appointed to be the Commanding Officer of the newly formed Unit and was promoted to Major in the 2nd Australian AWAS Training Battalion in April 1942 at Ingleburn.\nI was transferred to the Training Battalion at Darley in Victoria for three months in 1943 in exchange with Major Parry (MacIntyre). I then returned to again command the Training Battalion at Ingleburn.\nIn October 1943 the Australian Army Medical Women's Service Training Company was amalgamated with the AWAS Training Battalion. Captain Wendy Roupell, AAMWS, replaced my 2-IC Captain M Hornsby. The OC Captain B Donkin and staff were transferred to the establishment of the Battalion and became the 5th Company of this Unit.\nIn April 1944 I was transferred to Victoria as Assistant Controller AWAS Victorian Lines of Communication area.\nFollowing demobilization in June 1946 I joined with Barbara Donkin and her mother and brother and purchased a 35 1\/2-acre property at Dural and we commenced mixed farming there in October 1946.\nIn 1959 I became President of the AWAS Association (NSW) and was appointed a Life Member in 1966. When I resigned in 1971 I was appointed Vice-Patron.\nMy other interests from 1959 included being a member of the Council of Tara Anglican Girls' School for 18 years and a member of the Girl Guides State Council, in addition to being a member of the Parish Council at St Judes Anglican Church at Dural and Chairman of the Women's Fellowship. In 1960 the first Outward Bound Girls' School was formed and I became Principal and later Chairman of the Girls' School Management Committee in addition to being a member of the Federal Executive.\nIn 1968 I was awarded the MBE for my services during the war and later to the Outward Bound Foundation.\nIn 1981 Barbara Donkin and I moved into single units in the Anglican Retirement Village at Castle Hill. Since then we have been engaged in assisting the Village Chaplains in welfare work in addition to being members of the Village Council.\nIn February of this year, 1989, I became Patron of the Council of Ex-Servicewomen's Association (NSW).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whitworth-joyce-ethel-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joyce-ethel-whitworth-as-a-major-assistant-commander-eastern-command-nsw-australian-womens-army-service-interviewed-by-judy-wing-for-the-keith-murdoch-sound-archive-of-australia-in-the-war-of-193\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Spitzer, Fleur", "Entry ID": "AWE0425", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spitzer-fleur\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Feminist, Philanthropist, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "In 1996, as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours, Fleur Spitzer was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to women. She was recognised in particular for services to the ageing through the work of the Alma Unit, Australia's first multidisciplinary research and teaching unit focussing on the health and well-being of women aged 65 years and over. Established in 1993 at the University of Melbourne with an endowment from Spitzer, the Unit moved to Victoria University before closing in 2005.\n", "Details": "Fleur Spitzer was one of three siblings born to a Polish father and an Australian mother of English descent. Her maternal grandparents arrived in Australia in 1889 - her grandmother regularly met ships docking at Station Pier to offer temporary board free of charge to those with nowhere to go. Spitzer's father emigrated from Poland as a nineteen-year-old in 1922. Her husband, Vic, emigrated from Hungary with his parents in 1939 and became an entrepreneur, establishing a series of private hospitals. Relatives of Spitzer's father joined the family in Australia in the 1930s and 1940s, and Spitzer became increasingly aware of the impact of racial discrimination. In later years, this awareness would feed into her philanthropic endeavours on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers.\nAs a woman, Spitzer was equally alert to the impact of sexual discrimination. Her involvement in the women's movement from 1973 was highly formative. By 1990, the year of her mother's death, she had developed an interest in myths and stereotypes around women and ageing. Armed with an inheritance from her mother, she established the Alma Unit for Women and Ageing at the University of Melbourne. The Unit later moved to Victoria University, but folded in its twelfth year. Similar work has since been taken up by Monash University.\nPrior to the establishment of the Alma Unit, Spitzer worked as a volunteer with Court Network Victoria, offering personal information and support to people attending the various courts. She became president of the Network's committee of management. In later years she served as vice president of the Australian Association of Philanthropy (now Philanthropy Australia). Spitzer found a mentor in Jill Reichstein, and continues to channel a significant proportion of her philanthropic funding through the Reichstein Foundation. Spitzer heads the Melbourne Community Foundation's Ageing Well Theme Fund, is a member of Philanthropy Australia and the Arts Victoria Centre, and an associate supporter of the International Women's Development Agency (IWDA). Her interests still include the well-being of older women as well as indigenous Australians and asylum seekers. In 2003 she offered seed funding for a pilot project, Access to Justice in the Modern Campaspe Region, which resulted in the establishment of a community legal centre with the support of the Buckland Foundation, the Ian Potter Foundation and the State government of Victoria.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dara, Dur-e Najaf", "Entry ID": "AWE0426", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dara-dur-e-najaf\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ipoh, Malaysia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Philanthropist, Restauranteur, Social worker", "Summary": "Dur-e Dara was awarded the Medal of The Order of Australia (OAM) in 1997 for services to the community and promotional and fundraising activities for women's groups.\n", "Details": "Born in Malaysia and of Indian descent, Dur-e Dara settled in Australia in 1962. She attended Presbyterian Ladies' College before completing a Social Welfare Degree at the University of Melbourne.\nDur-e Dara worked in youth welfare at Winlaton and Turana for the Youth Welfare Division of the Victorian Social Welfare Department for three years. In 1976 she joined Stephanie's Restaurant as a casual waiter and later became manager and co-proprietor. She was to spend over 20 years at Stephanie's, in which time she also helped to establish the Pavilion (later Donovan's) in St Kilda and the Nudel Bar in the Melbourne business district. With Barbara Harper in 1997, she entered a partnership in the Tea Corporation, a high quality tea import, wholesale and retail business. In 2000 she established a consortium\/partnership for Lip caf\u00e9 bar as well setting up a consortium of small investors for EQ Cafebar (Southbank).\nDur-e Dara is President of the Restaurant and Catering Association of Victoria; Convenor of the Victorian Women's Trust; Vice-President of Philanthropy Australia; and board member of the Victorian Wineries Tourism Council and Business Matrix Victoria. She is Director of the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and serves on the advisory boards of the Women's Reference Group of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission; William Angliss College; RMIT School of Tourism and Hospitality; and the Swinburne School of Hospitality and Tourism.\nShe is also Patron of the Victorian Foundation for the Survivors of Torture; elder, Women's Circus Victoria; and a member of the Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women's Coalition, the Tamil Elam Women's Organisation, the Melbourne Chapter of the Australian Symposium of Gastronomy, Asia Link, Habitat for Humanity and Asia Society.\nIn addition to her OAM, Dur-e Dara received The Vida Goldstein Award for excellence in her trade, and was selected as one of 150 on the Inaugural Women's Honour Roll, a Victorian Government initiative as part of the Centenary of Federation celebrations in 2001.\n", "Events": "Awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) 'in recognition of service to the community and to promotional and fundraising activities for women's groups' (1997 - 1997) \nAwarded the Centenary Medal 'for service to the restaurant industry' (2001 - 2001) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Calvert-Jones, Elisabeth (Janet)", "Entry ID": "AWE0427", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/calvert-jones-elisabeth-janet\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Philanthropist", "Summary": "The youngest child of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and Sir Keith Murdoch, Janet Calvert-Jones follows the family tradition, established by both of her parents, of being involved in business as well as philanthropy.\n", "Details": "Like her mother and older sisters, Janet was educated at Clyde School (Woodend, Victoria). While travelling abroad she met stockbroker John Calvert-Jones and the pair were married on February 3rd, 1962. They were to have three sons and a daughter.\nFollowing the birth of her son, Robert, who suffered from impaired hearing, Janet Calvert-Jones co-founded the Advisory Council for Children with Impaired Hearing, and served as its Chairman from 1973 to 1995. The board established 'Taralye', an early intervention centre for hearing-impaired children, in Blackburn, Victoria. Since 1988 Janet has also been a Director of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, of which her mother was Patron.\nIn 1989, Janet Calvert-Jones became chairman of The Herald and Weekly Times Limited, the same company her father ran from 1929 to 1952. She is also a member of the State Library of Victoria Foundation Business sub-committee.\nIn recognition of her charitable work, Janet was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on 8 June 1998. On 26 January 2006, she was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to the community through philanthropy and support for medical research, access to education in rural areas, development of significant cultural and botanical collections, and to the print media.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-winning-streak-the-murdochs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-janet-calvert-jones-chairman-of-the-advisory-council-for-children-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baevski, Joanna", "Entry ID": "AWE0428", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baevski-joanna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Philanthropist", "Summary": "Joanna Baevski is the granddaughter of Russian migrant Simcha Baevski, better known as Sidney Myer.\nThe only daughter of Prue Boyd (q.v.) and Kenneth Myer, Joanna Baevski is a Director of The Myer Foundation. She is Vice-President of the Governance Committee, and a member of the Social Justice Committee, the Water Committee and the Environment Grant Making Committee. She represents The Myer Foundation as a council member of the organisation Our Community, and is a board member of Australians for Just Refugee Programs.\nA member of Philanthropy Australia, Joanna Baevski is also a supporter of the Victorian Women's Trust.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-patriarchs-will-the-myers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boyd, Prudence (Prue) Marjorie", "Entry ID": "AWE0429", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boyd-prudence-prue-marjorie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cobram, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Tutor", "Summary": "Daughter of Douglas and Eina (n\u00e9e Pennicott) Boyd, Prue Boyd was educated at Clyde School, Woodend, Victoria. In 1947 she completed a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Melbourne, and was married to Kenneth Myer that same year. The couple were to have five children: four sons and one daughter, Joanna Baevski (q.v.). Prue Boyd and Kenneth Myer were divorced in 1977.\nA council member of St Hilda's College (University of Melbourne) from 1964 until 1971, Prue obtained her Diploma of Education from Monash University in 1972 and became a tutor at the Council of Education in Melbourne. In 1977 she was appointed as a Director of the Australian Institute of Political Science, and in 1981 was awarded her Master of Laws degree by Monash University.\nA member of the Lyceum Club (Melbourne), Prue Boyd's interests include international affairs - especially Third World development, federalism and the Australian Constitution. She enjoys music, reading, films and theatre.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Southey, Marigold Merlyn Baillieu", "Entry ID": "AWE0430", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/southey-marigold-merlyn-baillieu\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "San Francisco, California, United States", "Occupations": "Philanthropist", "Summary": "Lady Marigold Southey has been Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria since January 2001. She is also President of Philanthropy Australia and the St Catherine's School Foundation. She resigned as President of The Myer Foundation in 2004.\nThe youngest child of Sidney and Merlyn (n\u00e9e Baillieu) (q.v.) Myer, Marigold - like her three older siblings - was born in San Francisco, California. The family returned to settle in Australia in 1929.\nIn 1950 Marigold Myer married Ross Shelmerdine (deceased 1979) and they were to have four children. On 22 July 1982 she married Sir Robert Southey, who died in 1998.\nLady Southey is a supporter and Honorary Life Member of the Australian Ballet, Life Member of the Nuffield Farming Scholars Association, and a supporter of Birds Australia. On 7 June 1999, she became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her service to the community in the support of health care, medical research and the arts.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-marigold-southey-wife-of-sir-robert-southey-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gantner, Neilma", "Entry ID": "AWE0431", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gantner-neilma\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "San Francisco, California, United States", "Death Place": "Bermagui, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Philanthropist, Writer", "Summary": "Neilma Gantner, along with her son Carillo and brother Baillieu Myer, established The Gantner Myer Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art. Assembled over a four-year period by curator Jennifer Isaacs, the collection was unveiled in San Francisco in September 1999.\nNeilma is the eldest daughter of Sidney and Merlyn (n\u00e9e Baillieu) Myer. Like her three siblings, she was born in San Francisco, California, but raised in Melbourne. Neilma completed her tertiary education at the Universities of Melbourne and Stanford. In 1941 she married Vallejo Gantner (later divorced) and they were to have two sons (one deceased).\nNeilma Gantner was a member of the Executive of International Social Service, and of the Myer Foundation and the Sidney Myer Fund. She worked as a novelist, poet and short story writer under the pseudonym of Neilma Sidney, and founded the Four Winds Cultural Festival (Bermagui, New South Wales).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sunday-evening-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/saturday-afternoon-and-other-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-eye-of-the-needle\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beyond-the-bay\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beaches\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/journey-to-mourilyan-a-coastal-pilgrimage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-sweet-cool-south-wind\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-return\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/journey-to-mourilyan-a-coastal-pilgrimage-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-writers-a-bibliographic-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fitzpatrick-kathleen-elizabeth-1905-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-1958-1972-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meanjin-editorial-records-of-c-b-christesen\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-neilma-gantner-1983-1992-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/neilma-gantner-interviewed-by-martin-thomas\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Long, Thelma Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE0432", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/long-thelma-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman, Tennis player", "Summary": "The career of Australian tennis player Thelma Coyne Long spanned more than 20 years. The winner of the Australian Women's Singles title in 1952 and 1954 (aged 35 years) she was also runner-up in 1951, 1955 and 1956. From 1936 until 1940, Thelma Coyne and Nancye Wynne (later Bolton) were Australian Women's Doubles Champions. During the war years of 1941 to 1945, no competition was held for major Australian tournaments and Long enlisted in the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS). Following her discharge from the AWAS Long and Nancye Wynne Bolton continued their tennis careers. They won the Australian Doubles 1947-1949 and 1951-1952. Long then joined with Mary Hawton to win the doubles championship in 1956 and 1958 - 20 years after she won the National Junior Singles Championship aged 16. The pair were also runners-up for the Wimbledon Women's Doubles title in 1957. Long was winner of the Australian Mixed Doubles 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955 and the French Mixed Doubles in 1956.\nOn 30 August 2000 Long was awarded the Australian Sports Medal and inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002.\nA life member of the Australian Women's Army Association (New South Wales) Long was actively involved in the archiving of the association records. In October 2002 she became a participant of the Australian Women in War Project working group.\n", "Details": "Thelma Long was inducted to the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame at Melbourne Park during the Australian Open on Australia Day 2002. Long's tennis career was remarkable not only for the span of time it covered (1935-1958) but more so for what was accomplished due to the limited opportunities available to Australian women players at that time. The records show Long won 19 Grand Slam titles - 2 Australian Singles, 12 National Doubles, 4 National Mixed and 1 French Mixed.\nLong's overseas record was just as brilliant with singles, doubles and mixed championship wins in 16 countries. This was achieved after an absence from international competition for the decade 1939-1949 due to World War II and four years in the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS). For her service during World War II Long was awarded the War Medal 1939\/45 and Australian Service Medal 1939\/45.\nOn 30 January 1941 Thelma Coyne married Maurice Newton Long of Melbourne. The marriage did not continue after the war. Following her discharge from the AWAS Long resumed amateur competition tennis both in Australia and overseas - Open tennis was not established until 1968.\nAn Australian representative over the years 1938-1958 Long became a teaching professional in 1960 and devoted years of service to coaching promising NSW juniors. In 1985 her achievements were recognized by Tennis NSW when she was awarded Life Membership of the State Association.\nIn 1993 Thelma (Coyne) Long was inducted to the inaugural Randwick Sporting Hall of Fame and then in 1999 as an Honouree of the Hall of Champions at the State Sports Centre, Homebush Olympic area. Long also was a volunteer at the State Library of NSW and she received the Volunteer Service Award in 1999, The Year of the Volunteer.\nIn 2000, Australia's Olympic year, Thelma Long was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in recognition of her services to tennis.\n", "Events": "Adjutant to 4 Australian Training Battalion Army Womens Services, Darley, Victoria. (1943 - 1943) \nAppointment terminated - demobilization of married personnel. (1945 - 1945) \nAttended first NCO School for AWAS in Victoria, then posted AWAS HQ at LHQ, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, with the Controller AWAS, Lt. Col. (later Col.) Sybil Irving's Staff HQ. (1942 - 1942) \nAttended No. 5 Army Women's Services Officers Training School, Melbourne (1943 - 1943) \nAttended second AWAS Recruit Training School at \"Glamorgan\" Toorak, Victoria. Trade grouped and trained as transport driver at Land Headquarters (LHQ) Car Company (1942 - 1942) \nCommissioned and from this point Colonel Irving directed her varied and numerous postings. (1942 - 1942) \nDetached as Staff Officer to Her Excellency The Lady Gowrie for a three week tour of Allied Defence Forces & Women's Services throughout Northern NSW and Queensland. (1943 - 1943) \nDetachment to attend War Course VII, First Australian Army Junior Staff School, Ashgrove, Brisbane. Two female officers, one AWAS, one AAMWS included in the ten week course for the first time. (1943 - 1943) \nEnlisted Australian Women's Army Service (1942 - 1942) \nJoined the Australian Red Cross, Victorian Division and became a fully trained transport driver (1941 - 1941) \nPosted as Administration Officer, 2 Australian Signals Training Battalion AWAS, Ivanhoe, Melbourne. (1943 - 1943) \nPosted as Instructor (Directing Staff) LHQ Army Women's Services Officers School (AWSOS) Toorak, Melbourne. (1944 - 1944) \nPosted north as OC AWAS Advanced LHQ, Brisbane. General Sir Thomas Blamey's HQ Commander Allied Land Forces SW Pacific Area. (1942 - 1942) \nPromoted Corporal, then Sergeant and posted in charge of a group of AWAS & WAAAF drivers detached to USA Forces in Australia (USAFIA) - General Douglas MacArthur's HQ, Melbourne (1942 - 1942) \nPromoted to Captain (1944 - 1944) \nTransferred to HQ Vic. L of C Area, Melbourne as Deputy to Assistant Controller, AWAS (1944 - 1944)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/long-thelma-dorothy-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/encyclopedia-of-australia-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/great-service-in-army-tennis\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-thelma-long-when-the-war-came-to-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/long-thelma-d-captain-awas-aif-b-1918\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/long-thelma-dorothy-captain-awas-aif-b-1918\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/long-thelma-captain-awas-aif\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taylor, Amy Katherine", "Entry ID": "AWE0434", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taylor-amy-katherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Amy Taylor was elected Chair of the Council of Ex-Servicewomen's Associations in 2005.\n", "Details": "In 1939 Amy Taylor joined the Women's Australian National Service and in 1942 (aged 18 years) enlisted in the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS). During her service she served in both Australia and Papua New Guinea (12 months).\nOn discharge from the Army, Amy Taylor joined the New South Wales Police Force and served for four years (1946-1951). She pioneered the uniform branch of the Women Police and was the first woman to do traffic duty in the city in 1948.\nA Foundation member of the Australian Women's Army Service Association (NSW), formed in 1948, she has served on the committee from that date. She is currently a Life Member and State President of the Association.\nFrom 1978, Amy Taylor served as Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ex-Servicewomen's Associations (NSW) and State Councillor - Women's Services - Returned & Services League of Australia NSW Branch. In this role she represented female veteran members throughout New South Wales. She became a Life Member as well as a member of both the State Executive and the State Council.\nIn 1994 she was appointed a Board member of the RSL Retirement Villages at Narrabeen and Yass. Amy Taylor retired in May 1999 and was appointed Life Governor.\nShe volunteered and served on the Commemoration Committee and was Chairman of the Education Committee for the Australia Remembers events in 1995. In January 2001, Amy Taylor co-ordinated the AWAS participants in the Centenary of Federation Parade.\nAppointed to the Advisory Committee by the Australian War Memorial for the Australian Servicewomen's Memorial, Amy Taylor is also Patron and Life Member of the Thirty Niners Association of Australia NSW Branch.\nFor her service during World War II, Amy Taylor was awarded the War Medal 1939\/45, Australian Service Medal 1939\/45, The 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star and Australia Service Medal 1945\/75 with N.G. clasp. On Australia Day 1992 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to the welfare of ex-service personnel. She was later (3 June 1997) appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to veterans, particularly through the Australian Women's Army Service, and the Education Committee of the 'Australia Remembers' Programme.\nIn October 2002, she became a member of the working group for the \"Women in War Project.\"\nIn 2005, Amy Taylor was elected Chair of the Council of Ex-Servicewomen's Associations.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/world-war-2-nominal-roll\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-a-k-amy-taylor\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lady-at-arms\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/amy-taylor-nee-millgate-as-a-corporal-in-the-australian-womens-army-service-serving-in-new-guinea-interviewed-by-ruth-thompson-for-the-keith-murdoch-sound-archive-of-australia-in-the-war-of-1939\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/millgate-amy-katherine-service-number-n392272-date-of-birth-28-dec-1923-place-of-birth-sydney-nsw-place-of-enlistment-paddington-nsw-next-of-kin-millgate-oswald\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Manning, Eleanor", "Entry ID": "AWE0435", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manning-eleanor\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Girl Guides' Leader, Servicewoman", "Summary": "The daughter of Sir Henry and Lady Manning, Eleanor Manning was a member of the Women's Australian National Services and became the most senior officer of the Australian Women's Army Service in the State of New South Wales. \nWhen the Australian Women's Army Service was established in October 1941, Manning was appointed Assistant Controller, Eastern Command with the rank of Major. She with other first appointments attended the first Officers Training School held at Yarra Junction, Victoria in November, 1941. At the conclusion of the training, Major Manning returned to Sydney and commenced duty at Headquarters Victoria Barracks, Sydney. She and her staff were responsible for the recruitment and initial training of all Australian Women's Army Service enlistments in New South Wales.\nOther appointments held by Major Manning in the AWAS were:-\n- 1943 Deputy Controller to the Controller, Colonel Sybil H Irving MBE, Australian Women's Army Service, at their Headquarters in Melbourne.\n- Commanding Officer, Australian Women's Services Officers' School, Darley, Victoria. This post combined the training of both the Australian Women's Army Service and the Australian Army Medical Women Service Officers, and she remained there until the termination of her appointment.\nOn the 13 June 1959, Eleanor Manning was appointed an Officer to the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services as Chief Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association of Australia.\n", "Events": "Assistant Controller of the Australian Women's Army Service (1941 - 1943) \nChief Commissioner for the Girl Guides Association (1955 - 1963) \nCommissioner for training of the Girl Guides' Association (1934 - 1941) \nDeputy Controller of the Australian Women's Army Service (1943 - 1945) \nMember of the Guide International Service (1946 - 1946) \nMember of the World Committee for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (1960 - 1969)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manning-eleanor-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/youll-be-sorry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-eleanor-manning-former-chief-commissioner-of-the-girl-guides-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/army-womens-services-officers-school-awsos-bivouac\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Anderson, Margaret Irene", "Entry ID": "AWE0436", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anderson-margaret-irene\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Margaret Anderson enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service at Dandenong (Victoria) on 19 September 1941.\nOn 12 February 1942, three days before the fall of Singapore, the freighter, Empire Star sailed from Singapore Harbour. The ship which normally had an allocation of space for 20 passengers was carrying over 2100 people. While on route to Batavia the ship came under enemy fire and received three direct hits. During one of the raids two of the Australian nursing staff on board, Sisters Margaret Anderson and Vera Torney, came on deck to attend to the wounded. They protected their patients by covering them with their bodies.\nStaff Nurse Margaret Anderson was awarded the George Medal on 22 September 1942 for her bravery when the ship was attacked by enemy aircraft. Staff Nurse Vera Torney was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military).\nOn 4 June 1946 Lieutenant Margaret Anderson was discharged from the Australian Army Nursing Service.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anderson-margaret-irene-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/twentieth-century-women-of-courage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-at-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guns-and-brooches-australian-army-nursing-from-the-boer-war-to-the-gulf-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/just-wanted-to-be-there-australian-service-nurses-1899-1999\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sisters-under-fire\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/honours-and-awards-recommendations-for-immediate-award-staff-nurse-margaret-anderson-and-staff-nurse-vera-torney\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dowson, Dorothy (Joan)", "Entry ID": "AWE0437", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dowson-dorothy-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Originally a ballerina in Perth, Western Australia, Joan Dowson served throughout World War II as a nurse. She continued her association with the Australian Red Cross throughout her life.\n", "Details": "Born Dorothy Richardson, but always known as Joan, this one-time ballerina joined the Australian Cross in 1937. As well as entertaining servicemen with concert parties, she completed a course in home nursing during her first year. \nIn 1941, Joan enlisted as a nursing VAD in the army and on 17 March 1943 joined the Australian Army Medical Women's Service. She served in Egypt, Syria, Rehoveth and Gaza with the 9th Division and later in New Guinea. In 1945 she transferred to serve on the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable. She was discharged on 19 March 1945.\nAfter the war Joan Dowson continued working with the Australian Red Cross and Girl Guides. She joined the Western Australian Branch of the RSL and was a member of the State Executive for 20 years - she was the third woman to be elected to the executive. Joan Dowson also became a member of the Friends of Battye Library.\nOn 14 June 1980, Joan Dowson was appointed The Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) (MBE) for services to the Red Cross and Ex-servicemen and women. In 1991 she received the RSL meritorious medal and was awarded life membership of the Red Cross in 1992.\nJoan Dowson was awarded the Medal of Australia (OAM) on 11 June 1996, for service to the community, particularly the RSL and ex-servicewomen, Red Cross, Girl Guides and as a member of the cancer crusade of Western Australia for 30 years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joan-dowson-receives-order-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/receives-order-of-australia-award-for-community-service\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/receives-rsl-meritorious-medal\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/awarded-red-cross-life-membership\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-dorothy-joan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-dorothy-joan-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-at-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dorothy-dowson-interviewed-by-victoria-hobbs-for-the-australia-1938-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miss-joan-bucknell-and-miss-joan-richardson-two-australian-red-cross-society-representatives-returning-home-after-being-attached-to-hms-formidable\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mayo, Edith (Janet) Allen", "Entry ID": "AWE0439", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mayo-edith-janet-allen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Formerly President of the War Widows' Guild of South Australia, Janet Mayo was elected National President of the War Widows' Guild of Australia following the death of her predecessor, Jessie Vasey, in 1966.\n", "Details": "The daughter of A. Simpson CMG, CBE who was Mayor of Adelaide at the outbreak of World War I, Janet worked with the Girl Guides' Association and the St John Ambulance Auxiliary before her marriage to Eric Mayo. They had two sons.\nAt just 26 years of age she became a war widow, loosing her husband, a torpedo officer on the HMAS Sydney, when his ship was sunk in the Indian Ocean by the German raider Kormoran on 19 November 1941. [1]\nOne of the Vice-Presidents of the interim committee, Janet continued in this position when the War Widows' Guild of South Australia was launched on 21 November 1946, later becoming South Australian State President. She held this post for over 20 years. Following the death of Jessie Vasey in 1966, Janet was elected the new National President. She retired in 1977.\nOn 31 December 1976, Janet Mayo was appointed to the Order of the British Empire - Commander (Civil) for community service. She was awarded an OBE in 1967 for her work as National President, War Widows' Guild of Australia.\n[1] No Mean Destiny by Mavis Thorpe Clark p. 71\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-mean-destiny-the-story-of-the-war-widows-guild-of-australia-1945-85\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greater-than-their-knowing-a-glimpse-of-south-australian-women-1836-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1988\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-janet-mayo-former-national-president-of-the-war-widows-guild-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sharp, Rhonda", "Entry ID": "AWE0442", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sharp-rhonda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Academic, Researcher", "Summary": "Dr Rhonda Sharp is a leader in the field of feminist economics, nationally and internationally, in both academia and applied policy work.\n", "Details": "Rhonda Sharp has many years experience working with gender budgets and public expenditure policy. She has worked as an economist and public policy analyst for the government of South Australia, and has acted as gender budget advisor for various governments including those of Fiji, Barbados, Sri Lanka and South Africa, as well as heading up a large project for the Asian Development Bank which involved developing youth and gender budgets for Pacific Island governments. In addition, Sharp has provided consultations on gender budgets (a key equality tool in policy making) for UNIFEM and the UNDP; the Commonwealth Secretariat; the Asian Development Bank Institute; the Norwegian Government, the Basque Government, the Swedish Institute for Development Aid (SIDA); and AusAid.\nRhonda Sharp has played a valuable role in challenging the perception that economics is 'gender neutral', bringing a feminist perspective to a traditionally patriarchal arena. In a personal capacity she has also been a valuable mentor for a number of young feminists who, without her support, would not have had the career opportunities they enjoy today.\nThis entry was written and researched by Tahnya Barnett Donaghy for Women's History Month 2003.\n", "Events": "Awarded Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from the University of New England (1975 - 1975) \nAwarded Diploma of Education from the University of New England (1976 - 1976) \nAwarded Master of Economic Studies from the University of Queensland (1982 - 1982) \nAwarded PhD from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Sydney (1997 - 1997) \nDirector of the Research Centre for Gender Studies at the University of South Australia (1998 - 2000) \nEconomics Tutor at the University of New England (1974 - 1975) \nLecturer for the School of Business at the South Australian College of Advanced Education (1976 - 1990) \nSeconded to be an economist for the Women's Advisers Office with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, South Australia (1985 - 1986) \nSenior lecturer for the School of Economics, Finance & Property at the University of South Australia (1991 - 1997) \nTrainee economist at CSR; Sydney (1973 - 1974)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/short-changed-women-and-economic-policies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-and-economic-policies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/how-to-do-a-gender-sensitive-budget-analysis-contemporary-research-and-practice\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-economics-and-politics-of-auditing-government-budgets-for-their-gender-impacts\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Palmer, Helen Gwynneth", "Entry ID": "AWE0443", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/palmer-helen-gwynneth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kew, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political activist, Teacher, Writer", "Summary": "The second daughter of Vance and Nettie (n\u00e9e Higgins) Palmer, Helen Palmer spent a year in London after being educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College (Melbourne) where she was dux in 1934. Returning to Melbourne she won a scholarship to the University of Melbourne and graduated with a BA and DipEd in 1939. She later obtained a B.Ed. (1952). From 1940 until 1942 she was a teacher in Victorian State schools.\nHelen Palmer enlisted in the Women's Australian Auxiliary Air Force on 18 February 1942 and during her service worked in the education division. After the war she worked with the Commonwealth Office of Education (Sydney). In 1948 she returned to Melbourne teaching in private schools.\nShe made several trips to China and in 1953 published her observations in An Australian Teacher in China. Through the bi-monthly publication Outlook (1957-1970), Helen Palmer provided a forum for vigorous discussion of all issues which were part of a radical critique of Australian politics and society.\nThe author (with Jessie MacLeod) of First Hundred Years (1954) and After the First Hundred Years (1961), she also authored books on Australian literature, popular culture and history. Helen Palmer was also a prominent poet and balladist and is remembered for 'The Ballard of 1891,' that describes the shearers' strike.\nHelen Palmer died on 6 May 1979.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/palmer-helen-gwynneth-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-palmer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/palmer-helen-gwynneth-1917-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/banjo-paterson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/w-g-spence-and-the-rise-of-the-trade-unions\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/our-sugar\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/makers-of-the-first-hundred-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beneath-the-southern-cross\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/after-the-first-hundred-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fencing-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-palmers-outlook\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/conversation-with-helen-palmer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-first-hundred-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-first-two-hundred-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/double-time-women-in-victoria-150-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/150-years-150-stories-brief-biographies-of-one-hundred-and-fifty-remarkable-people-associated-with-the-university-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-gwynneth-palmer-volume-4\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-gwynneth-palmer-volume-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-g-palmer-complaint-re-wharf-officials\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/applications-for-positions-by-palmer-helen-gwynneth-miss\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/author-helen-gwynneth-palmer-and-ronald-james-grant-taylor-address-kirribilli-and-melbourne-title-of-work-prisoners-country-type-of-work-dramatic\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/department-of-information-broadcasting-division-talks-by-helen-palmer-sep-1943-transcripts\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-gwynneth-palmer-volume-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/palmer-helen-gwynneth-service-number-350207-date-of-birth-09-may-1917-place-of-birth-kew-vic-place-of-enlistment-melbourne-next-of-kin-palmer-vance\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-gwynneth-palmer-volume-1\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/official-history-1914-18-war-records-of-charles-e-w-bean-official-historian\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-helen-palmer-writer-and-educationalist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-aileen-and-helen-palmer-19-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-helen-palmer-1918-1996-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-aileen-palmer-1935-1979-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thesis-and-correspondence-1934-1967-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-the-outdoors-the-director-waaaf-group-officer-clare-stevenson-and-a-waaaf-wing-officer-conversing-with-waaaf-officers-who-conducted-a-four-day-bivouac\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/audrey-blake-further-papers-1915-1998\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jan, Sarina", "Entry ID": "AWE0444", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jan-sarina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Darwin, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Sarina Jan is a Bardi descendent (Nyul Nyul clan) from the Kimberley region (Family name: Hunter) and is strong in her Aboriginality, identity and culture. She is also of Chinese descent and is proud of her Asian ancestry.\nSarina completed her Bachelor of Arts (Public Relations) and Bachelor of Business (Marketing) in 1996 making her the first Aboriginal person in Western Australia to graduate in both of these specialised fields. She later became the first Aboriginal person to become a member of both the Public Relations Institute of Australia and the Australian Marketing Institute.\n", "Details": "Since 1996, Sarina has successfully run her own small public relations and marketing business (SARJAN CONSULTANCIES) in Western Australia and in 1999, with a group of other like-minded Aboriginal professionals, helped to establish The Indigenous Business Institute Ltd. The Institute's purpose is two-fold. Firstly, to specifically assist Aboriginal business people in gaining appropriate and professional business acumen and prowess so that they can cultivate greater Aboriginal independence and business commercialism; and secondly, to encourage linkages (strategic partnerships) between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal industries, governments, private and public sector businesses that will improve the status, value and asset base of the Institute and its 130 Aboriginal members. As the founding Director and Chairperson of this non-profit organisation, Sarina is responsible for facilitating the development and growth of Indigenous entrepreneurialism within Western Australia.\nOther positions Sarina holds include Chairperson of the Aboriginal Customary Law Reference Council (WA Law Reform Commission); Member of the WA Parole Board and the WA Mentally Impaired Board; Councillor for the Australian Marketing Institute (WA) and the University of Western Australia's Research Centre for Women in Business & Management; and Justice of the Peace.\nSarina's professional logo \"Strong woman bringing different people together for Business in a Meeting Circle\" is reflected in her life's philosophy: that she is \"a cultural experience worth incorporating \u2026 \".\nFor more information, write to:\nThe Indigenous Business Institute Ltd: theibiltd@hotmail.com\nSarina Jan: sarjan2@bigpond.com\nThis entry was research and written by Philida Sturgiss-Hoy\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Inglis, Amirah", "Entry ID": "AWE0445", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/inglis-amirah\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brussels, Belgium", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Political activist", "Summary": "Amirah Inglis was a devoted and active member of the Communist Party in Australia during the politically turbulent Menzies era. Her autobiographical works describe the difficulties and confusion of growing up a migrant in Australia, born of Polish-Jewish parents. She has also written essays, reviews and books on Papua New Guinea, and on the Spanish Civil War.\nThe hammer & sickle and the washing up: memories of an Australian woman Communist includes descriptions of Amirah's life in Canberra in the 1960s, and her marriage to academic Ken Inglis.\n", "Details": "Amirah's father, Itzhak Gutstadt (later changed to Gust), migrated to Melbourne in 1928. Amirah and her mother joined him there in 1929.\nTwo of her books tell the story of her life.\nAmirah, an Un-Australian Childhood, published by William Heinemann Australia in 1983 and reprinted 1984, 1985 and in paperback 1989, a 'loving and sensuous account\u2026paints a perfect sociological portrait' (Weekend Australian) of Melbourne in the 1930s and 1940s. It portrays her loving, Polish Jewish Communist parents and the joys and difficulties of living as migrants.\nThe Hammer and Sickle and the Washing Up, Hyland House, Melbourne, 1995, tells of her involvement with the Communist Party of Australia during the 1950's and 60's, including the Menzies government's attempts to outlaw the Communist Party and the Petrov Affair. It is Amirah's story: her struggle to balance political activism and family responsibilities.\nAmirah Inglis' other books reflect a desire to understand the complexities of her world within the framework of the humanitarian, internationalist, European-based communist ideology of her migrant parents and the completely new world of Papua New Guinea where she lived and worked between 1967-1974.\nIn 1998 in an interview with Sarah Dowse (4 digital audio tapes, held at the National Library of Australia) Inglis speaks of her current project, editing her Polish-born father's memoirs; her family and her own childhood in Melbourne; her political activism as a member of the Communist Party of Australia; her marriage to Ian Turner and events surrounding their move to Canberra in the 1960s; her involvement with the Australian National University and her teaching position at Lyneham High School; her second marriage to Ken Inglis and how their move to New Guinea in the 1970s was the inspiration for her first book which launched her writing career.[1]\nAmirah Inglis died in Melbourne on 2 May 2015, aged 88.\n[1] Summary from National Library of Australia\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/not-a-white-woman-safe-sexual-anxiety-and-politics-in-port-moresby-1920-1934\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/amirah-an-un-australian-childhood\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coming-of-age-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memoirs-of-a-dutiful-red-daughter\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hammer-sickle-and-the-washing-up-memories-of-an-australian-woman-communist\/ \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\/fitzpatrick-kathleen-elizabeth-1905-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/amirah-inglis-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-amirah-inglis-1950-2005-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/amirah-inglis-interviewed-by-peter-biskup-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/amirah-inglis-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/audrey-blake-and-jack-blake-further-papers-1937-2004\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boyce, Una Parry", "Entry ID": "AWE0447", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boyce-una-parry\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Nurse", "Summary": "Una Boyce was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on 10 June 1991 and appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) twenty years earlier, on 1 January 1971, for services to War Widows. She was state secretary of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (New South Wales) from 1961 until 1989, becoming a life member of the War Widows' Guild in 2000.\nThe daughter of Charles and Kate E. D (n\u00e9e Swan) Robertson, Boyce was educated at Abbotsleigh School for Girls, Wahroonga, and completed her education at the University of London. On 26 April 1940 she married war veteran Norman Boyce and the pair had three children. Boyce joined the War Widows' Guild of Australia (New South Wales) in 1946 after her husband's death.\nUna Boyce enjoyed reading, travel, gardening and music and was a member of the Royal Automobile Association of Australia and Victory Services, London.\n", "Events": "Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her service to war widows (1971 - 1971) \nAwarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her service to war widows (1991 - 1991) \nBoard member of Outward Bound Foundation (1973 - 1989) \nChairwoman of the Outward Bound girls' division (1956 - 1973) \nCommenced nursing training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1929 - 1929) \nCommittee Member, Outward Bound Memorial Foundation (1969 - 1969) \nDiploma, University of London (1936 - 1936) \nFoundation Fellow, NSW College of Nursing (1957 - 1957) \nFoundation member, Women's Standing Committee World Veterans Federation (1983 - 1983) \nGraduated as a gold medal nurse (1934 - 1934) \nMade a Life Member of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (NSW) Limited (2000 - 2000) \nRegistered Midwife, Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, London (1935 - 1935) \nSister-Tutor, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1936 - 1938) \nState Secretary, War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW (1961 - 1989)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-mean-destiny-the-story-of-the-war-widows-guild-of-australia-1945-85\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/champion-of-australian-war-widows\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-una-boyce-former-secretary-of-the-war-widows-guild-of-nsw-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burchill, Dora (Elizabeth)", "Entry ID": "AWE0448", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burchill-dora-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Historian, Nurse", "Summary": "The daughter of Alholstane Chase and Rosina (n\u00e9e Sherrin), Elizabeth Burchill completed her education at the Camberwell State School and the Ladies Business College, Melbourne, as well as at Melbourne and Monash Universities.\nBefore World War II Burchill worked at the Australian Inland Mission, Innamincka, Labrador, Grenfell Mission, and was a member of the British Ambulance Unit, caring for refugee children during the Spanish Civil War. She enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service on 21 December 1939 and was one of the first nurses from Victoria to go to the Middle East with the 2nd Australian Imperial Force in 1940. After the war she combined nursing with writing - particularly about the area in which she had nursed. Her publications include Australian Nurses since Nightingale: 1860-1990, a largely biographical history published in 1992. \nOn 8 June 1998, Sister Elizabeth Burchill was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to nursing, particularly as an historian, author and philanthropist. Also she has won the Jessie Lichfield Annual Award and the Veterans' Affairs Writers Award.\n", "Events": "Bachelor Arts from Monash University (1981 - 1981) \nCaptain for the Australian Army Nursing Service, 2nd AIF (1940 - 1946) \nCertificate in Infant Welfare from the Tweddle Baby Hospital, Melbourne (1933 - 1933) \nCertificate in Midwifery from the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne (1930 - 1930) \nCertificates in General Nursing from the Prince Henry Hospital, Melbourne (1929 - 1929) \nCharge sister and nursing sister for the Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory (1952 - 1956) \nChief woman announcer at 3SR Radio, Shepparton, Victoria (1946 - 1947) \nFoundation member of the Maroondah Singers (1972 - 1977) \nMember of the British Ambulance Unit, caring for refugee children during the Spanish Civil War (1937 - 1937) \nMember, Fellowship of Australian Writers (1972 - 1976) \nNursing at Labrador (1938 - 1938) \nNursing at the Australian Inland Mission, Innamincka (1930 - 1932) \nNursing at Thursday Island (1958 - 1960) \nNursing in Europe (1965 - 1967) \nNursing in New Guinea (1961 - 1963) \nNursing in United States of America and Canada (1969 - 1971) \nPostgraduate study, diseases of the chest, from the Brompton Hospital, London (1938 - 1938) \nPublication Australian nurses since Nightingale: 1860-1990 (1992 - 1992) \nPublication Innamincka (1960 - 1960) \nPublication Labrador memories (1946 - 1946) \nPublication New Guinea Nurse (1970 - 1970) \nPublication The Paths I've trod (1981 - 1981) \nPublication Thursday Island Nurse (1974 - 1974) \nWinner Short Story Award from the Army Repatriation Project (1975 - 1975)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burchill-dora-elizabeth-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/innamincka\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-paths-ive-trod\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-nurses-since-nightingale-1860-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-dedicated-nurse-who-practised-around-the-world\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thursday-island-nurse\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-sister-elizabeth-burchill-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Darling, Margaret Florence", "Entry ID": "AWE0449", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/darling-margaret-florence\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Company director, Servicewoman", "Summary": "The daughter of R G and F H Anderson, Margaret Darling was educated at St Catherine's College Toorak. After serving with the Women's Royal Australian Navy Service from 1943 to 1945, she married L G Darling and they had four children. A member of the Alexandra Club (Melbourne), Margaret Darling enjoys travel, gardening, music and country pursuits. On 10 June 1991, Margaret Darling was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to the National Trust of Victoria.\n", "Events": "Chairman, Australian Garden History Society (1990 - 1999) \nCouncil Member, National Trust Australia (Vic.) (1966 - 1990) \nPatron, Australian Garden History Society (1999 - 1999) \nPresident, National Trust Australia (Vic.) (1980 - 1983) \nServed with the Womens Royal Australian Navy Service, attained rank of Third Officer (1943 - 1945) \nVice-President, National Trust Australia (Vic.) (1983 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/darling-margaret-florence-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/margaret-florence-darling-am\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Scotter, Sheila Winifred Gordon", "Entry ID": "AWE0450", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scotter-sheila-winifred-gordon\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Calcutta, India", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Broadcaster, Columnist", "Summary": "On 8th June 1992, Sheila Scotter was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to the Arts, particularly through fundraising. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) on 13th June 1970 for services to journalism and commerce.\n", "Events": "Appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to The Arts, particularly through fundraising. (1992 - 1992) \nAppointed to the Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) for services to journalism and commerce. (1970 - 1970) \nChairman of The Dame Joan Hammond Award (1988 - 1988) \nDirector of Conde Nast Publications (1962 - 1971) \nEditor-in-Chief of Vogue Living magazine (1962 - 1971) \nEditor-in-Chief of Vogue Australia (1962 - 1971) \nFoundation Vice-Chairman of the Victorian State Opera Foundation (1982 - 1988) \nHead of the marketing division of Joseph Bancroft and Son Wilmington Delaware for Continental Europe Paris (1958 - 1962) \nHigh Fashion Buyer for Georges Melbourne (1953 - 1956) \nHigh Fashion Buyer for Myer Melbourne (1949 - 1953) \nMember of the Board of Australian Opera (1969 - 1972) \nMember of the Board of the Victorian State Opera (1980 - 1983) \nPromotion Director of the marketing division of Joseph Bancroft and Son Wilmington Delaware for Australia and New Zealand (1956 - 1958)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/its-fashion-sweetie-darling\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-bedside-cookbook\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vogue-australia-queen-of-style-scotter-dies-91\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sheila-winifred-gordon-scotter-mbe\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-sheila-winnifred-gordon-scotter-author-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-sheila-scotter-am-mbe-1993-picture-greg-barrett\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Neil, Pamela Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE0451", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oneil-pamela-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Tribunal Member", "Summary": "Pamela O'Neil was Australia's first Sex Discrimination Commissioner.\n", "Events": "Appointed, Northern Territory representative to the CSIRO Committee on Information and Social Impact (1983 - 1983) \nAttended All Hallows' School, Queensland (1958 - 1962) \nAttended Queensland University (1963 - 1965) \nBiochemist with the Commonwealth Health Laboratory, Darwin (1966 - 1969) \nBorn: daughter of John Patrick and Lurline Margaret Patfield Caffery (1945 - 1945) \nChairperson of the Migration Agents Licensing Board (1996 - 1998) \nCommonwealth Sex Discrimination Commissioner (1984 - 1988) \nDeputy Opposition Leader, Northern Territory (1981 - 1983) \nDirector of the Australian Heritage Commission (1989 - 1989) \nHead of the Commonwealth Paedophile Inquiry (1996 - 1997) \nMember Legislative Assembly, Australian Labor Party, for Fannie Bay, Northern Territory (1977 - 1983) \nMember of the Committee for the Review of the System of Review of Migration Decisions (1992 - 1992) \nMember of the Executive Committee, Australian Institute Administrative Law (1991 - 1993) \nMember of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (1986 - 1988) \nMember of the National Native Title Tribunal (1996 - 1999) \nPresident of the Royal Institute of Public Administration, ACT Division (1992 - 1993) \nPrincipal Member of the Immigration Review Tribunal (1989 - 1995) \nSenior Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, ACT (1996 - 2009) \nVisiting Scholar of the Centre for International and Public Law at the Australian National University (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/personalities-bob-hawke-with-sex-discrimination-commissioner-pam-oneill-1984\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rawlings, Patricia Violet May", "Entry ID": "AWE0452", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rawlings-patricia-violet-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "British Army Barracks, Malta", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Patricia Rawlings served with the WRAAC for 23 years. She has held executive positions with state and national WRAAC Associations.\n", "Details": "In 1939, aged sixteen, Patricia Rawlings joined the British Auxiliary Territorial Service. Later, as a Warrant Officer, she was sent to the Middle East to become part of the first all-female Unit on active service in the Western Desert. [1]\nIn July 1951 Rawlings joined the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) and was the chief instructor for the first Recruit Training Course held at Studley Park. Over the course of her 23 years with the WRAAC she rose from the rank of Warrant Officer to that of Major.\nFollowing the visit to Australia by the colonel-in-chief of the WRAAC, HRH The Princess Margaret, Patricia Rawlings and a group of ex-WRAAC pursued the idea of forming an ex-WRAAC Association. Since then Rawlings has held executive positions in both state and national groups, and is the current patron of the WRAAC Association of Australia.\nFor her services to softball Patricia Rawlings was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1991 and the Australian Sports Medal on 13 September 2000.\n[1] Colonel Best and Her Soldiers by Lorna Ollif p. 7\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/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\/soldiers-of-the-queen-women-in-the-australian-army\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marfell, Helena Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE0453", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marfell-helena-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Camperdown, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Geelong, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Helena Marfell was the inaugural national president of the Country Women's Association of Australia in 1945.\n", "Details": "Marfell was a foundation member of the Warrnambool branch of the Country Women's Association (1931), and twice president of the South-Western Group. She was also a member of the Victorian State Executive, and state president from 1942 until 1945. President of the Women's Section of the Victorian Country Party, Marfell stood unsuccessfully for the federal seat of Wannon during the election in 1949.\nDuring World War II Marfell was senior superintendent of the Warrnambool district for the Red Cross Society. She donated a silver teapot for use when the Country Women's Association served refreshments at the railway tea rooms to recruits leaving Warrnambool.\nOn 1 January 1968 Helena Marfell was appointed an Officer to the Order of the British Empire (Civil) for services to social welfare. She was honoured by being made a Life Governor of the Warrnambool Base Hospital and the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind.\n", "Events": "Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1968 - 1968) \nBorn daughter of Archibald Glen (1898 - ) \nCountry Party candidate for the electorate of Wannon at the Federal election (1949 - 1949) \nHelped found the Warrnambool Branch of the Country Women's Association (1931 - 1931) \nMarried Henry G Marfell, they had two children (1918 - 1918) \nMember of the Corangamite Regional Committee (1946 - 1946) \nMember of the State Broadcasting Committee (1943 - 1943) \nMember of the State Relief Committee (1943 - 1943) \nNational President of the Country Women's Association (1945 - 1946) \nPresident of the South-Western Group of the Country Women's Association (1938 - 1939) \nPresident of the South-Western Group of the Country Women's Association (1942 - 1945) \nPresident of the Women's Section at the Victorian Country Party (1949 - 1950) \nSenior Supertindent of the Red Cross in the Warrnambool district (1939 - 1945) \nState President of the Country Women's Association (1942 - 1945)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-many-hats-of-country-women-the-jubilee-history-of-the-country-womens-association-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-country-womens-association-of-australia-1945-1969-2003-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Laidlaw, Annie Ina", "Entry ID": "AWE0454", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/laidlaw-annie-ina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lake Wallace Station, near Edenhope, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "McKinnon, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Matron, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Annie Laidlaw devoted her life to nursing and served in both world wars. She completed her nursing training at the Children's Hospital (later Royal), Melbourne. In 1917 Laidlaw joined the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and served in military hospitals at Bombay and Poona. \nAfter the war Laidlaw returned to the Children's Hospital as ward sister. In 1925 she was granted a year of leave to complete midwifery training at the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney. Returning to Melbourne, Annie became assistant lady superintendent (assistant-matron) at the Children's Hospital. In 1930 she was promoted to lady superintendent of the hospital's orthopaedic section at Frankston. She held this position for 12 years.\nSelected to head the Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service (RANNS) in 1942 she was in charge of the Flinders Naval Depot hospital as well as being in charge of the RANNS. After her discharge from the navy Laidlaw returned to her position at the Children's Hospital until 1950. \nFrom 1951-52 she worked in London. On her return to Melbourne she took the position of Matron at the Freemason's Homes of Victoria, Prahran until her retirement in 1957. Aged 89, Annie Laidlaw died on 13 September 1978 at McKinnon, Victoria.\n", "Events": "Appointed assistant lady superintendent (assistant-matron) at the Children's Hospital (1926 - 1926) \nBorn: daughter of James Adam and Annie (nee Gilchrist) Laidlaw (1889 - ) \nHome sister at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, London (1951 - 1952) \nMember of the Australian Army Nursing Service (1917 - 1919) \nMidwifery training at the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney (1925 - 1925) \nPromoted from superintending sister to matron (1943 - 1943) \nPromoted to lady superintendent (matron) of the Children's Hospital orthopaedic section at Frankston, Victoria (1930 - 1942) \nResident matron at the Freemasons' Homes of Victoria, Prahran (1953 - 1957) \nRetired and lived in the Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia's home for nurses at RSL House, St Kilda (1957 - 1957) \nServed with the Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service (1942 - 1946) \nTrained as a general nurse at the Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic. (1914 - 1917) \nWard sister at the Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic. (1919 - 1925) \nWorked with the orthopaedic division of the Children's Hospital (1946 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/laidlaw-annie-ina-1889-1978\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/laidlaw-annie-ina-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/just-wanted-to-be-there-australian-service-nurses-1899-1999\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/world-war-ii-nursing-services\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/laidlaw-annie-ina-date-of-birth-23-jan-1889-place-of-birth-edenhope-vic-place-of-enlistment-melbourne-next-of-kin-glasson-p\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Abbott, Joan Stevenson (Judy)", "Entry ID": "AWE0455", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abbott-joan-stevenson-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Normanby Hill, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Bethesda Hospital Corinda, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Judy Abbott was awarded the Royal Red Cross, 1st Class on 18 February 1943 for her leadership while matron with the 2\/6 Australian General Hospital in the Middle East and Greece. After the war Abbott won the 1946 Florence Nightingale International Foundation scholarship, and studied at the Royal College of Nursing, London for 18 months. In 1948 she returned to her pre-war position on the tutorial staff at the Brisbane Hospital.\nAbbott was appointed principal matron of the Citizen Military Forces and served with the 1st Camp Hospital, Brisbane, for a short time during the Korean War. From 1954 until 1956 she was president of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association (Queensland Branch) and a member of the Queensland State Nurses and Masseurs Registration Board. Nearing the end of her career, she worked as a staff nurse with the Commonwealth Savings Bank for five years and then in a doctors' surgery before retiring in 1970.\nJudy Abbott fractured her spine in 1975 and suffered quadriplegia. After her death on 27th November her body was given to the school of anatomy, University of Queensland.\n", "Events": "2\/6 A.G.H. expanded from 600 to 1500 beds (1942 - 1942) \nAppointed honorary Colonel of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (1962 - 1962) \nAppointed principal matron of the Citizen Military Forces at the Northern Command headquarters (1948 - 1948) \nAwarded gold medal for theoretical and practical work (1923 - 1923) \nAwarded the Florence Nightingale medal (1957 - 1957) \nAwarded the Royal Red Cross Medal, 1st Class (1943 - 1943) \nBecame principal matron (1944 - 1944) \nBorn: daughter of John William and Isabella (n\u00e9e Stevenson) Abbott (1899 - 1899) \nCompleted general nursing certificate (1924 - 1924) \nCompleted State child-welfare course (1925 - 1925) \nDied: Bethesda Hospital and her body was given to the school of anatomy, University of Queensland (1975 - 1975) \nDisembarked with 55 nurses and masseuses to Greece (1941 - 1941) \nEmployed as a tutor sister by the Brisbane and South Coast Hospitals Board (1929 - 1929) \nEmployed briefly by the Canberra Community Hospital (1937 - 1937) \nEnlisted in the Australian Army at Windsor, Qld. Appointed matron of the 2\/6 Australian General Hospital (1940 - 1940) \nMember of the Queensland State Nurses and Masseurs Registration Board (1955 - 1958) \nMember of the tutorial staff of the Brisbane Hospital (1948 - 1948) \nNursing staff handled 615 admissions and 235 discharges in one day (1942 - 1942) \nObtained midwifery certificate at the Lady Bowen Hospital, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane (1924 - 1924) \nOrdered to evacuate to Alexandria, Egypt (1941 - 1941) \nPresident of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association (Queensland Branch) (1954 - 1956) \nProbationer at the Brisbane General Hospital (1920 - 1920) \nPromoted to Lieutenant Colonel and posted to the Queensland Lines of Communication Area (1943 - 1943) \nRepatriated to Australia (1943 - 1943) \nTemporarily located at Jerusalem (1941 - 1942) \nTravelled in England (1937 - 1940) \nWinner of the Florence Nightingale International Foundation scholarship and studied for 18 months at the Royal College of Nursing, London (1946 - 1946) \nWorked in baby clinics (1926 - 1928)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abbott-joan-stevenson-1899-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abbott-joan-stevenson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abbott-joan-stevenson-service-number-qx6397-date-of-birth-11-dec-1899-place-of-birth-brisbane-qld-place-of-enlistment-unknown-next-of-kin-lewis-s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abbott-joan-stevenson-date-of-enlistment-19-august-1940-date-of-discharge-21-june-1946\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recommendation-for-award-for-abbott-joan-stevenson-rank-matron\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taylor, Marjory Alice Hamlet", "Entry ID": "AWE0456", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taylor-marjory-alice-hamlet\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Corowa, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Geelong, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Marjory Taylor became a Member of the Order of Australia on 9 June 1980 for her service to nursing.\nDuring World War II she served with the Royal Australian Airforce Nursing Service (1944-1946) and worked voluntarily as senior nursing officer with the Girl Guide International Service in the British Zone, Germany, for three years.\nFrom 1950 until 1981 Marjory worked with the Geelong Hospital, first as supervisor of the Maternity Wing and then Director of nursing. For 17 years - two as president - Marjory was a board member of the Intellectually Handicapped (Karingal) and was a founder and Board Member of the Geelong Hospice Care Association.\n", "Events": "Chairman of the Board of Management for the Fairfield Hospital, Victoria (1984 - 1987) \nDirector of Nursing at the Geelong Hospital (1956 - 1981) \nHonorary Secretary of the Florence Nightingale Commission Australia (1981 - 1991) \nMarried Franciszek Walkowski (deceased 1987) (1968 - 1968) \nMember of the Board of Management for the Fairfield Hospital, Victoria (1982 - 1992) \nMember of the Geelong YWCA Board (1981 - 1988) \nMember of the National Executive of the YWCA (1985 - 1989) \nMember of the Order of Australia for service to nursing (1980 - 1980) \nPresident of the Geelong YWCA Board (1982 - 1985) \nServed with the Royal Australian Airforce Nursing Service (1944 - 1946) \nSupervisor of the Maternity Wing at the Geelong Hospital (1950 - 1956) \nVoluntary Senior Nursing Officer for the Girl Guide International Service in the British Zone, Germany (1947 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-matrons-to-directors-of-nursing\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/50-years-of-influence-an-oral-history-of-marjory-taylor\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taylor-marjory-hamlet\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-life-of-caring-for-the-displaced-and-infirm\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Evans, Beryl Alice", "Entry ID": "AWE0457", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/evans-beryl-alice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Beryl Evans was a Liberal Member of the Legislative Council in the New South Wales parliament from 1984-1995. She later ran unsuccessfully for the Senate as an independent, and for the New South Wales Legislative Council as a member of the Seniors Party. She was an official candidate for the 1998 Constitutional Convention, representing the One Australian Monarchist League, but was not elected.\nDuring World War Two, Evans served in the Royal Auxiliary Australian Air Force with distinction. She became president of the WAAAF Branch of the RAAF Association New South Wales Division on 25 March 1997.\n", "Details": "Parliamentary and Local Government Career\n\nCandidate: New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Burrendong, 1973 (known as Bowman)\nElected: MLC, 1984-1995 (known as Evans)\nCandidate: Senate, NSW, 1996\nCandidate: Legislative Council, 1999 (known as Evans)\n\nParty: Liberal, 1973,1984-95\nParty: Independent, 1996\nParty: The Seniors Party, 1999\n\nBeryl Evans was elected as a Liberal Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1984. During her 11 years of service she was chairman of the Privileges committee and a member of the Stay Safe committee. From 1990 to 1991 Evans was Government Whip. Upon her retirement in 1995 Her Majesty the Queen granted the title of the Honourable to Beryl Evans for life.\nOn 12 November 1942 Evans joined the Royal Auxiliary Australian Air Force. Serving as a drill instructor and physical training instructor she obtained the ranks of corporal and sergeant before being commissioned in 1944. Beryl Evans was discharged on 25 September 1945 with the rank of section officer.\nBeryl Evans became president of the WAAAF Branch of the RAAF Association NSW Division on 25 March 1997. She is a vice-president of the RAAF Association, a member of the Council and executive and national executive representative to Australian Veteran Defence Services Council.\n", "Events": "Councilor for Coolah Shire (1962 - 1971) \nGovernment representative on the Governing Body of the University of New England (1988 - 1995) \nGraduated with Economic Degree from University of New England (1981 - 1981) \nMarried: Kenneth Graham Bowman and they had two sons (1944 - 1944) \nMarried: Richard Kelywack Evans (1976 - 1976) \nMember of the Legislative Council (Liberal) for New South Wales (1984 - 1995) \nServed with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (1942 - 1945)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bowman-beryl-alice\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1988\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Darling, Honor Brinsley", "Entry ID": "AWE0458", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/darling-honor-brinsley\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Honor Darling was a journalist who played a significant role in the Girl Guide Movement in Australia. She held various roles, including that of local publicity officer and ultimately, Chair of the Australian Publications Committee. Whilst a member of the armed services (the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force) she edited the members' magazine.\n", "Details": "Margaret Coleman wrote the following for the Girl Guide Movement of New South Wales following the death of Honor Darling:\n\nVale Honor Darling\nHonor, whose typewriter could spell much better than mine: Honor who taught me about editing and magazines; who always knew where to put the commas, who was a wonderful help and support as well as a great personal friend through many publications: Honor you will be missed.\nAlways with an inquiring mind, Honor needed to know how and why. Words and writing were important to her. A journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald until she joined the WAAAF in 1942 serving until wars' end in 1945 where one of her many duties was to edit a magazine for the WAAAF girls.\nWhile her two sons and daughter Barbara progressed through Scouting and Guiding, Honor became publicity officer and then president of the Local Association in the 1960s and 1970s during a very busy time when, with the assistance of Rotary, the Epping Guide Hall was built.\nAt the same time the New South Wales Association claimed Honor's expertise when she was appointed chairman of the State Public Relations Committee and edited The Waratah from 1966 to 1976. During this time she attended two national editors conferences, in Hobart and Adelaide.\nThe next five years were very busy with publications. From 1976 Honor was chairman of the Australian Publications Committee when new handbooks were introduced especially for Australian girls and leaders. Members who have been around a while, will remember how first the U.K. handbooks were adapted, one each for Brownie, Guides and Rangers and then a few years later, a complete re-write for Australia was undertaken. Honor oversaw all these publications plus the first handbook for Leaders and commissioners and another edition of PO&R as well, Gwen Swinburn's excellent history Among The First People which required a good deal of attention.\nThen followed a spate of history books: Up Till Now 1980; The Glengarry Book 1983, updated 1993; Blue and Gold: The Story Told 1986; From a Flicker to a Flame 1989; The Story of RTS Tingira 1994. In each of these Honor had an editorial hand.\nTwo non Guiding publications attributed to Honor Darling are The WAAAF Book 1984, co-edited with Clare Stevenson and This is Pymble College 1991, when again Honor greatly assisted myself.\nIn retirement Honor became patron of the Local Association (Support Group) at Muswellbrook and secretary of the Red Cross for that region. For the last five years Honor has lived in Melbourne with her daughter Barbara who is Vicar of the Anglican Church in Sandringham.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-a-flicker-to-a-flame-the-story-of-the-girl-guides-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-w-a-a-a-f-book\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blue-and-gold-the-story-told-a-brief-history-of-the-girl-guides-association-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/darling-honor-brinsley-service-number-351182-date-of-birth-25-mar-1918-place-of-birth-sydney-nsw-place-of-enlistment-melbourne-next-of-kin-darling-j\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/informal-portrait-of-section-officer-honor-b-darling-waaaf-with-her-brother-leading-aircraftman-david-sheridan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-section-officer-honor-b-darling-waaaf\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/section-officer-evelyn-ferrier-left-and-section-officer-honor-darling-participating-in-an-aircraft-recognition-exercise-at-raaf-station-laverton\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Syer, Ada Corbitt (Mickey)", "Entry ID": "AWE0460", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/syer-ada-corbitt-mickey\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Mickey Syer enlisted at Claremont, Western Australia, in the Australian Army on 6 February 1941. A member of the Australian Army Nursing Service, she was stationed with the 2\/10th Australian General Hospital when captured by the Japanese during the fall of Singapore. Mickey spent three and a half years in Japanese prisoner of war camps in Sumatra.\nDuring October 1945, she returned to Australia and was discharged from the Army on 10 August 1948.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brave-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-womans-war-the-exceptional-life-of-wilma-oram-young-am\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/group-portrait-of-australian-army-nursing-service-aans-nurses-who-were-former-prisoners-of-war-pows-ob-board-the-hospital-ship-manunda-on-its-arrival-in-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Darling, Janet Patteson (Pat)", "Entry ID": "AWE0461", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/darling-janet-patteson-pat\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Casino, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "A nursing sister serving with the 2\/10th Australian General Hospital, Pat Gunther (later Darling) was one of the Australian nurses taken prisoner by the Japanese in Sumatra during World War II. She writes about her three and a half years incarceration and survival in Portrait of a Nurse published in 2001.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gunther-janet-patteson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-a-nurse-prisoner-of-war-of-the-japanese-1942-1945-sumatra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brave-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/horrors-hidden-for-53-years-after-half-a-century-of-silence-pat-darling-one-of-13-nurses-who-survived-internment-in-sumatra-talked-to-cassandra-jardine-about-life-and-death-in-a-japanese-pow-camp\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-poppy-for-the-one-who-died-in-her-place-in-world-war-ii\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nurses-revisit-war-hell-bangka-island-singapore\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/group-portrait-of-australian-army-nursing-service-aans-nurses-who-were-former-prisoners-of-war-pows-ob-board-the-hospital-ship-manunda-on-its-arrival-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gunther-j-pat-nursing-sister\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/darling-janet-patterson-pat-sister\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dutch-silver-jam-spoon-sister-p-gunther-2-10-australian-general-hospital\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "MacPherson, Daisy Cardin (Tootie)", "Entry ID": "AWE0462", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macpherson-daisy-cardin-tootie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Junee, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Tootie Keast (later MacPherson) was one of six Australian Army Nursing Service sisters who were taken Prisoner of War on 23 January 1942 in Rabaul, New Britain. The sisters spent three and a half years interned with civilian nurses and missionaries. At first they were held at Vunapope Catholic mission before being transferred to Yokohama and then Totsuka.\nAfter the War in the Pacific had ended a Japanese official told the women that their imprisonment was over. At the end of August an American officer found them, and arranged for their repatriation. They were flown back to Australia via the Okinawa Islands and Manila. [1]\nOn 10 April 1946, MacPherson was discharged from the Australian Army.\n[1] Guns and Booches p. 149\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brave-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guns-and-brooches-australian-army-nursing-from-the-boer-war-to-the-gulf-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/keast-daisy-cardin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/keast-daisy-cardin-service-number-nfx180286-date-of-birth-09-mar-1911-place-of-birth-junee-nsw-place-of-enlistment-unknown-next-of-kin-keast-william\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-group-of-australian-nurses-rescued-after-being-almost-three-and-a-half-years-with-the-japanese\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sister-daisy-tootie-cardin-keast-of-the-australian-army-nursing-service\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pemberton, Jean Keers", "Entry ID": "AWE0463", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pemberton-jean-keers\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Petersham, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Chichester, England", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Jean Greer (later Pemberton) enlisted in the Australian Army on 16 December 1940. Attached to the 2\/10 Australian General Hospital she was posted to Malaya in 1941.\nOn 14 February 1942, Jean was one of the 65 nurses aboard the ship Vyner Brooke when it was sunk by Japanese bombing. After reaching the shore she was captured by the Japanese and was a Prisoner of War for the next three and a half years before being liberated.\nJean Greer was discharged on 23 September 1946 and married Scotsman Duncan Pemberton in Singapore in 1947.\nThe couple moved to England where Jean died on 7 December 2001.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greer-jean-keers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greer-jean-keers-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greer-jean-keers-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brave-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greer-jean-keers-service-number-nx70937-date-of-birth-21-oct-1913-place-of-birth-sydney-nsw-place-of-enlistment-sydney-nsw-next-of-kin-greer-isaac\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/group-portrait-of-australian-army-nursing-service-aans-nurses-who-were-former-prisoners-of-war-pows-ob-board-the-hospital-ship-manunda-on-its-arrival-in-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Provan, Frances Betty", "Entry ID": "AWE0464", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/provan-frances-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Spring Hill, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Frances Provan was one of the first 14 females posted to HMAS Harman, the communications station in Canberra, on 28 April 1941, making her one of the first members of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS).\n", "Details": "After completing her education, Frances Provan worked as a trainee-teacher, nurse and governess. She moved from Queensland to Sydney and trained as a wireless telegraphist with the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps, which had been established by Florence McKenzie. Provan was one of the first 14 females posted to HMAS Harman, the communications station in Canberra, on 28 April 1941. Her official number was WR\/1.\nIn September 1941 Provan was promoted to leading telegraphist and then petty officer telegraphist in December 1942. She attended the first WRANS officers' training course at Flinders Naval Depot, Victoria and was appointed third officer on 15 February 1943.\nIn June 1945 Provan was posted as officer-in-charge of the only draft of WRANS to serve in an operational zone, in Darwin. During her time in the navy she also served at bases in New South Wales and Queensland. Provan was stationed at HMAS Lonsdale, Melbourne, when she was discharged on 17 October 1946.\nAfter the war she travelled to England and became manager of the London office of the Melbourne firm, Jackson's United Meat Co. Pty Ltd. In 1963 after Provan had made a business trip to Melbourne, she died (21 June) while on her way to visit her mother.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/provan-frances-betty-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/provan-frances-betty-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/w-r-a-n-s-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ships-belles-the-story-of-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service-in-war-and-peace-1941-1985\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/belconnen-wireless-station-duntroon-harman-raaf-stations-1943\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/provan-frances-betty-1911-1963\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/members-of-the-first-wrans-officer-training-corps\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/senior-wrans-from-hmas-harman-naval-wireless-station-at-the-fourth-birthday-of-the-service\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Daley, Henrietta (Jessie) Shaw", "Entry ID": "AWE0465", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daley-henrietta-jessie-shaw\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Malvern, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Mosman, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "After moving to Canberra with her family in 1926, Jessie Daley became involved with a variety of community associations. She joined the Canberra Society of Arts and Literature, was the first President of the Canberra Ladies' Choir, became a member (later President) of the Canberra Golf Club Associates as well as being a member of the Canberra Women's Hockey Club and school associations.\nIn 1930 Daley became President of the local Girl Guides' association and was district commissioner (1931-1932).\nA member of the Canberra Mothercraft Society, Daley was Vice-President from 1930 until March 1935 when she became President. It was at a difficult time for the society with board disharmony and staffing problems. She resigned as President in May 1935 and was not re-elected.\nDaley became a member of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), using her expertise to organise social, sporting and cultural activities as a welcome for newcomers to the city and to raise funds for charity. In 1937 she became Vice-President of the YWCA's Canberra branch and a non-resident member of the national board.\nOn 4 July 1939 Daley was elected Foundation President of the Australian Capital Territory branch of the National Council of Women. The Council worked with the Canberra Relief Society to assist the needy.\nJessie Daley died of cancer on 10 November 1943 at Mosman.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-mothering-years-the-story-of-the-canberra-mothercraft-society-1926-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daley-henrietta-jessie-shaw-1890-1943\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Batt, Elva May", "Entry ID": "AWE0466", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/batt-elva-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Elva Batt enlisted in the Australian Army on 29 October 1941. Originally a Voluntary Aid she later joined the Australian Army Medical Women's Service. Batt was then transferred to the Australian Women's Army Service.\nBefore attending the Australian Women's Services Officers Training School, Batt was a sergeant working as a clerk in the orderly room. Upon completion of the course she was promoted to Lieutenant (later Captain) and became an Amenities Officer with the Australian Women's Army Service.\nIt was Batt's job to organize sporting events (i.e. swimming carnivals, basketball matches, etc.) and entertainment and to oversee the supply of goods from the Canteen Funds, such as bedspreads, irons, jugs, sewing machines etc., to make a servicewoman's tent or hut seem like home. [1]\nNearing the end of the war, Batt was transferred to Melbourne Headquarters to oversee the disbanding of the Australian Women's Army Service. She was discharged on 28 June 1946.\nLater, in 1946, she married Barry Batt and they had two children. Batt states that one of her major challenges was now having to cook, as during the previous five years all meals had been cooked for enlisted personnel.\nIn retirement Batt and her husband became volunteer members of the Royal Blind Society (New South Wales). She was also president of the ex-AAMWAS Association of New South Wales for many years. In 2020, Elva was living in a retirement home in Sydney, where she celebrated her 100th birthday. She died in 2022.\n[1] From Blue to Khaki p. 217\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baikie-elva-may\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-blue-to-khaki-the-enlisted-voluntary-aids-and-others-who-became-members-of-the-australian-army-medical-womens-service-and-served-from-1941-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-elva-batt\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/studio-portrait-of-nf482322-lieutenant-lt-elva-baikie-amenities-officer-for-the-army-womens-services\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-informal-group-of-members-of-the-australian-womens-army-services-awas-model-their-improvised-costumes-for-a-musical-comedy-and-revue\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-elva-batt-when-the-war-came-to-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baikie-elva-may-service-number-nf482322-date-of-birth-14-sep-1920-place-of-birth-sydney-nsw-place-of-enlistment-victoria-barracks-sydney-next-of-kin-baikie-james\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dynon, Moira Lenore", "Entry ID": "AWE0467", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dynon-moira-lenore\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Malvern, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Scientist, Servicewoman, Welfare worker", "Summary": "The eldest daughter of medical practitioner, Percy and Lily (n\u00e9e Johnston) Shelton, Moira Dynon was educated at Presentation Convent, Elsternwick, Loreto Convent, Toorak and the University of Melbourne. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1941, Dynon was commissioned in the Women's Australian Auxiliary Air Force and assisted Wing Commander R J W Le Fevre with chemical warfare munitions. Following her discharge she became a research officer with the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories and later with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.\nOn 2 December 1950 she married John Dynon and they had five children. At this stage Dynon became involved with community organisations. These included the Catholic Mothers' Club Federation, the Catholic Women's Social Guild and the Australian Council of Catholic Women. In 1952 the Dynons established the Malvern branch of the United Nations Australia Association, Victorian division. In 1960 she initiated and ran an appeal to provide secondary education for Japanese children of returned Australian servicemen. Moira Dynon became chairman of the Aid for India and president of its successor Aid India. She also helped with famine-relief campaigns in Bengal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.\n", "Events": "Appointed female officer on the staff council at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1948 - 1948) \nChairman of the Aid India Campaign (1964 - 1964) \nCommissioned in the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (1942 - 1942) \nDischarged from Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (1946 - 1946) \nEstablished and foundation president of the Federation of Loreto Old Girls' Associations (1954 - 1955) \nGraduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Science (1942 - 1942) \nMarried barrister and solicitor John Francis Dynon at Xavier College, Kew (1950 - 1950) \nMember of the executive committee for the Catholic Women's Social Guild (1962 - 1968) \nMember of the National executive committee of the A J Ferguson Memorial Appeal for Care of Australian-Japanese Children in Japan (1963 - 1965) \nNational President of the Aid India Campaign (1967 - 1967) \nPosted to the Directorate of Armament (1943 - 1943) \nPresident of the Italo-Australian Welfare Association Women's Division (1961 - 1967) \nPromoted to flight officer (1944 - 1944) \nPromoted to section officer (1943 - 1943) \nReceived the Knight Order of Star of Italian Solidarity (1967 - 1967) \nResearch officer (Antibiotics) with the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Victoria (1946 - 1947) \nSection chairman of the UNESCO Seminar \"Human Rights\" at Madras (1969 - 1969) \nTrustee of the National Fund of the A J Ferguson Memorial Appeal for Care of Australian-Japanese Children in Japan (1965 - 1965) \nVice-president of the Australian Council of Catholic Women (1968 - 1968) \nVice-president of the Catholic Mothers' Clubs' Federation (1958 - 1959) \nVice-president of the Catholic Women's Social Guild (1966 - 1968) \nWorked with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1947 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shelton-moira-lenore\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dynon-moira-lenore-1920-1976\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-waaaf-in-wartime-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shelton-moira-lenore-service-number-104057-date-of-birth-04-sep-1920-place-of-birth-unknown-place-of-enlistment-unknown-next-of-kin-shelton-percy\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stevens, Marion", "Entry ID": "AWE0468", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stevens-marion\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "In 1941 Marion Stevens was one of the first 14 women to join the Royal Australian Navy. After two years at Harman she was transferred to Molongo and later to Cerberus for the Officer Training Course and then returned to Harman. After the war, with her beautiful singing voice, she joined the Gilbert and Sullivan Company and toured with them for two years. When the WRANS were reformed she was recalled and transferred back to HMAS Harman as Second Officer. Stevens stayed until 1956. On retirement she joined Paton and Baldwins. At HMAS Harman a street called 'Marion Stevens' honours the work she did there during the war. [1] Steven's achievements were acknowledged with the renaming of the HMAS Harman Wardroom Dining Room in her honour.\n", "Details": "Marion Stevens WR5 - Women's Royal Australian Naval Service, writes:\nIn 1939 I joined the W.E.S.C. (Women's Emergency Signalling Corps) run by Mrs F V McKenzie, and learned Morse Code and signalling (Semaphore) etc. In 1941 I joined the Australian Navy as one of the first 14 women in the Service. I was No. WR 5, and went to H.M.A Naval Wireless Station Harman (later HMAS Harman) near Canberra. Our first problem was that all the men saluted us. We asked the Commanding Officer (C.O.) to get the men to regard us as ratings not women. This was the beginning of the WRANS Rules and Regulations. Our uniforms did not arrive for months so we had to continue to wear our green WESC's uniforms. We were all under the Crimes Act so could only freely discuss our work in the W\/T Office. I did a Stat. Dec. covering the period around the sinking of the HMAS Sydney and sent a copy to the Defence Department in Canberra and also to the Archives in Canberra. I was made the first Chief Petty Officer in 1943 and was put in charge of H.M.A. Naval W\/T Station Molonglo, a few miles across country from HMAS Harman. Molonglo did all the high-speed operating with England - Whitehall GYCm, Canada Esquimalt CKL, Colombo Fort GZH and New Zealand - Waiouru ZLO. We handled all the traffic for the British Fleet when it came out to Australia at the end of the war in Europe and we got a signal complimenting us on our work by Admiral Bruce Frazer RN. It (Molonglo) was the only W\/T station run completely by WRANS with an Army Guard. In 1944 the C.O. and I went to Mt. Stromlo Observatory to see the Director, Dr. Wooley. He needed some details from overseas circuits to help with Ionospheric Predictions. At the end of the war in Europe I was the Instructor for the RN Tel. Ratings sent out from England when the war was over in Europe.\nWhen I left the Navy I studied singing at the Sydney Conservatorium and then joined J C Williamsons Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company and toured Australia and New Zealand for a couple of years.\nI then rejoined the Australian Navy as a Second Officer, did a further commission and was in charge of a Signit 'Y' Station. I was the WRAN Officer sent to England, with two ratings for the Coronation of our present Queen. While in England I visited Whitehall W\/T a few times and met a P.O.Tel who said he worked Radio Belconnen during the war and they were the best station they worked and never let Whitehall down. I was asked to transfer from Communications to Administration and remain in the Navy, but I declined the offer and left the Navy at the end of my four year commission.\nI worked at Patons and Baldwins in charge of their Demonstration Department. I did a little designing. We had eight Demonstrators and organized Parades and Displays throughout New South Wales and Queensland. At night I studied Gemmology and got my FGAA. I taught at Gemmology House for a few years. I toured Diamond Mines in South Africa and an alluvial Diamond Mine in South West Africa, and then did an Animal Safari through Kenya and Tanzania staying at Treetops. The next year I visited gem areas of Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Burma and Thailand. I remained at Patons for 25 years and then went to a city jeweller to make use of my Gemmological knowledge.\nI now live in a Retirement Village and have done oil paintings and 65 tapestry chairs and pictures etc. and helped the Parliamentary Committee who were investigating the sinking of the HMAS Sydney on the 19 November 1941 by the German Raider Kormoran which also sank. I have done a lot of travel both in Australia and worldwide.\n[1] Ships Belles p. 67-69\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stevens-marion-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stevens-marion-4\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ships-belles-the-story-of-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service-in-war-and-peace-1941-1985\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/w-r-a-n-s-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stevens-marion-service-number-wr-5-date-of-birth-04-may-1920-place-of-birth-tamworth-nsw-place-of-enlistment-sydney-next-of-kin-stevens-eugene\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stevens-marion-service-number-wr5-date-of-birth-04-may-1920-place-of-birth-unknown-place-of-enlistment-unknown-next-of-kin-stevens-e\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taylor, Marjorie Elsie", "Entry ID": "AWE0469", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taylor-marjorie-elsie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Marjorie Elsie Taylor was a foundation member of the Ex-WRANS Association. She served as a telegraphist with the Naval Control Office in Melbourne during the Second World War.\n", "Details": "After qualifying at Stotts Business College, Marjorie Taylor (n\u00e9e Greer) worked as a legal stenographer until 1942, when she joined the civilian staff of the United States Army Headquarters, South West Pacific Area, Sydney, as Secretary in the Medical Section.\nAfter hours she attended Morse classes at Mrs F V McKenzie's organization, the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and obtained sufficient speed to be admitted to the WRANS on 25 May 1943 as a telegraphist (WR1257).\nShe served in HMAS Harman, Flinders Naval Depot, HMAS Lonsdale and the Naval Control Office, Melbourne, as a Telegraphist, Leading Telegraphist (1 June 1944), and Third Officer (21 March 1945). She was discharged on 4 February 1946.\nAfter the war Taylor taught for thirty-one years (1951-1981 inclusive) at the Metropolitan Business College; and became a Fellow of the Commercial Education Society of Australia.\nA foundation member of the Ex-WRANS Association (formed in 1963) Taylor served as Secretary from 1973-1976, and has printed the Association's magazine Ditty Box since 1970. She edited the magazine between 1970 and 1973.\nSince 1974 Taylor has represented the Ex-WRANS Association at meetings of the Federation of Naval Ship Associations and since 1980 has served the Federation as minute secretary.\nOn the death of Jess Doyle (n\u00e9e Prain) in 1988, Marjorie Taylor was asked to lead the ex-WRANS in the ANZAC March of Remembrance in Sydney, and continued this honour until 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greer-marjorie-elsie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greer-marjorie-elsie-service-number-wr-1257-date-of-birth-03-may-1920-place-of-birth-auburn-nsw-place-of-enlistment-sydney-next-of-kin-greer-charles\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Doyle, Jess Scott", "Entry ID": "AWE0470", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/doyle-jess-scott\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Jess Prain was one of the first fourteen women to join the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1941 and was stationed at Harman. From here she was drafted to Kuttabul where she was the first Petty Officer in Sydney. She did an Officer Training Course and returned to Harman as Third Officer. After her discharge in 1946 she was a welfare officer for Berlei and was recalled to the Navy in 1951 to train new recruits. Prain was Officer-in-Charge Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) at Flinders Naval Depot until 1954 and retired as First Officer. Married to Denis, Jess Doyle became Appeals Officer for Legacy (Sydney). [1]\n", "Details": "The following is from the Ex-WRANS newsletter Ditty Box\nMrs Jess Doyle (Prain), WR8, died very suddenly on 8 July 1988, aged 67. Jess served from 1941-1946 and 1951-1955, and was a First Officer on discharge.\nA WRANS telegraphist, who tapped out the message to RAN ships at sea that Australia was at war with Japan, has died suddenly in Sydney. She was Mrs Jess Doyle (n\u00e9e Prain) who was aged 19 when she joined as one of the first 12 telegraphists in the WRANS in 1941. [2] By war's end, there were more than 2,500.\nShe died in Sydney on July 8, aged 67. Burial at Botany followed a service at the Naval Chapel, Garden Island, conducted by Principal Chaplain Bill Rosier. Late of Clovelly, she leaves husband Dennis, sister Hazel and Jack, Carol and Michael.\nJess Doyle's naval involvement began in 1941 as one of the \"Mrs Mackenzie's girls\". She was commissioned in 1944 and served until the completion of World War II when the WRANS were disbanded.\nIn 1951, with the Korean crisis looming, she was invited back as Duty Director WRANS with the appointment of Officer-in-Charge, WRANS at the Naval Training Establishment at Flinders Naval Depot. She began to re-establish the Administration, Recruit and Officer training programs which set the foundations of training in the first years and established the service as a permanent and integral part of the Royal Australian Navy.\nIn 1954, she was offered the position the Director of WRANS but because of family illness felt it her duty to return home. She retired with the rank of First Officer.\nAfter leaving the service she was employed as publications manager with the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, working with various voluntary groups of that organisation. Motivated by her service background, she joined Sydney Legacy as Director of Appeals - a position she held for seven years. In 1969 she was invited by the president of the Post Graduate Medical Foundation to raise funds to build the Sir Victor Coppleston Post Graduate School of Medicine, Sydney University.\nJess was on the committee of the Ex-WRANS Association from its inception in 1961 and represented the association in many capacities. She also lead the WRANS contingent every year in the Anzac Day march.\nIn most recent years she undertook the WRANS Window project. Her drive and organisation skills proved to be tireless. Her vision was that the window had to represent every WRAN, irrespective of rank or branch.\nThe window was unveiled at the Garden Island chapel on September 21, 1986 - her last great naval achievement. [3]\n[1] Ships Belles p. 69\n[2] There were 14 women in the first intake - all were qualified telegraphists but 2 offered to serve as cooks.\n[3] Ex-Wrans Ditty Box August 1988 p. 7-8\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/prain-jess-scott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/prain-jess-scott-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ships-belles-the-story-of-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service-in-war-and-peace-1941-1985\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/w-r-a-n-s-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vale-mrs-jess-doyle-prain\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/willing-volunteers-resisting-society-reluctant-navy-the-troubled-first-years-of-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/prain-jess-scott-service-number-wr-8-date-of-birth-12-apr-1921-place-of-birth-sydney-place-of-enlistment-sydney-next-of-kin-prain-robert\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/prain-jess-scott-service-number-wr8-date-of-birth-12-apr-1921-place-of-birth-unknown-place-of-enlistment-unknown-next-of-kin-prain-robert\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/senior-wrans-from-hmas-harman-naval-wireless-station-at-the-fourth-birthday-of-the-service\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/panorama-group-portrait-of-members-of-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service-wrans-at-hmas-rushcutter-and-two-navy-officers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cheers, Joanne", "Entry ID": "AWE0471", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cheers-joanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Jo Cheers served with 10 Force Support Battalion in East Timor and was posted to Sydney early in 2002. She was presented with a Meritorious Unit Citation in the 2002 Australia Day Honours list (for sustained outstanding service in the provision of logistic support to warlike operations in East Timor) by the Commanding Officer of her present unit in the presence of military and civilian members of the unit.\n", "Details": "Meritorious Unit Citation\nWarrant Officer Class Two Joanne Cheers\nWe extend our very sincere congratulations to Jo Cheers on receipt of the Insignia of the Meritorious Unit Citation earned for her service with the 10th Force Support Battalion during warlike operations in East Timor.\nThe 10th Force Support Battalion (10 FSB) was awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation in the 2002 Australia Day Honours list for sustained outstanding service in the provision of logistic support to warlike operations in East Timor. 10 FSB became the Army's first logistics Unit to be awarded the highly prestigious citation and is only the second unit in the Army to receive the citation.\nThe Governor of Queensland, Major General Peter Arnison awarded the Citation during a parade at Lavarack Barracks on Saturday 13 April 2002, and members representing units of 10 FSB were presented with the Citation. A group of former members of 10 FSB were also on parade to receive the Citation and eligible former members not present on 13 April 2002 were presented with the Citation by their respective Commanding Officers.\nJo Cheers served with 10 FSB in East Timor and was posted to Sydney early in 2002. She was presented with her Award by the Commanding Officer of her present unit in the presence of military and civilian members of the unit.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Meyer, Hilda Florence", "Entry ID": "AWE0472", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meyer-hilda-florence\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Major Hilda Florence Meyer was appointed Assistant Controller Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) Land Headquarters (L.H.Q) and she served in this capacity from November 1942 until August 1944. She attended the third Australian Women's Services Administrative School in Melbourne, which was established in 1943, to gain advanced training in Army organisation and administration. Courses were held at the school between October 1943 and July 1945. Major Meyer was appointed Deputy Assistant Controller AAMWS Headquarters, Western Command, to administer the movement and placement of AAMWS in Western Australian medical units between 1944 and 1945.\nSource used to compile this entry: From Blue to Khaki by Betty Mount-Batten p. 48 \n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meyer-hilda-florence-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meyer-hilda-florence-service-number-vx117124-date-of-birth-31-dec-1899-place-of-birth-kalgoorlie-wa-place-of-enlistment-melbourne-vic-next-of-kin-meyer-hilda\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Christie, Joan Lora", "Entry ID": "AWE0473", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christie-joan-lora\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Local government councillor, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Joan Christie was promoted to the rank of Major during the Second World War. In 1943 she worked in New Guinea supervising members of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service.\nJoan is acknowledged as the driving force behind the establishment of both the Orana Community TAFE College and the Dubbo campus of Charles Sturt University.\n", "Details": "Major Joan Christie was selected to act as an Assistant Commandant to go to the Middle East with a second draft of Voluntary Aids in 1941. The operation was cancelled due to Japanese military activity in the South West Pacific area.\nBased at 113 Australian General Hospital as a Company Commander Joan Christie became a full-time Voluntary Aid in November 1941. She transferred to the Australian Army Medical Women's Service ( A.A.M.W.S.) when it was formed in December 1942, and was promoted to the rank of Major on the 1st March 1943. That same month she was appointed Deputy to Lt Col. Kathleen Best who was, at the time, the Adjutant-General of the Women's Services.\nHaving relinquished her command at 113 A.G.H. in March 1943, Major Christie went to New Guinea in charge of the first draft of A.A.M.W.S. in December 1943, and shortly after her arrival she was appointed Assistant Controller, South West Pacific Area. She was responsible for over 400 women in the Pacific region.\nWhen she returned from New Guinea in 1944 Major Christie resumed her command at 113 A.G.H. In May 1946 she represented the A.A.M.W.S. as part of the Australian contingent in the Victory Pageant.\nShe married in 1947 and raised four children, along with having an active life in the local community, serving as a local councillor. She was a great supporter of adult education and the Technical and Further Education system.\n", "Events": "'Joan Flint Building' - Opening at Orana Community College, Dubbo campus (1990 - 1990) \n'Joan Flint Park' (adjacent to Dubbo TAFE College) named by Dubbo City Council (1984 - 1984) \nAide-de-Camp to Lady Zara Gowrie, wife of Govenor General of Australia (1943 - 1943) \nAlderman, Dubbo City Council (1971 - 1977) \nAssistant Controller, AAMWS, South West Pacific Area (1943 - 1943) \nAwarded Doctorate of the University (honoris causa), Charles Sturt University (1994 - 1994) \nAwarded Medal of the Order of Australia - for services to Education & Community (1984 - 1984) \nAwarded the Inaugural National TAFE Gold Medal | Mayoral Civic Reception, Dubbo (1989 - 1989) \nBorn to Wilfred and Beatrix Christie in Dubbo (1918 - 1918) \nCaptain and Dux of Dubbo High School (1935 - 1935) \nCaptain of Coolabah House, Dubbo High School (1934 - 1935) \nChairperson, Council of Mitchell College of Advanced Education (1979 - 1979) \nChairperson, Orana Community College Council (1980 - 1983) \nCo-founder and Chairperson, Dubbo Educational Association (1966 - 1980) \nCo-founder and Commandant, Dubbo Voluntary Aid Detachment, No. 226 (1939 - 1940) \nDeputy Assistant Adjutant General, Women's Service, Australian Army (1943 - 1943) \nDeputy Chair, Management Board, Orana Educational Association (1974 - 1980) \nDeputy Chairperson, Council of Mitchell College of Advanced Education (1972 - 1979) \nDied in Dubbo (2001 - 2001) \nInaugural Member, Council of Mitchell College of Advanced Education (1968 - 1980) \nLadies Doubles Hardcourt Tennis Champion, NSW (1940 - 1940) \nMarried Robert Ellice-Flint, St Andew's Presbyterian Church Dubbo (1947 - 1947) \nMember, Board of Adult Education NSW (1979 - 1983) \nMember, Board of Continuing Education, University of New England (1975 - 1979) \nMember, Dubbo Technical and Further Education (TAFE) Committee (1965 - 1980) \nMember, Macquarie Regional Library Committee (1975 - 1977) \nMember, National Urban & Regional Development Authority | Cities Commission (1972 - 1972) \nMember, Open University Committee - Karmel Report (1973 - 1974) \nMember, TAFE Council NSW (1978 - 1983) \nMother of four boys - Gordon '47-, Ken '49-'52, Wilfred '53-, David '55-'79 (1947 - 2001) \nOfficer-In-Charge, AAMWS 113 AGH Concord Repatriation Hospital (1944 - 1944) \nOfficer-In-Charge, AAMWS, New Guinea force (1943 - 1943) \nOfficer-in-Charge, Australian Army Medical Womens Service, 113 AGH (1941 - 1942) \nRepresentative AAMWS Officer, London Victory March, June 1946 (1946 - 1946)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christie-joan-lora-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-blue-to-khaki-the-enlisted-voluntary-aids-and-others-who-became-members-of-the-australian-army-medical-womens-service-and-served-from-1941-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/honours-and-awards-recommendations-for-new-year-honours-list-1946\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christie-joan-lora-service-number-nx76591-date-of-birth-04-nov-1918-place-of-birth-dubbo-nsw-place-of-enlistment-nsw-next-of-kin-christie-wilfred\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lieutenant-g-mainwaring-war-artist-painting-major-joan-christie-awas-on-board-hmas-shropshire\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/swimming-carnival\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/members-of-the-australian-victory-contingent-on-a-visit-to-berlin-in-front-of-frederick-the-greats-palace-sans-souci-potsdam\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/members-of-the-australian-victory-contingent-on-a-visit-to-berlin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/winners-of-the-nurses-and-australian-army-medical-womens-service-aamws-championships-chat-together-after-their-victories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/squadron-officer-doris-carter-womens-auxiliary-australian-air-force-squadron-leader-p-swan-dfc-flight-lieutenant-j-hooke-dfc-raaf-and-major-joan-l-christie-of-the-australian-army-medical-wome\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/army-medical-dental-corps-nurses-and-specialists-applications-for-a-commission-in-the-a-a-m-c-voluntary-aid-detachments-v-a-d-j-l-christie-box-69\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Snelling, Joyce Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0474", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/snelling-joyce-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Mrs Joyce Snelling, who enlisted in the Australian Army in 1942, had previously been the Voluntary Aid Commandant of the Scottish Detachment No. 9218 (which was affiliated with the New South Wales Scottish Regiment), was commissioned as a Lieutenant and organised the first Voluntary Aid training school at Ingleburn. In April 1942 Mrs Snelling was appointed Assistant Controller and Honorary Secretary of the Joint State Council whose membership included the Order of St John and the Australian Red Cross Society and held this post until her enlistment in the Army. Lt Joyce Snelling served at Victoria Barracks where she attained the rank of Major on 28 February 1943 when she became Assistant Controller Australian Army Medical Women's Service NSW Lines of Communication Area.\nIn 1950 Major Snelling was elected President of the Ex-AAMWS Association and held this position for 25 years. She was a Vice-Patron of the Association and a life member. From 1966 until 1973 she was President of the Ex-AAMWS Association of NSW.\nOn 1 January 1972 Joyce Snelling was appointed to the Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) for her service to ex-servicewomen.\n", "Details": "Originally from the suburb of Mosman, Joyce Snelling was known as Joyce Mary Holden. She was preparing for her career in the Army when she was just 18 as she gathered together a group of young Voluntary Aids to practice marching in the Rocks area in Sydney - to the tune of a hand-cranked gramophone set up in a wheelbarrow, pushed along as they marched.\nIn 1939 Joyce Snelling was the founder and Commandant of the Scottish Detachment No. 9218 which was affiliated with the New South Wales Scottish Regiment with whom her husband was an officer.\nLater in April 1942, Mrs Snelling was appointed the Assistant Controller and Honorary Secretary of the Joint State Council of NSW and held this post until she enlisted in the Army in September 1942. She was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and organised the first Army Voluntary Aid (VA) training school at Ingleburn.\nAfter enlisting in the Army Joyce Snelling served at Victoria Barracks where she attained the rank of Major on 28 February 1943, when she became Assistant Controller AAMWS NSW Lines of Communication Area.\nMajor Snelling coordinated the departure of the 2\/12th Australian General Hospital Vas for Colombo in 1941; the large draft which left for New Guinea in 1943 to join the 2\/1st, 2\/5th and 2\/9th AGHs; the draft of 2\/8th AAMWS bound for Jacquinot Bay, New Britain; the 2\/1st AAMWS who went to Torokina on Bougainville and the 118th AAMWS who were sent to Rabaul. Finally after the cessation of hostilities Major Snelling was involved with the departure of another group of AAMWS who were sent to Japan to care for soldiers serving with the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in 1946.\nSadly Major Snelling's husband was one of the casualties of the Malayan campaign who did not return to Australia. When she was interviewed by the Melbourne Argus in October 1944 she told the reporter that she had not heard from him since the fall of Singapore. She said her husband always commended her for being a good homemaker and hostess but he was reluctant to see her as a working wife. She added that she didn't know what he would think if he knew she was in the AAMWS!\nIn 1944 Major Snelling's two daughters, aged 11 and 13 years respectively, who were boarders at a girls' school in NSW, were able to see their mother at the small flat she had near their school at weekends. So that she could spend time with them on their holidays she saved her leave whenever she could.\nMajor Snelling's command included some AAMWS in her area and she thought they were a fine group of women. It didn't matter what background they had come from, they all worked together and she felt that they were all going to be better women because of the levelling influence of Army life. Military life taught them about tolerance and community spirit.\nMajor Snelling was demobilised on the 10 January 1947 but continued to serve as a part-time officer until 1950. She was farewelled by many of her serving and ex-officers at the Wentworth Hotel on 9 January 1947.\nIn 1950 Major Snelling was elected President of the Ex-AAMWS Association and she held this position for 25 years. She was a Vice-Patron of the Association and a life member.\nIn recognition of her association with the Red Cross and the Voluntary Aid movement Joyce Snelling received the Queen's Bar Brooch. She served as Honorary Secretary to the Joint State Council of the Red Cross and St John Ambulance. Briefly she was President of the War Widow's Guild of Australia - NSW and Korean War Auxiliary. For her service to ex-servicewomen Joyce Snelling was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1972.\nJoyce Snelling died suddenly at her home at Mona Vale on 13 November 1988 and a memorial plaque was unveiled in her memory at the Garrison Church on Sunday 25 February 1990.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-blue-to-khaki-the-enlisted-voluntary-aids-and-others-who-became-members-of-the-australian-army-medical-womens-service-and-served-from-1941-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/snelling-joyce-mary-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/honours-and-awards-recommendations-for-new-year-honours-list-1946\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/snelling-joyce-mary-service-number-nx138446-date-of-birth-15-dec-1904-place-of-birth-sydney-nsw-place-of-enlistment-nsw-l-of-c-nsw-next-of-kin-snelling-r\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/end-of-war-awards-submissions-by-quartermaster-general-and-director-general-of-medical-services\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-joyce-snelling-major-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/officers-at-the-conference-of-assistant-and-deputy-assistant-controllers-australian-army-medical-womens-service\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/officers-at-the-conference-of-assistant-and-deputy-assistant-controllers-australian-army-medical-womens-service-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/army-medical-dental-corps-nurses-and-specialists-applications-for-a-commission-in-the-a-a-m-c-voluntary-aid-detachments-v-a-d-j-m-snelling-box-69\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lane, Ethel Marion", "Entry ID": "AWE0475", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lane-ethel-marion\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ulverston, England", "Death Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "From the 1960s Ethel Lane devoted her time to helping service organisations. A member of the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War II, Lane was associated with the Returned & Services League as well as the War Widows' Guild of Australia.\nLane was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on 11 June 1990 and appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 30 December 1978 for service to the community, in the field of veterans' welfare.\n", "Events": "Completed nursing training at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1937 - 1941) \nDeputy Chairman of the Board for the War Veterans' Home (1977 - 1977) \nHonorary secretary for the Returned Navy, Army and Air Force Sisters' Sub Branch of the Returned & Services League (1964 - 1978) \nMarried Doctor Raymond Lane (1946 - 1946) \nMember of the Board of Directors of the War Veterans' Home (1974 - 1974) \nNational Vice-President of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps Association (1980 - 1980) \nNational Vice-President of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (1979 - 1979) \nNew South Wales State President of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (1977 - 1982) \nSecretary of the New South Wales Memorial Club (1966 - 1975) \nSecretary of the New South Wales State Council of the Returned & Services League (1972 - 1974) \nServed with the Australian Army Nursing Service (1942 - 1946) \nStaff nurse with the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1942 - 1942)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1980\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stalker-ethel-marian\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stalker-ethel-marian-service-number-nfx165741-date-of-birth-05-jul-1918-place-of-birth-ulverston-england-place-of-enlistment-concord-nsw-next-of-kin-stalker-gertrude\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Penman, Alice Maud", "Entry ID": "AWE0476", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/penman-alice-maud\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Servicewoman", "Summary": "President of the Women's Services Sub-Branch of the RSL, Alice Penman served with the Australian Army during World War II. She served in the Middle East as a Voluntary Aid Detachment member and then in Far North Queensland. Penman later served with the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) after the Government of the time decided to distinguish between military and non-military Voluntary Aids.\nDuring the 'Australia Remembers, 1945-1995' celebrations Penman participated in a number of functions emphasizing the work carried out by the Voluntary Aid Detachment Red Cross members.\nOn 13 June 1993 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to veterans particularly through the Returned & Services League New South Wales and to the Friends of the Northcott Neurological Centre.\n", "Events": "Along with a number of other Voluntary Aids from World War II, Alice Penman spoke about her wartime experiences at a commemorative luncheon as part of the 'Australia Remembers, 1945-1995' celebrations (1995 - 1995) \nAn Army Camp established at Bathurst and VADs worked in canteens, sewed a garment a week for the Red Cross, sold buttons and worked in local and camp hospitals (1939 - 1939) \nAssistant Commandant at Haberfield VAD (1947 - 1947) \nAwarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (1993 - 1993) \nBrown Owl of the 2nd Beecroft Brownies (1952 - 1952) \nFamily moved to Gilgandra, NSW. Joined the Red Cross and Country Women's Association (1962 - 1962) \nFoundation member of the Bathurst Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) (1937 - 1937) \nJoined Women's Services Sub-Branch RSL, and has served in a number of offices including being Women's State Councillor on State Council for 2 years (1946 - 1946) \nOrganised, with the help of Girl Guides, a memorabilia display at St Ives Shopping Centre as part of the 'Australia Remembers, 1945-1995' celebrations (1995 - 1995) \nPresident of the Women's Services Sub-Branch RSL (1995 - 1995) \nSelected to join the Australian Infantry Force (AIF) for service overseas (1941 - 1941) \nServed in Atherton, North Queensland (1943 - 1945) \nServed with the 2\/6 Australian General Hospital at Gaza, Palestine (1941 - 1943) \nVolunteer at the National Artillery Museum at North Fort. Has dressed two static models, one representing the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS), whose members served at the Fort during World War II and the other wearing a VAD uniform (1987 - 1987) \nWar ended (1945 - 1945)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/penman-alice-maud-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-poetry-from-the-memorabilia-of-alice-penman-oam\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/their-sacrifice-australia-remembers-1945-1995\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/penman-alice-maud-service-number-nx76505-date-of-birth-17-mar-1918-place-of-birth-rockhampton-qld-place-of-enlistment-unknown-next-of-kin-burns-arthur\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alice-maud-penman-nee-burns-as-a-corporal-served-gaza-ridge-palestine-and-2-6th-australia-general-hospital-atherton-qld-interviewed-by-edward-stokes-for-the-keith-murdoch-sound-archive-of-austral\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/corporal-alice-penman-with-private-h-e-emily-lewis\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/group-portrait-of-members-of-the-first-vad-voluntary-aid-detachment-contingent-to-travel-overseas\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kilo-89-camp-gaza-ridge-palestine-c-december-1941-the-four-voluntary-aid-detachment-vad-occupants-of-tent-no-9-stand-in-front-of-their-quarters\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/studio-portrait-of-nx76505-alice-burns-voluntary-aid-detachment-vad\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mount-Batten, Betty Joyce", "Entry ID": "AWE0477", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mount-batten-betty-joyce\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Servicewoman", "Summary": "During World War II Betty Mount-Batten served with the civilian Voluntary Aid Detachments, the Army Voluntary Aid Detachments and later the Australian Army with the Australian Army Medical Women's Service. At the time of her discharge on 14 November 1945 she was posted at the 113th Australian General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales. Mount-Batten was a member of the Ex-AAMWS, was minute secretary from 2000, as well as secretary for the Women's Services Sub-Branch of the RSS & AILA.\nAs part of the Australia Remembers 1945-1995 celebrations in 1995, Mount-Batten compiled the publication From Blue to Khaki: The enlisted voluntary aids and others who became members of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service and served from 1941-1951. In October 2002 Betty Mount-Batten became a participant of the 'Australian Women in War Project' working group.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mount-batten-betty-joyce-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-blue-to-khaki-the-enlisted-voluntary-aids-and-others-who-became-members-of-the-australian-army-medical-womens-service-and-served-from-1941-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Humphery, Isobel", "Entry ID": "AWE0478", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/humphery-isobel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community worker, Headmistress", "Summary": "Isobel Humphery was three when her father was killed in France in 1917. She and her three elder siblings were educated with the help of the Soldiers' Children Education Scheme. Before marrying Ronald Humphery, at the outbreak of World War II, Isobel obtained a Bachelor of Arts with a Diploma of Education. She became a teacher and later a member of the Australian College of Education.\nLieutenant-Colonel Ronald Humphery was accidentally killed while serving in Borneo. Survived by his wife and five-month old son, Isobel returned to the teaching profession. She became headmistress of the Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Redlands, a position she held for 28 years until she retired.\nIsobel became a foundation member of the War Widows' Guild of New South Wales and in 1947 accepted the appointment (in a voluntary capacity) to the State Board of the Soldiers' Children Education Scheme.\nIsobel Humphery was the first person educated under the Board to become a member of the Board.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-mean-destiny-the-story-of-the-war-widows-guild-of-australia-1945-85\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Healy, June Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE0480", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/healy-june-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Claremont, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Before enlisting in the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) in 1960, June Healy was a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corp. She attended the 9\/60 Officer Cadet Course (OCS) and was then posted as Adjutant\/Quartermaster at 31 WRAAC Barrack Melbourne and in 1962 to WRAAC School as Adjutant (CMF).\nAfter her marriage to Major John Healy in 1963, June held an assortment of positions, usually in the area of training and office management, wherever her husband was posted. Also she worked as a volunteer on numerous Army Wives Committees and helped in setting up the first Thrift Shop at the Canungra Land Welfare Centre to assist in the funding of the local Girl Guides. In 1978 Healy became a member of the WRAAC Association and served as the State vice-president and president of the ACT Association. From 1995 until 1999 she was National president. From 1981 Healy was a foundation member of the Defence Widows Support Group. This group assists defence widows whose husbands were not killed during war service, did not die of war caused disabilities and therefore do not qualify for a War Widows' Pension. On 11 June 1990 June Healy was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to veterans. In 1994 she became a member of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (ACT) and was State president from 1995 to 1998 and National president from 1998 to 2002.\nIn October 2002 June Healy joined the Australian Women in War Project representing the War Widows' Guild of Australia.\n", "Events": "Adjutant Quartermaster 31 WRAAC Barrack Melbourne (ARA) (1961 - 1961) \nAdjutant WRAAC School Sydney (ARA) (1963 - 1963) \nAwarded Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to veterans (1990 - 1990) \nBirth of second daughter (1971 - 1971) \nBoard member of ACTION Bus Advisory Committee (1996 - 1996) \nBoard member of COTA (Australia) (1987 - 1987) \nBoard member of the Governing Council RMC Duntroon Society (1995 - 1995) \nBoard member of the Heart Foundation (ACT Division) (1995 - 1995) \nBoard member of the Life Education Centre (1993 - 1993) \nBoard member of the Ryder Cheshire World War Memorial Fund (1990 - 1990) \nChairperson of the Peer Education Project - Pharmaceuticals (1996 - 1996) \nCommittee member of \"Access\" (ACROD) (1995 - 1995) \nCommittee member of the Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council (APAC) (1995 - 1995) \nCommittee member of the Hospital Discharge Planning Working Party for the Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council (1995 - 1995) \nCommittee member of the Quality Use of Medicines in Nursing Homes Working Party for the Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council (1995 - 1995) \nConsumer representative on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Council (PBAC) (1997 - 1997) \nDeputy national president of COTA (Australia) (1994 - 1994) \nDeputy national secretary of the Returned & Services League of Australia (1981 - 1992) \nEmployed in staff training for Condamine Country Estate Brisbane (1974 - 1974) \nEmployed in staff training for John P Young and Associates Management Consultants (1970 - 1970) \nEmployed in staff training for Village Cinemas Melbourne (1978 - 1978) \nFirst daughter born (1965 - 1965) \nFoundation member of the Defence Widows Support Group (1981 - 1981) \nGraduated from Girdlestone Girls School, Perth (1949 - 1949) \nHonorary president of the Canberra Services Club (1998 - 1998) \nHonorary secretary of the Heart Foundation (ACT) Division (1998 - 1998) \nMarried John Boyd Healy (1963 - 1963) \nMember of the Australian Council for Overseas Aid (ACFOA) on the International Disaster Emergency Committee (IDEC) (1978 - 1981) \nMember of the committee for Hospital and Quality Use of Medicines for the Consumer Health Forum (1995 - 1995) \nMember of the Disease Management Advisory Committee for the Health Insurance Commission (1997 - 1997) \nMember of the Guild Commercial Limited Pharmacy Intranet Consultative Group (1997 - 1997) \nMember of the International Disaster Emergency Committee of the Australian Council for Overseas Aid (1980 - 1980) \nMember of the Pharmaceutical Project Steering Committee (1995 - 1995) \nMember of the Preventive Care Trial Steering Committee for the Department of Veterans' Affairs (1997 - 1997) \nMember of the Respite Care Task Group for Aged Care Australia (1995 - 1995) \nMember of the Respite Review Reference Group for the Department of Human Services and Health (1995 - 1995) \nMember of the Response to the Industry Committee Report (1995 - 1995) \nMember of the Seniors Card Scheme Committee for the Australian Capital Territory Government (1995 - 1995) \nMember of the Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation (ACT) (1995 - 1995) \nMember of the Veteran's Affairs Medical Ethics Committee (1995 - ) \nNational president of the Council on the Ageing (Australia) (1996 - 1998) \nNational president of the War Widows' Guild (Australia) (1998 - 2002) \nNational president of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps Association (WRAAC) (1995 - 1995) \nNational secretary of the Returned & Services League of Australia (1992 - 1995) \nOfficer cadet at the WRAAC School Sydney (ARA) (1960 - 1960) \nPresident of the War Widows' Guild ACT (1995 - 1995) \nQualified reviewer for the Community Health and Accreditation Standards Program (CHASP) (1995 - 1995) \nRepresented the War Widows' Guild of Australia at the dedication of the Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial (2004 - 2004) \nResearch and Library Assistant at Sandhurst Military Academy (United Kingdom) (1966 - 1968) \nServed with the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corp (RAANC) (CMF) (1954 - 1960) \nServed with the Women's Royal Australian Army Corp (WRAAC) (1960 - 1965) \nWorked for the West Australian Newspaper Limited (1951 - 1960) \nWorked with Cheshire Homes Muscular Dystrophy patients (1972 - 1973) \nWorked with Singapore Childrens Home abandoned and orphaned children (1972 - 1973) \nWorked with Tampines Homes - Physically and Mentally Disabled persons (1972 - 1973)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/soldiers-of-the-queen-women-in-the-australian-army\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-june-healy-retired-officer-of-the-womens-royal-australian-army-corps-deputy-national-secretary-1981-1992-and-national-secretary-1992-1994-of-the-returned-services-league-of-austr\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Feltham, Juanita Cecila", "Entry ID": "AWE0481", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feltham-juanita-cecila\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Caloundra, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Designer, Servicewoman", "Summary": "After the death of Colonel Kathleen Best, an appeal was launched to erect memorial gates at the Women's Royal Australian Army Corp (WRAAC) School at Georges Heights. Members and ex-members of the Corps were encouraged to submit designs and ideas. Sergeant Juanita Feltham's design was selected. [1]\nJuanita Feltham had joined the WRAAC to combine her wartime skills and experience with her post-war training in fine arts. Janette Bomford states in Soldiers of the Queen that Feltham had a successful army career producing training aids, posters, book illustrations, and terrain model making. [2]\nFeltham's design for the gates feature 47 gumleaf-shaped spikes that denote each year of Colonel Best's life and her Australian nationality. The gate on the left represents her nursing career and the one on the right her contribution to the army, especially the WRAAC. The central cruciform design symbolises Christianity and her Royal Red Cross.\nThe memorial gates and commemoration plaque on the left pillar were made by apprentices at the Balcombe Army School and the stone-work carried out by the 17th Construction Squadron of the Royal Australian Engineers. The ceramic tiles on the right pillar were made by Klytie Pate and feature formation signs of all Australian commands. Prominence is given to the waratah, the emblem of New South Wales, and Colonel Best's home state. [3]\nFeltham became responsible for the graphics section of the newly formed Australian Army Audio-visual Unit, which had not had a female member until 1970 when two WRAAC members were appointed to the staff. [4]\nOn 13 June 1964 Warrant Officer 2 Juanita Cecila Feltham was appointed to the Order of the British Empire (Military).\n[1] Soldiers of the Queen by Janette Bomford p. 47\n[2] ibid p. 26\n[3] ibid p. 47\n[4] ibid p. 73\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/soldiers-of-the-queen-women-in-the-australian-army\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/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\/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\/kathleen-best-memorial-gates-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kathleen-best-memorial-gates-and-portrait\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fisher, Nora Adel", "Entry ID": "AWE0482", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fisher-nora-adel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Public servant, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Nora Fisher represents the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) Association of New South Wales on the Australian Women in War Project working group. Fisher has been active in both the state and national WRAAC Associations since joining in 1977. She has been the New South Wales secretary and editor of the newsletter Best Times. Fisher is the current secretary of the WRAAC Association Australia.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Leslie Gladstone and Norah Cecilia (n\u00e9e Keane) Fisher, Nora Fisher attended St Aidens Parish School Maroubra, with the Brigidine Nuns. After qualifying for the Intermediate Certificate Fisher joined the New South Wales Public Service (1944) and worked as an office assistant with the Department of Education. In 1954 she transferred to the New South Wales Public Works Department, where she passed specific Public Service Examinations which entitled her to be designated a 'Clerk'. This was somewhat unusual at the time and presented a problem for the Department. Eventually she was granted a Male Grade 1 clerical position and then preceded through the Graded positions to Grade 8 - again, not usually an opportunity for females. Fisher retired in 1985 and was awarded the New South Wales Government Medal for Meritorious Service.\nOn 10 June 1953 Nora Fisher enlisted in the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps Civilian Military Force (WRAAC CMF), Regimental Number F2\/1523. She was one of the first 100 to enlist in the newly formed 4 WRAAC Company in 'P' Block, Victoria Barracks. Her commitment was one night per week, some weekends and a 14 day camp. After a year of recruit training Fisher was detached to training Corps. She was sent to Corps Signals where she and a group of WRAAC trained with National Servicemen and volunteers in the use of the signalling equipment of the time, i.e. wireless, teleprinter, and torn tape (punched tape). Although detached to the Signals Corps, Fisher was required to attend Parades at the WRAAC Company, assist with training and at recruit camps. She paraded at Georges Heights, Lidcombe, Dundas, and Victoria Barracks. Camps were conducted in Gan Gan Military Camp (near Nelsons Bay) and sometimes at the Sigs Units at Lidcombe, Dundas, and Georges Heights when she was 'rationed and quartered' (WRAAC School). \nDuring her service with the WRAAC, Fisher was promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain. She transferred to the Reserve of Officers on 13 August 1964 - serving 11 years and 2 months.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williams, Meta Talbot", "Entry ID": "AWE0483", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-meta-talbot\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "On 29 June 1985 Meta Williams was appointed to the Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil) (OBE) for services to the Girl Guide Movement.\nWilliams' association with Guiding commenced at the end of 1930 when she became a member of the 1st Coorparoo Company (23rd Brisbane) and was enrolled in early 1931. She went on to hold a variety of positions at local, state and national levels.\nIn 1984 Williams researched and complied the publication The Continuing Challenge: a history of Queensland Guiding from 1919-84 which was launched by Senator Lady Bjelke-Petersen. This was followed by The Continuing Challenge Part 11 1984-91 in 1992 as well as histories of four former State Commissioners' terms of office.\nWilliams was also a member of the state executive of the YWCA Queensland, member of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in Queensland and the Pan-Pacific and South-East Asia Women's Association (Queensland).\nIn March 1981 Meta Williams was honoured in being elected Mother of the Year (Queensland).\n", "Events": "Assistant State Archivist of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland (1987 - 1992) \nAustralian Policy, Organisation and Rules Co-ordinator of the Girl Guides Association (1974 - 1975) \nAwarded the Red Kangaroo for Guiding (1969 - 1969) \nBorn: daughter of Hubert Lethbridge and Gladys Elwyn Talbot Deshon (1918 - 1918) \nChairman of the State Executive of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland (1976 - 1981) \nDivision Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland (1961 - 1965) \nGuide Leader of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland (1936 - 1944) \nHonorary Treasurer of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in Queensland (1982 - 1985) \nMarried: Roderick Guildford Williams and they had one daughter (1943 - 1943) \nMember of the Australian Executive Girl Guides Association of Australia (1976 - 1981) \nMember of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland (1930 - ) \nMember of the Pan-Pacific and South East Asia Women's Association of Australia Inc Queensland Branch (1976 - 1987) \nMember of the State Council of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland (1961 - 1990) \nMember of the YWCA Queensland (1980 - 1991) \nMember of United Nations Queensland Branch (1981 - 1991) \nQueensland Mother of the Year (1981 - 1981) \nRegion Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland (1972 - 1973) \nState Camping Advisor of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland (1970 - 1972) \nState Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland (1976 - 1981) \nState Guide Advisor (1965 - 1970) \nState Headquarters Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland (1973 - 1976) \nState Treasurer of the YWCA Queensland (1981 - 1986) \nVice-President of the State Council of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland (1981 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/state-commissioner-1976-1981\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-continuing-challenge-part-2-a-brief-history-of-the-progression-and-achievements-of-the-girl-guides-association-queensland-australia-july-1984-march-1991\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lady-macartney-state-commissioner-1919-1945-the-first-twenty-five-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-lilian-gresham-mbe-state-commissioner-1945-1954-the-post-war-reconstruction-era\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-meta-williams-obe-state-commissioner-1976-1981-the-progressive-seventies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-joie-dwyer-state-commissioner-1986-1991-challenge-and-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ball, Betty Elva", "Entry ID": "AWE0484", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ball-betty-elva\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Manly, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Betty Ball, the daughter of Frederick (Australian Infantry Force World War 1) and Emily Newlyn, was educated at Manly West Public and Manly Domestic Science Schools. She joined the Brownies and later became a member of the Girl Guides. Ball was employed as a clerk with H V Leckie & Wilkinson, Insurance Supervisors until she joined the services.\nIn 1938 Ball joined the Australian Women's Flying Club and had her first flight in a Gypsy Moth with pilot Gwen Stark, who later became Wing Officer with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF). At the beginning of World War II the clubs lectures were centred on air raid precautions, first aid, Morse code etc. In the early 1940s the club amalgamated with the Women's Australian National Service.\nOn the 16 January 1942, Ball enlisted in the WAAAF and served as a stores clerk. After completing a photographic course at Fairbairn Canberra, in 1943, she was promoted to the rank of Corporal. She was stationed at Bankstown, Waterloo, Mildura, Canberra, East Sale and Brisbane before being discharged from the Central Photo School at Bradfield Park on 29 November 1945. Betty Ball served a total of 3 years 11 months.\nIn 1947 she married ex-serviceman Reginald Arthur Ball and they had two sons (one deceased) and two daughters. The family moved from Sydney to Perth (1950), to Brisbane (1963) and back to Sydney in 1967. While in Brisbane Betty Ball became a member of the local branch of the WAAAF Branch of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Association.\nBetty Ball joined the New South Wales Division of the WAAAF of the RAAF Association in 1982 and was editor of the WAAAF Chat magazine for 9 years. Ball was a delegate on numerous occasions to RAAF Association Assemblies, held the position of vice-president of the WAAAF Branch and was a member of the State Council of RAAF Association. Ball was also on the committee for the Seniors Club of St Johns Church, Sutherland. In November 2002 Betty Ball became a participant in the Australian Women in War Project.\n", "Events": "Born: daughter of Frederick Arthur and Emily Cecilia Newlyn (1922 - 1922) \nJoined Australian Womens' Flying Club (1938 - 1938) \nJoined the WAAAF Branch of the Royal Australian Air Force Association Brisbane Branch (1966 - 1966) \nJoined the WAAAF Branch of the Royal Australian Air Force Association NSW Division (1982 - 1982) \nMarried: Reginald Arthur Ball, Signaller 5th Machine Gun Battallion and Sergeant Food Inspector with the 2nd Australian Infantry Force (deceased 2000) (1947 - 1947) \nMoved from Brisbane to Sydney (1967 - 1967) \nMoved from Perth to Brisbane (1963 - 1963) \nMoved from Sydney to Perth (1950 - 1950) \nPromoted to the rank of Corporal (1943 - 1943) \nReceived Certificate of Merit from Association (1988 - 1988) \nReceived Good Sportmanship Award from Branch (1989 - 1989) \nServed with the Womens' Auxiliary Australian Air Force (1942 - 1945)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newlyn-betty-elva\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Linnane, Joyce Enid (Joy)", "Entry ID": "AWE0485", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/linnane-joyce-enid-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Sergeant Joy Linnane served with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) during World War II. She enlisted on 11 April 1942 and was discharged on 7 December 1945.\nAfter the war Linnane joined the Sydney WAAAF Branch and has been a member since 1956. During that time she has held the positions of vice-president, treasurer, state councillor and delegate to country branches.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Thomas and Emily Linnane, Joy Linnane was educated at William Street High School where she obtained her Intermediate Certificate. Due to the Depression Linnane was unable to continue her education and she took a position as a shop assistant at Anthony Hordern's emporium. Later she worked in the office of Elliott's and the Australian Drug Company, while voluntarily studying international Morse code in her spare time.\nJoy Linnane enlisted in the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) at Tempe on 11 April 1942. At the time the Central Bureau (in Melbourne) decided to form a series of wireless units in the South-West Pacific Area for the purpose of intercepting Japanese Morse code messages. Volunteers for 'special work' unspecified, were called for from both Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and WAAAF wireless operators. Linnane was selected, sworn in and then discovered she belonged to the Central Bureau of Intelligence for the duration of the war.\nLinnane trained at the Melbourne Showgrounds with 12 others as a KANA (Japanese Morse code equivalent) intercept operator. Her first posting was to Point Cook where she was employed in the 'hush hush' hut. In the hut the staff intercepted naval traffic from Japanese submarines, working a rotation of four hours on and four hours off. In a taped interview on 17 August 1984, Linnane states:\nIt was not an easy course, but we all passed and were posted to Pt Cook. Our first assignment was to intercept all messages within range from the Japanese Navy. With a RAAF sergeant in charge we set up operations in a hut near the Sigs School, which became known as the 'hush hush' hut. This was because of the high level of security necessary and if there was a disadvantage in working for Intelligence, it was in being an isolated group, avoiding contact with 'straight' operators, as we wore the same Sparks on our sleeves, but were certainly on different wave lengths. However, this was minor and we were all dedicated and work-involved, even though with our small numbers we had to keep a 24 hour watch, working 4 hours on and 4 hours off, with no standdown for many months.\nLinnane's next posting was to No. 1 Wireless Unit Townsville in February 1943 intercepting air\/ground traffic. Personnel were barracked at Roseneath. The surrounding bush was infested with cane toads and mosquitoes, the latter causing malaria fever. Due to their isolation there was no medical attention, but they helped each other. The intercept and intelligence operations rooms were situated at Stuart in a top-secret bush location. The concrete bomb-proof building was camouflaged as a farm house. Joy Linnane is quoted in The WAAAF in Wartime Australia (p. 230):\nHere [at Stuart] we concentrated on air-ground activity. Each operator was given a frequency to monitor and as Jap planes took off from their bases [in and around New Guinea] and sent messages from the air back to them, we intercepted the messages, the D\/F located their positions, the interpreters and code people extracted the information and in a matter of minutes, the nearest Squadrons were alerted and flew out to defend and attack. Quite often an operator could follow right through to the Kana 'I am being attacked' signal and perhaps silence thereafter.\nIn October 1944 General MacArthur requested for one of the Kana Intercept Wireless Units to form part of the Philippines invasion force. The War Cabinet refused permission for the WAAAF operators to join their RAAF counterparts at Leyte. Instead they were posted to Central Bureau Allied signals intelligence centre under General MacArthur's command.\nAfter the war Linnane became a member of the Sydney WAAAF Branch and has held many positions within the Association since joining in 1956. A State councillor for 18 years, Linnane has also been vice-president, treasurer and delegate to country branches. Before retiring to the Central Coast of New South Wales, she travelled extensively in Australia, the Pacific, Europe and the East. She was a voluntary teacher of public speaking for the Methodist Mission for eight years, and in this capacity entered the City of Sydney Eisteddfod successfully on four occasions. Later Linnane trained students, some of whom also competed at the Eisteddfod.\nLinnane was awarded life membership in the Air Force Association and has been presented with the Certificate of Merit plus the WAAAF Sportsmanship Certificate. She also received a Certificate for Outstanding Achievement and a letter from The Honourable Paul Lucas MP in which he comments 'Our society owes a great debt of gratitude, not only for the lives of allied personnel, that were saved by the shortening of the war, but also for the freedom that people like me and my family can enjoy as a result of the work and sacrifice of your generation.'\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-waaaf-in-wartime-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-1-wireless-unit-raaf-in-australia-during-ww2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/linnane-joyce-enid\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/linnane-joyce-enid-service-number-93672-date-of-birth-26-aug-1919-place-of-birth-marrickville-nsw-place-of-enlistment-sydney-next-of-kin-linnane-thomas\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cameron, Elizabeth Katherine (Betty)", "Entry ID": "AWE0486", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cameron-elizabeth-katherine-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community worker, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Betty Twynam-Perkins and Leith Cameron married in July 1940. They both joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in April 1941. After the war Betty Cameron joined the WAAAF Branch of the RAAF Association. She held various positions including president, secretary and treasurer. She also has been the convenor of two national reunions for the WAAAF, as well as a committee member. Her other community work included being a member of MU (Mothers' Union) Australia and a voluntary driver at Concord Hospital.\n", "Details": "Betty Cameron's father, who was English, was a doctor in the Indian Army. Both his parents were with the British Government in India.\nHer mother, also English, trained at Trinity College in Dublin because at the time it was the only University to take women. Capable of speaking seven languages she travelled to America and was a matron in Philadelphia and later in Argentina. She came to Australia in 1907, married in 1908 and they had five children. Her husband served in World War I in France in the Australian Army Medical Corps. He was gassed in a Field Hospital in Ypes and became a TPI (totally and permanently incapacitated).\nBetty Cameron was educated at Fort Street Girls' High School and obtained her Leaving Certificate. From 1938 to 1940 she was a lady cubmaster. In July 1940 she married scoutmaster Leith McLaurin Cameron. He enlisted in the RAAF in 1940 and his wife joined the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) in April 1941.\nIn the WAAAF, Mrs Florence McKenzie trained Cameron as a wireless telegraphist operator. She then served in the Shipping Movement Branch of the RAAF before being transferred to Melbourne. Early in 1942 she was stationed at Parkes to complete a navigation course (theory only) and was then posted to Fighter Section in Sydney. Here she worked underground in the tunnels made for the Eastern Suburbs Railway.\nPromoted to corporal in May 1942, Cameron went to Melbourne on an officers course and then on the operations course. After completion she was posted to Eastern Area, Point Piper in the Operations Room and Intelligence.\nIn July 1944 Leith Cameron returned to Australia. He was in Sydney for a brief period before being posted to Darwin and the South East Asia area. That same year Betty became pregnant with her first child and was discharged from the WAAAF on 20 November 1944. She and her husband were to have three children.\nAfter the war Cameron joined the WAAAF Wing which later became the WAAAF Branch of the RAAF Association. She has held various positions with the Branch including president, secretary and treasurer, and was the convenor of two national WAAAF reunions.\nFor several years Cameron served on the RAAF Association State Committee and was Matron of Honour four times to the debutantes at the annual RAAF Ball as well as helping to train the debutantes and their partners. In 1978 she was made a life member of the RAAF Association.\nCameron was a volunteer typist at the three schools her children attended as well as being in the P&C (Parents' and Citizens') and Mothers' Clubs. She also is a member of MU in the Anglican Church being a Diocesan president. At various times she has been president, secretary and treasurer for the MU at the local church as well as a voluntary worker visiting the local hospitals. For a number of years Cameron has been a driver for church members who have been unable to attend the Carers Club, meetings or complete their shopping etc.\nFor many years she was one of the voluntary drivers at Concord Hospital where in 1953 she was introduced to Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Windsor.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pearson, Kathleen Winifred", "Entry ID": "AWE0487", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pearson-kathleen-winifred\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Leading Aircraftwoman (LACW) Kathleen Pearson was appointed to the Order of the British Empire (Military) on 25 January 1955 for brave conduct in a fire in a barracks. In June 1954, while stationed at No. 1 Stores Depot, Tottenham, she and another servicewoman of the Women's Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAF) were in the recreation room. While talking and standing before an open fire, Pearson's companion's clothing caught fire. Pearson attempted to extinguish the flames but the other servicewoman, frightened and screaming, tried to run. Pearson caught her, threw her to the ground and rolled her in nearby carpet to extinguish the flames before seeking assistance. Pearson received second-degree burns, and her companion recovered. For her actions LACW Kathleen Pearson was appointed to the Order of the British Empire (BEM).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/twentieth-century-women-of-courage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Savage, Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE0488", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/savage-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "For lifesaving after the ship Centaur was attacked by a Japanese submarine, Lieutenant Ellen Savage was awarded the George Medal on 22 August 1944.\n", "Details": "Ellen Savage joined the Australian Army on 18 November 1941. She was one of 12 nurses posted to the hospital ship Centaur. At dawn on 14 May 1943, while sailing between Sydney and Port Moresby, the ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine off the Queensland coast. Only having time to grab a lifejacket, Lieutenant (Lt) Savage jumped into the sea before the ship went down. Managing not to be sucked into the whirlpool, she found a piece of debris to help her stay afloat. She and other survivors drifted until they were able to tie-up with other rafts. During the thirty-four hours that they floated, before being picked up by the US destroyer Mugford, Lt Savage attended to the wounded without disclosing the extent of her own injuries.\nFor her courage Lt Ellen Savage became the second Australian woman to be awarded the George Medal.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sister-ellen-savage-gm-aans\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/savage-ellen-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/twentieth-century-women-of-courage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-at-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guns-and-brooches-australian-army-nursing-from-the-boer-war-to-the-gulf-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/just-wanted-to-be-there-australian-service-nurses-1899-1999\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rich, Ruby", "Entry ID": "AWE0489", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rich-ruby\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Walgett, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Musician, Pacifist", "Summary": "Ruby Rich was a significant figure in the Australian women's movement in the interwar period. A concert pianist in London and Sydney, she was an early president of the Australian Federation of Women Voters and joined the Feminist Club in Sydney in 1923. She was instrumental in the formation of the Racial Hygiene Association of New South Wales in 1925. Over the next 50 years she was a member and office-holder in numerous feminist, family planning, peace, international and Jewish organisations.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-ruby-rich\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/not-merely-housewives-australian-jewish-women-paper-presented-to-australian-jewish-historical-society-meeting-1980-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beginning-with-esther-some-distinguished-jewish-women-of-new-south-wales\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ruby-rich-schalit-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ruby-rich-1906-1984-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shalit-dr-m-a-and-rich-miss-ruby-mrs-shalit\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-on-various-australian-women-19-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ruby-rich-1943-1948-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feminist-club-of-new-south-wales-records-1928-1973\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ruby-rich-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-ruby-rich-feminist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ruby-rich-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-for-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-australian-federation-of-women-voters-1920-1983-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ruby-rich-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moss, Alice Frances Mabel (May)", "Entry ID": "AWE0492", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moss-alice-frances-mabel-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Welfare worker, Women's rights activist, Women's rights organiser", "Summary": "Over the course of her life Alice Moss worked with a number of women's organisations, as well as various education, child welfare and Red Cross societies. Educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, she married I H Moss in 1887 (deceased 1938) and they had two daughters. In 1914 she relinquished her position as vice-president of the Australian Women's National League to become the only female member of the Victorian recruiting committee for the Armed Services. Later she became the only woman member of the Victorian Centenary Celebrations executive committee (1933-1934). At the same time she was president of the Women's Centenary Council of Victoria as well as being the first president of the National Council of Women (1931-1936). On 4 June 1934 she was appointed Commander of the British Empire.\n", "Details": "Alice Frances Mabel (May) Moss was the first elected president of the National Council of Women of Australia from 1931-36, her leadership qualities serving to establish the new organisation on firm foundations during a time of political and economic crisis. She was a member of the National Council of Women of Victoria from 1904. Though associated with the politically conservative Australian Women's National League, she was a committed campaigner for the rights of women.\nDuring much of her life, May worked with various local education, child welfare and women's organisations but also played a leading part in the international outreach of Australian women as a government-appointed alternate delegate to the League of Nations in 1927, where she was the first woman to sit on a finance committee, and as the Federal Council of the NCWs of Australia representative to the International Council of Women executive meeting in the same year.\nIn 1934, she chaired Victoria's Women's Centenary Council and in the same year was appointed CBE as well as being awarded the NCWV gold badge for distinguished service.\nMay Moss played a significant role in the women's movement in Australia between the First and Second World Wars. She was born on 27 April 1869 at Ballarat, Victoria, the daughter of English-born John Alfred Wilson, a sharebroker and later a licensed victualler, and his Scottish wife Martha Brown, n\u00e9e Lamb. She was educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College, East Melbourne, and at the Sorbonne in Paris. Aged just 18, she married Isidore Henry Moss, a grazier (d. 1938) in a civil ceremony in Melbourne on 10 March 1887. They lived on a sheep station, Dandeloo, in New South Wales for thirteen years until a very bad drought caused them to leave their property and return to the home they had retained in East Melbourne where Isidore Moss became a wool classer.\nWhile her two daughters were young, May began work promoting the rights of women. While vice-president of the conservative Australian Women's National League from 1906, she campaigned for female suffrage in Victoria, a cause the League as a whole did not enthusiastically embrace. In 1914, on the outbreak of the Great War, she relinquished office in the AWNL in order to become the (then) only female member of the Victorian recruiting committee for the armed services.\nAs a member of the National Council of Women of Victoria from 1904, May Moss took a special interest in the plight of small children and the education of girls. In 1923, she prepared a report for NCW (Victoria) 'on the need for stricter control of street trading by juveniles', and she urged the government to raise the school leaving age to 15 and to make more opportunities available for girls in technical education. Other issues she took up were equal pay for female teachers, the evil of white slave trafficking, and opportunities for girls to work on the railway stations, trams, cabs and other vehicles.\nIn 1927, Moss was appointed by the Australian government as the alternate delegate to the Assembly of the League of Nations in Geneva where she was the first female member of the finance committee and also served on other committees. Her fluency in French and German no doubt facilitated her League work, as well as her participation in the International Council of Women. She was also Australian delegate to the first World Population Conference at Geneva and the first Women's Peace Study Conference at Amsterdam, Holland. After attending an executive meeting in Paris of the League of Nations Union, she returned to become vice-president of its Victorian branch in 1928.\nWhile in Europe in 1927, Moss represented the Australian National Councils of Women at the International Council of Women executive meeting at Geneva. The following year, she was elected a vice-president of ICW, a position she held until her death. In 1930, as an Australian delegate, she attended the ICW congress in Vienna and the Codification of International Law Conference in The Hague. Among other things, this conference considered the problem of the nationality of married women, a matter of justice that was of particular concern to women's organisations around the world.\nAfter many years of service on the NCWV executive, Moss was elected state president from 1928 to 1938. She also served as the first elected president of the National Council of Women of Australia from 1931 to 1936. Her period of office was one of consolidation for the new body, including the admission of the WA Council in mid-1932 and NCWA's decision in 1934 to become a full member of both the Australian Women's Co-operating Committee of women's national organisations with international affiliation and the Pan-Pacific Women's Committee. She also actively canvassed the Australian government on behalf of the NCWA on the issues of a uniform federal marriage law, full nationality rights for married women and the right of married women to work.\nIn 1934, May Moss became the only female member of the Victorian Centenary Celebrations executive committee. On her appointment, she called a meeting of presidents of all women's organisations. These women formed the Women's Centenary Council and Moss was elected president. After broad consultation among the constituent organisations, the women's committee decided to mark the state's centenary by holding an international conference of women (Citizenship: Its Opportunities and Responsibilities), and establishing the Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden in Melbourne's Domain Gardens. Opened in 1935, the garden remains a site for acknowledging the significance of women in Victoria's history. Under the sundial were placed hundreds of sheets of remembrance signed by thousands of women, men and children. Under Moss's leadership, the Women's Centenary Council also produced a Book of Remembrance containing records of around 1200 early women settlers and a Centenary Gift Book (edited by Frances Fraser and Nettie Palmer and featuring articles on the part played by women in public life). In recognition of her community contribution, Moss was appointed Commander of the British Empire on 4 June 1934 and, in the same year, was awarded the gold badge of the Victorian NCW for distinguished service.\nAs war loomed in 1939, Mrs Moss approached the state government to discover how women could best be organised to assist but was rebuffed. Refusing to be discouraged, NCWV took the initiative to set up a register for women who agreed to be available for wartime emergency services. They formed a Comforts Fund and a Red Cross Society branch, of which Mrs Moss was elected president.\nActively interested in other community organisations such as the (Royal) Women's Hospital, the Collingwood Cr\u00e8che and the Free Kindergarten movement, Mrs Moss also served on the board of management of the City Newsboys' Society from 1906 to 1948 and was the first woman lay-member of the National Health and Medical Research Council from 1936 to 1945. May Moss was widely recognised for her distinguished contribution to the community, as well as for her dignity, charm and grace. As her biographer, Ada Norris, noted, she was always quick to praise the work of other people: 'I like to give a rose to someone who can smell it'. Like many women of her class, she enjoyed playing bridge and her bridge parties became a significant source of income for the NCWV in the late 1930s and war years. A member of the International and Lyceum clubs, she was also interested in the theatre, painting and woodcarving. She died in East Melbourne on 18 July 1948, aged 79.\nPrepared by: Jan Hipgrave, Marian Quartly and Judith Smart\n", "Events": "1st President of the National Council of Women of Australia (1931 - 1936) \nAccredited delegate for the Conference on Nationality of Married Women at The Hague (1930 - 1930) \nAccredited delegate to the Conference of International Council of Women in Geneva (1927 - 1927) \nAlternate Delegate to the League of Nations Assembly in Geneva (1927 - 1927) \nAppointed by the Commonwealth Government as a Lay Member to the National Health and Medical Research Council (1936 - 1945) \nAustralian delegate to the first Women's Peace Study Conference in Amsterdam (1927 - 1927) \nAustralian delegate to the first World Population Conference in Geneva (1927 - 1927) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2008 - 2008) \nInternational Council of Women (1928 - 1948) \nMarried I H Moss (1887 - 1887) \nMember of the Board of Management City Newsboys' Society (1906 - 1906) \nMember of the Executive for the League of Nations Union in Paris (1927 - 1927) \nMember of the Victorian Centenary Celebrations Council and Executive Committee (1933 - 1934) \nPresident of the National Council of Woman of Victoria (1928 - 1938) \nPresident of the Women's Centenary Council of Victoria (1933 - 1934) \nVice-President of the League of Nations Union of Victoria (1928 - 1928) \nVictorian delegate to the Congress of the International Council of Women in Vienna (1930 - 1930)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moss-alice-frances-mabel-1869-1948\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moss-alice-frances-mabel-1868-1948\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/champions-of-the-impossible-a-history-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-victoria-1902-1977\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-honour-roll-of-women-2008-inspirational-women-from-all-walks-of-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/extraordinary-women-mrs-i-h-moss-cbe-inaugural-president-ncwa\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stirrers-with-style-presidents-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-and-its-predecessors\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-victoria-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/minutes-1904-1960-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-1924-1990-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "White, Jessie McHardie", "Entry ID": "AWE0493", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-jessie-mchardie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yarra Flats (Yering), Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "East Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "After her husband's death in 1896 Jessie White commenced general nursing training at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria. She completed her midwifery training at the Women's Hospital (later Royal) in 1901. Five years later she was in charge and running her own private hospital as well as serving as a reservist in the Australian Army Nursing Service.\nWhen war broke out in 1914, she enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service, rising through the ranks to be appointed Principal Matron of the Australian Army Nursing Service in December 1915.\n", "Details": "After her husband's death in 1896 Jessie White commenced her four year general training at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. She completed her midwifery training at the Women's Hospital (later Royal) in 1901. Five years later she was in charge and running her own private hospital as well as serving as a reservist in the Australian Army Nursing Service.\nAt the outbreak of World War I White enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service. In October 1914 she travelled with the first convoy to Egypt where she was attached to a British Hospital. During the Dardanelles campaign she worked on a hospital ship which carried patients from Gallipoli to the hospitals on Lemnos Island. In December 1915 White was transferred to England where under the re-organization of the Australian Army Medical Corps she was appointed Principal Matron of the Australian Army Nursing Service. On 3 June 1916 White was awarded the Royal Red Cross (1st class) for her services. Due to personal reasons she resigned from the Service and returned to Australia.\nOn 5 June 1917 White rejoined the Service and departed for Salonika where she was given the task of staffing four British general hospitals. While ministering to the sick and wounded soldiers the nurses had to contend with terrible living conditions, the extremities in temperatures, fire, snow, mud, malaria, dysentery, typhus, flies, lice, lack of food supplies, marauders and friction from the British medicos.\nIn recognition of her service White was mentioned in despatches, awarded the Greek Medal for Military Merit, the Serbian Order of the St Sava and on 7 June 1918 she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire.\nShe returned to nursing in civilian life in August 1919 and continued working until she was in her 70s. White was active in the Returned Nurses Association especially the Salonika Sister's Group of which she was President for 25 years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-shire-of-lilydale-and-its-military-heritage-the-first-world-war-and-its-effect-on-the-community\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nightingales-in-the-mud-the-digger-sisters-of-the-great-war-1914-1918\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Best, Amelia Martha", "Entry ID": "AWE0494", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/best-amelia-martha\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lower Barrington, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Launceston, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Millie Best was one of the first two women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly. Throughout her life she was a dedicated community and voluntary worker including being a commandant in the Voluntary Aid Detachment Canteen Services during World War II.\nOn 2 January 1956 Amelia Best was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to social welfare.\n", "Details": "Besides being the Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Wilmont from 1955-1956 and 1958-1959, Best was active within the Liberal party as well as being a community worker. She was a foundation member of the Women Show Judges Association and foundation president of the Business and Professional Women's Club. A member of the Board of Governors for the Launceston Girl's Home, Best also was treasurer to the Auxiliary Cosgrove Park Home and an executive member of the United Nations Association. Other memberships included the Red Cross Meals on Wheels, the Good Neighbour Council and the National Council of Women.\nAmelia Best died in Launceston in November 1979.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Utting, Margaret (Peg) Vivian Moile", "Entry ID": "AWE0495", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/utting-margaret-peg-vivian-moile\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Nyah West, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "On 15 March 1941 Peg Cockburn (later Utting) was one of 'The Original Mob' who enrolled in the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) at the No 1 RAAF Recruit Centre. After completing a 'rookie training' course she was employed as a teleprinter operator and trainer during World War II. Peg Utting was one of the servicewomen that the WAAAF used for recruiting photographs.\n", "Details": "Following the war Peg Utting settled with her husband, Mac, in Black Rock, Victoria, and there they raised their two sons. She became involved in the local community becoming treasurer of the kindergarten and helped at the state school. Besides working clerical positions on either a casual or part-time basis, Utting joined the Southern Golf Club and was president of the Lady Associates. After being contacted by a previously unknown relative she became involved in recording her family history. A member of the Genealogical Society of Victoria she also joined the Sandringham & District Historical Society of which she was secretary for six years. On 7 March 2002 Utting was awarded an Honorary Life Membership for her contribution to the Historical Society. She self-published Their Life Their Legacy, a family history of her paternal side, in 2002.\nPeg Utting, who joined the Women's Air Training Corps when she was 18, states that patriotism and a desire to do what all other young people were doing led her to enrolling in the WAAAF. Through the Service, Utting met a range of people and has maintained lifelong friendships with many especially those from 'The Original Mob'.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/introducing-the-w-a-a-a-f-an-account-of-australias-first-womens-auxiliary-air-force\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waaaf-mob-well-met-again\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/007-notches-up-a-golden\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/utting-margaret-vivian-moile\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-waaaf-in-wartime-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/war-veterans-honoured\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-way-we-were\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-margaret-utting\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Craig, Audrey Beatrice", "Entry ID": "AWE0496", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/craig-audrey-beatrice\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Servicewoman", "Summary": "On 17 March 1946, Wing Officer Audrey Herring was appointed to the position of Staff Officer in the Directorate of Personal Services Women's Auxiliary Australian Airforce (WAAAF). Previously the Deputy Director WAAAF since 17 November 1943, in this new appointment Herring became responsible for all WAAAF matters.\nPrior to joining the WAAAF, Herring worked as a journalist at the Courier Mail in Brisbane and also wrote for Women's Weekly before she worked on Fleet Street, London, in 1937. Following the outbreak of the World War II she returned to Brisbane and became a Red Cross volunteer, at times cooking breakfasts for servicemen on leave.\nAfter joining the WAAAF, Herring completed the No 1 administrative course at Methodist Ladies College, Kew. During her time in the Service she was promoted through the ranks and before being discharged was effectively in charge of the organisation.\nIn 1947 Herring was recruited by Sir Keith Murdoch to become the women's editor for the Herald and Weekly Times. She left the company in March 1948 to marry Dr John Craig and the couple moved to Western Australia.\nIn Perth Audrey Craig became involved with community services. She was a member of the Western Australian branch of the Save the Children Fund and sponsored children from destitute backgrounds for 35 years. Also she was a board member of the Western Australian Hospital Benefits Fund for 15 years as well as being a friend of the Royal Perth Hospital for 25 years and a financial supporter of the Bible Society of Australia.\nAudrey Craig died on 11 May 1994 in Western Australia.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1930 - 1940)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/high-flyer-in-print-and-volunteer-work\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/herring-audrey-beatrice\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-waaaf-in-wartime-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crisp, Helen Craven", "Entry ID": "AWE0504", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crisp-helen-craven\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Educator, Feminist", "Summary": "From 1976 until 2002 Helen Crisp was an Honorary Fellow with the University of Canberra (formerly Canberra College of Advanced Education). She was made a Member of the Order of Australia on 8 June 1981 for service to education.\nThe daughter of E and D Wighton, Crisp completed her education at Girton (Adelaide) before graduating from the universities of Adelaide and Oxford. She married Leslie Crisp (later a professor at the Australian National University) on 22 June 1940. Helen Crisp, a feminist who worked in the field of education, was a member of several women's and social welfare organisations.\n", "Events": "Appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) (1981 - 1981) \nCommissioner at the Australian Capital Territory Legal Aid Commission (1991 - 1994) \nCouncil chairmain of the Canberra College of Advanced Education (1985 - 1986) \nDeputy chairman of the Canberra College of Advanced Education (1966 - 1984) \nDeputy chairman of the interim committee for the Capital Territory Health Commission (1974 - 1975) \nDeputy commissioner of the Capital Territory Health Commission (1975 - 1977) \nHonorary Fellow at the University of Canberra (formerly Canberra College of Advanced Education) (1976 - 2002) \nMember of the Canberra technical education advisory committee\/council (1961 - 1971) \nMember of the commonwealth committee of enquiry into the need for a College of Advanced Education in the Australian Capital Territory (1965 - 1966) \nPresident of the Australian Federation of University Women (1962 - 1965) \nPublication The Mothering Years (1980 - 1980)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-mothering-years-the-story-of-the-canberra-mothercraft-society-1926-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/served-canberras-people\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/papers-of-helen-crisp-1939-1983-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-crisp-interviewed-by-ian-hamilton-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/associations-individual-national-council-of-women-helen-craven-crisp\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Eales, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE0505", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eales-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "The daughter of grazier Authur John Scott and his wife Thelma, Jean Eales was educated at New England Girls' School. From 1936 until 1938 she attended the Women's College within the University of Sydney. In 1938\/1939 she was a University hockey blue. After completing her BSc (VetSc) she assisted her father on the family property. On 13 March 1945 she joined the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) and at the time of her discharge (3 December 1945) she was attached to the 1 Flying Personnel Research Unit.\nAfter the war, Jean worked as a librarian at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, until her marriage to farmer Kenneth Eales in February 1951. The pair had one son.\nA member of the Victorian Agricultural Society, Jean Eales was for many years secretary and president of the Lilydale Agricultural Show. She was also secretary and member of the Country Fire Authority at Coldstream. Not only was she a recipient of many community awards, but the pavilion at the Lilydale showgrounds (27-29 Market St.) is named after her.\nJean Eales died on 3 January 1989.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-the-womens-college-within-the-university-of-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-jean\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carter, Doris Jessie", "Entry ID": "AWE0509", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carter-doris-jessie\/", "Type": "Resource", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian, Servicewoman, Sports administrator, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Doris Carter became Australia's first women's field athlete to compete at an Olympic Games when she placed sixth in the high jump at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. She also represented Australia in international hockey, and was General Manager of the Australian Women's Team at the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956. A Wing Officer and Director of the Women's RAAF, she was the first woman to fly in both the Canberra Bomber and the Vampire Jet. Her proudest moment was in 1996 she co-led the Melbourne ANZAC Day parade.\nAn authoritative biography can be found in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (see below).\n", "Events": "Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1957 - 1957) \nDepartment of Post-War Reconstruction (1946 - 1948) \nDirector of the Women's Royal Australian Air Force (1951 - 1960) \nGeneral secretary of the YWCA, Melbourne (1960 - 1960) \nManager of the Australian Women's Team at the Olympic Games, Melbourne (1956 - 1956) \nMember of the Board of Trustees at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra (1963 - 1963) \nMember of the National Fitness Council, Victoria (1971 - 1971) \nMember of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) (1941 - 1946) \nOfficer-in-charge of the Child and Youth Migration with the Department of Immigration, London (1948 - 1951) \nOfficer-in-charge of the WAAAF Victory Contingent to London (1946 - 1946) \nPlayed interstate hockey (1937 - 1939) \nPresident of the Australian Women's Amateur Athletic Union (1952 - 1961) \nRepresented Australia at the Empire Games, Sydney (1938 - 1938) \nTeacher with the Victorian Education Department (1929 - 1941) \nTrack and Field Athletics - placed sixth in the high jump (1936 - 1936)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-waaaf-in-wartime-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-proper-spectacle-women-olympians-1900-1936\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gordon, Margaret Bracken", "Entry ID": "AWE0512", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gordon-margaret-bracken\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Events": "Chairman if the Federal Women's Committee of the Liberal Party (1958 - 1959) \nChairman of the State Women's Council, Queensland Division, of the Liberal Party (1955 - 1960) \nFederal Vice-president of the Women's Committee for the Liberal Party (1959 - 1961) \nFoundation member of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (1948 - 1948) \nState President of the War Widows' Guild of Queensland (1950 - 1953)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gibson, Gladys Ruth", "Entry ID": "AWE0513", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibson-gladys-ruth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Goodwood Park, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Belair, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Educator, School inspector, Women's rights activist, Women's rights organiser", "Summary": "During her career Ruth Gibson served on the University Public Examinations Board, the Technical Schools Curriculum Board and the Social Studies Committee. As well she was a foundation member and honorary treasurer of the Australian College of Education, a member of the foundation committee of the St Ann's College and a president of the South Australian Women Graduates' Committee. Over many years Gibson was a committee member or office-bearer in the National Council of Women of South Australia; the National Council of Women of Australia; the International Council of Women; the Royal Flying Doctor Service (SA Section); the Adelaide YWCA; The Adelaide College of Education; the Status of Women Commission; the Soroptimists' Clubs; the SA University Women Graduates' Association; the Australian Association United Nations; the Good Neighbour Council; St Ann's Women's University College; the Junior Red Cross; the Australian Broadcasting Commission; the Churchill Scholarships Foundation; and the National Fitness Council.\n", "Details": "Ruth Gibson was the second woman from South Australia to hold the national presidency of the Australian National Council of Women (1953-1956). As president, one of her main actions was to pursue the issue of federal legislation to bring about equal marriage and divorce laws and, with her finely honed negotiation skills, she was successful in persuading the constituent councils of ANCW to adopt a clear and united position on this matter. During her period of office she was honoured to represent Australian women at the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953, and played a leading role in welcoming the Queen to Australia during the royal tour of 1954. She also served as the South Australian Council president 1951-1954, as a vice-president of the International Council of Women 1953-1956 (before being elevated to its Committee of Honour), and as Australia's delegate to the UN Status of Women Commission (CSW) in Geneva (1956) and New York (1957) when she acted as rapporteur. Both the national and South Australian NCWs marked her contribution to their work with life vice-presidencies.\nGibson's main area of expertise and interest was education. Trained as a teacher, she was mentored by and succeeded Adelaide Miethke as South Australian inspector of schools (girls' departments) in 1941. Aged only 39 at her appointment, she served in this position until 1953 when she was promoted to inspector of secondary schools, the only woman among four men at this level. She continued in this work while also leading the state and national NCWs and serving Australia at the CSW, until her retirement from the Education Department in 1961. Thus, like Miethke, she was unusual in combining her ANCW and other Council work with fulltime paid employment. She took on other leading roles in a number of educational areas and was appointed a Fellow of the Australian College of Education in 1963.\nGladys Ruth Gibson, women's rights activist and educator, was born on 29 December 1901 at Goodwood Park, Adelaide, the eldest of four children of James Ambrose Gibson, a travelling collector for the South Australian Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institution, and his wife Emma, n\u00e9e Keeley. Gibson was educated at Goodwood Public and Unley High schools. Her mother died after three years of illness in 1923, when Ruth was 21. Ruth assumed most of her responsibilities and became a source of strength in a close-knit family for the rest of her life.\nGibson began work in 1919 as a student teacher at Goodwood. She later taught at a number of primary and secondary schools in Adelaide and the country, studying part-time for her diploma from the Teachers' Training College and her degree at the University of Adelaide (BA, 1937, Dip. Ed. 1940), before being appointed an inspector of schools (girls' departments) in 1941 at the unprecedentedly young age of 39. She served in this capacity until 1953 when she was promoted to inspector of secondary schools, the only woman among four men employed at this level. She held this post until her retirement in 1961. Her predecessor and mentor as inspector of girls' departments, Adelaide Miethke, provided a model for much of Gibson's subsequent career, though Gibson reached beyond her in many ways, especially in her international activism. It was as a delegate from the Women Teachers' Progressive League that she first joined the NCW of South Australia in 1936. Then, when a new organisation, the Women Teachers' Guild, was formed as a breakaway group from the Public Sector Union in 1937, Ruth was elected secretary. On her return from a trip overseas in 1939, she addressed its first conference on 'Women in Education Abroad. She became secretary of NCWA from 1939 to 1941 during Miethke's presidency.\nDuring her career in the SA Education Department, Gibson brought energy, dedication and commitment to women's education and to improving conditions and status for women teachers. She was a founder of St Ann's College (for women attending Adelaide University) and also later played a leading role as president (1960-1961) in the South Australian Women Graduates' Association (state branch of the Australian Federation of University Women). Like Adelaide Miethke, she promoted the careers of promising young teachers in the Education Department.\nGibson believed that the ideal teacher showed 'good humour and tolerance for others' and flexibility with regard to syllabuses and timetables. In her annual report of 1942, she wrote of 'the important part that education should play in the shaping of the post-war world'; she believed that 'actual participation in activities calling for tolerance and co-operation' would foster 'knowledge of the privileges and duties of citizenship' from 'the child's earliest years'. A member of the Public Examinations Board (1942-1963) and of the Technical High Schools Curriculum Board, she convened the English and social studies committees of the latter, foregrounding these objectives and a child-centred approach. As a founding member of the Australian College of Education (later Educators) in 1959, she served as honorary treasurer and was appointed a fellow, the highest honour the College could bestow, in 1963.\nThough her educational work was of great importance, Ruth Gibson is chiefly known for her leading roles in the National Council of Women at the state, national and international levels. She did, however, bring her educational expertise into the Australian Councils as state and national convenor of their education standing committees, where she expounded on education as a key factor in national achievement and international understanding.\nAs South Australian Council president from 1951 to 1954, Ruth Gibson's term in office was extended to include the royal visit, during which she arranged and presided over a women's welcome to the Queen. From 1953 to 1956, Gibson was also president of the Australian National Council of Women, and, in recognition of her role as a leader on Australian women's issues, the Commonwealth government selected her as one of Australia's official guests at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in June 1953.\nA key issue during Gibson's presidency of ANCW was the pursuit of federal legislation to bring about equal marriage and divorce laws. Experienced in negotiation and in dealing with different sensitivities simultaneously, she was successful in persuading the constituent councils of ANCW to adopt a clear and united position on this matter at the 1954 conference. While reiterating the mantra that 'the home is the very foundation stone of national life', she argued patiently that, with regard to divorce, 'marked inequalities exist in law as between men and women and as between States' and that establishment of 'an Australian domicile and of uniform divorce laws' was not 'only fair and just' but would also institute more effective protection. Some frustration with the slowness of progress on matters of equality is evident in her further comment that, although 'the Council is not an \"anti-men's\" society', 'we must \u2026 begin to prepare more of our menfolk to accept the idea of a partnership between men and women in national and international life \u2026 it is sex rather than ability that determines much if not most or all of the policy of this country'.\nGibson's interest in the International Council movement began early in 1938, when she was one of ten Australian delegates to the Jubilee Conference of the International Council of Women in Edinburgh, Scotland. On her return, she told the members of the Women Teachers' Guild that they were 'in tune with the highest inspirations of the International Council of Women since it [the Guild] aimed \u2026 at the removal of all disabilities of women in the teaching service'. Her ICW activism culminated in her election as vice-president from 1953 to 1956, and, when her term of office expired, her elevation to the Council's Committee of Honour. Gibson's view that her chosen career, education, was also a precondition for the expansion of international awareness and tolerance promoted by organisations like the ICW was reflected in a paper she gave - 'Education's Part in Developing International Understanding' - at a conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Institutes of Inspectors of Schools, held in Perth in 1954.\nRuth Gibson's international experience and awareness were recognised by the Australian government in its decision to appoint her its representative at the 10th and 11th sessions of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women held in Geneva in 1956 and New York in 1957. At the latter, she was elected rapporteur to the Commission. The business of these sessions included the access of women to education and economic opportunity, tax and legal questions and the nationality of married women. In later years, Gibson travelled extensively overseas to attend conferences and executive meetings of the ICW and UNESCO, including in Istanbul, Tehran, and Rio de Janiero.\nRuth Gibson's ongoing commitment to the Council movement in her home state was reflected in the key role she played in the decision to purchase NCW House ('a home of our own') in Adelaide in 1957. Her contributions at state and national levels were recognised with life vice-presidencies of both the NCW (SA) and ANCW. But her active involvement in public life continued. Directly after her retirement from the Education Department in 1961, Gibson was appointed to the South Australian Equal Pay Commission, which reported to the premier, Sir Thomas Playford, in 1964 and included an appendix arguing the 'Case for Equal Pay for Men and Women Teachers in South Australia'. Equal pay for equal work for women teachers was conceded by the Industrial Court and implemented between 1966 and 1971.\nMiss Gibson's broad interests also led her to play a leading role in the SA division of the United Nations Association of Australia; the Soroptimist (president) and Lyceum clubs, Adelaide; the Good Neighbour Council of South Australia; the state section of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (senior vice-president); the Adelaide YWCA (president); the Adelaide College of Education; the Junior Red Cross; the Australian Broadcasting Commission and the National Fitness Council. She was also a founding trustee and second chairman of the NCW Memorial Fund and on the state council of the Girl Guides Association for many years. In addition, she served on selection committees for Churchill fellowships and Florence Nightingale Memorial Scholarships. These duties never overshadowed her concern for individuals, shown in her many practical acts of kindness and consideration.\nRuth Gibson, like many women of her generation, found much of the inspiration for her public work in religious faith. She was a devout Anglican and a generous supporter of her church. Although not radical in her views, she was a feminist of her day and a staunch believer in social justice. Her ADB entry describes her as 'tall and strongly built', with impeccable dress sense and a 'considerable presence'. No position she held was a sinecure, it says: she worked at all of them, and was impressive both as a chairwoman and a public speaker. Some found her intimidating, but those who knew her appreciated 'her intelligence, warmth and humour, her generous and unpretentious nature, her skill as a hostess and her attachment to her family'.\nGibson was awarded the OBE in the coronation honours list 1953 and was elevated to CBE in 1970. She died of cancer on 23 August 1972 at Belair. The women of South Australia erected a sundial in her memory at the Adelaide Festival Centre in 1973 and a Ruth Gibson Memorial Fund administered by NCWSA has since 1979 provided assistance to successful applicants for projects of benefit to South Australian women. Ruth Gibson was also honoured in 1986 for her contribution to education and the NCW by a plaque on North Terrace near Kintore Street, Adelaide.\nIn his address at her funeral, the archdeacon of Adelaide, paid this tribute: 'Ruth Gibson \u2026 was no militant suffragette but was ever ready to put all her tremendous energy and efficiency into any cause which she believed would be in the interest of women generally and to raise their status in the world'.\nPrepared by: Jan Hipgrave, Marian Quartly and Judith Smart\n", "Events": "A bronze sundial was erected in her memory at the Adelaide Festival Centre (1974 - 1974) \nAppointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the advancement of women (1970 - 1970) \nAppointed inspector of girls schools (1941 - 1941) \nAppointed inspector of secondary schools (1952 - 1952) \nAppointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1953 - 1953) \nArranged and headed a South Australian women's welcome to Queen Elizabeth II (1954 - 1954) \nAustralian representative at the Status of Women Commission, Geneva (1956 - 1956) \nAustralian representative at the Status of Women Commission, New York (1957 - 1957) \nChairman of the Co-ordinating Committee for the Soroptimist Clubs of Australia and New Zealand (1960 - 1961) \nDelegate at the International Council of Women (1938 - 1938) \nDelivered a paper, 'Education's Part in International Understanding' at the Australian and New Zealand Association of Institutes of Inspectors of Schools conference, held in Perth. (1954 - 1954) \nFellow of the Australian College of Education (1963 - 1963) \nHonorary secretary of the National Council of Women of Australia (1939 - 1941) \nInspector of Secondary Schools, South Australia (1952 - 1961) \nMember of the Committee of Honor for the International Council of Women (1970 - 1970) \nMember of the Public Examinations Board (1942 - 1963) \nObtained BA from the University of Adelaide (1937 - 1937) \nObtained DipEd from the University of Adelaide (1940 - 1940) \nPresident of the National Council of Women of Australia (1952 - 1956) \nPresident of the National Council of Women of South Australia (1950 - 1954) \nPresident of the South Australian University Women Graduates' Association (1960 - 1961) \nPresident Soroptimist Club, Adelaide (1958 - 1959) \nRetired from teaching (1961 - 1961) \nSelected by the Federal government as an official guest at the coronation (1953 - 1953) \nSenior vice-president of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, South Australia section (1969 - 1969) \nTeacher with the Department of Education, South Australia (1921 - 1941) \nThe Ruth Gibson memorial award establish to assist women to further their studies and careers (1977 - 1977) \nVice-president of the International Council of Women (1957 - 1970)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ruth-gibson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibson-gladys-ruth-1901-1972\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/remembered-by-many\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/s-a-s-greats-the-men-and-women-of-the-north-terrace-plaques\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stirrers-with-style-presidents-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-and-its-predecessors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-own-name-women-in-south-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ruth-gibson-a-mighty-south-australian-educator\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ncwa-quarterly-bulletin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-s-a-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-1924-1990-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brookes, Ivy", "Entry ID": "AWE0514", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brookes-ivy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Yarra, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Advocate, Community worker, Musician, Philanthropist, Women's rights activist, Women's rights organiser", "Summary": "The daughter of former Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, and wife of public official Herbert Brookes, Ivy Brookes played an active part in Australian political life. She occupied a central role in the National Council of Women; the Housewives' Association; the International Club of Victoria; the Women's Hospital; and in various boards and committees at the University of Melbourne. A talented musician, she won the Ormond Scholarship for singing in 1904, and played first violin for Professor Marshall Hall's Orchestra at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.\n", "Details": "Back home from the United States in 1931, the 'clever, attractive, Titian-headed' Mrs Brookes, auburn hair swept across her forehead and a posy pinned to her lapel, was profiled by the Dominion. The strong features and somewhat sombre expression belied a 'fluent speaker' who was 'brimming with a keen sense of fun', and the author couldn't help but note 'what a great help she must be to her clever husband, a woman with brains, charm, and filled with the desire to help everything in need - nothing could be more suited for the wife of a trade diplomat'.\nIvy Brookes was the eldest daughter of Alfred and Pattie Deakin. Her husband, Herbert, was secretary of Austral Otis, later Chairman of the Chamber of Manufactures, and served on the Commonwealth Board of Trade. He was appointed Commissioner-General for Australia in the United States from 1923 to 1930, and was Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Ivy was involved in charitable work from an early age. Her mother, Pattie, gave much of her own time and energy to child welfare services and to charities for Australian servicemen and, like Ivy, took part in the kindergarten and playgrounds movements. When Ivy returned in January 1931 from that fifteen-month stay in the United States, she reported to the National Council of Women and the Children's Welfare Association on her extensive investigation of child welfare services there.\nIvy's particular passion, though, was for music. She relinquished the Ormond Scholarship at the University's Faculty of Music upon her marriage to Herbert in 1905, but continued to support the Faculty, serving as a council member from 1926 to 1969. Described by Professor Bernard Heinze as the 'fairy godmother' of the Conservatorium of Music, Ivy was responsible, with Herbert, for financing a new wing there in memory of Marshall Hall in 1935. Alongside Sidney Myer, Keith Murdoch and Norman Brookes, both Ivy and Herbert were members of the Orchestra Advisory Committee which was convened in 1933 in order to oversee the amalgamation of the Marshall Hall Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Ivy was also a member of the Lady Northcote Permanent Orchestra Trust Fund, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra ladies' committee. In 1924 she was credited by Sir James Barrett, Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, with having increased the funds of the Lady Northcote orchestra from \u00a34,000 to \u00a310,000. An article in the Australian in 1928 claimed that 'Mr and Mrs Brookes have shown their practical sympathy with musicians who are finding it not an easy matter to get their feet on the ladder of fame, just as their collection of the works of Australian artists is testimony to their practical patronage of another field of art'.\nIn addition to supporting music and the arts, Ivy and Herbert Brookes were strong supporters of the University of Melbourne, and of intellectual life in general. Ivy was a member of the Board of Studies in Physical Education at the university for thirty years, and a member of the Board of Social Studies for over twenty-five years. She was involved with the women's auxiliary for International House, a residential college. Herbert was a representative of donors to Trinity College. Indeed, the Brookes home in South Yarra, Winwick, was described by Trinity's warden, Alexander Leeper, as 'the chief intellectual power house in Melbourne'. There Ivy and Herbert held the musical and literary activities of their T.E. Brown Society. In 1928, Ivy hosted a visit from Miss Royden of England, the 'world-famous woman preacher' who edited The Common Cause, the official organ of British women suffragists.\nIvy took an active part in social and political life. She joined the League of Nations Union and the National and International Councils of Women. She was founder of the International Club of Victoria in 1933, serving as president until 1958. She was a member of the Women Justices' Association, and of the Playgrounds' and Housewives' Associations of Victoria. She served on the board of the Women's Hospital for a monumental fifty years. Between 1931 and 1961, Ivy served as Director of the Bureau of Social and International Affairs. She was honorary secretary of the women's section of the Commonwealth Liberal Party until the National Federation formed to incorporate all sections, at which point she concluded that the new organisation did not give fair representation to women.\nIvy Brookes was involved with just about every voluntary organisation open to her. An overview of her activities paints a valuable portrait of the times. It is illustrative, in particular, of a leaning toward American influences, a shift in philanthropic priorities, and a strengthening independence in women's philanthropy.\n", "Events": "Commonwealth member of the Import Licensing Committee (1952 - 1960) \nDirector of the Bureau of Social and International Affairs (1931 - 1961) \nExecutive member of the Lady Northcote Permanent Orchestra Trust Fund (1908 - 1960) \nFirst violin with Professor Marshall Hall's Orchestra (1903 - 1915) \nFoundation member of the Board of Studies in Physical Education at the University of Melbourne (1938 - 1970) \nFoundation member of the Board of Studies in Social Studies at the University of Melbourne (1941 - 1967) \nFounded the Housewives' Co-operative Association of Victoria (1915 - 1915) \nFounder and president of the International Club of Victoria (1933 - 1958) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001) \nPresident of the National Council of Women of Australia (1948 - 1952) \nPresident of the National Council of Women of Victoria (1939 - 1945) \nPresident of the Playgrounds & Recreation Association of Victoria (1944 - 1970) \nPresident of the Royal Women's Hospital Board (1927 - 1929) \nPresident of the Royal Women's Hospital Board (1934 - 1938) \nVice-president of the United Nations Association of Victoria (1945 - 1963) \nWinner of the Ormond Scholarship for Singing (1904 - 1904)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brookes-ivy-1883-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ivy-brookes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/resume-of-the-second-conference-womens-division\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/monash-biographical-dictionary-of-20th-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nation-builders-great-lives-and-stories-from-st-kilda-general-cemetery\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liberal-women-federation-to-1949\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/150-years-150-stories-brief-biographies-of-one-hundred-and-fifty-remarkable-people-associated-with-the-university-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-webb-a-memoir\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-mission-to-the-home-the-housewives-association-the-womans-christian-temperance-union-and-protestant-christianity-1920-1940\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-early-years-of-the-housewives-association-of-victoria-1915-1930\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portraits-in-cameo-mrs-herbert-brookes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/so-many-firsts-liberal-women-from-enid-lyons-to-the-turnbull-era\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stirrers-with-style-presidents-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-and-its-predecessors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/champions-of-the-impossible-a-history-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-victoria-1902-1977\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/annual-report-5\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-politics-of-consumption-the-housewives-associations-in-southeastern-australia-before-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-honour-roll-of-women-list-of-inductees-2001-to-2011\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-alexander-gore-gowrie-1835-1987-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letter-1967-oct-26-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-alfred-deakin-1804-1973-bulk-1880-1919-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-herbert-and-ivy-brookes-1869-1970-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-on-various-australian-women-19-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-1924-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-1936-1972-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Adderley, Vera May", "Entry ID": "AWE0515", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adderley-vera-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Werris Creek, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Matron, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Vera Adderley worked at the Dubbo and Crown Street Hospitals before serving with the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service from 1941 to 1947. She joined the Parramatta Hospital in 1955 and in 1962 she was appointed Assistant Matron at the Prince Henry Hospital. Adderley became Director of Nursing Services at the Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Hospitals in 1966. She was also a council member of the College of Nursing New South Wales, the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association and the Matrons' Institute of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. In 1978, Adderley was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire and a building is named in her honour on the Randwick Hospitals Campus.\n", "Events": "Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (1978 - 1978) \nAssistant matron at the Prince Henry Hospital (1962 - 1966) \nCouncil member of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association (1966 - 1966) \nCouncil member of the College of Nursing New South Wales (1965 - 1965) \nCouncil member of the Matrons' Institute of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory (1966 - 1966) \nDirector of Nursing Services at the Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Hospitals, Sydney (1966 - 1966) \nServed with the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (1941 - 1947) \nWith Crown Street Hospital (1939 - 1939) \nWith Dubbo Hospital (1934 - 1938) \nWith Parramatta Hospital (1955 - 1962)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adderley-vera-may-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/story-of-the-raaf-nursing-service-1940-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adderley-vera-may-service-number-501134-date-of-birth-17-sep-1915-place-of-birth-unknown-place-of-enlistment-unknown-next-of-kin-adderley-v\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vera-adderley-interviewed-by-amy-mcgrath-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-vera-adderley-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crittenden, Jean Hilda", "Entry ID": "AWE0516", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crittenden-jean-hilda\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Nhill, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Matron, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Jean Crittenden began nursing in 1937 as a Bush Nursing Sister. Crittenden then served with the Australian Army Nursing Service between 1940 and 1946. Assistant Matron at the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg from 1946 to 1955, she then became matron of Queensland's Anzac Hostel and the Kenmore Sanatorium. Following this, from 1958 until 1971, Crittenden was Matron of the Repatriation General Hospital in Hobart from 1958 to 1971. In 1966, she received the honour of being appointed a Member to the Order of the British Empire.\n", "Events": "Appointed Member to the Order of the British Empire (1966 - 1966) \nAssistant matron with the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg (1946 - 1955) \nBush Nursing Sister (1937 - 1939) \nMatron of the Anzac Hostel, Queensland and the Kenmore Sanatorium, Queensland (1955 - 1958) \nMatron of the Repatriation General Hospital, Hobart (1958 - 1971) \nServed with the Australian Army Nursing Service (1940 - 1946)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crittenden-jean-hilda-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Perkins, Jessie May", "Entry ID": "AWE0517", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/perkins-jessie-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Major Jessie Perkins MBE, RFD, ED (Retd) was the first Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) Citizen Military Forces (CMF) member to be awarded an MBE. She was appointed a Member (Military) to the Order of the British Empire on 13 June 1970, for her services to the WRAAC.\n", "Details": "Before joining the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) on 10 December 1943, Jessie Perkins worked with the Public Service. In the Army she mainly served with the Land Headquarters (LHQ) Australian Army Service Corps School (AASC) until December 1945, she then transferred to the Master General of the Ordnance Branch, Design Division - which was responsible for the experimentation and testing of all army equipment - until her discharge on January 1947 with the rank of Sergeant.\nFollowing her discharge Perkins worked for the Department of Labour and National Service. She then worked as a secretary to a building and plumbing supplies firm, before working part-time with a secretarial agency while she cared for her mother.\nDuring the mid-1960s Perkins commenced a secretarial\/bookkeeping position with the St Kilda Football Club. She retired after 16 years with the Club and was appointed an Honorary Life Member. Perkins then established a bookkeeping service and worked for a series of small firms.\nOn the raising of the WRAAC CMF - later A Reserve, Jessie Perkins enlisted with the first intake on 21 July 1953 as a Private. In February 1955 she was one of the first CMF officers who were appointed from the ranks and she was attached to a CMF signals unit. Following the transfer of Captain Margaret Phillips, the first Officer-in-Charge (OC), and eight other ranks to the Regular Army, Captain Jessie Perkins became OC on 24 October 1957, the first reserve officer to hold the position. She was OC WRAAC Coy for 12 years before serving at Headquarters 3 Division. Perkins served for 25 years rising to the rank of Major (1961) before being discharged on 21 September 1978.\nOn 13 June 1970 Perkins was appointed MBE (MIL) and later awarded the Reserve Forces Decoration (RFD) and Efficiency Decoration (ED) with 1st Clasp.\nJessie Perkins was the Patron of the WRAAC Reserve Association (Vic.) until her death in 2010. She was president of the Association for 17 years. She was also treasurer and public officer of the Council of Ex-Servicewomens' Associations (Vic.) Inc., treasurer and public officer of the Royal Australian Signals Association and volunteer, with her sister, of Meals on Wheels for MECWA Community Care (retired after 15 years with the Opportunity Shop, where she was also treasurer). Perkins' involvement with the church included being Vicar's Warden - Parish Council, server, sidesperson, reader and a member of the Sanctuary Guild. Since 2001 Perkins was president and treasurer of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) Association (Victoria) Inc.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/soldiers-of-the-queen-women-in-the-australian-army\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Swinney, Stella Edith", "Entry ID": "AWE0518", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/swinney-stella-edith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Stella Swinney completed her Bachelor of Arts at Sydney University and then worked at Farmer & Coy Ltd, Sydney, before joining the Women's Australian National Services and the Australian Women's Army Service. After completing a course at the Officers' Training School she was posted to New South Wales Line of Command Area. Swinney was responsible for training and administration of the Australian Women's Army Service in New South Wales. She took over from Major Eleanor Manning as Assistant Controller of New South Wales in May 1943.\n", "Details": "Stella Swinney graduated from Sydney University in 1933 with honours in Psychology. She was on a Teaching scholarship, but was unable to get a teaching position, as the Government was not employing teachers in that period of the Great Depression. She joined the retail firm and eventually became staff training officer.\nAfter working in that capacity for eight years, she joined the Australian Women's Army Service and reached the rank of Major.\nIn 1944 she was invited to join the Department of Post-War Reconstruction to assist with the re-establishment of ex-servicewomen. In 1948 she travelled to Britain as interviewing and selection officer and travelled all over the country interviewing people as prospective migrants for Australia.\nIn 1951 she returned to Australia and worked for two years as secretary of Sydney University Women's Union, then took a position as Training Officer with Bonds Industries. Her next appointment was as Personnel Officer for Grace Bros.\nIn 1962 she was appointed Principal of Duval College, at the University of New England, Armidale, a position she held for ten years, until 1972.\nIn June 1973, she accepted a position as Woman's advisor to Mr J. Douglas Anthony leader of the Country Party in Australia to complete a report on the involvement of women in that party, with suggestions for greater participation for women at all levels, including policy-making.\nIn her retirement in Canberra she was involved with the Returned Services League and the Penguin Club.\n", "Events": "Assistant Controller of the Australian Women's Army Service New South Wales Line of Command, she held the rank of Major. (1943 - 1944) \nAssistant to the Staff Training Officer at Farmer & Coy Ltd, Sydney (1933 - 1937) \nMember of the Australian Women's Army Service (1941 - 1944) \nStaff Training Officer at Farmer & Coy Ltd, Sydney (1937 - 1941)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/swinney-stella-edith-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gehan, Gwenneth Victoria", "Entry ID": "AWE0519", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gehan-gwenneth-victoria\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "During World War II Gwenneth Gehan served with the Australian Women's Army Service, having been a member of the Women's Australian National Services previously. Upon completion of the Officers' Training Course she was posted to the Quartermaster's Department, Victoria Barracks, Sydney. Later she transferred to the Recruit Training School, Killara and towards the end of 1942 accompanied a draft of Signalwomen to Queensland. At the time of her discharge on 23 April 1946 Gehan held the rank of Major.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gehan-gwenneth-victoria-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Solly, Elsie Hope", "Entry ID": "AWE0521", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/solly-elsie-hope\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Servicewoman", "Summary": "A foundation staff member of the Canberra College of Advanced Education (now University of Canberra), Elsie Solly was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia. On 26 January 1983 she received the award for service to education, particularly in the field of secretarial studies. In 1977 she was awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal. President of the Australian Women's Army Service Association (Western Australia) Inc., Solly was on the original committee of the Association when established in 1947. Solly was also president of the Association of Academic Staff during her term with the Canberra College of Advanced Education. In 2003 Elsie Solly was awarded a Centenary of Federation medal for services to the veterans' community.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-secretary-at-work-a-brief-finishing-course-in-secretarial-procedures\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/solly-elsie-hope-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/w-a-croquet-legend-elsie-solly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vale-mavis-mackenzie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vale-strawb-james-v-president-awas-assn-wa-inc\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/elsie-solly-interviewed-by-louise-douglas-for-the-australia-1938-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Corry, Alice Gwendoline", "Entry ID": "AWE0526", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/corry-alice-gwendoline\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Shenton Park, Western Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Alice Corry was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1987 for services to ex-servicemen and women. She joined the Australian Women's Army Service on 27 August 1942, aged 16. Following completion of the recruiting course she transferred to Victoria and served at Land Headquarters as a signalwoman. At the time of her discharge on 12 March 1946 she had obtained the rank of Corporal. In 1947 she married Mervyn Joseph Corry in Perth. At the Annual General Meeting in 1969, Corry was elected President of the Australian Women's Army Service Association (WA), a post she held for 29 years. Honoured with being chosen to unveil the Western Australian memorial to Sybil Irving, she was also the first Life Member of the Association in 1974. Corry was also involved with her church, her husband's Corvettes' Association, the Red Cross and the Braille Society.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alice-corry-awarded-medal-of-the-order-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/otoole-alice-gwendoline\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hartshorn, Alma Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0528", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hartshorn-alma-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Lecturer, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Alma Hartshorn was a member of the Australian Student Christian Movement before she joined the Australian Women's Army Service on 14 December 1942. She attended the first officer's school and was later posted as Assistant Commandant Northern Command with the rank of Captain. Hartshorn was discharged on 1 March 1945. \nFollowing the war, Hartshorn became a lecturer in Social Work at the University of Queensland. A member of the AWAS Association Qld, she became patron in 1995. For her academic and professional work, Alma Hartshorn was awarded an OAM (Member of the Order of Australia) on 26 January 1983, as well as a Fullbright Scholarship.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/milestone-in-education-for-social-work-the-carnegie-experiment-1954-1958\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-compensation-and-rehabilitation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/old-people-at-home-an-exploratory-study-of-the-aged-population-in-the-city-of-brisbane\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-presentation-of-old-age-in-selected-twentieth-century-australian-novels\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hartshorn-alma-elizabeth-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alma-e-hartshorn-papers%e2%86%b5papers-1930-1984-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bryce, Joan Elvina", "Entry ID": "AWE0529", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bryce-joan-elvina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "A member of the original Australian Women's Army Service Officer's School, Joan Bryce was appointed Assistant Commandant. She was discharged on 12 February 1946 with the rank of Lieutenant.\nWhen established in 1981, Joan Bryce became the first patron of the AWAS Association of Queensland.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bryce-joan-elvina-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Skov, Dorathea Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE0530", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/skov-dorathea-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Dorathea Skov joined the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) after seeing an advertisement for girls interested in becoming army officers in 1941. Prior to enlisting Skov had been secretary of a variety of sporting bodies and suburban church groups as well as being interested in the YWCA. She became a member of the original Officer's School and was later appointed Assistant Commandant Northern Command. Early in 1942 Captain Skov was one of the officers who interviewed candidates to enlist in the AWAS, visiting sixteen outback centres per week in the busiest period.\nDorathea Skov was the Queensland representative on the Sybil Irving Memorial Fund Committee.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/skov-dorathea-jane-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-at-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Oke, Marjorie (Marj) Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0531", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oke-marjorie-marj-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Richmond, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Political candidate", "Summary": "Marj Oke's first job was as a teacher in a one-room school. Upon her marriage in 1942, as was the policy of the time, she was suspended from teaching. Working at the Australian Jam Company, she encountered very poor working conditions. This experience propelled her to join the Food Preservers' Union and become active in the Australian Labor Party. She stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of St Kilda under her maiden name, Bennett, at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1943. In 1950, Oke became a founding and lifelong member of the Union of Australian Women. After returning to teaching in Moe, she campaigned for equal pay for women teachers, the abolition of the marriage bar and access to superannuation. Additionally, Oke formed a branch of the Aboriginal Advancement League and became, in 1992, a founding member of the Network for Older Women. On 10 June 1991 she was awarded an OAM (Medal of the Order of Australia) for service to aged people, particularly women. Oke was included in the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in March 2002.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marj-oke-tribute-to-a-foundation-member\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-life-swimming-hard-for-political-equality\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-decade-of-mary-owen-dinners\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oke-marjorie-1911-2003\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dobson, Emily", "Entry ID": "AWE0544", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dobson-emily\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land, Australia", "Death Place": "Hobert, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Advocate, Philanthropist, Welfare worker, Women's rights organiser", "Summary": "Emily Dobson was a tour de force in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Tasmanian society. As the wife of the State Premier, Henry Dobson, she played a central role in multiple political and charitable organisations. She was vice-president of the Tasmanian section of the National Council of Women in 1899, and attended the first meeting of the International Council of Women in London that year. Dobson became president of the National Council of Women Tasmania in 1904 and held that position until her death. She was the first Australian to be elected vice- president of the International Council of Women at the Rome quinquennial in 1914.\n", "Details": "Emily Dobson was Tasmania's bespectacled and formidable grand old lady by the time she died in 1934 in her early nineties. Born in Port Arthur in 1842 in what was then Van Diemen's Land, she was influenced by the social conscience of her father, artist and public servant Thomas Lempriere, who died when she was nine years old. In 1868 she married Tasmania's future Premier, Henry Dobson, who shared her ideas on philanthropy and temperance, linked though they were to the cause of women.\nEmily Dobson became involved in just about every charitable organisation in the State of Tasmania. She was founding president of the ladies' committee of the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institution; founding president of the Ministering Children's League; and president of the committee of management of the Victoria Convalescent Home at Lindisfarne. She co-established the New Town Consumptives' Sanatorium in 1905, and in 1918 became first vice-president of the Child Welfare Association. She was vice-president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Tasmania and life patroness of the Tasmanian Bush Nursing Association. With her husband, she established the Free Kindergarten Association in Tasmania in 1911. That same year she established the Girl Guides' Association of Tasmania, appointing herself State Commissioner. She founded the Tasmanian branch of the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise, and the Tasmanian Lyceum Club.\nAs a middle-aged woman, Dobson became secretary of the Women's Sanitary Association, which formed in 1891 specifically to counter an outbreak of typhoid and ran candidates in the municipal election of 1892. In Hobart, her Relief Restaurant Committee operated a soup kitchen and set up the Association for Improvement of Dwellings of the Working Classes. Dobson was widely praised among her peers, but more often than not, the efforts of the Sanitary Association were belittled by local newspapers. According to historian Ruth Barton, it was 'the anomaly of charitable women undertaking work which at home they paid sevants to do' which attracted unfavourable press attention, and certainly the Dobson family wealth meant that Emily had no need to carry out domestic chores in her own home.\nLike so many other charitably-inclined women of her time, Dobson had a particular concern for child welfare. With the Society for the Protection of Children, she secured the passage of an Infant Life Protection Act in 1907. The Act authorised members of the Society to enter homes where infants were being minded for payment, without notice. Taken at face value, the Act was a noble attempt to put an end to the practice of baby farming, but research by Caroline Evans and Naomi Parry suggests that it was an attempt to control the poorer sections of society.\nDobson was as dominant in politics as she was in health and welfare. She was a member of the Women's Non-Party League of Hobart. She held office in the Tasmanian branch of the League of Nations Union and the Victoria League of Tasmania; the National Council of Women (State and Federal bodies); and the International Council of Women. In 1907 she represented the Tasmanian government at the Women's Work Exhibition in Melbourne. She was honoured by the National Council of Women (Tasmania) in 1919, with the establishment of the Emily Dobson Philanthropic Prize Competition for welfare organisations.\n", "Events": "Australian Delegation to International Council of Women (1906 - 1924) \nBlind, Deaf and Dumb Institution Ladies' Committee (1898 - ) \nInternational Council of Women (1914 - 1924) \nInternational Council of Women (1899 - 1924) \nMinistering Children's League (1892 - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dobson-emily-1842-1934\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-few-viragos-on-a-stump-the-womanhood-suffrage-campaign-in-tasmania-1880-1920\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-henry-dobson-victorian-do-gooder-or-sincere-social-reformer-an-analysis-of-her-charitable-and-public-welfare-work-in-the-1890s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/emily-dobson-1842-1934\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/emily-dobson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-history-of-the-national-council-of-women-in-sic-south-australia-1902-1980\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vessels-of-progressivism-tasmanian-state-girls-and-eugenics-1900-1940\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stirrers-with-style-presidents-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-and-its-predecessors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/emily-dobson-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/emily-dobson-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/emilys-empire-emily-dobson-and-the-national-council-of-women-of-tasmania\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lithgow-1942-a-survey-of-the-life-of-the-town\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-1924-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-minutes-and-associated-papers-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-tasmania\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/7266-national-council-of-women-of-queensland-minute-books-1905-2004\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jull, Roberta Henrietta Margaritta", "Entry ID": "AWE0547", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jull-roberta-henrietta-margaritta\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland", "Death Place": "Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Roberta Jull was the first woman to establish a medical practice in Perth in 1897. She became active in social welfare, public health and politics. In 1918 Jull became the first Medical Officer of Schools in the Western Australian Public Health Department and took a leading part in the infant health movement.\n", "Events": "Adviser to the royal commission on the administration of Perth City (1938 - 1938) \nBecame a member of the Karrakatta Club for Women, Perth (1897 - 1897) \nCampaigned effectively for the early closing bill and for conscription in the referenda (1916 - 1917) \nElected Honorary Life Associate for the Guild of Undergraduates at the University of Western Australia (1933 - 1933) \nElected Honorary Life Member of the British Medical Association, Western Australian Branch (1930 - 1930) \nEstablished a medical practice in Perth, the first woman to do so (1897 - 1897) \nFederal president of the Association of University Women (1926 - 1928) \nFoundation member and first president of the Association of University Women (1925 - 1927) \nFoundation member and president of the Women's University College Fund committee (1927 - 1927) \nFoundation member of the British Medical Association, Western Australian Branch (1897 - 1897) \nFoundation president of the residential university women's college (St Catherine's) (1946 - 1946) \nGraduated from Glasgow University (Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery) (1896 - 1896) \nJoined her brother's practice at Guilford, Western Australia (1896 - ) \nJoined the Western Australian Department of Public Heath as medical officer for schools (1917 - 1928) \nLocal supervisor of public examinations for the University of Adelaide (1896 - 1896) \nMarried Martin Edward Jull, Under Secretary for the Public Works Department, afterwards first Public Servic Commissioner, Western Australia (1898 - 1898) \nMember of the Australian delegation to the League of Nations Congress (1929 - 1929) \nMember of the Senate for the University of Western Australia (1915 - 1942) \nPresident of the National Council of Women of Western Australia (1930 - 1932) \nSupported legislation for compulsory notification and treatment of venereal diseases (1915 - 1915) \nVice-president of the Women's Immigration Auxiliary Council (1930 - 1930) \nWarden of Convocation of the University of Western Australia (1925 - 1930)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jull-roberta-henrietta-margaritta-1872-1961\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/uphill-all-the-way-a-documentary-history-of-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roberta-jull\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heredity-and-environment\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-story-of-the-alexandra-home-for-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-on-the-warpath-feminist-of-the-first-wave\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-henrietta-drake-brockman-1901-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dr-roberta-jull-collection-of-biographical-material\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1881-1959-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1899-1956-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1630-1967-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-henrietta-drake-brockman-1882-1975-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Drake-Brockman, Henrietta Frances York", "Entry ID": "AWE0548", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/drake-brockman-henrietta-frances-york\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Author", "Summary": "The daughter of Dr Roberta and Martin Jull, Henrietta Drake-Brockman married the then Commissioner for the far north west of Australia, Geoffrey Drake-Brockman on 3 August 1921. While in the north west she wrote articles for the West Australia under the pseudonym 'Henry Drake'. The author of Men Without Wives, which won the Australian Sesquicentenary prize, Drake-Brockman also wrote for the theatre, and was co-editor, with Walter Murdoch, of Australian Short Stories. On 1 January 1967 Henrietta Drake-Brockman was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to Australian literature.\n", "Events": "Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1967 - 1967) \nAwarded Bulletin Short Story Prize (1939 - 1939) \nJoined the Sydney branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (1939 - 1939) \nPresident of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, Western Australian Branch (1941 - 1941) \nPresident of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, Western Australian Branch (1956 - 1957) \nWon Sesquicentenary Celebration Prize for best full-length Australian Play Men Without Wives (1938 - 1938)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henrietta-drake-brockman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/drake-brockman-henrietta-frances-york-1901-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-henrietta-drake-brockman-1901-1968\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1630-1967-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-henrietta-drake-brockman-1882-1975-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-hazel-de-berg-1959-1963-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-paris-and-anne-drake-brockman-1950-1998-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beadle, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE0552", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beadle-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Clunes, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "West Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Social worker", "Summary": "After being exposed to 'sweated labour' conditions while working in the Melbourne clothing industry during the 1880s, Jean Beadle was inspired to dedicate her life to the betterment of conditions for women and children. Known as the 'The Grand Old Lady of the Labor Party,' she was a founding member of the Women's Political and Social Crusade and the Labor Women's Organization in Victoria (1898), Fremantle (1905) and Goldfields (1906). She was also a delegate to the Eastern Goldfields District Council of the State Australian Labor Party. Beadle was one of the first women appointed as a Justice of the Peace in Western Australia, sitting for many years on the Married Women's Court. She was later appointed to serve as an honorary Justice on the bench of the Children's Courts. An official visitor to the women's section of the Fremantle Prison, Beadle also was instrumental in the building of the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women. She was secretary, of the King Edward Memorial Hospital Advisory Board, from 1921 until her death. In recognition of her dedicated service the hospital annually awards a Jean Beadle scholarship.\n", "Details": "Jane (Jean) Beadle was born on 1 January 1868 at Clunes in Victoria. She was a miner's daughter. In Melbourne as a young woman she began her life-long activism for labour and progressive causes. She married iron moulder Henry Beadle on 19 May 1888 and had three children as she continued her political and industrial work. In 1901 the family decided to migrate to Western Australia to 'make some money'.\nJean organised the Women's Labor League in 1905 at the port of Fremantle where she initially lived. When the family moved to Boulder in 1906, she formed the Eastern Goldfields Women's Labor League, with meetings held alternately in Boulder and Kalgoorlie. Prejudice was strong in some quarters, the Sun newspaper labelling the meetings a 'convention of cackle'. She knew that, if women were to play an equal role in the life of the labour movement, they had to be active in both political and industrial labour. And she had no time for the notion of women's frailty, insisting that 'sometimes, it's the man who's the clinging vine'.\nAs well as promoting labour causes, Jean and the League campaigned for a maternity ward at the Boulder Hospital, the registration of nurses and a foundling home for abandoned babies. She organised the goldfields shop assistants to fight for better pay and conditions (chiefly shorter hours).\nShe spoke at public meetings, organised fundraisers for strikers' families, ran public lectures, travelled around the goldfields' towns to establish League branches and represented the League on many labour bodies.\nJean Beadle was a Labor leader, a fluent public speaker, excellent organiser and committed reformer and socialist. It was essential, she believed, to meet 'the real needs of the people' and to stop 'the waste of human life, of human abilities and capacities'.\nWhen she left the goldfields in 1914 she donated her presentation purse of sovereigns to striking woodcutters.\nIn Perth she became chairperson of the Labor Women's Club, campaigning on issues including peace, disarmament, women's health, education, maternity allowances, pensions and child endowment. She was a committed anti-conscriptionist during World War I. She joined the State Executive of the Labor Party in the mid-1920s.\nShe was a special magistrate on the Children's Court and a foundation member of the Women Justices' Association. She was active in the establishment of the King Edward Memorial Hospital. For many years she was an official visitor to the women's section of Fremantle Prison. In the 1920s she was vice-president of the Workers' Educational Association. During the Depression, she served as treasurer to the West Perth Relief Committee.\nIt was a lifetime of Labor activism.\nShe died on 22 May 1942, aged 74.\n", "Events": "Founding member of the first Labor Women's Organization in Australia (1898 - 1898) \nFounding member of the first Western Australian Women's Political and Social Crusade (later the Women's Labor League) at Fremantle (1905 - 1905) \nFounding president of the Goldfields Women's Labor League (1906 - 1911) \nHonorary justice on the Children's Court Bench (1915 - 1929) \nInvited by the Labor Women's Organisation to stand for Labor pre-selection for the Senate (unsuccessful) (1931 - 1931) \nJean with her husband, Harry, and family move to Western Australia (1901 - 1901) \nJustice of the Peace (1919 - 1942) \nOrganized a Victorian relief committee for the Broken Hill strikers (1892 - 1892) \nPresided over the second Labor Women's conference (1927 - 1927) \nPresident of the first Labor Women's Conference (1912 - 1912) \nPresident of the Perth Women's Branch of the Australian Labor Party (1930 - 1935) \nPresident of the Women Justices' Association (1930 - 1938) \nSecretary of the King Edward Memorial Hospital Advisory Board (1921 - 1942) \nVice-president of Women's Political and Social Crusade (1898 - 1901)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beadle-jane-1868-1942\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-truly-great-australian-woman-jean-beadles-work-among-western-australian-women-and-children-1901-1942\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-the-thick-of-every-battle-for-the-cause-of-labor-the-voluntary-work-of-the-labor-womens-organisations-in-western-australia-1900-1970\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/potential-inefficients-at-best-criminal-at-worst-the-girl-problem-and-juvenile-delinquency-in-western-australia-1907-1933\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/uphill-all-the-way-a-documentary-history-of-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/labor-women-political-housekeepers-or-politicians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feminism-an-early-tradition-amongst-western-australian-labor-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feminism-in-labor-womens-organisations-1905-to-1917\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-labour-womens-power-women-in-the-western-australian-labour-movement-from-the-early-1900s-to-the-depression\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reflections-profiles-of-150-women-who-helped-make-western-australias-history-project-of-the-womens-committee-for-the-150th-anniversary-celebrations-of-western-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-beadle-a-life-of-labor-activism\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1899-1962-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blackburn, Doris Amelia", "Entry ID": "AWE0554", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blackburn-doris-amelia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Auburn, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Coburg, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Peace activist", "Summary": "The second woman member of the House of Representatives, Doris Blackburn successfully won her late husband's Federal seat of Bourke as an Independent Labor candidate in 1946. In an electoral redistribution the seat of Bourke was abolished and Blackburn contested the new seat of Wills at the 1949 and 1951 elections, but was unsuccessful on both occasions.\nShe was involved in the Free Kindergarten movement and numerous campaigns for better education, playgrounds and cr\u00e8ches. Blackburn was a member of the Women's Political Association in Victoria, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the Women's Prison Council and the Save the Children Fund. In 1957, with Doug Nicholls, she was a co-founder of the Aboriginal Advancement League and the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement.\n", "Events": "Acted as campaign secretary for Vida Goldstein (1913 - 1913) \nAttended her first meeting of the Women's Political Association (1911 - 1911) \nCo-founded the Aboriginal Advancement League with Doug Nicholls (1957 - 1957) \nMarried Maurice McCrae Blackburn (died 1944), they were to have 2 sons and a daughter (1914 - 1914) \nMember House of Representatives (Independent) for Bourke, Victoria (1946 - 1950) \nPresident of the Council for Civil Liberties (1948 - 1948) \nTravelled overseas as an emissary of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (1952 - 1952) \nWith her husband she was an anti-conscription campaigner (1916 - 1917)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blackburn-doris\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/doris-blackburn-mhr-radical-representative\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blackburn-doris-amelia-1889-1970\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shirley-andrews-interviewed-by-peter-read-in-the-peter-read-collection-of-interviews-conducted-for-his-book-entitled-charles-perkins-a-biography-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bage, Jessie Eleanor", "Entry ID": "AWE0557", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bage-jessie-eleanor\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Yarra, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Camberwell, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) worker, Welfare worker", "Summary": "In 1935 Jessie Bage became the first woman appointed to the Royal Melbourne Hospital Management committee. Educated at Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School Bage was a member of the school council. Jessie Bage House, which accommodates Year 12 students boarding at the school, is named in her honour. For her service with a number of social welfare associations Jessie Bage was appointed an Officer to the Order of the British Empire on 2 January 1956.\n", "Events": "Appointed Officer to the Order of the British Empire (1956 - 1956) \nCouncil member of the Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School (1928 - 1975) \nHonorary secretary of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Auxiliary (1921 - 1934) \nMember of the Committee of Management at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (1935 - 1975) \nServed with the Military Voluntary Aid Detachment in English and French Hospitals during World War I (1916 - 1920)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1980\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miscellaneous-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bage-family-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Austral, Florence Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0558", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austral-florence-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Richmond, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Opera singer", "Summary": "Born Mary Wilson at Richmond, Victoria, she was also known by her stepfather's name, Fawaz, before adopting the name of her country as a stage name prior to her debut in 1922 at Covent Garden. Known as one of the world's greatest Wagnerian sopranos Florence Austral married the Australian virtuoso flautist John Amadio in 1925 and toured widely with him in America and Australia. After the Second World War she returned to Australia almost completely paralysed with multiple sclerosis. She nevertheless taught until her retirement in 1959. Austral died at a nursing home in Newcastle on 16 May 1968.\n", "Events": "Adopted the professional name of Florence Austral (1921 - 1921) \nAfter a farewell concert she left to study Italian opera in New York (1919 - 1919) \nAppeared at Albert Hall during a Sunday concert (1921 - 1921) \nAppeared for benefit concerts during the Second World War (1939 - 1945) \nAppeared with Dame Nellie Melba (1923 - 1923) \nAustral and Amadio returned to Australia for a season of concerts in capital cities and large country towns (1934 - 1935) \nAustral returned to Australia (1946 - 1946) \nAustral returned to London (1936 - 1936) \nDebuted as Brunnhilde in Die Walkure at Covent Garden under the auspices of the British National Opera Company (1922 - 1922) \nGave a concert in Melbourne, Australia (1930 - 1930) \nGave a concert in Sydney, Australia (1930 - 1930) \nJoined Berlin State Opera as principal (1930 - 1930) \nMarried John Amadio at Hapstead, London (1925 - 1925) \nTeaching with the Newcastle branch of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music (1954 - 1959) \nToured Holland (1931 - 1931) \nToured Holland (1933 - 1934) \nToured North America (1925 - 1925) \nToured North America (1931 - 1932) \nToured North America (1932 - 1933) \nWon an entrance exhibition to the University Conservatorium (1917 - 1917) \nWon first prize in the mezzo-soprano section and second prize in two others at the South Street competitions, Ballarat, Victoria (1913 - 1913)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austral-florence-australian-soprano-1894-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/florence-austral-one-of-the-wonder-voices-of-the-world\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/florence-austral-one-of-the-wonder-voices-of-the-world-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austral-florence-mary-1892-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/when-austral-sang-the-biography-of-florence-austral\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-melba-memorial-conservatorium-of-music\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Castles, Amy Eliza", "Entry ID": "AWE0559", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/castles-amy-eliza\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Opera singer", "Summary": "Born into a musical family, soprano Amy Castles made her Melbourne, Victoria, debut at the annual meeting of the Austral Salon in 1899. She studied in Paris with Madame Marchesi and then Jacques Bouhy before appearing with Ada Crossley and Clara Butt at St James's Hall, London in 1901. After completing further study Castles sang at the Queen's Hall concerts in London and gave a command performance before King Edward VII in 1906. Castles then appeared in Hamlet at Cologne, Gounod's Romeo and Juliet and Faust. She also took part in the Harrison tours of Great Britain and sang with conductors Hans Richter, (Sir) Henry Wood and Landon Ronald. Following her tour of Australia for J & N Tait, in 1909, Castles performed in the Australian premiere of Puccini's Madame Butterfly for J C Williamson before returning to Europe. At the outbreak of war Castles returned to Australia where she completed a tour of the capital cities. She made her American debut at Carnegie Hall, New York in 1917 as well as giving concerts for sick and wounded soldiers and opening her Manhattan home to visiting Australians. With the Williamson Grand Opera Company Castles toured Australia in 1919 and again in 1925 on a concert tour managed by her brother George and including her sister Eileen.\n", "Events": "Accepted an offer of a four-year contract from the Imperial Opera in Vienna and was appointed chamber singer to the Imperial Court (1912 - 1912) \nAfter the outbreak of war Castles was obliged to leave Austria and returned to Australia to tour the capital cities (1915 - 1915) \nGave a command performance before King Edward VII (1906 - 1906) \nMade her American debut at Carnegie Hall, New York (1917 - 1917) \nMade her debut at the annual meeting of the Austral Salon, Melbourne (1899 - 1899) \nMade her European debut at Cologne in Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet (1907 - 1907) \nMade her first London appearance at a St James's Hall concert with Ada Crossley and Clara Butt (1901 - 1901) \nPerformed in a local production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience directed by her teacher E Allan Bindley (1898 - ) \nReappeared in London at Queen's Hall concerts (1905 - 1905) \nReturned to Australia for a four-and-a-half month tour of seventy-two towns for J & N Tait (1909 - 1909) \nReturned to Australia to tour for J C Williamson (1902 - 1902) \nReturned to London for a series of Chappell concerts (1911 - 1911) \nReturned to Sydney for a concert tour of Australasia which was managed by her brother George and included her sister Eileen (1925 - 1925) \nToured Australia with the Williamson Grand Opera Company (1919 - 1919) \nVisited Hollywood to take part in a 'talkie' (1930 - 1931)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/castles-amy-eliza-1880-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/monash-biographical-dictionary-of-20th-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/footprints-on-the-sands-of-time-bendigos-citizens-the-1909-bendigonian-annual-and-community-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-new-melba-the-tragedy-of-amy-castles\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/illuminated-address-1911-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/j-c-williamson-scrapbooks-of-music-and-theatre-programmes-sydney-and-melbourne-1905-1921-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-amy-castles-singer-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crossley, Ada Jemima", "Entry ID": "AWE0560", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crossley-ada-jemima\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tarraville, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Woodlands Park Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England", "Occupations": "Singer", "Summary": "Contralto singer Madame Ada Crossley studied piano under Mrs Hastings of Port Albert and later Signor Zelman. She then sang with Madame Fanny Simonsen of Melbourne. Prior to leaving Australia in March 1894, to study in Europe, she gave farewell concerts in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. With Percy Grainger a member of her entourage, she toured Australia and New Zealand, returning to England via South Africa (1903-1904). Crossley returned to Australia for a series of concerts in 1908-1909. Once again Grainger was a supporting artist. During the First World War she sang at benefit concerts. After the war she reduced her professional engagements. Ada Crossley died on 17 October 1929 at Woodlands Park, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire.\n", "Events": "Debuted in Sydney (1892 - ) \nEngaged by J C Williamson to visit Australia and New Zealand, she returned to England via South Africa (1903 - 1904) \nLeft Australia to study with (Sir) Charles Santley in London and later in Paris with Madame Marchesi (1894 - ) \nMade her London debut at the Queen's Hall (1895 - ) \nMarried Dr Francis Frederick (1879-1945), throat specialist, (1905 - 1905) \nPerformed with the third Philharmonic Subscription Concert at the Melbourne town hall (1889 - ) \nRevisited Australia (1908 - 1909) \nShe claimed a repertoire of 500 sacred songs and ballads, ranging from Gluck and Handel to Richard Strauss, and she sang in English, German, French, Italian, Norwegian, Danish and Russian (1903 - 1903) \nToured the United States of America, during which she recorded for the Victor Gramophone Companies Red Seal Celebrity series (1902 - 1903)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crossley-ada-jemima-1871-1929\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/monash-biographical-dictionary-of-20th-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/profile-jill-crossley\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wemyss-family-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Glencross, Eleanor", "Entry ID": "AWE0561", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/glencross-eleanor\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Political candidate, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Eleanor Glencross was the second woman to stand for the Victorian Parliament. She unsuccessfully contested the seat of Brighton in 1928 as an Independent Nationalist. She had previously stood for the Federal seat of Henty in 1922 and in 1943 the seat of Martin. A former general secretary, chief speaker and organizer of the Australian Women's National League in 1920 Glencross became president of the Housewives' Association of Victoria. In 1923 she became president of the Federated Housewives Association of Australia. During World War II she was prominent in patriotic activities as a member of the State advisory committee of the Commonwealth prices commissioner, the council of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund and of the executive of the Women's Voluntary National Register.\n", "Events": "Appointed to the Commonwealth Film Censorship Board (1928 - 1928) \nEncouraged the formation of the Victorian Women Citizens' Movement (1922 - 1922) \nExecutive member of the National Council of Women of Victoria (1918 - 1928) \nGeneral secretary, chief speaker and organizer of the Australian Women's National League (1911 - 1912) \nJoined the staff of the National Association of New South Wales (1931 - 1931) \nMarried grazier Andrew Glencross (d. 1930) (1917 - 1917) \nOne of the first female justices of the peace appointed in Victoria (1927 - 1927) \nOne of three women members of the Council of British Empire Exhibition, Melbourne (1928 - 1928) \nPresided at the only Melbourne Women's Citizens' Function to entertain the Duchess of York (1928 - 1928) \nPresident of the Federated Housewives' Association of Australia (1923 - 1923) \nPresident of the Housewives' Association of Victoria (1920 - 1920) \nPresident of the National Council of Women of Victoria (1927 - 1928) \nReturned to Sydney (1913 - 1913) \nReturned to Sydney (1928 - 1928) \nSalaried chairwoman of directors of the Housewives' Association of New South Wales (1938 - 1938) \nServed on the Victorian royal commission on the high cost of living (1923 - 1923) \nStood as an Independent for the Federal seat of Henty (1922 - 1922) \nStood as an Independent for the Federal seat of Martin (1943 - 1943) \nStood as an Independent for the Victorian seat of Brighton (1928 - 1928) \nWomen's organizer for the Liberal Association of New South Wales (1913 - 1913) \nWorked for the People's Liberal Party (1912 - 1913)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/double-time-women-in-victoria-150-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liberal-women-federation-to-1949\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/glencross-eleanor-1876-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-mission-to-the-home-the-housewives-association-the-womans-christian-temperance-union-and-protestant-christianity-1920-1940\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-early-years-of-the-housewives-association-of-victoria-1915-1930\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/minutes-1904-1960-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-herbert-and-ivy-brookes-1869-1970-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-victoria-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-voluntary-national-register-new-south-wales-council-minute-book-1939-1940\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gunn, Jeannie (Mrs Aeneas)", "Entry ID": "AWE0562", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gunn-jeannie-mrs-aeneas\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Carlton, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author", "Summary": "Mrs Aeneas Gunn was the author of The Black Princess, published in 1905, and We of the Never Never, published in 1908. During and after World War I she worked tirelessly to support the servicemen of Monbulk, Victoria who she referred to as \"my boys.\" She was awarded an OBE in 1939, \"in recognition of her services to Australian Literature and to the disabled soldiers and their dependents.\" In 1948 she began to work on a book recording all the details of the volunteers from Monbulk who had served in the Boer War, the Boxer Rebellion and World War I. Gunn presented her completed manuscript to the Monbulk RSL in 1953 and the book, My Boys - A Book of Remembrance, was published for the first time in 2000.\n", "Details": "Mrs Aeneas Gunn was born Jeannie Taylor on 5 June 1870 in Melbourne, Victoria, the second youngest of six children. She was educated privately by her mother and at seventeen matriculated at the University of Melbourne.\nIn 1888, Gunn opened a private school in their home in Hawthorn with her sisters. Named Rolyat, Taylor backwards, the school was regularly attended by 50 - 60 pupils until it closed in 1896 when one of her sister's married. Gunn then became a visiting teacher and her subjects included gymnastics and elocution.\nShe married Aeneas James Gunn in 1901. Just before their marriage he had become a partner in Elsey, a cattle station on the Roper River, 483 km south of Darwin, so the newlyweds soon set sail for Port Darwin. While her husband worked as the station manager, Gunn impressed those who said a woman would be out of place on station with her sense of humour and fine horsemanship. She took an interest in the lives of the Aboriginals who lived and drifted through the station, displaying a true sympathy and affection for their way of life.\nUnfortunately, outback life lasted only 13 months, Gunn returned to Melbourne after her husband died of malarial dysentery in 1903. Back in Melbourne, she longed for the quiet bush life and found solace travelling with her father to Monbulk, a settlement in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges. Encouraged by friends who had read her letters and heard her tell stories to their children, Gunn wrote The Little Black Princess, which was published in Australia and England in 1905, and was about Bett-Bett, an Aboriginal child she had befriended at Elsey. In 1908, her second book We of the Never Never, was published. Although it was entitled a novel, it was a recreation of actual events. The book went on to became an Australian classic, it was used in schools and translated into German.\nDuring World War I and after, Gunn became active in welfare work for soldiers and their families, especially in Monbulk. She virtually adopted all the men who enlisted to serve in the war from Monbulk, referring to them as \"my boys.\" She sent parcels and letters to them while they were overseas, knitted socks and kept a photo of every single one of her boys on her mantelpiece.\nAfter the war, Gunn worked tirelessly for the welfare of the returned servicemen, becoming an unofficial liaison between them and the Repatriation Department. In 1925 she became patron for the Monbulk diggers T B Sailors and Soldiers Assistance Relief Fund and she did not miss a function in the next 21 years. Gunn helped to organise a clubroom and library for the Monbulk sub branch of the Returned Sailors Soldiers and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia. She received an OBE in 1939, \"in recognition of her services to Australian Literature and to disabled soldiers and their dependents.\"\nIn 1948, Gunn embarked on a project to record the efforts and sacrifices of Monbulk during World War I. It was her intention to record the service details of every volunteer from Monbulk who served their country in the Boer War, the Boxer Rebellion and World War I. She said of the book that it was \"not an honour roll - it is definitely a record of each man's service to his country.\" Gunn presented her completed manuscript to the Monbulk RSL in 1953 and the book, My Boys - A Book of Remembrance, was published for the first time in 2000.\nMrs Aeneas Gunn passed away on 9 June 1961, four days after celebrating her 91st birthday. 200 mourners packed Scots Church in Collins St, Melbourne for her funeral.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victoria-the-first-century-an-historical-survey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-the-lyceum-club-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-boys-a-book-of-remembrance\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-little-black-princess-a-true-tale-of-life-in-the-never-never-land\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/we-of-the-never-never\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flynns-outback-angels-casting-the-mantle-1901-to-world-war-ii\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gunn-jeannie-1870-1961\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-dorothy-lush-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/notes-and-letter-on-the-characters-in-we-of-the-never-never\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-the-gunn-family-1841-1912-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-norman-mccance-1894-1972-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-mrs-aeneas-gunn-1955-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manuscripts-and-correspondence-of-mrs-aeneas-gunn-1905-1937-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-1937-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manuscripts-and-correspondence-19-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Flett, Penelope (Penny) Ruth", "Entry ID": "AWE0563", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flett-penelope-penny-ruth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Medical administrator", "Summary": "Dr Penny Flett, who settled in Australia in 1965, was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2003 for service to the aged and disabled community through the Brightwater Care Group. Prior to becoming the Chief Executive Officer of the Brightwater Care Group on 23 July 1986 Flett worked in a variety of positions including four years with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). In 1974 she became the first woman in peacetime to hold a male rank and the first woman doctor to serve in the RAAF. Penny Flett was named Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year in 1998.\n", "Events": "Awarded the Centenary Medal (2003 - 2003) \nBoard member of the Positive Ageing Foundation, Western Australia (1999 - 2002) \nBoard member of the State Training Board of Western Australia (2001 - 2002) \nChair of the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Board (1997 - 2000) \nChief Executive Officer of the Brightwater Care Group (Inc.) (1986 - ) \nFirst woman in peacetime to hold a male rank and first woman doctor to serve in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) (1974 - 1974) \nMember of the Australian Bravery Decorations Council (1999 - ) \nMember St George's College Council (1999 - ) \nSettled in Australia (1965 - 1965) \nTelstra Australian Businesswoman of the Year (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/extended-care-services-in-metropolitan-perth-directions-for-change\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-dr-penny-flett-first-woman-doctor-to-serve-in-peace-time-as-an-officer-in-the-medical-service-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fisher, Mary (Marie) Gertrude", "Entry ID": "AWE0564", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fisher-mary-marie-gertrude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "After 21\u00bd years Marie Fisher retired from the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps, Australian Regular Army (WRAAC ARA) on 23 July 1974 and was placed on the retired list. During her service she qualified and was promoted from Private to Captain having served in New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria. Following her discharge from the WRAAC Fisher returned to study at both the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) college and the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where she was later employed before retiring in 1991 aged 65 years.\n", "Details": "Before enlisting in the WRAAC ARA on 9 January 1953 Marie Fisher worked with the New South Wales Public Service in the Office of the Department of Motor Transport and later with the Department of Supply. After completing Recruit school at Queenscliff, Victoria, Fisher was posted as a typist\/clerk at Eastern Command Troops, Randwick (NSW) and then with the School of Military Intelligence (North Head, Sydney). In 1956 she was stationed in Tasmania and Victoria and was promoted to Lance Corporal, Corporal and Sergeant.\nOn 4 November 1959 Fisher graduated from the Officer Cadet School at Georges Heights, Sydney and Lieutenant Fisher was posted to Fort Largs in South Australia. She was then transferred to 1 Recruit Training Battalion (Wagga Wagga); 10 WRAAC Barrack (Brisbane); 3 WRAAC Company (Victoria) 5 Signal Regiment (Dundas) and the School of Artillery (North Head, Sydney). In 1965 Fisher qualified and was promoted to Captain. Aged 48 years Fisher retired on 23 July 1974 and was placed on the retired list. She had served with the WRAAC ARA for 21\u00bd years.\nReturning to study, Fisher completed a TAFE course after which she enrolled at the UNSW. She then worked with the University before retiring in 1991.\nIn 1977 Fisher joined the WRAAC Association (NSW) with her sister Nora Fisher. A staunch supporter of the Association she attended meetings and functions as well as attending Anzac Day marchers, when she proudly wore her father's medals from World War 1.\nMarie Fisher died on 5 October 1995 aged 69 years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tenison Woods, Mary Cecil", "Entry ID": "AWE0568", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tenison-woods-mary-cecil\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Ryde, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Barrister, Child welfare advocate, Lawyer, Solicitor", "Summary": "Mary Tenison Woods (n\u00e9e Kitson) was the first woman to graduate in law in South Australia. She was admitted to the bar on 20 October 1917. Her application to become a public notary in 1921 led to a change in the law: the existing Act did not include women as 'persons'.\nWhen Mary married in 1924 her partners did not wish to work with a married woman. Mary left the firm and formed a new partnership in 1925, in what may have been the first female practice in Australia. In the mid 1930s, Mary moved to Sydney and worked as a legal editor.\nFollowing the failure of her marriage to Julian Tenison Woods, she moved to Sydney with her son, where she worked as a legal editor. In 1941 she became a member of the Child Welfare Advisory Council (NSW), held many honorary positions and served on a number of boards. Mary lectured at the university on legal aspects of social work and wrote several legal textbooks on a range of subjects.\nIn 1950 Tenison Woods was appointed chief of the office of the status of women in the division of human rights, United Nations Secretariat, New York. During her term two major conventions were adopted: the Convention of the Political Rights of Women (1952), the first international law aimed at the granting and protection of women's full political rights, and the Convention of the Nationality of Married Women (1957) which decreed that marriage should not affect the nationality of a wife.\nOn 13 June 1959 Mary Tenison Woods was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for public service, especially with the United Nations. Previously she had been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 8 June 1950 for services to child welfare.\n", "Events": "After moving to Sydney with her son, she worked as legal editor with Butterworth's Book Company (1930 - 1950) \nAppointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for public service, especially with the United Nations Organization (1959 - 1959) \nAppointed appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to child welfare. (1950 - 1950) \nAppointed Chief of the Office of the Status of Women in the Human Rights Division of the United Nations (1950 - 1958) \nBecame a partner in the reconstituted firm of Johnstone, Ronald & Kitson (1919 - 1919) \nFirst woman to be admitted to the Bar in South Australia (1917 - 1917) \nFounder of the New South Wales St Joan's Social and Political Alliance (1946 - 1946) \nGraduated from the University of Adelaide, (LLB) (1916 - 1916) \nHer husband's name was removed from the roll for misuse of trust funds. The couple separated. (1927 - 1927) \nJoined Dorothy Somerville in practice, as her former partners preferred not to work with a married woman (1925 - 1925) \nKitson's application to become a public notary led to a change in the law: the existing Act did not include women as 'persons' (1921 - 1921) \nLectured part time at the University of Sydney on legal aspects of social work (1940 - 1950) \nMary Kitson married barrister and solicitor, Julian Gordon Tenison Woods, they were to have one son (1924 - 1924) \nNominated (unsuccessfully) to be the Australian representative on the United Nations Organization Status of Women Commission (1948 - 1948) \nPublished Juvenile Delinquency (1937 - 1937) \nSat on the board of the Women's Australian National Services (1940 - 1945) \nServed on the New South Wales Board of Social Studies at the University of Sydney (1941 - 1949) \nServed on the New South Wales Board of Social Study and Training (1935 - 1940) \nShe received grants from the Carnegie Corporation to research delinquency (1930 - 1930) \nWrote two articles for the Sydney Morning Herald highlighting problems at Parramatta and at the Gosford Boy's Home (1944 - 1944)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/law\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-tenison-woods\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-tenison-woods-social-and-political-activist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/capital-issues-and-economic-organization-regulations-as-amended-to-date-and-continued-in-force-by-the-commonwealth-defence-transitional-provisions-act-1946\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/butterworths-commercial-legislation-service-being-a-complete-digest-of-acts-of-parliament-regulations-and-orders-of-the-commonwealth-and-all-states-of-australia-including-notes-on-decisions-of-the\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/butterworths-digest-of-commercial-legislation-1947-being-a-complete-digest-of-acts-of-parliament-regulations-rules-and-orders-of-the-commonwealth-and-all-states-of-australia-which-relate-to-commerc\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/digest-of-commercial-legislation-being-a-complete-digest-of-acts-of-parliament-regulations-rules-and-orders-of-the-commonwealth-and-all-states-of-australia-which-relate-to-commerce\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/digest-of-war-legislation-in-australia-being-a-complete-digest-of-acts-of-parliament-regulations-rules-and-orders-by-laws-proclamations-and-notices-of-the-commonwealth-and-all-states-of-australi\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ex-servicemens-legislation-being-the-re-establishment-and-employment-act-1945\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/juvenile-delinquency-with-special-references-to-institutional-treatment\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/landlord-and-tenant-and-land-sales-control-legislation-of-new-south-wales-being-the-landlord-and-tenant-amendment-act-1948-and-war-service-moratorium-regulations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/landlord-and-tenant-commonwealth-regulations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/price-regulations-consolidated-and-annotated-being-prices-regulations-as-amended-to-date-and-continued-in-force-by-the-commonwealth-defence-transitional-provisions-act-1946\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/three-women-of-faith-gertrude-abbott-elizabeth-anstice-baker-and-mary-tenison-woods\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tenison-woods-mary-cecil-1893-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-mary-cecil-tenison-woods-barrister-legal-author-and-editor-and-child-welfare-reformer-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jeffrey, Agnes (Betty)", "Entry ID": "AWE0570", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jeffrey-agnes-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Nurse, Nursing administrator", "Summary": "Betty Jeffrey was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 8 June 1987 for service to the welfare of nurses in Victoria and ex-service men and women. Jeffrey was one of the members of the Australian Army Nursing Service who was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore in 1942. Incarcerated in Japanese prisoner of war camps for three and a half years, after the war she wrote about the experiences in White Coolies (1954) which was later the basis for the film script Paradise Road (1999). After her return to Melbourne, and spending some time in hospital, Jeffrey and fellow survivor Vivian Bullwinkel travelled throughout Victoria raising funds towards a memorial for military nurses. The Nurses Memorial Centre was opened on 19 February 1950 and Jeffrey was appointed its first administrator. In 1986 she became the Centre's patron.\n", "Events": "Appointed administrator of the Nurses Memorial Centre (1950 - 1950) \nArrived back in Australia (1945 - 1945) \nArrived in Singapore with the 2\/10 Australian General Hospital (1941 - 1941) \nCompleted nursing training at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne (1935 - 1938) \nDischarged from the Australian Army Nursing Service (1946 - 1946) \nEvacuated from Singapore with approximately 300 people on the Vyner Brooke (1942 - 1942) \nIncarcerated in Japanese prisoner of war camps in Sumatra (1942 - 1945) \nJoined the Australian Army Nursing Service (1941 - 1941) \nPatron of the Nurses Memorial Centre (1986 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/diary-of-sister-betty-jeffrey-australian-nursing-sister-captured-by-the-japanese-in-world-war-ii\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-coolies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/matron-a-m-sage-sammie-a-tribute-by-betty-jeffrey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/betty-jeffrey-oam-rn\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-womans-war-the-exceptional-life-of-wilma-oram-young-am\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram", "Entry ID": "AWE0571", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/young-wilma-elizabeth-forster-oram\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Glenorchy, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/betty-jeffrey-oam-rn\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-womans-war-the-exceptional-life-of-wilma-oram-young-am\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/service-nurses-honoured-with-long-awaited-memorial\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lang, Margaret Irene", "Entry ID": "AWE0572", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lang-margaret-irene\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Creswick, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Canterbury, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Matron, Nurse", "Summary": "Margaret Lang was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 8 June 1950 for service with the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service. Lang was the founder and Matron-in-Chief of the Service during World War II. She had completed her training at Wangaratta District Hospital and the Women's Hospital (later Royal), Melbourne. During World War I Lang served in Salonika with the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). Other positions she held included being a Matron of a number of Victorian country hospitals, the Police Hospital and the Talbot Epileptics Colony in Clayton, Victoria.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/world-war-ii-nursing-services\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/story-of-the-raaf-nursing-service-1940-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-miss-margaret-irene-lang-founder-of-the-raaf-nursing-service\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/matron-margaret-lang\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-margaret-lang-nursing-administrator-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baker, Edith Clarice", "Entry ID": "AWE0575", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baker-edith-clarice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Wakefield, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Matron, Nurse", "Summary": "Edith Baker undertook her nursing training at Memorial Hospital, Adelaide and then worked in South Africa and England before being appointed to the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) in 1941. Baker rose to the position of area matron before being discharged on 8 May 1944.\n", "Events": "Appointed to the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) (1941 - 1941) \nDischarged from the RAAFNS (1944 - 1944) \nMarried Eric G McGlaughlin (1944 - 1944) \nNursing experience in South Africa and England (1925 - 1941) \nPromoted to Area Matron, RAAFNS (1943 - 1943) \nPromoted to Matron, RAAFNS (1943 - 1943) \nPromoted to Senior Sister, RAAFNS (1942 - ) \nTraining at the Memorial Hospital, Adelaide (1921 - 1925)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baker-edith-clarice-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/story-of-the-raaf-nursing-service-1940-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Docker, Betty Bristow", "Entry ID": "AWE0576", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/docker-betty-bristow\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "St Kilda, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Matron, Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "The funeral service for former Group Officer Betty Docker, aged 81, was held at the Royal Military College, Duntroon. Director of the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) Docker trained at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. She then joined the hospital staff before enlisting with the RAAFNS in 1944. During her time in the service she fought for change so married women could continue on as nurses and women could reach the highest ranks - something not allowed previously. After 28 years with the RAAFNS Docker retired in 1975 having been awarded The Royal Red Cross (2nd Class), 1968; Royal Red Cross, 1970; the Florence Nightingale Medal, 1971 and the National Medal in 1977.\n", "Events": "Assistant to the Director of Nursing Service (1965 - 1967) \nAwarded the Florence Nightingale Medal for distinguished service (1971 - 1971) \nAwarded the National Medal (1977 - 1977) \nAwarded the Royal Red Cross (2nd Class) Medal (1968 - 1968) \nAwarded the Royal Red Cross Medal (1970 - 1970) \nCommenced nursing training at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne (1939 - 1939) \nDirector of Nursing Service (1969 - 1975) \nJoined the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) (1944 - 1944) \nMatron of No 4 RAAF Hospital, Butterworth, Malaysia (1967 - 1969) \nPosted to Aeromedical Evacuation Duties and Japan Occupation Force (1944 - 1950) \nPresented with the Queen's Honorary Nursing Sister (QHNS) Award (1969 - 1969) \nRetired from the RAAFNS, after 28 years of service (1975 - 1975) \nStaff member at the Alfred Hospital (1943 - 1944) \nSupervised the flight nursing staff to and from Vietnam (1967 - 1969)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-true-nightingale-in-a-shining-uniform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/story-of-the-raaf-nursing-service-1940-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/commandant-janice-webb-later-hilton-australian-red-cross-arc-left-and-wing-officer-betty-docker-matron-of-4-raaf-hospital-at-butterworth-malaysia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sutherland, Selina Murray Macdonald", "Entry ID": "AWE0577", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sutherland-selina-murray-macdonald\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Parish of Kildonnel, Sutherland, Scotland", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Philanthropist, Welfare worker", "Summary": "Selina (also spelt Sulina) Sutherland was the first person in the State of Victoria to be licensed under the 1887 Neglected Children's Act. The Act sanctioned private licensed individuals to remove children from unfit homes and take them under their own guardianship. The daughter of Baigrie and Janet (n\u00e9e MacDonald) Sutherland, Selina Sutherland was born in Scotland, spent some time in New Zealand before settling in Melbourne, Australia, in 1881. Initially she worked as a nurse and, along with Mrs Maria Armour, founded the Scots' Church Neglected Children's Aid Society in 1881. For the next 28 years Sutherland was involved with helping Melbourne's poor. Following her death on 8 October 1909 a public appeal was held to erected a granite memorial for her grave.\n", "Events": "Appointed by the Presbytery of Melbourne the first Lady Missionary to the Presbyterian Churches in Victoria (1886 - ) \nEmigrated to New Zealand on the Eastern Empire (1864 - ) \nEstablished the Presbyterian Neglected Children's Aid Society (1894 - 1894) \nEstablished the Society in Aid of Maternity Hospital Patients (1883 - ) \nEstablished the Victorian Neglected Children's Aid Society (1895 - 1895) \nFounded the Melbourne District Nursing Society (1885 - 1885) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2010 - 2010) \nInterrupted a meeting of the Melbourne Ladies' Benevolent Society, with a group of poor people whose needs she felt the Society was failing to meet. (1892 - 1892) \nMatron of Wellington Hospital (1879 - ) \nPrincipal founder of Masterton Hospital (1879 - 1879) \nSettled in Melbourne, Victoria (1881 - 1881) \nThe first person to be appointed in Victoria to receive children under the Neglected Children's Act, part 8 (1888 - 1888) \nVisited the United Kingdom during the Queen Victoria's Diamond Jublee and presented to Queen Victoria (1897 - 1897) \nWrote a paper on slum life in Melbourne for the second Australasian Conference on Charity (1891 - 1891)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johns-notable-australians-1906\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/selina-sutherland-child-rescuer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/selinas-legacy-from-vcas-to-oz-child\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-victorian-charity-network-in-the-1890s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/selina-m-sutherland-her-life-story-and-work\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/not-just-ordinary-blokes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biography-sutherland-selina-murray-mcdonald\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1893-1993-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Osborne, Ethel Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0579", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/osborne-ethel-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England", "Death Place": "East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Ethel Osborne and her husband William, who had been appointed professor of physiology and histology at the University of Melbourne, migrated to Australia in 1904. Osborne, a foundation member of The Catalysts, visited the Lyceum Club while travelling through London. At the inaugural meeting of the Lyceum Club in Melbourne she was elected vice-president. Back in England during World War I Osborne worked with the British Ministry of Munitions of War. Here she conducted investigations for the Health of Munition Workers' Committee and the Industrial Fatigue Research Board. Upon her return to Melbourne she was invited to report to the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration on the conditions of employment of women workers in the clothing industry, for a case which won some workers a 44 hour week. Osborne then studied medicine at the University of Melbourne, practising at the Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, the (Royal) Melbourne Hospital and privately. Osborne became a foundation member of the Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy council, serving as treasurer, vice-president and president. When the college's new premises were opened in 1927, its hall was named after her. Before retiring, in 1938, Osborne represented Australia at the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference (Honolulu 1928 and 1930), attended the Congress on Industrial Accidents and Diseases (Geneva) the International Congress of Industrial Relations (Amsterdam), the Disarmament Conference (Paris) and investigated employment problems in Yorkshire.\n", "Events": "Appointed substitute delegate to the League of Nations assembly (1931 - 1931) \nAttended four public health congresses in England and an international congress on cancer research in Brussels (1937 - 1937) \nAttended inaugural meeting and elected vice-president of the Lyceum Club, Melbourne (1912 - 1912) \nAttended the Congress on Industrial Accidents and Diseases (Geneva), the International Congress on Industrial Relations (Amsterdam), the Disarmament Conference (Paris), and investigated employment problems in Yorkshire (1931 - 1931) \nCommonwealth delegate to the international congress on industrial accidents and diseases, Amsterdam (1925 - 1925) \nCommonwealth delegate to the international congress on industrial accidents and diseases, Budapest (1928 - 1928) \nFoundation member of The Catalysts (1910 - 1910) \nFoundation member of the Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy Council (1912 - 1937) \nGraduated MB BS from the University of Melbourne (1923 - 1923) \nGraduated with a Diploma of Public Health from the University of Melbourne (1931 - 1931) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2008 - 2008) \nInvited to report to the Australian Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration on the conditions of employment of women workers in the clothing industry (1919 - 1919) \nMarried William Osborne at Armley Church of England and they were to have four children (1903 - 1903) \nMedicial locum in England and substitute delegate to the League of Nations assembly (1932 - 1932) \nObtained BSc. from Leeds University (1901 - 1901) \nPresident of the Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy Council (1915 - 1917) \nPresident of the Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy Council (1919 - 1929) \nProgramme secretary and liaison officer for the League of Nations and the International Labour Office at the second Pan-Pacific Women's Conference, Honolulu (1930 - 1930) \nPublished her report on the health of female workers in the printing and allied trades, commissioned by the union (1924 - 1924) \nRepresented Australia at the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference in Honolulu (1928 - 1928) \nRetired with her husband to their property at Kangaroo Ground (1938 - 1938) \nSettled in Australia (1904 - 1904) \nVisited the Lyceum Club, London and reported back to the Catalysts group (1910 - 1910) \nVisited the United States of America and investigated industrial hygiene and medicine, women's unionism and home economics (1921 - 1921) \nWhen the Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy new premises were opened, its hall was named after her (1927 - 1927) \nWhile overseas she investigated dietary departments and schools for St Vincent's Hospital (1928 - 1929)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/degrees-of-liberation-a-short-history-of-women-in-the-university-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-the-lyceum-club-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-emily-mac-the-story-of-the-emily-mcpherson-college-1906-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ethel-elizabeth-osborne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-webb-a-memoir\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/osborne-ethel-elizabeth-1882-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/osborne-william-alexander-1873-1967\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1912-ca-1970-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1910-2013-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Webb, Jessie Stobo Watson", "Entry ID": "AWE0580", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webb-jessie-stobo-watson\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ellerslie station, near Tumut, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Linden Private Hospital St Kilda, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Historian, Lecturer", "Summary": "Jessie Webb became the first female teacher at the University of Melbourne when she joined the History Department. A prominent figure in women's organisations she was a founding member of the Catalysts, the Lyceum Club, the Victorian Women Graduates Association, and the Women's College. Webb, who completed two major overseas trips, is permanently commemorated in the name of the History Department Library at the University of Melbourne.\n", "Events": "Accompanied Dr Georgina Sweet on a journey from Cape Town to Cairo (1922 - 1923) \nActing professor at the University of Melbourne (1925 - 1925) \nActing professor at the University of Melbourne (1933 - 1934) \nActing professor at the University of Melbourne (1942 - 1944) \nAlternate delegate to the League of Nations assembly (1923 - 1923) \nAppointed by the University of Melbourne Council as an evening lecturer in history, to teach courses on the British Empire and Ancient History (1908 - 1908) \nAwarded the Wyselaskie Scholarship in English Constitutional History (1901 - 1901) \nBecame a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne (1923 - 1923) \nCompleted second oversea trip. From England to North Africa, then back to France and by train to Athens, thence to Turkey, down to the Aegean coast and east as far as Cappadocia. She returned to Germany then to Syria and Iraq. (1936 - 1936) \nElected president of the Princess Ida Club (1909 - 1909) \nEnrolled at the University of Melbourne (1898 - 1898) \nFoundation member of the Lyceum Club (1912 - 1944) \nFoundation member of the Royal Victorian Historical Society, membership number 30. (1909 - 1909) \nGave a paper to the Catalysts on Crete (1916 - 1916) \nGave a paper to the Catalysts on the causes of war (1914 - 1914) \nGave a paper to the Catalysts titled 'Pragmatism, or the life and works of Annie Swan' (1911 - 1911) \nGraduated Batchelor of Arts (BA) (1902 - 1902) \nJoined the Princess Ida Club. Membership number 222 (1898 - 1898) \nOne of the original 19 members who formed the Catalysts (1910 - 1910) \nPassed matriculation examinations aged 16 years. Obtained honours in English, History and French and passed in German, Geography and Physiology. She obtained the Exhibition in English and History. (1896 - ) \nPresident of the Melbourne Lyceum Club (1920 - 1922) \nPresident of the Victorian Woman Graduates' Association (1924 - 1925) \nPrincipal of Coaching College at 6, The Block, Collins Street, Melbourne (1914 - 1921) \nRegistered as a teacher under the Teachers and Schools Registration Act of 1905 (1906 - 1906) \nServed on the Princess Ida Club committee 1911-1912, 1914 and was delegate to the National Council of Women of Victoria (1911 - 1914) \nTutor in history and political economy at Trinity College (1901 - 1912) \nWinner of the Cobden Club medal (1901 - 1901)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/degrees-of-liberation-a-short-history-of-women-in-the-university-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/150-years-150-stories-brief-biographies-of-one-hundred-and-fifty-remarkable-people-associated-with-the-university-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-webb-a-memoir\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-webb-scholarship\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-webb-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-the-lyceum-club-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/garden-parties-and-politics-the-victorian-womens-graduate-association-1920-1945\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webb-jessie-stobo-watson-1880-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webb-jessie-stobo-watson-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/churchward-lloyd-gordon\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/haynes-stanley-goddard\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ridley-ronald-thomas\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webster-mona\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webb-jessie-stobo-watson-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webb-jessie-stobo-watson-4\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parker, Kathleen Isabel Alice (Kay)", "Entry ID": "AWE0585", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parker-kathleen-isabel-alice-kay\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Wyoming, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Captain Kay Parker was one of the six army nurses and eleven civilians who were taken to Japan as Prisoners of War from Rabaul on 23rd January 1942.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parker-kathleen-isabel-alice-kay-1916-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Downing, Cecilia", "Entry ID": "AWE0586", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/downing-cecilia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Islington, London, England", "Death Place": "Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Cecilia Downing was a leading figure in the Victorian women's movement in the early twentieth century, spreading her activities and influence over an enormous range of organisations. The daughter of Isaac and Mary (n\u00e9e Morgan) Hopkins, Downing was born in London and came to Australia in 1858. She obtained her Teaching Certificate from the Training Institution in Carlton and taught at Portarlington before marrying John Downing in 1885. The couple returned to Melbourne in 1901. Although she had seven children, Cecilia became heavily involved in women's groups and welfare work. She was one of Victoria's first child probation officers (1907) and was an officer bearer with both the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Australian Women's National League. From the 1920s, she devoted her energies to the Housewives Association (having become one of its earliest members in 1917) and served as its federal president from 1940-45 and Victorian president from 1938 until her death in 1952. On 8 June 1950 Cecilia Downing was appointed a Member of the British Empire for social welfare services in Victoria.\n", "Details": "A member of the Collins Street Baptist Church for 46 years, she helped establish their Women's Guild in 1910 and the Victorian Baptist Women's Association in 1926. In 1935 she was elected foundation president of the Women's Board of the Baptist Union of Australia. She was also honorary secretary of the National Council of Women of Victoria (1928-1935) and foundation president of the National Travellers' Aid Society (1944), having been an executive member of the Victorian Society since 1920. During WWII she was also involved with the Australian Comforts Fund, the Victorian Council of Women's Emergency Service and the War Loan and War Savings Certificates Committee.\n", "Events": "Australian Delegate to the Baptist World Alliance Conference in Toronto (1928 - 1928) \nAustralian Delegate to the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Lausanne (1928 - 1928) \nExecutive Member, Travellers' Aid Society of Victoria (1920 - 1932) \nFounding superintendent of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union's immigration department (1911 - 1911) \nHonorary Secretary, National Council of Women of Victoria (1928 - 1936) \nJoined the Collins Street Baptist Church (1906 - 1906) \nJunior Vice President, Travellers' Aid Society of Victoria (1932 - 1940) \nMarried John Downing, they had seven children (1885 - 1885) \nOne of the government's first child-probation officers (1907 - 1907) \nPresident of the Australian Baptist Women's Board (1935 - 1938) \nPresident of the Federated Association of Australian Housewives (1949 - 1951) \nPresident of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1912 - 1915) \nPresident, Collins Street Baptist Women's Guild (1934 - 1943) \nPresident, Federated Association of Australian Housewives (1940 - 1945) \nPresident, Housewives Association of Victoria (1938 - 1952) \nPresident, National Travellers' Aid Society (1944 - 1944) \nPresident, National Travellers' Aid Society (1947 - 1947) \nPresident, Travellers' Aid Society of Victoria (1941 - 1942) \nPresident, Travellers' Aid Society of Victoria (1945 - 1945) \nRecording secretary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Victoria (1909 - 1909) \nSecretary, Baptist Women's Association, Victoria (1932 - 1941) \nVice-president of the Housewives' Co-operative Association (later Housewives' Association of Victoria) (1917 - 1917)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/founder-of-the-womens-board-cecilia-downing\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/downing-cecilia-1858-1952\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-sacred-trust-cecilia-downing-baptist-faith-and-feminist-citizenship\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/for-the-good-that-we-can-do-cecilia-downing-and-feminist-christian-citizenship\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-mission-to-the-home-the-housewives-association-the-womans-christian-temperance-union-and-protestant-christianity-1920-1940\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-dictionary-of-evangelical-biography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-victoria-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/minutes-1904-1960-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/minute-books-1850-1983-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womans-christian-temperance-union-of-victoria\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womans-christian-temperance-union-of-victoria-inc-community-organisation-records\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1939-1985-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Frost, Catherine Adelaide Marcelle", "Entry ID": "AWE0587", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/frost-catherine-adelaide-marcelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Before joining the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) in 1942, Catherine Frost (n\u00e9e Sommers) was a full time ballet student. She worked part time in the family cycle business as well as competing in track cycle racing and being a member of the New South Wales Flying Club. With the WAAAF she was a fabric worker. Following World War II Frost became a member of a number of community services including the Prince Henry Little Bay Hospital, the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Camperdown and the Asthma Children's Foundation, Sutherland. On 26 January 1997 Catherine Frost was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia and she received the Australian Sports Medal on 30 August 2000.\n", "Events": "Awarded Medal of the Order of Australia for service to Lawn Bowls at Club, State and National levels and to the community (1997 - 1997) \nAwarded the Australian Sports Medal (2000 - 2000) \nJoined the Lawn Bowls Association (1950 - 1950) \nLearn to Swim instructor for the Asthma Association (1965 - 1971) \nLearn to Swim instructor for the NSW Swimming Association (1955 - 1968) \nLearn to Swim instructor for the Sutherland Physically & Intellectually Challenged Children (1969 - 1980) \nMarried Jack Douglas Frost and they had one daughter (1946 - 1946) \nMember of the Asthma Association (1950 - 1950) \nPresident of Lawn Bowls International (2000 - 2002) \nPresident of the Royal NSW Bowling Association (1988 - 1990) \nPresident of the Sutherland Lawn Bowls Club (1960 - 1964) \nPromoted to Corporal (1943 - 1943) \nPromoted to Sergeant (1944 - 1944) \nSecretary of Australian Women's Bowls Council. (1990 - 2001) \nSecretary of the Sutherland District Girl Guides Association (1966 - 1966) \nServed with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) (1942 - 1945)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sommers-catherine-adelaide-marcelle\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Price, Eileen May", "Entry ID": "AWE0588", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/price-eileen-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman, Teacher", "Summary": "A stenographer with the Department of Motor Transport, Eileen Price (n\u00e9e Lee) enjoyed dancing, surfing and roller skating before joining the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) on 6 June 1942. As a teleprinter operator, Aircraftwoman Lee was stationed at the Eastern Area Headquarters and the RAAF Station Canberra. After her discharge on 29 October 1945 she married Garnet George McLeod Price. The pair moved to Papua New Guinea when Garnet Price accepted a position as engineer with Guinea Air Traders.\nEileen Price returned to Sydney when she became pregnant, but her husband was killed in an aircraft accident and she raised their daughter, Catherine McLeod Price, with the help of her mother and by taking teaching positions with the Department of Technical Education.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-eileen-mary\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Backhouse, Enid (Elizabeth)", "Entry ID": "AWE0589", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/backhouse-enid-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Northam, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Western Australia", "Occupations": "Novelist, Servicewoman", "Summary": "After serving with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAAF) during the Second World War, Elizabeth Backhouse worked as a scriptwriter with Korda Films in England. Backhouse returned to Australia in 1951. She was a writer of novels, children's stories, plays, filmscripts, a ballet and a musical.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-writers-a-bibliographic-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/backhouse-enid-elizabeth-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austlit-the-australian-literature-resource\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-backhouse-interviewed-by-stuart-reid-for-the-battye-library-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1933-2001-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Desailly, Frances Esme", "Entry ID": "AWE0590", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/desailly-frances-esme\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Camperdown, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Charity worker, Justice of the Peace, Welfare worker", "Summary": "Frances Desailly was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 8 June 1939 for her services to charities. The granddaughter of an early pioneer of Victoria, Dr Daniel Curdie, she married Dr Julian Gilbert Desailly on 4 May 1904 and had one daughter. A member of a number of welfare societies, she was president of the Ladies' Benevolent Society and vice-president of the Girls' Employment Movement. Awarded life membership of the Camperdown Red Cross, Camperdown Mothers' Club and the District Hospital Auxiliary, she was also a member of the Charles Dickens Society and the Alexandra Club.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1941\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Berry, Margaret Maude", "Entry ID": "AWE0591", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/berry-margaret-maude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Kindergarten Principal, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Margaret Berry's distinguished career in the Australian armed forces began in October 1941. She was one of the original officers of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) and was in charge of the first AWZS training school at Mt Lofty. Other posts included being Assistant Controller with the Tasmanian Line of Command Area, the Second Australian Army and the 4th Military District.\nUpon leaving the AWAS in 1947 with the rank of major, Berry travelled to Britain and joined the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC). Commissioned with the rank of captain, she is thought to be the only Australian woman to have achieved this. Her experiences in the WRAC included:\n\ncompany command in Northern Ireland,\ncommanding officer in Kent,\npromotion to lieutenant-colonel with a posting to Egypt where she commanded a WRAC battalion of 400 women,\nservice as adviser to the Commander-in-Chief on matters relating to women,\na tour of duty to Cyprus, including the 1956 transfer of the WRAC to Cyprus.\n\nMargaret Berry returned to Australia in 1958 and devoted much of her time to caring for her mother and then her brother. She died in the same North Adelaide street she was born in, in September 2000.\nHer family remembers her as 'an incredibly worldly woman, always up to date yet timeless.'\n", "Details": "Margaret Berry was educated at Yoothamurra Private school, Adelaide School of Art, Adelaide Kindergarten Training Teaching College and Medway School of Art, Rochester, England. She worked as a Kindergarten Director in Australia, India and England before joining the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) during the Second World War.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Board, Ruby Willmet", "Entry ID": "AWE0592", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/board-ruby-willmet\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gunning, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Welfare worker, Women's rights activist, Women's rights organiser", "Summary": "Following her education in Sydney, Berlin and Paris, Ruby Board devoted her time to social welfare issues. She became a Member of the Board of the Rachael Forster Hospital and for a period was President of the National Council of Women of New South Wales. During World War II, Board was president of the Women's Voluntary National Register, a member of the executive of the Australian Comforts Fund and Defence Director of the Women's Auxiliary National Service.\n", "Details": "Ruby Board was the third president of the National Council of Women of Australia, assuming office in November 1942 in the depths of World War II. With her long experience in the organisation, she provided a steady hand during the two years of her NCWA leadership, focusing on issues relating particularly to treatment and pay of women in the services, postwar reconstruction (especially housing), and the perennial matters of uniform marriage and divorce laws and the nationality of married women (now made urgent by wartime marriages between Australian women and American soldiers). She had earlier led the Australian delegation to the International Council of Women in Washington in 1925 and served as treasurer of the Federal Council of the National Councils of Women of Australia and as interim treasurer of the new National Council of Women of Australia until the first board was elected in October 1931. Ruby Board also filled a number of offices in the NSW Council from before World War I, culminating in the presidency from 1938 to 1948.\nThe daughter of the renowned progressive NSW director of education, Peter Board, Ruby was educated in Sydney, Berlin and Paris, and, with no need to work for a living, devoted her adult life to social welfare and issues relating to justice for women. In addition to her NCW work during World War II, Board played a leading in NSW war support as president of the Women's Voluntary National Register, a member of the executive of the Australian Comforts Fund, Defence Director of the Women's Auxiliary National Service and president of the Housekeepers' Emergency Service. Board's other significant organisational work included membership of the Board of the Rachel Forster Hospital, local leadership of the Country Women's Association in the 1930s, and leading roles in the Diabetic Association of New South Wales from 1949-61.\nRuby Board was born on 15 October 1880, at Gunning, New South Wales, the only child of Peter Board and his wife Jessie Allen, n\u00e9e Bowes. Her social conscience was moulded by childhood happiness in 'this small and closely linked family' and by the progressive ideals of her father, who served as the first NSW director of education from 1905-22. Reform ideals and issues concerning justice for women (including suffrage) were also instilled by her maternal grandmother, Euphemia Bowes, who was a founder and early president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in NSW. Ruby also received a broad education, owing to her father's travels during periods of leave; she attended schools in Sydney, Berlin and Paris. Having independent means, Ruby was free to combine her aptitude for language with an interest in welfare. She published pamphlets on Australian Pronunciation: A Handbook for the Teaching of English in Australia (1927) and the Pupils' Practice Book for Vowel Sounds (1928).\nIn the early 1920s, Ruby Board moved with her parents to Leura, where she nursed her mother until her death in 1932. There she became a leading figure in the Country Women's Association and was president of the Blue Mountains branch from 1930 to 1938. A member of the National Council of Women of New South Wales for 50 years, she was honorary general secretary 1914-1918, interstate secretary 1919, president 1938-1948, and state delegate to the national conferences in 1946 and 1948. She led the Australian delegates to the sixth quinquennial convention of the International Council of Women in Washington in 1925. In 1931, she was interim honorary treasurer of the National Council of Women of Australia, president from 1942 to 1944 and Australian convenor for home economics for the period from 1944 up to 1952. As national president, she focused on war work but with an emphasis on the issues of importance to women-treatment and pay of women in the services, postwar reconstruction (especially housing), and uniform marriage and divorce laws and the nationality of married women, an issue of particular moment because of wartime marriages between Australian women and American soldiers. She was particularly proud to preside over the women's reception to Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife and emissary of the US president, in Sydney Town Hall in 1943.\nBoard's period in office also saw the establishment of the Australian Women's Charter movement and conference by Jessie Street, a challenge to the claims of the NCWA to speak for Australian women. Board made it clear to the Australian government that this conference did not have the support of the Councils or speak for the majority of women's organisations, while also encouraging state Councils to hold their own conferences to demonstrate they were not necessarily opposing the main points of the Charter. Many of the same issues were considered and approved at the 1944 national conference, which Board chaired.\nThough Ruby Board served as NSW president from 1938 to 1948, she refused appointment as MBE because she believed that her office, reflecting the work of the Council, deserved higher recognition.\nFrom 1939 to 1958, Ruby Board was also a vice-president of the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children. During World War II, she was a member of the NSW executive of the Australian Comforts Fund and founding president of the state Women's Voluntary National Register in 1940, as well as defence director of the Women's Auxiliary National Service, helping to co-ordinate the work of women's organisations for the war effort. In 1943, she was a founder and first president of the Housekeepers' Emergency Service of NSW.\nA diabetic from the 1930s, she demonstrated effectively how little this condition need interfere with a busy and productive life. She was an office-bearer of the Diabetic Association of New South Wales from 1949 and served as president from 1951 to 1960. Anxious to inform the public of the problems associated with the disease, she organised a lecture tour in 1953 by two world authorities and, in 1955 and 1958, attended congresses of the International Diabetes Federation at Cambridge, England, and D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany. In 1957, she was founding president of the Diabetic Association of Australia and chaired its first conference held in Sydney.\nFrom 1960, Ruby Board lived at the Mowll Memorial Village, Castle Hill, until she had a fall in December 1963; she died on Christmas Day in the Rachel Forster Hospital.\nSelfless and generous, with boundless energy, she inspired those around her to similar enthusiasm and commitment. She was not interested in power for its own sake, or in office for its prestige, and always sought to provide opportunities for individual expansion and development. Her obituarist in the NSW NCW newsletter judged her to be 'balanced, judicious, tolerant, serene' and to have 'the saving grace of humour'. Her work for diabetics was commemorated by the naming of the diabetic wing of the Rachel Forster Hospital after her in 1966.\nPrepared by: Jan Hipgrave, Marian Quartly and Judith Smart\n", "Events": "Women's Voluntary National Register (1940 - 1940)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/board-ruby-willmet-1881-1963\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-pronunciation-a-handbook-for-the-teaching-of-english-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pupils-practice-book-for-vowel-sounds\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stirrers-with-style-presidents-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-and-its-predecessors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ncw-news-ncw-nsw\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-records-1895-1976\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-ruby-board-public-servant-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-fleming-arnot-personal-and-professional-papers-1890-1995\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-1924-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-further-papers-1895-1981\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bowe, Ethel Jessie", "Entry ID": "AWE0593", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bowe-ethel-jessie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Maldon, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Repatriation General Hospital Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Matron, Nurse, Servicewoman", "Events": "Appointed deputy Matron-in-Chief (1943 - 1943) \nAppointed honorary nursing sister to Queen Elizabeth II (1957 - 1957) \nAppointed matron (1941 - 1941) \nAppointed matron of the 115 Military (Repatriation General) Hospital, Heidelberg (1946 - 1946) \nAppointed matron-in-chief and granted the rank of honorary colonel (1952 - 1952) \nAppointed Officer to the Order of the British Empire (1960 - 1960) \nAppointed Principal Matron (1945 - 1945) \nAppointed principal matron, Southern Command (1947 - 1948) \nAppointed Sister in the Australian Army Nursing Service (1939 - 1939) \nAppointed temporary matron (1941 - 1941) \nAwarded a Florence Nightingale medal (1953 - 1953) \nAwarded Associate Royal Red Cross (1945 - 1945) \nAwarded the Red Cross Medal (1955 - 1955) \nAwarded the United States of America's Bronze Star for her services (1948 - 1948) \nBased on Morotai Island in the South West Pacific (1945 - 1945) \nCalled up for service with the Australian Imperial Force (1940 - 1940) \nCompleted midwifery training at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne (1930 - 1930) \nGave the eighth annual oration for the New South Wales College of Nursing (1960 - 1960) \nJoined the Australian Army Nursing Service Reserve (1931 - 1931) \nMatron of the Austin Hospital, Heidelberg (1950 - 1950) \nNursing training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (1927 - 1929) \nPosted senior sister of the 2\/2 Australian General Hospital (AGH) (1940 - 1940) \nRejoined Australian Military Forces (1951 - 1951) \nServed in England (1940 - 1940) \nServed in the Middle East (1940 - 1942) \nSister on staff at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (1931 - 1935) \nSister tutor at the Perth Hospital, Western Australia (1936 - 1939)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-blue-to-khaki-the-enlisted-voluntary-aids-and-others-who-became-members-of-the-australian-army-medical-womens-service-and-served-from-1941-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bowe-ethel-jessie-1906-1961\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guns-and-brooches-australian-army-nursing-from-the-boer-war-to-the-gulf-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-at-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bowen, Esther Gwendolyn (Stella)", "Entry ID": "AWE0594", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bowen-esther-gwendolyn-stella\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "London, Middlesex, England", "Occupations": "Artist", "Summary": "Official War Artist during World War II, Stella Bowen received early art training in Adelaide under Margaret Preston. In 1914 she sailed for Europe to study at the Slade School, London, where she was taught by Walter Sickert. Bowen travelled extensively on the Continent and her circle of artistic and literary figures include Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein and Ford Madox Ford. Bowen lived with the novelist Ford for nine years and they had a daughter, Julia. Her chief interests were portraits and she was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy. Also Bowen exhibited in America. In 1943 Bowen was offered a commission as an official war artist. Working mainly in Britain she illustrated the actions of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as well as the lives of the returned prisoners of war. Following the war she had hoped to return to Australia, for the first time since she left, but died in London of cancer on 30 October 1947.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bowen-esther-gwendolyn-stella-1893-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stella-bowen-art-love-war\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bruce, Minnie (Mary) Grant", "Entry ID": "AWE0595", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bruce-minnie-mary-grant\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sale, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England", "Occupations": "Author, Feminist, Journalist", "Summary": "The author of the Billabong series of books, Mary Grant Bruce began writing poetry and short stories at the age of seven. Later she became editor of her school magazine. After completing her matriculation Bruce moved to Melbourne where she worked as an editor and wrote weekly stories for the Leader children's page. Her first book A Little Bush Maid, originally a serial, was published in 1910. Between 1910 and 1942 she published 37 children's novels. During her career Bruce was a contributor to Blackwood's Magazine, Morning Post, Daily Mail, Windsor Magazine, Cassell's Magazine, Strand, Argus, Age, Herald (Melbourne), Australasian, Leader, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Mail, Lone Hand Auckland Weekly Press, Woman's World, West Australian and the British Australasian. During World War II Bruce worked for the AIF Women's Association, sold her autograph at charity auctions for the war effort and broadcast a series of talks for the Department of Information.\n", "Events": "Anderson's Jo published (1924 - 1924) \nBack to Billabong published (1919 - 1919) \nBill of Billabong published (1933 - 1933) \nBillabong Adventurers published (1928 - 1928) \nBillabong Gold published (1937 - 1937) \nBillabong Riders published (1942 - 1942) \nBillabong's Daughter published (1924 - 1924) \nCaptain Jim published (1916 - 1916) \nCircus Ring published (1936 - 1936) \nCousin from Town published (1922 - 1922) \nDick Lester of Kurrajong published (1918 - 1918) \nDick published (1917 - 1917) \nFrom Billabong to London published (1914 - 1914) \nGlen Eyre published (1913 - 1913) \nGolden Fiddles published (1926 - 1926) \nGrays Hollow published (1914 - 1914) \nHouse of the Eagle published (1925 - 1925) \nHugh Stanford's Luck published (1923 - 1923) \nJim and Wally published (1915 - 1915) \nKaralta published (1941 - 1941) \nLittle Bush Maid published (1910 - 1910) \nMates at Billabong published (1912 - 1912) \nNorah of Billabong published (1913 - 1913) \nPeter and Co. published (1940 - 1940) \nPossum published (1917 - 1917) \nRoad to Adventure published (1931 - 1931) \nRobin published (1922 - 1922) \nSeahawk published (1934 - 1934) \nSon of Billabong published (1939 - 1939) \nStone Axe of Burkamuka published (1922 - 1922) \nThe Happy Traveller published (1929 - 1929) \nThe Houses of the Eagle published (1921 - 1921) \nThe Tower Rooms published (1920 - 1920) \nTimothy in Bushland published (1912 - 1912) \nTold by Peter published (1938 - 1938) \nTower Rooms published (1926 - 1926) \nTwins of Emu Plains published (1923 - 1923) \nWings Above Billabong published (1935 - 1935) \nActing editor of Woman's World for six months (1926 - 1926) \nAfter the outbreak of World War I sailed on the troop-ship Nestor to Cork and during the next three years 'produced two babies and four books' (1914 - 1914) \nFollowing death of her husband (1946) Bruce went back to England (1948 - 1948) \nFollowing the war, returned to Australia to settle at Traralgon, Gippsland (1918 - 1918) \nHer story Dono's Christmas' published in supplement of the Melbourne Leader under the pseudonym 'Coolibah' (1900 - 1900) \nHer story Her Little Lad was published in the Christmas supplement of the Melbourne Leader under the signature 'M.G.H.' (1898 - 1898) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2002 - 2002) \nMoved to Omagh, Ireland (1927 - 1927) \nPassed the matriculation examination with honours in English, history and botany (1895 - ) \nReturned to Australia (1939 - 1939) \nReturned to Australia and married at Holy Trinity Church, East Melbourne (1914 - 1914) \nWent to London where she wrote articles for the Daily Mail and met her future husband, distant cousin, Major George Evans Bruce (1913 - 1914) \nWon first prize in the Melbourne Shakespeare Society's annual essay competition (1895 - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bruce-minnie-mary-grant-1878-1958\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-manuscript-4\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-1927-apr-7-1929-dec-10-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/autobiographical-notes-not-after-1972-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/page-from-an-autograph-book-signed-by-mary-grant-bruce-1943-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manuscripts-1924-1925-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-1928-1954-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Heysen, Nora", "Entry ID": "AWE0596", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heysen-nora\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hahndorf, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist", "Summary": "The daughter of South Australian landscape painter Sir Hans Heysen, Nora Heysen was the first woman to win the Archibald portrait prize (1938) and the first women to be appointed as an Australian war artist on 12 October 1943. During her service Heysen completed over 170 works of art. Following the war she travelled to England and in January 1953 married Dr Robert Black, who was to become the Head of Tropical Medicine at the University of Sydney. On 26 January 1998 Nora Heysen was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for her service to art as a painter of portraits and still life subjects.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heysen-nora-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nora-heysen\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/youll-be-sorry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-1938-the-first-woman-to-win-the-archibald-prize\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/conversation-with-nora-heysen\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hidden-from-view-manuscript-nora-heysen-twentieth-century-australian-artist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nora-heysen-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nora-heysen-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-cautious-gaze\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-remarkable-artist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/visions-of-life-in-belated-focus\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/painting-of-the-week-no-10-portrait-study-1933-nora-heysen-born-1911\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nora-heysens-back-to-paint-memory-lane\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/noted-artist-nora-heysen-dies-at-92\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/painter-made-her-own-mark\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/her-voyage-was-lit-by-a-fathers-fire\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trailblazer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nora-heysen-1911-2003\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-nora-heysen-1913-2003-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-nora-heysen-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nora-heysen-interviewed-by-denise-hickey-in-denise-hickey-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nora-heysen-interviewed-by-heather-rusden-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Byth, Elsie Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE0598", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/byth-elsie-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Women's rights activist, Women's rights organiser", "Summary": "During World War II Elsie Byth was an executive and\/or committee member of a number of organisations. President of the National Council of Women of Australia in 1944 and the National Council of Women of Queensland (1940-1945). She was vice-president of the Australian Comforts Fund in 1940 and the Women's Voluntary National Register; member of the management committee for the Queensland Patriotic Fund; member of the War Saving committee and the War Accommodation committee. Married to solicitor George Leonard Byth (Len) in 1917, they had four children. Her hobbies included music, flowers and fine needlework.\n", "Details": "Elsie Byth was president of the National Council of Women of Australia from 1945 to 1948 and the National Council of Women of Queensland (1940-1945, 1948-1952). As national president, the first Queenslander to hold the position, she saw the NCWA through the final stages of the Second World War, the beginnings of postwar reconstruction and the re-establishment of international links via the International Council of Women. Active in the Australian National Committee of the UN (ANCUN), she was Australia's second delegate to the Status of Women Commission in 1949. She maintained her commitment to international cooperation for the remainder of her life through the United Nations Association of Australia and also through the Pan Pacific and South East Asian Women's Association. She was responsible for the NCWA's first major engagement in the Asia-Pacific region when she organised a 'Pacific Assembly' in Brisbane in September 1948.\nElsie Frances Byth was the daughter of John Gasteen of Brisbane. She was born in Brisbane on 14 September 1890 and educated at Brisbane Girls' Grammar School and the University of Sydney. On 10 August 1917, Elsie married George L. Byth and they had 3 sons and 1 daughter.\nElsie Byth performed a wide variety of roles in the National Council of Women, state and federal. She was president of the National Council of Women of Queensland from 1940 to 1945 and, again, 1948-1952. In between these terms of office in her home state, she was president of the Australian Council (1945-1948)-a critical period that included the end of the war and postwar reconstruction. During her presidency, the 1946 conference agree to a Launceston delegate's request to allow branches that had 'attained a sufficiently large affiliation as almost to equal in importance the parent Council in the capital city' to communicate directly with the Australian secretary and international secretary, a step that was to create difficulties with regard to Tasmanian representation for the next 60 years. After her term had finished, Byth became a state delegate (1951, 1954) to the NCWA, an NCWA representative at the Pan Pacific Women's Conference in Christchurch, New Zealand (1952), and Australian convenor for Radio and Television (1954).\nElsie Byth was especially active in the international outreach of the Council movement, leading the NCWA during the period of reengagement with the re-formed ICW after the war. Under her presidency, the NCWA telegraphed a resolution to the secretary of the United Nations conference in San Francisco in April 1945 to 'request in all future planning no discrimination against women on account sex and principle equality of status and opportunity be established for all citizens'. During 1946 and 1947, her board undertook the successful reestablishment of the Australian Liaison Committee of international women's organisations on the lines of the Liaison Committee operating in London, as well as participating in the rival Australian National Committee of the UN (ANCUN) established in 1947 with government support to promote UN ideals and provide names of suitable persons as representatives of Australia on international bodies. Byth was also responsible for inaugurating a regional focus among the Australian Councils with the sponsoring of a 'Pacific Assembly' in Brisbane in September 1948 for the purpose of increasing knowledge and understanding as well as promoting 'tolerance' an appreciation of 'interdependence' and the 'desire to be \"a good neighbour\"'. Opened by Senator Annabelle Rankin and addressed by such luminaries as Professor G.S. Browne, as well as representatives of embassies of countries in the Pacific region, the conference received wide press coverage, its final session resolving to recommend compulsory study of international affairs in Australian schools and universities. The event marked the beginning of the NCWA's identity as part of a regional network beyond the European and American spheres.\nElsie Byth was a member of the United Nations Association of Australia for 30 years serving in a variety of roles, including as president of the Queensland division 1945-59. In 1949, the Australian government chose Mrs Byth as its representative to attend the third session of the Status of Women Commission (CSW) in Beirut, Lebanon, from 21 March to 4 April, following Jessie Street (1947-48). She was selected from a 'panel of names' submitted by ANCUN. At the CSW meeting, the USSR representative, referring to the significant number of women in paid employment in her country, informed delegates that Australian women received only 50 per cent of men's wages. As the official Australian spokesperson at the Commission, Elsie Byth attempted to divert criticism of Australian government policy by stressing that the differences between men's and women's wages in Australia had declined during the past ten years. She advised delegates that an appropriately assessed 'family wage' would prevent the need for married women to search for work in order to 'supplement the family income'. Nevertheless, the majority of CSW delegates agreed to a resolution supporting equal pay. Following instructions, Byth abstained from voting, despite her personal commitment, and that of NCWA, to the principle.\nThe position Byth was obliged to take was consistent with the Labor government's view that the ILO was the appropriate body to discuss 'rates of pay, hours and conditions of work for both sexes'. Byth's confidential report to the Australian government after her attendance at the CSW sessions explains this further, indicating that she followed the Department of External Affairs' instructions to counter communist accusations directed towards Australia's industrial relations system and that of other British Commonwealth countries. It seems highly probable that Byth's advisor, Eileen Powell, as a former employee of the Department of Labour and National Service, was entrusted with the task of ensuring that Byth supported the Australian government's position. This government attitude to the question of equal pay continued to be a problem faced by Australian women delegates to CSW during the 1950s and 60s. Within Australia, Byth and her successors continued to agitate for remuneration without discrimination based on sex.\nElsie Byth was also involved in a great many other community organisations in a voluntary role, for example, UNICEF, Brisbane Women's Club (president 1933-1936), the Queensland division of the Australian Comforts Fund (vice-president 1940-1945), the wartime state Women's Voluntary National Register (vice-president), the Management Committee of the Queensland Patriotic Club, and the War Savings Committee. She also held a number of government appointments for which she was nominated by the NCWA, for example, on the federal consultative committee on Imports Licensing Control, the Commonwealth Council of Medical Benefits Fund, and the ABC. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1953.\nPrepared by: Jan Hipgrave, Marian Quartly and Judith Smart\n", "Events": "Married G. Leonard Byth, they had 3 sons and 1 daughter (1917 - 1917) \nPresident of the Brisbane Women's Club (1933 - 1936) \nPresident of the National Council of Women of Australia (1944 - 1948) \nPresident of the National Council of Women of Queensland (1940 - 1945) \nVice-president of the Australian Comforts Fund (1940 - 1940)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-first-fifty-years-in-the-history-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-queensland\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stirrers-with-style-presidents-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-and-its-predecessors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/on-the-way-to-beirut-status-of-women-commission\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-australia-queensland-branch-mrs-g-l-blyth-brisbane\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/applications-for-positions-by-byth-elsie-frances\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-1924-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-1936-1972-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/7266-national-council-of-women-of-queensland-minute-books-1905-2004\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Heagney, Muriel Agnes", "Entry ID": "AWE0599", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heagney-muriel-agnes\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "St Kilda, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate, Trade unionist, Writer", "Summary": "Muriel Heagney worked tirelessly for the labour movement in various capacities during her long life. Her major commitment, however, was to achieve equal pay for women workers. Born into a labour family, she joined the Richmond branch of the Political Labour Council (later the Australian Labor Party - ALP) in 1906, and was a delegate to the Women's Central Organising Committee in 1909. Other positions she held included: membership of the Victorian central executive of the Australian Labor Party from 1926-1927; secretary of the Women's Central Organising Committee; and ex officio member of the party's central executive in 1955. She was a founding member of the Council of Action for Equal Pay which was established in Sydney in 1937 under the auspices of the New South Wales branch of the Federated Clerks' Union and was secretary for most of its existence. It disbanded in 1948. She returned to Victoria in 1950 and continued to maintain her union and political interests into the 1960s. Her publications include Are women taking men's jobs?, (1935), Equal pay for the sexes, (1948), Arbitration at the crossroads, (1954). She died in poverty in St Kilda in May 1974.\n", "Details": "Heagney made two attempts to enter an Australian parliament. She made her first attempt in 1933 when she stood as an ALP candidate in the by-election for the state Legislative Assembly seat of Boroondara, which was held on 29 April. This was and remains a conservative seat. She was placed second in a field of seven on the primary vote, with 20.54 per cent of the vote, but on the two-party preferred count she was placed third, with 24.36 per cent of the vote, after the winner Trevor Oldham (United Australia Party) and James Nettleton, another United Australia Party candidate. This was a creditable performance as the ALP had not fielded a candidate for that seat in the 1932 state election.\nShe made her second attempt in 1956 at the age of 70, when she stood unsuccessfully for ALP pre-selection to the Australian Senate.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/are-women-taking-mens-jobs-a-survey-of-womens-work-in-victoria-with-special-regard-to-equal-status-equal-pay-and-equality-of-opportunity\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/arbitration-at-the-crossroads\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heagney-muriel-agnes-1885-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/muriel-heagney-and-the-council-of-action-for-equal-pay-1937-1948\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-the-cause-of-equality-muriel-heagney-and-the-position-of-women-in-the-depression\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brazen-hussies-and-gods-police-fighting-back-in-the-depression-years-revised-version-of-article-published-in-hecate-v-8-no-1-1982\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/famine-relief-on-the-volga-muriel-heagneys-winter-sojourn\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/exercising-political-citizenship-muriel-heagney-and-the-australian-labor-party-1906-1914\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heagney-muriel-agnes-1885-1974\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heagney-patrick-reginald-1858-1922\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1936-1968-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-fleming-arnot-personal-and-professional-papers-1890-1995\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tomasetti, Glenys Ann (Glen)", "Entry ID": "AWE0600", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tomasetti-glenys-ann-glen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Novelist, Poet, Songwriter", "Summary": "Glen Tomasetti was born in Melbourne, Australia. An academically and musically gifted woman, she was well-known throughout the Australian folk music circuit, working on commercial television and cutting eleven albums in the 1960s. A left-leaning environmentalist and feminist, Glen was vehemently opposed to the Vietnam War and was a member of the Save Our Sons Movement in Victoria. In 1967 she made headlines when she was subpoenaed to court for withholding one-sixth of her income tax on the grounds that this was the exact proportion used by the Holt government to finance the war in Vietnam.\nShe became a hero of the feminist movement in 1969 when she adapted the words to an old shearing gang ballad, 'All among the wool boys'. Glen's version 'Don't be too Polite, Girls' was written to support the 1969 case for equal pay that was being heard by the high court.\nGlen Tomasetti had three children and believed that motherhood was the emotional core of her life. She has been described as \"a woman of singular passion that found focus in motherhood, friendship, art, the environment and justice for the oppressed. Her creativity was multifaceted. She was a historian, poet, novelist and actor. She was formidably intelligent and her god had bestowed on her extraordinary physical beauty.\"\n", "Details": "Don't Be Too Polite, Girls\nTune: All among the wool, boys\nLyrics: Glen Tomasetti\n1. We're really on the way, girls, really on the way\nHooray for equal pay, girls, hooray for equal pay\nThey're going to give it to most of us, in spite of all their fears\nBut did they really need to make us wait for all those years?\nChorus: Don't be too polite, girls, don't be too polite,\nShow a little fight, girls, show a little fight.\nDon't be fearful of offending in case you get the sack\nJust recognise your value and we won't look back.\n2. I sew up shirts and trousers in the clothing trade\nSince men don't do the job, I can't ask to be better paid\nThe people at the top rarely offer something more\nUnless the people underneath are walking out the door.\nChorus\n3. They say a man needs more to feed his children and his wife\nWell, what are the needs of a woman who leads a double working life\nWhen the whistle blows for knock-off it's not her time for fun\nShe goes home to start the job that's not paid and never done.\nChorus\n4. Don't be too afraid, girls, don't be too afraid,\nWe're clearly underpaid girls, clearly underpaid.\nThough equal pay in principle is every woman's right\nTo turn that into practice we must show a little fight.\nChorus\n5. 'We can't afford to pay you,' say the masters in their wrath.\nBut woman says 'Just cut your coat according to the cloth.\nIf the economy won't stand it then here's your answer boys,\nCut out the wild extravagance on the new war toys.'\nChorus\n6. All among the bull, girls, all among the bull,\nKeep your hearts full, girls, keep your hearts full.\nWhat good is a man as a doormat or following close at heel?\nIt's not their balls we're after, it's a fair square deal.\nChorus\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thoroughly-decent-people-a-folktale\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/man-of-letters-a-romance\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brains-beauty-and-heart\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-lifes-song-for-the-heart-and-soul-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/singer-writer-tomasetti-dies-aged-74\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-glen-tomasetti-author-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-glen-tomasetti-at-her-home-in-armadale-vic-july-1970-picture-mark-strizic\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dow, Gwyneth Maude", "Entry ID": "AWE0601", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dow-gwyneth-maude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Caulfield, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic", "Summary": "Gwyneth Dow was appointed as a Lecturer in the Education Faculty at the University of Melbourne in 1958, a Senior Lecturer in 1963 and Reader in 1970. She was an inaugural member of the Steering Committee of the Curriculum Advisory Board in Victoria, and fostered pilot schemes to introduce curriculum and organisational changes in secondary schools. She published several reports relating to these schemes. She introduced a Diploma of Education Course \"Systems of Education\" and was instrumental in introducing an alternative Diploma of Education Course, Course B, which concentrated on method and practical teaching in the first year. Gwyneth Dow, a descendant of the early colonial Terry family, began researching the family history in 1965 after writing an article on Samuel and Rosetta for the Australian Dictionary of Biography.\n", "Details": "Gwyneth Maude Dow, nee Terry took her BA and DipEd in 1957, her MEd in 1961 and DEd in 1984. Before beginning a long career in academia she worked as a personnel officer during the war as one of the first industrial welfare officers employed in Melbourne factories and taught in schools in Australia and England. She was briefly married to the journalist Rohan Rivett. The couple lost two babies. In 1947 she married Hume Dow, a member of the English Department and author of two books of University recollections.[1]\nEngaged as a Lecturer in the Education Faculty at the University of Melbourne in 1958 after part-time work in 1957, Gwyneth Dow rose to Reader in 1970. She was proponent of change in both the school curriculum and teacher education. As a foundation member of the Victorian Curriculum Advisory Board, on which she served from 1966 to 1970, chairing it for the last seven years, she wrote many of its papers, in which she\nemphasised teaching was an art and stressed the importance of care, human relationships, spontaneity, imagination and intuition in teaching. She also argued passionately against streaming, IQ testing, the use of 'teacher-proof resources' and the transmission of inert ideas in classrooms.[2]\nShe introduced a DipEd course in Systems of Education, and 1973 saw the launch of the Course B she had designed and worked for some years to establish. This course placed Education students in schools for three days a week with a stress on interdisciplinary curriculum studies and methods work.\nGwyneth Dow was also an active unionist, succeeding, through the Victorian Teachers' Union, in achieving permanent status for married women teachers.\nIn retirement she devoted much of her scholarly attention to Tasmanian and family history. A book based on her Master's thesis had been published in 1964. In 1974 her biography of her great-great grandfather, Samuel Terry, a convict who became the richest man in NSW and one of the largest shareholders in the Bank of New South Wales, appeared.[3] In 1990 she and her husband published a history of an Oxfordshire yeoman family in Tasmania entitled Landfall in Van Diemen's Land.[4]\n[1] Hume Dow. Memories of Melbourne University: Undergraduate Life in the Years since 1917. Melbourne: Hutchinson of Australia. 1983; Hume Dow. More Memories of Melbourne University: Undergraduate Life in the Years since 1919. Melbourne: Hutchinson, 1985.\n[2] Anne Longmire. 'Revolutionising Education For All: Dr Gwyneth Maude Dow Educational Reformer and Historian. Age. 1 October 1 1996.\n[3] Gwyneth M. Dow.\u00a0\u00a0 George Higinbotham: Church and State. Melbourne: Pitman, 1964; Gwyneth M. Dow. Samuel Terry: the Botany Bay Rothschild. Sydney: University Press; Portland, Or: International Scholarly Book Services, 1974.\n[4] Gwyneth and Hume Dow. Landfall in Van Diemen's Land: the Steels' Quest for Greener Pastures. Melbourne: Footprint, 1990.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/terry-samuel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/samuel-terry-the-botany-bay-rothschild\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/learning-to-teach-teaching-to-learn\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/40-years-40-women-biographies-of-university-of-melbourne-women-published-to-commemorate-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-international-year-of-women\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dow-gwyneth\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dow-family\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dow-gwyneth-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Heywood, Irene Teresa", "Entry ID": "AWE0602", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heywood-irene-teresa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Watsonia, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Irene Pye enlisted in the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) on 8 September 1943. Following basic training she worked in a number of administrative positions and was posted with the 3rd Psychology unit at the time of her discharge on 11 February 1947. A member of the Australian Women's Army Service Association ( Victoria.) Inc., since its inception, she attends functions and reunions.\n", "Details": "Irene Pye, the fifth of Timothy and Catherine (n\u00e9e Cain) Pye's six children, was raised in the Victorian western district farming area of Bessiebelle. She attended the local school and after achieving her School Merit Certificate, the highest grade available at the school, she worked at a variety of positions in the district.\nIn 1943, Pye was given permission by her father and Mrs Milliard, the local school mistress for whom she worked, to join the AWAS. On 8 September 1943 Irene Pye and her older sister Mary (later Godd\u00e9) enlisted in the Australian Army together. After attending basic training together Irene was posted to administration and Mary to transportation. Irene Pye served in a number of administrative positions before being discharged on 11 February 1947.\nFollowing the war Irene Pye established herself in Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, and worked for the Commonwealth Government at the Australian Taxation Office. She married James Henry Heywood (1922-1963) a serviceman she met during the war on 5 October 1948. They had five children. After her husband's death, Heywood called upon the skills she obtained during war to help raise her children.\nA member of the AWAS Association of Victoria she attends functions, reunions and keeps in contact with other members of her unit. Heywood is also a member of the Blackburn Legacy Widows Club.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pye-irene\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Godd\u00e9, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0603", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/godde-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Myrtleford, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Mary Godd\u00e9 grew up on a farm in Western Victoria and put her experience driving tractors to good use when she joined he Australian Women's Army Service on 8 September 1943. After her marriage in 1947, she moved to Myrtleford, in north-eastern Victoria, where she played a significant role in the Catholic Women's League.\n", "Details": "Born in Port Fairy, Victoria, Mary Godd\u00e9 (n\u00e9e Pye) grew up in the sheep raising district of Bessibelle in Victoria's western district. She attended the local school leaving at the age of 14 to undertake domestic work.\nPye along with her younger sister Irene (later Heywood), enlisted in the Australian Women's Army Service on 8 September 1943. Four of the six children of Timothy and Catherine (n\u00e9e Cain) Pye, Joseph, Leonard, Mary and Irene, served with the Australian Army during World War II. Sister Monica (later Wilson) rode her older brother Joseph's motorbike and completed his Post Master Generals' Department (now Australia Post) mail contract during his army service. Younger brother Basil, stayed on the family farm to help produce much needed food products for the local and overseas markets.\nMary and Irene completed basic training together before Mary Pye joined the transport division as a driver. In later years she would vividly recall the loading and unloading of army vehicles at railway stations. The army trucks arrived at the station on flat tray trucks, that were a couple of feet above the platform level. There were no synchromesh gears in those days, and Mary had to become quite skilled at double-declutching in first gear and riding the clutch, to be able to smoothly drive the large trucks off the flat tray to the ground below.\nFollowing her discharge, on 30 January 1947, Pye married farmer Charles (Charlie) Godd\u00e9 on 18 December 1947. Godd\u00e9, who worked with his father on a dairy farm near Wodonga, Victoria, first noticed his future wife walking along the road, when he was delivering milk to the Bonegilla Army Camp. They eventually met at one of the local dances, and after marrying lived at farming proprieties in Wodonga, Buffalo River and Mudegoggona areas, before settling in the township of Myrtleford. Having never lost her love of country living, a house on the edge of town was chosen so Godd\u00e9 could look out her back kitchen window and watch the farm animals grazing.\nAlong with her sister, Godd\u00e9 joined the Australian Women's Army Service Association (Vic.) Inc. when established during the 1950s. She enjoyed attending the Association reunions whenever she was able. For many years Godd\u00e9 also was secretary of the Catholic Women's League Myrtleford branch.\nMary Godd\u00e9 died on 22 January 2000 and is survived by her husband and five of their six children. At her funeral members of the Catholic Women's League formed a guard of honour, the Ode was read and a lone bugler played the Last Post.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pye-mary\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Campbell, Margery", "Entry ID": "AWE0605", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/campbell-margery\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Prior to joining the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) in August 1941, Margery Campbell was secretary for the Overseas League in Brisbane and a Voluntary Aid Detachment member. A former Squadron Officer, during her World War II service she was posted as a staff officer with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Maintenance Group Headquarters in Sydney. Later she was staff officer attached to the Forward Echelon of the RAAF and a personal representative of the Director of WAAAF, Group Officer Clare Stevenson. In March 1944 she married Patrick Campbell of the Australian Imperial Force and was posted with the 5th Maintenance Group Headquarters at her discharge on 8 November 1944.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/campbell-margery-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Munro, Dorothy Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE0607", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/munro-dorothy-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Glebe Point, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Dorothy Munro (n\u00e9e Otter) worked as a secretary in the New South Wales Valuer Generals Department before enrolling in the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) on 12 May 1943. During her service she was a secretary at the Fairmile Training School and had postings at both HMAS Penguin and HMAS Rushcutter. She achieved the rank of Petty Officer before being discharged on 31 January 1946.\nDuring 1946 Dorothy married and did not return to the work force until all three of her children were at school. Before retiring in 1983, she held several secretarial positions including secretary to general managers and department head. Following her discharge from the WRANS, Munro joined the Naval Association of Australia and participated in social activities and memorial services. After her retirement she became a committee member of the WRANS. In 1990 Munro joined the office staff of the Naval Association first as an office assistant, then as assistant State secretary and finally State secretary before retiring in February 2002. In June of 2002 she became president of the Ex-Women's Royal Naval Service (NSW)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/otter-dorothy-jean\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dow, Patrice Moya", "Entry ID": "AWE0608", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dow-patrice-moya\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Manildra, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Patricia Dow interrupted her teaching career when she enrolled in the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) on 29 December 1942.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dow-patrice-moya-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robinson, Rachel Theresa", "Entry ID": "AWE0610", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robinson-rachel-theresa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Launceston, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Secretary", "Summary": "Rachel Robinson became the General Organising Secretary of the Housewives' Association (Victorian Division) in 1924. Educated at the Presentation Convent, Launceston, from 1912 to 1915, Robinson was an organiser with the People's Liberal Party. She held the position of Organiser with the Australian Industries League in 1919-1921. Robinson acted as secretary for a number of candidates at various state and federal elections.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Speedie, Alice Beatrice", "Entry ID": "AWE0612", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/speedie-alice-beatrice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Riverton, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Alice Speedie, the daughter of the Reverend John and Susan (n\u00e9e Long) Burns was treasurer of the Housewives' Association of Victoria for 20 years. Educated at Clarendon College, Ballarat Victoria and Inglemere College, Adelaide, South Australia, she married Charles Speedie on 10 October 1905. They had three children. A member of the executive to the Children's Cinema Council of Victoria, Speedie was President of the Australian Women's National League, Elsternwick branch, between 1939-1943. She later became vice-president of the branch. A delegate to the National Council of Women of Victoria and the Youth Problem of Today committee, Speedie was the President of the Housewives' Association of Victoria, Elsternwick branch. Aged 76, Alice Speedie died in 1955.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thornton, Merle Estelle", "Entry ID": "AWE0613", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thornton-merle-estelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Academic, Author, Feminist", "Summary": "On 31 March 1965 Merle Thornton and Rosalie Bogner chained themselves to the Regatta Hotel bar rail to protest for women's rights. They wanted to liberate public bars from being men-only. The two protestors were both mothers of two and married to university lecturers. They were refused service, the publican faced a fine of \u00a310-\u00a320 if he served them with liquor, but were bought a beer by sympathetic male patrons. Their action became the starting point for women's liberation in Brisbane in the late twentieth century. It is now recognised as one of the defining moments of second wave feminism in Australia.\nA post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Queensland, Thornton went on to establish the Equal Opportunities for Women Association in April 1965. She also introduced the teaching of Women's Studies in Australia in 1973 and was the special guest of the Queensland Government and speaker at the 70th celebration of International Women's Day in 1999. Besides her academic writing Thornton also wrote episodes for the television drama series Prisoner and wrote and produced documentaries. Her stage play Playing Mothers and Fathers had a successful season at the Carlton Courthouse Theatre (Victoria) in 1990. Merle Thornton, the mother of actor Sigrid, returned to the Regatta Hotel, that now has a room named after her, for the launch of her first novel After Moonlight in 2004.\n", "Events": "Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) 'for significant service to the community as an advocate for women, and Indigenous rights, and to the arts as a writer and director' (2015 - 2015)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forty-years-later-no-bar-to-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heres-to-pubs-history-of-brave-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sex-equality-is-not-enough-for-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/after-moonlight\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-merle-thornton-academic-writer-and-playwright-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wheatley, Alice Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE0614", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wheatley-alice-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Matron, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Born in Bridgetown, Western Australia, Alice Wheatley was educated at Perth College. She undertook her nursing training at the Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia and the Queen Victoria Hospital, Victoria. In 1941 Wheatley enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS). On 10 March 1944 she was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal Second Class for her work in charge of the first nursing party of the RAAFNS in New Guinea. In 1946 Wheatley represented the RAAFNS in the Victory Contingent to England. From 1946 until 1951 she held the position of Matron-in-Chief. On 1 January 1951 Wheatley was appointed an Officer of the British Empire in recognition of her service with the RAAFNS.\n", "Events": "Area matron with the RAAFNS and served in New Guinea area (1941 - 1946) \nDischarged from the RAAFNS (1951 - 1951) \nJoined the Royal Australian Air Force Nusing Service (RAAFNS) (1941 - 1941) \nMatron-in-Chief of the RAAFNS (1946 - 1951) \nOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (Military) (OBE) (1951 - 1951) \nRepresented the RAAFNS in the Victory Contingent to England (1946 - 1946) \nRoyal Red Cross (2nd Class) (ARRC) (1944 - 1944)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wheatley-alice-jean-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/story-of-the-raaf-nursing-service-1940-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Childs, Thelma Minnie", "Entry ID": "AWE0615", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/childs-thelma-minnie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Singleton, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Matron, Servicewoman", "Summary": "For recognition of her nursing service with the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS), Thelma Childs was awarded the Royal Red Cross medal on 14 June 1946. She undertook her nursing training at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, and upon completion was appointed to the staff. In 1941 she enlisted in the RAAFNS for service not only in Australia but also the United States of America, England, Canada and New Guinea. At the time of her discharge, on 2 November 1945, she held the position of Matron. Four days after her discharge she married Captain F H Childs MC.\n", "Events": "Appointed to Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) as a Staff-Nurse (1941 - 1941) \nAwarded Royal Red Cross Medal (First Class) (1946 - 1946) \nCompleted nursing training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney (1933 - 1937) \nDischarge from service with rank of Matron (1946 - 1946) \nMarried Captain F H Childs MC (1945 - 1945) \nPromoted to Sister, then Senior Sister (1942 - 1942) \nSent on special medical escort duty to the United States of America, England and Canada (1943 - 1943) \nSent to New Guinea in charge of a Medical Clearing Station (1943 - 1943)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moxham-thelma-minnie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Colman, Alma Undine", "Entry ID": "AWE0616", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/colman-alma-undine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Malvern, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Gisborne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Alma Colman, the daughter of Alvington and Undine (n\u00e9e Cruthers) Silvester, was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College (PLC), Melbourne, Victoria. She joined the Junior School teaching staff before working at Trinity Grammar School, Kew. On 17 January 1942 she enlisted in the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) and was the first chief instructor of the Army Women's Services Officers' School (AWSOS). Prior to her discharge on 23 July 1945 she was the Deputy Assistant Director of Army Education for Women's Services with the rank of Major. On 9 January 1945 she married David Colman.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/colman-alma-undine-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hawthorn, Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE0617", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hawthorn-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Following her discharge from the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) on 29 November 1945 Dorothy Hawthorn joined the Reserve of Officers.\nEducated at Brisbane Girls' High School and Sommerville House, Hawthorn had been Deputy State Commissioner for the Girl Guides' Association of Queensland, Secretary of the Federal Council for Girl Guides and worked for the Women's Voluntary National Register with the Red Cross and the Australian Comforts Fund. She was one of the first WAAAF Officers appointed in March 1941, firstly with the Air Board and then Adjunct and Barracks Officer at the WAAAF Training Depot, Malvern. She became Commanding Officer of the Training Section in Sydney, and later, Section Officer with a Training Group. In 1944 Hawthorn was promoted to Wing Officer whilst in command of No 1 Training Depot, Larundel, Preston Victoria. Subsequently she served as Section Officer WAAAF at the North Eastern Area Headquarters of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hawthorn-dorothy-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hawthorn-dorothy-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hamilton-Williams, Ruth Myee", "Entry ID": "AWE0618", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hamilton-williams-ruth-myee\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Woonona, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Bowral, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman, Teacher", "Summary": "Ruth Hamilton-Williams, the daughter of James Davidson, enlisted in the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) on 1 May 1943. She served as Assistant Controller at the Australian Military Forces Headquarters in Melbourne before being discharged, with the rank of Major, on 21 November 1946.\n", "Events": "Assistant Mistress at Frensham, New South Wales (1925 - 1929) \nAssistant Mistress at the Presbyterian Ladies College (PLC), Goulburn (1932 - 1934) \nAssistant secretary with the Australian Chemical Institute, Melbourne (1941 - 1943) \nDischarged from the AAMWS (1946 - 1946) \nEnlisted in the Australian Army Medical Women's Services (AAMWS) (1943 - 1943) \nMarried H S Hamilton Williams (1945 - 1945) \nSenior Mistress at PLC (1935 - 1936)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hamilton-williams-ruth-myee-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fitzpatrick, Kathleen Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0619", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fitzpatrick-kathleen-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Omeo, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Associate professor, Author, Historian", "Summary": "Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her service to education, particularly in the field of history, on 26 January 1989, Kathleen Fitzpatrick was the first woman council member of the National Library of Australia, and a foundation member of the Australian Humanities Research Council (later the Australian Academy of Humanities).\n", "Details": "Fitzpatrick was educated at Loreto Convents (Albert Park and Portland), Presentation Convent (Windsor) and Lauriston Girls' School (Melbourne) before attending the University of Melbourne. Following completion of her honours degree, in 1926, Fitzpatrick went to Oxford to complete another undergraduate degree - a common practice at the time. Returning to Australia she found employment at the University of Sydney before becoming a tutor in the English department at the University of Melbourne in 1930. Upon marriage, in 1932, to journalist (later historian) Brian Fitzpatrick, she had to resign her position at the University.\nFollowing the failure of her marriage, Fitzpatrick was advised by the University Appointments Board that 'the only demand for female workers was for good secretaries'. It was recommended that she become proficient in typewriting and shorthand if she wanted to find employment. She enrolled at the Melbourne Technical School (now the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology), completed the required subjects and became a teacher of Shorthand and Commercial English at the school. In 1938 Fitzpatrick was offered her old position at the University of Melbourne. Before retiring in 1962 she held positions of lecturer, senior lecturer and associate professor of history.\nDuring World War II Fitzpatrick was president of the Council for Women in War. She negotiated with employers on behalf of University of Melbourne women students working at Shepparton under Manpower regulations. In her retirement Fitzpatrick concentrated on research and writing and was disappointed in not being able to find a publisher for her magnum opus, a book on the novelist Henry James.\nFormer student, professional historian and close friend Manning Clark read the eulogy at the Requiem Mass for Kathleen Fitzpatrick held at St Thomas Aquinas, South Yarra on Friday 31 August 1990.\n", "Events": "Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for her service to education, particularly in the field of history (1989 - 1989) \nAssociate Professor of History at the University of Melbourne (1948 - 1962) \nBecame a student in the business section of the Melbourne Technical School (now the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) learning typing and shorthand (1936 - 1936) \nFoundation member of the Australian Humanities Research Council (later Australian Academy of the Humanities) (1956 - 1956) \nGraduated BA (Hons) from the University of Melbourne (1926 - 1926) \nGraduated BA from Oxford University (1928 - 1928) \nGraduated MA from Oxford University (1933 - 1933) \nLecturer of History at the University of Melbourne (1938 - 1942) \nMarried Brian Fitzpatrick a journalist and later historian (1932 - 1940) \nPublication: Australian Explorers published by Oxford University Press (1958 - 1958) \nPublication: PLC Melbourne: The First Century published by PLC (Melbourne) (1975 - 1975) \nPublication: Sir John Franklin in Tasmania published by Melbourne University Press (1949 - 1949) \nPublication: Solid Bluestone Foundations and Other Memories of a Melbourne Childhood, 1908-1928 published by Macmillan (1983 - 1983) \nSenior lecturer of History at the University of Melbourne (1942 - 1948) \nSeparated from her husband (1935 - 1935) \nTeacher of shorthand and commercial English at the Melbourne Technical School (1937 - 1937) \nTemporary lecturer in the history department of the University of Sydney (1929 - 1929) \nTutor in the English department of the University of Melbourne (1930 - 1932)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/150-years-150-stories-brief-biographies-of-one-hundred-and-fifty-remarkable-people-associated-with-the-university-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-half-open-door-sixteen-modern-australian-women-look-at-professional-life-and-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-explorers-a-selection-from-their-writings-with-an-introduction\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dear-kathleen-dear-manning-the-correspondence-of-manning-clark-and-kathleen-fitzpatrick-1949-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martin-boyd\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/plc-melbourne-the-first-century-1875-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sir-john-franklin-in-tasmania-1837-1843\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/solid-bluestone-foundations-and-other-memories-of-a-melbourne-girlhood-1908-1928\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-lives-an-oxford-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-letters-of-lorna-maneschi-to-her-family-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/melbourne-university-portraits-they-called-it-the-shop\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/history-for-the-homeless-kathleen-fitzpatricks-vocation-and-ours\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shameful-autobiographies-shame-in-contemporary-australian-autobiographies-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-historians-and-womens-history-kathleen-fitzpatrick-1905-1990-margaret-kiddle-1914-1958-and-the-melbourne-history-school\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-ballad-revival-in-the-xviiith-century\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webb-jessie-stobo-watson-1880-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-research-leaders-in-the-australian-learned-academies-1954-to-1976\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-manning-clark-1907-1992-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pitt-henry-arthur\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/university-of-melbourne-department-of-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/university-of-melbourne-department-of-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-kathleen-fitzpatrick-writer-and-historian-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-of-kathleen-fitzpatrick\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-half-open-door\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fitzpatrick-kathleen-elizabeth-1905-1990\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kent, Ivy Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0620", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kent-ivy-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Ivy Kent, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Woods, was educated at Iona Convent (New South Wales) and Mosman's Park in Western Australia. Kent, who was a leader in the Labour Women's Movement of Western Australia, a worker in youth welfare and an officer of the Housewives Association, established a club for neglected girls during World War I. She served on the Married Women's Relief Court for 20 years and was a member of the Lotteries Commission, the Adult Education Board, the National Fitness Executive and Soldiers' Dependants' Appeal. In 1944 Kent became the first woman commissioner of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (representing Western Australia). In 1953 Kent was elected Foundation President of the Association of Civilian Widows in Western Australia, a movement which became national five years later. In 1959 she was elected National President, and later, National Life Governor. On 1 January 1968 Ivy Kent was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her service to the welfare of women and children.\n", "Events": "Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (1968 - 1968) \nFirst woman member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (representing Western Australia) (1944 - 1951) \nFoundation member of the National Fitness Council of Western Australia (1945 - 1969) \nFoundation president of the Association of Civilian Widows in Western Australia (1953 - 1971) \nMade a Justice of the Peace (1936 - 1936) \nMarried Arthur G Kent, they had 4 sons (all served in World War II) and 4 daughters (1910 - 1910) \nNational President of the Association of Civilian Widows (1959 - 1959)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ivy-kent-resume-of-the-life-of-mrs-ivy-kent\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-biographical-register-1788-1939-notes-from-the-name-index-of-the-australian-dictionary-of-biography-volume-i-a-k\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reflections-profiles-of-150-women-who-helped-make-western-australias-history-project-of-the-womens-committee-for-the-150th-anniversary-celebrations-of-western-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-on-the-warpath-feminist-of-the-first-wave\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Russell, Roslyn Valda Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE0621", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/russell-roslyn-valda-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hendon, London, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Historian", "Summary": "Roslyn Russell is a historian, author, editor and museum consultant who has lived and worked in Canberra since 1982. She holds Bachelor and Masters Honours degrees in History from the University of Sydney, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Science (Cultural Heritage Management) from the University of Canberra, and a PhD in English from the University of New South Wales.\nHer published works include Literary Links: Celebrating the Literary Relationship between Australia and Britain, One Destiny! The Federation Story: How Australia Became a Nation (with Philip Chubb), Ever, Manning: Selected Letters of Manning Clark 1938-1991, and The Business of Nature: John Gould and Australia. Editor of several museum magazines in Australia over the period from 2000 to the present, Roslyn has developed museum exhibitions in Canberra, interstate and overseas, including the Museum of Parliament and National Heroes Gallery of Barbados, and has co-edited a book on Caribbean museums, Plantation to Nation: Caribbean Museums and National Identity. She has also worked as a curator at the National Museum of Australia and is a Research Associate in the Museum's Centre for Historical Research.\n", "Events": "'The Nation's Garden - thirty years of growing', an exhibition for the Australian National Botanic Gardens (2000 - 2000) \nSignificance: a guide to assessing the significance of cultural heritage objects and collections, for the Heritage Collections Council, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (2001 - 2001) \nAuthor of commissioned history of the Health Insurance Commission,Building Strength Through Change: Twenty Years of the Health Insurance Commission (1995 - 1995) \nCo-curator (with Stephen Foster) of an exhibition for Old Parliament House, 'Going My Way?: Australia's Choice in 1949', dealing with the election of 1949 (1999 - 1999) \nCo-curator of exhibition for the Centenary of Federation, 'Belonging: A Century Celebrated', for National Library of Australia, National Archives of Australia, State Library of New South Wales and State Library of Victoria. (2000 - 2002) \nCompilation (with Jan Lyall, Stephen Foster and Duncan Marshall) of General Guidelines to Safeguard Documentary Heritage Memory of the World project, UNESCO (1995 - 1995) \nCompilation (with Stephen Foster and Susan Marsden) of Federation: The Guide to Records, for Australian Archives (1995 - 1997) \nContractor to the Australian Heritage Projects Pty Ltd (1988 - 1990) \nCurator of 'Literary Links between Australia and Britain', a travelling poster exhibition for the National Library of Australia and The British Council (1993 - 1994) \nCurator of 'Nyngan - Our Stories', local history exhibition with a focus on the 1990 Nyngan flood (1991 - 1993) \nEditor of Museum National for Museums Australia (2000 - ) \nEditor of the Australian Customs History Journal (1991 - 1996) \nExhibition for Museum of the Riverina, 'They came from the bush', about rural Olympians (2000 - 2000) \nExhibition for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (2001 - 2001) \nFull-time responsibility for project with Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War 1939-45 for the Australian War Memorial (1990 - 1991) \nHistorian, Project Manager and Manager for Australian Heritage Projects (AHP) Pty Ltd (1990 - 2001) \nHistorical research and script (with Stephen Foster) for video production, 'Menzies in his time' for the Sir Robert Menzies Foundation (1993 - 1994) \nHistorical significance assessment of the North Sydney Olympic Pool for North Sydney Council (1994 - 1994) \nInterpretation for Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Visitor Centre for Environment ACT (2000 - 2000) \nInterpretative display for the foyer of Customs House, Canberra (1999 - 2001) \nJoint curator (with Stephen Foster) of Australian Archives\/National Library of Australia exhibition, 'An Ideal City? The 1912 competition to design Canberra' (1994 - 1995) \nJoint curator of exhibition, ' Coming to Canberra' for the ACT Museums and Galleries Unit and the National Museum of Australia (1993 - 1993) \nOral history project for the Australian Industrial Property Organisation (1995 - 1997) \nPart-time lecturer and tutor in Australian History for Cultural Heritage Management students with the Faculty of Applied Science\/Communication at the University of Canberra (1990 - 1991) \nPart-time research assistant for the History Department at University College with the Australian Defence Force Academy (1987 - 1990) \nPart-time teacher of Communication subjects with the New South Wales Department of TAFE (1977 - 1977) \nPart-time teacher of Communication subjects with the New South Wales Department of TAFE (1980 - 1981) \nPartner with Marsden Russell Historians (2001 - 2001) \nProject manager for CD ROM project, 'Stories of Democracy', for the Curriculum Corporation (1997 - 1998) \nProject officer and editor of the Country Education Profiles project for the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR), Department of Employment, Education and Training (1991 - 1994) \nResearch and writing for CD ROM, 'One Destiny! The Federation Story' and research and writing for a book of the same title (with Philip Chubb, published 1998 by Penguin Australia) (1995 - 1997) \nResearch assistant to Emeritus Professor Manning Clarkof the History Department at the Australian National University (1982 - 1987) \nSecondary teacher of History, Art History and English with the New South Wales Department of Education (1970 - 1974) \nSignificance assessment for National Library of Australia Community Heritage Grants (1994 - 1994) \nSignificance assessment for National Library of Australia Community Heritage Grants (1999 - 2003) \nWriting text and audiovisual scripting for the Australian War Memorial's redevelopment of its World War II gallery, with particular responsibility for the development of the interpretation of the Women's Services (1997 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interpretation-and-the-getting-of-wisdom-papers-from-the-fourth-annual-conference-of-the-interpretation-australia-association-old-parliament-house-canberra-13-15-november-1995-compiled-by-elizabet\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/building-strength-through-change-twenty-years-of-the-health-insurance-commission\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/literary-links-celebrating-the-literary-relationship-between-australia-and-britain\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/one-destiny-the-federation-story-how-australia-became-a-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/federation-the-guide-to-records\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/belonging-a-century-celebrated\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/significance-a-guide-to-assessing-the-significance-of-cultural-heritage-objects-and-collections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manning-clark-house-reflections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/our-first-six-archives-of-australias-prime-ministers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/workers-unions-and-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/house-museums-in-the-act\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-ideal-city-the-1912-competition-to-design-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/building-history-the-national-museum-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/general-guidelines-to-safeguard-documentary-heritage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/significance-a-guide-to-assessing-the-significance-of-cultural-heritage-objects-and-collections-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/susan-marsden-interviewed-by-roslyn-russell-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clarke, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE0622", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Alphington, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Editor, Historian, Journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Writer, historian, editor and former journalist, Dr Patricia Clarke has written extensively on women in Australian history and media history. Several of her publications are biographies of women writers and others explore the role of letters and diaries in the lives of women. Since the 1980s she played an active part in national cultural institutions and community organisations in Canberra and her work has been recognised by a number of awards and grants.\n", "Details": "Patricia Clarke was born in Melbourne in 1926, the daughter of John Laurence Ryan, teacher, and Annie Teresa ne\u00e9 McSweeney, bookbinder. Educated at St Anthony's School, Alphington, and Notre Dame de Sion, Sale, Victoria, she matriculated with honours in 1942. Her studies at the University of Melbourne included economics, pure maths, English and political science but were interrupted by tuberculosis, which led to a reappraisal of her goals. In 1951 she joined the Commonwealth News and Information Bureau and became the only woman journalist in its Melbourne office, transferring to its Canberra branch in 1957. In 1961 she married Hugh Vincent Clarke (1919-1996), writer, public servant and former prisoner of war in Thailand and Japan. While raising five children, Patricia worked as a casual but full-time journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Commission in the Parliamentary Press Gallery (1963-68); as the editor of Maxwell Newton's weekly business newsletters (1968-74); Canberra representative for Daily Commercial News (1968-74) and publications editor with the National Capital Development Commission (1974-79).\nSince the 1980s, Patricia has written and edited 15 books, innumerable articles and at least 15 book chapters on women in Australian history and media history. Several of her publications are biographies of women writers and others explore the role of letters and diaries in the lives of women. In 2004 she was awarded a PhD by Griffith University for her thesis, based on six of her books, entitled 'Life Lines to Life Stories. Some Publications about Women in Nineteenth Century Australia'. Her most recent book is 'Bold types : how Australia's first women journalists blazed a trail', published in 2022.\nShe has also played an active part in Australian cultural institutions and community organisations in Canberra. She has written articles for the Australian Dictionary of Biography and been a member of its Commonwealth Working Party since 1987. At various times she served as President, Vice President, and Councillor of the Canberra & District Historical Society (1987-2004 and 2013-2024) and edited the Canberra Historical Journal from 1987-2000. She was a Committee member of the Centre for Australian Cultural Studies from 1993-2003; was on the Manning Clark House committee in its early years and from 1995-2001 was founding Honorary Secretary of the Independent Scholars Association of Australia (ISAA). Elected an Honorary Member in 2001, she was a member of ISAA's ACT Council until 2018. A Committee Member of the Friends of the National Library of Australia from 1997-99 and its Deputy Chair in 1998, she represented the Australian Society of Authors as a member of the Library's Fellowship Advisory Committee from 1997-2017 and chaired its National Folk Fellowship selection Committee 2003-17. She has been an active member of the Canberra committee of the Australian Women's Archives Program and wrote many entries for the Australian Women's Register, the most recent in 2024. She served on the ACT Historic Houses Advisory Committee between 2010-16 and was a Consultant to the Media Hall of Fame from 2011.\nHer work has been recognised by many awards and grants. She was awarded a NSW Premier's Department Cultural Grant in 1983; Literature Board grants in 1986 and 1988; a Harold White Fellowship from the National Library in 1993 and Fellowships from the Australia Council in 1995 and 2000. In 1995 she was joint winner of the Society of Women Writers non-fiction award. She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in June 2001 'for services to the promotion of Australian history through research and writing, to the study of Australian writers of the nineteenth century and to the Canberra and District Historical Society'. She was made a Fellow of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies in 2002 and an Honorary Fellow, Australian Academy of Humanities in 2005. In 2016 she received the Friends Medal of the National Library of Australia for her significant contribution over many years. In June 2025 she was awarded the Australian Dictionary of Biography Medal in recognition of her many and varied contributions to the ADB since the 1980s.\n", "Events": "Australia Council, Literature Board Project Grant (1987 - 1987) \nAustralia Council, Literature Broad Project Grant (1989 - 1989) \nAwarded a Fellow from the Federation of Australian Historical Societies (2002 - 2002) \nAwarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) For service to the promotion of Australian history through research and writing, to the study of Australian women writers of the 19th Century, and to the Canberra and District Historical Society (2001 - 2001) \nCasual Journalist Grade B with ABC in Canberra (1963 - 1968) \nCommittee Member at Manning Clark House (2000 - 2002) \nCommittee Member of the Centre for Australian Cultural Studies (ACT) (1993 - ) \nCouncillor with the Canberra & District Historical Society (1987 - ) \nEditor of publications (Journalist Grade A1) with the National Capital Development Commission (1974 - 1979) \nFounding Honorary Secretary of the Independent Scholars Association of Australia (ISAA) (1995 - 2001) \nHarold White Fellow at the National Library of Australia (1993 - 1993) \nJoint winner of the Society of Women Writers non-fiction award (for Tasma (1995 - 1995) \nJournalist (Grade A) \/Editor of weekly business newsletters with M Newton publications (1968 - 1974) \nMember of the Commonwealth Working Party for the Australian Dictionary of Biography (1989 - ) \nMember of the National Library of Australia's Friends Committee (1997 - 1999) \nMember of the National Scholarly Communications Forum (representing Australian Society of Authors) (1998 - 1998) \nNew South Wales Premier's Department Social History grant (1985 - 1985) \nOne-year Fellowship from the Literature Board at the Australia Council (1995 - 1995) \nPresident of the Canberra & District Historical Society (1997 - 1999) \nTwo-year Fellowship from the Literature Board at the Australia Council (2001 - 2002) \nVice-president of the Canberra & District Historical Society (1995 - 1997) \nVice-president of the National Library of Australia's Friends Committee (1999 - 1999) \nWith the News and Information Bureau, Melbourne, Journalist Grade D, Canberra, Journalist Grade C (1951 - 1961)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-equal-heart-and-mind-letters-between-judith-wright-and-jack-mckinney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/with-love-fury-selected-letters-of-judith-wright\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rich-addition-to-area-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rosa-rosa-a-life-of-rosa-praed-novelist-and-spiritualist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rosa-rosa-a-life-of-rosa-praed-novelist-and-spiritualist-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rosa-rosa-a-life-of-rosa-praed-novelist-and-spiritualist-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-federation-decade\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-governesses-letters-from-the-colonies-1862-1882\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/those-perfect-english-ladies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nettie-palmer-search-for-an-aesthetic\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-who-shaped-an-era\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/comfort-women-of-the-colonies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fascinating-letters-inspire-novel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fighter-for-womens-rights\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adb-medal-awarded-to-dr-patricia-clarke\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-patricia-clarke-1887-2010-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patricia-clarke-interviewed-by-ann-moyal-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patricia-clarke-interviewed-by-david-walker-in-the-australia-asia-studies-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clarke, Jessie Deakin", "Entry ID": "AWE0623", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-jessie-deakin\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Social worker", "Summary": "Jessie Clarke, daughter of Ivy Brookes and grand daughter of Alfred Deakin, trained in social work and was professionally active in the Port Melbourne, Victoria, area. She studied in New York in the 1930s, was a junior delegate to the League of Nations Union in Geneva and an activist on behalf of refugees. She founded the Nappy Wash delivery service in the period after the Second World War.\n", "Details": "Jessie Clarke, the granddaughter of Alfred Deakin (Australian Prime Minister 1903-1910) and the daughter of Ivy (n\u00e9e Deakin) and Herbert Brookes, enrolled at the University of Melbourne in 1931. She graduated with an Arts\/Social Work degree and continued her studies in New York before the Australian government offered her a position as junior delegate to the League of Nations Union in Geneva.\nLater, with the war imminent, she returned to Australia and became president of the Victorian International Refugee Emergency Council. A few days after the outbreak of World War II she married William Anthony Francis Clarke, the son of Sir Frank Clarke, MLC, whom she had earlier taken to task for his reported remarks in the Legislative Council about 'rat-faced refugees'. Clarke worked with the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and Welfare Fund as a voluntary social worker dealing with the problems of army wives and relatives at first in Sydney, where her husband was stationed, and later in Melbourne.\nIn 1946 the Clarkes decided to start a napkin wash service in response to the post war baby boom. Nappie Wash, which grew to become the second largest such service in the world, was largely a family affair, with 13 relatives and friends providing the initial capital. At various stages of its history members of the family have been directors of the company which was sold in 1975.\nClarke, whose husband died in 1953, was a foundation member of the Australian Assistance Plan set up by Prime Minister Whitlam. She was involved also with community health groups such as the Abbeyfield Society, Melbourne-South Yarra Group, Broadmeadows Community Health Centre and the Melbourne District Health Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-clarke-founder-of-nappie-wash\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-jessie-clarke-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-clarke-interviewed-by-various-interviewers-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-jessie-clarke-managing-director-of-nappie-wash-ltd-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-jessie-clarke-ca-1900-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-jessie-clarke-1954-2008-bulk-1990-2008-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Laby, Elizabeth (Beth) Bartleman", "Entry ID": "AWE0626", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/laby-elizabeth-beth-bartleman\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Stawell, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "The daughter of Thomas and Gwenelian (n\u00e9e Bartleman) Laby, Beth Laby completed her secondary schooling at Korowa Anglican Girls' School. She graduated with a Diploma of Foods and Cookery, Institutional Management, from the Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy before becoming a demonstrator with the Metropolitan Gas Company.\nIn 1942 Laby was appointed to the cookery department at Emily McPherson College and part of her college war work included teaching members of the Australian Women's Army Service, the Women's Royal Australian Navy Service and army hospital cooks. She demonstrated to civilian women the use of diverse foodstuffs during a time of food rationing and uncertain supply, as well travelling to country towns to show women how to make ovens from oil drums in case the war moved south from Darwin.\nLaby became acting head of the Emily McPherson College cookery department following the resignation of Miss Jose and later taught at Prahran Technical College. In her retirement she was a delegate to the National Council of Women of Victoria (NCWV) for the Home Economics Association of Victoria. From 1992 to 1997 she was an associate of the NCWV and continued to contribute to council fund-raising activities and assist the home economics advisers well into the 1990s.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-beth-bartleman-laby\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-emily-mac-the-story-of-the-emily-mcpherson-college-1906-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-victoria-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/minutes-1904-1960-microform\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ellis, Constance", "Entry ID": "AWE0627", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ellis-constance\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Carlton, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "South Yarra, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Constance Ellis became the first woman graduate of the University of Melbourne to obtain the degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD) in March 1903. She joined the pathology department of the Queen Victoria Hospital in 1902 and was honorary pathologist from 1908 until 1919. Ellis was the first woman to become a demonstrator and lecturer of Pathology at the University of Melbourne.\nA foundation member of the Lyceum Club, Ellis was also a member of the Medical Women's Society, the Australian Association for Fighting Venereal Diseases, the Victorian branch of the British Medical Association, the National Council of Women of Victoria, the Victorian Baby Health Centre Association and the Emily McPherson College.\n", "Events": "At the final examinations Ellis came second in surgery and third in medicine (1899 - ) \nAttended Janet Clarke hostel, Trinity College, as a non-resident (1896 - 1898) \nBecame a member of the first committee of the Melbourne Business and Professional Women's Club (1925 - 1925) \nCouncil member of the College of Domestic Economy (later Emily McPherson College) (1911 - 1942) \nCouncil president of the Emily McPherson College (1932 - 1934) \nEducated at Presbyterian Ladies' College (PLC) (1886 - 1890) \nEnrolled for the medical course at the University of Melbourne (1894 - 1894) \nHonorary pathologist at the Queen Victoria Hospital (1908 - 1919) \nJoined the honorary staff of the Queen Victoria Hospital (1902 - 1902) \nObtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine (by examination) (1903 - 1903) \nPresident of the Lyceum Club (1918 - 1919) \nPresident of the Old Collegians' Association (PLC) (1911 - 1911) \nTook part in PLC's jubilee congress, a two-day discussion on social and welfare matters (1925 - 1925) \nVice-president and one of the founders of the Lyceum Club (Melb.) (1912 - 1912) \nVice-president of the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association (1920 - 1942)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-emily-mac-the-story-of-the-emily-mcpherson-college-1906-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-the-lyceum-club-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/constance-ellis\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ellis-constance-1872-1942\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ellis-constance-1872-1942-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1910-2013-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-victoria-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/minutes-1904-1960-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/history-of-the-lyceum-club-and-papers-1970-1975-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wedgwood, Camilla Hildegarde", "Entry ID": "AWE0628", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wedgwood-camilla-hildegarde\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England", "Death Place": "St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Anthropologist, Educator", "Summary": "Camilla Wedgwood, the fifth of seven children of Josiah and Ethel (n\u00e9e Bowen) Wedgwood, came to Australia in 1928 to lecture in anthropology at the University of Sydney. She then lectured at the University of Capetown, South Africa and at the London School of Economics and Political Science before being granted a fellowship to study the lives of women and children on Manam Island, New Guinea by the Australian National Research Council. Later Wedgwood became principal of Women's College at the University of Sydney and held this position until her appointment in the Australian Army Medical Women's Service, at the express wish of General Sir Thomas Blamey. She developed policies for postwar educational reconstruction in Papua New Guinea. Following her discharge Wedgwood returned to lecturing. A member of the Australian Student Christian Movement she was also involved with the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children, the Anthropological Society of New South Wales, the Australian Federation of University Women and the Australian Institute of International Affairs.\n", "Events": "Assistant lecturer in the Department of Social Studies at Bedford College, London (1926 - 1927) \nAssistant lecturer with the London School of Economics (1931 - 1932) \nCarried out research work in Nauru Island (1935 - 1935) \nCouncil member of the Royal Anthropological Institute (1931 - 1932) \nFellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1924 - 1924) \nGranted a fellowship by the Australian National Research Council for research work in Manam Island, New Guinea (1932 - 1934) \nHeld the Arthur Hugh Clough scholarship (1923 - 1923) \nHeld the Bathurst scholarship (1924 - 1924) \nHonorary lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sydney (1936 - 1944) \nJoined the Society of Friends (1925 - 1925) \nLecturer in the Department of Anthropology with the University of Sydney (1928 - 1929) \nLieutenant-colonel, in the Australian Army Medical Women's Service, attached to the Army Directorate of Research and Land Headquarters School of Civil Affairs (1944 - 1946) \nMember of the British Social Hygiene Council (1931 - 1932) \nPassed anthropology tripos (1924 - 1924) \nPassed with first-class honours the English tripos (1922 - 1922) \nPrincipal of the Women's College at the University of Sydney (1935 - 1944) \nQualified as Master of Arts (MA) (1927 - 1927) \nSenior lecturer in native administration at the Australian School of Pacific Administration (now ITI, International Training Institute) (1949 - 1949) \nService in New Guinea (1944 - 1945) \nStudied anthropology at Newnham College, Cambridge, under W E Armstrong and A C Haddon (1920 - 1920) \nTaught at the Institute of Education at the University of London (1947 - 1948) \nTemporary lecturer in the Department of African Life and Languages with the University of Cape Town (1930 - 1930)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wedgwood-camilla-hildergarde\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/youll-be-sorry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wedgwood-camilla-hildegarde-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/malekula-a-vanishing-people-in-the-new-hebrides\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/education-in-the-pacific-islands-a-selective-bibliography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/plays-for-young-pupils\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hiri\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/development-and-welfare-in-the-western-pacific\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/19527\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-research-leaders-in-the-australian-learned-academies-1954-to-1976\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-camilla-wedgwood-1928-1954-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manam-island-territory-of-new-guinea-and-nauru-1932-1935-picture-c-h-wedgwood\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/personal-archives-of-wedgwood-camilla-hildegarde-1901-1955\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/typescript-research-notes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-camilla-hildegarde-wedgwood\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ernest-william-pearson-chinnery-1897-1971-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-camilla-wedgwood-1913-1955-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-relating-to-asopa-courses-1949-1956-1988-1999\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-june-epstein-1935-1999-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brennan, Anna Teresa", "Entry ID": "AWE0631", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brennan-anna-teresa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Emu Creek, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Parkville, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Lawyer", "Summary": "Anna Brennan, member of a talented Victorian family, was a devout Catholic who actively pursued the cause of women's equality throughout her life. She was one of the earliest woman to graduate in law at the University of Melbourne in 1909 and practised as a solicitor in her brother's legal firm for fifty years. She was a foundation member of the Lyceum Club in 1912 and president from 1940-41.\nThe Victorian Legal Women's Association was established in 1931 with Brennan serving as president. A founding committee member of the Catholic Women's Social Guild in 1916, later the Catholic Women's League, she served as president from 1918-1920. She joined the Victorian branch of St Joan's International Alliance, holding the office of president from 1938-1945 and again in 1948 until her death in 1962.\n", "Details": "Anna Brennan was the thirteenth child of Michael Brennan, farmer and his wife Mary nee Maher. She commenced medical studies at the University of Melbourne in 1904, but was not permitted to continue as she was 'too nervous to do the dissections'. She commenced the law course in 1906, graduating in 1909. At the university she became a member of the Princess Ida Club for women students, was an office bearer from 1907-1909 and remained a committee member until 1913. She represented the Princess Ida Club on the national Council of Women in 1912\nShe became a partner in her brother Frank's firm, specialising in the matrimonial field and campaigned for more equitable laws in relation to divorce. She was the second woman in Victoria to be admitted to practice.\nHer commitment to her Catholic faith was evident in her involvement with the Catholic Women's Social Guild, lecturing and writing for its publications Women's Social Work and its successor Horizon.\nJoan of Arc was an inspiration to her and she joined the forerunner of the St Joan's International Alliance, the Catholic Women's Suffrage Society in London. She was an inaugural member of the Victorian chapter of the St Joans' International Alliance when it was established in 1936 and was president from 1938-45 and 1948-62.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/horizon-in-retrospect-1916-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brennan-anna-teresa-1879-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-lyceum-club-melbourne-1912-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anna-brennanthe-valiant-woman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tributes-to-a-medical-missionary-pioneer-dr-mary-glowrey-sister-mary-of-the-sacred-heart-first-c-w-s-g-president\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/law\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/history-of-the-lyceum-club-and-papers-1970-1975-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-st-joans-international-alliance\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/melbourne-university-princess-ida-club\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/melbourne-university-princess-ida-club-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Glowrey, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0634", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/glowrey-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Birregurra, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Bangalore, India", "Occupations": "Doctor, Religious Sister", "Summary": "On 29 November 1924 a ceremony of the Perpetual Profession of Dr Mary Glowrey, now Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart took place in the Church of St Agnes at Guntur (India). Mary Glowrey, who completed her medical training at the University of Melbourne, (MBBS 1910, MD 1919), was the first president of the Catholic Women's Social Guild (now Catholic Women's League). After receiving assurance from the Pope that she would be allowed to continue in her profession, Glowrey left Melbourne for India in 1920. At this time nuns were still prevented from practising medicine, She entered the Society of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, a Dutch order of nuns and spent the next 37 years involved with medical work in Guntur, India. Glowrey House, the Catholic Women's League headquarters in Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, is named in her honour.\n", "Details": "Mary Glowrey, the third of nine children, spent most of her childhood in the Mallee at Watchem in country Victoria. Her mother provided the children with domestic and religious education, but she received the major part of her primary education at the local state school when it was established. She was confirmed in the Catholic Church at the age of nine. Her parents encouraged their children to continue their education and Glowrey trained as a pupil teacher at the local primary school before winning a state secondary scholarship to attend the South Melbourne College. She boarded at the Good Shepherd Convent, Rosary Place, South Melbourne. She won a University Exhibition and proceeded to the University of Melbourne to complete a BA degree, but was persuaded to transfer to medicine, graduating MBBS in 1910.\nHer first medical appointment was to the Christchurch Hospital New Zealand in 1911 as resident doctor. She was the first medical woman to be granted an appointment in New Zealand. On her return to Australia the following year, she took up a position at the Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. She later set up in private practice in Collins Street, Melbourne, but continued to assist at the Eye and Ear Hospital and also became Physician to out-patients at St Vincent's Hospital, the Catholic public hospital in Melbourne.\nIn 1915 she was inspired by the work of Dr Agnes McLaren, an English pioneer medical woman who had become a Catholic at age 61 and went to India at age 72 to establish a Catholic hospital for the care of Indian women. Glowrey decided that God had called her to go to India to improve the health of Indian women, but had to wait until the end of World War One to achieve her goal.\nDuring the period from 1916-1919, she became founding president of the Catholic Women's Social Guild and, at the same time, to prepare herself for her work in India, continued her medical studies in the fields of gynaecology, obstetrics and ophthalmology.\nShe left Melbourne on the ship 'Orsova' for India on 21 January 1920, arrived in Madras on 11 February 1920 and reached Guntur the following day. She was received into the Order of the Sisters of the Society of Jesus, Mary and Joseph on 28 November 1920 and became the first nun-doctor missionary. She had to gain special permission from Pope Pius XI to perform her medical mission work, for nuns had not been permitted to practice as doctors. She took on the name of Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart.\nShe worked for the next 37 years in India to establish a Catholic Medical College, but did not live to see the St Johns's Medical College Bangalore open in 1963.\nMary Glowrey died in Bangalore on 5 May 1957.\n", "Events": "Glowrey Catholic Primary School opened in Wollert, Victoria, named in honour of Mary Glowrey (2019 - 2019) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2015 - 2015)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tributes-to-a-medical-missionary-pioneer-dr-mary-glowrey-sister-mary-of-the-sacred-heart-first-c-w-s-g-president\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/horizon-in-retrospect-1916-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-medical-nun-in-india-mary-glowrey-m-d-sister-mary-of-the-sacred-heart-society-of-jesus-mary-joseph\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-glowrey-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Greig, Janet Lindsay (Jenny)", "Entry ID": "AWE0635", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greig-janet-lindsay-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Broughty Ferry, Scotland", "Death Place": "London, England", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "The daughter of merchant Robert Lindsay and Jane Stocks (n\u00e9e Macfarlane) Jenny Greig graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1895. She devoted her life to the service of women, especially in the field of medicine. One of the founders of the Queen Victoria Hospital when Greig retired in 1948 she had been an active member of the honorary medical staff for over 50 years. When the hospital added a new pathology block in 1937 it was named after her. Greig is recognized as the first woman anaesthetist in Victoria: she was honorary anaesthetist at the Women's Hospital in Melbourne from 1900 to 1917, honorary assistant anaesthetist at the Melbourne Hospital in 1903 and was admitted as a member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1940. Greig died will visiting London in 1950.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greig-janet-lindsay-jenny-1874-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greig-jane-stocks-1877-1939-and-janet-lindsay-1974-1950-medical-practitioners-clara-puella-1877-1957-tutor-grata-flos-matilda-1880-1958-barrister-and-solicitor-and-stella-fida-1889-1913\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/this-mad-folly-the-history-of-australias-pioneer-women-doctors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-brief-history-of-the-greig-sisters\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buscombe, Nina Dorothea Kestell", "Entry ID": "AWE0636", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buscombe-nina-dorothea-kestell\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Box Hill, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Servicewoman", "Summary": "On 26 January 1998 Nina Buscombe was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the community through the Motor Neurone Disease Association of Victoria, the Victorian School for Deaf Children, the Victorian Council of Social Service, and Zonta. In 1987 she was honoured with an Anzac of the Year Award for her contribution to the community and the Motor Neurone Disease Association of Victoria awarded her a Life Governorship and instituted The Nina Buscombe Award in her honour.\n", "Details": "The only daughter of Sydney and Celia Buscombe's six children was raised in the Box Hill area of Victoria. From October 1942 until 1946 she served with the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) at Cerberus, Lonsdale and Magnetic. Buscombe joined the Ex-WRANS Association (Victoria) when formed in 1966 and for a number of years she assisted as Honorary Secretary\/Treasurer and Honorary Auditor.\nFollowing World War II Buscombe completed an accountancy course at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) through the Repatriation Scheme. She spent 1952 and 1953 in England and later worked as an accountant, assistant secretary and volunteer to fundraising committees and auxiliaries with the Victorian School for Deaf Children, before retiring in 1980.\nBuscombe also was a member of various committees with the Victorian Girl Guides Association for over 10 years, the Victorian Council of Social Services Combined Charities Christmas Card Shop for 18 years and Zonta (Melbourne\/Yarra Branch) for over 20 years. In 1981 she became involved with the Motor Neurone Society (later the Motor Neurone Disease Association of Victoria - MNDAV) and helped create the national body. The association recognized her contribution by awarding her Life Governorship and establishing a travel bursary - The Nina Buscombe Award - in her honour.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nina-buscombe-oam\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "John, Cecilia Annie", "Entry ID": "AWE0637", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/john-cecilia-annie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Godalming, Surrey, England", "Occupations": "Feminist, Opera singer, Pacifist", "Summary": "Cecilia John, who sang 'I Didn't Raise My Son to Be a Soldier' until banned by the government under the War Precautions Act of 1915, founded the Women's Peace Army with Vida Goldstein. Interested in social questions, John was a member of the Collins Street Independent Church, the Women's Political Association and wrote for the Woman Voter. She established the Children's Peace Army and ran a women's co-operative farm, the Women's Rural Industries Co. Ltd, at Mordialloc, providing employment to women in financial need.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Daniel and Rosetta (n\u00e9e Kelly) John, Cecilia John came to Melbourne during her early teens to study music and singing. To pay for her training she established a poultry farm at Deepdene. By 1911 John was a successful teacher of singing and voice production as well as a poultry expert. She also joined the Collins Street Independent Church, distributed anti-conscription literature for the Australian Freedom League and supported Vida Goldstein in her campaign for election to Federal parliament in 1913.\nA member of the Women's Political Association she wrote for the Woman Voter and with Goldstein established the Women's Peace Army and became its financial secretary. At anti-conscription meetings she sang 'I Didn't Raise My Son to Be a Soldier' until banned by the government under the War Precautions Act of 1915. She also formed the Children's Peace Army and the People's Conservatorium. Along with Ina Higgins, John ran a women's co-operative farm, the Women's Rural Industries Co. Ltd, at Mordialloc, providing employment to women in financial need.\nFollowing World War I John attended the Women's International Peace Conference at Zurich with Goldstein. She also worked for the International Red Cross in Geneva and the Save-the-Children Fund in London where she became involved with the Dalcroze Eurhythmic system of dancing. In 1932 John became principal of the London School of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, a position she held until her death on 28 May 1955.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/john-cecilia-annie-1877-1955\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/monash-biographical-dictionary-of-20th-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/that-dangerous-and-persuasive-woman-vida-goldstein\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/radical-melbourne-a-secret-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/put-up-the-sword-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miss-cecilia-john-on-why-i-am-a-bolshevik\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/unemployment-w-p-a-womens-labour-bureau\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scheme-of-proposed-womens-rural-industries-co\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-1897-1919-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bowen, Sally", "Entry ID": "AWE0640", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bowen-sally\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Peace activist, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Sally Bowen, who lived most of her adult life in Wollongong, was a prominent union, political and community activist. During her life Bowen was involved with Miners' Women's Auxiliaries, the Women's Centre in Wollongong, the Union of Australian Women, the Save Our Sons movement, the Jobs for Women Campaigns and the Environmental Movement.\n", "Details": "The fourth child and only daughter in the share-farming Phipps family, Sally Bowen's first job was droving sheep. She later helped her mother run a guest house. For the period of World War II she was employed at Lysagt's factory, where the Owen Gun was produced. Here she became a shop steward for the Federated Ironworkers. A member of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA), she became an organizer of socials and fundraising for the party, the Red Cross and for Soldiers' Parcels.\nFrom 1944 until 1947 Bowen worked for Berlei, leaving to look after her elderly parents. To supplement the special benefit [now carer's pension] she became a dressmaker and in her spare time participated in CPA activities. During the 1949 coal strike she helped organize activities for children of the striking miners.\nIn 1950 she was elected the secretary of the South Coast District Committee of the CPA. She met her future husband, miner David (Dave) Bowen (died 1984) , when she spoke at Balgownie against Menzies' referendum to ban the Communist Party. They married in 1954 and had two children.\nBowen resigned as district secretary of the CPA in 1955 but remained on the committee, later to become president. She worked with the Women's Centre in Wollongong and Miners' Women's Auxiliaries. It was the auxiliaries that initiated the celebration of International Women's Day (IWD) on the South Coast in 1938. In 1964 Bowen led a CPA women's delegation to the USSR. \nA member of the Save Our Sons movement, Bowen was one of the participants who chained themselves to the railing in the gallery of Parliament House (Canberra). She also demonstrated against Australian Iron and Steel, a subsidiary of BHP, for the Jobs for Women campaigns.\nBowen was involved in the environmental movement and was prominent in promoting aged care issues. She became chairperson of the Healthy City Aged Task Force for the South Coast area.\nIn 1994 Bowen recorded her life experiences in the publication A Garland of Poetry. \nAged 81, Sally Bowen died at Lawrence Hargrave Hospital, Thirroul on 25 February 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sally-bowen-1918-1999\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-garland-of-poetry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kemira-diary-of-a-strike\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sally-bowen\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-women-of-wollongong\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sally-bowen-political-and-social-experiences-of-a-working-class-woman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Powell, Eileen", "Entry ID": "AWE0645", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/powell-eileen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Trade unionist", "Summary": "Aged fifteen, Eileen Powell joined the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and remained a member for over 45 years. She trained at the Party speakers' classes in Balmain and became Assistant Secretary of the Stanmore Branch in 1929. After working for Grace Brothers (Broadway) Powell commenced work with the Labor Daily. From 1937 until 1944 she worked with the Australian Railways Union, New South Wales Branch. During this period Powell became an organiser for the Railway Refreshment Rooms (RRR) staff and achieved an Industrial Relations award for them. The mostly women workers were not employed directly by the Railways Department, were not covered by other awards and were dispersed throughout railway towns in New South Wales. On their behalf she appeared before the full bench of the NSW Industrial Commission and when the judgement was handed down there was a cut in the spread of hours, provisions for overtime, increased wages and the abolition of the compulsory board and lodging payments. Powell was also a member of the Council of Action for Equal Pay, the ALP Women's Central Organising Committee and the United Associations of Women.\n", "Events": "Appeared for the Australian Railway Union - New South Wales Branch before the full bench of the NSW Industrial Commission (1938 - 1938) \nAssistant secretary of the Stanmore Branch of the Australian Labor Party (1929 - 1929) \nAwarded the Silver Jubilee Medal (1977 - 1977) \nGained Australian Labor Party preselection in the State seat of North Sydney (1951 - 1951) \nGave evidence at the Female Wage Case in the Industrial Commission (1935 - 1935) \nGave evidence at the National Wage Case which adopted the principle of equal pay for equal work (1969 - 1969) \nJoined the Australian Labor Party. Member for 47 years. (1928 - 1975) \nMarried Sydney Morning Herald journalist Fred Coleman-Browne (1948 - 1948) \nMember of the Council of Action for Equal Pay (1937 - 1948) \nOrganizer with the Australian Railway Union - New South Wales Branch (1937 - 1944)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/working-lives-a-history-of-the-australian-railways-union-nsw-branch\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eileen-powell-1913-1997-obituary\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/on-the-way-to-beirut-status-of-women-commission\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fred-coleman-browne-papers-including-papers-of-his-wife-eileen-powell-ca-1871-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eileen-powell-papers-1912-1997\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ros-bowden-interviews-conducted-for-radio-programs-and-documentaries-ca-1975-1989\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dunkley, Louisa Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE0647", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dunkley-louisa-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Richmond, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Longueville, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Trade unionist", "Summary": "Louisa Dunkley co-founded the Victorian Women's Post and Telegraph Association in 1900. A campaigner for equal pay for women, she joined the Postmaster-General's Department in 1882. By 1890 Dunkley had passed the proficiency tests and transferred to the Chief Telegraph Office as a telegraphist. In the 1890s she helped to establish a committee of women telegraphists and postmistresses to present a case for equal pay, with their male colleagues in the Post and Telegraph Department of Victoria. They received increases in salary, though not equality with men telegraphists. Because the male union discourages female members the Victorian Women's Post and Telegraph Association was established in 1900 with Dunkley as vice-president. She represented the association at the telegraphists' conference in October 1900 at Sydney, where she met her future husband, Edward Charles Kraegen, secretary of the New South Wales and Commonwealth Post and Telegraph associations from 1885 to 1904.\n", "Events": "Became interested in unionism from her experience of unfair conditions in pay and status of women workers in the Victorian public service. With colleagues presented a case for equal pay. They received an increase in salary, though not equality with men. (1890 - 1890) \nElected a delegate to attend all-colonies telegraphists conference held in Sydney. Her advocacy of equal pay and status under new Commonwealth conditions was endorsed. (1900 - 1900) \nFederal electorate seat of Dunkley was created. (1984 - 1984) \nFollowing her marriage to Edward Charles Kraegen, they had two children, she resigned from the Postmaster-General's Department. (1903 - 1903) \nJoined the Postmaster-General's Department as a junior assistant. (1882 - 1882) \nOne of the founders of the Victorian Women's Post and Telegraph Association. (1900 - 1900) \nPassed proficiency test and transferred to the Chief Telegraph Office as a telegraphist. (1890 - 1890) \nStudied telegraphy and qualified as an operator. (1888 - 1888) \nVice-President of the Victorian Women's Post and Telegraph Association (1900 - 1904) \nWorked in Melbourne metropolitan post and telegraph offices. (1888 - 1890)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dunkley-louisa\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dunkley-louisa-margaret-1866-1927\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pioneers-of-our-industrial-the-women-telegraphists-of-melbourne-and-their-union-1895-1920\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/communicators-and-their-first-trade-unions-a-history-of-the-telegraphist-and-postal-clerk-unions-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-the-victorian-post-office\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-electoral-divisions-named-after-women\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Greville, Henrietta", "Entry ID": "AWE0650", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greville-henrietta\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dunedin, New Zealand", "Death Place": "Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Trade unionist", "Summary": "Henrietta Greville established her life-long involvement with the labour movement when she moved to the goldfields at West Wyalong, following the breakdown of her marriage to John Collins. Here she pegged out a claim, sold meals to the miners and helped establish a branch of the Political Labor League, as well as meeting her future husband, miner and union organizer, Hector Greville. To help support her family Greville, at times, worked as a seamstress. Later she became an organizer for the Australian Workers' Union, the Women Workers' Union, and for some time acted as its delegate at the Trades and Labor Council. As a Labor candidate, Greville was defeated for the federal seat of Wentworth in 1917 and the state seat of Vaucluse in 1927. Greville became associated with the Workers' Educational Association of New South Wales in 1914 when she joined an economics class. By 1918 she was branch secretary at Lithgow, became a member of the executive in 1919 and the first woman president in 1920. Greville was still active with the association in 1954, at the age of 94. On 1 January 1958 Henrietta Greville was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for social welfare services in New South Wales.\n", "Events": "Aged 94 directed a group of women studing sex hygiene for WEA (1954 - 1954) \nAppointed Member of the Order of the British Empire for social welfare services in New South Wales (1958 - 1958) \nBecame a life-member of the Union of Australian Women (1945 - 1945) \nCampaigned against conscription (1916 - 1917) \nDelegate to Trades and Labor Council (1890 - 1890) \nFirst woman to be elected president of WEA (1920 - 1920) \nJoined the first tutorial class of the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) of New South Wales and studied economics for two years (1914 - 1914) \nJoined the Labor Party (1891 - 1891) \nLabor candidate for the New South Wales State seat of Vaucluse (1927 - 1927) \nMarried Hector Greville a miner and union organizer (1894 - ) \nMarried John Collins a jeweller at Albury Registry Office (1881 - ) \nMoved with her parents Henry and Rebecca (n\u00e9e Hutchinson) Wyse and siblings from New Zealand to Victoria (1866 - 1866) \nOrganiser for the Australian Workers Union (1890 - 1890) \nOrganizer for the White Workers' Union and attacked the working conditions and wages of female shirt-makers (1908 - 1908) \nPresident of the Labor Women's Advisory Council (1938 - 1938) \nStood, unsuccessfully, for the Federal electorate seat of Wentworth, representing the Women's Central Organising Committee of the Australian Labor Party (1917 - 1917) \nWorked for the Rockdale branch of the Original Old Age and Invalid Pensioners' Association (1940 - 1940)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/more-than-a-hat-and-glove-brigade-the-story-of-the-union-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henrietta-greville-veteran-labor-pioneer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greville-henrietta-1861-1964\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/william-morrow-recordings-of-addresses-given-by-jessie-street-and-interviews-with-jessie-street-1953-1960\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Miller, Emma", "Entry ID": "AWE0654", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miller-emma\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England", "Death Place": "Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Suffragist, Union organiser, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Emma Miller was foundation president of the Woman's Equal Franchise Association between 1894 and 1905. The vote for women in Queensland State elections was finally won in 1905; women had had the right to vote in Federal elections since Federation, and voted for the first time in the 1903 Federal election. On 2 February 1912, known as Black Friday, at the height of a general strike, Miller led a contingent of women to Parliament House, avoiding police with fixed bayonets. The women were charged by baton swinging police on their return from Parliament House. Miller reputedly stuck her hatpin into a horse ridden by the Police Commissioner, Patrick Cahill. Cahill fell from his horse and claimed to have been permanently injured. Direct political action was not Miller's only cause. She was anti-militarist and opposed conscription in World War I. She believed that 'those who make the quarrel should be the only ones to fight'. As vice-president of the Women's Peace Army, Miller attended the Peace Alliance Conference in Melbourne in 1916. She also fought hard for free speech and civil liberties. During the First World War, Miller preached equal pay to those fearing that women would take the jobs of men away at the war.\n", "Events": "A publicly funded marble bust was unveiled in the Trades Hall (1922 - 1922) \nCampaigned against the conscription referendums (1916 - 1917) \nDelegate to the Australian Peace Alliance conference (1916 - 1916) \nDelegate to the Commonwealth Labor conference (1908 - 1908) \nFoundation president of the Woman's Equal Franchise Association (1894 - 1905) \nGave evidence to the Royal Commission into Shops, Factories and Workshops (1891 - 1891) \nHelped to form a female workers' union (1890 - 1890) \nLed a contingent of women to Parliament House on 'Black Friday' (1912 - 1912) \nMarched with shearers' strike prisoners when released (1891 - 1891) \nMarried Andrew Miller (dec. 1897) (1886 - ) \nMarried Jabez Mycroft Silcock (dec.), they had four children (1857 - 1857) \nMarried William Calderwood (dec. 1880) (1874 - ) \nMigrated to Brisbane (1879 - ) \nPresident of the Women Workers' Political Union (1903 - 1903) \nThe flag at Brisbane's Trade Hall flew at half mast when Emma Miller died (1917 - 1917)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miller-emma-1839-1917\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australias-working-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/proud-to-be-a-rebel-the-life-and-times-of-emma-miller\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/emma-miller\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miller-emma-1839-1917-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/family-rediscovers-grandma-suffragette\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/votes-for-women-the-australian-story\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/worth-fighting-for\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-emma-miller-suffragette-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/om64-13-workers-educational-association-of-queensland-records-1913-1932\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gu\u00e9rin, Julia Margaret (Bella)", "Entry ID": "AWE0655", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guerin-julia-margaret-bella\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Williamstown, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Norwood, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Political activist, Teacher", "Summary": "Bella Gu\u00e9rin became the first woman to graduate from an Australian university when she was awarded her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Melbourne (number 255) in December 1883. She taught first at Loreto Convent, Ballarat then as lady principal of Ballarat School of Mines university classes, resigning upon marriage to Henry Halloran. A civil servant and poet, Halloran married Gu\u00e9rin on 28 June 1891 aged 80. Following his death Gu\u00e9rin married George D'Arcie Lavender.\nBella Gu\u00e9rin was politically active and a member of the suffrage movement. She became vice-president of the Women's Political Association in 1912, and later joined the Labor Party.\n", "Events": "Appointed vice-president of the Labor Party's Women's Central Organizing Committee (1918 - 1918) \nAwarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Melbourne (number 255) (1883 - ) \nCo-authored Vida Goldstein's Senate election pamphlet (1913 - 1913) \nLed the Labor Women's Anti-Conscription Fellowship campaign during the referendum (1916 - 1916) \nMarried 80 year old Henry Halloran (died 19 May 1893) at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, she bore him a son, Henry Marco. (1891 - ) \nMarried George D'Arcie Lavender, 30 years her junior (1909 - 1909) \nOffice-bearer with the Bendigo Women's Franchise League (1898 - 1903) \nPassed the University of Melbourne Matriculation Examination, passing in Latin, English, French, Arithmetic, Algebra, Euclid and History (1878 - ) \nTeacher at schools in Camperdown, South Yarra, St Kilda, Parkville and Brunswick (1904 - 1917) \nVice-president of the Women's Political Association (1912 - 1914)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bella-guerin-m-a-first-lady-graduate\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bella-lavender\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guerin-julia-margaret-1858-1923\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guerin-bella\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McConnell, Joyce Marion", "Entry ID": "AWE0657", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcconnell-joyce-marion\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Women's rights activist, Women's rights organiser", "Summary": "Joyce McConnell was appointed to the Order of the British Empire on 12 June 1976 for community services. She was an active member of a number of national women's groups and Australian Capital Territory associations. McConnell was President of the National Council of Women of Australia, member of the National Women's Advisory Council, National Women's Consultative Council and the Federation of University Women. In 1976 McConnell was Australia's delegate to the International Council of Women conference in Vancouver.\n", "Details": "Joyce McConnell represented Australian women to government with an even-handed professionalism that achieved lasting results. She was president of the National Council of Women of Australia 1973-1976 and a member of the peak national advisory bodies the National Women's Advisory Council and the National Women's Consultative Council from 1978-1986.\nJoyce Marion McConnell was born on 21 August 1916 at Wollstonecraft, NSW, the daughter of L.J. Smith. She was educated at North Sydney Girls' High School and Sydney University. At the time of her marriage to Hugh McConnell on 31 August 1939, both she and her husband were studying economics as evening students, and both were active student politicians. Joyce served as a director of the Women's Union and vice-president of the Student Representative Council.\nMcConnell graduated with a Bachelor of Economics. Her husband's work as a teacher took the family into country New South Wales, and later to Canberra. The marriage produced two sons and two daughters.\nMcConnell became active in women's affairs in 1957, joining the Canberra Association of University Women and becoming its delegate on the National Council of Women of the Australian Capital Territory. As convenor for housing and civic affairs, she was responsible for the first 2 surveys carried out by the Council in Canberra, seeking information regarding government housing and consumer prices. She served as honorary secretary of the Council in 1957-1958, resigning to accompany her husband overseas. On her return, she held the presidency of the Council from 1962 to 1964, raising funds to establish the first Senior Citizens' Club in the ACT. Other voluntary work in community organisations at this time included chairing the Emergency Housekeeper Committee and the Anti-Litter Campaign, and helping found the Churchill Appeal.\nFrom 1964 to 1969, Hugh McConnell was posted to Argentina. Joyce McConnell joined the local University Women's Club, and became a committee member of the Mission to Seamen in Buenos Aires.\nIn 1973, McConnell became president of the National Council of Women of Australia. Hers was the first National Board to be located in Canberra. McConnell predicted correctly that its strength would be 'in the very nature of Canberra-in the relative accessibility of those who sit in the seats of power and who are the architects of our national policy'. McConnell quickly established good working relationships with the emerging women's bureaucracy inaugurated by the Whitlam Labor government and, despite her active membership of the Liberal Party, communicated effectively with politicians on both sides of the parliament. She worked equitably with representatives of newly vocal groups like the Women's Electoral Lobby in planning for Women's Resource Centres and Rape Crisis Centres, and in preparations for International Women's Year.\nMcConnell was one of the delegation of 10 women sent by the Australian government to the International Women's Year Tribune held in association with the World Conference on Women in Mexico city in 1975. In 1976, she led the Australian delegation to the ICW Triennial Conference in Vancouver.\nIn 1975 McConnell, on behalf of NCWA, proposed to Prime Minister Whitlam that he establish a representative Women's Advisory Council. The suggestion was taken up by the Fraser government, and, in 1978, Fraser appointed McConnell to the newly constituted Council, reappointing her in 1982. When Prime Minister Hawke abolished the Council and replaced it with the National Women's Consultative Council in1984, McConnell was again appointed: the only woman to serve both governments in this capacity. In 1979, as the NatWAC convenor in Canberra, she had to negotiate extreme opposition from right-wing radical women during the mid-decade consultations for the UN Decade for Women.\nShe continued to work with NCWA, becoming an honorary life vice-president in 1979 and accepting the national convenorship of the Economics Standing Committee in 1980. She also returned to the leadership of the Australian Federation of University Women, organising their national conference in 1981.\nMcConnell was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1976 for service to the community, and awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal in 1978.\nJoyce McConnell died of a massive stroke in 1991, a few days before her 75th birthday.\nPrepared by: Jan Hipgrave, Marian Quartly and Judith Smart\n", "Events": "Appointed to the Order of the British Empire (1976 - 1976) \nAssociate member of the Royal Canberra Golf Club (1973 - 1973) \nAwarded Queen's Jubilee Medal (1978 - 1978) \nChairman of the Emergency Housekeeper Service in the Australian Capital Territory (1962 - 1964) \nCommittee member of the Mission to Seamen in Buenos Aires (1965 - 1969) \nConvenor of the Economics Standing Committee for the National Council of Australian Women (1980 - 1980) \nCouncil member of the Australian Federation of University Women (1981 - 1981) \nHonourary Life Vice-President of the National Council of Women of Australia (1979 - 1979) \nHonourary Secretary of the National Council of Australian Capital Territory (1957 - 1958) \nLeader and Australian delegate to the International Council of Women conference in Vancouver (1976 - 1976) \nMarried Hugh McConnell and she bore four children (1939 - 1939) \nMember of the advisory committee on the Australian Government Contribution to the United States Bicentennial (1976 - 1976) \nMember of the Australian Federation of University Women (ACT) (1957 - 1957) \nMember of the Churchill Appeal committee in the Australian Capital Territory (1964 - 1965) \nMember of the delegation of ten women sent by the Australian government to the United Nations Tribune for International Women's Year in Mexico City (1975 - 1975) \nMember of the First Garden Club (ACT) (1964 - 1964) \nMember of the National Women's Advisory Council (1978 - 1980) \nMember of the National Women's Advisory Council (1982 - 1984) \nMember of the National Women's Consultative Council (1984 - 1986) \nMember of the University Women's Club (Argentina) (1965 - 1969) \nMember of the Women's International Club (ACT) (1976 - 1976) \nPresident of the National Council of Australian Capital Territory (1962 - 1964) \nPresident of the National Council of Women of Australia (1973 - 1976) \nVice-chair of the National Committee for the International Women's Year for the United Nations Association of Australia (1975 - 1975) \nVice-president of the Australian Pre-School Association (1974 - 1977)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/active-life-in-womens-affairs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1988\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stirrers-with-style-presidents-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-and-its-predecessors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beryl-beaurepaire\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1974\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/capital-women-a-history-of-the-work-of-the-national-council-of-women-a-c-t-in-canberra-1939-1979\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-joyce-mcconnell-1960-1989-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-joyce-mcconnell-former-president-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-1924-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-1936-1972-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lambert, Mary Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE0658", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lambert-mary-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Trade unionist", "Summary": "Trade union official Mary Lambert, State secretary of The Australian Hairdressers, Wigmakers & Hairworkers Employees Federation was also a member of many committees within the union movement. She was a union representative on several committees including the State Wages Board, Industrial Training Commission committees and trades committees.\n", "Events": "Attended Australian Council of Trade Union congress (1975 - 1975) \nAttended Australian Council of Trade Union congress (1977 - 1977) \nAttended Australian Council of Trade Union congress (1979 - 1979) \nAttended Australian Council of Trade Union congress (1981 - 1981) \nDelegate to the Victorian Trades Hall Council (1976 - 1976) \nFederal secretary of The Australian Hairdressers, Wigmakers & Hairworkers Employees Federation (1976 - 1976) \nMarried Keith Young Harvey (1975 - 1975) \nMember of the Finance Committee for the Trades Hall Council (1976 - 1978) \nState secretary of The Australian Hairdressers, Wigmakers & Hairworkers Employees Federation (Victorian Branch) (1976 - 1981)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-hairdressers-wigmakers-hairworkers-employees-federation-1911-1991\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lobb, Diana Joan (Di)", "Entry ID": "AWE0659", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lobb-diana-joan-di\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, England", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Dianna Lobb, the daughter of Leonard and Violet (n\u00e9e Davidson) Lobb, was educated at Fort Street Girl's High School, Sydney. In 1978 she became the first woman to review guard at Headquarters 2nd Military District at Victoria Barracks, Sydney. The same year she became commanding officer and chief instructor of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) School, Sydney. On 12 June 1971 Lobb was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire.\n", "Events": "Appointed Member to the Order of the British Empire (1971 - 1971) \nCommanding officer and chief instructor of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (1978 - 1978) \nFirst woman to review guard at the 2nd Military District Headquarters Victoria Barracks in Sydney (1978 - 1978) \nMember of Gymea Toastmistresses Club (1975 - 1977) \nMember of the WRAAC Association (1977 - 1977)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-diana-lobb-major-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lyon, Heather Isabel", "Entry ID": "AWE0660", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lyon-heather-isabel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Yarra, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Edithvale, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator", "Summary": "Pre-school teacher and educator Heather Lyon was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 11 June 1977 for her service to education.\n", "Events": "Appointed a Member of the British Empire (1977 - 1977) \nAwarded Advanced Diploma from Kindergarten Training College, Melbourne (1939 - 1939) \nAwarded Diploma from Kindergarten Training College, Melbourne (1937 - 1937) \nAwarded the Free Kindergarten Union Travelling Scholarship for overseas study (1944 - 1946) \nAwarded the Fulbright\/Smith Mundt Research Scholarship for study in the United States of America (1958 - 1958) \nAwarded the Queen's Coronation Medal (1953 - 1953) \nConsultant to the New South Wales Teacher Education Board for accrediting pre-school courses (1973 - 1973) \nCouncil member of the Graduate Association of the Institute of Early Childhood Development (1978 - 1978) \nDirector of the Ada Mary A'Beckett Kindergarten at Fisherman's Bend (1942 - 1944) \nFellow of the Australian College of Education (FACE) (1968 - 1968) \nFoundation member for the Senate of the State College of Victoria (1973 - 1977) \nGained Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Columbia (1946 - 1946) \nKindergarten teacher (1938 - 1941) \nLecturer at the Kindergarten Training College in Kew (1947 - 1951) \nMember of the Accreditation Panel for the Western Australian Tertiary Education Commission to accredit Early Childhood courses at the Western Australia Institute of Technology (1975 - 1975) \nMember of the Australian College of Education (MACE) (1959 - 1959) \nMember of the Church of England Kindergarten Council (1978 - 1978) \nMember of the Committee on Training Volunteers for Youth Work with the YWCA (1960 - 1970) \nMember of the Lyceum Club (Melbourne) (1952 - 1952) \nMember of the Premier's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Schools (1976 - 1976) \nMember of the State Enquiry into Teacher Education (1978 - 1981) \nMember of the Victorian Standing Committee on Pre-School Child Development (1975 - 1977) \nMember of the Zonta Club of Melbourne (1974 - 1980) \nPrincipal of the State College of Victoria Institute of Early Childhood Development (formerly Kindergarten Training College) (1952 - 1952) \nVice-principal at the Kindergarten Training College in Kew (1948 - 1951)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-the-steps-of-james-cowling-an-account-of-a-visit-to-st-agnes-cornwall-in-1981-with-some-genealogical-observations-and-sketches-of-the-lives-of-one-line-of-descendants-of-james-cowling-born-in\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-silver-tea-pot-the-story-of-how-the-teapot-presented-in-1824-to-john-lyon-of-edinburgh-together-with-other-relics-helped-to-trace-a-family-story\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-heather-lyon-college-principal-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/free-kindergarten-association-of-victoria-inc-formerly-free-kindergarten-union-of-victoria\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "MacLeod, Barbara Denise", "Entry ID": "AWE0661", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macleod-barbara-denise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bunbury, Western Australia", "Death Place": "Mollymook, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Former primary school teacher Barbara MacLeod joined the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service in 1954. During her service she served in every Australian state except Western Australia. In 1976 MacLeod became the first woman officer of any service to attend the Australian Administrative Staff College (AASC). Three years later she was the first woman naval officer of Captain's rank to be posted to a male Captain's position. In 1982 MacLeod became an Honorary Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to Queen Elizabeth. She was the first Australian woman to be appointed as an ADC, a post which had to be relinquished on her retirement. On 9 June 1975 Naval Officer Barbara MacLeod became a Member of the Order of Australia. She was also awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal (1977) and the National Medal (1977) and Bar (1979).\n", "Events": "Advised on the setting up of the Wrans' quarters at HMAS Albatross, the naval air station at Nowra, NSW (1963 - 1963) \nAppointed a member in the Military Divisions of the Order of Australia (1975 - 1975) \nAppointed Aide-de-Camp to Queen Elizabeth and required to attend Royal functions whenever the Queen was in Australia (1982 - 1982) \nAppointed Director of Navy Industrial policy and responsible for policy on housing, leave and pay (1979 - 1984) \nAppointed Director of the WRANS (1973 - 1979) \nAwarded Bar for the National Medal (1979 - 1979) \nAwarded the National Medal (1977 - 1977) \nAwarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal (1977 - 1977) \nCommand WRANS officer to flag officer commanding East Australian Area (1971 - 1973) \nCommenced Officer Training Course (1954 - 1954) \nCommissioned as a probationary Third Officer (1954 - 1954) \nCompleted Advance Course at the Australian Administrative Staff College (AASC) (1976 - 1976) \nFirst woman sent by Defence to the Australian Administrative Staff College (1970 - 1970) \nFoundation member of the Australian Naval Institute (1975 - 1975) \nGraduated from the Western Australian Teachers College (1950 - 1950) \nJoined the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) as a Direct Entry Officer Candidate (1953 - 1953) \nPrimary school teacher in Western Australia (1951 - 1953) \nPromoted to Chief Officer (1972 - 1972) \nPromoted to First Officer (1962 - 1962) \nPromoted to Second Officer (1958 - 1958) \nVice-president of the Australian Naval Institute (1975 - 1978)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ships-belles-the-story-of-the-womens-royal-australian-naval-service-in-war-and-peace-1941-1985\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/requiem-for-a-wran-new-south-wales-ex-wrans-association\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-barbara-macleod-former-chief-officer-wrans-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moffatt, Marjorie (Ann)", "Entry ID": "AWE0662", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moffatt-marjorie-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic", "Summary": "Senior Lecturer and Convener of the Classics Program at the Australian National University (ANU), Dr Ann Moffatt was one of the first women wardens of a mixed hall of residence when acting warden of Bruce Hall at the ANU in 1973.\nMoffatt attended Unley High School in Adelaide and University High School, Melbourne, before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Melbourne. She obtained her Master of Arts from the Australian National University and her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of London.\n", "Events": "Acting warden of Bruce Hall at the Australian National University (1973 - 1973) \nLecturer in classics at the Australian National University (1970 - 1977) \nSenior lecturer in classics at the Australian National University (1978 - 1978) \nVice-principal of the Women's College at the University of Sydney (1965 - 1966)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-publications-in-byzantine-and-related-fields-to-1990-a-list\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/byzantine-humanism-the-first-phase-notes-and-remarks-on-education-and-culture-in-byzantium-from-its-origins-to-the-10th-century\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/byzantine-papers-proceedings-of-the-first-australian-byzantine-studies-conference-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maistor-classical-byzantine-and-renaissance-studies-for-robert-browning\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nicholson, Joyce Thorpe", "Entry ID": "AWE0663", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nicholson-joyce-thorpe\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Northcote, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Mornington, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Feminist, Publisher", "Summary": "Joyce Nicholson was born in Melbourne, the daughter of publisher D.W. Thorpe. She was educated at Methodist Ladies College before completing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne, where she was vice-president of the Student Representative Council. She has been active in the women's movement, involved in early years with the Women's Electoral Lobby (W.E.L.) and Sisters Publishing Ltd. She was Managing Director, and later sole owner, of D.W. Thorpe Pty Ltd from 1968 until 1987, when the firm was sold. She is the author of over 25 books, many of them written for children, others dealing with women's issues.\n", "Events": "Chief Executive Officer of Courtyard Press (1993 - 1993) \nChief Executive Officer of Jayen Press (1987 - 1992) \nCo-founder and director of Sisters Publishing Ltd (1979 - 1980) \nEditor of Newsletter for the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (1971 - 1974) \nFounding member of the National Book Council (1974 - 1974) \nJunior typist, secretary and sub-editor at D W Thorpe Pty Ltd (Melbourne) (1935 - 1946) \nManaging director and proprietor of D W Thorpe Pty Ltd (Melbourne), and editor, Australian Bookseller and Australian Books in Print (1968 - 1980) \nMarried George Harvey Nicholson (dec.1980), they had 4 children (1943 - 1943) \nOrganizer of the first Children's Book Week in Victoria (1957 - 1957) \nRecipient of the Lloyd O'Neil Award for services to the Book Industry (1998 - 1998) \nSecretary and executive member of the Australian Library Promotion Council (1972 - 1983) \nVice-president of the Student Representative Council at the University of Melbourne (1940 - 1940) \nWriter and part-time work at D W Thorpe Pty Ltd (Melbourne) (1947 - 1968)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-electoral-lobby-and-womens-employment-strategies-and-outcomes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-life-in-books\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-life-of-books-the-story-of-d-w-thorpe-pty-ltd-1921-1987\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/you-can-run-a-library\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yap-the-penguin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woop-the-wombat\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/why-women-lose-at-bridge\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/what-society-does-to-girls\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/successful-parties-and-social-evenings\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sir-charles-and-the-lyrebird\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ringtail-the-possum\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/our-first-overlander\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-mortar-board-for-priscilla\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/man-against-mutiny-the-story-of-vice-admiral-bligh\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-little-green-tractor\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-life-of-books-the-story-of-d-w-thorpe-pty-ltd-1921-1987-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kerri-and-honey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/how-to-play-solo-complete-guide-to-solo-solo-whist-auction-solo-three-handed-solo-hints-on-bidding-and-play-scoring-illustrated-hands-with-special-chapter-for-beginners-who-have-never-played\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/how-to-play-auction-bridge\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-half-open-door-sixteen-modern-australian-women-look-at-professional-life-and-achievement\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nicholson-joyce-thorpe-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nicholson-joyce-thorpe-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sisters-publishing-ltd-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/university-of-melbourne-students-representative-council\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/d-w-thorpe-pty-ltd\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/d-w-thorpe-pty-ltd-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/d-w-thorpe-pty-ltd-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/d-w-thorpe-pty-ltd-4\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pauses-motion-picture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-half-open-door\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walker, Ellinor Gertrude", "Entry ID": "AWE0665", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walker-ellinor-gertrude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Poet, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Daughter of Arthur Walker and his wife Frances (n\u00e9e Sinclair), Ellinor Walker was born in Melbourne, Victoria and moved to Adelaide, South Australia when she was nine years old. She attended the Wilderness School, and was awarded the Tennyson Medal for English at the age of fifteen. Walker graduated as a kindergarten teacher, and spent two years as Director of the Halifax St Free Kindergarten. She then opened the Greenways School at her family home in Fullarton, and directed this for 24 years. At the age of eighteen she and a friend formed a Girls' Club to study political matters, and this led to her joining, at the age of 21, the Non-Party Association. She was an active member of this for 65 years, and when (as the League of Women Voters, which it had become) it voluntarily ended in 1979, she gave the valedictory speech. She was a passionate supporter of the League of Nations and the movement to maintain world peace. In 1940, with the help of Roma Mitchell (later Governor of South Australia) she drew up the Bill which became the Guardianship of Infants Act, No. 55 (1940), giving mothers equal rights with fathers over their children. In 1962 and 1963 she organised an Australia-wide campaign which resulted in recognition of the needs of civilian widows with dependent children. She was a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). In 1964 she helped form the Local Government Women's Association, and in 1971 was president of the Women's Christian Temperance League, of which she had been a member since 1935. Walker wrote several historical pageants and she also wrote a monologue, 'The Story of the Franchise: How Women Won the Vote in SA' (1944) for the Golden Jubilee of Women's Suffrage. Her poem 'Lullaby' was set to music by Ruby R McCulloch, and is held in the Mortlock Library. Ellinor Walker was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 12 June 1971 for her service to the community.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/south-australian-creative-writers-women-writers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-own-name-women-in-south-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fresh-evidence-new-witnesses-finding-womens-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ellinor-gertrude-walker-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-ellinor-walker-sound-recording-interviewer-anne-geddes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/radio-interview-with-ellinor-walker-sound-recording-interviewer-janet-robertson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/autobiographical-notes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/citation-for-life-membership\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/copyright-certificates\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-ellinor-gertrude-walker-sound-recording-interviewer-mary-hutchison\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-ellinor-gertrude-walker-sound-recording-interviewer-beth-m-robertson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/juvenile-writings\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-invitation-and-postcards\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-holidays\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/musical-scores\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newspaper-cutting\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituaries\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-relating-to-pageants\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/photographs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/play-scripts-for-performance\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/poetry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/typescripts-of-ellinor-walker\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/girls-social-political-union-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilson, Octavia", "Entry ID": "AWE0666", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-octavia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Summary": "Octavia Wilson, daughter of Thomas Samson of Berwick upon Tweed, married a congregational minister the Reverend William Wilson (1827-1895) in 1855. They both emigrated to Australia in 1857 and founded Point Pearce Aboriginal mission.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/octavia-wilson-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thomson, Marlienne", "Entry ID": "AWE0667", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thomson-marlienne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ceduna, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Missionary, Nurse", "Summary": "Marlienne Thomson was born at Ceduna, South Australia. After two years as a dental nurse she began training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in 1951. When training was completed she had appointments as staff nurse and charge nurse at the RAH. Marlienne attended the College of Nursing, Australia in 1958 and gained a diploma in ward management and teaching. On her return to Adelaide she was active in introducing new procedures at the RAH. She resigned in 1961 to attend the Adelaide Bible Institute and in 1964 went to South India to serve as a missionary at the Christian Medical College and Hospital at Vellore. She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 1995 for her service there.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/they-became-nurses-a-history-of-nursing-in-south-australia-1836-1980\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-marlienne-thomson-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Durdin, Dorothy (Joan)", "Entry ID": "AWE0668", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/durdin-dorothy-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Historian, Nurse", "Summary": "Joan Durdin, author of They Became Nurses: A History of Nursing in South Australia, 1836-1980 (1991) and Eleven Thousand Nurses: A History of Nursing Education at the Royal Adelaide Hospital 1889-1993 (1999), was a nurse educator and historian who contributed much to the advancement of nursing through the development of advanced education in the higher education sector. In addition to her ten years' teaching at Royal Adelaide Hospital she spent six years as a nurse educator in Papua New Guinea. She conducted extensive oral history interviews for the Royal Adelaide Hospital Heritage and History Committee, 1991-1998. Durdin received an Honorary Doctorate from Flinders University in 1994, was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1985 and is commemorated by the Joan Durdin Oration, an annual event initiated and sponsored by the Department of Clinical Nursing at the University of Adelaide.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eleven-thousand-nurses-a-history-of-nursing-education-at-royal-adelaide-hospital-1889-1993\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eleven-thousand-nurses-a-history-of-nursing-education-at-the-royal-adelaide-hospital-1889-1993\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/they-became-nurses-a-history-of-nursing-in-south-australia-1836-1980\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/learning-to-be-a-nurse-1879-1920-early-steps-in-the-professionalisation-of-nursing-in-south-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-marlienne-thomson-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Miller, Beryl", "Entry ID": "AWE0670", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miller-beryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Geelong, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Beryl Miller was born in Geelong, Victoria. The daughter of British migrants she came to Adelaide after her marriage in 1945. She joined the Eureka Youth League at 15 and joined joining the Communist Party of Australia in 1952. She was involved with the Union of Australian Women, the Women's International Democratic Federation and the Australian Peace Committee. She left the Communist Party and became a foundation member of the Socialist Party of Australia. Miller represented South Australia in 1964 when the Communist Party of Australia organised the first women's delegation to Russia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-beryl-miller-sound-recording-interviewer-allison-murchie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-beryl-miller-sound-recording-interviewer-kirstin-marks\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ey, Anna Victoria", "Entry ID": "AWE0671", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ey-anna-victoria\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Metz, Germany", "Occupations": "Missionary", "Summary": "Anna Victoria Ey (n\u00e9e Oster) was born in Metz, Germany. The daughter of a Lutheran Pastor, she migrated to Australia in 1847. She married a paster Johannes M R Ey in 1861 and bore 13 children of which 7 survived. She lived in and around Lobethal, located 33 km from Adelaide, for the rest of her life.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/early-lutheran-congregations-in-south-australia-memoirs-of-a-pastors-wife-anna-victoria-ey-widow-of-pastor-j-m-r-ey-covering-1847-1914\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memoirs-of-anna-ey-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/diaries-of-anna-victoria-ey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memoirs-of-anna-ey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ruckblick-in-die-vergangeheit-fur-meine-lieben-kinder-aufgezeichnet\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Homann, Luise", "Entry ID": "AWE0672", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/homann-luise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hanover, Germany", "Occupations": "Missionary", "Summary": "Luise Homann was born on 21 August 1837 in Hanover Germany. She married Wilhelm Wendtlandt, a Lutheran missionary on 13 July 1855 and had 4 children. They travelled widely, first to Madras then to South Africa, South America, England and then back to Germany. Wendtlandt died in 1861. After his death, Luise became a missionary in Germany. She remarried Ernst Homann 3 October 1867 and followed her husband to South Australia, where they worked at Hermannsburg Mission station.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/journal-of-a-life-of-many-moves\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/like-a-bird-on-the-wing-the-story-of-luise-homann-based-on-her-journal-and-other-sources\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/diary-of-luise-wendtlandt-homann\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-life-of-many-moves-biography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-journal-of-a-life-of-many-moves-by-luise-homann-autobiography\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fritsch, Berthe Mathilde", "Entry ID": "AWE0673", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fritsch-berthe-mathilde\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Walla-Walla, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Missionary", "Summary": "Berthe Mathilde Fritsch (n\u00e9e Simpfendor) was born in 1896 in the Baranduda - Leneva District in Victoria, Australia. Her father was a Lutheran Pastor. She took over the housekeeping duties after her mother died in 1920. She married Walter Fritsch in 1922, moved to New South Wales then back to Victoria, before settling in Adelaide in 1938 at St Stephen's. There she joined the Lutheran Women's Guild, and the Lutheran Women's Association of South Australia. Fritsch served on the Ladies' Committee of Emmanuel College from 1942-1971 and represented the Lutheran Women's Association at the Women's Jubilee Convention in Canberra in 1951. In 1954 she went to Minneapolis, USA, to the LWF (Lutheran Womens' Federation?) assembly. She had 5 daughters who all graduated from the University of Adelaide.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memoirs-of-mak-le\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jericho, Helen Thelka", "Entry ID": "AWE0674", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jericho-helen-thelka\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kapperamanna, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Missionary", "Summary": "Helen Jericho (n\u00e9e Vogelsang) was born 20 August 1896 at Kapperamanna, an outpost of Bethesda Mission near the Birdsville Track. Her father was a lay missionary, and one of the founders of Bethesda Mission. She left the Mission after her father's death in 1916, and married in 1920\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/down-memory-lane-memoirs-of-helen-jericho\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memoirs-of-helen-jericho\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-thelka-jericho-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Strehlow, Friedericke (Frieda) Johanna Henriette", "Entry ID": "AWE0675", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/strehlow-friedericke-frieda-johanna-henriette\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Geroldsgruen, Bavaria, Germany", "Death Place": "Germany", "Occupations": "Missionary", "Summary": "Frieda Johanna Henriette Strehlow (n\u00e9e Keysser) was born 31 August 1875 at Geroldsgruen in Bavaria. She arrived in Australia 15 September 1895 and 10 days later married missionary Karl Strehlow to whom she bore 6 children. Visiting Germany, in 1911, she and Karl left all but the youngest there for their education and the family were then separated for many years by the war. She worked at Hermannsburg Mission for 28 years with the Aboriginal people there until Karl died in 1922. She then became housekeeper for Pastor R Held and then matron at the Lutheran College and Seminary in North Adelaide for 6 years. She returned to Germany in 1931 where she died in 1957.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/frieda-joanna-henriette-strehlow-obituary\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-tale-of-frieda-keysser-part-1\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-tale-of-frieda-keysser-part-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hermannsburg-mission-correspondence-to-the-chairman-of-the-lutheran-mission-board-from-missionaries-and-their-wives-including-frieda-strehlow\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jacob, Maria Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0676", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jacob-maria-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Klemzig, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Missionary", "Summary": "Maria Elizabeth Jacob (n\u00e9e Auricht) was born 10 May 1841 in Klemzig, South Australia. She married Wilhelm G. Irrgang on 4 September 1862, who died in 1872. She then married Ernest Jacob on 24 May 1878. She worked with Aboriginal people at Bethesda Mission Station and died on 13 October 1924.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/three-missionary-pioneers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/persecution-to-freedom-christian-auricht-and-descendants-1806-1980-a-history-and-family-tree\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bethesda-mission-correspondence-to-the-chairman-of-the-lutheran-mission-board-by-the-missionaries-and-their-wives-including-maria-jacob-and-anna-vogelsang\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vogelsang, Anna Maria", "Entry ID": "AWE0677", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vogelsang-anna-maria\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Langmeil (Tanunda), South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Missionary", "Summary": "Anna Maria Vogelsang (n\u00e9e Auricht), was born 3 September 1855 at Langmeil (Tanunda). She wanted to become a missionary and in 1877 met Hermann Heinrich Vogelsang who was a missionary at Bethesda Mission Station. She worked at Bethesda and Kopperamanna Missions. Her husband died in 1913 and she later moved to Lowbank to be with her children. She died on 12 October 1945.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/three-missionary-pioneers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/persecution-to-freedom-christian-auricht-and-descendants-1806-1980-a-history-and-family-tree\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bethesda-mission-correspondence-to-the-chairman-of-the-lutheran-mission-board-by-the-missionaries-and-their-wives-including-maria-jacob-and-anna-vogelsang\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Picone, Catherine (Cathy)", "Entry ID": "AWE0678", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/picone-catherine-cathy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Moree, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Peace activist", "Summary": "Cathy Picone was born in Moree, New South Wales in 1949. Cathy was brought up as a Catholic, and it seems that her Italian\/Irish father's faith and her parents' different religious practices were a source of tension in her youth. Cathy's father was a successful bookmaker and Cathy did her secondary schooling at a Catholic college in Armidale. After false starts in Medicine and Science courses, she studied Arts at Sydney University and graduated with a DipEd. Cathy moved to South Australia with her husband in 1973 and worked in suburban high schools. In the early 1980s she became determined to do community service that was 'change-oriented'. She became involved in People for Nuclear Disarmament. Through this she was invited to join the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-cathy-picone-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-chryssides\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-cathy-picone-sound-recording-interviewer-celia-frank\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bui, Elizabeth Nghia", "Entry ID": "AWE0679", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bui-elizabeth-nghia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "North Vietnam", "Occupations": "Migrant community advocate, Social worker, Teacher", "Summary": "Elizabeth Nghia Bui was born in North Vietnam. Her family fled to South Vietnam in 1954 and settled in Saigon. Elizabeth entered the order of the Lovers of the Holy Cross and trained first as a teacher and then as a social worker. In 1975, at the time of the fall of Saigon, she was in charge of an orphanage which came under Communist control. Elizabeth escaped on board a fishing boat with 31 others in June 1976. After two weeks they were rescued and taken to Japan. From there Elizabeth decided to come to Australia. She was sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and arrived in Adelaide in September 1976. Elizabeth helped to form the Indochinese Australian Women's Association and for several years worked in a voluntary capacity to provide welfare services while the Association battled for funds.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-sister-elizabeth-nghia-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-chryssides\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Preston, Betty", "Entry ID": "AWE0680", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/preston-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, England", "Occupations": "Community activist, Councillor", "Summary": "Betty Preston was born in London, England. On leaving school she was apprenticed as a shop assistant. An organiser for the Conservative Party in the 1940s her political activism was sparked by joining the protest about the slow demobilisation of World War II soldiers, her husband Austin being included in their number. In 1952 the family migrated to South Australia and settled in Northfield, in suburban Adelaide, South Australia. In 1955 she was the first woman elected to the Enfield Council. Betty was also an active member of the Liberal Party and unsuccessfully nominated for the Legislative Council after moving to Brighton. Disenchanted with the political alternatives, Betty campaigned as an independent and on behalf of non-party organisations during the 1970s and 80s. She became a member of Grey Power, helping to form the Brighton Branch and accepting nomination as State President in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-betty-preston-sound-recording-interviewer-june-donovan\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grisogono, Anne-Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE0681", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grisogono-anne-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yugoslavia", "Occupations": "Scientist", "Summary": "Anne-Marie Grisogono was born in Yugoslavia and migrated to Australia with her mother, a chemical engineer, who fostered her interest in science. Anne-Marie 'discovered' physics at Adelaide University and went on to attain a PhD in mathematical physics, as well as marrying, working part-time, and bringing up two children. Anne-Marie helped form the South Australian Branch of Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (SANA) in 1984 in response to the escalation of the arms race. Within days SANA identified their first project assessing scientific reports about residual plutonium contamination at Maralinga.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-anne-marie-grisogono-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-chryssides\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gent, Alison", "Entry ID": "AWE0682", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gent-alison\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rose Park, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Alison Gent, n\u00e9e Hogben, was born at Rose Park, Adelaide and brought up by her widowed working mother. She attended Walford School and went on to gain an MA at Adelaide University. She married an Anglican priest in 1947 and they had five children. In 1970, Alison returned to part-time tutoring and saw publicity about the proposed Women's Liberation Movement, and she became heavily involved in its activities. In 1980, the year that Alison and her husband separated, she began a discussion group about the ordination of women, her interest stemming in part from her personal frustration. She became involved in the Movement for the Ordination of Women, which began in Adelaide in 1984. She remains a committed Christian and feminist.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-alison-gent-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-chryssides\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hardy, Barbara Rosemary", "Entry ID": "AWE0683", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hardy-barbara-rosemary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Largs Bay, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Environmentalist, Scientist", "Summary": "Barbara Hardy, n\u00e9e Begg, was born at Largs Bay, Adelaide. She attended Woodlands Girls' School and began a science degree at Adelaide University aged 16. She married Tom Hardy in 1948. During the 1950s and 60s family and sport were Barbara's chief interests, however camping holidays also awakened her concern for the environment. In 1972 she began voluntary work with the Conservation Council and in 1974 started a degree in earth sciences at Flinders University. With growing expertise as a lobbyist, Barbara assisted David Wotton, Shadow and then Minister for the Environment in the late 70s and early 80s. Her husband died in 1980. Barbara resigned from the Liberal Party so that her activism could be non-party based, and since then has applied her 'patience, persistence and perspiration' to many organisations and issues, including the Australian Heritage Commission, Landcare, the National Parks Foundation and the Science and Technology Centre.\n", "Events": "Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 'for service to conservation and the community' (1987 - 1987) \nSA Senior Australian of the Year (2014 - 2014)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-barbara-hardy-sound-recording-interviewer-june-donovan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-river-murray-test-case-for-the-environment-and-the-constitution-a-public-forum-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cooper, Mavis Dawn", "Entry ID": "AWE0684", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cooper-mavis-dawn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Jamestown, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Mavis Cooper, n\u00e9e Price, was born in Bairnsdale, Victoria and grew up in Melbourne. She trained as a nurse and moved to Jamestown, South Australia after she met her future husband, a farmer, on holiday there. After joining the Country Women's Association's choir in 1957, she was soon an office holder in the local branch. She progressed from Branch President to State President in 1974 and then National President in 1977. Mavis Cooper was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 14 June 1980 for service to the Country Women's Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-many-hats-of-country-women-the-jubilee-history-of-the-country-womens-association-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-mavis-dawn-cooper-sound-recording-interviewer-june-donovan\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richardson, Isobel", "Entry ID": "AWE0685", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-isobel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Indianapolis, United States", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Isobel Richardson was born in Indianapolis in the United States. The family moved to South Australia when Isobel was four years old and, by the time she began secondary school at the Walford Anglican School for Girls, had settled in Blackwood. Isobel trained as a nurse and specialised in infant welfare, working for many years with the Mothers' and Babies' Health Association. She became involved with the Oxford Group and Moral Re-Armament (MRA). The movement's emphasis on self-knowledge, moral absolutes, the involvement of people of all faiths and nationalities, and working on a global scale responded to Isobel's needs and interests. After her retirement Richardson worked at the MRA centre at Panchgani in India.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-isobel-richardson-sound-recording-interviewer-june-donovan\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bishop, Lenore", "Entry ID": "AWE0686", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bishop-lenore\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Alderman, Councillor, Mayor", "Summary": "Lenore Bishop, n\u00e9e Wilson, was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia where her father was a butcher. After finishing high school she began working, first as a legal secretary, then as a journalist, and then with her husband in a hardware business. Lenore became heavily involved in community work during her three children's school years. Following the retirement of Mount Gambier's first woman councillor in 1959, Lenore was asked to stand. She was re-elected two years later unopposed. At this time she was one of very few women in local government. In 1964 Lenore nominated for mayor and was unopposed, becoming the first woman mayor in South Australia. Lenore retired from council in 1967 but returned as the region's first woman alderman in 1972.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-lenore-bishop-sound-recording-interviewer-adair-dunsford\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Turnbull, Antonia Mary (Toni)", "Entry ID": "AWE0687", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turnbull-antonia-mary-toni\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Japan", "Occupations": "Doctor", "Summary": "Toni Turnbull, n\u00e9e Richmore, was born in Japan where her father was stationed. Toni went to school in several countries and matriculated at an Adelaide Catholic girls school. She began Science at Adelaide University before transferring to Medicine. In her fourth year Toni married, and in her final year her first child was born. Working for the Family Planning Association and in general practice, Toni became increasingly disturbed by the number of women seeking abortions for convenience. In the early 1980s Toni came to believe that God was asking her to speak out and she also became convinced of the extent of post-abortion grief.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-dr-toni-turnbull-sound-recording-interviewer-barbara-baird\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barnes, Gaye", "Entry ID": "AWE0688", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barnes-gaye\/", "Type": "Person", "Summary": "Gaye Barnes, n\u00e9e Robinson, grew up in Angle Park, Adelaide where her parents ran racing stables. Within an eighteen month period, between the ages of 19 and 20, she had three abortions for personal convenience. This had a profound effect on her resulting in 'a life-altering religious experience' arising out of continuing depression. She later became determined to help others. In 1990 she and her husband Peter, also a Christian, sold their home to establish the non-denominational Genesis Pregnancy Support service at Marden.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-gaye-barnes-sound-recording-interviewer-barbara-baird\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Willmott, Joanne", "Entry ID": "AWE0689", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/willmott-joanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cherbourg, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist", "Summary": "Joanne Willmot was born at Cherbourg, Queensland. Living at the mission and later attending a state high school at Ipswich raised her political consciousness. A mother at the age of 17, Joanne moved to Adelaide in 1971, bringing her baby with her. She began work as a secretary with the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM) where she experienced both the excitement of being at the hub of Aboriginal activism and her growing awareness of sexism. Joanne left ALRM in 1976 to care for her family but maintained involvement in many Aboriginal organisations before taking up full time employment again with the Women's Information Switchboard in 1983.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-joanne-willmot-sound-recording-interviewer-barbara-baird\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Furner, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0690", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/furner-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, England", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist, Writer", "Summary": "Elizabeth Furner (formerly Laurenson and Guy) was born in London, England. Her parents separated when she was a child. Elizabeth married a soldier in 1941 and they emigrated to Australia in 1952 with their four year old son. They came to Adelaide, via Tasmania and Sydney, in 1961. It was at this time that Elizabeth began taking an interest in both writing and local government, stimulated by her disgust with discriminatory franchise laws. She joined the Australian Local Government Women's Association, rising quickly to President of the South Australian Branch, and did much public speaking as well as standing for council in North Brighton. In the early 1970s Elizabeth founded the Brighton Writers' Workshop from which the South Australian Branch of the Society of Women Writers was formed.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-elizabeth-furner-sound-recording-interviewer-june-donovan\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Goodes, Jessie", "Entry ID": "AWE0691", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goodes-jessie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Salisbury, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Jessie Goodes, n\u00e9e Tate, was born in Salisbury, South Australia. She attended St Peters Girls' College and married in 1939. Experience working in her husband's St Morris delicatessen meant that she was able to gain employment in a Salisbury grocery shop when she was widowed with three children. Jessie attended a local meeting arranged by the Apex Club in 1958 to form a South Australian branch of the Civilian Widows Association, and was elected President - first of the local sub-branch, and in 1959 of the state branch. Two weeks later she was in Sydney for the formation of the national body.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-jessie-goodes-sound-recording-interviewer-june-donovan\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Oldfield, Christobel", "Entry ID": "AWE0692", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oldfield-christobel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Millicent, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community advocate, Psychologist", "Summary": "Christobel Oldfield, n\u00e9e McInnes, was born at Millicent, South Australia and grew up on a farm west of Lucindale. She began her education by correspondence and then attended local schools before finishing at Scotch College in Adelaide. She married in 1977 and had two daughters. Chris did further studies part-time and in 1985 breached the male bastion of the Greenways branch of the United Farmers and Stockowners to gain insight into issues she was studying in Psychology. She became politically conscious as a child when her parents were involved in a legal dispute over drainage rates, but assisting in her mother's Lucindale shop gave Chris a wider understanding of the impact on families of the rural crisis. In July 1993 Chris and five other women formed Rural Women for Justice to educate outsiders and set up legal aid and mediation services.\nChristobel was a 1994 nominee from South Australia for ABC Rural Woman of the Year\n", "Events": "Nominated for ABC Rural Woman of the Year in S.A. (1994 - 1994)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/1994-abc-rural-woman-of-the-year-regional-winners\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brilliant-ideas-and-huge-visions-abc-radio-australian-rural-women-of-the-year-1994-1997\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-christobel-oldfield-sound-recording-interviewer-adair-dunsford\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Penniment, Diana Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0693", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/penniment-diana-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Rural leader", "Summary": "Diana Penniment, n\u00e9e Thomas, was born in Adelaide, South Australia. She attended Methodist Ladies College for her secondary education. Her family could not support further studies, so she worked in a bank until her marriage in 1956, when she moved with her husband into a two room cottage on his father's property at Wirrega, near Bordertown. They had four children as the children grew up Diana became involved in public affairs, from school activities and craft groups to helping form a local branch of the Women's Agricultural Bureau (WAB). Diana rose to State President of WAB in 1986. Highlights of her term included organising two international conferences. Diana also sat on the South Australian Rural Advisory Council. In 1991 she decided to focus on local issues and stood for the Tatiara District Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-diana-penniment-sound-recording-interviewer-adair-dunsford\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Russell, Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE0694", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/russell-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Kathleen Russell was born at Mount Gambier, South Australia. She came to Adelaide to live in 1936. Following the death of her husband in the late 1960s she became active in the Housewives Association and was Vice-President for a time. She died in Adelaide in 2005 at the age of 94.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-kathleen-russell-sound-recording-interviewer-june-donovan\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tonkin, Miriam", "Entry ID": "AWE0695", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tonkin-miriam\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Kindergarten teacher, Peace activist, Women's health advocate, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Miriam Tonkin, n\u00e9e Brunning, was born in Melbourne, Victoria. She left school at 13 years of age to begin work. She was very active in the Eureka Youth League as a teenager and worked on the Communist Party's Guardian newspaper. Married in 1950 she and her husband moved to Adelaide with their five young children in 1958. In the late 1960s Tonkin became involved in the peace movement and Women's Liberation. Her belief in women's right to control their fertility led to her involvement in organisations including the Humanist Society, the Abortion Law Reform Association and the Friends of the Pregnancy Advisory Centre. Tonkin qualified as a kindergarten teacher in the mid 1970s and became active in her union and in education reform as well.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-miriam-tonkin-sound-recording-interviewer-barbara-baird\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sheehan, Maria (Luisa)", "Entry ID": "AWE0696", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sheehan-maria-luisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Italy", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Maria Luisa Sheehan, nee Drescher, was born in Italy. Her mother was widowed two years later. In 1945, when the region was occupied by Yugoslavia, the family moved to Trieste. Luisa's mother married an English officer and in 1952 the family joined him in Khartoum. From there they emigrated to South Australia in 1955 where two of Luisa's uncles had already settled. Luisa found work immediately and within two years married a fellow employee at Philips Electrical Industries. She left the workforce for 21 years while raising her family. In 1978 she returned to paid work as one of the six original staff members of the Women's Information Switchboard. Luisa worked there as an information officer until her retirement in 1993.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-luisa-sheehan-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-chryssides\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jeffreys, Irene Florence", "Entry ID": "AWE0697", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jeffreys-irene-florence\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, England", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Accountant", "Summary": "Irene Jeffreys was born in London, England. She migrated to Australia in 1922 with her parents. Determined from the age of 12 to be an accountant, Irene attended Adelaide Technical High school. She went to work at the age of 16 but studied for the Federal Institute of Accountants diploma at night at the School of Mines. In 1942 she was the first South Australian woman to qualify by examination for the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Irene's accountancy practice and personal interests included much involvement in the Church of England, particularly the Church Missionary Society and the General Synod, where she pioneered the involvement of South Australian women. Irene supported the movement for the ordination of women and is herself licensed as a lay preacher. For many years she was involved with the National Council of Women. On 3 June 1978 Irene Jeffreys was appointed an Officer to the Order of the British Empire for service to the church, women, children and the aged.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-irene-jeffreys-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-chryssides\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Forte, Kathleen (Margaret)", "Entry ID": "AWE0699", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forte-kathleen-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, Middlesex, England", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Peace activist", "Summary": "Margaret Forte, n\u00e9e Johnston, was born in London, England. Her widowed mother emigrated to Wellington, New Zealand when Margaret was seven and supported her three children working as a teacher. Margaret's education included three years boarding at a Friends' School. Margaret worked as a journalist in Sydney and Vancouver before settling and marrying in Adelaide. She gave up working with the News in 1950 after the birth of her second child. Margaret quickly became involved in many voluntary activities, including the South Australian Peace Council. She became Secretary of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in the early 1960s.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-margaret-forte-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-chryssides\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-margaret-forte-sound-recording-interviewer-kirstin-marks\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brightening-landscape-the-world-of-ruby-hammond\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sebastian, Andi", "Entry ID": "AWE0700", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sebastian-andi\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Manager", "Summary": "Andi Sebastian has a diverse work background including having established the Women's Information Service, been General Manager of the AIDS Council of South Australia, Manager of the Disability Complaints Service and Equity and Diversity Consultant at the University of Adelaide.\nShe now runs an independent business specialising in the management of diverse workgroups and interpersonal complaints in the workplace. She has two degrees from Flinders University, a Masters degree in Primary Health Care and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons).\nShe can be contacted via her business email address: andi.sebastian@d-q.biz\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-andi-sebastian-sound-recording-interviewer-barbara-baird\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Berton, Marina Elizabeth Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE0701", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/berton-marina-elizabeth-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mildura, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Marina Berton was born at Mildura, Victoria in 1948 to Italian-born parents who had emigrated in 1937. Berton moved to Adelaide to attend Wattle Park Teachers College in 1965. Early in her teaching career she became involved in English language adult education for migrants, and more recently in developing Italian language education for second generation Italo-Australians. Throughout, Berton has been much involved with the Italian Federation of Emigrant Workers and their Families (FILEF), including six years as its President.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-marina-berton-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-chryssides\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Munro Ferguson, Helen Hermione", "Entry ID": "AWE0742", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/munro-ferguson-helen-hermione\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Charity worker", "Summary": "Lady Helen Munro Ferguson, daughter of the viceroy, the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, was president and founder of the Australian Branch of the British Red Cross Society. The wife of Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson (1860-1934), Governor-General of Australia 1914-1920, she established the Australian Branch of the British Red Cross Society on 13 August 1914. During World War I the ballroom of Melbourne's Government House was taken over by Lady Munro Ferguson's work for the Society. In 1918 she was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) for her work during World War I. Following the end of her husband's term as Governor-General, on 6 October 1920, the Munro Fergusons returned to Scotland.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-best-p-m-for-the-empire-lady-helen-munro-ferguson-and-the-australian-red-cross-society-1914-1920\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/red-cross-house-badge\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-f-m-pharo-ca-1900-1922-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ladies-of-voluntary-aid-detachments-marching-past-lady-helen-munro-ferguson-wife-of-the-governor-general-in-front-of-government-house\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-sir-ronald-craufurd-munro-ferguson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/friendly-union-of-soldiers-wives-and-mothers-australian-imperial-forces-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Somers, Lady Finola", "Entry ID": "AWE0743", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/somers-lady-finola\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dublin, Ireland", "Death Place": "Eastnor Ledbury, Herefordshire, England", "Occupations": "Governor's spouse", "Summary": "In 1926, Lord and Lady Somers sailed to Australia following Lord Somers' appointment as Governor of Victoria. The couple disembarked the R.M.S. Cathay at Port Melbourne, where they were escorted by launch to an official landing amid much celebration at St Kilda Pier. At \"Stonnington\", the Vice-Regal residence in Glenferrie Road, Malvern, 220 scouts formed a guard of honour lining the driveway and school children gathered to welcome the new Governor and his wife.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Captain Bertram Meeking of the 10th Hussars, Finola Meeking married Lord Arthur Somers in 1921. She was nine years his junior. Finola and her sister Viola had been frequent visitors to the Royal Family's Scottish residence at Balmoral. Viola went on to marry Lord Apsley, heir to the Earl of Bathurst.\nIn the short period she lived in Melbourne, between 1926 and 1931, Lady Finola Somers used her position to assist the development of women's organisations in Victoria. She made a significant contribution to the Australian Red Cross; was president of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society and of the Three Counties Agricultural Society; a member of the YWCA, the National Trust, the Conservative party, the Soldiers' Club and the Three Choirs Festival; a founding member of the Victorian Branch of the Country Women's Association; and a State Commissioner in the Victorian Girl Guides Organisation. In 1931, she was presented with the Silver Fish - the highest guiding award - by Lady Baden-Powell. Whilst in Australia, Lady Somers also assisted in the development of the Lord Somers Camp and Powell House. She was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) for services to Girl Guides.\nLady Finola Somers was presented with her aviator's certificate by the Royal Aero Club on 17 July 1929, and on 12 December that year she made her first flight in her moth at Essendon. She has been described as \"a great lover of the country and an accomplished horsewoman\". The Lady Somers Camp for girls is held annually as a tribute to her memory.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-microform-m2504-2511-1886-1937\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dugan, Ruby", "Entry ID": "AWE0744", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dugan-ruby\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kensington, London, England", "Death Place": "Knightsbridge, London, England", "Occupations": "Governor's spouse", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Slim, Aileen", "Entry ID": "AWE0745", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/slim-aileen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Governor-General's spouse", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-aileen-slim-lady-wife-of-sir-william-slim-governor-general-of-australia-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brooks, Violet", "Entry ID": "AWE0746", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brooks-violet\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bombay, Maharashtra, India", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Governor's spouse", "Summary": "Born Muriel Violet Turner Laing, Violet Brooks was the wife of Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, governor of Victoria from 1949-1963.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-lady-violet-brooks-wife-of-former-victorian-governor-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robertson, Philadelphia Nina", "Entry ID": "AWE0747", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robertson-philadelphia-nina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Administrator", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robertson-philadelphia-nina-1866-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-anzac-budget-and-other-verses\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/red-cross-yesterdays\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shreds-and-patches\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Creswick, Alice Ishbel Hay", "Entry ID": "AWE0748", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/creswick-alice-ishbel-hay\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Aberdeen, Scotland", "Death Place": "Armadale, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Early Childhood Educationist, Red Cross leader", "Summary": "Alice Creswick (n\u00e9e Reid) is best known for her work in the Free Kindergarten Union (FKU) although she was also an important figure in the Australian Red Cross Society (ARCS) during World War 2. A woman of considerable energy and acumen, she developed a life-long interest in the area of early childhood development. She was president of the committee of the Lady Northcote Free Kindergarten for ten years (1928-1938) and joined the executive of the Free Kindergarten Union (FKU), becoming president in 1939. In 1940, she was 'headhunted' by the Australian Red Cross Society, when they asked her to become its principal commandant. In this capacity, she travelled widely, both inspecting and establishing Red Cross services and activities. She resigned from this position in 1946 and immediately resumed her presidency of the FKU, picking up where she left off as an energetic leader who tirelessly lobbied the government for greater support for pre-school training. Ill health forced her to resign in 1949, but she maintained her interest and activism in the area of early childhood development. She died in 1973, leaving large bequests to the organisations she supported in her lifetime: the FKU, the Australian Red Cross and the Anglican Church.\n", "Events": "Appointed a dame of grace of the Order of St John (1947 - 1947) \nAppointed life vice-president of the Free Kindergarten Union (1949 - 1949) \nAppointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1958 - 1958) \nEstablished the Colombo Plan pre-school standing committee of the Australian Pre-School Association (1953 - 1953) \nFoundation vice-president of the Australian Association of Pre-School Child Development (later Australian Pre-School Association) (1939 - 1939) \nFounded the Alice Creswick scholarship fund (later named the Alice Creswick and Sheila Kinpton scholarship) (1955 - 1955) \nGained State government help for the extension of buildings and facilities at the Kindergarten Training College, Kew (1947 - 1947) \nJunior Vice Chairman of the Australian Red Cross Society (1946 - 1949) \nMarried Henry Forbes (1910 - 1910) \nPresident of the Free Kindergarten Union (1939 - 1940) \nPresident of the Free Kindergarten Union (1946 - 1949) \nPresident of the Lady Northcote Free Kindergarten (1928 - 1938) \nPrincipal Commandant of Women Personnel for the Australian Red Cross Society (1940 - 1946) \nRepresented the Australian Red Cross at the Oslo conference (1954 - 1954) \nRepresented the Australian Red Cross at the Stockholm conference (1948 - 1948) \nVisited pre-schools in England, France and Sweden (1949 - 1949)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/creswick-alice-ishbel-hay-1889-1973\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-alice-creswick-noted-in-australian-pre-school-quarterly-feb-1967-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hailes, Dorothy (Jean)", "Entry ID": "AWE0751", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hailes-dorothy-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Dr Jean Hailes was a pioneer in women's health in Australia. In 1970 she began the first clinic in Australia dedicated to the management of women in midlife and beyond. Hailes was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to medicine particularly in relation to women. Following her death in 1988, her colleagues and friends created the Jean Hailes Foundation to honour her memory.\n", "Events": "Appointed Member of the Order of Australia (1986 - 1986) \nEstablished the first Menopause Clinic in Australia at Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne (1970 - 1970) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2012 - 2012) \nMarried Henry Buckhurst Kay and they had 3 children (1951 - 1951) \nMedical Officer at the Red Cross Bank, Melbourne (1962 - 1972) \nMedical Officer in charge of the Family Planning Clinic at Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne (1975 - 1980) \nMedical Officer in charge of the Menopause Clinic at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne (1976 - 1986) \nMedical Officer of the Family Planning Clinic at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne (1972 - 1983) \nPresident of Old Grammarians Society (1969 - 1969) \nPresident of the Parents Association at Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School (1978 - 1978) \nResident Medical Officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (1950 - 1950) \nStudent health medical officer at Monash University (1972 - 1972) \nStudent health medical officer at University of Melbourne (1972 - 1975) \nVoluntary work at Menopause Clinic, Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne (1970 - 1974) \nVoluntary work at the Family Planning Clinic, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne (1971 - 1974)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1988\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-middle-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stanley, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE0754", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stanley-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "President", "Summary": "Lady Margaret Stanley became the first President of the Australian Red Cross, Victoria, in 1914.\nBorn Margaret Evelyn Evans Gordon, she married Arthur Lyulph Stanley, 5th Baron of Alderley, in 1905. Appointed K.C.M.G. in 1914, Sir Arthur served as Governor of Victoria from 1914-20.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Skene, Lillias Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE0755", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/skene-lillias-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Armadale, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Farmer, Welfare worker, Women's rights activist, Women's rights organiser", "Summary": "Lillias Skene was a prominent member of numerous women's groups and social welfare organisations in Melbourne from the early 1900s into the 1940s. She initially focussed on philanthropic work, but from the 1920s she devoted most of her energies to the Red Cross and the National Council of Women of Victoria. She was present at the inaugural meeting of the British (Australian) Red Cross on 25 August 1914 and was a member of the Victorian council from about 1920 until 1941. She became assistant-secretary of the National Council of Women in 1914, honorary secretary in 1916, vice-president in 1921 and president in 1924. In this year she also became foundation president of the federal council of the various State-based National Councils of Women.\n", "Details": "Lilias Skene was born in 1867 at Smythesdale, Victoria. She married David Skene, a sheepmaster, in 1888 and they had 4 children. The family moved several times, at one time running a dairy in Manly, before moving to Melbourne in 1906. Soon after this she joined several philanthropic and reform organisations included the Charity Organisation Society, the Lady Talbot Milk Institute and represented the Guild of Play on the National Council of Women of Victoria until the 1920s. For thirty years, from 1919, she was honorary secretary of the Women's Hospital Committee's board of management. In 1927 she became one of the first seven women Justices of the Peace in Victoria and played an active role in the Women Justices Association.\n", "Events": "State Relief Committee (1929 - ) \nVictorian Nursing Board (1927 - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/skene-lillias-margaret-1867-1957\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stirrers-with-style-presidents-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-and-its-predecessors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/champions-of-the-impossible-a-history-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-victoria-1902-1977\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-brief-history-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-victoria-1902-1945\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-sense-of-purpose-great-australian-women-of-the-20th-century\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-acceptable-face-of-feminism-national-council-of-women-1902-1918\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-victoria-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/minutes-1904-1960-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-1924-1990-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Peacock, Millie Gertrude", "Entry ID": "AWE0756", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peacock-millie-gertrude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Political candidate", "Summary": "Lady Millie Peacock was the first woman member elected to the Victorian Parliament and the third woman elected to Parliament in Australia. On 1 January 1901 she married Victorian Parliamentarian Alexander Peacock (knighted 1902). Lady Peacock was the first President of the Creswick branch of the Australian Red Cross Society. She was a member of the Provisional Committee of the Victorian Division of the Australian branch of the British Red Cross Society (1914-1915). She then became a member of the Victorian Divisional Committee until 1934 and was a member of the Victorian General Committee until 1938. Following the death of her husband in 1933 Lady Peacock stood for and won her late husband's Legislative Assembly seat of Allandale. During her time in Parliament she made only one speech. She retired from Parliament in 1935.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lady-millie-peacock\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-ordinary-lives-pioneering-women-in-australian-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liberal-women-federation-to-1949\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ivy-lavinia-weber-victorian-m-l-a-1937-1943-1979-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kirwan, Joan Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE0758", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kirwan-joan-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Matron, Nurse, Servicewoman", "Events": "Awarded the Royal Red Cross for her services to air force nursing (1957 - 1957) \nJoined the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (1954 - 1954) \nMatron-in-chief of the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (1975 - 1979)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/raaf-nurse-who-flew-to-the-top-of-her-profession\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/story-of-the-raaf-nursing-service-1940-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Finlay, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE0764", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/finlay-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Belmont, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Blue Haven, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Judy Finlay was treasurer of the Australian Women's Land Army Association New South Wales from 1996.\n", "Details": "At the outbreak of World War II, Judy Finlay was working at M & J Frocks, a frock and suit manufacturer, as a junior finisher and machinist. She joined the Women's Australian National Service (WANS) soon after it was established in 1940, and completed First Aid and Air Raid Precautions courses, while continuing to work in Sydney. Her first placement with the WANS was at the Scarborough Children's Home. Here she worked four hour evening shifts twice a week helping staff take care of the children's needs. After a couple of months she transferred to the WANS Land Army Section and was sent to the farming districts of Leeton and Wamoon. Her main task was to help farmers with the vegetable and fruit picking. Next she completed a six month course on a training farm for agricultural and dairying work. She was then posted to Barker College, Hornsby. Here the two Land Army girls shared the tasks of looking after the cows, fowls and a vegetable garden. Finlay stayed at the College until December 1945, when she returned to Sydney and her position at M & J Frocks.\nFollowing her marriage to Alex Finlay she continued working, eventually becoming forewoman with the responsibility of overlooking the retail division. While her two children were young, Finlay took in home sewing. She established a small retail outlet in which she sold the clothes that she produced. Later she began running a grocery\/mixed business.\nIn 1946 Finlay joined the newly established Australian Women's Land Army Association NSW. She held the position of treasurer for the Association from 1996. In October 2002, Judy Finlay represented the Australian Women's Land Army Association on the Australian Women in War Project working party.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-judy-finlay\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carnell, Anne Katherine (Kate)", "Entry ID": "AWE0766", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carnell-anne-katherine-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Chief Executive Officer, Parliamentarian, Pharmacist", "Summary": "Trained as a pharmacist in Brisbane, Kate Carnell came to Canberra in 1977, becoming one of the first woman pharmacy owners there in 1981. From 1982 she held positions in a number of professional organisations, including inaugural and first female president of the Australian Capital Territory Branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia 1988-94. Elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory in 1992 she became Liberal Leader in 1993 and Chief Minister from 1995 to 2000. Her subsequent positions include director of the NRMA and chief executive officer of the Australian Divisions of General Practice, the Australian Food and Grocery Council, Beyond Blue and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. She was the inaugural Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman from 2016 to 2021. She subsequently held leadership positions on the boards of a number of community organisations.\n", "Details": "Kate Carnell was born in Brisbane on 30 May 1955, the eldest child of Dorothy n\u00e9e Grenning, and Donald Knowlman, an accountant and owner of a building company. Educated at Sherwood State School and St Aidan's Church of England Girls School, between the ages of 14 and 17 she struggled with anorexia. Her experience with other disturbed adolescents in the psychiatric ward of a Sydney hospital gave her a life-long interest in mental health issues. She initially enrolled in medicine at the University of Queensland then transferred to pharmacy, graduating as BPharm in 1976.\nFollowing her marriage to Ian Carnell in July 1977 she moved to Canberra where she worked first as a pharmacist at Woden Plaza before becoming one of the first women in Canberra to own a pharmacy in 1981 when she bought the Red Hill Pharmacy. In 1984 she acquired a second pharmacy at Gowrie. Her children were born in 1984 and 1986. She held positions in a number of professional organisations becoming chair of the Southern District Pharmacists Company 1982-92, vice president of the Retail Industry and Training Council of the ACT 1987-91, the first female\u00a0 and inaugural president of the ACT Branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia 1988-94, member of the ACT Pharmacy Registration Board 1985-91, counsellor at the Australian Institute of Pharmacy Management 1990-91, member of the ACT Board of Health 1990-91, member of the Pharmacy Restructuring Authority 1990-91, national vice president of\u00a0 the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the first woman on its executive 1990-94, and board member of the Canberra Chamber of Commerce 1991-92.\nCarnell joined the Liberal Party in 1991 and the following year stood successfully as a Liberal candidate for the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. Elected Liberal leader in 1993, she became Chief Minister of the ACT following the 1995 election. During the period 1995-2000 she held the portfolios of Treasurer, Business and Employment 1997-98, the Status of Women, Aboriginal Affairs, Health and Community Affairs 1995-98, Arts and Multicultural and International Affairs 1995-2000. She established a sister city agreement with Beijing and pursued liberal social policies legalising abortion, prostitution, non-commercial surrogacy and decriminalising marijuana. She unsuccessfully attempted to introduce a heroin injecting room in the ACT. She aggressively promoted business investment and tourism to Canberra and the settlement of skilled migrants and refugees, particularly those from Kosovo in 1999. Her government was severely criticised for its management of the implosion of the Royal Canberra Hospital in July 1997 that resulted in the death of twelve-year-old Katy Bender. In 2000 she briefly served as Minister for Business Tourism and the Arts before resigning as Chief Minister of the ACT on 17 October that year, following a no-confidence vote over the funding of the Bruce Stadium development.\nAfter leaving politics Carnell became Chief Executive of Development at the Canberra-based telecommunications company TransACT before being elected a director of the National Roads and Motorists' Association (NRMA) in August 2001. She resigned from this position in 2002.\u00a0 In 2001 she was appointed chairperson of General Practice Education and Training Ltd by the health minister Michael Wooldridge and reappointed by his successor Tony Abbott in 2004. From 2001 to 2004 she was executive director of the National Association of Forest Industries. Between 2006 and 2008 she was chief executive officer of the Australian Divisions of General Practice and a board member of the Australian Red Cross 2006-11. She served as CEO of the Australian Food and Grocery Council 2008-12. Between 2008 and 2014 she was board director of Beyond Blue, a non-profit organisation supporting mental health and wellbeing and its CEO\u00a0 2012-14. She was CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry 2014-16 and inaugural Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman 2016-21. She chaired Racing and Sports from 2021-25 and has been chair of the disability and aged care support agency, Mable, since 2016. She is currently chair of the Australian Made Campaign Ltd; chair of Violet, a service providing advice on aged care planning; independent chair of Screen Producers Australia and is on the audit and risk committee of Beyond Blue.\nKate's marriage to Ian Carnell was dissolved in 1997 and in 2007 she married Ray Kiley.\nShe was a recipient of the 2001 Centenary Medal and in 2006 was appointed Officer in the Order of Australia 'for service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory through contributions to economic development and support for the business sector, knowledge industries, and medical technology advances.' In April 2013 she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Canberra and in 2019 she was named one of the Australian Financial Review's 100 Women of Influence in the Public Policy Category.\n", "Events": "Appointed inaugural Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (2016 - 2016) \nAppointed Officer of Order of Australia (2006 - 2006) \nCEO of Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) (2014 - 2016) \nChief Executive Officer Australian Food and Grocery Council (2008 - 2008) \nChief Executive Officer Australian General Practice Network (2006 - 2006) \nChief Executive Officer Beyond Blue (2012 - 2014) \nDeputy chair of the Red Cross 'Caring Across Canberra' Appeal (2002 - 2002) \nInaugural president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Branch (1988 - 1994) \nLeader of the Liberal Party, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) (1993 - 2000) \nNational vice-president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Branch (1990 - 1994) \nVice-president of the Australian Institute of Pharmacy Management (1987 - 1992) \n ( - ) \n ( - ) \n ( - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2004\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carnell-anne-katherine-kate-1955-biographical-entry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contemporary-australians-1995-96\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shades-of-blue-lunch-with-kate-carnell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oral-history-interview-with-kate-carnell-2006\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/consultation-commonsense-and-commitment-a-vision-for-the-government-in-the-act\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kate-carnell-wikipedia-entry\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/consultation-commonsense-and-commitment-a-vision-for-the-government-in-the-act\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Curley, Sylvia", "Entry ID": "AWE0767", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/curley-sylvia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Death Place": "Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Advocate, Farmer, Local historian, Nurse", "Summary": "Sylvia Curley qualified as a nurse in 1926 and spent her early years of nursing in country New South Wales. She worked for the Canberra Community Hospital (later known as the Royal Canberra Hospital) from 1938 until her retirement in 1966 as deputy matron. In her 'retirement' years she ran a nursing employment agency in Canberra and was a strong advocate for changes to nurses' education. In 1994 she donated her family home, Mugga Mugga, to the people of Canberra and oversaw its development into an environmental education centre. Sylvia Curley was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 8 June 1992 for her services to nursing, to local history and to the National Trust.\n", "Details": "Sylvia Curley was born into a pioneering Canberra family and grew up on Duntroon estate, before moving to Mugga Mugga homestead in 1913.\nShe trained as a nurse at Goulburn for four years, and at Leeton and Narrandera she developed her lifelong commitment to patient care and student nurses education. As matron at Gundagai, in five years she changed a run-down hospital to one described by the then New South Wales (NSW) minister for health as 'the cleanest and best of its size', which she achieved through influencing administrators and community fundraising. During her time there she took leave without pay to further her training in New Zealand and Sydney.\nCurley returned to Canberra in 1938 to take up the position of sub-matron of the then Canberra Hospital, only to find that the hospital had been the subject of a royal commission. Staff morale was very low and a group of nurses had resigned in protest at the actions of the hospital board and the sacking of the previous matron. Not to be deterred, she set about improving the hygiene of the kitchen, management of food supplies, menus, diets and she paid from her own salary for a Coolgardie safe to be built when the hospital board refused. Curley also introduced the tray system for patient meals.\nConcerned at the lack of social lives and the rule of no visitors to nurses quarters Curley organised hospital balls and dances, largely funded from her own pocket, which were great successes and attracted up to 800 guests. She organised fetes and other fundraising events for a student nurses reference library, and for years she lobbied hospital management for improved nursing training and superannuation.\nCurley went on largely self-funded study tours to New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada, and reported back on developments in hospital practice and nurse training, showing Australia to be behind the times. Her efforts saw the establishment in 1957 of the Nursing School in Canberra, the second in Australia, which was based on a model she had seen in New Zealand.\nIn 1964 a nursing home on the site of the former nurses quarters at Canberra Hospital was named in Curley's honour. In 1966, after twenty-nine years at the Royal Canberra Hospital, she retired from nursing, but without superannuation she was forced to continue working and she started an employment agency. This she ran for twenty years, during which time a dental nurse training course at Canberra Technical College was established at her suggestion and she lobbied for a medical records course for secretaries.\nOn retiring she set herself the project of documenting the history of the Canberra region, most of which she knew first hand, and was anxious for children to understand how things were in Canberra's past.\nAt the age of 91 she was recognised with a Medal in the General Division of the Order of Australia for services to nursing, local history and the National Trust.\nAfter the death of her last family member, she maintained her family's Mugga Mugga property herself in excellent condition, receiving praise from the Department of Agriculture on her management of the farm. In 1995 Curley bequeathed the historic 17ha property to the people of Canberra, and established an education centre for environmental studies and turned the homestead into a cottage museum, which she said was the only museum in Canberra to contain original pieces of property of a pioneering family.\nIn 1998 her memoirs were published documenting her life at Duntroon and Mugga Mugga and her 'three careers' as a nurse, employment consultant and lessee farmer. At her 100th birthday thanksgiving mass, she described the Mugga Mugga education centre as her vision and dream. She died in the same year.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-long-journey-duntroon-mugga-mugga-and-three-careers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/curley-sylvia-1898-1999-biographical-entry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dabrowski, Stasia", "Entry ID": "AWE0768", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dabrowski-stasia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Poland", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Charity worker", "Summary": "Stasia Dabrowski voluntarily ran a mobile soup kitchen from 1979, providing hot soup, bread, drinks, clothes and blankets to the homeless and needy of Canberra, and was dedicated to the welfare of young people. For nine years she raised the funds herself to purchase ingredients for the soup kitchen.\nShe was the 1996 Canberra Citizen of the Year, and the 1999 inaugural Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Senior Australian of the Year.\nStasia Dabrowski passed away at the age of 94 in August 2020.\n", "Details": "Stasia Dabrowski arrived in Canberra in 1964 and raised two children. Her second son became addicted to heroin and this led to her commitment to assisting young people in need. One of her son's friends, a recovered drug addict, asked her to help him set up a soup kitchen.\nThe mobile kitchen, run from the back of a van, was possibly the first of its kind in Australia. The friend married and left Canberra, and she continued to provide the service with the help of her son.\nEvery Friday night since 1979 she provided hot soup, bread, drinks, clothes and blankets to the homeless and needy of Canberra. On an average Friday night the soup kitchen provided several hundreds of loaves of bread and a similar quantity of soup to over 300 people in need. Dabrowski was particularly concerned with the welfare of young people and the lack of love and security many experience, but did not discriminate as to who she provided assistance to.\nFor nine years she raised the funds herself to purchase ingredients for the soup. In later years she received some Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government funding and some businesses provided surplus food. The ACT Government 2000 Budget document, Canberra: building social capital, described Dabrowski as 'one particularly strong example' of 'many quiet achievers \u2026 volunteering their time and often their money to feed people who are homeless, unemployed or have drug problems'.\nIn 1996 Dabrowski was the Canberra Citizen of the Year and featured on the ABC's Australian Story. In 1999 she was honoured with the inaugural ACT Senior Australian of the Year, receiving the award for her twenty-year dedication to the homeless and needy on Canberra's streets. She was the 2017 ACT Local Hero of the Year, the same year that her likeness was captured in an artwork by Jenny Blake.\nStasia Dabrowski passed away in Canberra in August 2020. Her grandson is intent on keeping his grandmother's legacy alive, having taken over her soup kitchen in recent times. 'No matter what', he says, 'I want to continue on the legacy.'\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/canberra-building-social-capital-australian-capital-territory-budget-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Follett, Rosemary", "Entry ID": "AWE0769", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/follett-rosemary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Politician, Public servant", "Summary": "Rosemary Follett was born in Sydney in 1948 but is Canberra in her heart, describing herself as 'in lock step' with the city. (Interview) 'It's a peaceful, tolerant place' with a 'sense of spaciousness and community' she says. (Interview)\nIt is also the place where she, as the Australian Capital Territory's (ACT's) first chief minister, in 1989 became the first woman to lead an Australian state or territory government. As ALP leader, she presided over 3 ministries and remained in parliament until 1996 as the member of Molonglo. Her portfolio responsibilities included Social Justice, Treasury and Public Service, Attorney-General, Law Reform, Consumer Affairs, Police and Emergency Services.\nFollett described herself as belonging to the Left faction of the ALP and came to power with a platform of open accountable government, social justice and a policy that half of all positions on government advisory boards and committees should be filled by women.\nAfter leaving politics she served as the ACT Discrimination Commissioner from 1996 until 2004.\n", "Details": "Rosemary Follett came to Canberra in 1952 and was educated at the former Catholic Girls High School (now Merici College, where a wing is named after her). Her mother and father were both from the Canberra region (Cooma and Bungendore) , met as members of the armed services before the start of the Second World War (father was in the army and mother in naval intelligence), married at the end of the war and moved to Sydney for work after the war. They were from very different backgrounds, and this was a source of tension, as it was for many couples in early twentieth century Australia who crossed the sectarian divide. Rosemary's mother's family were Catholic, intellectual and high achievers; her aunt was a doctor who, for a time, was the highest ranking woman in the navy. The Follett family, on the other hand, had no pedigree for education and were Anglican. Judith Lusby, a BA from the University of Sydney, and Aubrey Follett, a court reporter, married in a Catholic church in Sydney and the Follett family did not attend. The family moved to Canberra when Aubrey Follett obtained work as a Hansard reporter. While work brought them to Canberra, the promise of a house in Canberra was a key motivation. The housing crisis in Sydney was so acute, the Follett family decided they had been shown enough houses with dirt floors and took the plunge and headed towards a duplex in Yarralumla.\nRosemary's mother's family provided ample models of educated women demonstrating what could be achieved by women with a good education. The aforementioned aunt, an ancestor in the nineteenth century who nursed in the NSW Northern Rivers District, even Rosemary's mother, who battled her conservative husband for the right to enrol in a teaching degree at the Australian National University (ANU) when her daughters were at school, all presented Rosemary with models of women who combined work with family. Education was a priority for members of the Follett household. And because of her father's job, Follett received a unique perspective on political life. Dinner table conversations often revolved around the day's happenings in parliament, and the admirable qualities of the few women who sat. These conversations broadened into more general discussions about policies, and what differentiated the parties. As she grew older, she began to understand that the Labor Party was the party of reform.\nFollett's education was a catholic one, and although she enjoyed primary school, where she excelled, the same could not be said of her experience of secondary school. She was young when she started and acknowledges that she was academically ready but socially and emotionally unprepared. The transition was difficult and it wasn't helped by the unevenness of the teaching in the catholic system for girls. 'Many of the nuns did not appear to be all that happy : they seemed to be 'the nuns that could be spared' by their orders.' (Interview) They terrified the girls with their stories of martyrdom and sacrifice, rather than inspire them with the stories of Mary McKillop or other nuns who worked for social justice in the church. If not for the encouragement of her mother and Mother Gonzaga, who allowed her to read whatever she wanted to read, surviving school would have been close to impossible.\nAfter school, Follett earned an Advanced Diploma in Secretarial Studies and joined the public service. She left home at 18 and travelled with a friend to Darwin in 1966. Working for the Chief Geologist in a 'frontier' town was an eye opener, especially for the lack of a female presence in public spaces. After Darwin, she moved to Sydney where she worked for a mining company. While working in the mining industry, she began to develop a sense of the power of capital, and how poorly the existing Occupational Health and Safety Legislation protected working people and their families.\nWhile in Sydney, she met someone (from Canberra) and got married. (In a strange twist, her sister married her husband's brother!) She came back to Canberra, got married and continued working as a secretary for some years, while her husband studied, although, as a married woman , she was no longer permitted to work for the public service. In 1973, she returned to study too, taking advantage of the free university education introduced by the Whitlam Government elected in December of 1972.\nIn the 1970s, Follett became increasingly interested in the variety of social movements that were bubbling along at the time. She found her sympathies generally aligned with Australian Labor Party (ALP) policies and, after the sacking of the Whitlam government in 1975, joined Ginninderra branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in 1975, becoming its president from 1983 to 1984. She admits that in the early days, she was very quiet at meetings. As someone who'd had a sheltered life and upbringing, she found the militancy of some other members very confronting. 'I thought my mother's modest way of making change was more appropriate'. (Interview) In 1984 she was elected women's co-ordinator for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) branch of the ALP and this gave her experience in the women's policy committee and the feminist caucus. From 1985 to 1986 she was a member of the ACT House of Assembly, and by 1987 was elected ALP ACT Branch president.\nShe completed her degree and rejoined the Australian Public Service (APS) through their graduate recruitment program. She became a highly active workplace delegate with the Administrative and Clerical Officers Association. It took her a while to find a position that she enjoyed and felt useful in, but she found it in the Office for Women's Affairs (OWA) when it was located in the Department of Premier and Cabinet, working to establish the newly formed National Women's Advisory Council (NWAC). Working in this environment helped to develop her understanding of feminism and the feminist movement. Heavily influenced by Germaine Greer's 'The Female Eunuch', Follett learned more from the staff at the OWA, from impressive women such as Sara Dowse. She was committed to the feminist movement and felt for other women in the office forced to navigate the tension between feminism and bureaucracy on a daily basis.\nNot long after the OWA was moved to the Department of Home Affairs, Follett changed areas and began working in the Cultural Heritage area, where she was encouraged to take part in the APS Executive Leadership Program. Climbing further through the ranks of the APS she came to the conclusion that being an executive public servant might not actually be as interesting as doing the hands on work of someone a couple of rungs down. At around the same time that she was forming these conclusions, she was asked if she would be interested in filling a casual vacancy in the House of Assembly in the run up to self government. She accepted the invitation, was preselected and took on the role as the opposition (ALP) Member for Fraser.\nFollett then took on the ACT ALP Presidency and became well known as a good negotiator who was able to consult with all the factions of the ALP, as well as the opposition parties; a very important skill to possess at a time when the goal of self-government in the A.C.T was still being worked towards. She was determined to ensure that the ALP could be viewed by the electorate as a viable alternative in government. She was clearly successful in her determination; in 1989, Rosemary Follett was elected first Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory which made her the first woman to lead an Australian state or territory government. In 1990 a Canberra Times - Datacol opinion poll put her popularity at a high 73 per cent.\nDespite this, her first term was very short; she lost a vote of no confidence in 1990 after a year in office, returned in 1991 and then re-elected in 1992 into a much more stable political environment. In 1995 she was defeated by the Liberal Party of Australia under Kate Carnell. Follett resigned from the ACT Legislative Assembly in December 1996. After leaving politics, Follett was appointed the ACT Sex Discrimination Commission, a position she held until 2004.\nThat she was the first woman to lead a state or territory did not hit her hard until she attended her first commonwealth heads of governments grant commission meeting where she was the only woman. In fact, she says, 'there wasn't much positive publicity about it at the time. My opponent used to refer to my ministry as 'a powder puff government\". (Interview) She was surprised by the level of obsession that the public had with her appearance, and appalled by the sexism of some media coverage. In the A.C.T. the chief minister is also treasurer. A journalist had the gall to ask her how she was going to manage the budget! But as time went by, some things improved. In 1992, more women (Joan Kirner and Carmen Lawrence) were at the state and territory leaders meetings.\nThe scrutiny on her appearance and private life, however, did not abate. She was once told by a journalist that that they were relying upon her for two stories a day, which could have been useful if the focus was on policy and not her wardrobe. 'There was consistent commentary about what I wore, rather than what I was doing,' she says.(Interview). Which was a lot; Follet acknowledges that the amount of work was extraordinary and sometimes overwhelming, but she was determined to stay in charge as long as she could because there major policy areas she wanted to achieve, especially in the area of occupation health and safety legislations, consumer protection laws and pursuing feminist policy initiatives. Her hard work took its toll personally. She 'can't imagine how she would have done the job with children' and admires women such as current (2013) Chief Minister Katy (Interview) She could not have achieved what she did without the support of excellent mentors in her party and the close, critical friendship of her two sisters.\nFollett was always comfortable with leadership, saying that 'she works best when she is in charge'. (Interview) While always comfortable with the responsibilities that come with leadership she found learning to accept the judgments that come with political leadership took longer. 'All political careers end in defeat', but that doesn't mean you shouldn't pursue them! (Interview) The personal satisfaction of achieving meaningful change for the good, and bringing people through with you, to reach consensus on an important policy matter, cannot be under estimated. Nor can the opportunities for further career development. Since leaving politics, Follett has been: deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Canberra; Chair of the Vocational Education and Training Authority; a member of the University of Canberra Council; member of the Sentence Administration Board and Chair of the Board of Senior Secondary School Studies. She led a trade mission to Japan and was instrumental in bringing about the ACT's sister-city relationship with Nara and was a member of the Milk Authority of the ACT 1996 and the Canberra Labor Club, Canberra Tradesmen's Club and the Fabian Society. ACT politics has provided Rosemary Follett with a rich and interesting life.\nWhich no doubt reinforces her enduring love for the city of Canberra. Speaking for herself, and countless others, she says 'Eighteen year olds will always leave Canberra but they will always come back. Even retirees return!' (Interview)\n", "Events": "President of the Australian Labor Party, Ginninderra Branch (1983 - 1984) \nReceived for service to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly through influencing the development of self-government and as an inaugral Chief Minister, and to community development, human rights, and the advancement of women. (2017 - 2017)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2004\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-ordinary-lives-pioneering-women-in-australian-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rosemary-follett-interviewed-by-nikki-henningham-in-the-women-and-leadership-in-a-century-of-australian-democracy-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-rosemary-follett-former-chief-minister-of-the-act-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pegrum, Annabelle Nicole", "Entry ID": "AWE0770", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pegrum-annabelle-nicole\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Junee, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Architect, Public servant", "Summary": "Annabelle Pegrum held the position of Chief Executive of the National Capital Authority from 1998 to 2008. Prior to this she held a number of senior executive management positions with the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government.\nPegrum has been involved in several architecture organisations, and has served as President of the ACT Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.\nShe was the 1998 Telstra ACT Business Woman of the Year and received a Centenary Medal in 2003.\nIn 2008 she took up an appointment as a professorial Fellow at the University of Canberra and is the University Architect.\n", "Details": "Annabelle Pegrum was educated at the Holy Cross College, Woollahra, and graduated with an Honours degree in Architecture from the University of Sydney, winning the Leslie Wilkinson Prize for Design History and Theory.\nShe was in private practice as an architect before joining the then National Capital Development Commission, where she made a strong impact on the capital works program. She left in 1986 to take up a lecturing position at the University of Canberra but rejoined the ACT Public Service in 1990, and has worked as an architect and town planner with the National Capital Authority.\nShe is a Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, was President of the ACT Chapter and has been a member of the Architects' Board of the ACT since 1992. She has been an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Canberra since 1999.\nPegrum has held a number of senior executive management positions with the ACT Government, including General Manager of City Operations from 1994 to 1995, Executive Director of the Cabinet and Policy Co-ordination Office in the Chief Minister's Department in 1996, and Chief Executive of the Department of Business, the Arts, Sport and Tourism ACT from 1996 to 1998.\nShe has described herself as an advocate for the private sector and assisting partnerships to deliver economic and cultural developments for the ACT.\nAs a departmental head she has been credited with significantly raising morale and refocusing staff.\nShe was a member of the ACT Centenary of Federation Committee from 1998 to 2001.\nIn 1998 Pegrum was the Telstra ACT Business Woman of the Year, and won the MobileNet Corporate and Government Award. She received a Centenary Medal in 2003.\nShe is the mother of two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2004\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Warren, Joyce Dorothy (Joy)", "Entry ID": "AWE0771", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/warren-joyce-dorothy-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Company director, Patron, Public relations professional", "Summary": "Joy Warren was a tireless fundraiser and patron of the arts in Canberra. She was the owner-director of Solander Gallery since 1974 and ran a public relations business geared towards the arts.\nShe had been an arts journalist and spent fifteen years with Canberra Repertory Society.\nOn 26 January 2001 Joy Warren was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to the arts, particularly in the Australian Capital Territory.\n", "Details": "As a child Joy Warren sang, danced and performed on radio. She was educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, and went on to perform with the National Theatre in Melbourne.\nShe and her husband arrived in Canberra in 1955 and in her own words 'entered Canberra's cultural life two days after I arrived', by being cast in a play. She then spent fifteen years as a leading lady with Canberra Repertory Society and played a public-service wife in a film aimed at encouraging cadet diplomats with the Department of Foreign Affairs to move to Canberra and new overseas posts.\nWarren undertook courses in art at the Australian National University and interviewed artists for the Canberra-based Courier newspaper and the Canberra Times. She trained as a journalist and worked as a B-grade journalist with John Fairfax Pty Ltd from 1959 to 1962. She is the author of several articles in art magazines.\nIn 1963 Warren opened a public relations business, Joy Warren Promotions, oriented towards art and theatre, but her husband's consulting work with the United Nations took them overseas to live in the 1960s. In Irian Jaya she organised concerts and collected Asmat artefacts, and in Jordan she taught yoga to harem wives. She was a United Nations secretary in Indonesia from 1969 to 1971 and founded a newsletter, Projectile.\nOn returning to Canberra in the early 1970s she found artists seeking her help for exhibitions and so revived her public affairs business. At that time there was only one gallery in Canberra and she found enormous demand from artists all over the country wanting to show in Canberra. Organising shows and doing public relations for artists led her to open the Solander Gallery in 1974 in Yarralumla. The gallery has also brought exhibitions of Aboriginal, Papua New Guinean, Indonesian, African, Eskimo, Turkish, Mexican Peruvian, Indian and Japanese artists' work to Canberra.\nWarren was president of the Arts Ball Committee from 1961 to 1970, organising around nine balls to make money just for artists, was a board member of the Canberra Festival in 1975, and was appointed to the Board of Governors of Australia 77 in 1975. She was also a Commonwealth Valuer under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme. She was an Opera Board member in 1984 and vice-president of the Australian Commercial Galleries Association from 1983 to 1984. She is a life member of the National Press Club, a life associate of the Canberra Yacht Club and a member of Canberra Bridge Club.\nWarren's tireless fundraising and patronage for the arts saw her awarded a CAPO prize in 2002 for services to the arts community of Canberra.\nWarren and her husband have two sons.\n", "Events": "Board member for the Canberra Festival (1977 - 1977) \nMember of the Opera Board (1984 - 1984) \nPresident of the Arts Ball Committee, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) (1961 - 1970) \nVice-president of the Australian Commercial Galleries Association (1983 - 1984)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-canberra-1991\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kelly, Roslyn Joan (Ros)", "Entry ID": "AWE0772", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kelly-roslyn-joan-ros\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Ros Kelly was elected with a large majority as the first woman member of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) House of Assembly and was later elected to the House of Representatives for the electorate of Canberra (1980-1995). She was the first Labor woman federal minister in the House of Representatives and the first to give birth while holding office. A complete record of her parliamentary service, including a link to her first speech, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).\n", "Details": "Ros Kelly was educated at St. Ursula's College, Ashbury, and obtained a BA DipEd from the University of Sydney. She worked as a high school teacher from 1969 to 1974.\nShe moved to Canberra in 1970 and was elected the first woman member of the ACT House of Assembly from 1974 to 1979. She also became the first woman chair of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Schools Authority from 1978 to 1979 and a foundation member of the ACT Legal Aid Commission from 1978 to 1979.\nKelly has been patron of numerous ACT sporting clubs and a member of many ACT ethnic, social and community associations.\nIn 1980 Kelly was elected to the federal seat of Canberra with one of the largest swings against the then Liberal government, and in 1983 she became the first federal parliamentarian to give birth while an MP. In 1987 Kelly became the first Labor woman federal minister in the House of Representatives.\nAs member for Canberra, Kelly was secretary of the Federal Labor Caucus from 1981 to 1987 and held office as minister for the portfolios of Defence, Science and Personnel from 1987 to 1988; Communications and Aviation Support from 1988 to 1990; Arts, Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories from 1991 to 1993; Environment, Sport and Territories from 1993 to 1994; Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories from 1994 to 1995. She also served as Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women until 1994.\nKelly resigned from federal politics in 1995, and has worked as a senior executive in environmental management since that time. She is currently on the Board of Trustees of the National Breast Cancer Foundation, a trustee for the World Wide Fund for Nature and a board member of the Westpac Emergency Helicopter Service.\nIn 2004 Kelly was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to the community through promoting corporate environmental responsibility and fostering dialogue between business and conservation groups, to the Australian Parliament, and to women's health.\nShe has two children.\n", "Events": "Chairperson of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Schools Authority (1978 - 1979) \nFoundation member of the Legal Aid Commission (1978 - 1979)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2004\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/capital-women-a-history-of-the-work-of-the-national-council-of-women-a-c-t-in-canberra-1939-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-canberra-1991\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-australias-capital-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/canberra-1954-1980\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-brief-history-of-the-act-alp\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-suffrage-timeline\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/members-of-the-house-of-representatives-since-1901\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-ordinary-lives-pioneering-women-in-australian-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ros-kelly-a-passionate-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kelly-the-hon-roslyn-joan-ao\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-hon-ros-kelly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ros-kelly-1992-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ros-kelly-interviewed-by-mark-oneill-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ros-kelly-interviewed-by-peter-sekuless-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-roslyn-joan-kelly-politician-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-council-for-women-acw-collection-njsn_ac-005\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dalgarno, Ann Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE0773", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dalgarno-ann-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wrentham, Suffolk, England", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Community advocate, Nurse, Politician", "Summary": "Ann Dalgarno was the only female member of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Advisory Council, serving from 1959 to 1967 as a Liberal Member and from 1970 to 1974 as an Independent. She also ran the Nursing Service Agency.\nShe was a major advocate for Canberra's women, youth, the physically handicapped, and the disadvantaged. She was an active member or leader of around twenty-two community organisations.\n", "Details": "During her thirty-two years in Canberra Ann Dalgarno was a major advocate for women, youth, the physically handicapped, the disadvantaged and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in general.\nDalgarno moved to Canberra in 1948 with her husband Kenneth. A triple-certificated nurse, from 1954 she administered the Nursing Service Agency twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week from her Red Hill home. The service placed nurses in homes of private patients.\nLoneliness upon moving to Canberra led her to attend a meeting of a women's branch of the Liberal Party which launched her interest in politics. She was the successful Liberal Party candidate for the Canberra Community Hospital Board, a position she held from 1955 to 1959, and she became the only female member of the ACT Advisory Council, from 1959 to 1967 as a Liberal Member and from 1970 to 1974 as an Independent.\nBy 1965 Dalgarno was a Justice of the Peace, president of the Red Hill-Griffith-Narrabundah-Kingston-Manuka Progress Association, president of the ACT Branch of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation, convenor of the South Canberra women's debating team, and a member of the Australian Local Government Women's Association.\nThis dedication to community saw the Canberra Times describe her as 'the most active woman in public life in Canberra', and in 1966 Dalgarno stated 'I'm a member of 22 different organisations in Canberra, and not just in name either; I work for all of them'.\nShe became president of the Wives and Widows of Public Servants and Servicemen's Association and a member of Zonta. She also became a life member of the Canberra Debating Union as well as its vice-president.\nIn 1965 Dalgarno received a letter from Prince Philip, after she publicly responded to his description of Canberra as 'a city without a soul'.\nAs an Independent, Ann Dalgarno ran her 1970 political campaign on a platform of community facilities for teenagers, welfare and accommodation for the elderly, transport and a teacher training college for the ACT, and strong action against communism. Some of these included ideas she brought back from her overseas visits, such a monorail system on Northbourne Avenue. She also proposed legislation to redress exorbitant or unfair rent or service charges.\nHer commitment to these issues led her to become the first chairman of the Emergency Housing Committee, formed in 1973 and to convene the Foundation for Youth in the early 1970s.\nShe lectured first-year Australian National University students on 'Sex and responsibility' in 1969, and in 1972 was the author of the self-published children's book The bored duck.\nNearing her retirement from ACT Advisory Council Dalgarno took a stand about the under-representation of women in politics and declared in 1972 that there were no women in the House of Representatives and that it was time this changed. She was concerned at the reluctance of women to take an active political role and advocated the establishment of a League of Women Voters in the ACT.\nDespite her commitment to Canberra she wrote a submission to the 1974 Inquiry into Self-Government for the ACT. stating there had been 'NO community demand for a form of local government \u2026' and there was 'NO evidence that residents \u2026 would be any better of under local government'.\nIn 1977 she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for valuable community service, and was awarded a Silver Jubilee Medal.\nDalgarno and her husband had two children.\n", "Events": "Independent member of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Advisory Council (1970 - 1974) \nLiberal member of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Advisory Council (1959 - 1967) \nLiberal member of the Canberra Community Hospital Board (1955 - 1959)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dalgarno-anne-patricia-1919-1980\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ann-p-dalgarno-1955-1980-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Humphreys, Lilias Stuart", "Entry ID": "AWE0774", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/humphreys-lilias-stuart\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Orange, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Genealogist", "Summary": "Lilias Stuart Humphreys, artist and genealogist, was born at Orange, New South Wales, in 1909, the fourth daughter and eldest child of Percival Stuart Garling (1873-1951) and Margaret Isabella Jane McSpadden. She married, in 1936, Jack Iorweth Humphreys (1905-1989) at her parents' home 'Wanganui', Longueville, New South Wales; they had a daughter, Jennifer Karen (1937-1983). In 1927 the family home had been the venue for the celebration of the 112th anniversary of the arrival in Australia of Lilias's great-great grandfather, the solicitor and magistrate Frederick Garling Senior (1775-1848). Her great grandfather was the customs officer and marine artist, Frederick Garling Junior (1806-1873), whose son was Arthur Crawford Garling (1833-1910).\nIn the 1960s, Lilias Humphreys began her genealogical researches into the descendants of Frederick Garling Senior and their extensive connections with other families. She carried on the earlier researches of her uncle, William Mylam Nicholas Garling. She was assisted by her daughter, Jennifer, who conducted her own research on Susannah Matilda Ward, nee Baldwin, appointed by Governor Macquarie as matron and superintendent of the Female Orphan Institution. Lilias Humphreys died in 1985.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lilias-stuart-humphreys-collection-ca-1800-1987-compiled-ca-1960-1987\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roxburgh, Rachel", "Entry ID": "AWE0775", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roxburgh-rachel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Author", "Summary": "Rachel Roxburgh was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1915. She attended East Sydney Technical College and Adelaide Perry School. Afterwards she spent ten years in England and Europe, where she continued her studies at London Central and Hammersmith Art Schools. After her return to Australia she taught arts and crafts. \nRoxburgh wrote a number of books on architecture and early Australian families. Her published works include The Early Australian scene: illustrated by example of early buildings in New South Wales (1969), Thomas Potter Macqueen of Segenhoe, New South Wales (1972), Early colonial houses of New South Wales (1974), Colonial farm buildings of New South Wales (1978), Berrima Court House (1981), Throsby Park: an account of the Throsby Family in Australia 1802-1840 (1989) and Some early colonial buildings (filmstrip, 1962). She also published a number of articles on old buildings, for example those published in the Journal of Royal Australian Historical Society (New South Wales). \nRoxburgh died on 13 April 1991 in Castle Hill, New South Wales and is survived by her brother, Mr J. Roxburgh.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/http-nla-gov-au-nla-ms-ms8368\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-rachel-roxburgh-1794-1896-bulk-1960-1986-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Scott, Rose", "Entry ID": "AWE0776", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-rose\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Glendon, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist", "Summary": "Social reformer, Rose Scott was born at Glendon, near Singleton, NSW, on 8 October, 1847. Rose Scott was one of the key figures in the turn-of-the century movement committed to the universal suffrage and a general improvement in the condition of women. She lived at home and did not marry, she devoted her life to the women's movement.\nIn 1889 she helped form the Women's Literary Society in Sydney and it was out of this society that the Womanhood Suffrage League developed in May 1891. She wrote and debated and lectured and argued until in 1902 the Women's Suffrage Act became law in New South Wales. She lobbied for the establishment of Children's Courts for juvenile offenders, for the 'age of consent' to be raised from fourteen to sixteen for girls (Crimes (Girls' Protection) Acts 1910), and for a more comprehensive and equitable system of family maintenance to be established.\nShe opposed Federation and, in later years, conscription. She was president of a local branch of the London Peace Society, formed in 1907, and international secretary of the National Council of Women of New South Wales, formed in 1896.\nOne of the most important figures of her time she died in Sydney on 20 April 1925.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-rose-1847-1925\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-rose-1847-1925-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rose-scott-vision-and-revision-in-feminism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-nsw-program-for-the-launch-of-the-centenary-stamp-issue-and-a-complete-set-of-the-issue-1996\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-further-papers-1895-1981\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-nsw-inc-further-records-1926-1927-1937-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-relating-to-national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-1895-1897\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-further-records-1895-1997\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-family-manuscript-and-pictorial-material-1777-1925\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rose-scott-papers-1862-1923\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-literary-society-minute-book-15-aug-1892-aug-1893-with-annual-reports-1893-1896\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rose-scott-journal-1889-1893\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-records-1895-1976\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miles-franklin-papers-1841-1954\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miles-franklin-papers-mainly-literary-manuscripts-1900-1954\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dowell-oreilly-papers-1884-1923-with-additional-family-papers-1877-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-family-rose-scott-papers-1777-1925-mlmss-38-1-79\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-on-womens-suffrage-compiled-by-rose-scott-%e2%86%b5%e2%86%b5%e2%86%b5%e2%86%b5%e2%86%b5%e2%86%b5%e2%86%b5%e2%86%b5papers-on-womens-suffrage-compiled-by-rose-scott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pamphlets-relating-to-australian-womens-suffrage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/windeyer-family-papers-1829-1943\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-pamphlets-containing-souvenir-concert-programmes-and-australian-biographies\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shore, Ivy (Billie)", "Entry ID": "AWE0777", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shore-ivy-billie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brunswick, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Paddington, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist", "Summary": "Ivy Shore won the Portia Geach Memorial Art Award (Australia's richest and most prestigious art award for women painters only) with her first entry - a portrait of Della Elliott- in 1979. She went on to win \"Most Highly Commended\" prizes in the 'Portia' three times thereafter, making her the top winner in the history of the award.\n", "Details": "Ivy Shore was born in Brunswick, Victoria on 14 January 1915. She was the youngest of seven children born to New South Wales engineer John Williams and Elka (n\u00e9e Zandover - who came originally from Warsaw and was a leading light in the South Australian suffragette movement. Ivy remembers a photo of her mother being carried shoulder-high by other suffragettes, on the front page of an Adelaide newspaper). Ivy's parents moved often because John Williams was employed in jobs that varied from manager of the government battery at Mt Leonora in Western Australia to managing building projects in Victoria. When he died of influenza in 1919 the family was living in Melbourne, but after John was buried in Coburg Cemetery Elka took the children to Adelaide and settled near the beach at Glenelg. This was where Ivy grew up, in a big house always full of visitors and a happy environment always filled with friends. Ivy's childhood friends (like Lillian Appleton) always called her Billie. After finishing school Ivy trained as a seamstress. In 1936 Ivy met Irvine Alfred (Ray) Shore (b.13 Feb 1903 in Rosatala, South Australia) who was a rising star in financial management. When Ray pursued Ivy, she rejected him at first and ran away to Sydney with her best friend Lillian. But Ray followed her there, and they were eventually married at St Jude's Church of England Randwick on 12 November 1938. They initially lived in Carrington Road, Randwick, and Ray established the offices of Ray Shore Pty Ltd (Financiers) in Castlereagh Street Sydney. Ray's business prospered and by 1950 they had two boys Harvey (14 February 1947) and Russell (29 April 1949) and had moved into a big house at 1 Black Street, Vaucluse. But the marriage did not proceed smoothly, and by 1957 it was failing. Ivy was encouraged by her friends to seek an interest outside the Vaucluse home. Some of them had recently enrolled for art classes with a new painter in Sydney who had just been made a fellow of the Royal Art Society and sold his first Archibald entry to the Art Gallery of NSW. They encouraged Ivy to enrol in his classes too. The new painter was Graeme Inson.\nIn 1960, Ivy and Ray Shore separated. The home in Vaucluse was sold, and Ivy bought a house at 29 Ocean Street Woollahra. She lived there until she died in 1999. Ivy's relationship with Graeme Inson now strengthened. In 1962, Ray Shore died. Soon afterwards, Graeme also moved into 29 Ocean Street and it also became his home until he died in 2000. Ivy looked after Graeme's domestic needs and shared his professional and social life. Their relationship was extremely harmonious in almost every aspect. Through the 60s Ivy continued to develop her artistic skills under Graeme's tutelage, and he in turn eventually dubbed her \"my greatest student.\" Ivy painted many landscapes and still-life, but always loved portraits best.\nGraeme was a strict teacher, who allowed little variance in his Meldrum Method of tonal impressionism. But Ivy was brave enough to follow her own instincts, and develop her own artistic technique beyond the strict Meldrum Method. She also wanted to enter art competitions, but she felt that entering major competitions like the Archibald would put her in conflict with Graeme. So instead she focused on the Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, Australia's richest art competition for women painters only. In 1976, Ivy entered the 'Portia' for the first time with a portrait of Margaret Shore. This was selected by the judges for hanging, and it now hangs permanently at Cheltenham Girls High School where Margaret became a celebrated headmistress.) In succeeding years Ivy continued to enter the 'Portia' with portraits of actress June Salter (1977) and Lorna O'Regan (1978). Her portraits continued to be hung every year.\nIn 1979, Ivy won the Portia Geach Art Award with her portrait of Kondelia (Della) Elliott, wife of celebrated communist leader of the Australian Seaman's Union Elliot V. Elliott. Ivy's winning entry in the 'Portia' was also her first departure from the strict Meldrum Method taught by Graeme Inson. This departure charmed the 'Portia' judges (including John Coburn and Lady Fairfax) but annoyed Graeme to the extent that he actually walked out of the family celebration and went to live in his studio (which by now had moved from Rowe Street to a building in Sussex Street that had once been The Dundee Arms Hotel.) He later apologised and returned home after a week. Graeme claimed he had been upset by Ivy's departure from the Meldrum Method. Others said he was just miffed that Ivy had beaten him to win a prestigious award, though this does not seem likely because the 'Portia' is open to women artists only. Whatever the reason, they agreed to differ in their styles, and Ivy continued to develop hers, and to enter her developing style in the Portia Geach each year. Her 1980 portrait of Cranbrook School teacher George Woodger was again hung in competition. Her 1981 self-portrait was again hung and was specially 'Commended' by the judges. Her 1982 self-portrait Triptych was again hung and won the 'Highly Commended Award.' So too did her 1986 self-portrait. Ivy's paintings continued to be hung in the 'Portia', and were also hung on many occasions by the judges of the Royal Easter Show Art Prize Exhibition. She was approached often to enter portraits for the Archibald Prize, but her teacher Graeme Inson was also competing for that prize, so Ivy typically chose harmony over honours and left the Archibald to him. Graeme declared that Ivy's work had achieved a 'unique excellence', and took pride in calling her 'my greatest student'. But he continued to express displeasure at her developing style. So Ivy used her 'Portia' prize-money to have a studio built to her specifications by architect Peter Moffitt above the garage of her Woollahra home, and did all her painting from there - away from Graeme's sight. This allowed harmony to remain in their relationship. However a continuing resistance from Graeme eventually slowed Ivy's output. She last entered the 'Portia' with a self-portrait called \"Looking Back\" (1992), which showed herself looking at the floating images of her face from previous 'Portia' self-portraits. In 1993, she painted \"Influences\" - a tribute to the five people who had most influenced her developing style. It showed Henry Henke, Robert Haines, Justin O'Brien, Graeme Inson and Lloyd Rees at a dinner table, with Graeme Inson holding forth as usual with a wine glass in hand. This painting now hangs in The Dundee Arms Hotel with others, including Graeme's most loved portrait of Ivy herself, as part of a permanent exhibition mounted as a tribute to Inson and Shore by the Sheraton Group, following their acquisition of the building in 1985.\nWith this portrait, Ivy ceased painting. She later said it became a choice between her art and her relationship with Graeme Inson - and she chose her relationship! Happily this endured. Ivy continued to look after Graeme's affairs and his classes when he began to travel overseas on extensive painting trips. Their extensive correspondence that resulted from these trips was compiled into a manuscript by Graeme and is now preserved in the archives of the Art Gallery of NSW. Ivy also looked after Graeme when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 1996 and successfully operated on.\nIn 1998, Ivy herself became ill with a swollen spleen. This was eventually removed, but during the operation (at St Vincent's Hospital in Paddington) cancer was discovered. This developed quickly and, sadly, Ivy died on 25 August, 1999. She was cremated in the North Shore Crematorium and her ashes were scattered by Graeme and her two children on the Rose Garden at Centennial Park where she had often taken her children when they were small so they could feed the ducks in the nearby pond.\nGraeme Inson continued to live in Ivy's home - for just nine months. On 9 May, 2000 he became suddenly ill while teaching a class of his students, and was rushed to St Vincent's Hospital where Ivy had died nine months earlier. He spent a peaceful night. But on the following morning - 10 May - Graeme suddenly had a massive heart attack and died. His friends said he died from a broken heart!\nGraeme was cremated in the same chapel as Ivy, at the North Shore Crematorium, and his ashes were scattered beside hers on the Rose Garden in Centennial Park by his step-sons Harvey and Russell Shore. Their mortal remains now rest together on a bed of roses - a requiem this artistic couple - who always loved laughter - would have truly appreciated.\nHer work hangs in many galleries and private collections around Australia and overseas in the United Kingdom and in Paris (France). Ivy was cherished to the end of her rich life and beyond by her sons Harvey and Russell, by many in the Arts community, and by an extraordinarily large circle of loving friends.\nLove life and share it, and remember that you are the hero of your own story. IVY SHORE.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Adams, Lorna Esme", "Entry ID": "AWE0793", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adams-lorna-esme\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Torrensville, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Lorna Esme Adams, n\u00e9e Eames, was born in Torrensville, South Australia. She trained at the Adelaide Teachers' College and met her future husband after taking up her second teaching post at Black Hill in 1942. In 1945 they began dairy farming at Black Hill, moving to Paracombe three years later. After their infant son died of cystic fibrosis and their older boy was also diagnosed, they decided to settle at Ponde for the drier climate. Their second son died in 1955. Lorna has had three enduring interests; the Girl Guides movement and the Country Women's Association, both of which she has represented at State level, and the Holstein-Fresian dairy cattle stud that she and her husband developed. Lorna and her husband Jack's surviving daughter has had nine children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-lorna-adams-sound-recording-interviewer-neil-baron\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williams, Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE0796", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Broadcaster, Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Joan Williams was a prominent member of the Western Australian branch of the Communist Party of Australia. She was politically active from the 1920s, but began her career in journalism as a young woman already imbued with a strong political consciousness. The networks fostered through her membership in an elite group of Western Australian left-wing radicals were critical to the foundation of numerous Western Australian women's and peace organisations. Under the pen name Justina Williams she wrote short stories, historical works, poems, biography and her autobiography Anger and Love. She was awarded the Order of Australia Medal accepting it on behalf of her \"unrecognized sisters who serve the community\".\n", "Details": "As a young journalist Joan Williams learned about the organisational strategies operating within the European peace and women's movements and began a lifetime involvement with Perth's left-wing intelligentsia. Committed to initiating social change through public education Williams joined the Communist Party in 1939 drawn in by their concerns for social justice, women's equality and opposition to war and fascism. Joan Williams' activism spanned over fifty years. She was a foundation member of the Modern Women's Club, the Western Australian Council for Equal Pay and Opportunity and the International Women's Day Committee. In the 1950s Williams' focus shifted to the concern for nuclear disarmament and, joining forces with the members of the Union of Australian Women, she established a locally based Waterside Workers Federation Women's Committee to support strike action occurring at the time. In the early 1970s Williams became a foundation member of Women's Liberation and the Women's Electoral Lobby.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1935 - 1960)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joan-williams-brief-biography-mother-of-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joan-williams-awarded-australian-medal-biography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joan-williams-biography-of-wel-member-peace-activist-and-writer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joan-williams-interview-with-feminist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wharfies-smile-but-the-fight-is-not-over\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/writing-labor-history-in-western-australia-my-experience-with-the-first-furrow\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anger-love\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/justina-williams-brief-biography-of-writer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/justina-williams-profile-of-writer-with-full-page-portrait\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-first-furrow\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fighting-to-be-seen-and-heard-a-tribute-to-four-western-australian-peace-activists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-the-banner-women-leadership-and-activism-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joan-williams-papers-1934-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-joan-williams-sound-recording-interviewed-by-leckie-hopkins\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1938-1973-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hoffmann, Karin", "Entry ID": "AWE0802", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hoffmann-karin\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wartburg, Germany", "Occupations": "Archivist, Computer Scientist", "Summary": "Born in Wartburg Germany in 1941 Karin Hoffmann developed her \"pragmatic, rather than ideological,\" views on feminism and the women's movement through friendships and associates while living in Paris. In 1974 she moved to Western Australia and in 1975 joined the Women's Centre Action Group and Women's Electoral Lobby intending to \"do what was useful\" to enhance the status of women in society. In 1977 she created a feminist and, although nobody used that word at the time, lesbian library. Hoffmann participated in a range of activities associated with the women's movement including the \"Out of the Guilded Cage\" radio broadcasts and two feminist tours of significant Western Australian sites.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lespar-feminist-library-catalogue-titles-authors-subjects\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gay-and-lesbian-archives-of-western-australia-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lespar-library-of-womens-liberation-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johnston, Isabella Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE0804", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnston-isabella-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland", "Death Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Isabella Johnston (n\u00e9e Miller) was born at Barrhead, Scotland in 1891. She joined her aunt Amelia MacDonald in Perth, Western Australia, in 1910 and became active in the Perth Women's Service Guilds of which her aunt [Amelia MacDonald] was a founder member.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-justices-and-the-women-justices-association-of-wa-a-history-of-the-womens-justices-association\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-on-the-warpath-feminist-of-the-first-wave\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/looking-back-50-years-in-relation-to-the-establishment-of-a-maternity-hospital-for-women-1909-1959\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-west-australian-womens-parliament-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1909-1991-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/isabel-johnston-picture\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Greenwood, Irene Adelaide", "Entry ID": "AWE0805", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greenwood-irene-adelaide\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Albany, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Broadcaster, Feminist, Pacifist, Peace activist, Writer", "Summary": "A tireless campaigner and activist for over fifty years, Irene Adelaide Greenwood's interests in feminism and the peace movement were formed through her mother Mary Driver's involvement with the Women's Services Guild. The achievements of Greenwood's life's work are considerable and her commitment and energy was recognized in the many awards bestowed on her. These include Member of the Order of Australia, the first woman to receive an Honorary Doctorate at Murdoch University, recognition as the strategist behind the implementation of the Chair in Peace Studies at Murdoch University, the United Nations Association of Australia Silver Peace Medal and honorary life membership, Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal, appointment to the National Advisory Committee on Women's Affairs in 1974 and the naming of the flagship of the State ship's fleet M.V. Irene Greenwood in her honour. Greenwood was also a life or honorary member of many key international, national and state peace and women's organizations.\n", "Details": "As early as 1916 Irene Greenwood was sensitized to issues of social justice sharing her mother's concern for the oppression of Aborigines and women. In 1920 she participated in Perth's first strike by civil servants marking the beginning of a long career in political activism. In 1931 she moved from Perth to Sydney where she began a career in broadcasting, at the same time developing a radical political consciousness and experience in the women's movement. Returning to Perth in 1935 she worked on the ABC's Women's Session and then moved to commercial radio instituting the popular Woman to Woman programme. Greenwood retired from radio in 1953. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, she intensified her involvement in the women's and peace movements, traveling as a delegate to national conferences and forums and in 1965 to The Hague and Zurich for the Golden Jubilee Congress of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She edited Peace and Freedom the official organ for Women's International League for Peace and Freedom until she was into her seventies. Locally Greenwood was party to the formation of the Western Australian Council for Equal Pay and Opportunity and edited Equal Pay News for the duration of the organization's existence. She participated in the foundation of Western Australian branches of the Family Planning Association, the Abortion Law Repeal Association, Women's Liberation and Women's Electoral Lobby. Greenwood expressed a special love for history, organising displays of the founders of the Women's Movement and documenting the history of Western Australian women's organizations and feminism. She bestowed a vast archive of unique and rare material relating to women and the peace movement to Murdoch University.\n(As Giles (1999) notes Greenwood publicly changed her date of birth to 1899 to coincide with the year that non-Indigenous women won the vote in Western Australia)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-irene-greenwood-collection-a-classified-list-of-holdings-in-murdoch-university-library-of-material-received-from-irene-greenwood-as-of-may-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-limits-of-authorship-the-radio-broadcasts-of-irene-greenwood-1936-1954\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/first-lust\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-on-the-warpath-feminist-of-the-first-wave\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-1899sic-1992-a-hero-of-the-feminist-movement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-autobiography-of-feminist-activist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-interview-with-w-a-s-leading-feminist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-obituaries-for-feminist-and-social-activist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-obituaries-for-feminist-and-social-activist-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-obituaries-for-feminist-and-social-activist-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-obituaries-for-feminist-and-social-activist-4\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newspaper-article-about-greenwood-relationship-with-broome\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newspaper-article-about-greenwood-hears-anti-discrimination-bill-introduced\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-memoriam-irene-adelaide-greenwood-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-a-hero-of-the-feminist-movement-1899-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-a-voice-for-peace\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/on-air-the-story-of-catherine-king-and-the-abc-womens-session\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-limits-of-authorship-the-radio-broadcasts-of-irene-greenwood-1936-1954-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greenwood-irene\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-irene-greenwood-1912-1981-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-irene-greenwood-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/birthday-party-at-cockburn-sound\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-australian-bill-of-rights\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-talks-to-robin-juniper\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-talks-with-grant-stone\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-talks-with-angela-douglass\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-library-resources-trust-food-for-feminism-dinner-november-7th-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-picture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-irene-greenwood-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-irene-greenwood-sound-recording-interviewed-by-nancy-lutton\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-irene-greenwood-sound-recording-interviewed-by-nancy-lutton-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-irene-greenwood-sound-recording-interviewed-by-rica-erikson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-irene-greenwood-sound-recording-interviewed-by-ken-spillman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-irene-a-greenwood-sound-recording-interviewed-by-clive-moore\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-mrs-irene-greenwood-sound-recording-interviewed-by-gillian-waite\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-irene-greenwood-feminist-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-service-guilds-of-western-australia-records\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-jessie-street-circa-1914-1968-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-fleming-arnot-personal-and-professional-papers-1890-1995\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-australian-federation-of-women-voters-1920-1983-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lorelei-booker-papers-ca-1890-1991\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irina-dunn-papers-ca-1980-1984-with-papers-collected-relating-to-early-feminists-1873-1983\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bennett, Mary Montgomerie (Montgomery)", "Entry ID": "AWE0808", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bennett-mary-montgomerie-montgomery\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Teacher, Writer", "Summary": "Mary Montgomerie Bennett spent her childhood in Queensland, returning to London from 1903 to 1908 to study, and again in 1914 to marry. When her husband died in 1927 she returned to Western Australia to pursue her interest in Aboriginal education. She worked at the Mount Margaret Mission from 1932, dramatically improving educational outcomes through the implementation of progressive teaching methods. Over the next three decades Bennett was a passionate advocate for Aboriginal rights employing her connections with international humanitarian groups and women's organisations to support her campaigns to improve the lives of Aborigines, in particular Aboriginal women.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bennett-mary-montgomerie-1881-1961\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/teaching-the-aborigines-data-from-mount-margaret-mission-w-a\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-aboriginal-mother-in-western-australia-in-1933\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-australian-aboriginal-as-a-human-being\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/human-rights-for-australian-aborigines-how-can-they-learn-without-a-teacher\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hunt-and-die-the-prospect-for-the-aborigines-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-montgomerie-bennett\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australia-an-annotated-guide-to-records-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ideas-have-wings-white-women-challenge-aboriginal-policy-1920-1937\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/broken-circles-fragmenting-indigenous-families-1800-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-drop-in-a-bucket-the-mount-margaret-story\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-devanny-romantic-revolutionary\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shirley-andrews-interviewed-by-peter-read-in-the-peter-read-collection-of-interviews-conducted-for-his-book-entitled-charles-perkins-a-biography-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-19-1999-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-mt-margaret-aboriginal-mission-1921-1969-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-montgomerie-bennett-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allegations-by-mrs-m-bennett-in-regard-to-native-slavery-inadequate-reserves-and-traffic-in-native-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-devanny-archive\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leeper-family-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cope, Madeleine (Madge)", "Entry ID": "AWE0811", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cope-madeleine-madge\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Barnsley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Unionist", "Summary": "Unionist and activist Madge Cope was born in Yorkshire and migrated to Australia in 1915, aged 11. With her parents and two brothers she settled on a farm in Carnamah. She later married her neighbour, Harold Cope, and the pair had four children. Cope himself was born to an English father and an Australian mother.\nDuring wartime, the Copes sold pies at Victoria Park. They grew tomatoes at Geraldton, then Guildford, where they also sold flowers. In 1966, while driving on a gravel road, Madge lost control on a bend and hit a truck. Harold was thrown from the vehicle and died on the road after telling the truck driver to look after his wife, who was trapped in the car.\nMadge became involved with the Communist Party in Guildford, and was made a life member of the Guildford Association. She joined the Peace Movement and the Union of Australian Women. She also wrote short stories, two of which were published in the magazine Our Women. Madge died in 2001, aged 97 years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fight-for-the-good\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-madge-cope-sound-recording-interviewed-by-linda-coleman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-madge-cope-sound-recording-interviewed-by-stuart-reid\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-madge-cope-sound-recording-interviewed-by-sally-speed\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1938-1973-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gilchrist, Roma Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE0812", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gilchrist-roma-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Peace activist", "Summary": "Roma Gilchrist was first a member of the Modern Women's Club before joining the Union of Australian Women, Western Australian Branch. She was vice-president in 1954 and president from 1957 until 1971.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roma-gilchrist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-john-and-roma-gilchrist-1927-1984-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Prichard, Katharine Susannah", "Entry ID": "AWE0814", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/prichard-katharine-susannah\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Fiji", "Death Place": "Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Katharine Susannah Prichard, author, pacifist, Communist, indefatigable political activist, chose to live on the outskirts of Perth, Western Australia, for fifty years, from 1919 until her death in 1969. Her life is one of courage, determination, hard work, great joy and satisfaction, and tragedy. During her lifetime she developed an international reputation as a novelist, she was recognised as one of Australia's foremost writers, and she established an almost legendary reputation locally as a political activist whose initiatives made a profound impact upon the lives of many West Australians. In the midst of such physical isolation and unsophisticated conservatism, how was her brilliant light able to shine so readily?\n", "Details": "Katharine Susannah Prichard was born on 4 December 1883, the first child of Edith Isabel Fraser, a talented painter, and Tom Prichard, a journalist with the Fiji Times. In her autobiography, Child of the Hurricane (1964), she attributes her own strength of character and political idealism to the complex interaction of the immense securities and insecurities of her early childhood. The Prichard and Fraser families had migrated to Australia from Britain on the sailing ship Eldorado in 1853, a ninety-four day sea voyage of astonishing hardship. Tom Prichard was the second youngest son of ten Prichard children, 4 years old on arrival in Australia; Edith Isabel Fraser was the fourth of nine Fraser children but the first to be born in Australia. Katharine Susannah recalls that her father used to say he had fallen in love with Edith when she was a schoolgirl, and made up his mind then that she was the girl he wanted to marry. The Prichard and Fraser families had remained warm friends after their long and hazardous sea voyage to a new land : they became inextricably linked when the eldest of the Prichard sons married one of the elder Prichard girls, and a younger Fraser boy married one of the Prichard girls. Tom Prichard's marriage to Edith Isabel Fraser added to the complex interrelatedness of the family: for Katharine Susannah, growing up in the centre of a large and loving web of aunts, uncles, cousins and their relatives meant great security.\nBy her own definition, Katharine Susannah Prichard was a child of the hurricane. In her autobiography, published in 1964, she describes her birth on 4 December 1883 in Fiji thus:\nDawn threw wan light on the devastation caused by the hurricane; the township bashed and battered as though by a bombardment, the sea-wall washed away, the sea breaking through the main street, ships in the harbour blown ashore or onto the reef, coconut plantations beaten to the ground. But in that bungalow on the hillside, natives gazed with awe at the baby the hurricane had left in its wake. \"Na Luve ni Cava,\" they exclaimed. \"She is a child of the hurricane.\"\nBorn into a charmed circle of calm out of a wild and tempestuous night, Katharine Susannah Prichard seems to have been able to combine these two qualities - passionate criticism of social injustice and determination to expose and rail against unjust laws, with a sweet and gentle disposition. In her autobiography she stresses her strong will, and her early ability to charm through the sheer force of her personality. She attributes many of her later characteristics to the early Fijian experience - particularly her love for the natural world, and her instinctive sympathy\u2026for people of the native races. She was particularly attached to her devoted Fijian carer, N'gardo. Maybe N'gardo is responsible for the instinctive sympathy I've always had for people of the native races. It is, I think, a tribute to that dark, protective presence in my early life.\nBut tragedy struck early in her life : the decision for the 2 year old Kattie to travel to Victoria with her mother for the birth of her brother Alan left N'gardo inconsolable, certain she had gone forever, and in his grief he died. This was the first of several tragic deaths of significant men in her life.\nDuring Katharine Susannah's childhood, following her journalist father's searches for work, her immediate family moved from Fiji to Tasmania and finally to Melbourne, establishing always a lively circle of friends and acquaintances for whom ideas were centrally important.\nHer awakening to injustice is recorded in one of her early novels, The Wild Oats of Han, in a scene recalling her own family trauma where Han and her brothers are returning from a delightful picnic with a servant to find cartloads of the family furniture rolling down the hill, sold because the family could no longer make ends meet. Unemployment, injustice, ill-deserved poverty - all troubled the young Katharine. This incident seems to have bred in the young girl a desire to be strong and influential in her adulthood. She felt helpless and yet responsible for finding a way out of their troubles. From this time on Tom Prichard's mental health was precarious , and a constant source of worry to the family. Her autobiography suggests it was the combination of being so well loved, and yet insecure because of her father's unpredictably uncertain health, which caused Katharine Susannah to be so determined to right the world's perceived injustices. This determination, accompanied by a prodigious intelligence fostered at appropriate times, a thirst for knowledge, an eye for detail and an early desire to write, created a woman whose passionate idealism shaped all that she did.\nKatharine Susannah Prichard's literary talents were displayed early. Before the family left Tasmania she published her first short story in the children's page of a Melbourne newspaper. Her second story, \"The Brown Boy\", won a prize, and caused quite a stir in her family. Most importantly of all for the young Kattie, she had earned a guinea for the story, which she proudly passed on to her father. She decided then to become a writer. Although neither parent took her stated ambition seriously at that stage, her mother fostered in her a love for words, for rhythms, for imaginative writing, by keeping up a constant supply of books by British poets and novelists. The love of learning and for ideas thus instilled, remained with her throughout her life.\nAt age 14 Katharine Susannah won a scholarship to South Melbourne College. There, under the tutelage of the principal, J. B. O'Hara, she embarked upon the happiest and most valuable years of her school life, and was greatly encouraged in her writing. Her determination to be a writer seems to have guided her from this time on. Although she wanted to go to University, there was not enough money in the Prichard family for all four children to go, and in spite of the relative emancipation of the family's views, as a girl Katharine Susannah stepped aside to allow her younger brothers Alan and Nigel to have a university education. Instead she went to night school, and kept in close contact with those of her friends who had gone to university.\nIn 1904, aged 21, determined to broaden her experience of Australian people and landscape, Katharine Susannah Prichard took a series of jobs as a governess in outback Australia, all of which provided useful material for her writing.\nAfter several years she returned to Melbourne to live with her family and became a journalist. ln 1907 her father committed suicide.\n In 1908 she was sent to London to cover the Franco-British exhibition for the Melbourne Herald. This taste of cosmopolitan life exhilarated her, and in 1912, aged 29, she returned to London, hoping, as Drusilla Modjeska points out, like so many other talented Australian women of her generation, to find ways of living professionally and independently in the comparative freedom of London. Although life was hard, for Katharine Susannah it was a life full of passionate exploration of ideas. She became part of a circle of artists and writers, and embarked upon a systematic study of socialist ideas, so providing a great background for her subsequent study of Marxism. Her pacifism was confirmed when she travelled to northern France and saw the atrocities of war at first hand.\nAs a writer the climax of her London stay came in 1915 when she won the prestigious Australian section of the Hodder and Stoughton All Empire novel competition with The Pioneers. For this she won 250 pounds, a considerable sum, and with renewed confidence in her Australian future as a radical writer she returned to Melbourne. Here, in spite of her clearly articulated controversial views, she was welcomed back into the bosom of her family - support she considers worthy of recording in her autobiography:\n Kattie's had the opportunity of learning more than we did, Lil,\" Mother replied placidly. \"Perhaps the old ways and ideas are good enough for us, but she belongs to a different generation.\"\n That was how mother reconciled my unorthodox views to her own conceptions of right and wrong. So wise and gentle she was in her acceptance of the sincerity of my convictions, even when she didn't sympathize with or understand them. Her love and loyalty always defended me if anyone dared in her presence to criticize what I thought and did.\nSuch family harmony was disrupted when tragedy struck again with the death of her beloved brother Alan on the battlefields of France.\nIn 1917, Katharine Susannah was greatly affected by news of the Russian revolution. In her autobiography she writes:\n That the revolution was an event of world-shaking importance, I didn't doubt\u2026.press diatribes against Lenin, Trotsky and Bolshevism indicated that they were guided by the theories of Marx and Engels. I lost no time in buying and studying all the books of these writers available in Melbourne\u2026Discussion \u2026confirmed my impression that these theories provided the only logical basis that I had come across for the reorganisation of our social system.\n My mind was illuminated by the discovery. It was the answer to what I had been seeking : a satisfactory explanation of the wealth and power which controlled our lives - their origin, development, and how, in the process of social evolution, they could be directed towards the well-being of a majority of the people, so that poverty, disease, prostitution, superstition and war would be eliminated; peoples of the world would live in peace, and grow towards a perfecting of their existence on this earth\nIn London Katharine Susannah Prichard had met a dashing young Australian soldier, Hugo Throssell, who had been awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery. On his return to Australia in 1919 they married and together went to live at Greenmount, a hills suburb on the outskirts of Perth, Western Australia. Here, in the most isolated city in the world, she lived for the rest of her life, passionately committed to her writing and her political activism, balancing these activities with the inevitable demands of home, family and friendship.\nDrusilla Modjeska records that when Katharine Susannah Prichard arrived in Perth in 1919, two major industrial disputes, one on the goldfields and one on the waterfront, were reaching their climax. Trades Hall was flying a red flag, and arrested miners from the Kalgoorlie goldfields were being brought to Perth for trial. These were turbulent times. The wharfies' strike in May 1919 resulted in the conservative Colbatch government ordering mounted police to advance on the barricaded strikers. One striker was killed and seven were wounded. Katharine Susannah Prichard, as one of the first Marxists to arrive in Perth, was quickly in demand as a public speaker. Her talks on the waterfront with the strikers were amongst the first encounters between a Marxist and these striking workers. Drusilla Modjeska records that Katharine Susannah Prichard's first political pamphlet The New Order (1919) was written in response to the demand for accessible information on Marxism. It was reputedly anecdotal and descriptive, rather than being analytical and politically sophisticated, but it was optimistic and enthusiastic about the possibility of revolution. With like-minded people from the Eastern states of Australia, Katharine Susannah Prichard had been a founding member of the Communist Party of Australia. At all times her husband supported her political stance. This was not always without complication. In her autobiography she recalls a time immediately after their arrival in Western Australia when Hugo Throssell was being hailed as a war hero, and was invited to speak at the Armistice Day celebrations being held at his hometown of Northam. To the assembled crowd in the street he described the horror and misery of war, and declared that the suffering he had seen there had made him a socialist. These sentiments from a national war hero, son of a respected conservative former State Premier, were radical indeed.\nBy 1922, Katharine Susannah's hopes for revolution in Australia had diminished. In May 1922, Katharine Susannah Prichard's and Hugo Throssell's only child, a son, Ric Throssell, was born. For the rest of that decade, she devoted herself to her writing and her family. It was not until 1933 after Hugo Throssell's tragic death, that she threw herself headlong into fulltime political activism again.\nKatharine Susannah Prichard's first decade in Western Australia seems to have been an exceptionally busy, fertile and happy period of her life. During this time she wrote what are considered to be her best novels : Working Bullocks (1926), Coonardoo (1928), and Haxby's Circus (1930). Intimate Strangers was completed by 1933, but not published until 1937.\nLiterary critics who hail the novels from this period as her best, allude frequently to the creative tensions found here in the blending of a romanticism and elemental sexuality whose origins lay in the work of D. H. Lawrence, and an Australian realism motivated by a desire to portray the real lives of Australian women and men. For Katharine Susannah Prichard, committed as she was to the Communist Party and its ideals, writing fiction served a political as well as a literary purpose. She wrote about class and race relations, and about the relationship of white and black Australians to their landscape. She took her research seriously: for Working Bullocks she lived with the timber cutters in the south west karri forest; for Haxby's Circus she travelled with Wirth's Circus; and for Coonardoo she stayed on a station in the northwest, becoming familiar with the landscapes and the people inhabiting them before using them as settings for her novels. Her pride in Australia and her focus on the harsh realities and extraordinary beauty of the Australian bush, forest and desert earned her the admiration of other writers and intellectuals. Drusilla Modjeska, whose focus as a literary critic has been on Australian women writers prominent in the 1930s, tells us that these writers assumed a central position in Australian cultural life because they, Katharine Susannah Prichard especially, helped develop a sense of national identity, and deliberately raised in their novels cultural questions which had not been raised before.\nCoonardoo provides one of the earliest articulations of the indigenous Australian people as real human beings capable of genuine human emotion, morality and intelligence. In this novel, set in the vast cattle country of the northwest of Australia, the heroine, Coonardoo, is a young Aboriginal woman whose attraction for the young white landlord, Hughie, is posited as elemental, instinctual and inevitable. Hughie's failure to follow his instincts and to accept Coonardoo as his lifelong partner is frequently read as a metaphor for the invading Europeans' failure to understand or develop empathy for this ancient and harshly beautiful land. Coonardoo was serialised by the national journal The Bulletin in 1928, but such was the conservative and imperialist nature of the white Australian population that it caused an uproar of indignation and protest.\nAlthough her writing met thus with public protest, Katharine Susannah Prichard's skill and courage in writing about crucial and controversial issues earned her the admiration of contemporary critics. Thematically and stylistically her work was admired by her literary colleagues. Drusilla Modjeska records that as early as 1925, writer Louis Esson wrote to colleague Vance Palmer that he and Hilda Esson were reading the manuscript of Working Bullocks and found it astonishingly good. It is most unconventional, and it is less like an ordinary story than like actual life. You feel you are living in the karri forests. On reading the novel himself, Vance Palmer wrote excitedly to the poet Frank Wilmot:\nI hope the book gets a good spin in Australia, for something tells me it marks a crisis in our literary affairs. Nettie Palmer shares their excitement, giving it a more detailed assessment: Working Bullocks seems to me different not only in quality but in kind. No one else has written with quite that rhythm, or seen the world in quite that way. The creative lyricism of the style impresses me more than either the theme or characters. From slang, from place names, from colloquial turns of speech, from descriptions of landscape and people at work, she has woven a texture that covers the whole surface of the book with a shimmer of poetry\u2026 It is a breakthrough that will be as important for other writers as for KSP herself.\nLater, in 1953, the critic Wilkes wrote in the Australian journal Southerly, Vol 14 No 4\u2026[KSP] has become the foremost of the school, the novelist who has striven most consistently to make the continent articulate through her writing. The critic H.M. Green wrote of Working Bullocks as having \u2026a kind of warmth and glow which seems to be a reflection of heat and light and the colour-effects of the landscape. Much later, in 1960s, as Ric Throssell records, Vance Palmer wrote: Young people of today may not be fully aware of the flood of new life which KSP poured into our writing\u2026 If a change has come over our attitude to the Aboriginals it is largely due to the way KSP brought them near to us.\nIntimate Strangers is the only one of her novels to deal explicitly with white middleclass marriages and relationships, and is thought by many critics to be significantly autobiographical. It was written at a time of crisis in her marriage. Hugo Throssell was deeply troubled: his employment prospects had been severely damaged by his and Katharine Susannah's very public political activities, and he was plagued by financial worries. Once again the novel plays out the tensions between romanticism and realism, but this time it has tragic consequences. The bankrupt husband in Intimate Strangers kills himself and Elodie is thus freed to pursue a more satisfactory sexual liaison. Katharine Susannah had completed this manuscript before travelling to Russia for six months in 1933. In a cruel replay of the events of her earlier family life, on her way home from Europe she learned that her husband, deeply troubled by terrible financial debts, had suicided. She was devastated. Thirty years later in her autobiography she wrote: I could not have imagined that\u2026he would take his own life. I had absolute faith in him and don't know how I survived the days when I realised I would never see him again. The end of our lives together is still inexplicable to me.\nAfter her husband's death, Katharine Susannah Prichard took up political activism with renewed intensity. The cumulative world crises of the 1930s - the Depression; fascism with its assault on freedom of speech, its censorship and brutality, and its persecution of German and Italian writers living in Australia ; and the Spanish Civil War - made a huge impact upon Australian writers. Katharine Susannah Prichard was one of the founding members of the Movement against War and Fascism which had been inaugurated in Amsterdam. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War she organised the Spanish Relief Committee in Western Australia. During the 1930s the Fellowship of Australian Writers was taken over by the Left, and Katharine Susannah Prichard was supported in her opposition to fascism in Europe and a reactionary government at home. One of the rallying points of this period concerned the visit to Australia of the internationally renowned Egon Kisch. Kisch had come to Australia to speak at an anti-war congress in Victoria in 1934. He was refused entry into Australia by a conservative and frightened government who went to extraordinary lengths to exclude him, using a language test in Gaelic to exclude this highly cultured and educated man who was fluent in seven languages. His exclusion offended the hospitality and international solidarity of Australian writers. Katharine Susannah Prichard was reportedly on the Fremantle wharf to greet him, and, when his ship docked in Melbourne, she was amongst a small group or radicals who spirited him away after he had jumped onto the wharf, breaking his leg. The incident captured the public imagination, and Kisch addressed huge public meetings in the Eastern States of Australia. In spite of the apparent public support for freedom of speech, however, in the early 1940s the Communist Party was outlawed in Australia, and individuals were persecuted and arrested for having Marxist literature in their possession. There was no doubt that at this time mainstream Australia disapproved of the ideals which Katharine Susannah Prichard passionately believed in.\nOne of the fascinating aspects of Katharine Susannah Prichard's life was that although she undoubtedly sought and received support for her political views from around Australia and indeed around the world, in Western Australia her activism was specific, practical and widely admired. One of her most significant initiatives for local women was her establishment of The Modern Women's Club in the 1930s. This group met in central Perth for lunch one day each week, and guest speakers were invited to stimulate discussion on an enormous range of social issues. Here women from the Left mingled with much more conservative women whose desire for peace, or for the overturn of some perceived social injustice, had brought them together. This club continued for decades. My own oral history research indicates that the networks thus established arguably had a profound impact upon the lives of individual Western Australian women, and fed directly into the Vietnam Moratorium movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, the establishment of the Women's Liberation and Women's Electoral Lobby of the early 1970s, and the more broadly based peace and Green movements of the 1980s and 1990s.\nThe literary work of Katharine Susannah Prichard after the 1930s is often considered by critics to have been undermined by her adherence to the Communist Party and its Stalinist directives that all literature reflect socialist realism. Certainly in the trilogy The Roaring Nineties (1946), Golden Miles (1948), and Winged Seeds (1950) the earlier focus on sexuality gives way to a focus on work. Perhaps the most significant conflict for Katharine Susannah was that whereas writing demanded solitude, Communist activism demanded collectivity.\nIronically, friends and associates of Katharine Susannah Prichard's have suggested that the smallness and isolation of Perth, which many residents found limiting, may have been one of the most significant factors in her being so visible and may well have contributed to the local community's acceptance of who she was and how she chose to express her marvellous gifts. Katharine Susannah Prichard, for all her gentleness, was a larger-than-life figure. She belonged to a world community. In 1943 she became a member of the Communist Party's Central Committee. In 1959 she was awarded the World Council's Silver Medallion for services to peace. When she died in 1969, aged 86, her coffin was draped with the Red Flag and she was given a Communist funeral. Her ashes were scattered on the hillslopes near her home at Greenmount.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/prichard-katharine-susannah-1883-1969\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-devanny-romantic-revolutionary\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-greenwood-talks-with-grant-stone\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1938-1973-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-john-and-roma-gilchrist-1927-1984-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-katharine-susannah-prichard-1851-1970-bulk-1908-1969-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-katharine-susannah-prichard-1899-1974-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-nancy-cato-1939-1995-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-nancy-cato-1939-1995-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1935-1969-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ian-turner-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-devanny-archive\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/perth-pen-centre-records\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-hazel-de-berg-1959-1963-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1928-1994-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cameron, Annette", "Entry ID": "AWE0819", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cameron-annette\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Middle Swan, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Redcliffe, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Political activist, Political candidate, social activist", "Summary": "Annette Cameron was born in Middle Swan WA in 1920. Her interest in politics was sparked by the Spanish Civil War, prompting her to join the Modern Women's Club, the Anti-Fascist League, and, in 1941, the Communist Party. She was an active campaigner for peace, human rights, and Aboriginal causes.\n", "Details": "Annette Elizabeth Moore was born in 1920 in Middle Swan, Western Australia. Her family had helped develop the area; her great-grandfather's brother, George Fletcher Moore, had arrived from Ireland in 1830 and obtained a grant, which he called Millendon, on the Upper Swan. Annette's grandfather, William Dalgety Moore, had represented Fremantle in the colony's Legislative Council from August 1870 to May 1872, and in 1890-94 was a nominee in the first Legislative Council.\nAnnette was educated in Perth, and gained a reputation as a rebel while attending St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls. Her interest in politics was aroused by the Spanish Civil War, and after attending meetings of the Modern Women's Club and joining the Anti-Fascist League, Cameron became a member of the Communist Party of Australia in 1941. She then moved to Sydney, worked in the Party offices, and began what was to be a lifelong friendship with Katharine Susannah Prichard. She was jailed for a short time after her arrest during a campaign supporting Indonesian independence from Dutch colonialism.\nAnnette moved back to Perth after the war, joining Sam Aarons, who she had met in Sydney. They had a son, Gerald, in 1949. In the late 1950s, when Sam was travelling in China and suffered a heart attack, the Chinese Authorities flew Annette and Gerald to China to be with him during his lengthy recuperation. Banquets were held in their honour, and Annette apparently made a lasting impression on Chairman Mao. According to Perth newspaper The West Australian, he was so impressed by her 'beauty and intelligence' that he 'made it clear that a place was waiting for her as his consort.' The Aarons family returned to Australia after about a year, however, and resumed working for the Party. Sam Aarons died in 1971, and Annette later married Duncan Cameron.\nAnnette Cameron worked in many different capacities for the Communist Party, including painting political slogans and selling Workers' Star and Tribune. She was also active on a number of committees, attended countless meetings, addressed audiences on the Esplanade, and directed the campaigns of political candidates. She stood as a Communist Party candidate in State elections, for the Senate in 1955 and 1958, and for the House of Representatives in 1966.\nIn the 1960s, Annette was at the forefront of the Communist Party's anti-Vietnam War marches. At the Vietnam War Moratoriums, which attracted thousands of people, Annette and Duncan became leading activists at large-scale rallies and assisted young men who refused conscription. Annette and Duncan also campaigned actively for Aboriginal rights.\nAnnette Cameron suffered from multiple sclerosis for thirty-five years, making the years following the death of Duncan in 2005 particularly difficult. She died at the age of eighty-eight in 2008.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/well-read-a-bibliography-of-communist-party-other-sources-collected-in-western-australia-by-annette-and-duncan-cameron\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-first-furrow\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-index-to-parliamentary-candidates-in-western-australian-elections-1890-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mao-took-shine-to-perth-red-activist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1938-1973-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cameron-collection-1919-1995-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lee, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0823", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Monaghan, Ireland", "Death Place": "North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Suffragist, Union activist, Welfare worker", "Summary": "Mary Lee became secretary of the Women's Suffrage League of South Australia in 1888. She served with the Female Refuge ladies' committee, the Distressed Women's and Children's Committee and the Adelaide Sick Poor Fund, and was secretary of the Working Women's Trades Union.\n", "Details": "Born in Ireland, Mary Walsh married George Lee in 1844 and they had seven children. By 1879 Lee was widowed. She sailed with her daughter to Adelaide that year to nurse her sick son, who later died. In 1883 she became foundation secretary of the ladies' division of the Social Purity Society, working to improve conditions for women by campaigning to raise the age of consent to sixteen. The Society soon recognised that women's suffrage was essential to their aims. Accordingly the Women's Suffrage League was inaugurated in 1888 with Lee as secretary. It was mainly due to the combined efforts of Lee and close friend Mary Colton, who was President of the League from 1892 onwards, that suffrage was won in South Australia in 1894.\nLee was a vigorous campaigner albeit sometimes abrasive, and she traversed South Australia to speak at meetings while also organising petitions, deputations and corresponding with women in the other colonies on how to organise suffrage leagues. In 1892 she visited Broken Hill in outback New South Wales to report for the Adelaide Sick Poor Fund upon the condition of women and children there after a major industrial strike. Lee took the opportunity to deliver an address on women's suffrage at the Theatre Royal in Broken Hill, though the local paper reported only a moderate attendance. Prior to her visit Lee had written to the Barrier Miner and her letter was published on 1 September 1892:\nI congratulate my working brothers on their respect for law - their avoidance of all which might provoke to fund, or sew the seeds of an after-crop of bitterness - on their patience under misrepresentation and provocation\u2026 But Sir, this strike has one feature which renders it more profoundly interesting than any of its predecessors here, or elsewhere as far as I know, and which must secure it a prominent and distinguished page when the history of these colonies shall come to be written. It is the fact that the women of Broken Hill are the first great body of working women who have raised their voices in united protest against the glaring injustice that \"the present Constitution will not allow them a voice in the framing of the laws under which they are compelled to live.\"\u2026 May the memory of those woes and distresses which have awakened in the women of Broken Hill the spirit of liberty kindle that spirit to such a glow that the hearts of the \"fathers, brothers, husbands and sweethearts\" shall burn with the determination that the liberty which they prize so dearly shall be shared by those most dear to them; that the sons of freed men shall have freed mothers; that they shall bequeath to their daughters that grandest of human heritages -freedom!\nIn 1889 Lee proposed the formation of a trade union for women and became secretary of the Working Women's Trades Union when it was inaugurated the following year. She was a delegate to the Trades and Labor Council and committee member of the Female Refuge ladies' committee as well as the Distressed Women's and Children's Committee. In 1896 she was appointed by the government as first female official visitor to the lunatic asylums, a position that she held for the next twelve years. Despite her work for social reform, she was not financially rewarded and her last years were spent in poverty. She died in her home in North Adelaide in 1909.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fresh-evidence-new-witnesses-finding-womens-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-lee\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-own-name-women-in-south-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-lee-1821-1909-let-her-name-be-honoured\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-mary-1821-1909\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/s-a-s-greats-the-men-and-women-of-the-north-terrace-plaques\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/unbroken-spirit-women-in-broken-hill\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-from-mary-lee\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-mary-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brodie, Veronica Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE0824", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brodie-veronica-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Point McLeay Mission, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal spokesperson", "Summary": "Veronica Brodie (n\u00e9e Wilson) was born at the Point McLeay Mission. She moved to the Port Adelaide area in 1971, an area to which her grandmothers had links. For a time Brodie worked with the local Aboriginal Community including an Aboriginal Friendship Club for parents and children at the Port Adelaide Central Methodist Mission. She was also\u00a0 involved with the development of the regional Aboriginal Co-ordinating Committee; Kura Yerlo, the Aboriginal Centre in Largs Bay and the Nunga Miminis Women's Shelter.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-veronica-brodie-sound-recording-interviewer-catherine-murphy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-kathleen-brodie-and-veronica-brodie-sound-recording-interviewer-vivienne-wood\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "March, Jessie Katherine", "Entry ID": "AWE0825", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/march-jessie-katherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Point Pass, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Born at Point Pass in 1901, Jessie March was educated at Adelaide High School and Teachers Training College. She joined the New Britain Methodist Mission in 1925, becoming principal of Vunairima Girls School in 1939. In 1940 she was a governess at Brachina Station in the Flinders Ranges. She was also a Croker Island Methodist Mission teacher in 1941 before being evacuated in 1942. After the war she taught in state government schools before returning to New Britain in 1967. She moved to Papua New Guinea's eastern highlands in 1971 to translate bibles. Her life and work have been commemorated by the Jessie March Library at George Brown High School, New Britain.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-march-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wall, Annie (Winifred)", "Entry ID": "AWE0827", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wall-annie-winifred\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Dr Winifred Wall spent her childhood in Broken Hill and Georgetown in the mid north of South Australia. After attending bush schools she went to Gladstone and Adelaide High Schools. Wall won a scholarship to study medicine at Adelaide University (1918-1922). She then worked at the Royal Adelaide Hospital where her duties included treating returned servicemen from World War I. She married Dr Fred Wall, they had four children, and she established a private practice. During World War II she returned to the Royal Adelaide Hospital where she specialised in anesthesia. Foundation president of the Family Planning Association (South Australia), Wall was awarded Life membership of the Royal District Nursing Society, the Australian Medical Association and the British Medical Association. On 26 January 1979 Dr Wall was appointed a member of the Order of Australia for service to the community, particularly in the field of women's affairs.\n", "Events": "Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the community, particularly in the field of Women's Affairs (1979 - 1979) \nFellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (1992 - 1992) \nFellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (1955 - 1955) \nFoundation member of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (SA) (1934 - 1934) \nHonorary anaesthetist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (1942 - 1958) \nInitiated the establishment of the University of Adelaide Graduates Fund (1967 - 1967) \nMedical practitioner in general practice (1925 - 1955) \nMember of the Australian Medical Association (awarded Life membership) (1923 - 1923) \nMember of the British Medical Association (awarded Life membership) (1923 - 1923) \nPresident of the Family Planning Association (SA) (1970 - 1973) \nPresident of the Graduates Union at the University of Adelaide (1965 - 1967) \nPresident of the South Australian Medical Women's Society (1968 - 1970) \nPresident of the Women Graduates Association at the University of Adelaide (later AFUW SA) (1961 - 1963) \nSpecialist anaesthetist (1955 - 1972)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greater-than-their-knowing-a-glimpse-of-south-australian-women-1836-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recording-of-reminiscences-at-lyceum-clubs-70th-anniversary-dinner-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-winifred-wall-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-winifred-wall-sound-recording-interviewer-barbara-baird\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-winifred-wall-sound-recording-interviewer-beth-m-robertson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/annie-winifred-wall-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-winifred-wall-dr-anaesthetist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dolling, Alison Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0828", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dolling-alison-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "St Peters, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher, Writer", "Summary": "The daughter of Edward and Amy (n\u00e9e Thiselton) Dolling, Alison Dolling was born in St Peters and grew up in Tranmere, South Australia. She was educated at Ellerslie College, Tranmere, and Methodist Ladies College, Wayville, before studying at the universities of Adelaide, Washington, Seattle, Berkeley and King's College, London. Returning to Australia she taught in both South Australia and New South Wales, including ex-servicemen after World War II. Dolling joined the Chronicle newspaper as the editor of the Women's Pages and was unemployed after the Chronicle closed down. Her publications include Chronicle cameos and a district history of Marion. She completed research on John Harvey and the Spoehr family, as well as being involved with family history and German ancestry. She also worked on the book South Australian Women Artists by Shirley Cameron Wilson. Dolling's special interests included Australian history, especially early architecture, literature and art.\n", "Events": "Awarded an Australia Council grant from the Literature Board (1976 - 1976) \nEditor of Bulletin, the National Council of Women of Australia quarterly (1977 - 1979) \nEditor of Opinion,the journal of the SA English Teachers Association (1962 - 1971) \nMember of the Australian Federation of University Women (1960 - 1960) \nMember of the Australian Society of Authors (1977 - 1977) \nMember of the Historical Society of South Australia (1974 - 1974) \nMember of the Lyceum Club (Adelaide) (1965 - 1965) \nMember of Women in Media (1976 - 1976) \nPart-time lecturer in Australian literature and history of education at the Kindergarten Training College, Adelaide (1958 - 1962) \nSecondary school teacher (1941 - 1965) \nTutor of migrants and Asian students (1950 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chronicle-cameos\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-shadow-into-light-south-australian-women-artists-since-colonisation-shirley-cameron-wilson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greek-women-in-south-australian-society-1923-1993-compiled-by-georgia-xenophou\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/h-o-hannaford-looks-back\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hand-to-the-plough-die-familie-dolling-in-australien-a-social-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-history-of-marion-on-the-sturt-the-story-of-a-changing-landscape-and-its-people\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memoirs-of-land-and-sea\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1980-congress-on-genealogy-and-heraldry-april-4-7\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recollections-of-sydney-holmes-hamilton-1898-1987\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dolling-dorothy-eleanor-ethel-victoria-georgina-barber-1897-1967\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-alison-dolling-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bright, Esther", "Entry ID": "AWE0829", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bright-esther\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Esther Bright worked in the Education Department for 40 years as an infants teacher and finally as Inspector of Schools. She was a long standing member of the Adelaide Lyceum Club.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-esther-bright-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Murray, Kemeri Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE0830", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murray-kemeri-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Judge, Lawyer", "Summary": "Kemeri Murray attended Adelaide University, graduating in 1953 in Law and 1954 in Arts. She studied piano under Raymond O'Connell while doing articles at Vaughan, Porter and English, a well known South Australian Law firm. After being admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of South Australia she transferred to Brian Magarey and was offered a partnership, making her the first married woman to be offered a partnership in South Australia. In 1973 she was offered a position on the Bench with the District Court of South Australia, thus becoming the second woman judge in South Australia. A member of the Flinders University Council, in 1978 she was appointed to the Advisory Council for Inter-Government Relations.\n", "Events": "Admitted Barrister and Solictor with the South Australian Supreme Court (1955 - 1955) \nAlternate Chairman of the Helpmann Academy (1996 - 2000) \nAlternate Chairman of the Media Council of Australia for the Alcoholic Beverages Advertising Code Council (1995 - 1996) \nAppointed Dame Commander Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem (1995 - 1995) \nAwarded Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal (1977 - 1977) \nChairman of the Church of England Commission of Marriage (1975 - 1978) \nChairman of the Church of England Commission of Women's Issues (1986 - 1992) \nChairman of the Commonweath Club (1998 - 1999) \nChairman of the Interim Bread Industry Authority (1975 - 1976) \nChairman of the Sex Discrimination Board, South Australia (1982 - 1985) \nChairman South Australian Community Welfare Advisory Committee of Non-Accidental Injury to Children (1975 - 1975) \nCompanion at Flinders University, South Australia (1997 - 1997) \nCompanion of the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund (1999 - 1999) \nCouncil member of Flinders University, South Australia (1974 - 1996) \nGovernor of the Medical Foundation at the University of Adelaide (1988 - 1988) \nJudge Administrator of the Adelaide Registry (1982 - 1982) \nJudge at the District Court, South Australia (1973 - 1976) \nJudge of the Family Court of Australia, Adelaide Registry (1976 - 1976) \nMarried Eric Murray, they had 2 children (1955 - 1955) \nMember of the Board of Management at Flinders Medical Centre (1980 - 1986) \nMember of the Church of England Commission of Social Responsibilities (1978 - 1992) \nMember of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Inter-Government Relations (1980 - 1984) \nMember of the Diocesan Committee of Society Questions (1980 - 1980) \nMember of the Diocesan Committee of Society Questions (1982 - 1982) \nMember of the Management committee at the Institute of Study Learning Difficulties (1984 - 1988) \nMember of the Multicultural Forum of the South Australian Government (1994 - 1994) \nPartnership with Giles Magarey & Lloyd, South Australia (1956 - 1973) \nRepresentative Governor of the Flinders Medical Research Foundation (1984 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/children-and-the-courts-ideals-and-reality\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/report-of-the-community-welfare-advisory-committee-enquiry-into-non-accidental-physical-injuries-to-children-in-south-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/i-feel-fulfilled-administering-justice\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greater-than-their-knowing-a-glimpse-of-south-australian-women-1836-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-kemeri-murray-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-kemeri-murray-justice-judge-of-the-family-court-of-australia-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ballantyne, Gwenneth", "Entry ID": "AWE0831", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ballantyne-gwenneth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Secretary, Typist", "Summary": "Gwenneth Ballantyne who grew up in North Adelaide and Torrensville in South Australia attended Scott's Business College. She worked for the Freemasons under Mr Charles Glover as a typist. Later she became secretary for the Adelaide, South Australian based Little Theatre Company. Ballantyne also was with the Hut theatre. She taught drama at the Wilderness School, South Australia for 27 years and worked with John Bishop to establish a Festival Theatre in Adelaide. Ballantyne joined the Lyceum Club and performed 'Victoria Regina' at the Club. She became President of the Club in 1978, and resigned as leader of the Play Reading Group in 1985.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/play-acting\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-gwenneth-ballantyne-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Angove, Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE0832", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/angove-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Dorothy Angove spent her childhood in Semaphore, South Australia and Perth, Western Australia. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Adelaide. Angove taught at St Peters College and Girton Girls' School (Kensington Park, S. A.). She also helped Jewish graduate refugees as well as teaching at the Adelaide Children's Hospital and Dr Barnado's Homes. In 1939 she became President of the Lyceum Club.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-dorothy-angove-sound-recording-interviewer-eva-mclaren\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-dorothy-angove-one-of-the-earliest-women-graduates-of-the-university-of-adelaide-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Nancy Bryn", "Entry ID": "AWE0833", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-nancy-bryn\/", "Type": "Person", "Summary": "Nancy Bryn Jones and her husband moved to Keith, South Australia following their marriage. There she became involved with the Country Women's Association and worked with the Italian prisoners of war. After her return to Adelaide, she became a member of the National Council of Women, United Nations Association, League of Women Voters, and the Lyceum Club.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-nancy-bryn-jones-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mocatta, Mildred", "Entry ID": "AWE0834", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mocatta-mildred\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Hackney, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Anaesthetist, Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Dr Mildred Mocatta, a diagnostician, conducted a practice in Adelaide.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/passion-of-a-lifetime\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greater-than-their-knowing-a-glimpse-of-south-australian-women-1836-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-mildred-mocatta-sound-recording-interviewer-stella-sobels\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-mildred-mocatta-sound-recording-interviewer-anne-geddes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-mildred-mocatta-dr-kindergarten-principal-and-artist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cook, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE0835", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cook-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Jean Cook spent her childhood in Quorn, South Australia. For a time she lived in Perth, Western Australia before returning to South Australia and living in Adelaide. She conducted some of her music studies under Maude Mary Puddy, a teacher of piano. Cook also taught music and was a teacher at Girton Girls' School (Kensington Park, S. A.). A member of the Lyceum club's embroidery circle, she also was involved with the English Embroiderers' Guild. She helped embroider the Coat of Arms for the Law Court in Adelaide.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greater-than-their-knowing-a-glimpse-of-south-australian-women-1836-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-jean-cook-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Winnall, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE0836", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/winnall-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Summary": "Following her marriage in 1923 Helen Winnall moved to a sheep station on the Murray River, South Australia called Maylands. Here she joined the Country Women's Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-helen-winnall-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Haselgrove, Elsie", "Entry ID": "AWE0837", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/haselgrove-elsie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Elsie Haselgrove, who grew up in Glenelg, a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia, was educated at Hadleigh College and St Peter's Girl's School, before attending Adelaide University. There she studied geology under Douglas Mawson, english with Professor Strang, anatomy with Professor Wood Jones and gained her diploma in 1926. She also played with the inter-varsity hockey team and joined the Adelaide Lyceum Club. Following her marriage, she moved to Renmark, South Australia where her husband worked for Angove Winery and later Mildara Wines. Haselgrove became involved in community work in the Renmark area, becoming president of the Guides' Association. She later moved to Adelaide for her children's schooling. Here she was not only involved with the South Australian Hockey Association, but became Divisional Commissioner in the Guides.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-elsie-haselgrove-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Somerville, Dorothy Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE0838", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/somerville-dorothy-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Unley, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Solicitor", "Summary": "The daughter of Archibald and Seca (n\u00e9e Lewin) Somerville, Dorothy Somerville was educated at Brownhill Creek School in Mitcham, the Methodists Ladies College (now Annesley College) and the Adelaide Law School. She was the third woman admitted to practice law in South Australia in 1922. Mary Kitson, the first woman admitted to the Bar, joined with Somerville in 1925 to form Australia's first women's legal partnership: Kitson & Somerville. Kitson later went to Sydney to work in publishing, and in 1950 she moved to New York to take charge of the United Nations affairs on the Status of Women. Somerville, who continued with the legal practice, became an honorary solicitor to a number of women's organisations.\n", "Events": "Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the Legal profession and to the community (1986 - 1986) \nFoundation Member of the Lyceum Club (Adelaide) Incorporated (1921 - 1921) \nGraduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Hons) from Adelaide University (1919 - 1919) \nGraduated Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Adelaide University (1922 - 1922) \nHonorary Life member of the Lyceum Club (Adelaide) Incorporated (1971 - 1971) \nHonorary Life member of the South Australian Women's Hockey Association (1945 - 1945) \nHonorary solicitor to the Australian Croquet Council (1948 - 1975) \nHonorary solicitor to the Country Women's Association (SA) (1925 - 1971) \nHonorary solicitor to the South Australian Women's Croquet Association (1925 - 1925) \nHonorary solicitor to the South Australian Women's Hockey Association (1925 - 1974) \nHonorary solicitor to the Wanslea Inc (Emergency Homes for Children) (1945 - 1945) \nHonorary solicitor to the Women's Memorial Playing Fields (1955 - 1955) \nSolicitor in private practice (1925 - 1925)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greater-than-their-knowing-a-glimpse-of-south-australian-women-1836-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/law\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-dorothy-somerville-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-dorothy-somerville-solicitor-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilmot-Griffiths, Gwendolyn", "Entry ID": "AWE0839", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilmot-griffiths-gwendolyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Summary": "Gwendolyn Wilmot Griffiths was educated at Methodists' Ladies College (now Annesley College) and Girton Girls' School in Adelaide. She travelled to England where she enrolled in a photography course at the London Polytechnic, worked at the British Broadcasting Commission (BBC) and married James Wilmot Griffiths. A member of the Lyceum Club, Wilmot-Griffiths was involved with the Flower ladies and the Embroidery circle.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-gwendolyn-wilmot-griffiths-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Foster, Irene M", "Entry ID": "AWE0840", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/foster-irene-m\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist", "Summary": "Irene Foster was a leader of many circles in the Adelaide Lyceum Club including the Literature Circle. She wrote book reviews for thirty years and was a preliminary judge for the Adelaide Advertiser Literary Competition.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-gilmore-a-memoir\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richard-mahonys-tragedy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/south-australian-literature-1836-1900\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-m-foster-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-maxwell-edgar-fatchen-sound-recording-interviewers-roxy-byrne-and-yvonne-abbott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-irene-foster-former-literary-critic-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-1971-1972-to-the-university-of-queensland\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Howard, Patience", "Entry ID": "AWE0841", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/howard-patience\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Teacher", "Summary": "Patience Howard moved around a lot during her childhood. As a small child, she lived in Central South Australia at Bungaree. She was educated at Miss Dow's boarding school at Glenelg, 1912 at \"The Hermitage\" in Victoria, and from 1914 at Frensham's Girls' school in New South Wales. Later she attended Bedford College in London to study history. During the 1920s she went to an International Students' conference in Prague before returning to Adelaide in 1924. Howard became a teacher at Woodlands and then Girton Girls' School in Adelaide. Here she met Mabel Hardy and together they established the Stawell School at Mt Lofty. In 1928 she married Roy Howard. Following his death she and her children moved to Bungaree and then Kensington Park. A member of the Lyceum Club and the Labor Party she also spent time working with meals on wheels.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-patience-howard-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Casley-Smith, Marjorie", "Entry ID": "AWE0842", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/casley-smith-marjorie\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "South Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Dr Marjorie Casley-Smith was educated at the Methodist Ladies' College (now Annesley College in Adelaide). Upon finishing she spent two years at home learning music and the domestic arts before studying medicine. Following graduation, in 1927, she went to the Royal Adelaide Hospital as House Surgeon under Dr Sleeman. She completed obstetrics at Adelaide's Queen Victoria Hospital. In 1930 she married Roy Frisby Smith, a lawyer. After her husband's death, in 1938, she returned to work at the School Medical Health Service. Casley-Smith became Vice President of the National Council of Women of South Australia. She became convenor of Health for SA and Australian Convenor of Health. Dr Casley-Smith started the Marriage Guidance Council, was active in the Asthma Association, and the Mental Health Association. She was involved with music and was an early member of the Lyceum Club.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-marjorie-caseley-smith-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stanton, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE0843", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stanton-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kensington, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Everard Park, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Social worker", "Summary": "Anne Stanton was born in Adelaide and educated at the St Peter's Girls' School. On leaving school she attended the Conservatorium of Music and then joined the School of Social Studies. Her first job was with the Probation Branch of the Sheriff's Gaols and Prisons Department. Stanton later became a senior social worker for the Crippled Children's Association. As Vice-President of the Muscular Dystrophy Association she completed many country visits and with Adelaide Legacy she helped set up holiday camps for children. Stanton was involved with the National Trust, Friends of the Gallery, opera, theatre and the Lyceum Club. On 6 June 1978 Stanton was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australian for her work with crippled children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-anne-stanton-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Byrne, Roxy", "Entry ID": "AWE0844", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/byrne-roxy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Hockey player", "Summary": "Roxy Byrne was born in South Australia in 1912 and attended school in Adelaide. From 1922 to 1929 she attended the Methodist Ladies College (now Annesley College) where she developed her love of the theatre, as well as her skill in hockey. An excellent student (she was dux of the school in her final year) she went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts at Adelaide University in 1933, majoring in Botany and French. After graduation she joined the Adelaide Repertory Theatre, becoming a leading actress who played a variety of outstanding roles for a period of 40 years. She was active in a number of women's organisations, including the Lyceum Club of Adelaide. She married Dr. Dudley Byrne in 1940 and had three children.\n", "Details": "1912. b. Roxy Sims. (Her father, Dr. Roy Sims, was the first government dentist.)\n1922 - 1929 - attended Methodist Ladies College (now Annesley College) and had a brilliant school career culminating as Head Prefect, Dux of the School and Captain of Hockey.\n1930 - 1933 - attended the University of Adelaide, graduating with a Batchelor of Arts Degree and majoring in Botany and French. Won the Bagot Medal as the Botany Prize. Prominent as Secretary of the Adelaide University Theatre Guild and also Captain of Hockey.\nPlayed hockey for South Australia on multiple occasions and also for the All Australian Universities women's hockey team against the English International side.\n1936 - played a key role in a pageant play in called \"Heritage\" to mark the South Australian Centenary.\n1951 - member of the cast of the Lillian Hellman play \"The Little Foxes\" with which the Adelaide Repertory Theatre won the Australian Commonwealth Championships in Hobart.\nPresident and then Vice President for many years of the South Australian Women's Hockey Association.\nPresident of the MLC Old Scholars Association and served on the School Council.\nSeal Holder and a leading member of the Lyceum Club of Adelaide.\nPresident of the Women Graduates Association University of Adelaide and was a great supporter of St. Anne's college.\nActive member of Subscribers Committee of the South Australian Symphony Orchestra.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recording-of-reminiscences-at-lyceum-clubs-70th-anniversary-dinner-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-roxy-byrne-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-roxy-byrne-sound-recording-interviewer-kerrie-round\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Levy, Rose Winstanley (Winnie)", "Entry ID": "AWE0845", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/levy-rose-winstanley-winnie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Lawyer", "Summary": "The daughter of a sea captain Winnie Levy grew up in Western Australia. She attended the White Gum Valley School and won a scholarship to the Perth Modern School. She completed a degree in French and Mathematics at the University of Western Australia and then went to the Sorbonne for two years. On returning to Western Australia she became a French tutor at the University of Western Australia. She was forced to resign when she married. After having a baby, she returned to the university to study law. Following her move to Adelaide Levy was admitted to the Bar, in 1945, and practised for 23 years. A member of the Lyceum Club Levy was a leader of the International Circle.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-rose-winstanley-winnie-levy-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/radio-interview-with-winstanley-levy-sound-recording-interviewer-mary-rose-goggs\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bond, Aileen Constance", "Entry ID": "AWE0846", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bond-aileen-constance\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Lawyer", "Summary": "Aileen Bond, born Aileen Ingelby in 1898, was educated at St Peter's Girls' School and studied law at Adelaide University and was one of Adelaide's earliest practising female solictors. She joined the Lyceum Club when it formed in 1922. In 1924 she married John Leslie Bond, a minister, and they moved around South Australia. During World War II her husband enlisted and went to New Guinea and she and the four children lived at Brighton, in Adelaide. After the war they lived at Clare and Victor Harbour. Her husband was given an administrative job and became in turn an Archdeacon and then a Canon. Following his death, Levy moved to Toorak Gardens, an eastern suburb of Adelaide.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-aileen-bond-sound-recording-interviewer-anne-geddes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/address-by-aileen-bond-and-constance-mccarthy-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-aileen-bond-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-aileen-bond-sound-recording-interviewer-pamela-runge\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCarthy, Gwendolen (Gwen) Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE0847", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccarthy-gwendolen-gwen-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Norwood, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Lawyer", "Summary": "Gwen McCarthy was born Gwendolen Helen Ure in Norwood in 1901. She was educated at Methodist Ladies College (now Annesley College) and studied law at Adelaide University, where, in 1923, she was awarded the prestigious Stow prize and medal, styled Stow Scholar because she won three prizes in her annual examinations that year. Gwendolen Ure was the first female Stow Scholar.\nShe joined the Lyceum Club in Adelaide in 1923 and was president 1967-1969. She married James McCarthy in 1927 and they set up a law practice in Kadina. Here she was involved in the Girl Guides. On her husband's death McCarthy returned to Adelaide and joined the firm of Thompson, Cleland, Holland and McCarthy.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/address-by-aileen-bond-and-constance-mccarthy-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-career-of-gwendolen-mccarthy-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McLaren, Eva", "Entry ID": "AWE0848", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mclaren-eva\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bolsterstone, South Yorkshire, England", "Death Place": "Farnham, England", "Summary": "Eva McLaren was born in Yorkshire and educated in England and Switzerland. She lived in India where at one stage she met Mohandas (Mahatma Ghandi). On a visit to Australia she met and married Captain Edward Smith McLaren. She joined the Lyceum Club and joined every circle except the Italian and bridge circles. McLaren was president in 1948-1949 and 1959-1961.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-eva-mclaren-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Riggs, Clara Elizabeth (Betty)", "Entry ID": "AWE0849", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/riggs-clara-elizabeth-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Betty Riggs was born in 1911 and went to school at the Methodist Ladies College (now Annesley College) and the Presbyterian Girls' College (now Seymour College). She became a nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1930. In 1936 she was nursing in Scotland so was there for the coronation of Edward VIII. Riggs became ill in Scotland and went to a sanatorium in Switzerland and then returned to Adelaide. She joined the 2\/4th Australian General Hospital and went to the Middle East where her first tour of duty was to nurse soldiers from Tobruk. Riggs then went to Jerusalem and Colombo before returning to Australia. Upon her return to Adelaide, Riggs cared for her aunt Emily Verco and completed a course in infant welfare. She accepted a job at the Adelaide City Council Health Department. Following her retirement at 60 she started working as a relief nurse at the Christian Rest Home and travelled to Europe and China, India and Bangkok. A member of the Lyceum Club, Betty Riggs participated in all the activities.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/riggs-clara-elizabeth\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-betty-riggs-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/seymour-college-junior-schools-voices-of-the-past-entries-1988-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cochrane, June", "Entry ID": "AWE0850", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cochrane-june\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Casterton, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nurse educator", "Summary": "June Cochrane began nursing training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1950 and became a nurse educator after a chronic disability prevented her from continuing as a clinical nurse. For nineteen years she was the Principal Nurse Educator at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide. She was an active member of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation and council member of the Royal College of Nursing Australia, becoming its Executive Director in 1981. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1992 for services to nursing.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-june-cochrane-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Deal, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE0851", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/deal-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Chain Valley Bay, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman, Social worker", "Summary": "Patricia Deal was trained at the Rachel Forster Hospital at Redfern. She worked in various Repatriation Hospitals, becoming the Director of Nursing at the Repatriation General Hospital in Daw Park, Adelaide. She also served as a nurse in Vietnam as part of the Australian Army Nursing Corps and remained an active member, retiring in 1986 with the rank of Major.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nursing-icon-a-visionary-nightingale\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-patricia-deal-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hurn, Ruth", "Entry ID": "AWE0852", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hurn-ruth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nurse educator", "Summary": "Ruth Hurn, n\u00e9e Derbyshire, was born in Melbourne. During the early years of World War II she was a Red Cross volunteer at the Port Lincoln Hospital. In 1945 she commenced training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH). In 1969 she was appointed Nursing Advisor to the Hospitals Department. During five years in this post, Hurn was associated with several developments in nursing education including the tertiary nursing course at Sturt College of Nursing in Adelaide. After retirement from the Hospitals Department she spent five years as Director of Nursing at the Berri Hospital.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-ruth-hurn-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kitto, Joyce", "Entry ID": "AWE0853", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kitto-joyce\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gladstone, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nurse educator, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Joyce Kitto was born in Gladstone, South Australia. In the early 1950s Joyce became a member of the Citizens' Military Force Nursing Corps, which led to her decision to train as a nurse. In 1970 she was appointed tutor sister in charge of the newly established training school for enrolled nurses at Gleneden, Maryattville, where she remained until her retirement in 1985.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-joyce-kitto-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ladkin, Marjorie Lina", "Entry ID": "AWE0854", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ladkin-marjorie-lina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Union organiser", "Summary": "Marjorie Ladkin, n\u00e9e Soady, was born in Sydney, New South Wales. In 1933 she began training at the Sydney Hospital, and upon graduation worked for a nursing agency. She was the first full-time secretary of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation (South Australia Branch) serving in this position from 1965-1975. The successful development of the Branch is largely due to her dedication and drive and, innovations advocated by Ladkin have resulted in a better ratio of staff\/patient care. On 13 June 1983 Marjorie Ladkin was awarded an Order of the Order of Australia for service to nursing.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-marjorie-ladkin-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Spry, Pamela Joy", "Entry ID": "AWE0855", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spry-pamela-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nurse educator, Nursing administrator", "Summary": "Pam Spry was born in Adelaide, South Australia and began training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in 1945. From 1973-1984 she was Director of Nursing at the RAH. Over the years Pam has also been involved with the Florence Nightingale Committee, the South Australian Health Commission, the Education Committee of the Nurses' Board, the Planning Committee for the first basic tertiary nursing course at Sturt College, and the SA Branch of the Australian Nursing Federation.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-pamela-joy-spry-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ainsworth, Eve", "Entry ID": "AWE0856", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ainsworth-eve\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Eastlakes, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Eve Ainsworth was born in Adelaide, South Australia and was adopted in infancy by the couple whose name she was given. In 1941 she was called up for duty with the Australian Army Nursing Service and went to the Middle East later that year. On her return to Australia Eve nursed in Queensland, until her marriage in 1944.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-eve-ainsworth-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allgrove, Ellen Mavis (Nell)", "Entry ID": "AWE0857", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allgrove-ellen-mavis-nell\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Claremont, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Nell Allgrove, n\u00e9e Hannah, came to South Australia from the West with her family when she was an infant. She began nursing training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1936 and worked in the hospital's Blood Transfusion Unit until she was called up to the Australian Army Nursing Service in 1940. In 1941 she joined the 2\/4 Casualty Clearing Station and was sent to Malaya. She was among those who escaped from Singapore just before its capture by the Japanese in February 1942. When the ship 'Vyner Brooke' was sunk in Banka Strait, Nell and fellow nurses were interned by the Japanese. She was among 24 nurses (from a total of 65) who survived until their release in September 1945.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hannah-ellen-mavis\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-womans-war-the-exceptional-life-of-wilma-oram-young-am\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-ellen-mavis-allgrove-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beaumont, Marilyn Kay", "Entry ID": "AWE0858", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beaumont-marilyn-kay\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Counsellor, Industrial organiser, Nurse", "Summary": "Marilyn Beaumont was born in Canberra. She trained at the Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney between 1968 and 1971. She came to Adelaide in 1980 and worked in a counselling capacity with the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Board. In 1981 she became a Liaison Officer for the South Australian Branch of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation and in 1982 she successfully contested an election for Secretary of that association. She later took up the Federal Secretaryship.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2007 - 2007)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-marilyn-kay-beaumont-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE0859", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Kate Brown was born in South Australia. On leaving school she worked at the Kate Cocks Babies' Home at Brighton until beginning training in 1947, at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Midwifery training followed, then country hospital nursing in various parts of Australia, and nursing overseas in Britain and South Africa. She retired in 1990.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-kathleen-brown-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Garrett, Merla Ruth", "Entry ID": "AWE0860", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/garrett-merla-ruth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sedan, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Wayville, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Lecturer, Nurse", "Summary": "Merla Garrett was born at Sedan, near the Barossa Valley. After two years overseas she worked in Sydney and then Mount Pleasant. In 1962 she left South Australia for Papua New Guinea where she served as a missionary nurse for 18 years. Since 1981 Merla has been a lecturer at the School of Nursing, Sturt College (now Flinders University of South Australia). Her extra curricular activities include several assignments with the World Health Organization.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-merla-garrett-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Good, Barbara Doris", "Entry ID": "AWE0861", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/good-barbara-doris\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nursing administrator", "Summary": "Barbara Good was born in Adelaide, South Australia. After completion of schooling at The Wilderness School, she spent a short time at Clare with her family and then began training at Mareeba Babies Hospital. In 1975 she moved to Tasmania and was Director of Nursing at the Repatriation Hospital in Hobart until her retirement from nursing in 1982.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-barbara-doris-good-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harrington, Ruth Crossman", "Entry ID": "AWE0862", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harrington-ruth-crossman\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "England", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nurse educator, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Ruth Harrington, n\u00e9e Meredith, was born in England and came to South Australia in infancy with her parents. After three months experience at the Adelaide Children's Hospital she was called up for duty in the Australian Army Nursing Service and served for two years until her marriage. Ruth maintained her registration and worked in several country hospitals. In 1968 she did a refresher course at the RAH and subsequently co-ordinated other refresher courses for nurses re-entering the workforce. In 1975 she joined the staff of Sturt College, where the first tertiary nursing course began in that year.\n", "Events": "Awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) (2009 - 2009)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-ruth-harrington-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leak, Jenny Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0863", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leak-jenny-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nurse educator", "Summary": "Jenny Leak was born in Adelaide, South Australia. Following paediatric nursing and midwifery training Jenny's later appointments included six months at the Point McLeay Aboriginal Reserve. In 1966 Jenny was a member of a surgical team working in Bien Hoa, Vietnam, for six months. Subsequently she remained in Vietnam where she administered a community aid program for children. She joined the staff of the South Australian College of Advanced Education (Sturt Campus) in 1987\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-jenny-elizabeth-leak-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lockwood, Betty Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE0864", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lockwood-betty-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Britain", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nursing administrator", "Summary": "Betty Lockwood was born in Britain and came to South Australia with her family in 1951. In 1968 she was appointed matron of the Gumeracha Hospital in Gumeracha South Australia, and within her term of service there she spent six months in Vietnam with a surgical team. Betty took an appointment as Director of Nursing and later Chief Executive Officer of the Ashford Community Hospital. She was also a part-time Commissioner in the SA Health Commission. Betty retired from Ashford in 1988.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-betty-margaret-lockwood-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Michelmore, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE0865", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/michelmore-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nurse educator, Nursing administrator", "Summary": "Catherine Michelmore was born in Adelaide. She began training at the Adelaide Children's Hospital (ACH) after the outbreak of war in 1939. In 1947 she returned to the ACH she set up and conducted the first Preliminary Training School in South Australia. In 1960 she was appointed Deputy Matron at the ACH, from which post she retired in 1970. Miss Michelmore served as a council member of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia, and in 1965 was National President of the College.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-catherine-michelmore-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parker, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE0866", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parker-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Barbara Parker, n\u00e9e North, was born in Adelaide. She became a tutor (unqualified) at Ru Rua Hospital in the late 1960s and moved from there to a part-time appointment with the Public Health Department (PHD). In 1970 she became a full time member of the staff of the Occupational Health Branch of the PHD, where she is still employed. Barbara Parker has been actively involved in the professional affairs of nursing including the Occupational Health Nurses' Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-barbara-parker-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sturm, Doreen Nellie (Anne)", "Entry ID": "AWE0867", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sturm-doreen-nellie-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Doreen Nellie Sturm, commonly known as Anne, was born in Adelaide, South Australia. She completed training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1937. Anne spent the early years of the war in private nursing in Melbourne, Victoria. Returning to Adelaide in 1943 she worked at the Truby King Mothercraft League of South Australia Clinic for two years. She was also an active member of various nursing organizations.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-anne-sturm-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tanner, Gladys", "Entry ID": "AWE0868", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tanner-gladys\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "England", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nursing administrator", "Summary": "Gladys Tanner was born in England and came to South Australia with her parents in 1925. She completed training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1944. In 1951 she received a scholarship to study nursing administration at the new College of Nursing, Australia, in Melbourne. She became the first Matron of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital at Woodville in 1958. She remained in this post until her retirement in 1982. Gladys was also involved in the Nurses' Board, the Royal Australian Nursing Federation and the Royal College of Nursing, Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-gladys-tanner-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wotherspoon, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE0870", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wotherspoon-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nurse educator", "Summary": "Judith Wotherspoon was born in Melbourne and came to Adelaide with her parents at the age of eight. After nursing in Papua New Guinea, Britain and Canada, Judith studied at Flinders University for a Bachelor of Arts degree. Subsequently she worked in the field of community health and as a part-time lecturer at Sturt College of Advanced Education. Between 1982 and 1985 she was senior lecturer in nursing at the Darwin Community College, then went to the University of New South Wales to complete a masters degree in health planning. In 1988 she took up an appointment as lecturer in nursing at the South Australian Institute of Technology (now the University of South Australia).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-judith-wotherspoon-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schubert, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE0871", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schubert-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Stirling, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nurse educator", "Summary": "Heather Schubert, n\u00e9e Duffield, was born in Stirling, South Australia. She began nursing training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in 1961. In 1974 she became a nursing supervisor, and in 1976 she was seconded to the South Australian Health Commission to provide education in high technology nursing for staff in country hospitals. At the time of the interview Heather was a nurse educator at the RAH. She was also actively involved in the Critical Care Nurses' Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-heather-schubert-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cranswick, Isobel (Hilary)", "Entry ID": "AWE0872", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cranswick-isobel-hilary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Hilary Cranswick, n\u00e9e Hogarth, was born in Victoria. When her father enlisted in the war Hilary came with her mother and sister to live with relatives in Adelaide. Her father was killed during the war. She went to Britain in 1939 and held many wartime nursing positions including accompanying children of one of her employers to Canada when the blitz necessitated their evacuation. On returning to Australia in 1942 Hilary joined the Australian Army Nursing Service and had postings in Papua New Guinea and in New South Wales. She retired from nursing after her marriage.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hogarth-isobel-hilary\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-hilary-cranswick-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Galanopoulos, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE0873", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/galanopoulos-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Greece", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Helen Galanopoulos, n\u00e9e Kondyli, was born in Greece and trained as a nurse at the Evangelismos Hospital in Athens 1951-1954. In 1958 Helen migrated to Australia and worked as an assistant nurse at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney. Later that year she came to join other members of her family in South Australia. After several months of non-nursing work, she was accepted as a student nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital to do one year's training and take examinations for registration. As a registered nurse Helen has worked at the Repatriation Hospital and at Flinders Medical Centre where, at the time of the interview, she was employed in a part-time capacity in the Consulting Clinics.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-helen-galanopoulos-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gerrard, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE0874", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gerrard-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cowell, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Pat Gerrard, n\u00e9e Klingberg, was born at Cowell, on Eyre Peninsula, and grew up at Riverton. In 1950 Pat worked at the Repatriation General Hospital at Daw Park, Adelaide, and in 1951 she joined the Australian Army Nursing Service. Between 1952 and 1954 she was posted to Japan.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-pat-gerrard-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hughes, Elsie", "Entry ID": "AWE0875", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hughes-elsie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Elsie Hughes was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and spent her youth in Murray Bridge. When war broke out in 1939 Elsie returned to Britain where she joined the Reserve Queen Alexandria Imperial Military Nursing Service. She served during the war in military hospitals in Palestine and Egypt, and in Britain. On return to Adelaide in 1946 Elsie Hughes became Sister in Charge of the McEwin Theatre suite at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, an appointment which she held until retirement in 1966.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-elsie-hughes-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Porter, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE0876", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/porter-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nurse educator, Nursing administrator", "Summary": "Judith Porter was born at Port Augusta, South Australia and began training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1954. In 1958 she applied to the Department of External Affairs for a posting in Papua New Guinea and after her appointment in 1959 spent fifteen years in that country, in hospitals, schools of nursing, and finally as Superintendent of Nursing Education. On returning to South Australia in 1975, Judith was appointed by the Hospitals Department to set up and conduct the first post- registration course in community health nursing. At the end of 1975, she became Principal Nursing Officer in the Hospital Department which in 1977 became the South Australian Health Commission. She was the first nurse to be Chairman of the Nurses Board of South Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-judith-porter-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Trudinger, Margaret (Trudie)", "Entry ID": "AWE0877", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trudinger-margaret-trudie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Margaret Trudinger was born in Adelaide, South Australia. 'Trudie' was on the staff of the Wallaroo Hospital when called up, in June 1940, to the Australian Army Nursing Service. Her nursing experiences in the army included postings to Woodside, Daws Road (both in South Australia), Palestine, Egypt, Port Moresby and Lae.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trudinger-margaret\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-margaret-trudinger-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ashton, Carrie (Jean)", "Entry ID": "AWE0878", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ashton-carrie-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Woodside, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Jean Ashton was born at Woodside, South Australia. After appointments at Lameroo and Jamestown in South Australia, Jean did infant welfare training in Hobart, Tasmania, while awaiting call-up for the Australian Army Nursing Service. In 1941 she went with the 13th Australian General Hospital to Malaya and was among those who escaped from Singapore just before its capture by the Japanese in February 1942. When the ship 'Vyner Brooke' was sunk in Bangka Strait, Jean and fellow nurses were interned by the Japanese. She was among 24 nurses (from a total of 65) who survived until their release in September 1945.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-womans-war-the-exceptional-life-of-wilma-oram-young-am\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ashton-carrie-jean-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-jean-ashton-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bidstrup, Jean (Eve)", "Entry ID": "AWE0879", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bidstrup-jean-eve\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Eve Bidstrup, n\u00e9e Blacker, grew up at Willunga, South Australia. In 1940 Eve was called up to the Australian Army Nursing Service. She was attached to the 2\/4 Australian General Hospital and went with the unit to the Middle East early in 1941. The nurses in the unit were evacuated from Tobruk just before the siege of that garrison. In March 1942 the unit returned to Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blacker-jean\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-eve-bidstrup-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bradwell, Elizabeth Merle (Betty)", "Entry ID": "AWE0881", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bradwell-elizabeth-merle-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Betty Bradwell, n\u00e9e Pyman, was born in Adelaide, South Australia. Betty was called up to the Australian Army Nursing Service in 1940. In April 1941 Betty sailed with the 2\/10 Australian General Hospital for Malaysia. After the withdrawal of forces from Singapore in February 1942, Betty and some of her fellow nurses reached Australia unlike many of their companions. Betty's army career continued with postings to New Guinea, and in Australia.\n", "Events": "Awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pyman-elizabeth-merle\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-betty-bradwell-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recordings-concerning-the-port-adelaide-casualty-hospital\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gibbs, Vera Eva", "Entry ID": "AWE0882", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibbs-vera-eva\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Glanville, Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Nurse", "Summary": "Vera Gibbs was born at Port Adelaide, South Australia. In 1946 she was nominated by the Australian Nursing Federation for an appointment with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, which took her to Germany and Poland in the immediate post-war period. Gibbs was Matron at the Darwin hospital and held a senior post at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. On her retirement she began private palliative care nursing.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-vera-gibbs-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gibson, Jean Agnes", "Entry ID": "AWE0883", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibson-jean-agnes\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kent Town, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Jean Gibson, n\u00e9e Irvine, was born at Kent Town, South Australia. She was called up to the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in 1941. Her first posting was to Darwin where she experienced the Japanese air-raids in February 1942. She next spent a year at Port Moresby and then went with the 2\/5 Australian General Hospital to Borneo (Balik Papan) where she remained until peace was declared in 1945. Jean remained with the AANS and in 1946 went to Japan. She returned to Australia in 1952, shortly before her discharge from the army.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irvine-jean-agnes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-jean-gibson-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Uren, Elizabeth (Bette) Irene", "Entry ID": "AWE0884", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/uren-elizabeth-bette-irene\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Maylands, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Elizabeth (Bette) Uren was born at Maylands, South Australia. She was called up to the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and embarked for overseas in May 1940. After ten months at the 2\/3 Australian General Hospital (AGH) in Surrey the nurses transferred to the Middle East and staffed the 2\/11 AGH in Alexandria. On return to Australia Bette Uren served in Toowoomba and Warwick. In 1943 she was appointed Sister-in-Charge of a Casualty Clearing Station which in January 1945 was posted to the Solomon Islands. Bette's final experience in the AANS was at the military hospital at Daws Road.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/uren-elizabeth-irene\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-elizabeth-uren-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Avery, Kathleen J", "Entry ID": "AWE0885", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/avery-kathleen-j\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Kathleen Avery, n\u00e9e Bryant, was born at Port Augusta, grew up in Broken Hill. In 1914 she began training at Broken Hill Hospital. In 1917 she joined the Australian Army Nursing Service, and was posted mainly in Salonika. On return to Australia Kathleen continued as a member of the Army Nursing Reserve, but resumed civilian nursing. During the Second World War she helped establish the Woodside Camp hospital in South Australia. Throughout her career Kathleen was an active member of the Returned Sisters Sub-branch of the Returned Services League.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-kathleen-avery-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cherry, Enid", "Entry ID": "AWE0886", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cherry-enid\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Nailsworth, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Enid Cherry was born in Adelaide in 1891. She served in the Australian Army Nursing Service between 1917 and 1919. In the 1920s she was appointed as an industrial nurse at Myers in Rundle Street, Adelaide. Here she remained for 23 years, as the nurse to provide care for staff and customers.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-enid-cherry-sound-recording-interviewer-barbara-parker\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-kathleen-turner-and-enid-cherry-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-enid-cherry-sound-recording-interviewer-beth-m-robertson\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jacob, Nora Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE0887", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jacob-nora-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Nora Jacob was born in Adelaide, South Australia and grew up in Medindie. In 1917 the family moved to Geranium, South Australia, where her father managed the family farming property while his brother was in the army. After six years on the farm Nora went to Adelaide to begin training at Mareeba Babies Hospital. She continued her training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, completing the course in 1927. Nora's subsequent work was in private nursing and district nursing.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-nora-elizabeth-jacob-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-nora-elizabeth-jacob-sound-recording-interviewer-beth-m-robertson\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Millard, Valda", "Entry ID": "AWE0888", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/millard-valda\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Valda Millard, n\u00e9e Salmon, was born in Adelaide, and spent her childhood at Quorn, South Australia. After nursing in New South Wales and Queensland Val returned to South Australia and in 1951 was Clinic Sister for the Mothers and Babies Health Association (MBHA) in Port Lincoln and at Port Adelaide. This was followed by further appointments in Victoria and on a mission station on the Solomon Islands. Her nursing career resumed in Port Lincoln in the 1960s and she remained in the service of the MBHA until her retirement in 1983.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-valda-millard-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dohnt, Lynley Eva", "Entry ID": "AWE0889", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dohnt-lynley-eva\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gumeracha, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Lynley Dohnt was born at Gumeracha, South Australia. In January 1941, she was called up for service with the Air Force. With the rank of matron, Miss Dohnt served in Australia and overseas, and was discharged from the Air Force Nursing Service in 1946. After a short time as assistant to the almoner at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, she became the House Sister, an appointment which she retained until her retirement in 1958.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/story-of-the-raaf-nursing-service-1940-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dohnt-lynley-eva-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-lynley-dohnt-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rowe, Millie (Min)", "Entry ID": "AWE0890", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rowe-millie-min\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kadina, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Millie Rowe (Min) was born near Kadina in South Australia. She recovered from tuberculous peritonitis in her late teen years, and was accepted for nursing training at the Wakefield Street Private Hospital, Adelaide, in 1917. In 1926 she became Matron of Wakefield Street Private Hospital, a position which she occupied until her retirement in 1946. She was an active member of the Australian Trained Nurses Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-millie-rowe-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dutton, Mary Doreen (Mollie)", "Entry ID": "AWE0891", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dutton-mary-doreen-mollie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Mollie Dutton was born in Adelaide. Her parents opposed her desire to nurse. At the age of 28 she began training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in 1924. After a short term in charge of the Magill ward of the RAH Mollie Dutton enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service and as a matron served at RAAF hospitals in Darwin and Laverton, Victoria. After the war Miss Dutton returned to the RAH and was Sister in Charge of Bice Ward until 1954, when she retired to care for her elderly mother.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/story-of-the-raaf-nursing-service-1940-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dutton-mary-doreen\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-mollie-dutton-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Waterhouse, Kathleen Lucy", "Entry ID": "AWE0892", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waterhouse-kathleen-lucy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Clare, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Walkerville, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Nursing administrator, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Kathleen Waterhouse was born at Clare, South Australia. In 1914 she commenced training at the Adelaide Children's Hospital. In 1917 Kathleen joined the Australian Army Nursing Service, and was posted to India until after the end of the war. In 1930 she was appointed Deputy Matron of the ACH, and in 1945 she became the Matron of that hospital, until her retirement in 1952. Miss Waterhouse was active in nursing affairs, and was a Foundation Fellow of the College of Nursing, Australia. She also served on the Council of the SA branch of the Australian Trained Nurses' Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-kathleen-lucy-waterhouse-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-kathleen-lucy-waterhouse-sound-recording-interviewer-beth-m-robertson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-kathleen-lucy-waterhouse-sound-recording-interviewer-beth-m-robertson-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-kathleen-lucy-waterhouse-sound-recording-interviewer-beth-m-robertson-3\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Woods, Dora", "Entry ID": "AWE0893", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woods-dora\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gilberton, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Victor Harbour, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Dora Woods, n\u00e9e Birks, was born in Adelaide and began training at the Adelaide Children's Hospital in 1909. In 1916 she was called up for nursing duties with the Australian Army Nursing Service. This interview deals with her army nursing experience, mostly in France, and with the period following the end of the war, in London. Dora returned to Australia in 1919.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-dora-woods-sound-recording-interviewer-joan-durdin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-dora-woods-sound-recording-interviewer-beth-m-robertson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/radio-program-about-first-world-war-nurses-sound-recording-presenter-michelle-rayner\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crosby, Heather Bembrick", "Entry ID": "AWE0895", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crosby-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Oxford, England", "Death Place": "Townsville, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Heather Crosby, n\u00e9e Gumley, was born in Oxford, England. Her father's calling as an Anglican priest took the family first to India and then to Australia. Her Australian-born mother played a prominent role in the parishes in which they lived, and Crosby and her sisters were encouraged to gain tertiary qualifications. Crosby came to Adelaide to study social work and married in 1944. She helped her husband establish his general practice in Blair Athol, and they had two daughters. She became involved in community work and began her association with the YWCA in 1960. Crosby was President and Executive Director of the Adelaide YWCA, and a member of the National Council and the World Executive. She was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1981.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-heather-crosby-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-chryssides\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Colton, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0896", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/colton-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, England", "Occupations": "Philanthropist, Suffragist", "Summary": "Mary Colton, n\u00e9e Cutting, arrived in South Australia from London in 1839. She was closely associated with the South Australian Boarding out Society and the Adelaide Children's Hospital. In 1879 she formed a city club for young women which became the Young Women's Christian Association in 1884. She served as president until her death in 1898. She also worked with Mary Lee and others to form the South Australian Women's Suffrage League and became its president in 1892.\n", "Details": "Mary Colton, n\u00e9e Cutting, was born in London, December 1822 to Hannah and Samuel Cutting. In 1839 she emigrated to South Australia with her newly widowed father and in 1844 she married John Blackler Colton. Between 1848 and 1865 she bore nine children, several of whom died in infancy. Her husband became Mayor of Adelaide (1874-75, a Member of Parliament (1862-1887) and twice Premier of South Australia. Both of them shared a keen interest in the well-being of society. They worked together in the Benevolent and Strangers' Friend Society and in organisations for the blind, deaf and dumb. Understanding the situation for poor people in the city, Mary Colton worked to house elderly women by joining a cottage homes committee in 1871 and later, the Lady Kintore Cottage Homes Trust. She was one of the principal founders of the Adelaide Children's Hospital in 1876, an organisation she served for the rest of her life. In 1879, concerned at the problems faced by young women, she began a city club and in 1880 they were housed in the Pirie Street Wesleyan Methodist Church in Adelaide. In 1884 it expanded to become the Young Women's Christian Association affiliated with its international counterparts. She remained its president until her death. An indefatigable worker she also worked on the Boarding-Out Society with Catherine Helen Spence and others concerned with the plight of orphaned and neglected children. It was through membership with the Ladies' Committee of the Social Purity Society that Mary Colton became involved in the campaign for women's suffrage. Recognising the urgent need for suffrage after being involved in the campaign to raise the age of consent to sixteen in 1885, Mary Colton joined with Mary Lee to organise the South Australian Women's Suffrage League in July 1888. Other members included Rosetta Birks, Elizabeth Nicholls, Serena Thorne Lake, Augusta Zadow and the League was later supported by Catherine Helen Spence. In 1892, Lady Mary Colton became president of the League. As a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union she was able to forge links with between it and the League which greatly assisted the suffrage campaign. During this incredibly busy period, she also found time for other duties, becoming foundation president of the Women's Auxiliary of Foreign Missions in 1893. Mary Colton continued her rigorous schedule of work until her illness and subsequent death on 28 July 1898.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-colton-nee-cutting\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-own-name-women-in-south-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-colton\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/two-englishwomen-miss-emma-robarts-and-lady-kinnaird-laid-the-foundations-of-the-worlds-largest-international-womens-movement-in-1855-in-1877-they-named-it-the-young-womens-christian-association\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/colton-mary-1822-1898\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/young-womens-christian-association-of-adelaide-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womans-christian-temperance-union-of-south-australia-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nicholls, Elizabeth Webb", "Entry ID": "AWE0897", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nicholls-elizabeth-webb\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Suffragist", "Summary": "Elizabeth Webb Nicholls was born in Adelaide to Mary and Samuel Bakewell in 1850. She joined the Christian Woman's Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1886, and was elected provisional president in 1888. In 1889 she became Colonial president, a position she held until 1897. From 1894-1903 she was the Union's Australian President, and post-Federation, she served as State President from 1906 to 1927. She joined the South Australian Women's Suffrage League and subsequently became a League Councillor. In 1894 Elizabeth Nicholls assumed the role of Colonial Superintendent of the WCTU's Suffrage Department. She was appointed to the Board of the Adelaide Hospital from 1895-1922 and was a justice of the peace - one of the four first women - from 1915. She died in 1943\n", "Details": "Elizabeth Webb Nicholls was born in Adelaide to Mary and Samuel Bakewell in 1850. She married Alfred Nicholls in 1870, and had five children as well as bringing up two orphaned relatives. She joined the Christian Woman's Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1886, and was elected provisional president in 1888. In 1889 she became Colonial president, a position she held until 1897. From 1894-1903 she was the Union's Australian President, and post-Federation, she served as State President from 1906 to 1927. She probably joined the South Australian Women's Suffrage League in early 1889 and later became a League Councillor. It was under her leadership that the WCTU gained 8,000 of the 11,600 signatures for the League's 1894 petition to Parliament. Following the submission of the petition, Elizabeth Nicholls took on the role of Colonial Superintendent of the WCTU's Suffrage Department. The legislation granting suffrage to women was passed in December 1894, and she then travelled around Adelaide and country South Australia giving talks about how to enrol and vote. Her 'Platform and Principles' is an example of her straightforward approach. From 1895-1922 she served on the Board of the Adelaide Hospital and was a justice of the peace - one of the four first women - from 1915. In addition she was actively involved with the Women's Non-Party Political Association and assisted Bessie Rischbieth to form the Australian Federation of Women's Societies (later known as the Australian Federation of Women Voters) in 1922. She died in 1943\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/torch-bearers-the-womans-christian-temperance-union-of-south-australia-1886-1948\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nicholls-elizabeth-webb-1851-1943\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-webb-nicholls-nee-bakewell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-own-name-women-in-south-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bessie-rischbieth\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fresh-evidence-new-witnesses-finding-womens-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/young-womens-christian-association-of-adelaide-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womans-christian-temperance-union-of-south-australia-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lake, Serena Thorne", "Entry ID": "AWE0899", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lake-serena-thorne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Devon, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Missionary, Preacher, Social reformer, Suffragist", "Summary": "Serena Thorne was born in Devon in October 1842, daughter of Samuel and Mary Thorne. In 1865 the church sent her to Queensland to help establish Bible Christianity and she arrived in South Australia in 1870, preaching throughout the colony from church halls to street corners. In March 1871 she married Octavius Lake whom she had known in Devon and they worked together to further Bible Christianity in South Australia. Serena Lake attended the foundation meeting of the South Australian Women's Suffrage League in 1888 and was appointed to the Council. In 1889 the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) appointed her to the dual positions of Colonial organizer and Suffrage superintendent. In 1891 she was made a life vice-president of the WCTU. She died in 1902 aged 60.\n", "Details": "Serena Thorne was born in Devon in October 1842, daughter of Samuel and Mary Thorne. Her grandfather, William O'Bryan was founder and co-organizer of the Bible Christian Church which welcomed women preachers. By the age of twenty one Serena Thorne had already become well known throughout Devon, Cornwall and South Wales as a preacher. In 1865 the church sent her to Queensland to help establish Bible Christianity and in 1870 she moved first to Victoria and South Australia soon after. She received a warm welcome in South Australia and preached at churches in Adelaide and country areas. In March 1871 she married Octavius Lake whom she had known in Devon and they worked together to further Bible Christianity in South Australia. They had seven children of whom only one survived. Serena Lake attended the foundation meeting of the South Australian Women's Suffrage League and was appointed to the Council. She was almost certainly a member of the Social Purity Society as she was familiar with the background of the League's foundation. In 1889 the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) appointed her to the dual positions of Colonial organizer and Suffrage superintendent. In 1891 she was made a life vice-president of the WCTU. At the 1892 annual South Australian Women's Suffrage League meeting she spoke eloquently in support of Mary Lee's report, seconded by Catherine Helen Spence. After this, however, she did not appear again in either the League or WCTU records and when suffrage was won the Lakes were at Moonta in country South Australia carrying on their missionary and pastoral work. She died in 1902 aged 60.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-own-name-women-in-south-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/serena-thorne-lake-1842-1902\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womans-christian-temperance-union-of-south-australia-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sobels, Stella", "Entry ID": "AWE0900", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sobels-stella\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Singer", "Summary": "Stella Sobels spent her childhood at Largs Bay and Semaphore. She attended the Lothian House School before moving to North Adelaide and attending St Peter's Girls School and the Conservatorium, where she had singing lessons from Winslow Hall and Clive Carey. Sobels became involved in local theatre and radio. She went to England with the Australian choir in 1933. During World War I Sobels joined the Red Cross. When her father became ill she looked after him until he died in 1940. Sobels then returned to the Red Cross and stayed until 1957. A member of several Musical Societies in Adelaide, Sobels joined the Lyceum Club in 1947 where she organized music programmes.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-stella-sobels-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Langley, Ruth Isobel", "Entry ID": "AWE0901", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/langley-ruth-isobel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community worker, Health worker, Volunteer", "Summary": "Ruth Langley was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to community health particularly through the Asthma Foundation of South Australia on 26 January 1990. During World War II she completed voluntary work at the Cheer Up hut and joined the SA Transport Service. A member of the Lyceum Club Langley also was involved with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Asthma Medical Foundation.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recording-of-reminiscences-at-lyceum-clubs-70th-anniversary-dinner-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-ruth-langley-sound-recording-interviewer-roxy-byrne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/address-by-ruth-langley-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Frost, Mary Millicent", "Entry ID": "AWE0902", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/frost-mary-millicent\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Mary Frost attended Miss Carter's School, East Adelaide School and St Peter's Girls School. She went to Adelaide University to do English. At the outbreak of World War II Frost was in England teaching at a school in South Devon. She returned to Adelaide after the war, returning in a flying boat. Frost became an English teacher at St Peters where she won two Tennyson medals at the school. Later she became head of the English Department. Frost compiled A History of St Peter's Girls' School from 1894-1968, in 1972.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/st-peters-collegiate-girls-school-1894-1968-a-history-of-the-sisters-school-in-adelaide-during-74-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-mary-frost-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crompton, Phyllis Owen", "Entry ID": "AWE0903", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crompton-phyllis-owen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Malvern, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Red Cross Worker", "Summary": "Phyllis Crompton's grandfather came to South Australia on the ship 'Fatima' and lived at Stonyfell. Her father worked for him in the business which sold skins, wool and olives. Crompton and her sister were born in her parents house at Malvern and after her brothers were born they moved to Parkside. She attended Creveen School at North Adelaide and caught the tram to school. Crompton and her sister went to London and attended the Queensgate boarding school for a term, followed by a year at a school in Paris and then the Sorbonne. Returning to Adelaide Crompton went to Adelaide University and studied history. She became honorary secretary of the Junior Red Cross and joined the Lyceum Club in 1928.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-phyllis-crompton-sound-recording-interviewer-necia-gilbert\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sandford-Morgan, Elma", "Entry ID": "AWE0904", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sandford-morgan-elma\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Dr Elma Sandford-Morgan was brought up in a Baptist household. She attended Miss Martin's school before her family sailed to Europe. Here she went to Cheltenham's Ladies College for a year as a boarder. Returning to Adelaide in 1905, she studied piano at the Adelaide Conservatorium under Herr Reimann. Later she travelled with her family around Australia and in Queensland she met a doctor who suggested she do medicine. In 1910 she commenced medicine at Sydney University. Three years later she went with her family on a trip from China across the Siberian railway to Moscow. She graduated in 1917 and worked in Australia, London and at the Women's Mission Hospital at Bewanee in the Punjab. Then in 1920 she went to a hospital in Bagdad. Here she married Captain Harry Morgan and their daughter Rosemary was born in 1922. Son Gavin was born in 1925. Later the family settled in Sydney and she worked at the Rachel Forster Hospital. 1928 she was appointed Assistant to the Director of Maternal Welfare in the Public Health Department, and in 1929 was the first woman to become Director of Maternal Welfare in the Public Health Service. She was a district commissioner in the Girl Guides and a representative to the Australian Federation of University Women. Moving to South Australia, Sandford-Morgan became Health Officer with the Mothers and Babies Association and helped set up Torrens House, a mothercraft training centre. During World War II joined the RAAN as a medical officer, was working in general practice, and for two years organised the Health Services of South Australia as the only woman member of the Parliamentary Commission. After the war she visited Europe and on return obtained a locum tenens as neoplasm registrar to the Anti-Cancer Foundation. She was appointed by the University of Adelaide to the Radio Therapy Department where she worked for eleven years. Sandford-Morgan retired in 1964 and then worked at the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service until she was 80 years old. During 1966-1968 she attended the Medical Women's International Association conferences in Rochester and Vienna and became president of the Australian Medical Women's Association to work against bias according to sex and equal treatment of women doctors. Her main interest was preventative medicine and public health.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-short-history-of-medical-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-elma-sandford-morgan-sound-recording-interviewer-aileen-bond\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hosking, Lorna", "Entry ID": "AWE0905", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hosking-lorna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "After marrying Dr Hubbard Champion Hosking in Adelaide in 1927, Lorna Hosking and her husband moved to Kokope near Rabaul where he was the Government medial officer. Two years later they moved to Rabaul. In May 1937 there was a temporary evacuation of the town when a volcano erupted sending steam, pumice and debris 25,000 feet into the air. During World War II women and children were evacuated to Australia when the Japanese were about to invade, Dr Hosking was put on board the 'Montevideo Maru' by the Japanese and it was bombed by the allies off Lugan as it had no Red Cross marks. There were no survivors. Mrs Hosking remained in Adelaide with her two daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth. She worked with the War Widows Guild which had been set up by General George Vasey and his wife. Shops were set up in each state and the Guild worked to improve pensions for the widows. In 1965 the Guild extended one of their buildings. It is named 'Lorna Hosking House' after the then Senior Vice-President. Lorna Hosking and one of her daughters returned to Rabaul in 1986 to see the town and place where they used to holiday on the coast.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greater-than-their-knowing-a-glimpse-of-south-australian-women-1836-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-lorna-hosking-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "West, Doris", "Entry ID": "AWE0906", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/west-doris\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Horsham, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Dorrie West went to school in Horsham, Victoria, before moving to Adelaide with her family. She completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Adelaide in 1921 and her teacher training. A teacher at Adelaide High School she left her position upon marriage in 1934, as was the custom of the time. During World War II she returned to teaching. She was an active member of both the YWCA and the Australian Federation of University Women. Following the death of her husband she joined the Lyceum Club and was President 1957-59. Her bequest to the University of Adelaide supports postgraduate scholarships for women and concerts at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide. Relatives remember Dorrie as being very engaging and encouraging.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-dorothy-west-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-mrs-doris-west-nee-hunter-sound-recording-interviewer-pamela-runge\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hone, Maisie", "Entry ID": "AWE0907", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hone-maisie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mitcham", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Summary": "Maisie Hone was born in 1897 in Mitcham. Her family moved to London when she was three so her father could study medicine. On their return he bought a motor car which was driven by a chauffeur. She went to school at Mitcham, Miss Thornber's and MLC and studied at Adelaide University. She organised annual concerts for women only. In 1923 she married Ray Hone and they went to England on a cargo ship as Ray was the ship's doctor. They returned in 1924 and their daughter Mary was born. Hone joined the Lyceum Club when it was still on North Terrace and was involved in the luncheons and the circles. Ray was away for three and a half years during the war. She started looking after children on Friday mornings to help mothers on their own and continued this for 20 years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-maisie-hone-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-maisie-hone-sound-recording-interviewer-pamela-runge\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-maisie-hone-sound-recording-interviewer-beth-m-robertson\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Caw, Harriet Marjorie", "Entry ID": "AWE0908", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/caw-harriet-marjorie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Knightsbridge, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Marjorie Caw was the fourth child of Edith Agnes Hubbe, n\u00e9e Cook, 1859-1942, a South Australian educator. Her father was killed in the Boer War and her mother opened a school at Knightsbridge. Caw trained as a kindergarten teacher and taught at Halifax Street and Bowden. She travelled to Europe with her mother and Miss George of the Advanced School for Girls. They returned home when World War I broke out. On their return Caw set up a kindergarten in their drawing room (at Knightsbridge) following the Montessori methods she had observed on her travels. At the same time she studied economics at the University of Adelaide under Professor Heaton.\nShe married Alfred Caw and they moved to Western Australia to farm at Kojonup. Her son William was born one year later and then her daughter Virginia. They returned to Adelaide by ship each year to visit her family. On one of these visits in 1929 she joined the Lyceum Club. During the depression she formed a branch of the Country Women's Association (CWA) in Kojonup and over the years the branch helped many country people. She taught her children via correspondence school and sent her son to St Peter's in Adelaide to board. She and her daughter went to Denmark for a world conference of the CWA.\nIn 1922 they sold the property to her brother and returned to Adelaide where she became involved in the Lyceum Club. The Club helped her celebrate her 90th birthday in 1983.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-harriet-marjorie-caw-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-harriet-marjorie-caw-and-bill-caw-sound-recording-interviewer-mary-hutchison\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-harriet-marjorie-caw-sound-recording-interviewer-beth-m-robertson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edith-hubbe-cook-and-marjorie-caw-hubbe-papers-1859-1988\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chambers, Doris", "Entry ID": "AWE0909", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chambers-doris\/", "Type": "Person", "Summary": "Doris Chambers grew up on Noonameera which was an isolated cattle station and stores arrived via camel teams every six months. She moved with her family to Wannaminta which was owned by the Morden Pastoral Company and covered a million and a quarter acres. Chambers boarded at Woodlands school for three years from 1927. She married Jim Chambers in 1943 whose family dated back to 1836 when James Chambers jumped ship from the Coromandel. Her mother Myrtle White, who was born in 1888 in a tent on Acacia station, wrote several books about the outback and her friends included Dame Mary Gilmore and Miles Franklin. Doris and Jim stayed on at Wannaminta for 25 years, Jim having won the property in a ballot of land leases. Doris was responsible for publishing and sorting all the unpublished writings of her mother.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-doris-chambers-sound-recording-interviewer-roxy-byrne\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilson, Shirley Cameron", "Entry ID": "AWE0910", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-shirley-cameron\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kadina, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Art historian, Nurse, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Shirley Cameron Wilson was the youngest child of Dr Charles Ernest Wilson who was a GP in Kadina and Nellie the daughter of William Strawbridge, the Surveyor General of South Australia after Goyder. Wilson attended Walford House School when the family returned to Adelaide. They moved to \"Woodfield\" in Fisher St Fullarton. Wilson trained as a nurse at Royal Adelaide Hospital, won the Gold Medal, and then did a year of midwifery training in Melbourne. During World War II she enlisted as an army nurse and before she was called up worked in the Women's Land Army. She went to New Guinea with the 2nd 8th General Hospital and stayed 13 months. After the war she studied at Melbourne University. She came back to nurse her mother, father and aunt until they died. During this time she developed an interest in art and completed her research for the book The Bridge over the Ocean which she wrote with Keith Borrow. She and her sister Honor moved to adjoining units in Hazelwood Park in 1973 and Wilson worked on her book about South Australian Women artists. She was the leader of the Antiques and Collecting Circle at the Lyceum Club for nine years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-bridge-over-the-ocean-thomas-wilson-1787-1863-art-collector-and-mayor-of-adelaide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blazing-a-trail-from-a-pioneer-family\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-shirley-cameron-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-shirley-cameron-wilson-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-cameron-wilson-sa-women-artist-researcher-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shirley-cameron-wilson-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Retalic, Lucy", "Entry ID": "AWE0911", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/retalic-lucy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Lucy Retalic was born in 1910. Her mother was in the Red Cross and during WWI Lucy performed in concerts when she was 4 years old. She went to St Peter's Girls' School and joined Heather Gell's Eurythmic classes after school. Miss Gell staged shows at the Tivoli theatre. Retalic became a kindergarten teacher and her first appointment was at the Riverside school. She became Director of the Lavis Kindergarten in Adelaide and then left teaching to work with doctors in Melbourne. In 1937 she went to England to work with ophthalmologists for 15 months. She returned home via Europe and during World War II worked with the RAAF trainee pilots to pass their eye tests. She married in 1948. Retalic was involved in the circles in the Lyceum Club and was leader of the Garden Circle. Retalic did a lot of overseas travel which she enjoyed. Retalic worked with ophthalmologists to provide screening for people in outback Australia to identify eye disease. This was organised through the Lions Club\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-lucy-retalic-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gooden, Margaret (Peg)", "Entry ID": "AWE0912", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gooden-margaret-peg\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Peg Gooden was born in 1900. Her father died when she was young so she and her mother lived with her grandparents in North Adelaide. She went to St Peter's Girls' School. In 1923 she married Harvey Lawton and they lived at Lower Mitcham and joined St Columba's Church in Hawthorn. Harvey Lawton died in 1930 and she married Lance Gooden in 1935. During World War II Peg joined the Comforts Fund committee and worked on the sock table. Music played a large part in Gooden's life and she played at Lyceum Club lunches. She was also an active member of the Bowden Kindergarten Committee which helped underprivileged children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-peg-gooden-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johnston, Thelma", "Entry ID": "AWE0913", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnston-thelma\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Norton Summit, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Thelma Johnston was born in 1908 at Norton Summit and attended Norton Summit School until she was 12 years old. The family then moved to Adelaide and she went to the Methodist's Ladies College. Johnston was interested in craft work such as china painting, jewellery, enamelling and spinning and weaving and during World War II did work for the Red Cross shop and afterwards the \"Acorn\" craft shop. She and her husband were members of the Royal Yacht Squadron and Legacy. During the war she set up a kindergarten for children sent down from the islands because of the fear of a Japanese invasion. She was also involved with Flower Day and coordinated the Lyceum Club flower roster for 4 years and worked for many years for Meals on Wheels.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-thelma-johnston-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wesley-Smith, Sheila", "Entry ID": "AWE0914", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wesley-smith-sheila\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Sheila Wesley Smith was born in Western Australia and the family moved to Belair when she was five. She enjoyed riding and music. Wesley Smith went to the Kindergarten Training College in Palmer Place, North Adelaide and opened a kindergarten at Blackwood. She and her students were involved in the pageant for the South Australian centenary in 1936 and Wesley Smith was the Spirit of SA. She became the Director of the Franklin Street free kindergarten and then taught at the PGC in the junior school. She married Harry Wesley Smith and in 1939 left for England. World War II broke out so they returned to Australia in 1942. Her husband joined the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) and Wesley Smith raised their four sons. Wesley Smith joined the Kindergarten of the Air and worked on programs for five years in the 1960s. She was involved with community work with handicapped children and people in nursing homes.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-sheila-wesley-smith-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mander-Jones, Lois Jessie", "Entry ID": "AWE0915", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mander-jones-lois-jessie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Beeac, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Counsellor, Researcher, University teacher", "Summary": "Lois Mander-Jones grew up in Victoria and attended Presbyterian Girls College in Geelong. In 1940 she joined the Union Bank in Melbourne and then joined the Army. She was on General Blamey's staff in Queensland. She became the personal assistant to the Director of Intelligence Brigadier John Rogers and also worked for Brigadier Kenneth Wills. On 9 June 1943 she married Evan Mander-Jones. Her husband went to New Guinea and returned to be the head of the Intelligence School. As couples could not work in the same unit she was transferred to Army Education. She became pregnant and was discharged from the army. She lost this baby and another child. Her husband was appointed Director of Education in South Australia. She had three sons and continued to work for the University. They spent a year overseas in 1959. She did a marriage guidance course and counselled for five years. Family commitments were dominant in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1965 she enrolled in a Diploma of Social Work and in 1968 she took a part time job as a research worker with the Institute of Technology. From 1970 to 1978 she worked as a part time supervisor and trainer of counsellors. Her husband died in 1975. In 1978 she started working at Flinders University as a part time social work demonstrator and she retired in 1982. She became involved with the Lyceum Club being Vice President and President and in 1993 Australian President of the Association of Lyceum Clubs. Mander-Jones was awarded honorary life membership in 1993.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcdonald-lois-jessie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recording-of-reminiscences-at-lyceum-clubs-70th-anniversary-dinner-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-lois-mander-jones-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mocatta, Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE0916", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mocatta-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Dr Frances Mocatta grew up in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. She studied medicine at the University of Sydney. A former Resident Medical Officer (RMO) at Rachel Forster Hospital, Royal Hospital for Women Paddington and Manly District Hospital, Sydney. In 1947 she married William Theyer Dean and had two daughters. She established a private practice in Meredith, Victoria and then Medindie, South Australia. Mocatta worked as a physician in allergic diseases. In 1963 she became a Medical Officer (MO) to the allergy clinic at the Repatriation Hospital.\nHer publications included papers on the treatment of patients who were hypersensitive to bee strings. Her work was written up in the International Archives of Allergy and Applied Immunology in 1986. Dr Frances Mocatta retired in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-frances-mocatta-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bright, Elizabeth Holden", "Entry ID": "AWE0917", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bright-elizabeth-holden\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Camberwell, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Lady Elizabeth Bright, the daughter of Herbert Boyd and Annie (n\u00e9e Holden) Flaxman graduated from Melbourne University in medicine in 1937. She became a resident at the Queen Victoria Hospital for women and children. She moved to the Adelaide Children's Hospital in 1939, met Charles Bright and was married in 1940. During the War Bright worked as a locum and did the medical examinations for the Women's Australian National Service (WANS) recruits. She wrote \"The Diary of a woman Doctor\" for the Advertiser. She became the honorary medical officer for the Kindergarten Union of South Australia and was on the Social Welfare Committee of the Red Cross. Bright travelled extensively with her husband, Sir Charles Bright. She became patron of the South Australian branch of the Women Writer's Association from 1982 to 1991 and in 1983 published a book written by her late husband called The confidential clerk about Charles Flaxman and George Fife Angas.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-confidential-clerk-a-study-of-charles-flaxman-in-south-australia-and-his-relationship-with-george-fife-angas\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-lady-elizabeth-bright-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kay, Francie", "Entry ID": "AWE0918", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kay-francie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Millicent, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Francie Kay completed her nursing training at Balaklava, South Australia. She ran a private hospital before entering the social work field. Kay went to Melbourne to study and returned to work in the TB Service where she travelled around South Australia visiting sanatoria. She worked in the service for 25 years and helped to rehabilitate many patients. She attended various conferences worldwide. She then moved to the Walkerville Nursing home and helped develop an assessment system and a day and craft centre. Following an overseas holiday Kay and returned to work for Burnside to look at their community services. It was discovered there were many problems with elderly people and Pine View was established and community activities were organised to provide companionship.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-francie-kay-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilson, Honor Cameron", "Entry ID": "AWE0919", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-honor-cameron\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Physiotherapist, Servicewoman", "Summary": "Honor Cameron Wilson studied physiotherapy in the 1930s. She joined the Australian Army during World War II serving in the Middle East, Perth and with a plastic surgeon in Heidelberg, Victoria. Wilson returned to the Physiotherapy department at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. She completed post graduate work in London and became a lecturer. Her interests included art, and she was involved with the Lyceum Club art circle.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-honor-cameron-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-honor-cameron-wilson-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parker, Marjorie Bryson (Madge)", "Entry ID": "AWE0920", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parker-marjorie-bryson-madge\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ardrossan, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Madge Parker was born on the Yorke Peninsula and lived near Ardrossan. Her father grew wheat, barley and oats. They moved to Adelaide when her father retired and Madge was 16. She went to London in 1939 to completed a course dealing cosmetics and came home via America. She worked in Sydney and was in Melbourne when she joined the Women's Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAFS) where she completed an officers' course.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parker-marjorie-bryson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-madge-parker-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hughes, Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE0921", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hughes-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Accountant, Secretary", "Summary": "Dorothy Hughes was born in Western Australia and came to Adelaide where she worked as an accountant from 1934. She became the organising secretary for the Kindergarten Union in the late 1940s. The first kindergarten was opened in 1906 in Franklin Street with Miss de Lissa in charge. Several kindergartens opened in the following years and training courses began. In 1939-1940 the Lady Gowrie Child Centres were introduced in each capital city financed by the Commonwealth Government. In 1951 the Education committee was replaced by the Pre-School Council and the College Council. In the early 1980s the Children's Services Office of the Education Department took over responsibility for pre-school education.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-dorothy-hughes-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jarrett, Myra", "Entry ID": "AWE0922", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jarrett-myra\/", "Type": "Person", "Summary": "Myra Jarrett lived in Adelaide all her life. Her two sons both have Chairs at Adelaide University. Jarrett joined the Lyceum club in 1966, had two terms as leader of the Travel Circle and was Convenor of Circles for 3 years. In 1977 the Australian Association of Lyceum clubs moved to Adelaide and Jarrett became Secretary. In 1979 the triennial conference was held in Adelaide. Jarrett was on the executive from 1989 to 1994 during which time the Club moved from the IOOF building to 54 Currie St. In 1990 the Australian Association of Lyceum Clubs secretariat returned to Adelaide and a Congress was held at Annesley College in 1991. In 1992 the 25th International Congress took place in Melbourne and Adelaide acted as a pre-Congress host to 50 overseas members. The Club's 50th birthday was celebrated in 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-myra-jarrett-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richards, Elizabeth K", "Entry ID": "AWE0923", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richards-elizabeth-k\/", "Type": "Person", "Summary": "Elizabeth Richards was born and lived in Highgate. She attended Greenways and MLC schools and became a pre-school teacher. Richards taught at Tiverton School at Unley Park and Gosse Home on Greenhill Road. She then moved to Lockleys kindergarten, Stephney and was the director of Netherby kindergarten in the 1970s. Richards became secretary of the Peace Pledge Union and she attended a Peace Conference in India in 1961 and one in Sheffield in 1972. She was president of the pre-school teachers' association for six years and was involved in a pay case which increased salaries. In 1975 she mounted a display of resources for 0-8 year olds which was held at the Institute of Teachers in May 1976. It was repeated in 1977. Richards worked with children for forty years and retired in 1979. In retirement she worked for UNICEF, became a member of the Lyceum Club in 1982, was the patron of Children's Week, did broadcasting for 5UV, and completed a TAFE course which enabled her to teach English to an Iranian migrant.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-elizabeth-richards-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-jones\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buttrose, Stroma", "Entry ID": "AWE0924", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buttrose-stroma\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Myrtle Bank, South Australia", "Occupations": "Geographer, Teacher, Town planner, University tutor", "Summary": "Stroma Buttrose was a pioneering figure for Australian women in architecture. She was the first female Planning Assistant in South Australia, and the first female Commissioner of the Planning Appeal Board. She was the author of numerous architectural publications, most notably City Planning in Australia in 1975.\n", "Details": "Stroma Buttrose went to school at Hopetoun and then Woodlands at Glenelg where her interest in geography and later town planning began. She completed a Diploma in Arts and Education at Adelaide University and at 21 travelled to Europe with her family. After returning to Adelaide she taught Geography while completing a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Geography.\nIn April 1957 she was appointed temporary female draftsman's assistant to the government town planner. She organised the Land Use Survey covering Gawler to Willunga and the Development Plan for the Metropolitan Area of Adelaide was published in the Spring of 1963.\n During 1962 Buttrose was one of ten students doing the Master of Town Planning degree at Adelaide University with Professor Rolf Jensen. In February 1973 she was appointed a Commissioner of the Town Planning Appeal Board\/Tribunal, later to become the Environment, Resources and Development Court. She was the first woman to hold that position.\n", "Events": "Attended Woodlands Church of England Girls' Grammar School (1941 - 1947) \nCommissioner of the Planning Appeal Board, South Australia (1973 - 1999) \nCommon law clerk with Thomson, Buttrose, Ross & Lewis, Barristers & Solicitors (1949 - 1949) \nCouncil member at Woodlands CEGGS Inc. (1977 - ) \nCouncil member of the National Trust of Australia (SA) (1967 - 1973) \nCouncil member of the Workers Educational Association of SA Inc. (1980 - ) \nGeography teacher at St Peter's Collegiate School, North Adelaide (1954 - 1956) \nGeography teacher at The Wilderness School, Medindie, South Australia (1956 - ) \nLife Member of the Friends of the State Library of South Australia (1977 - ) \nLife Member of the National Trust of Australia (SA) (1960 - ) \nLife Member of the Royal Zoological Society of SA Inc. (1980 - ) \nLife Member of the RSPCA (1975 - ) \nLife member of the Woodlands Old Scholars Association (1948 - ) \nMember of the Australian Conservation Foundation (1968 - ) \nMember of the Australian Society of Authors (1977 - ) \nMember of the Children's Book Council (1970 - 1970) \nMember of the Commonwealth Counciol of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (1960 - 1962) \nMember of the Graduates Union at the University of Adelaide (1951 - ) \nMember of the National Council of Women (1971 - 1973) \nMember of the Poets Union of SA (1977 - ) \nMember of the Queen Adelaide Club (1969 - ) \nMember of the Royal Australian Planning Institute (1957 - 1973) \nMember of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (SA) (1955 - ) \nMember of the Zonta Club of Adelaide (1969 - ) \nMember, later a Fellow, of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (1960 - 1972) \nPlanning officer with the State Planning Office, South Australia (1957 - 1973) \nPresident of the Woodlands Old Scholars Association (1954 - 1956) \nPublishers Rigby commissioned her to write a children's reader, City Planning in Australia (1975 - 1975) \nSecretary with the Department of Architecture at the School of Mines, South Australia (1952 - 1954) \nTutor in geography at the University of Adelaide (1955 - 1956) \nTutor in town planning with the South Australian Institute of Technology (SAIT) (1966 - 1969) \nVice-chair of the Young Contingent with the Victoria League (1957 - 1958) \nVice-president of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (SA) (1966 - 1972) \nVice-president of the Society of Women Writers of Australia (SA) (1977 - 1979) \nWinner of the On Dit 21st birthday litarary competition with three poems (1953 - 1953)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/city-planning-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scholar-devoted-to-family-and-law\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austlit-the-australian-literature-resource\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-stroma-buttrose-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-stroma-buttrose-master-town-planner-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stroma-buttrose-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Steele-Scott, Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE0927", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/steele-scott-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, England", "Occupations": "Actor, Producer", "Summary": "Kathleen Steele-Scott was born in London and grew up in Yorkshire. The family moved to Birkenhead after World War I and she developed a real interest in the theatre. She went to Hamburg after school and had singing lessons there. On her return she joined the Workhamsford Operatic and Dramatic Society. She met her Australian husband at one of her aunt's boarding houses and the family travelled to Australia for her wedding, visiting her brother in Malta on the way. She began working at the Adelaide Repertory Company in 1946 and produced Britten's opera \"Albert Herring\". She acted in the 'Ham Funeral' in 1961 and produced 'The Telephone' and 'The Turn of the Screw' with the Intimate Opera Company. In 1972 the company drew up a constitution and the government made a grant to pay an administrator. In 1991 'Through the Opera Glass' was published. The company had grown and become the State Opera of South Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-kathleen-steele-scott-sound-recording-interviewer-barbara-drake\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lyon, Edeline (Tommy)", "Entry ID": "AWE0928", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lyon-edeline-tommy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Tommy Lyon went to schools at Canarvon and Perth. She completed her nurse training in Perth and Broome. Following her midwifery course Lyon nursed at Norseman. Lyon moved to Adelaide and worked at the Adelaide Hospital. In 1944 she left to get married. Lyon returned to nursing in 1964 working at St Andrew's and Wakefield St Hospitals. She retired in 1981 when she was 67.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-tommy-lyon-sound-recording-interviewer-yvonne-abbott\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ozolins, Irina", "Entry ID": "AWE0929", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ozolins-irina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Russia", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Irina Ozolins was born in Russia where her parents lived as refugees. Following the death of her father her mother returned to Viesite, Latvia when she was still an infant. Her mother worked as an accountant and they lived with her parents. Later Ozolins went to live with her aunt, in Riga, to go to a private college and then to University where she studied mathematics. The Russians came to the Baltic States and took 2,000,000 people to Siberia including her mother and six relations. Many died including all her male relatives. The Germans came in 1941. She completed her master of science. The Russians returned and she and her friends left by ship for Germany. They were sent to various workplaces. She went to Dresden to work as a scientist in the university. Dresden was bombed and the city was flattened. She and her friend Emily made their way to Emily's aunt in Austria, travelling by train and escaping to the fields when bombers came. A month later all foreigners were ordered out of Austria so she was sent to a Latvian couple. There she met her husband, a lawyer who was retraining as an electrician. They went to the Latvian displaced persons camp and because of her languages she was employed as an interpreter for UNRRA. Her husband's landlady had a son in Port Pirie and he organised a landing permit for them to come to South Australia. They moved to Adelaide and she taught mathematics at Norwood and Unley High Schools. She also enjoyed painting and joined the Royal Society of Arts, was made a fellow and had seven solo exhibitions. She was invited to give a talk at the Lyceum Club and then joined the Art Appreciation and Literature Circles. She also joined the German Circle.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-irina-ozolins-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-jones\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/storytelling-by-irina-ozolins-sound-recording-recordist-eva-noske\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-irina-ozolins-sound-recording-interviewer-daniela-kautsky\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hannon, Gwenyth", "Entry ID": "AWE0930", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hannon-gwenyth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Medindie, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Dentist", "Summary": "Gwenyth Hannon attended St Peter's Girls' School. Hannon won an Education Department scholarship to dentistry at University. Following her graduation, in 1932, she became an Education Department dentist. In this position she travelled around the state doing dental work at schools. She married a fellow dental student who had a practice on North Terrace. Hannon worked in the dental practice from the war years. Her husband was killed in 1945 and Hannon was one of the initial members and one of the first vice presidents of the War Widows' Guild.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-gwenyth-hannon-sound-recording-interviewer-barbara-drake\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brookes, Helen May", "Entry ID": "AWE0931", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brookes-helen-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Entomologist", "Summary": "Helen Brookes was born in Melbourne and moved several times before settling in Adelaide in 1929. She started her working career at the Waite Institute with Dr Davidson. Later Brookes became a technical assistant and eventually senior lecturer as a systematic entomologist. Following her retirement, in 1982, she presented her insect collection to the Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra. Brookes was a member of the Lyceum and Minerva Clubs. In 1999, Year of the Older Person, Brookes was invited to a symposium in Canberra as an outstanding older woman scientist.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-helen-brookes-sound-recording-interviewer-lois-mander-jones\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rooney, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE0932", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rooney-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Jean Rooney, whose father was a teacher, lived in Mt Gambier, Adelaide and Port Lincoln. Rooney attended Adelaide teachers' Training College and worked in Unley and Nailsworth for four years. She married Cliff Rooney, a high school teacher, in 1935 and had two daughters.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-jean-rooney-sound-recording-interviewer-lois-mander-jones\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hodge, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE0933", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hodge-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Margaret Hodge was born in Adelaide in 1918. She subsequently moved to a Western Australian jarrah timber camp where her father was a teacher in a two roomed school. After his death, when she was nine, Hodge and her mother returned to Adelaide to live with relatives. She attended Presbyterian Girls' School (now Seymour College) on a scholarship. Here she was particularly influenced by two of her teachers - in English and current affairs. On leaving school she taught at the Wilderness School.\nMargaret married Scott Hodge in 1940 and had five children, including one who was born with spina bifida. She joined the Lyceum Club in 1971 and served in a number of official capacities over the years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-margaret-hodge-sound-recording-interviewer-lois-mander-jones\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harvey, Beatrice (Betty)", "Entry ID": "AWE0934", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harvey-beatrice-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Religious worker", "Summary": "Sister Betty Harvey grew up in Broken Hill. She came to work with the Port Adelaide Central Methodist Mission in 1938 when she herself was in her thirties.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/this-side-of-heaven-a-history-of-methodism-in-south-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-betty-harvey-sound-recording-interviewer-susan-marsden-and-peter-nixon\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Miller, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0935", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miller-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yorketown, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare advocate, Labour movement activist, Teacher, Welfare activist", "Summary": "Mary Miller was born in Yorketown, South Australia and spent her childhood on Yorke Peninsula. Her work in munitions factories during World War II led to her involvement as an organiser in the iron workers' union and a life-long commitment to the labour movement. In the mid-1950s she qualified as a primary school teacher and became active in child welfare and Aboriginal education.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-mary-miller-sound-recording-interviewer-margaret-allen\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/address-by-mary-miller-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interviews-concerning-womens-work-and-the-second-world-war-summary-record-sound-recording-interviewer-margaret-allen\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leigh, Virginia", "Entry ID": "AWE0936", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leigh-virginia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Social worker", "Summary": "Gia to some and Ginny to others, Virginia Leigh served in the Australian Red Cross Field Force from World War II to 1974. She was awarded the Australian Red Cross Society Distinguished Service Medal in 1968. For many years Leigh was honorary secretary with the Victorian Council of Social Service. She was awarded an honorary life membership in 1969. Leigh joined the Hanover Centre committee of management, and became one of the first directors of Hanover welfare services company from 1972-73.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Daniel and Maie Hoban, Virginia Leigh was educated at Loreto Abbey, Marys Mount, Ballarat before attending Melbourne University. She switched from a law degree to teaching before being accepted into the school of social work.\nLeigh was the first social worker employed by the Australian Red Cross Society. Appointed to the Victorian division in 1939, she was responsible for veterans of World War 1. In 1942 Leigh was seconded to the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) Women's Association to establish a department. In 1943 she joined the Australian Red Cross field force. Leigh served for a year with 2\/9th Australian General Hospital, in New Guinea, before being sent to the United Kingdom with a Prisoner of War (PoW) reception unit. While there she was also in charge of the club for Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) ex-PoWs. After a year in the United Kingdom, and promotion to senior superintendent, Leigh joined a PoW reception unit in Singapore in 1945.\nIn 1946, Leigh resumed work as assistant director with Victorian Division, Social Service Australian Red Cross Society. Early in 1948, she was seconded by the government to establish a social work service in the Commonwealth Department of Labour and National Service, leaving to marry in 1949. Following the birth of two children and the collapse of her marriage, Leigh returned to work in 1957. She resumed a full-time position in 1961.\nLeigh became assistant director and, at times, acting director - a position she declined - of social work service, Victorian division Australian Red Cross. Her worked included the development of public policy in the areas of homelessness, alcoholism and drug dependence, families of veterans and immigrant veterans and aged services. Leigh was also involved in disaster relief projects, Cyclone Tracey in Darwin, the Tasmanian bushfires, and the refugee reception at Melbourne Airport. She was awarded the Australian Red Cross Society Distinguished Service Medal in 1968.\nDuring this time Leigh was, for many years, honorary secretary of the Victorian Council of Social Service. She was awarded an honorary life membership in 1969. She was also a committee member of the Alcoholism Foundation of Victoria. In 1964, Leigh joined the Hanover Centre committee of management, and became one of the first directors of the Hanover welfare services company from 1972 to 1973.\nFollowing her retirement, in 1974, Leigh focused on her love for history. Her main interests included genealogy, local historical societies and being a member of the Genealogical Society of Victoria, 1850s Group.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pioneer-social-worker-had-passion-for-writing-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "'Feliska'", "Entry ID": "AWE0938", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feliska\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yvanpole, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia", "Summary": "Feliska' was born in the Russian city of Yvanpole in 1925. She was a teenager during the Second World War, old enough to remember witnessing the execution of local Jewish people after the German invasion. Of Polish descent, she escaped death but was transported to a German work camp where she was put to work in a factory for three years. She managed to escape by digging her way out of the rubble when the factory was bombed.\nAfter the war, she married and had two children before making the decision to leave Europe. Her family arrived in Australia in January 1950 as part of the wave of migration that helped to develop Australian society in the post war period.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-feliska-sound-recording-interviewer-karobi-mukherjee\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Van der Linden, Catherina Adriana", "Entry ID": "AWE0939", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/van-der-linden-catherina-adriana\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "The Netherlands", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Summary": "Catherina van der Linden was born in 1912 and grew up in Nigmegen, Holland where her father was a tailor. She married in 1940 soon after the outbreak of war. Her first child was born in 1943. Following the war her husband, who had been a Company Secretary, was unemployed and three children were born. Van der Linden reluctantly agreed to emigrate in 1955 after her father's death. The family travelled in the luxurious 'Johan Van Oltenbernavalt' and were shocked by the accommodation at both Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre in Victoria and Woodside in the Adelaide Hills. Their longest stay was at the Glenelg hostel from whence Mrs van der Linden returned to Holland in 1958 with the children, vowing never to return. However she decided to reunite the family 18 months later and worked outside the home in clerical and nurses' aide positions.\nWhen she died at the age of 111 on 26 January 2024 she was believed to be the oldest living person in Australia and the oldest living Dutch person in the world.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-catherina-adriana-van-der-linden-sound-recording-interviewer-karobi-mukherjee\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "'Sonia'", "Entry ID": "AWE0940", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sonia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rzew, Russia", "Summary": "Sonia' was born in Rzew in Russia and spent the first nine years of her life on the family farm. After her father's death her mother moved the family to a city where she and her daughters worked in a factory. In 1941 Sonia was forced to go to Germany to work in a labour camp. At the end of the war she was alone, with a new name, and searching for a way out of Germany when she met her future husband, a Ukrainian. They married and decided to emigrate together with their young son on the 'Jenny Rose Stewart.' Following their stay at the Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre in Victoria, the family remained in that state, moving to Mildura where Sonia worked as a farm labourer. They subsequently moved to Woodside in South Australia for one and a half years where Sonia's daughter was born. The family then bought a block of land and built their own home. Sonia worked at the Royal Adelaide Hospital as a domestic, a position she retained for 30 years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-sonia-sound-recording-interviewer-karobi-mukherjee\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilkins, Gertrud", "Entry ID": "AWE0941", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilkins-gertrud\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brno-Bruenn", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Gertrud Wilkins was born in Brno-Bruenn, southern Moravia in 1910, which after World War I became part of Czechoslovakia. Her mother had a millinery business and her father was a chartered accountant. She completed a two year teacher training course, followed by course for foreign students in London.\nFollowing her short-lived marriage, at the outbreak of war in 1939, Wilkins was living and teaching at a boarding school in Prague. After the German occupation she escaped into Poland and on to London.\nHer situation came to the attention of the South Australian branches of the Women Graduates Club and the League of Women Voters who sponsored her immigration. She sailed to Australia via New Zealand in 1940. Wilkins tried to get work with the Education Department but was 'knocked back time and time again'. Her sponsors found her a job in a private kindergarten for a year, after which time she remarried and 'suddenly overnight became\u2026worthy to teach Australian children'.\nShe taught for two years at Adelaide High School before moving to the country. In 1971 Wilkins was accepted for Australian Volunteer Abroad teacher service in Papua New Guinea and Thailand in 1980. Fluent in several languages, Wilkins continued to teach English as second language to migrants.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-gertrud-wilkins-sound-recording-interviewer-daniela-kautsky\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gertrud-wilkins-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/typescripts-of-letters-by-gertrud-wilkins\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vidau, Serafima", "Entry ID": "AWE0942", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vidau-serafima\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Serafima Vidau was of Swedish descent but grew up with a foster family in Estonia. After finishing secondary school Serafima joined a step-sister in Finland and began training as a nurse. She returned to Estonia and married in 1931. Her first two sons were born before the war.\nIn 1942 the family travelled to Germany with the intention of migrating overseas. Instead she spent several years in displaced persons camps, with her husband often absent due to ill-health and work. Two more sons were born in 1943 and 1945 - the latter the night before the war ended. During the four years before they were able to migrate she returned to nursing.\nThe family arrived in Melbourne in December 1949 and spent some months in Victorian migrant camps before reuniting in Adelaide. Both Serafima and her husband got factory jobs and with the help of their eldest son's pay were able to buy their own home in Woodville in 1952 - the same year that Serafima gave birth to her fifth son. Her husband died three years later and she returned to nursing to support her younger sons.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-serafima-vidau-sound-recording-interviewer-dana-kautsky\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Laidlaw, Diana Vivienne", "Entry ID": "AWE0943", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/laidlaw-diana-vivienne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "The Hon. Diana Laidlaw was a Member of the South Australia Legislative Council for over 20 years. During that time she was Minister for Transport (1995-1997); Transport and Urban Planning (1997-2002); The Arts (1993-2002); the Status of Women (1993-2002). Prior to entering Parliament Laidlaw was an assistant to both a State Minister and Federal Parliamentarians.\n", "Events": "Assistant to Federal Parliamentarians (1975 - 1979) \nAssistant to State Minister (1979 - 1982) \nDelegation Leader of the Australian Political Exchange Programme to China (1988 - 1988) \nLiberal Member of the South Australian Legislative Council (1982 - 2003) \nMember of the Chartered Institute of Transport Australia Inc. (1997 - ) \nMember of the South Australian Board for the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Trust for Young Australians (1984 - ) \nNational Director of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Trust for Young Australians (1986 - 1991) \nParticipant at His Royal Highness Duke of Edinburgh Sixth Commonwealth Study Conference (1986 - 1986) \nPatron of the Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management (1994 - ) \nPatron of the Food and Wine Writers Festival (1997 - 1997) \nPatron of the Handknitters Guild of South Australia (1991 - ) \nPatron of the Independent Theatre Inc. (1994 - 1994) \nPatron of the South Australian Society of Model and Experimental Engineers (1994 - ) \nPatron of the Surf Life Saving Club of South Australia (1994 - ) \nPatron of the Victor Harbor Horse and Tram Society (1994 - ) \nPosition with Potters Partners (1973 - 1973) \nSenior Vice-President of the Commonwealth Club (Adelaide) (1986 - 1990) \nSouth Australian Minister for The Arts (1993 - 2002) \nSouth Australian Minister for the Status of Women (1993 - 2002) \nSouth Australian Minister for Transport (1993 - 1997) \nSouth Australian Minister for Transport and Urban Planning (1997 - 2002) \nSouth Australian representative to the Australia Fund (1982 - 1986) \nSouth Australian Shadow Minister for Tourism (1986 - 1993) \nSouth Australian Shadow Minister for Transport, Marine, Arts and Cultural Heritage, Status of Women and Local Government (1992 - 1993) \nVice-president of Sturt Football Club (1985 - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2004\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wanted-someone-like-i-was-20-years-ago\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/launch-of-the-second-stage-of-the-honoured-women-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/new-state-library-party-mortlock-chamber-state-library-of-south-australia-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/farewell-to-frances-awcock-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Christian, Margaret Enid", "Entry ID": "AWE0945", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christian-margaret-enid\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Burwood, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Parkside, Unley City, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Veterinarian", "Summary": "Peg Christian was the first veterinarian to establish a private small animal practice in the Northern Territory; she practiced part-time in Alice Springs from 1948-1951. Later she helped pioneer the development of Wombaroo, a replacement milk formula for orphaned marsupials.\n", "Details": "Peg Christian grew up on a sheep property near Yass. For her, an only child, the animals, especially horses, were her friends. She became a boarder, first at Frensham and then at Abbotsleigh independent girls schools. She was nineteen and studying Veterinary Science at Sydney University when her father died and the property was sold. Although her mother strongly believed in the education of girls, she did not consider that her nineteen year old daughter could run a sheep property. She was the twelfth woman in Australia to graduate in veterinary science. After graduation and before her marriage, she worked in a small animal practice on the North Shore. When her husband took up an appointment as a government laboratory veterinarian in Alice Springs, Christian opened her own private practice in the family home. In 1952, the family moved to Adelaide and again she started her private practice in the family home. Christian is best known for her work with native animals, especially joeys, wombats and kangaroos. She learnt by trial and error because care of native animals was not included in her studies at Sydney University. She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1984. Voluntary work has always been important to Christian, from being a an air raid warden at Sydney University (during World War II), through the Country Women's Association (CWA) in Alice Springs, to the Girl Guides, the RSPCA, and Cleland Reserve in Adelaide. She retired from private practice when arthritis caused her to lose the feeling in her fingers. Peg Christian's philosophy is that humans are responsible for animals. They do not have dominion over them. She also believes strongly that if you want to change something you must become involved with it, without being too aggressive.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-peg-christian-sound-recording-interviewer-karen-george\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Newport, Mary Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE0946", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newport-mary-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Public servant", "Summary": "Mary Newport was born and completed her primary and secondary education in Adelaide. She won scholarships to St. Aloysius College and Chartres Business College. Newport had the ability to go to university but the economic pressure (because her mother had died after a long battle with cancer when Mary was 12 years old) to work as great. When Newport was old enough, she joined the Commonwealth Public Service, first in the Taxation Office in Adelaide and then in Canberra. During her Long Service Leave in 1959, Newport worked at Australia House in London and the Australian Embassy in London. On her return to Australia, Newport was invited to work with the Press Secretary of the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies. Although, she was writing many of the Prime Minister's statements, her salary was so minimal that the Government had to pay a subsidy to the boarding house where most public servants lived. When Sir Robert Menzies retired, the press team of Tony Eggleton and Mary Newport continued in the Prime Minister's Department, first for Harold Holt, then Sir John McEwan, John Gorton and Sir William McMahon. During this time Newport completed a degree by part-time study at the Australian National University. When the Australian Labor Party came into Government in 1975, Newport returned to work in various Commonwealth Departments and assisted with various Commissions of Inquiries. From these investigations, Newport learnt a great deal about working conditions of public servants and the criminal activities within the Painters and Dockers Union. In 1988, she resigned from the Commonwealth Public Service to become the first national media officer for the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference. She worked there until 1995. Mary Newport was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the community through the National Catholic Media Office, the Newman Graduate Association and for public service, on 26 January 1997. She also is a Dame of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newports-role\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-catholic-bishops-statements-1985-1995\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/biographical-cuttings-on-mary-helen-newport-public-servant-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-mary-helen-newport-sound-recording-interviewer-peter-donovan\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Atkins, Margaret Edith", "Entry ID": "AWE0947", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/atkins-margaret-edith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rose Park, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Education reformer, Special needs teacher, Teacher", "Summary": "Margaret Edith Atkins grew up at Kensington Park where she attended kindergarten and small private schools despite the cerebral palsy and received regular physiotherapy and speech pathology. After leaving school she enrolled in a playgroup course at the Kindergarten Training College and commenced voluntary work in kindergartens. She later worked as an equipment maker for the Kindergarten Union and designed and made toys. Atkins decided to return to study social work at university but was initially refused entry to the course at Adelaide University. She completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours majoring in psychology. Atkins gained a full-time teaching position with the Education Department as a teacher of intellectually handicapped children and was also supervised by the Department's psychologist to allow her to gain membership of the Australian Psychological Society. She was employed at the Woodville Special School where she developed innovative teaching methods and designed equipment. During her career Atkins held positions as Deputy Head at Strathmont Centre for Intellectually Retarded Children, Head of Barton Terrace and Kings Park special schools, and then in 1975 the Ashford Special School. She retired on the grounds of invalidity in 1977 and become a resident at the Julia Farr Centre. Here she was funded by the Centre to undertake research into leisure activities for the residents and was able to travel overseas. After her health improved Atkins felt that she needed to return to a more home-like environment and was able to move to an aged care facility. She then became very active in community activities and events, WEA and University of the Third Age. Margaret Atkins was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to education in special education on 26 January 1982.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-margaret-edith-atkins-oam-sound-recording-interviewer-june-donovan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-margaret-atkins-kindergarten-teacher-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cox, Lesley Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0949", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cox-lesley-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Unley, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator", "Summary": "For service to child development, in particular as the director of the Lesley Cox School of Music, Movement and Drama, and to the community, Lesley Cox was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1998.\nCox was introduced to Dalcroze Eurhythmics by Heather Gell. Dalcroze Eurhythmics was established by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950) a Swiss composer and pianist who, in the early years of the twentieth century, researched the effect of human movement on musical perception, and the impact of musical elements on movement technique. He called his approach to music education 'Eurhythmics'. It means, literally, \"good rhythm\". Cox went to Sydney to study with Gell during the 1940s and again in 1957 to complete her Licentiate. She established the Lesley Cox School of Music, Movement and Drama and published books and sound recordings on the subject.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vale-lesley-cox\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-colours-of-christmas\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-eurythmics-of-emile-jaques-dalcroze-music-movement-drama-its-origins-and-its-purpose-1865-1996\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lets-get-moving\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/music-movement-and-drama-through-the-singing-game\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recollections-a-tribute-to-heather-gell-by-those-who-remember-dalcroze-eurhythmics-broadcasts-in-music-through-movement-for-children-the-great-pageants-and-spectacles-her-early-childrens-t\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/something-new-for-ages-ten-to-two\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tops-and-toes-for-twos-to-tens\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/one-square-of-material-16-plays-for-children-aged-5-to-12-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/two-squares-of-material-12-plays-for-children-aged-6-to-16-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-lesley-cox-sound-recording-interviewer-catherine-murphy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-lesley-cox-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-pearce\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/launch-of-the-second-stage-of-the-honoured-women-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gell, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE0950", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gell-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Glenelg, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Christies Beach, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator", "Summary": "Heather Gell was a pioneer of eurhythmics and a dance teacher. After obtaining the Diploma of the Kindergarten Training College, Adelaide, in 1918, she studied at the London School of Dalcroze Eurythmics for two years. Gell returned to Adelaide to set up her own studio in 1923. She became a specialist in Eurhythmics and taught at the Kindergarten Training College. In 1930 Gell returned to London to study for the Licentiate degree at the Royal Academy of Music. On her return she was appointed to the Elder Conservatorium.\nIn 1934 Gell directed the Girl Guides' farewell to Lady Zara Hore-Ruthven and in 1936 the 'Heritage' pageant for the State's Centenary celebrations. She returned to London in 1937 before settling in Sydney where she established the School of Music and Movement. From 1938 she began presenting \"Music Through Movement\", a weekly radio broadcast for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which lasted 27 years. Gell stayed in Sydney until her retirement, establishing the Dalcroze Society of Australia and the Dalcroze Teachers' Union.\nHeather Gell was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire services to music on 31 December 1977. She returned to Adelaide in 1982 and died in 1988. In her Will, she left a bequest to be used to establish, assist, and promote Dalcroze Eurhythmics in Australia. The Heather Gell Dalcroze Foundation is the result.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-eurythmics-of-emile-jaques-dalcroze-music-movement-drama-its-origins-and-its-purpose-1865-1996\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heather-gells-lessons-in-music-through-movement-for-four-to-six-year-olds\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heather-gells-thoughts-on-dalcroze-eurhythmics-and-music-through-movement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recollections-a-tribute-to-heather-gell-by-those-who-remember-dalcroze-eurhythmics-broadcasts-in-music-through-movement-for-children-the-great-pageants-and-spectacles-her-early-childrens-t\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/music-movement-and-the-young-child\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/music-through-movement-broadcasts-to-schools-1941\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-blue-bird-an-adaption-of-the-play-by-maurice-maeterlinck-by-the-students-of-miss-heather-gell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heather-gell-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-heather-gell-and-abc-radio-school-broadcast-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-heather-gell-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beal, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE0951", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beal-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Dr Susan Beal has been investigating the circumstances surrounding Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) for more than 20 years. Beal who grew up in Sydney, New South Wales, studied medicine at Sydney University and specialised in paediatrics. She married in 1959 and had five children between 1960 and 1970. The family moved to South Australia in the early 60s. Dr Beal began working at the Adelaide Children's Hospital as research registrar in neurosurgery and then running the Cerebral Palsy Clinic. In 1970 she was asked to investigate the incidence of SIDS in South Australia. Since then Dr Beal has been involved in research and public awareness campaigns that have led to a dramatic decrease in deaths. Between 1973 and 1990 she visited more than 500 families who had lost babies to cot death, and in 1986 was able to show that the rate of death was highest among babies who slept face-down. She is credited with being the first person anywhere to argue publicly against babies sleeping on their stomachs, and in the countries that have heeded her advice, including Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, the incidence of SIDS has almost halved. Dr Susan Beal was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen's Birthday honours list, 1997, for service to medicine, particularly in the fields of paediatrics and SIDS research.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sudden-infant-death-syndrome-problems-progress-and-possibilities\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-little-boat-with-the-big-blue-eyes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-susan-beal-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-chryssides\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-dr-susan-beal-researcher-into-sudden-infant-death-syndrome-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-susan-beal-dr-epidemiologist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/launch-of-the-second-stage-of-the-honoured-women-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reinpuu, Ene-Mai", "Entry ID": "AWE0952", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reinpuu-ene-mai\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Estonia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Ene-Mai Reinpuu left Estonia with her parents as refugees fleeing the threat of Soviet invasion, arriving in South Australia in 1949. Ene-Mai married Villi Reinpuu, also from Estonia and they had two children.\nReinpuu had a life long involvement in ethnic community and multicultural organisations. She served as secretary (1967-1986) and president (1987 - ) of the Estonia Society of Adelaide. She was honorary secretary of the Council of Estonian Societies in Australia 1976-1978, 1985-1987 and 1994-1996. Reinpuu was chosen as an Australian representative at the 'Kongress of Estonia' held in Estonia in 1990. She was vice-chairperson of the Estonian Cultural Festival of Australia and a member of the organising committee since 1958. She served as a member of the Council of Baltic Women (affiliated with National Council of Women), was the Estonian community representative on Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia, and a founding member of the Friends of the Estonian Museum.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-ene-mai-reinpuu-sound-recording-interviewer-helen-chryssides\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/launch-of-the-second-stage-of-the-honoured-women-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/storytelling-by-ene-mai-reinpuu-sound-recording-recordist-aliki-tziavrangos\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shennen, Shirley Emilie", "Entry ID": "AWE0953", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shennen-shirley-emilie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Moree, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Servicewoman", "Summary": "Shirley Shennen, born Wilson, was educated at Moree Intermediate High School. During World War ll she enlisted in the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force. In 1949 she married Graham Barnes. The marriage ended in divorce in 1972. Later she married Frank Shennen.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shirley-emilie-shennen-papers-1923-1991\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parker, Catherine (Katie) Langloh", "Entry ID": "AWE0959", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parker-catherine-katie-langloh\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Luilyl', Encounter Bay, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Author", "Summary": "Katie Langloh Parker grew up on her father's property, Marra Station, northern New South Wales. Married at the age of 18, she led an exciting social life in Australian colonial capitals until 1875, when she moved to her husband's property, Bangate Station, near Angledool, New South Wales. There, she started collecting stories and vocabularies from the local branch of Yularoi people, which she subsequently published in several collections between 1896 and 1930. In 1905, she published her only purely ethnographic work The Euahlayi Tribe, an account of her life at Bangate. Her second marriage to Percy Randolph Stow marked the end of her outback life.\n", "Details": "It is believed that Parker's appreciation of Aboriginal culture partly had its roots in an event of her childhood, when she was saved from drowning in a river by an Aboriginal girl at the age of six.\nParker's collections of Yularoi stories, Australian Legendary Tales (1896) and More Australian Legendary Tales (1898), were re-published in 1897, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1967 and 1978, respectively. The collections were illustrated by Elizabeth Durack, Nora Heysen and Marion Hart. Parker herself made sketches of Aboriginal children, which were published in 1901. She also wrote Walkabouts of Wur-run-nah (1918) and Woggheeguy: Australian Aboriginal Legends (1930).\nAlthough Parker's work remains problematic in terms of Aboriginal research ethics (old Yularoi people did not welcome her making public the information that was to remain confidential), her collections are an invaluable source of information on Yularoi culture.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cataloguing-culture-in-search-of-the-origins-of-written-records-material-culture-and-oral-histories-of-the-gamaroi-northern-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/representative-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/caring-for-country-yuwalaraay-women-and-attachments-to-land-on-an-australian-colonial-frontier\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-bush-book-k-langloh-parkers-1890s-story-of-outback-station-life-with-background-and-biography-by-marcie-muir\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Flick, Isabel Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE0960", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flick-isabel-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Community worker, Educator", "Summary": "Isabel Flick grew up in a camp in northern New South Wales, and worked on health, education and other social issues across the state. She helped establish Aboriginal housing in Collarenebri, New South Wales. She was a recipient of the Order of the British Empire for services to the community. Together with her sister Rose, she fought a long battle for the protection of the carved trees at the Collymongle Bora (male initiation) ground, northern New South Wales. The last four years before her death she lived in Gunnedah, New South Wales. She regularly travelled to Sydney to teach Aboriginal history at the Tranby Aboriginal College where she was on the Board of Directors.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cataloguing-culture-in-search-of-the-origins-of-written-records-material-culture-and-oral-histories-of-the-gamaroi-northern-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/isabel-flick-the-many-lives-of-an-extraordinary-aboriginal-woman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/travelling-with-percy-a-south-coast-journey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flick-isabel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flick-isabelle\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/invasion-to-embassy-land-in-aboriginal-politics-in-new-south-wales-1770-1972\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bicentennial-preliminaries-aboriginal-women-newspapers-and-the-politics-of-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/inard-oongali-womens-journey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-wailing-a-national-black-oral-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituaries-isabel-ann-flick\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mourning-remembrance-and-the-politics-of-place-a-study-in-the-significance-of-collarenebri-aboriginal-cemetery\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/isabel-flick-gunnedah-13-september-1999-interview\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/group-photo-at-toomelah\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-our-time-photographs-from-the-movement-1970-1994\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hoffman, Elizabeth Maud", "Entry ID": "AWE0962", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hoffman-elizabeth-maud\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cummeragunja, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Cummeragunja, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Public servant", "Summary": "Elizabeth Hoffman grew up at the Cummeragunja Reserve in New South Wales. She moved to Melbourne in 1971, and started to work with the Aborigines Advancement League (AAL) as Matron of the Gladys Mitchell Youth Hostel. She was elected President of the AAL Management Committee three times, and at different times was Vice President and Treasurer, until taking up employment with the League as Director in 1976. She was the Chairperson of the Aboriginal Legal Service for three years, and the Chairperson of the Aboriginal Housing Co-operative. She also worked with the National Aboriginal and Island Women's Council and the Women's Council at Echuca, and was a member of the Steering Committee of the Aboriginal Housing Board and of the local Aboriginal Land Council. She also worked as a Commissioner with the Aboriginal Development Commission. In the early 1970s, she co-founded the Elizabeth Hoffman House, Aboriginal women's refuge in Melbourne which in 1984 became Incorporated and independent of the AAL. She was one of the 250 women included in the Victorian Honour Roll of Women which was read out in Victoria's Parliament House on 7 May 2001. She was awarded a National NAIDOC Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2006 and her collection of poetry To Our Koori Sons was published in 2009.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-aboriginal-women-pathfinders-their-difficulties-and-their-achievements\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/survivors-lay-claim-to-the-past-for-their-future\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hoffman-elizabeth\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-seek-refuge\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-hoffman-house-inc\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bush-tucker-healing-plants-and-seafood\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-and-native-title-in-south-east-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Booth, Sarah", "Entry ID": "AWE0966", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/booth-sarah\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Boston, Lincolnshire, England", "Death Place": "St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Sarah Crisp Booth (1844-1928) was instrumental in making a success of the first Melbourne Young Women's Christian Organisation, which was officially recognised by the Young Women's Christian Organisation of Great Britain on the 21st May 1883.\nInitially a reluctant recruit, Booth (together with her sister E.W. Booth), became the first General Secretary of the Melbourne Young Women's Christian Organisation of Melbourne. She is listed as Honorary Secretary 1882- 1910.\nAs part of the 'midnight missions', library development, 'gospel temperance union' and factory visit programs, Booth - keenly aware of space restrictions - set up a building fund in 1886. This resulted in the purchase of the \"Christian Home for Girls\" in Jolimont in 1888.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dinna-forget-stories-from-real-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-dauntless-bunch-the-story-of-the-ywca-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/y-w-c-a-1882-1982-melbourne-pictorial-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-mothers-anxious-future-australian-christian-womens-organisations-meet-the-modern-world-1890s-1930s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/1891-womens-suffrage-petition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/young-womens-christian-association-of-australia-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-suffrage-petition-1891\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kumm, Frances Gertrude", "Entry ID": "AWE0969", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kumm-frances-gertrude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Collingwood, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "South Yarra, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Frances Gertrude Kumm (nee Cato), influenced by her mother F.J. Cato and sister Una Porter (nee Cato) - both ardent Young Women's Christian Association supporters - joined the Young Women's Christian Association's National World Fellowship Committee in 1931 and was made president of the Young Women's Christian Association of Melbourne (1943 - 1945).\nKumm held the office of National president from 1945 - 1951, visiting 'all local associations' throughout Australia during this time. She attended the World Young Women's Christian Association Council meetings in China (1947) and Lebanon (1951) and was 'for some time' Vice President of the World Young Women's Christian Association Council.\nInstrumental in early Young Women's Christian Association immigration committees, Kumm was elected to the Commonwealth Immigration Advisory Council in 1949 and was President of the Victoria National Council of Women. She received an OBE in 1948 and made the Queen's Birthday Honours List.\n", "Details": "Served on numerous committees: National World Fellowship (joined 1931); National Extension (1938-40); Southern Regional (1944). It is claimed in the sources that she had an ongoing interest in immigration issues, which led to her election to the Immigration Advisory Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kumm-frances-gertrude-1886-1966\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-dauntless-bunch-the-story-of-the-ywca-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-mothers-anxious-future-australian-christian-womens-organisations-meet-the-modern-world-1890s-1930s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/young-womens-christian-association-of-australia-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stevenson, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE0970", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stevenson-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand", "Death Place": "Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Jean Stevenson was General Secretary of the Melbourne Young Women's Christian Association 1915-1919 and was Industrial Secretary of the National Young Women's Christian Association for a time before resigning in 1922\/24 [exact dates are disputed by sources]. She continued her work with the Young Women's Christian Association at a local level, becoming General Secretary of the Auckland Association.\n", "Details": "With a background as a factory worker, Jean Stevenson was trained by the Young Women's Christian Association in Adelaide and by the same organisation's American Training School in New York. A vociferous advocate for women's rights in the workplace, Stevenson is understood as instrumental in pushing active support for the 1920 Champery (Switzerland) Young Women's Christian Association Conference, which had recommended campaigning for: eight hour days for women; public employment bureaus for women; and maternity benefits for married women. In support of this 'Women in Industry' campaign, Stevenson requested all Australian Associations to submit studies on the impact of industry on workers. None did.\nStevenson is noted as expressing disdain for this lack of action and the 1922 Young Women's Christian Association Australasian Convention resolution, despite advocating the Swiss Conference's resolutions, resulted in what seems to have been interpreted by Stevenson and others as a vote of no confidence for the Industrial Secretary: the motion was moved to leave the Department Secretary position vacant for a period and to reduce National administration to a minimum. In particular, delegates seem to have been uncomfortable with the National staff's push for Industrial and 'girls work'- a response Warne sees as indicative of a nation - wide internal fear of the 'politicisation' of the Young Women's Christian Organisation.\nStevenson resigned in protest after the 1922 conference and became local General Secretary of the Auckland Young Women's Christian Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-dauntless-bunch-the-story-of-the-ywca-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-mothers-anxious-future-australian-christian-womens-organisations-meet-the-modern-world-1890s-1930s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stevenson-jean-1881-1948\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/y-w-c-a-1882-1982-melbourne-pictorial-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hinder-eleanor-mary-1893-1963\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/young-womens-christian-association-of-australia-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fesl, Eve Mumewa D.", "Entry ID": "AWE0974", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fesl-eve-mumewa-d\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Associate professor, Author, Councillor, Director, Linguist, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Eve Fesl is a former discus champion of Victoria and Queensland and a Queensland netball representative. In 1988 she received the Order of Australia Medal for her work with the ethnic community and maintenance of Aboriginal languages. She gained her PhD with her sociolinguistic study on language policy and implementation.\nFesl has been a local councillor for Nunawading, Victoria, and a member of a number of national bodies including the Advisory Council on Multicultural Affairs, the National Museum of Australia's Aboriginal Advisory Committee, the Aboriginal Literature Board and the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council.\nIn 1981 she became the first Aboriginal woman to be appointed Director of the Aboriginal Research Centre at Monash University, the position she currently holds. She also lectures in Koori and language studies, and she became an associate professor in 1992. In 1993 she published Conned! A Koori Perspective, a political history of the invasion and settlement of Australia from the Aboriginal point of view. She is author of numerous articles, book chapters, etc.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-aboriginal-women-pathfinders-their-difficulties-and-their-achievements\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/conned\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/language-policy-formulation-and-implementation-manuscript-an-historical-perspective-of-australian-languages\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Briggs, Louisa", "Entry ID": "AWE0975", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/briggs-louisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Preservation Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Cummergunja, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal spokesperson, Matron, Midwife, Nurse", "Summary": "Louisa Briggs, of Woiworung descent, was born on Preservation Island, Bass Strait. Around 1853 she and her husband, John, went to the Victorian goldfields. Then they worked as shepherds in the Beaufort district until 1871 when the family was admitted destitute to Coranderrk Aboriginal Station. There Briggs acted as nurse and midwife. In 1876 she was appointed matron and became the first Aboriginal woman to replace a European on salaried staff. She became the spokesperson for the residents and succeeded in securing the reappointment of the popular first manager. She fought the Aborigines Protection Board's plans to sell Coranderrk and remove residents to other reserves, and gave evidence to the 1876 inquiry but was eventually forced off the reserve and moved to Ebenezer Aboriginal Station. After yet another inquiry in 1881 she moved back to Coranderrk where she was reappointed matron. When her sons were forced off the reserve under the Victorian Aborigines Protection Act 1886, she moved first to Maloga Mission, and in 1889 to Cummeragunja reserve. Late in life she moved to Barmah and finally to Cummeragunja where she died in 1925.\n", "Details": "Louisa Briggs was a strong-minded, hard-working woman, a regular church-goer, remembered for her humour, audacity and courage.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/briggs-louisa-1836-1925\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-life-together-a-life-apart-a-history-of-relations-between-europeans-and-aborigines\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/this-most-resolute-lady-a-biography-puzzle\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/plaque-honors-aboriginal-woman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clayton, Iris", "Entry ID": "AWE0977", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clayton-iris\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Leeton, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Bega, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Community worker, Health worker, Public servant, Researcher", "Summary": "Iris Clayton was taken to the Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls in the 1950s, and from there sent to work as a servant in Canberra. At the age of 18 she was allowed to return home where she married. She returned to Canberra in 1977 to work at AIATSIS, first as a library assistant and later on the switchboard, where she stayed for a number of years. She was awarded a grant to research the Wiradjuri births, deaths and marriages, and her findings have been deposited at AIATSIS.\nFrom 1991, Clayton worked as a health worker at the Winnanga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service in Canberra. She was involved in community issues and served as a council member of the ACT Cultural Council. She influenced a generation of Canberra school children by becoming a regular visitor to ACT schools, sharing her stories and explaining her culture.\nIris Clayton died on 5 July 2009 at Bega, New South Wales, after more than a decade of recurrent health problems.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wiradjuri-of-the-rivers-and-plains\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/problems-with-aboriginal-genealogical-research\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wiradjuri-identity\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituary-iris-rose-clayton-1945-2009\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/iris-clayton-looks-at-institute-collections-and-opening-of-community-centre-in-dubbo\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-iris-clayton-and-other-staff-at-the-australian-national-university\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/poems\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wiradjuri-words\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/family-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/warengesda-births-deaths-and-marriages\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interviews-with-iris-clayton\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackomos, Merle Robertha", "Entry ID": "AWE0980", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackomos-merle-robertha\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cummeragunja, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Author, Community worker", "Summary": "Merle Jackomos, of Yorta Yorta descent, grew up at Cummeragunja, New South Wales. During the famous walk-off of the Cummeragunja people who crossed into Victoria in 1939, Merle and her family were amongst those who stayed to make sure that the station was not closed and sold off by the government. She married Alick Jackomos in 1951, and became involved with the Aborigines Advancement League of Victoria. She helped found the National Aboriginal and Islander Women's Council of which she became Victorian vice-president, and the Northcote Aboriginal women's refuge. In 1972 she was elected to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Council. She was later appointed director of Aboriginal Hostels Ltd, and in 1981 was elected to the National Aboriginal Conference, of which she remained a member until its abolition in 1985.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-history-of-lake-tyers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-aboriginals-in-the-news\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/living-aboriginal-history-of-victoria-stories-in-the-oral-tradition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-history-of-lake-tyers-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/history-of-cummeragunga-and-maloga\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/museum-of-victoria-daughters-of-a-dreaming\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aborigines-advancement-league-of-victoria-group-portraits-from-the-conscience-calling-ball-1961\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/historical-images-from-victoria-1880-1984\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alick-and-merle-jackomos-wedding-day-at-st-augustins\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/life-on-an-aboriginal-reserve-cummeragunja-by-merle-robertha-jackomos-nee-morgan-1980\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bancroft, Bronwyn", "Entry ID": "AWE0981", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bancroft-bronwyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tenterfield", "Occupations": "Artist, Illustrator", "Summary": "Bronwyn Bancroft completed a Diploma in Visual Arts at the Canberra School of Arts in 1980, and then moved to Sydney where she became involved with the Aboriginal Medical Service's Fashion Show in 1985. Following the success of the fashion parade, she opened the shop 'Designer Aboriginals' in Rozelle, as an outlet for her own designs and the designs of other Aboriginal artists. In 1990 she moved from retail to wholesale production of fabrics in order to concentrate on painting and design. Her work was exhibited in Paris at the Printemps Fashion Parade in 1987, and also in London at the 1989 Australian Fashion: The Contemporary Art exhibition. In 1989 her paintings were included in nine exhibitions. Her first solo exhibition of paintings was held in Sydney in 1989, and in 1991 she collaborated with Sally Morgan to produce an exhibition of prints at the Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marketing-aboriginal-art-in-the-1990s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bancroft-brownyn\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/learning-to-understand-art-helps-to-dispel-ignorance\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boomalli-aboriginal-artists-co-operative-fact-or-fantasy-you-decide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/artists-and-their-work\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/for-all-of-us-aboriginal-artists-sally-morgan-and-bronwyn-bancroft-ponder-their-place-in-john-howards-australian-story\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/designer-aboriginal\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginality-contemporary-aboriginal-paintings-and-prints\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-koori-perspective-tour-an-artspace-touring-exhibition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/welcome-to-designer-aboriginals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/caring-for-people-with-aids\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/education-about-aids-everybodys-business\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/prevention-of-aids\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wanamurraganya-screen-prints-by-sally-morgan-and-bronwyn-bancrofts-first-solo-exhibition-of-paintings-exhibition-catalogue\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-women-artists\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Powell, Sarah Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE0989", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/powell-sarah-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Collector, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Box Hill, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Sarah Powell was State President of the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen's Mothers' Association for 25 years and was made Life President. She was decorated with the OBE in June 1943 for her services in this organisation. She founded the Croydon Branch and attended their annual meeting on her 92nd birthday five days before she died.\n", "Details": "Sarah Jane Powell the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Skewes (the Skewes are able to trace their ancestry back to John Wesley, the founder of Methodism) was born at Collector in New South Wales. The eldest of ten children she moved with her family to Warrenheip, near Ballarat in Victoria, where her father became the school master and preacher. Here she became a teacher with the Schools Board, an organist for the local church as well as teaching singing and piano. On December 29, 1886 she married Samuel James Powell and moved to Warrnambool. The parents of six children the Powell family moved to Melbourne in 1905.\nPowell became president of the Coburg branch of the Australian Women's National League as well as being the branch delegate to the Council. During World War I, in which she was to lose a son and brother, Powell became involved with the care and welfare of soldiers invalided home from the battlefronts.\nFollowing the war she became a foundation member of the Soldiers Mothers' Association (later called Sailors', Soldiers and Airmen's Mothers' Association - SS&AMA) in 1919. Powell became State President in 1921 and was made Life President in 1926. A member of the War Memorial Committee - later known as the Shrine of Remembrance, Powell represented the Mothers' Association on the committee of the Kings Memorial. She founded the Croydon Branch of the SS&AMA. When this Branch opened a Home for widows or those separated from their husbands, one of the flatettes was named in her honour.\nIn appreciation of her community work Sarah Powell was recognised by being presented with various awards including:\n\u2022 The Order of Merit from the Returned Soldiers' League (later named Returned & Services League of Australia - RSL) for her devotion to the cause of the men who fought in the Great War in 1923.\n\u2022 The Coronation Medal at the time of the coronation of King George VI in 1937.\n\u2022 Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for social welfare work with the armed forces on June 2, 1943.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hanrahan, Barbara Janice", "Entry ID": "AWE0991", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hanrahan-barbara-janice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Printmaker, Writer", "Summary": "Barbara Hanrahan was an artist, printmaker and writer. She was born in Adelaide in 1939 and lived there until her death in December 1991. Hanrahan spent three years at the South Australian School of Art before leaving for London in 1966 to continue her art studies. In England she taught at the Falmouth College of Art, Cornwall, (1966-67) and Portsmouth College of Art (1967-70). From 1964 Hanrahan held a number of exhibitions principally in Adelaide and Sydney, but also in Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, London and Florence. Hanrahan's novels include The Scent of Eucalyptus (1973), The Peach Groves (1980), The Frangipani Gardens (1988) and Flawless Jade (1989).\n", "Details": "Barbara Hanrahan was educated at Thebarton Girls' Technical College before commencing a three year Art Teaching course at Adelaide Teachers' College. At the same time she completed art classes at the South Australian School of Art. Following the completion of her Diploma of Art Teaching, Hanrahan began teaching art in schools as well as enrolling for evening classes with the newly established Printmaking Department at the South Australian School of Art. In 1961 she was appointed assistant lecturer in Art at Western Teachers' College, Adelaide. In the same year she participated in a four-artist exhibition at the Hahndorf Gallery, and was awarded the Cornell Prize for Painting. She taught at the South Australian School of Art from 1963-66.\nHanrahan left for London in 1966 to continue her art studies. She taught at the Falmouth College of Art, Cornwall, (1966-67) and Portsmouth College of Art (1967-70). In the early 1980s Hanrahan, with her partner Jo Steele, returned to live in Adelaide, where she established her own studio. Hanrahan's writing career began in 1973 with the publication of her first, largely autobiographical, novel The Scent of Eucalyptus. Other titles soon followed and her last novel, Good night, Mr Moon, was published posthumously in 1992.\nDuring her life Hanrahan held a number of exhibitions nationally and internationally. Her works are held by the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, and many regional galleries.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-barbara-hanrahan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/launch-of-the-barbara-hanrahan-memorial-exhibition-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-barbara-hanrahan-1958-1992-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-carmel-bird-1987-2000-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-barbara-hanrahan-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barbara-hanrahan-tributes-videorecording-barbara-hanrahan-memorial-exhibition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/introducing-barbara-hanrahan-artist-and-writer-1939-1991-videorecording-barbara-hanrahan-memorial-exhibition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interviews-with-barbara-hanrahan-mem-fox-colin-thiele-christobel-mattingley-and-max-fatchen-videorecording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-barbara-hanrahan-sound-recording-interviewer-beate-ursula-josephi\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/radio-program-profiles-in-south-australian-writing-sound-recording-producer-beate-ursula-josephi\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/compilation-of-recordings-relating-to-barbara-hanrahan-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-barbara-hanrahan-sound-recording-interviewer-suzanne-hayes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/radio-interview-with-barbara-hanrahan-sound-recording-interviewer-elaine-lindsay\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/radio-tribute-to-barbara-hanrahan-by-susan-mitchell-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/radio-tribute-to-barbara-hanrahan-by-tony-baker-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recording-of-a-women-writers-forum-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/addresses-by-barbara-hanrahan-and-max-fatchen-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barbara-hanrahan-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dale-spender-papers-1972-1995\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fawkes, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE0992", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fawkes-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tonbridge, Kent, England", "Death Place": "Tunbridge Wells, Sussex, England", "Occupations": "Nurse educator", "Summary": "Barbara Fawkes was chief education officer and examiner for the General Nursing Council for England and Wales; principal tutor sister at the Middlesex Hospital, London; and president of the International Council of Nurses. Granted a fellowship by the Red Cross to study in America, Fawkes obtained a BSc in Nursing at Columbia University. Sponsored by the Florence Nightingale Foundation she toured Australia and New Zealand in 1953 studying Australia's hospitals and nurse training methods. She was made a Fellow of the New South Wales College of Nursing and a Life Governor of the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1984. She received an OBE for her services to nursing. Fawkes visited Australia on many occasions and lived in Melbourne in her retirement in the 1980s, while continuing to serve on medical boards and participate in conferences.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-the-women-in-australian-science-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/passion-for-nursing-took-her-around-the-world\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-barbara-fawkes-1954-1984-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fry, Edith", "Entry ID": "AWE0995", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fry-edith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "England", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist", "Summary": "Edith Ada Fry was born in England in 1858, the eighth child of James Kight and Amelia Fry and the youngest sister of Arthur Fry. When the family came to Sydney in the early 1870s they lived at \"Sunnyholt\", Blacktown; after her father's death in 1896 Edith moved with her mother and sister Katie to \"Headingley\" in Coogee and later to the North Shore. Edith was prominent in the early days of the women's movement in New South Wales; in the early 1890s she joined the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales, was a member of its council and later honorary treasurer. It was during this time that she met Rose Scott, who became a close friend. A founding member in 1896 of the National Council of Women of New South Wales, she held various offices and was later appointed Honorary Life Vice-President. She was one of the Council's delegates at the Quinquennial Meeting of the International Council of Women held in Rome in 1913. She was also a founding member of the Women's Club in 1901, served on the Executive in its formative years and was made an Honarary Life Member. Edith Fry died in Sydney in 1940.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/box-09-fry-family-papers-of-edith-fry-1881-1940\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sagiba, Mangiwa", "Entry ID": "AWE0996", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sagiba-mangiwa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Goulburn Island, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Death Place": "Goulburn Island, Northern Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "School principal", "Summary": "Mangiwa Sagiba was born and raised on Goulburn Island in the Northern Territory. She grew up in the bush, speaking the Aboriginal languages and was engaged in traditional activities from an early age. She was educated at the Methodist Mission School, where she learned to speak English. When she was 21, she went to Darwin to do three years' teachers training, and made visits to Hawaii and Fiji. Later, she attended a university course in Brisbane to learn how to read and write her own language. She became Principal of the school on Goulburn Island, which educates mainly Aboriginal children from pre-school age up to, but not including secondary school standard.\nA notice referring to 'the passing of a greatly admired educational leader, respected teacher and community leader' was published in the Northern Territory News on 29 July 2000.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-aboriginal-women-pathfinders-their-difficulties-and-their-achievements\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cameron, Bessy", "Entry ID": "AWE0997", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cameron-bessy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Nyungar country, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Bessy Cameron was educated at a 'native institution' (later known as Annesfield) at Albany, opened in 1852 by Anne Camfield, a teacher and governess. Bessy took her certificate of Proficiency with honours, and was sent to Sydney to attend a 'model school', where she became an accomplished pianist. In 1866 she returned to Albany to help Mrs Camfield in the school and was employed as church organist. In 1867 Bessy was sent to the Moravian Ramahyuck mission as a teacher. Not being able to marry a European man of her choice, she was transferred to Lake Tyers, were she married Donald Cameron, a Jupagilwournditch man from Ebenezer in 1868. Bessy lost her initiative and enthusiasm, which was reflected in a marked deterioration in her status. Her married years were spent moving from Ramahyuck to Lake Tyers and back, in a struggle to support her four surviving children. Her marriage deteriorated, and in 1887 Bessy fell seriously ill following another miscarriage. The rest of her life was spent battling to prevent the forceful removal of her children and grandchildren.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/efforts-made-by-western-australia-towards-the-betterment-of-her-aborigines\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bessy-cameron\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cameron-elizabeth-bessy-1851-1895\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gibbs, Pearl Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE0998", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibbs-pearl-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal leader, Political activist, social activist", "Summary": "Pearl Gibbs was a major figure in Aboriginal political activism from the late 1920s to the 1970s. She was involved in organising the Day of Mourning on 26 January 1938 to protest the invasion; spoke for the Committee for Aboriginal Citizen Rights; supported Northern Territory Aborigines in their conflicts with a frontier 'justice' system; called for Aboriginal representation on the New South Wales Board; set up the Dubbo branch of the Australian Aborigines' League with Bill Ferguson in 1946; became the organising secretary for a new Melbourne-based Council for Aboriginal Rights in 1953; was elected as the Aboriginal member of the Aborigines Welfare Board in 1954 and its only woman member; established the Australian Aboriginal Fellowship (with Faith Bandler) in 1956 and the first hostel for Aboriginal hospital patients and their families in Dubbo in 1960; and continued contributing to Aboriginal conferences throughout the 1970s.\n", "Details": "Pearl Gibbs grew up in the Yass and Brewarrina areas. After attending racially-segregated schools at Yass and Cowra, she worked as a maid and cook and married an English sailor named Gibbs. They later separated, leaving Pearl to raise their daughter and two sons. From the late 1920s Pearl started organising Aboriginal protests and from 1937 became a major figure in the Aboriginal political network. She was an early member of the Aborigines' Progressive Association, appearing at meetings in Sydney's Domain and drawing large crowds because a woman speaker was rare and because Pearl spoke with such fluency and passion. During the campaign for full citizen rights and an end to the Aborigines Protection Board, Pearl concentrated on women's issues: 'apprenticeships' ('employment' of Aboriginal girls as domestic servants by the Aborigines Protection Board), school and hospital segregation, health and the meagre Board rations on Aboriginal reserves. She successfully lobbied many women's organisations, including the Sydney Feminist Club, and made wider alliances with centre and left political groups than other Aboriginal activist in New South Wales at the time.\nPearl Gibbs was secretary of the Aborigines' Progressive Association from 1938 to 1940; vice-president and then secretary of the Dubbo branch of the Australian Aborigines' League in the 1940\/50s; the organising secretary for a new Council for Aboriginal Rights in 1953; the Aboriginal member of the Aboriginal Welfare Board from 1954 to 1957; and vice-president of the Australian Aboriginal Fellowship in the 1950s.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pearl-gibbs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turning-the-tide-a-personal-history-of-the-federal-council-for-the-advancement-ofaborigines-and-torres-strait-islanders\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibbs-pearl\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibbs-pearl-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibbs-pearl-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibbs-pearl-mary-mrs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pearl-gibbs-aboriginal-patriot\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/before-its-too-late-anthropological-reflections-1950-1970-jane-c-goodale-ruth-fink-jeremy-beckett-l-r-hiatt-and-j-a-barnes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lovable-natives-and-tribal-sisters-feminism-maternalism-and-the-campaign-for-aboriginal-citizenship-in-new-south-wales-in-the-late-1930s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pearl-gibbs-a-biographical-tribute\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/2001-eldershaw-memorial-lecture-founding-fathers-dutiful-wives-and-rebellious-daughters\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bindi, Daisy", "Entry ID": "AWE1000", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bindi-daisy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Near Jigalong, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist", "Summary": "Daisy Bindi was born probably around 1904 on the Western Australian edge of the Gibson Desert. She learned to do housework and to ride and manage horses while working on 'Ethel Creek' station from an early age. In the 1940s she organised a strike of Aboriginal workers on the stations near her, despite the threats by the police and Native Welfare Department that she would be removed from the area. Her initiative was largely responsible for spreading the strike to the further inland Pilbara stations; the strike changed the structure of labour relations in the north of the State. In the 1950s Daisy lived with others in a well-ordered collective, the Pindan Cooperative, the first Aboriginal cooperative formed in Western Australia. When she visited Perth for the first time in October 1959, she spent much time lobbying for a school for Pindan. Her later visit to Perth gave her the opportunity to associate with women who supported the Aboriginal cause at the Union of Australian Women.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bindi-daisy-1914-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turning-the-tide-a-personal-history-of-the-federal-council-for-the-advancement-ofaborigines-and-torres-strait-islanders\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bindi-daisy-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maddigan, Judith (Judy) Marilyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1001", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maddigan-judith-judy-marilyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Librarian, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "On 25 February 2003 Judy Maddigan was elected the 32nd person, and first female, to hold the office of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in Victoria. She held this position until December 2006. The daughter of William Joseph and Bessie Irene (n\u00e9e Hurley) Todd, Judy was educated at Tintern Church of England Girls' Grammar School before entering the University of Melbourne. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Graduate Diploma of Librarianship and a Masters of Librarianship and Information Services (Conservation and Archives). Prior to entering Parliament, Maddigan worked for the Commonwealth Public Service, was a Branch Services Librarian with the City of Maribyrnong and a Councillor with the City of Essendon. During this time she received the State 'Clean Air Award' by leading the campaign to ban incinerators in the City. Maddigan has a long history of involvement in local community groups including Women's Organisations, the Essendon Historical Society and the Friends of Essendon Library. During the 1990s she was involved with the 'Defend Public Libraries' campaign which was organised to protect public libraries from the effects of compulsory competitive tending and amalgamations. An unsuccessful candidate for the Australian Labor Party at the 1992 state election, Maddigan was elected as a Member of Victorian Parliament to represent the Electoral District of Essendon in the Legislative Assembly in March 1996 and was re-elected in 1999, 2002 and 2006. She retired at the November 2010 election.\n", "Events": "Branch Services Librarian with the City of Maribyrnong (1990 - 1995) \nChairperson of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Libraries (2002 - 2002) \nChairperson of the Portrayal of Women in Outdoor Advertising Committee (2001 - 2001) \nCouncillor with the City of Essendon (1985 - 1991) \nDeputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees for the Legislative Assemby (1999 - 2003) \nElected first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Victoria) (2003 - 2003) \nElected Member Legislative Assembly (ALP) for Essendon, Victoria (1996 - ) \nEmployed with the Commonwealth Public Service (1970 - 1976) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001) \nLibrarian with Moonee Valley Regional Library (1983 - 1986) \nLibrarian with the Catholic Regional College Sydenham (1987 - 1989) \nMember of the Parliamentary Environment and Natural Resources Committee (1996 - 1999) \nMember of the Parliamentary Library Committee (1996 - 1999) \nMember of the Parliamentary Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (1999 - 2003) \nMember of the Parliamentary Standing Orders Committee (1999 - 1999) \nOpposition Parliamentary Secretary for Planning (1999 - 1999) \nOpposition Parliamentary Secretary for the Arts (1996 - 1999)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-depression-in-essendon\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-essendon-river-league-and-the-maribyrnong-river\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-hospital-for-essendon\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maribyrnong-record-past-images-of-the-river\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-moonee-ponds-courthouse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/queens-park-moonee-ponds\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/questions-for-judy-maddigan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-womens-roll-of-honour-women-shaping-the-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Simon, Ella", "Entry ID": "AWE1002", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/simon-ella\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Taree, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Ella Simon went to school on Purfleet Aboriginal reserve, New South Wales, until the age of twelve. She then worked in Gloucester and Sydney, but returned to Purfleet in 1932 to nurse her sick grandmother, Kundaibark. She married Joe Simon in the mid-1930s, and they travelled around New South Wales, helping Aboriginal people. In 1957 Ella was granted her 'certificate of exemption' from the restrictions imposed by the Aborigines Welfare Board. In 1960 she formed a branch of the Country Women's Association on Purfleet reserve and became its president. She opened the Gillawarra gift shop selling Aboriginal artefacts. She improved the living conditions on Purfleet, by supplying new stoves and introducing electricity. She continued caring for Aboriginal children and the sick. In 1962 she was named Lady of Distinction by Quota and appointed a justice of the peace. She dictated her life story for the book Through My Eyes during 1976-78.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/through-my-eyes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-perspectives-resources-for-english-history-general-studies-social-sciences-women-of-the-sun\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/custodians-of-the-soil-a-history-of-aboriginal-european-relationships-in-the-manning-valley-of-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stories-of-herself-when-young-autobiographies-of-childhood-by-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-dream-of-a-shared-society-on-the-borderlines\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/something-that-was-shameful-two-aboriginal-identities-in-a-whole-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sports-and-community-portraits-from-the-north-coast-of-new-south-wales-photographs-reproduced-in-new-dawn-magazine\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-aussie-image-the-language-of-the-image-makers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bensusan, Julia", "Entry ID": "AWE1011", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bensusan-julia\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Charity worker", "Summary": "Julia Bensusan was founding secretary of the Sydney Foundling Institution, later renamed the Infants' Home, Ashfield. She served on the Board from 1874 until her death in 1878. All members of the first committee were described as ' women of prominence in Australia\u2026 who tried to use their influence to improve social conditions'.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/betrayed-and-forsaken-the-official-history-of-the-infants-home-ashfield-founded-in-1874-as-the-sydney-foundling-institution\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-julia-r-bensusan-scrapbook-1862-1878\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dunn, Louisa", "Entry ID": "AWE1015", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dunn-louisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Charity worker", "Summary": "Louisa Dunn was Treasurer of the Melbourne Ladies Benevolent Society for twenty-two years, from 1869 until 1891.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-r-c-dunn-addresses-from-the-melbourne-ladies-benevolent-society-november-1891-on-the-occasion-of-her-resignation-from-the-position-of-honourable-treasurer\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Preston-Stanley, Millicent Fanny", "Entry ID": "AWE1021", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/preston-stanley-millicent-fanny\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Politician, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Millicent Preston-Stanley was a politician and first female member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1925-1927. She was involved in a wide array of women's groups and issues and was President of the Feminist Club from 1919-1934 and 1952-1955. She was also Australian delegate for the British-American Co-operation Movement, 1936-1938. She married Crawford Vaughan in Sydney in 1934.\n", "Details": "Parliamentary and Local Government Career\n\nCandidate Eastern Suburbs, 1922\nElected, Eastern Suburbs, 1925\nUnsuccessful candidate, Bondi, 1927\nParty: Nationalist\n\nMillicent Preston-Stanley was a politician and feminist. She was born on 9 September 1883 in Sydney and lived there until her death in 1955. Throughout her life she was involved in a number of women's organisations, such as the Feminist Club of which she was President from 1919-34 and 1952-55.\nIn 1925 Preston-Stanley became the first female member of the NSW Legislative Assembly, representing the Eastern Suburbs. During this time she campaigned on maternal mortality, reform in child welfare, amendments to the Health Act and better housing. She held her seat until 1927.\nShe was the Australian delegate to America for the British-American Co-operation Movement in 1936 and undertook a lecture tour of America in 1937-38. In 1947 she was involved in the organisation, United Women Citizens' Movement against Socialisation formed to oppose the Chifley government's attempt to nationalise Australian banking.\nMillicent Stanley became Millicent Preston-Stanley after her father, Augustus Stanley, deserted the family and her mother (nee Preston) was granted a divorce, thereafter calling herself Preston-Stanley. A fine public speaker, she ran events for the Women's Liberal League, and was critical of the Liberals' neglect of women. After organising for political, feminist and other groups, she narrowly missed election for the multi-member seat of Eastern Suburbs in 1922. She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1925.\nShe dealt mercilessly with hecklers and interjections inside and outside the Legislative Assembly, continuing her campaigns on women's and children's health, welfare, housing and the care of the 'mentally defective'.\n\"I do not expect to be exalted into the Ministry, but I will say this, that any woman who gets into Parliament and does not make up her mind to control the Department of Health so far as it concerns the women and children of the State does not properly conceive her responsibilities, powers or duties\" (Parliamentary scrapbook 1922).\nAfter leaving the Legislative Assembly she campaigned for women's rights in child custody, writing a play about the notorious Polini case which was produced in 1932.\nShe married Crawford Vaughan, former premier of South Australia, in 1934. She continued organising against socialism and communism, and warning against the threat from Japan. In 1937-8 she toured the USA, lecturing on behalf of the Pan Pacific Women's Conference. During 1940-41 she was director of the Women's Australian National Service, mobilising volunteers and training women for the services.\nHer portrait, by Jerrold Nathan, hangs in NSW Parliament House, and another by Mary Edwards is in the Dixson Library, Sydney. Photos appear in the Parliamentary scrapbooks for 1922, 1927.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-millicent-preston-stanley-1883-1955\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-ordinary-lives-pioneering-women-in-australian-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liberal-women-federation-to-1949\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-m-preston-stanley-1925-1950-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feminist-club-of-new-south-wales-records-1928-1973\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cross, Ray Alberta", "Entry ID": "AWE1024", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cross-ray-alberta\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Ray Alberta Cross worked for the New South Wales Bush Nursing Association from 1937 until 1944.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1937-1944-relating-to-the-service-of-ray-alberta-cross-with-the-new-south-wales-bush-nursing-association-with-newspaper-cutting\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vanzella, Enrica", "Entry ID": "AWE1025", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vanzella-enrica\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Silea, near Treviso, Veneto, Italy", "Death Place": "Batlow, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Farmer", "Summary": "Enrica Vanzella migrated to Australia in 1929 to join her father who was already in the country. In 1936 she married Bill Vanzella and moved to the family orchard, 'Alta Villa' in Batlow, New South Wales. Enrica was president of the Batlow Women's Bowling Club, the Southern Highlands District Women's Bowling Association and the Batlow and District Garden Club.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/enrica-vanzella-this-is-my-life-autobiography-of-enrica-vanzella-nee-boscariol-apr-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Curthoys, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE1026", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/curthoys-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Grafton, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Manly, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Pacifist, Political activist, Psychologist, social activist", "Summary": "Barbara Curthoys was an important figure in the history of Communism, feminism, the peace movement and the campaign for indigenous rights in Australia. An activist in the middle of the twentieth century, she was 'one of that small band of women who fearlessly campaigned for racial and social equality and world peace at a time when it was politically risky to do so'.\n", "Details": "Born in Grafton, New South Wales, on 21 June 1924 to John Archibald and Eda McCallum (nee Lockwood).\nMoved to Sydney in 1932, parents divorced.\nEducated at Canterbury Primary School and Fort Street Girls' High School.\nJoined the Ashfield Branch of the Communist Party after finishing high school.\nJoined the Women's Australian Auxiliary Airforce (WAAAF) in 1942 as a wireless telegraphist, subsequently becoming a Medium Frequency Direction Finder.\nMarried Geoff Curthoys in 1944.\nGave birth to Ann in 1945 and Jean in 1947.\nMoved with her family to Broken Hill, New South Wales, in 1946, where she helped to establish the Happy Day Kindergarten. It still exists today.\nMoved to Newcastle, New South Wales, in 1953, where she became a full-time Communist Party of Australia Activist.\nJoined the Newcastle Branch of the Union of Australian Women in 1954. She was secretary of the Branch between 1954-1960. and was elected to the organisation's national body in 1960, 1963 and 1970. In the 1960s, she also served as secretary of the Newcastle Trades Hall Council Equal Pay and Aboriginal Advancement committees. She was also a founding member of the Newcastle Peace Forum.\nShe returned to study in the late 1960s as graduated with honours in Psychology in 1973. She became a practicing psychologist at the Stockton Hospital where she worked until 1982.\nShe was the first Australian invited to use the Comintern archives when they were opened in 1990, as reward for her loyalty to Moscow after the Communist Party of Australia split in 1970.\nReceived the Peggy Hill Peace Award in 1991 in recognition of her active commitment to world peace.\nThroughout the 1990s she wrote up the fruits of the research she completed in the Comintern archives. She also co-wrote a history of the Union of Australian Women.\nIn 1993, she and Geoff moved to Manly, a beachside suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.\nBarbara Curthoys died on September 28, 2000.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituary-barbara-curthoys-communist-activist-and-researcher\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/more-than-a-hat-and-glove-brigade-the-story-of-the-union-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barbara-curthoys-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barbara-curthoys-interviews-with-members-of-the-union-of-australian-women-1995\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kohn, Marie Juliane", "Entry ID": "AWE1027", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kohn-marie-juliane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Austria", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Marie Kohn was an active member and office bearer of the Victorian Federation of Catholic Mothers' Clubs, later known as the Victorian Federation of Catholic Parents' Clubs. She served as president in 1969, secretary from 1972 until 1976 and again during the 1980s. During the 1990s she served as the regional representative for Essendon. She was active also in the Catholic Women's League.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-federation-of-catholic-parents-clubs-records\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reid, Elizabeth Julia", "Entry ID": "AWE1029", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reid-elizabeth-julia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "The Hague, The Netherlands", "Occupations": "Feminist, Journalist", "Summary": "Elizabeth Reid became a member of the Grail in 1938 after it was established in Sydney in 1937. As a member of this Catholic lay organisation, she worked to ensure that Catholic laywomen did play a greater role in the world.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reid-elizabeth-julia-1915-1974\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-and-feminism-catholic-womens-struggles-for-self-expression\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-grail-records\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hinder, Eleanor Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1041", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hinder-eleanor-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Burlingame, California, United State of America", "Occupations": "Scientist, Welfare worker", "Summary": "Eleanor Mary Hinder (1893-1963) was a pioneer in the field of industrial welfare in Australia with her appointment as Superintendent of Staff Welfare for the department store, Farmer & Co. Ltd, in Sydney during WWI. She later achieved international prominence in this field.\nFrom 1926 to 1928, Hinder assisted in the development of the new industrial department of the National Committee of the Young Women's Christian Association of China, in Shanghai. She held the position of Chief of the Industrial and Social Division of Shanghai Municipal Council from January 1933 until August 1942, when the Japanese occupation of Shanghai forced her repatriation to Britain. Hinder's next appointment, from December 1942 to October 1944, was to the International Labour Organisation. In Montreal where she served as Special Consultant on Asian Questions, and she subsequently held several other positions with the United Nations.\nOutside of her professional life, Hinder was also involved with a numbers of women's organisations.\n", "Details": "Eleanor Hinder broke new ground in industrial welfare in Sydney before she went abroad to develop her expertise in this field, and to administer humanitarian and technical programmes in China and Southeast Asia. She was born at Maitland, N.S.W., into a family of pioneer pastoralists and teachers on her father's side. In her later years Hinder discovered she also had American forbears of pioneer New England stock through her maternal line. She was educated at West Maitland Girls' High School and Sydney University (B.Sc., 1914). During World War I she served as Assistant Mistress of Science at North Sydney Girls' High School and lectured concurrently in the University's Tutorial Classes, continuing in the latter position until 1924. From 1919 to 1925 she was Secretary of the Sydney University Women Graduates' Association, in which capacity she was instrumental in organising the Australian Federation of University Women and arranging its affiliation to the International Federation of University Women (I.F.U.W.).\nOver the same period Hinder was Superintendent of Staff Welfare for the department store, Farmer & Co. Ltd, in Sydney. She was co-founder of the Sydney City Girls' Amateur Sports Association, established to provide recreation and organised sport for women in business and industry. In 1923 she had been granted a year's leave from Farmer's to study industrial welfare work overseas. Her first time abroad, she visited Shanghai, Japan, Canada, the United States, England , Switzerland and Norway. Her itinerary included attending the I.F.U.W. Convention in Oslo, a conference of industrial welfare workers in France, and visiting the International Labour Office (I.L.O.) in Geneva. She returned to Sydney in October 1924.\nAt the invitation of the National Committee of the Young Women's Christian Association of China, Hinder assisted in the development of its new industrial department in Shanghai from 1926 to 1928. She was engaged in efforts towards the amelioration of industrial conditions, particularly for women and child factory workers. During this time she met Addie Viola Smith, U.S. Assistant Trade Commissioner in China and Secretary of the Joint Committee of Shanghai Women's Organizations; the pair became lifelong friends.\nAfter serving as Organizing Programme Secretary for the First Pan-Pacific Women's Conference in Honolulu in 1928, Hinder returned to Australia. In October 1929 she attended the Kyoto Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations as a member of the Australian delegation. In March 1930 she rejoined the Y.W.C.A. of China as International Education Officer, becoming engaged in research and writing, including a series of articles in the North China Daily on the recently promulgated Chinese Factory Act. Later she assisted the Chinese sociologist Dr Chen Ta in an examination of this legislation, carried out under the auspices of the Employers' Federation of Shanghai.\nDuring the first half of 1932 Eleanor Hinder travelled to the United States, England and Switzerland to observe new methods of factory inspection and to study new labour legislation. In July that year she accepted an offer from the Shanghai Municipal Council, the governing body of the International Settlement, to develop a division to be concerned with working conditions. She held the position of Chief of the Industrial and Social Division of Shanghai Municipal Council from January 1933 until August 1942, when the Japanese occupation of Shanghai forced her repatriation to Britain.\nHinder's next appointment, from December 1942 to October 1944, was to the I.L.O. in Montreal where she served as Special Consultant on Asian Questions. In November 1944 she was seconded to the British Foreign Office to be its representative on the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (U.N.R.R.A.) Technical Committee on Welfare for the Far East in Shanghai, and to advise on labour matters. She was associated with U.N.R.R.A. until the close of its China operations in January 1948.\nShe was then requested by the Foreign Office to join its staff as British Liaison Officer for U.N. activities in the Far East, which position she held until March 1951. She had been a member of the British Delegation at the inaugural Session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (E.C.A.F.E.) in Shanghai in June 1947, attending each succeeding Session, with one exception, until the Seventh Session in February 1951. In May 1950 she had been a member of the British Delegation at the first meeting at ministerial level in connection with the Colombo Plan convened at Lapstone, N.S.W.. Hinder was appointed O.B.E. a month later.\nIn August 1951 Hinder was appointed to the staff of the Technical Assistance Administration of the United Nations, serving as Chief of the Project Planning Division, and from February 1953 to 1955 as Chief of the Office for Asia and the Far East. In 1955 she visited the U.S.S.R. as adviser to a study tour of senior Indian Government officials to observe development and training in water and power, agriculture, forestry, mining and other fields. In 1956 she administered the U.N. programme of technical assistance for Latin America. From 1957 to 1959 she was in the service of the U.N. Statistical Office, responsible for organising and administering a special programme of assistance to Asian governments in connection with their 1960-1961 censuses of population and of agriculture. From 1960 to 1961 she was Coordinator of Technical Assistance Programmes under the Statistical Office.\nEleanor Mary Hinder died on 10 April 1963 in San Francisco while en route to the U.N. to take up another short-term appointment.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hinder-eleanor-mary-1893-1963\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/watts-margaret-sturge-1892-1978\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eleanor-m-hinder-papers-1837-1963-together-with-the-papers-of-a-viola-smith-ca-1850-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-ruby-rich-1943-1948-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cilento, Lady Phyllis Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE1043", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cilento-lady-phyllis-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales", "Death Place": "Brisbane, Queensland", "Occupations": "Broadcaster, Doctor, Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Social reformer, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Lady Phyllis Cilento was born in Sydney on 13th March 1894 and educated in Adelaide, graduating MB, BS from the University of Adelaide. She did postgraduate work at hospitals and clinics in Malaysia, New Guinea, London, Paris and New York. Later moving to Brisbane with her husband, (doctor and medical administrator, Sir Ralph Cilento) she became a prominent member of the Queensland women's movement and highly influential in broader areas of public health. She was a medical columnist, broadcaster, journalist and author of several books. Her interests lay in nutrition, vitamin therapy, family planning and antenatal and childcare. She founded the Queensland Mothercraft Association in 1930; the Queensland branch of the Business and Professional Women's Club and was president of the Queensland Medical Women's Association (1938-1947).\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1940 - 1960)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cilento-phyllis-dorothy-1894-1987\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lady-phyllis-d-cilento-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wriedt, Paula", "Entry ID": "AWE1047", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wriedt-paula\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Politician", "Summary": "Paula Wreidt was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in February, 1996. She was appointed to the portfolio of Minister for Education in September 1998, which made her Tasmania's youngest ever female member of Cabinet. After her re-election in July 2002, Paula retained her position as Minister for Education. She also gained new responsibilities as Minister for Women Tasmania and Leader of Government Business in the House of Assembly. Following the 2006 election Paula assumed the role of Minister for Tourism, Arts and the Environment.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2001\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Franklin, Stella Maria ( Marian) Sarah Miles", "Entry ID": "AWE1051", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/franklin-stella-maria-marian-sarah-miles\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Writer", "Summary": "Miles Franklin's place in Australian literary history was assured when on her death in 1954, she made provision for an award for Australian literature. The Miles Franklin Award is the most prestigious for an Australian author to receive. Although she spent almost twenty-four years away from Australia, working mainly in Chicago and London, she was committed to pursuing the notion of the unique Australian perspective in literature. Despite her early success with the publication of 'My Brilliant Career' in 1901, she struggled to gain the recognition she believed she was capable of achieving. Nevertheless on her return to Australia in 1932 she entered the Sydney literary scene enthusiastically and had many of her works published.\n", "Details": "Miles Franklin, the eldest child of John Maurice Franklin and Margaret Susannah Helena, nee Lampe, was educated at home and after 1889 at Thornford Public School, when the family moved to Stillwater. They later moved to Cranebrook near Penrith in 1902. After working as a governess in 1897, Miles Franklin, completed her first novel 'My Brilliant Career' in 1899. It was published in London in 1901 after being rejected for publication in Australia. Writing was her means to independence and she left for the United States of America in 1906. She spent nine years working in Chicago for the National Women's Trade Union League with fellow Australian Alice Henry. She continued to pursue her writing career.\nShe moved to London in 1915, worked briefly at a creche run by Margaret McMillan in Deptford, as a cook, as a volunteer in Macedonia with the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, and as a secretary. She remained in London until 1927, but visited Australia in 1923-1924 and again in 1927. She returned to London in 1930 in search of publishers, but settled in Australia permanently in 1932 after her father's death in 1931. During this period she wrote under the pseudonym 'Brent of Bin Bin'.\nDespite the demands of her ageing mother, Miles Franklin became a major personality on the Sydney literary scene, supporting new publications and fellowships for Australian writers. She maintained her commitment to an Australian literature until her death.\nHer published works include:\nMy Brilliant career (1901)\nSome everyday folk and Dawn (Edinburgh,1909)\nThe net of circumstance ( London 1915)\nPrelude to waking\nOld Blastus of Bandicoot ( London 1931)\nBring that monkey\nAll that swagger\nMy career goes bung\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/all-that-swagger\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/childhood-at-brindabella-my-first-ten-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-brilliant-career\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-brilliant-career-my-career-goes-bung\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/old-blastus-of-bandicoot-opuscule-on-a-pioneer-tufted-with-ragged-rhymes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-diaries-of-miles-franklin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/back-to-bool-bool-a-ramiparous-novel-with-several-prominent-characters-and-a-hantle-of-others-disposed-as-the-atolls-of-oceanias-archipelagoes-by-brent-of-bin-bin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bring-the-monkey-a-light-novel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cockatoos-by-brent-of-bin-bin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-congenials-miles-franklin-friends-in-letters\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yarn-spinners-a-story-in-letters-dymphna-cusack-florence-james-miles-franklin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-and-books-of-miles-franklin-in-the-mitchell-library-state-library-of-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-devanny-romantic-revolutionary\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/laughter-not-for-a-cage-notes-on-australian-writing-with-biographical-emphasis-on-the-struggles-function-and-achievements-of-the-novel-in-three-half-centuries\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/franklin-stella-maria-sarah-miles-1879-1954\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stella-miles-franklin-a-biography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-nsw-program-for-the-launch-of-the-centenary-stamp-issue-and-a-complete-set-of-the-issue-1996\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-further-papers-1895-1981\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-nsw-inc-further-records-1926-1927-1937-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-relating-to-national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-1895-1897\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-further-records-1895-1997\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-miles-franklin-1887-ca-1931-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-miles-franklin-1877-1933-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miles-franklin-papers-collected-by-bruce-sutherland-1903-1956\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miles-franklin-papers-mainly-literary-manuscripts-1900-1954\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-and-literary-papers-1887-1954-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miles-franklin-the-book-of-the-waratah-cup-1902-1908-1944-1954\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/florence-james-papers-1890-1993\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-records-1895-1976\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miles-franklin-papers-1841-1954\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-pamphlets-containing-souvenir-concert-programmes-and-australian-biographies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-myrtle-rose-white-1940-1961-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1928-1994-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Arena, Franca", "Entry ID": "AWE1063", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/arena-franca\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Genoa, Liguria Region, Italy", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Franca Arena was born in Genoa, Italy, and migrated to Australia in 1959. She was the founding member of the Migrant Women's Association, president of the National Italian-Australian Women's Association, founder of the New South Wales Ethnic Community Council, won a Churchill Fellowship, and was Commissioner of the Education Commission of New South Wales. In 1981, she was the first woman from a non-English speaking background to be elected to the New South Wales Parliament, where she served for seventeen years. Arena resigned from the Australian Labor Party in November 1997, remaining in parliament as an Independent until her resignation from Parliament in March, 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/double-disadvantage-migrant-and-aboriginal-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-franca-arena-1959-2005-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/franca-arena-papers-ca-1960-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/franca-arena-correspondence-1984-1996-concerning-the-womens-network\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hunter, Dora", "Entry ID": "AWE1064", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hunter-dora\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Childcare worker, Community worker", "Summary": "Dora Hunter was raised by two missionaries, Miss Ruby Hyde and Miss Delia Rutter, firstly at Quorn and then at Eden Hills, South Australia. She started working as a servant in a private home, and later got a job in a kindergarten. Following that, she worked as a Child Care Worker at the Central Methodist Mission in Adelaide for nine years. She did two years' training in the Aboriginal Task Force at the Institute of Technology in Adelaide, and worked in a government position as an Aboriginal Community Worker. She has been involved with the Aboriginal Evangelical Fellowship and the Young People's Branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She enjoys playing music, and has often played in old people's homes and children's homes as well as at church meetings.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/angkiku-bultu-womens-paths-compiled-by-port-adelaide-girls-high-school-students\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-aboriginal-women-pathfinders-their-difficulties-and-their-achievements\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/survival-in-our-own-land-aboriginal-experiences-in-south-australia-since-1836-told-by-nungas-and-others\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dora-hunter\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miss-dora-hunter\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dora-hunter-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oral-histories-growing-up-in-state-and-private-homes-and-orphanages-in-adelaide-interviewer-jerry-schwab-1984-86\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Watson, Roslyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1065", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/watson-roslyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Choreographer, Dancer", "Summary": "Roslyn Watson is an Aboriginal Australian ballet dancer and choreographer of international renown. Born in Brisbane of Biri descent, she has danced in a number of Australian companies since beginning her career in the early 1970s. She has danced internationally, and with international companies, including the prestigious Dance Theatre of Harlem.\n", "Details": "Roslyn Watson was born in 1954 in Brisbane, of Biri descent. She commenced classical ballet training at the age of twelve in Brisbane. In 1969, she was awarded an Abstudy grant and entered the Australian Ballet School, Melbourne, where she studied under Kathleen Gorham. After graduating in 1972, she joined the Dance Theatre of New South Wales (later the Sydney Dance Company) and, having moved to New York, the following year she danced with the prestigious, all-black Dance Theatre of Harlem. \nReturning to Brisbane in 1975, Roslyn danced with the Queensland Ballet for three years before joining the Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) in Adelaide. She subsequently toured Southeast Asia and Europe with the ADT, and performed with the company at the Edinburgh Festival in 1980. Leaving the ADT in late 1981, she took up a tutoring position at the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre in Sydney. She went to Paris in 1982, and after mastering the language, she formed her own dance group, Company Brolga, which performed Images of Our Dreaming, which Roslyn herself had choreographed. \nShe returned to Brisbane in 1987 and has appeared in a variety of shows and has worked as a choreographer. In 1991, she established the Murri Dance Theatre in Brisbane, and in 1993 she worked on the production of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ballet, titled Green Butterfly .\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murawina-australian-women-of-high-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Watson, Maureen", "Entry ID": "AWE1066", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/watson-maureen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Aboriginal storyteller, Actor, Singer", "Summary": "Maureen Watson was born in Rockhampton in 1930. Of Biri descent, spent her early life in rural Queensland, moving to Brisbane with her five sons in 1970. She became heavily involved in the struggle for indigenous right and justice throughout the 1970s and 80s, as her participation in protests at the Brisbane Commonwealth Games testified to. She developed a well deserved reputation as a storyteller, her major medium for the promotion of Aboriginal culture.\n", "Details": "Maureen Watson was born in 1931 in Rockhampton, Queensland, of Biri descent. She spent her early life in rural Queensland, left school at 13, married, and had five children.\nShe later returned to school and matriculated, and then moved to Brisbane with her five sons to begin an arts degree at the University of Queensland in 1970. She completed two years of her course before the pressures of raising a family forced her to quit. Over succeeding years, she emerged as a poet, singer, actor and political activist.\nMoving to Sydney, she set up the Aboriginal Peoples Gallery in Redfern in 1981. She was at the forefront of the Aboriginal protests against the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane in 1982, and was arrested three times while participating in demonstrations.\nBlack Reflections, a collection of her stories and poems, was published in 1982, followed by Kaiyu's Waiting, a school kit of children's stories, in 1984. She was the narrator for Robert Bropho's film, Mundu Nyuringu, in 1983, and she appeared in Jack Davis' play, The Honey Spot, in its 1986 tour of Victoria and New South Wales.\nStorytelling remained her major medium for promoting Aboriginal culture, and she has travelled widely in Australia, New Zealand and Europe to give storytelling presentations. Her stories told about the Aboriginal experience of urban life.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-mob-the-story-of-aboriginal-family-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/honourable-grandmother\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/but-most-certainly-i-am-aboriginal-maureen-watson-speaks-to-bronwen-levy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/black-child-i-too-am-human\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tongerie, Maude", "Entry ID": "AWE1067", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tongerie-maude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Anna Creek, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Davoren Park, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Welfare worker", "Summary": "Maude Tongerie was born in 1928 at Anna Creek, about 80 miles west of Oodnadatta in South Australia. She lived with her people (Arabunna) until the age of nine, when she was taken to the Finke River Mission for an eye treatment. She then went to live with an aunt in Oodnadatta so that she could learn English, and from there she went to Colebrook Home, a non-Government Aboriginal mission, in Quorn. At the age of 15 she started to work as a domestic with a family near Adelaide. She married George Tongerie, a young Aboriginal man who served in the Air Force during the war. In the early 1970s Maude became involved with the Department for Community Welfare, and worked as a social worker with Aboriginal families, particularly in the juvenile courts. In the 1980s she and her husband instituted successful community housing and training programs in Oodnadatta and were both appointed Members of the Order of Australia in 1988, for 'contributions to the Aboriginal Community'.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/our-heart-is-the-land-aboriginal-reminiscences-from-the-western-lake-eyre-basin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/unsung-heroes-heroines-of-australia-edited-by-suzy-baldwin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-aboriginal-women-pathfinders-their-difficulties-and-their-achievements\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-aged-persons-homes-trust\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maude-tongerie-community-worker\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maude-tongerie-community-worker-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Shane, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE1068", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oshane-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mossman, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Barrister, Caf\u221a\u00a9 owner, Lawyer, Magistrate, Management consultant, Public servant, Teacher, University Chancellor", "Summary": "Patricia O'Shane was born in Northern Queensland in 1941. A noted activist for Indigenous rights, her achievements in the public sphere have been remarkable. She was the first Aboriginal Australian barrister (1976) and the first woman to be appointed to the New South Wales Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board (1979). When she was appointed permanent head of the New South Wales Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs in 1981, she became not only the first Aboriginal person but also the first woman to become a permanent head of ministry in Australia.\n", "Details": "Patricia O'Shane was born in 1941 in the small township of Mossman, North Queensland. She attended State primary and high schools in Cairns, and was awarded a Teacher's Scholarship, which enabled her to study full-time at the Queensland Teachers' Training College, and part-time at the University of Queensland. After graduating from Teachers' College, she taught at primary and high schools respectively before and after her marriage. In 1973, having received an Aboriginal study grant from the Federal Government, she undertook a Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of New South Wales, and completed the course at the end of 1975. In March 1976 she became Australia's first Aboriginal Barrister at a ceremony in the New South Wales Supreme Court. In 1979 she was appointed a Member of the New South Wales Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board - the first female member in the Board's 91-year history. She has worked with the New South Wales Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly on Aborigines, as Coordinator of the Aboriginal Task Force. In November 1981 Pat O'Shane was appointed permanent head of the New South Wales Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, becoming not only the first Aboriginal person but also the first woman to become permanent head of a ministry in Australia.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-aboriginal-women-pathfinders-their-difficulties-and-their-achievements\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/indigenous-heroes-and-leaders\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-healthy-sense-of-identity\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tall-poppies-nine-successful-australian-women-talk-to-susan-mitchell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/splitting-the-world-open-taller-poppies-and-me\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-wailing-a-national-black-oral-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murawina-australian-women-of-high-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dhirrabuu-mari-outstanding-indigenous-australians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-matriarchs-twelve-australian-women-talk-about-their-lives-to-susan-mitchell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rebel-magistrate-with-a-passion-for-justice\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aborigines-and-the-criminal-justice-system\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australias-first-aboriginal-lawyer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/law\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-patricia-oshane-1998-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bryant, Val", "Entry ID": "AWE1069", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bryant-val\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bowraville, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Health worker", "Summary": "Val Bryant was the first Aboriginal person to work in the Department of the Prime Minister. She is an Aboriginal health worker with both practical and academic understandings of the health issues confronting indigenous communities. She has published extensively on the problems of substance abuse in Aboriginal communities and has established and run rehabilitation centres in Sydney and Western Australia.\n", "Details": "Val Bryant became the first Aboriginal person to work in the Prime Minister's Department in Canberra, as a receptionist-typist. She also trained as a teleprinter operator and worked for the Overseas Telecommunications Corporation, before studying at Sydney Technical College for her School Certificate examination.\nShe started working with Aboriginal Alcoholics as a field officer with the Department of Aboriginal Affairs before establishing Benelong's Haven, the first Aboriginal alcohol and drug rehabilitation centre\/hostel, in the inner Sydney suburb of Marrickville in 1974. She ran the hostel virtually single-handedly for six months before the Government gave her a grant. She has run six such centres in New South Wales and Western Australia.\nIn recognition of her services to the Aboriginal community, Val was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1978 and the World Healing Our Spirit Medal in 1994. She was presented with the award of the degree of Doctor of Education by the University of Newcastle.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-aboriginal-women-pathfinders-their-difficulties-and-their-achievements\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/female-alcoholism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-alcoholism-where-are-we-going-white-mans-way-or-black-mans-way\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-val-bryant-founder-of-benelongs-haven-a-half-way-house-for-aboriginal-alcoholics-in-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-quiet-revolution\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Perkins, Hetty", "Entry ID": "AWE1070", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/perkins-hetty\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Northern Teritory, Australia", "Death Place": "Australia", "Summary": "Hetty Perkins was an Aranda woman from Central Australia. From the age of 14 she worked as a kitchen-hand at a hotel in Arltunga, and rode out mustering and watering cattle for the hotel owner. She had eleven children, and her son Charles Perkins became the first Aboriginal person to hold a senior public service appointment. Hetty worked on a cattle station for some time before moving to Alice Springs to work as a nursemaid in a European family. She later lived on Telegraph Station near Alice Springs, and worked in Alice Springs as a cook. Later, she moved to Jay Creek Settlement. She looked after many children as well as her own, and urged Aboriginal children to keep out of trouble.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/perkins-hetty-1895-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Archer, Caroline Lillian", "Entry ID": "AWE1071", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/archer-caroline-lillian\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist", "Summary": "Caroline Archer was born in 1922 and is best known for her leadership in the 1970s of the One People of Australian League (OPAL), an organisation that sought to promote the interests of Aboriginal people. She was appointed executive officer of OPAL in 1972, becoming the first Aboriginal person to hold the position.\n", "Details": "Caroline Archer was born at Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve, where she received poor education and suffered from malnutrition. After working as a domestic servant at 'Whetstone' station near Inglewood, she moved to Brisbane, working first in a private home and then at the Canberra Hotel (1935-49), where she learnt to operate the switchboard. In 1950 she was employed as a PMG switchboard operator. On 29 December 1951 she married Fredrick Archer, a photographer; they had two daughters and a son. She opened an Aboriginal art shop, where she gave training to Aboriginal women.\nIn 1972 she was asked to run the Miss OPAL quest and was subsequently appointed the first Aboriginal executive officer of OPAL (the One People of Australia League). As State president of OPAL she travelled interstate to federal conferences and to lobby politicians. She was also nominated for election to the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee but failed to win election.\nCaroline spent much of her time teaching Aboriginal culture to children all over Queensland and in Canberra. She died at Archer, Coonabarabran on her way back to Brisbane from Narrabri on 8 September 1978.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/archer-caroline-lillian-1922-1978\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/death-of-two-opal-workers-joyce-wilding-and-caroline-archer-of-one-people-of-australia-league\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-people-my-lifes-work\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/aias-newspaper-clippings\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reading, Fanny", "Entry ID": "AWE1072", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reading-fanny\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Karelizt, Belarus, Russia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner, Women's rights activist, Zionist", "Summary": "Fanny Reading, medical practitioner and activist for Zionist and Jewish women's causes, was born near Minsk in Russia in 1884. After her family migrated to Australia, Reading taught Hebrew to private students before entering the University of Melbourne to study music and later medicine. Graduating in 1922, she moved to Sydney to join her brother's medical practice. In 1923, inspired by the visit of Zionist emissary Bella Pevsner, she founded the Council of Jewish Women - a Zionist organisation which was also active on a range of women's issues, both Jewish and non-Jewish.\n", "Details": "Reading's father fled Russia for Ballarat soon after her birth. Fanny and her mother spent some time in London before they were able to join him, and the family relocated to Melbourne in the early 1900s. During WWI, due to hostility towards the Germans, they changed their name from Rubinovich to Reading.\nIn 1925 she travelled to the United States, Europe and Palestine. She attended the Sixth Quinquennial Conference of the International Council of Women held in Washington DC as an alternate delegate of the ten-person Australian delegation. In 1929 she organised a conference in Sydney at which the National Council of Jewish Women was formed.\nReading was active in many other organisations, including the National Council of Women and the Socialist Club, of which she was vice president in 1929. She was also vice president of the Youth Aliyah (which assisted Jewish orphans in Israel) and in 1948 she (unsuccessfully) represented this group in a libel suit against Smith's Weekly which had alleged that they raised money to buy weapons to fight the British in Palestine. Through both the National Council of Jewish Women and the Australian Jewish Welfare Society she was also active in immigration reception work in the 1930s, particularly assisting Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2010 - 2010) \nFounder and Vice-President, Jewish Young People's Association (1911 - 1911) \nFounder and President, National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (NCJWA) (1923 - 1931)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-angel-of-kings-cross-the-life-and-times-of-dr-fanny-reading\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/service-to-women-dr-fannys-lifestyle\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/not-merely-housewives-australian-jewish-women-paper-presented-to-australian-jewish-historical-society-meeting-1980-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-changing-role-of-women-in-australian-jewrys-communal-structure\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dr-fanny-reading\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-law-of-loving-kindness-a-tribute-to-dr-fanny-reading-founder-of-the-national-council-of-jewish-women-of-australia-in-1923\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/perspectives-from-the-australian-jewish-community\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/making-a-difference-a-history-of-the-national-council-of-jewish-women-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/official-report-of-the-second-jewish-womens-conference-of-australasia-under-the-auspices-of-the-national-council-of-jewish-women-of-australia-held-at-sydney-n-s-w-march-8th-to-16th-1932\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/first-jewish-womens-conference-may-21st-to-27th-1929\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meeting-new-migrants-on-the-wharves-a-significant-part-of-national-council-of-jewish-women-history-from-the-1920s-to-the-1950s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beginning-with-esther-some-distinguished-jewish-women-of-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dr-fanny-reading-v-smiths-weekly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reading-fanny-1884-1974\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographers-historians-as-surrogate-family\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sailing-from-past-memories-towards-safe-harbours-sea-change-healing-and-transformation\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/queenie-symonds-interviewed-by-brenda-factor-in-the-nsw-bicentennial-oral-history-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dr-fanny-reading-papers-photographs-and-realia-ca-1890-1974\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Quagliotti, Winnie", "Entry ID": "AWE1079", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/quagliotti-winnie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Koondrook-Barham, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Aboriginal spokesperson, Community worker", "Summary": "Winnie Quagliotti was raised on Coranderrk Aboriginal station in Victoria, and moved to Dandenong in the late 1960s. She was a grand-niece of William Barak, chief of the Wurundjeri (Woiworung). As a spokesperson for her people, she was known throughout Australia. She was chairperson of the Aboriginal Housing Board, a founding member of the Dandenong Aboriginal Cooperative, and a founder of the Burrai Child Care Centre and the Aboriginal Family Aid Support Unit.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Winch, Marie Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE1080", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/winch-marie-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Health worker, Midwife, Nurse", "Summary": "Joan Winch grew up in Fremantle, Western Australia. In 1977 she gained a Bachelor of Applied Science in Nursing at the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University). She went on to study midwifery and child care, becoming a triple certificated sister.\nFrom 1975 she was involved in the Perth Aboriginal Medical Service. In 1982 she started up a mobile unit, driving around the Swan Valley fringe dwellers' camps, servicing medical needs and assisting Nyungars to hospitals. In 1983 she founded the Aboriginal Health Workers Program, Marr Mooditj college, in Perth, integrating traditional Aboriginal approach to health and healing with western medicine.\nJoan Winch was awarded her PhD in Aboriginal Studies from the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in May 2011. On the recommendation of each of her examiners, she also received a commendation from the Chancellor. Her PhD was executively approved on 11 May, four weeks before her 76th birthday. Her doctoral thesis presented a history of Marr Mooditj using an auto-ethnographic approach.\nDr Winch was named WA Citizen of the Year in 1986, State and National Aboriginal of the Year in 1987, and in the same year received the World Health Organisation Sasakawa Award for Primary Health Care Work on behalf of Marr Mooditj. She served as Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies between 1999 and 2001. In 2008 she received Curtin University's John Curtin Medal for her services to the community.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "West, Ida", "Entry ID": "AWE1081", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/west-ida\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cape Barren Island, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Community worker", "Summary": "Ida West was born on Cape Barren Island, Tasmania, in 1919. She attended school at Lughrata, 7 kilometres north of Wybalenna. She married in 1939, and the family moved around the island, living in tents, as her husband had various outdoor jobs with the municipal council. Later, Ida lived in Burnie and Hobart, working as a cleaner while raising the children alone. She became actively involved in community life and acquired an extensive knowledge of Tasmanian Aboriginal culture. She was a board member of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, and served as its acting president. Her autobiography, Pride against Prejudice: Reminiscences of a Tasmanian Aborigine, was first published in 1984.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pride-against-prejudice-reminiscences-of-a-tasmanian-aborigine\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ware, Kathy", "Entry ID": "AWE1082", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ware-kathy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Springsure, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Public servant", "Summary": "Kathy Ware was born in 1949 at Springsure in Queensland. She grew up in Gladstone and Cairns, later working in various offices, as a kindergarten aide and as a teacher's assistant in a TAFE adult literacy program.\nShe joined the federal Department of Social Security in Cairns, and later became an assistant to the National Aboriginal Conference (NAC) representative for the Cairns region. After the NAC was disbanded, she worked with the Commonwealth Employment Service for two years.\nIn 1987 she took up an appointment as the administrator of Deeral Aboriginal and Islander Corporation at Babinda, 50 kilometres southeast of Cairns, and has since worked on the expansion of the corporation's facilities and enterprises.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Toby, Ida", "Entry ID": "AWE1083", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/toby-ida\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Walgra or Carandotta Station, near Dajarra, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Linguist", "Summary": "Ida Toby, also known as Queen, was born in 1899 at either Walgra or Carandotta station in Queensland. She was of Warluwarra and Wangka-Yutjurru (of Wangkamana group) descent. Her 'skin' was Bilarrindji and her Dreaming was Emu; she had a black birthmark on her elbow in the shape of a legless emu. She grew up along the Georgina - on Walgra, Carandotta, Roxborough and Glenormiston stations. She was married first to Deamrah, and then to his younger brother Belia. She had two children and raised three step-children. The family travelled about Carandotta, as the brothers worked together for years poisoning dogs on the station, until they both died in c1962.\nBetween 1967 and 1975 Ida Toby provided valuable linguistic information on the Warluwarra and Wangka-Yutjurru languages. She also had an acting ability which helped her make up and act out imaginary conversations in those languages.\nShe died in 1976.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nona, Dosina", "Entry ID": "AWE1084", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nona-dosina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Torres Strait Islands (?), Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Dosina Nona married Peo ('Bul-Bul') Nona of Badu in 1960. A song composed for their wedding has become part of the Islands musical heritage. She nursed her husband until his death from renal disease in 1987.\nDosina is a community worker. She lives on Thursday Island in Torres Strait, where she is president of the Mothers Union, an Anglican church organisation representing Torres Strait women. In 1990 she represented the diocese of Carpentaria at a conference of South Pacific Mothers' Unions in Papua New Guinea. As a Mothers Union organiser, Nona has been responsible for arranging the catering for many large-scale church festivities, including the consecration of Kiwami Dai as bishop in 1986.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Noble, Angelina", "Entry ID": "AWE1085", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/noble-angelina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Near Winton, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Yarrabah, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Missionary", "Summary": "Angelina Noble was born in c1890 near Winton in central Queensland. After being abducted by an itinerant horse dealer, she eventually came under the notice of the police in Cairns, and was sent to Yarrabah mission. An expert horsewoman, she accompanied her Aboriginal missionary husband James Noble, in 1904, on a gruelling overland expedition from Yarrabah to choose the site for a new mission on the Mitchell River, where 1,554 square kilometres of land had been gazetted as an Aboriginal reserve. From there they went to Roper River for three years, to help establish a new church missionary society.\nFurther pioneering work began in 1913 when Reverend E. Gribble requested their assistance in establishing a new mission at Forrest River (Oombulgurri) in Western Australia. They stayed there until 1932, before returning to Queensland to assist with work on Palm Island. Angelina was widowed in 1941 and, after a short period at Palm Island, died at St Luke's Hospital in Yarrabah in 1964.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/noble-angelina-1879-1964\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McPherson, Shirley", "Entry ID": "AWE1086", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcpherson-shirley\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Accountant, Administrator", "Summary": "Shirley McPherson was born in 1948 in Perth, Western Australia. A champion schoolgirl athlete, she also excelled academically and won a teaching bursary on completing her leaving certificate at Dominican ladies college, Dongara. She completed a three-year accountancy course at the Western Australia Institute of Technology in 1967 and, in 1974, opened her own tax consultancy business in Perth. When the family moved to Geraldton, she worked as a tax agent there.\nShe was appointed a commissioner of the Aboriginal Development Commission in 1983 and became full-time chairperson in 1986. Despite the commission's growing budgets and staff levels, McPherson's nine fellow commissioners were dismissed by Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Gerry Hand, in 1988, and she only retained her position because it was an appointment made by the Governor-General. The new commissioners twice passed motions of censure against her.\nDisappointed, McPherson resigned in 1989 and returned to Western Australia. She resumed accountancy and also worked as a consultant on Aboriginal affairs to the state government.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clare, Monica", "Entry ID": "AWE1087", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clare-monica\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dareel, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal leader, Aboriginal rights activist, Administrator", "Summary": "Monica Clare was the daughter of an Aboriginal shearer and an English women who died in childbirth when Monica was two years old. Taken into care at the age of seven, she and her brother grew up in a variety of foster homes in Sydney. After learning the finer arts of domestic service, Monica went out to work as a waitress and a factory hand.\nIn the 1950s, Monica became interested in Labor Politics. Her second husband, the trade unionist Leslie Clare, encouraged this interest and also encouraged her to be active in Aboriginal politics. She became the Secretary of the Aborigines Committee of the South Coast at Wollongong during the 1960s and, subsequently, of an Aboriginal committee called the South Coast Illawarra Tribe, from 1968 to 1973.\nMonica Clare worked tirelessly for the political and social equality of Aboriginal people, and their independence. She died suddenly on National Aborigines Day, 13 July 1973.\n", "Details": "Monica Clare was born in 1924, at Dareel on the Mooni River, ten miles from Mungindi, on the Queensland side of the border. Her father was an Aboriginal shearer, and her mother, surnamed Scott, was English. The family roamed the upper Darling until Monica's mother died in childbirth in c.1926. In 1931 Monica and her younger brother were taken by Child Welfare. They were first taken to 'Yasmar' Home, Haberfield, in Sydney, and then to Redmyre Road, Strathfield, where Monica learned domestic service. By 1932 the two children were fostered to Bill and Stella Woodbury who owned a farm near Spencer on the lower Hawkesbury River. During World War Two, Monica worked as a servant, in the W.D.&H.O. Wills cigarette factory, as a waitress at a Greek caf\u00e9, and in Peggy Page, a well-known Sydney dress factory. Her first marriage ending in divorce, Monica became interested in Labor politics. In 1956 she met Leslie Clare, a well-known secretary of several trade unions, and decided to move to Wollongong. Leslie was sympathetic to Aboriginal people and took her to various Aboriginal missions along the New South Wales coast. They married in 1960.\nMonica was the Secretary of the Aborigines Committee of the South Coast at Wollongong during the 1960s and subsequently of an Aboriginal committee called the South Coast Illawarra Tribe, from 1968 to 1973. She worked tirelessly for the political and social equality of Aboriginal people, and their independence. She died suddenly on National Aborigines Day, 13 July 1973, before she could revise and rewrite the manuscript for her autobiographical book Karobran: The Story of an Aboriginal Girl which was published in 1978.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/karobran-the-story-of-an-aboriginal-girl\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-been-writing-blak\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yesterdays-words-the-editing-of-monica-clares-karobran\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stories-of-herself-when-young-autobiographies-of-childhood-by-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/review-of-review-of-karoban\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-monica-clare\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-monica-clare-1978-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Freeman, Catherine (Cathy) Astrid Salome", "Entry ID": "AWE1088", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/freeman-catherine-cathy-astrid-salome\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mackay, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Catherine (Cathy) Freeman was born in Mackay in Queensland in 1973. As a very good runner, she won a scholarship to boarding school where she was able to have professional coaching. In 1994 she became the first Aboriginal sprinter to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, going on to win a silver medal in the 1996 Olympic Games and then gold at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.\nShe is very proud of her Aboriginal heritage and has carried the Australian and Aboriginal flags around the track after winning a race, which at times has resulted in public controversy.\nShe was made Young Australian of the Year in 1990 and Australian of the Year in 1998. She is the first person to receive both awards.\nIn the 2026 Australia Day Honours she was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) 'for eminent service to athletics as an international competitor and ambassador, to positive social impact across the community, to the reconciliation movement in the spirit of unity and inclusion, and as a role model to youth.'\n", "Events": "Athletics - 200m and 400m (1994 - 1994) \nAthletics - 4 X 100m Relay (1990 - 1990) \nAthletics - 4 x 400m Relay (2002 - 2002) \nAthletics - 400m event (1996 - 1996) \nAthletics - 400m Event (2000 - 2000) \nCompeted at Barcelona (1992 - 1992) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-posters-on-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islanders-set-1\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clark, Mavis Thorpe", "Entry ID": "AWE1095", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clark-mavis-thorpe\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author", "Summary": "Mavis Thorpe Clark was a prolific writer of children's fiction who, in late life, also wrote for adults. In the process of researching her first adult book, Pastor Doug, the biography of Sir Douglas Nicholls, she created a large archive of letters and correspondence of relevance to indigenous scholarship.\n", "Details": "Mavis Thorpe Clark was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1909. Her writing career began at the age of 14, when the Australasian published, as a children's serial, her work The Red School, by no means a masterpiece, but her first literary endeavour. Her first published book, written when she was 18 and sold to Whitcombe and Tombs in 1930 for the then handsome sum of \u00a330, was Hatherley's First Fifteen, a boy's adventure story about Rugby football.\nHer first book for adults, Pastor Doug, the biography of Sir Douglas Nicholls, Aboriginal pastor later appointed Governor of South Australia, was published in 1965 and re-issued in 1973 in a revised second edition. In 1979, she published another Doug Nicholls's biographical account under the title The Boy from Cumeroogunga. In order to complete this task, she researched Aboriginal archives and associated with Aboriginal people, and has left a large amount of personal notes, correspondence, research files, etc. of relevance to Aboriginal scholarship.\nUnlike most authors, Clark did not suffer rejection of any book submitted for publication. She became an extremely prolific writer and published 32 books, mostly for children, five of which were broadcast as serials by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Her book The Min Min won the 1967 Australian Children's Book of the Year award, and film rights to The Sky Is Free were bought by the Walt Disney organisation. Clark died in Melbourne in 1999, at the age of 90. She has been honoured by having the national Fellowship of Australian Writers Mavis Thorpe Clark Award named after her.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-mean-destiny-the-story-of-the-war-widows-guild-of-australia-1945-85\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trust-the-dream-an-autobiography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aborigines-in-society-the-man-from-cummeragunja\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-mavis-thorpe-clark\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manuscript-and-research-files-1894-1997-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1973-1986-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-to-grade-fives-blackburn-south-primary-school-1974-aug-2-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-mavis-thorpe-clark-1920-1999-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Santospirito, Lena", "Entry ID": "AWE1096", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/santospirito-lena\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Migrant community advocate", "Summary": "Lena Santospirito was one of the first Italo-Australian women to assume a leadership role in the provision of welfare and community services to Melbourne's Italian community. The Australian born daughter of Italian parents who migrated to Australia in the 1890s, Mrs Santospirito was the first woman (and layperson) to be appointed President of the Archbishop's Committee for Italian Relief. She held this position between 1946 and 1955, a period that coincided with the beginnings of mass migration from Italy to Australia. Her energy and generosity in this role, as she combined it with her responsibilities as a wife and mother, were recognised by the Italian government in 1958 when she was awarded the Italian Star of Solidarity.\nAfter her resignation from the committee in 1955, Mrs Santospirito continued her community work for various religious and charitable organisations. She passed away in 1983 and is remembered for her tireless work, her faith and the generosity she showed to so many people in Melbourne's Italian community.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-santospirito-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lena-santospirito-the-person\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-advocate\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/santospirito-collection\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Truganini", "Entry ID": "AWE1098", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/truganini\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal leader, Aboriginal spokesperson", "Summary": "Truganini was the daughter of Mangana, chief of the Bruny Island people. A survivor of The Black Wars that accompanied European settlement in Tasmania, her life epitomises the story of colonial encounters in Tasmania, the clash of two disparate cultures and the resistance and survival of indigenous Tasmanians.\nAfter losing her mother, her sister and her prospective husband at a young age, all of them the victims of colonial violence, Truganini worked hard in the early 1830s to unify what was left of the indigenous communities of Tasmania. An intelligent, energetic and resourceful woman, she worked with white authorities to protect other survivors of The Black Wars who had been forcibly removed from their homelands. In 1830 George Augustus Robinson, a Christian missionary was hired to round up the rest of the indigenous population and he settled them on Flinders Island. Truganini and her husband, Woorrady, helped Robinson in this venture in the hope that removing them would protect them from further violence. Unfortunately, the shock of resettlement, combined with the unsanitary conditions the people were forced to live in, proved fatal and the resettlement program did not work. The result was the virtual annihilation of the one hundred or so people left - mainly due to malnutrition and illness.\nTruganini went with Robinson to Port Phillip in 1839 where a similar settlement was attempted with mainland nations, again with disastrous results. This time, having learnt from the Tasmanian experience, Truganini joined with the Port Phillip people when they resisted Robinson's plans but she was captured and sent back to Flinders Island.\nIn 1856 there were only a few remaining indigenous survivors left in Tasmania, Truganini among them, who were taken to Oyster Bay. By 1873, except for Truganini, all of the people taken there had died. Truganini was moved to Hobart where she died in 1876. She had no known descendants.\nEven in death she was not left in peace. Her skeleton was on display in the Tasmanian Museum from 1904 to 1907. It was not until 1976 that her remains received a proper burial. Aboriginal rights workers cremated Truganini and spread her ashes on the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, close to her birthplace.\nDespite being labelled as such for many years, Truganini was not the 'last Tasmanian Aborigine', as the population of mixed descent Aboriginal people living in Tasmania readily attests to. Nevertheless, the story of her life and death remains immensely important, not only as a symbol of the plight of indigenous Australians, but as an example of the insensitivity of museum practices.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-portraits-of-indigenous-australians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/1997-peter-eldershaw-memorial-lecture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/re-claiming-tru-ger-nan-ner-de-colonising-the-symbol\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trucanini-queen-or-traitor\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-spectre-of-truganini\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-last-tasmanian\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/truganini-park\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-last-wish-truganinis-ashes-scattered-in-the-dentrecasteaux-channel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/report-to-the-australian-institute-of-aboriginal-studies-on-truganini\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-last-of-the-tasmanians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-anthroposcopic-and-anthropometric-study-of-a-full-blood-female-tasmanian-aborigine-truganini\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-last-of-the-tasmanian-natives\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pioneering-journey-home-for-truganini\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trugernanner-truganini-1812-1876\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/skeletal-remains-of-truganini\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/photographs-of-william-lanne-and-truganini-taken-in-tasmania\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barwick, Diane Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1099", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barwick-diane-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Anthropologist, Author", "Summary": "Diane E. Barwick was born in Canada in 1938. She arrived in Australia in 1960, and received her doctoral degree from the Australian National University, Canberra. Her work on the history of Aboriginal communities in Victoria (particularly Coranderrk, Framlingham and Lake Tyers) resulted in a number of publications, including her book Rebellion at Coranderrk, published posthumously in 1998. She contributed many articles, book chapters, pamphlets, manuscripts and photographs to Aboriginal scholarship, and was the co-founder of the journal Aboriginal History, which she also edited from 1978 to 1982. She was also actively involved in a number of Aboriginal issues, and was on the Aboriginal Treaty Committee.\nThroughout her career, she worked to make history more accessible to Aboriginal people through genealogies and biographies. In 1984 she published a journal article, \"Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Victorian Clans, 1835-1904\", which was a major reference for the compilation of a large Aboriginal biographical index at the AIATSIS. Her work was stopped short by her death in 1986.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mapping-the-past-an-atlas-of-victorian-clans-1835-1904-part-1\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rebellion-at-coranderrk\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-unfashionable-concern-with-the-past-the-historical-anthropology-of-diane-barwick\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/diane-barwick-the-influential-outsider\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/diane-elizabeth-barwick-1938-1986-a-bibliography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aborigines-of-victoria\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-women-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/and-the-lubras-are-ladies-now\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/outsiders-aboriginal-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barwick-diane-dr-general-correspondence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aborigines-advancement-league-of-victoria-group-portraits-from-the-conscience-calling-ball-1961\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1772-2006-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nancy-cato-manuscript-collection-1967-1992\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gillan, Joy Lindrum", "Entry ID": "AWE1101", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gillan-joy-lindrum\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Writer", "Summary": "Joy Lindrum Gillan is a writer and member of The Society of Women Writers (Australia). Lindrum Gillan was President of New South Wales Branch of the Society, 1984-1986, and Federal President of the Society, 1986-1988.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joy-lindrum-gillan-papers-1976-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joy-lindrum-gillan-sound-recordings-1984\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-joy-lindum-gillan-1977-1990-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "James, Florence", "Entry ID": "AWE1103", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/james-florence\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand", "Death Place": "Manly, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Florence James (1902-1993) was a novelist, editor and reviewer. She was born in New Zealand and educated at Sydney University where she began her long association with Dymphna Cusack. Together James and Cusack wrote two books, 'Four Winds and a Family', a story for children, and 'Come in Spinner' which won the Sydney Daily Telegraph prize in 1948.\nFlorence James went to England in 1927. She shared a bedsitting room with Christina Stead for a short time, and worked mainly as a journalist and independent literary agent until her return to Australia in 1938. James went to England again in 1947 and from 1951 worked as an independent literary agent and reader for Constable and Co. and for Richmond, Towers and Benson Limited. While in London she acted as a talent scout for Australian and New Zealand writers including Mary Durack, Nene Gare, Maurice Shadbolt, David Martin and Sylvia Ashton-Warner.\nJames maintained a close friendship with many of the women she met at University and with the writers whose work she promoted. In the early 1970s she became an active member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia. James married William ('Pym') Heyting in 1932. They divorced in 1948. They had two daughters. Florence James died in 1993.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yarn-spinners-a-story-in-letters-dymphna-cusack-florence-james-miles-franklin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/come-in-spinner-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/florence-james-papers-1890-1993\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-nancy-cato-1939-1995-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-and-literary-papers-1887-1954-microform\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sherrard, Kathleen Margaret Maria", "Entry ID": "AWE1105", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sherrard-kathleen-margaret-maria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Geologist, Palaeontologist", "Summary": "Kathleen Margaret Maria Sherrard, MSc, was a demonstrator and lecturer in geology at the University of Melbourne for over a decade in the years after World War I. She also published articles on palaeontology.\nAfter her marriage and relocation to Sydney she served on a Commonwealth Committee on Nutrition, 1944-1945, and took an active role in many women's organisations, particularly the Australian Federation of University Women and United Associations of Women, as well as scientific workers organisations.\n", "Details": "Kathleen Margaret Maria Sherrard nee McInerny [1] made her mark in Australian geological studies before her marriage, becoming the first woman graduate in geology from the University of Melbourne. She took her BSc in 1918 and was appointed as an assistant lecturer in 1920, taking her MSc the following year. She spent part of 1927 in England working on crystallography at the mineralogical laboratory at Cambridge University under Arthur Hutchinson (1866-1937). Like many in this book she was a member of the Lyceum Club.\nIn 1928 Kathleen McInerny married Howard Macoun Sherrard (1897-1984) and moved to Sydney. Having been Honorary Secretary of the Victorian Women Graduates' Association from 1920 to 1928 she occupied the same position in the Australian Federation of University Women from 1928 to 1938.[2]\nTurner notes that she had been granted leave in 1929 to undertake doctoral research in Cambridge, but instead 'had involved herself in social causes, education and motherhood'.[3] She continued her scholarly investigations, changing direction to studying graptolites which are a group of extinct marine colonial animals common in the Palaeozoic era. From the early 1950s she was considered as a member of the Sydney University Geology Department staff. Howard Sherrard rose to become Chief Engineer of the Department of Main Roads of New South Wales and Turner notes that this helped his wife to get permission and special signs for geology excursion buses to stop on busy roads.\nHer papers included many published in the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales as well as one in those of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales.[4] In 1950 she worked in the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences with Dr Gertrude Elles (1872-1960) the first woman to be appointed as a Reader in the University of Cambridge. In 1967 she studied fossil collections in Beijing.\nKathleen Sherrard also supported the Australian Women's Digest which was published from 1944 to 1948 and to which she contributed. In 1970 she wrote an unpublished memoir entitled A Doctor's Daughter Remembers Her Childhood: life in Melbourne in the early nineteen hundreds of which copies are held in the State libraries of New South Wales and Victoria. A monograptus from the Forbes district of New South Wales was named Sherrardae sp. nov. in her honour.[5]\n[1] Kathleen Sherrard was born Kathleen McInerny, but her Victorian birth registration notes the spelling of her surname as McInerney. Her marriage registration notes the spelling as McInerny, and Trove newspaper references indicate that McInerny is the correct spelling.\n[2] Rachel Grahame. 'Sherrard, Kathleen Margaret Maria (1898-1975)'. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002; 'As Women To Women: impressive gathering to meet in Adelaide: distinguished delegates from all states'. Recorder. 3 January 1934: 1.\n[3] S. Turner. 'Invincible but mostly Invisible: Australian Women's Contribution to Geology and Palaeontology'. Geological Society Special Publication. v. 281(2007): 165-202.\n[4] Ida A. Brown and Kathleen M. Sherrard. 'Graptolite Zones in the Silurian of the Yass-Bowning District of New South Wales'. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. v. 85 (1952): 127-134; Kathleen M. Sherrard. 'The Assemblages of Graptolites in New South Wales'. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. v. 87 no. 3(1954): 73-101; K.M. Sherrard. 'Some Dendroid Graptolites from New South Wales'. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales. v. 81 (1956): 82-90.\n[5] F. M. Quodling . 'Kathleen Sherrard'. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. v. 109 (1976): 168.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/40-years-40-women-biographies-of-university-of-melbourne-women-published-to-commemorate-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-international-year-of-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-political-history-of-women-in-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kathleen-m-m-sherrard-papers-ca-1918-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kathleen-m-m-sherrard-further-papers-1909-1975-together-with-papers-of-the-mcinerney-and-sherrard-families-ca-1888-1916-1976\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davidson, Gay", "Entry ID": "AWE1115", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davidson-gay\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Christchurch, New Zealand", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Gay Davidson was the first female political correspondent for a major newspaper in Australia, the first woman President of the Australian Commonwealth Parliamentary Press Gallery, and a great mentor and friend to a vast array of journalists, not least women taking advantage of the openings to them in that profession during the 1970s and 80s.\n", "Details": "Miringa Gay Davidson was one of two children of Geoff Yandle and his wife, migrants to New Zealand respectively from England and Ireland, born when the family had a small dairy farm on the outskirts of Christchurch. She was educated at the (Anglican) Convent of the Sacred Name School, Christchurch Girls High School (1951-56) and at Canterbury University 1957-58 (degree not completed). She completed a journalism cadetship at The Christchurch Press.\nFollowing a career in print, radio and television journalism in New Zealand she and her first husband, journalist Naylor Hillary, moved to Australia in 1967 when he was offered a PhD scholarship to study political science at the Australian National University in Canberra. Gay obtained work with the Canberra Times through her contacts with former New Zealand journalism colleague Bob Ferris (then Chief Sub Editor of the Canberra Times). Initially Gay and Hillary lived with Bob and his (then) journalist wife Jeannie Ferris. Gay pioneered the \"Gang Gang\" page 3 column in the Canberra Times, did civic rounds, covered education and health, was public administration writer, then political correspondent, ending as leader writer and senior columnist, before leaving the paper and working for public relations firm Hill and Knowlton. As Canberra Times political correspondent and head of bureau in the Parliamentary Press Gallery, she became both the first woman in such a role with a major Australian newspaper, and was elected President of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, again the first woman in such a position.\nAlong the way, she liberated the lavatories in the Parliament. One objection raised to her being appointed political correspondent had been the absence of a ladies' lavatory within easy distance of the Canberra Times office in the Gallery. (At this time there were no ladies' lavatories in the Senate for female Senators either and precious few for women Members of the House of Representatives). Gay assisted a woman teleprinter operator in the nearby offices of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (who had broken her leg) to use the men's lavatory near by, standing guard. In due course the Parliament's Sergeant-at-arms was informed, and the lavatory was re-designated and appointed as a uni-sex facility-designated 'toilet'.\nShe was a strong proponent of the establishment of a premise for the National Press Club. When the new building's finances began to founder, she took over as President of the Club and, working closely with a new manager, Mrs. Marjorie Turbayne, she helped to put the Club on a firmer financial footing. She remained a member of the Board in various positions for many years.\nAs political correspondent she covered the 1974 Federal Election, and the dismissal of the Labor Government by the Governor-general in 1975. One enduring photo-image exists of her in the press on the steps of Parliament House as David Smith, then Secretary to the Governor General read out the Proclamation. Subsequently, she made her name writing about entrepreneurial corporate raiders in the business world from 1985.\nIn the community she sat on numerous Boards, including the (former) Canberra Hospital Board, the ACT Land and Planning Appeals Board, the Bruce Stadium Trust, and the Australian Institute of Health (now Health and Welfare). She held various offices with the (former) Australian Journalists Association. She was Deputy Chair of the Australian Institute of Political Science for some years, before being awarded Honorary Life Membership in 1999. During all this time she and second husband Ken Davidson (economics writer for The Melbourne Age) ran a virtual salon at their family home for journalists, politicians, their advisers, and senior public servants willing to risk dining in the presence of such company. She resigned (for the third and final time) from the Canberra Times in 1987.\nAfter the tragic death in 1984 of her second daughter, Kiri Davidson, at the age of 13 of sub-acute sclerosing panencephalitis she became a prominent public campaigner for immunization against measles, working with successive Commonwealth Health Ministers in promoting what became the national Bicentennial Measles Campaign.\nAfter Gay resigned from Hill and Knowlton in 1991, with a contract from the Commonwealth Department of Health to write and edit major papers, give political advice and run staff seminars on writing plain English, she worked free-lance and joined Alan Thornhill in their private company By-Line Products, again in the Gallery. She continued with some consultancy work, including speech writing, for Commonwealth Health Ministers until her deteriorating health precluded this.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1967 - 1987)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/breaking-through-women-work-and-careers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCarthy, Wendy Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1117", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccarthy-wendy-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Orange, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Businesswoman, Campaigner, Company director, Consultant, Educator, Entrepreneur, Femocrat, Public speaker, Teacher", "Summary": "Wendy McCarthy is an experienced businesswoman who has assumed many major leadership roles in both the public and private sectors for nearly forty years. Her first experience as a political lobbyist came about when, newly pregnant, she and her husband joined the Childbirth Education Association (CEA) in Sydney, campaigning for (amongst other things) the rights of fathers to be present at the births of their babies. Since then, she has had three children, and been an active change agent in women's health, education, broadcasting, conservation and heritage and Australian business.\nHer senior executive and non-executive positions have included: CEO - Family Planning Association of Australia (1979-84); Member - National Women's Advisory Council (1978-81); Member - Sydney Symphony Orchestra Council; Director - Australian Multicultural Foundation. She has held executive and non-executive director roles in many of Australia's leading private and public institutions including Executive Director, Australian Federation of Family Planning Associations; Deputy Chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for eight years; General Manager of Marketing and Communications, the Australian Bicentennial Authority; Chair of the National Better Health Program; Executive Director of the National Trust; Director Star City; Chair of the Australian Heritage Commission; and Chair of Symphony Australia. In 2005 she compiled ten years as Chancellor of the University of Canberra.\nIn 2013 she is Chair of Circus Oz, McGrath National Youth Mental Health Foundation and Pacific Friends of the Global Foundation. In 2010 Wendy became a Non-Executive Director to GoodStart Childcare Limited. In 2009 after 13 years of service to Plan International, she retired from her most recent role as Global Vice Chair. She is Patron of the Australian Reproductive Health Alliance.\nWendy's contribution to Australian life has been recognised in various ways. In 1989 she became an Officer of the Order of Australia for her contribution to community affairs, women's affairs and the Bicentennial celebrations and in 1996 she received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Australia. In April 2003 she was awarded a Centenary of Federation Medal. She was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in June 2025 for eminent service to children and youth, to health, to the arts, to business, to the community, and to women's leadership.\n", "Details": "Career Highlights\nChancellor - University of Canberra (1996-)\nChair - Plan International Australia (Director since 1996)\nChair - Symphony Australia (2000-)\nChair - McGrath Estate Agents (2000-)\nCEO - Family Planning Association of Australia (1979-84)\nMember - National Women's Advisory Council (1978-81)\nCommissioner - NSW Education Commission (1981-83)\nMember - NSW Higher Education Board (1980-83)\nGeneral Manager - Australian Bicentennial Authority (1985-89)\nDeputy Chair - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1983-91)\nChair - National Better Health Program (1989-92)\nCEO - National Trust of Australia, NSW (1990-93)\nCEO - Price Brent (commercial legal firm) (1994)\nPresident - Chief Executive Women (1995)\nChair - Royal Hospital for Women Foundation (1995-1997)\nChair - Australian Heritage Commission (1995-98)\nChair - Clean-Up Australia Environment Foundation (1996-98)\nDirector - Star City Pty Ltd (1994-99)\nTrustee - Adelaide Festival Centre Trust 1996 -2000\nMember - Olympic Urban Design Review Panel and Olympic Public Art Committee\nMember - North Limited, Environment, Health and Safety Advisory Committee\nChair - The Look of the City Committee, Sydney City Council\nMember - EPAC Task Force report to Prime Minister on Australia's child\ncare needs to the years 2010\nMember - Independent Panel on Intractable Waste 1991-92\nChair - Advisory Committee WHO Kobe Centre 1999-2002\nMember - Australian Advertising Standards Board\nMember - Sydney Symphony Orchestra Council\nMember - Australian State of the Environment Advisory Committee\nDirector - Australian Multicultural Foundation\nExecutive Director - Corporate Good Works\nExecutive Director - McCarthy Management Pty Ltd\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dont-fence-me-in\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/profile-wendy-mccarthy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wendy-mccarthy-interviewed-by-nikki-henningham-in-the-women-and-leadership-in-a-century-of-australian-democracy-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-richardson-scrapbooks-relating-to-the-womens-electoral-lobby-and-womens-events-1977-2002\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Geach, Portia Swanston", "Entry ID": "AWE1126", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/geach-portia-swanston\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Artist, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Artist and feminist, Portia Geach was born on 24 December 1873 in Melbourne, Victoria. She studied design in 1890-92 and painting from 1893 to 1896 at the Melbourne National Gallery schools. Late in 1896 she won a scholarship to the schools of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, where she studied for four years. She also worked in Paris and exhibited in England, Paris and New York. On her return to Australia she held numerous exhibitions first in Melbourne and then in Sydney when she moved there with her family in 1904.\nOn her return to Sydney from a visit to the United States of America in 1917 Portia, influenced by a meeting of a housewives' association she had attended in New York, founded and was president of the New South Wales Housewives' Association. It aimed to educate women in the principles of proper nutrition and to aid them in their struggles against profiteering and rising food prices. In 1928 she reorganised the association as the Housewives' Progressive Association. For many years she was also president of the Federated Association of Australian Housewives.\n", "Details": "Back in Melbourne in 1901 after extensive overseas studies, Portia held an exhibition in her Collins Street studio. Portraits became her specialty and she later painted Edith Cowan which hangs in Parliament House, Perth, and (Sir) John Quick which was accepted and hung in the National Library, Canberra. She also painted murals and was a member of the Victorian Artists' Society. Around 1904 her family moved to Sydney, where in 1914 she exhibited mainly oils and watercolours of the shores of Sydney Harbour and Victorian rural scenes, with some portraits.\nIn the Sydney Morning Herald and over the radio she frequently expressed her views on such subjects as buying Empire goods, the use of preservatives in foodstuffs, the date-stamping of eggs, the marking of lamb and the high price of milk and bread. Active on the committee of the National Council of Women of New South Wales, Geach was a delegate to the International Council of Women's conference in Washington in 1925. She believed in equal pay for men and women and the right of women to hold public office. In 1926, while overseas, she exhibited at the salon of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris. \nIn 1941 of Portia was expelled from the Housewives Progressive Association after years of rivalry with its paid chairwoman of directors Eleanor Glencross. Geach also alleged that the association had been working in cooperation with the Meadow-Lea Margarine Co. Pty Ltd. In 1947 she formed the breakaway Progressive Housewives' Association and was president until 1957. She also served on the council of the Australian Women's Movement against Socialisation from 1947, and belonged to the Women's Club, Sydney, and the Lyceum Club, Melbourne. \nGeach's sister Kate provided in her estate for an annual \u00a31,000 prize, known as the Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, for a portrait by a woman artist (for a complete list of winners, see http:\/\/www.trust.com.au\/Content.aspx?topicID=71).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-thrift-to-scientific-spending-the-sydney-housewives-association-between-the-wars\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/geach-portia-swanston-1873-1959\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/progressive-housewives-association-records-1939-1970\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morgan, Eliza Elsie", "Entry ID": "AWE1127", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morgan-eliza-elsie\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Elsie Morgan, wife of Theodore Herbert Morgan, a prominent member of the Australian Labor Party, was elected to the Sugar Board of Inquiry in 1930-1931 as the representative for Western Australia. At that time, she was the founder of the Housewives Association of W.A., President of the Consumers' Vigilance Committee, and a member of the Executive of the Women's Service Guild.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1876-1985-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baines, Sarah Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE1128", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baines-sarah-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Birmingham, Warwickshire, England", "Death Place": "Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Political activist", "Summary": "Jennie Baines was a prominent feminist and socialist in both Britain and Australia. Born in Birmingham, the daughter of a gunmaker, she was sent to work in a factory when she was just 11. She soon joined her parents in their Salvation Army work. She married George Baines in 1888 and had five children. In 1905 she joined the Women's Social and Political Union, becoming a full-time organiser. She was imprisoned 15 times and in 1913 was smuggled out of the country to Melbourne with her family. Once there, she worked for the Women's Political Association and joined the Women's Peave Army. With Adela Pankhurst Walsh she campaigned tirelessly against the war and conscription. She also joined the Socialist Part in 1917. In the years after World War One she continued to work in both the Labor and Socialist parties.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jennie-baines-suffrage-and-an-australian-connection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-1907-1909\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pethybridge, Eva", "Entry ID": "AWE1129", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pethybridge-eva\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "social activist, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Eva Pethybridge was a women's activist and advocate for peace with enduring associations with numerous women's organisations. In 1946, she became Honorary Secretary of the Australian Women's Charter, a group that was created in 1942 to consider problems concerning women in wartime. The charter was intended to embody the aims of women's organisations and to establish equal opportunity, public welfare, status and remuneration. During the following decades Eva Pethybridge was President of the League of Women Voters of Victoria, committee member of the Australian Federation of Women Voters, member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the United Nations Association of Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pethybridge-eva-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sewell, Christina", "Entry ID": "AWE1131", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sewell-christina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community worker, Teacher", "Summary": "Christina Brown arrived in Western Australia in 1896. She was one of the first students at Claremont Teachers' College, graduating in 1902, and married Thomas Blake in 1906. After his death, she became Western Australian's first woman sworn valuator, first woman to be a commissioner for declarations, and unsuccessfully stood for parliament as an independent candidate for Leederville-North Perth in 1927. In 1928, she married Augustus Robert Sewell, son of Frederick Sewell. She was an active member of numerous societies, most notably the Travellers Aid Society of which she became national president, and was awarded the Coronation Medal for social work in 1953.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christina-sewell-papers-1902-1969-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moore, Edith Eliza", "Entry ID": "AWE1132", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moore-edith-eliza\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "St Kilda, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "South Yarra, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Charity worker, Community worker, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Edith Moore was the daughter of Sir Thomas a'Beckett, Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, and Isabella, daughter of Sir Archibald Michie. She married Sir William Harrison Moore, Professor of Law in the University of Melbourne and Constitutional Advisor to the Victorian Government in 1898. She was prominent in numerous organizations: the Travellers' Aid Society of Victoria; the Country People's Holiday Camps Association; the National Council of Women; the Housewives' Association; the Women's Rural Industries Company; the League of Women Voters of Victoria and other bodies. She continued to be active after the death of her husband in 1935. She died in 1974.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moore-edith-eliza-harrison\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kirk, Maria (Marie) Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1133", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kirk-maria-marie-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Malvern, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Welfare worker, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Marie Kirk was a leading figure in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union both in Victoria and nationally and helped to establish the Victorian Union in 1887. She held numerous executive positions in the organisation. She was also a strong supporter of women's rights, a member of the Victorian Women's Franchise League, and helped to establish the National Council of Women of Victoria in 1902. She supported equal pay, raising the age of consent for girls, and also took a keen interest in the welfare of women prisoners and in the kindergarten movement.\n", "Details": "Kirk (nee Sutton) was born in London in 1855 and married Frank Kirk (an ironmonger and later bootmaker) in 1878. Reared as a Quaker, she worked as a missionary in London's 'slums' and became active in the British Women's Temperance Association. In 1886 she represented this group at a meeting held in Toronto to organise the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She moved to Victoria that same year.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/temperate-feminists-marie-kirk-and-the-wctu\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-white-ribbon-signal-official-organ-of-the-womans-temperance-union-of-victoria\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/1891-womens-suffrage-petition\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womans-christian-temperance-union-of-victoria\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-suffrage-petition-1891\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clarke, Janet Marion", "Entry ID": "AWE1134", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-janet-marion\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Doogallook Station, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Philanthropist, socialite", "Summary": "Janet Clarke (n\u00e9e Snodgrass) was a society hostess and leading patron of good causes in Melbourne from the 1880s until her death. She was a member of the Charity Organisation Society, the Austral Salon, the Melbourne District Nursing Society, the Talbot Epileptic Colony committee, the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise, the Dante Society, the Women's Hospital Committee, the Hospital for Sick Children and the City Newsboys' Society. She helped to organise the Women's Work Exhibition in 1907. Clarke's influence was such that she became the first president of the National Council of Women of Victoria in 1902, and of the Australian Women's National League in 1904.\n", "Details": "Born at Doogallook station on the Goulburn River, Janet was the daughter of Peter Snodgrass, described by Michael Clarke as 'a fearless horseman' but also as 'a neglectful manager and an unfortunate politician [who] left his widow and nine children destitute'. Following her father's death, Janet was given tutelage by Arbella Winter-Cooke at 'Murndal', near Hamilton, before taking up a post as a companion for Mary Clarke and her children in Sunbury in 1869. On 12 April 1871, however, the pregnant Mary Clarke fell from a pair-horse buggy. She suffered a miscarriage and died the same day. Janet remained at the property to care for the Clarke children. In 1872, at twenty-one years of age, she became engaged to William. The pair were married on 21 January 1873. The following year, William inherited the vast fortune of his father, pastoralist W.J.T. 'Big' Clarke. Janet Clarke, a novice to the combined role of wife and society hostess, was thrown into Melbourne's elite social circle. Years later, Michael Clarke would note that his grandmother was 'conscious of her deficiencies. She covered her ignorance by being a good listener. She concealed her lack of social know-how by being a thoughtful hostess and a cautious guest. She was deferential to her elders and betters, kind to nervous young ladies and considerate to servants'.\nSir William and Lady Janet Clarke, as they became, had eight children: Clive Snodgrass (1873), Mary Janet (1874), William Lionel Russell (1876), Agnes Petrea Josephine (1877), Francis Grenville (1879), Reginald Hastings (1880), Lily Vera Montagu Douglas (1883), and Ivy Victoria (1887). Though Petrea (or 'Josie' as Janet referred to her) died in infancy, William had four children from his first marriage and theirs was a full house. As early as August 1874 the foundation stone was laid for the building of Rupertswood, the family home in Sunbury, with initial costs estimated at \u00a320,000. Cliveden, their East Melbourne mansion, was commissioned in 1886 and became a hub of social and charitable activity.\nThough the story is contested by some, legend has it that Janet Clarke holds a special place in the history of the Ashes Test series. In 1882 Ivo Bligh led a team from England to play three cricket test matches in Australia. The team spent Christmas at the Clarke property, Rupertswood, in Sunbury. After Rupertswood staff and Sunbury locals lost a social game to the English team, Lady Clarke apparently presented Bligh with a small urn containing the burnt ashes of the stumps and announced that she would like it to be a perpetual trophy between the two teams. The urn was donated to the MCC in 1927.\nJanet Clarke was a giant in nineteenth-century charitable circles. An article entitled 'Australian Lady Bountiful' in Table Talk (1885) acknowledged her practical charitable work for the Melbourne District Nursing Society, and recounted the presentation of an address and bible together with a petition to Lady Clarke containing 400 signatures from 'grateful working people' expressing 'our sincere thanks to you for your kindness and benevolence shown towards our sick and poor'. Punch magazine suggested that 'most of the big charitable works which had been carried through to a successful issue in Melbourne\u2026 had their origins in Janet Lady Clarke's ballroom'. On her death in 1909, the Leader pronounced that she 'stood at the head and front of almost every philanthropic movement'. A century later, her philanthropic legacy remains among the most enduring in Victoria in the areas of education, the arts and social welfare.\nJanet Clarke was particularly supportive of educational causes. She helped to establish the College of Domestic Economy (later the Emily McPherson College) and the Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School. She donated \u00a36,000 toward the building of a hostel for women university students at Trinity College (University of Melbourne). The hostel provided the first separate residential accommodation for women students and was later expanded and renamed Janet Clarke Hall.\nDespite her public activities, Janet Clarke did not support women's suffrage and promoted domesticity as the ordinary woman's natural duty. She did believe, however, that women's maternal and domestic influence was needed outside the home. Once women had obtained the vote, she encouraged political awareness among her own acquaintances, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Australian Women's National League.\nUpon the death of her husband in 1897, Lady Clarke became known as Janet, Lady Clarke. Sir William's baronetcy was inherited by his first son, Rupert, whose own wife took the title of Lady Clarke.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/most-eminent-woman-lady-janet-clarke\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/janet-clarke-hall-1886-1986\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-of-influence-the-first-fifty-years-of-women-in-the-liberal-party\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-woman-question-in-melbourne-1880-1914\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-woman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-of-rupertswood-the-life-and-times-of-william-john-clarke-first-baronet-of-rupertswood-1831-1897\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-womens-national-league-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-janet-marion-1851-1909\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liberal-women-federation-to-1949\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-janet-clarke\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/19528\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilhelm, Eileen Vimy", "Entry ID": "AWE1137", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilhelm-eileen-vimy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Crystal Brook, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Health worker, social activist, Volunteer", "Summary": "Vim Wilhelm was named after the Vickers Vimy, a reconditioned WWI fighter bomber that flew from London to Australia and landed on the day she was born. Her father, Roy Klopper, was an early enthusiast of flying and had built his own aeroplane as a young man. Her mother, Jessie Sullivan, was a midwife and matron of the local hospital at Crystal Brook, north of Adelaide, South Australia. They named their daughter Eileen Vimy but she was nearly always Vim. Jessie died when Vim was ten, and Vim left school at the age of twelve to look after her four siblings. She picked up her formal education again at the age of seventeen when she went to Royal Adelaide Hospital to be a nurse. In 1943 she married a young doctor, Don Wilhelm (with whom she had two children), and graduated top of the state in 1944.\nOnce graduated, Vimy trained as a family planning nurse at the Marie Stopes Centre in London and learned to appreciate the worth of volunteering. Returning to Australia in 1960 and with some encouragement from Ruby Rich of the Racial Hygiene Association, Vimy joined the Family Planning Association of Australia (FPAA), where she eventually served as president and chief executive officer, on a full-time, volunteer basis. \"She ran the organisation as efficiently as she appears to have done everything else in her life,\" notes a friend. \"She turned it from an organisation that had virtually no profile at all, into one that was respected by the medical community and by the community at large.\" She was later appointed Patron of the Australian Federation of Family Planning Associations (AFFPA), and in 1976 was awarded the Order of Australia in recognition of her pioneering work in family planning. Between 1976 and 1997, Vimy held the Presidency of the NSW Committee of UNICEF and was elected a Life Member in 1994.\nAfter leaving UNICEF in 1997, Vim, at the age of 78, immediately offered her services to the University of New South Wales alumni association as a volunteer.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pizzi, Gabrielle", "Entry ID": "AWE1139", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pizzi-gabrielle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Art Collector, Gallery Owner", "Summary": "Gabrielle Pizzi, fanatical Collingwood Football Club supporter and granddaughter of the colourful Melbourne, Australia, identity John Wren, was one of the driving forces behind the acceptance of indigenous art in the wider community. In the early 1980s, Pizzi argued that Aboriginal art should not be trivialised as 'tribal' or 'primitive' but, instead, should be regarded as an integral part of the modern movement. She made it her life's mission to have Aboriginal art accepted as powerful contemporary art, bringing the dynamic works of artists including Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri and Emily Kam Kngwarray to world audiences by organising exhibitions in such unlikely places as Bangalore, Kiev and Jerusalem.\nPizzi began exhibiting Aboriginal art in Melbourne in the early 1980s, when there was still resistance to accepting it as a valid form of contemporary art. In 1987, she opened the Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi on Flinders Lane with an exhibition of cutting-edge Western Desert art. Unlike some later, exploitative dealers who capitalised on the boom she helped to create, Pizzi was known for her integrity. She always worked with art advisers from community art centres, ensuring that artists were paid correctly and new artists supported.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/why-gabrielle-pizzi-has-changed-her-mind-about-aboriginal-art-gabrielle-pizzi-tells-simeon-kronenberg\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-work-is-the-statement-an-interview-with-gabrielle-pizzi\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mythology-reality-contemporary-aboriginal-desert-art-from-the-gabrielle-pizzi-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Perry, Nancye Enid Kent", "Entry ID": "AWE1142", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/perry-nancye-enid-kent\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Killara, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Scientist", "Summary": "Nancye Enid Kent Perry was born in Killara on 16 December 1918. She graduated in science from Sydney University and did postgraduate entomological research work in England. Perry later concentrated on her painting, working with the Heidelberg Art Group and others.\nStudied Sydney University 1939-42; worked National Standards Laboratory, Sydney, 1943-4; postgrad. In agricultural economic entomology 1945; DSIR England 1947-50; CSIRO Melb. 1950-51; Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 1951-2; Fisheries and Game 1953-5; C'wealth Dept. of Health, Canberra and Tasmania 1955-7; married Warren Perry 16 November 1957; demonstrator in zoology for medical students at the University of Melbourne, 1958.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1937-1987-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1900-2009-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1917-1991-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-nancye-perry-1989-1999-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Booker, Lorelei Emmeline", "Entry ID": "AWE1143", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/booker-lorelei-emmeline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Lorelei Emmeline Booker (1906-1994) was born in Brisbane, daughter of Sidney North Innes and Caroline Matilda Noble. She was President of the League of Women Voters of New South Wales, 1964-1976, and founder and honorary editor of the League's newsletter, Equality. The League was a state affiliate of the Australian Federation of Women Voters, formed in 1922 and dissolved in 1983. She was N.S.W. Board member of the A.F.W.V., 1945-1983, and both Honorary Secretary, 1963-1966, and President, 1976-1983, of the A.F.W.V. She was also honorary editor of the Federation's journal, The Dawn.\n", "Details": "As well as her work in the area of women's rights, Booker was actively involved in community activities through various bodies, including the Castle Cove Progress Association and the Association of Self-Help Organisations and Groups. She was a Board member of Sydney's Independent Theatre, 1957-1967, and a member of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust. Lorelei Booker was appointed M.B.E. in 1973 for her services to the community. Her husband Frederick William Booker, whom she married in 1929, predeceased her in 1961. They had two sons, Malcolm and Douglas, and a daughter, Carolyn.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lorelei-booker-papers-ca-1890-1991\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Addie Viola", "Entry ID": "AWE1144", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-addie-viola\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Stockton, California, United States of America", "Death Place": "Mosman, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Lawyer", "Summary": "Addie Viola Smith, lawyer and feminist, held various offices with the Australian Federation of Women Voters and the League of Women Voters (New South Wales) from the late 1950s until her death in 1975. She was Liaison Representative for the International Federation of Women Lawyers to the United Nations, 1952-1966. She was a member of the Australian delegation that attended the International Alliance of Women Congresses in Dublin, 1961, and Trieste, 1964. She served as Vice-President, 1968-1970, and was made an honorary life member in 1972, of the Australian Local Government Women's Association.\n", "Details": "Addie Viola Smith (1893-1975) was born in Stockton, California, U.S.A.. After graduating from the Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., in 1920, she embarked on a career in the U.S. Civil and Foreign Service. From 1920 to 1948 she held postings in economic and trade promotion in China, and from 1949 to 1951 she served with E.C.A.F.E.. From 1952 to 1966 she was representative to the U.N. for the International Federation of Women Lawyers and a member of its Executive Committee. A Vice-President of the Australian Local Government Women's Association from 1968 to 1970, she published, in 1975, Women in Australian Parliaments, Past and Present : A Survey.\nIn 1957 she had made her retirement home with Eleanor Hinder at Neutral Bay in Sydney. She assisted and significantly augmented Eleanor's genealogical researches. Among Smith's duties as executrix of Eleanor Hinder's estate, were the arranging and annotating of her friend's papers for deposit in the Mitchell Library, tasks that she faithfully and diligently executed over the rest of her life.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-addie-viola-1893-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-viola-smith-further-papers-1957-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eleanor-m-hinder-papers-1837-1963-together-with-the-papers-of-a-viola-smith-ca-1850-1975\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chisholm, Caroline", "Entry ID": "AWE1145", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chisholm-caroline\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Northampton, England", "Death Place": "Highgate, London, England", "Occupations": "Philanthropist", "Summary": "Caroline Chisholm was famous for her work with new immigrants to New South Wales during the 1840s and 1850s, and later in the goldfields region of Victoria. She lobbied to ensure these people were provided with adequate accommodation and personally organised the often destitute young women to journey to rural areas in order to secure employment. Her benevolent crusade to better the lives of immigrants earned her the title 'The Immigrants' Friend'.\n", "Details": "Caroline Chisholm arrived in Sydney, Australia from India with her husband Archibald in 1838. Reared in a tradition of evangelical philanthropy, Caroline was deeply moved when she observed single girls being dumped on the wharves in Sydney with nowhere to go. On one occasion, she found a group of 64 girls sheltering in the Rocks area with only 14s 3d amongst them. Caroline set up the Female Immigrants Home with the support of the clergy, the Governor's wife and finally the Governor himself.\nThrough her work at the Female Immigrant Home, Caroline gave protection and shelter to hundreds of young women, some of whom she accompanied into country areas where she found employment for them. Caroline was also concerned for families who, having migrated in the hope of better things, found themselves destitute.\nIn 1846, Caroline returned to England and became the publicist for Australia. She formed a society to send out groups of families to Australia and succeeded in despatching some 3,000 persons in five years. Caroline agitated for and achieved better conditions on the vessels carrying the immigrants. As well as free passages for emigrant's wives and children, she established the Family Colonisation Loan Society. When she first chartered a ship, Slains Castle, which sailed in 1850 from England to Australia, she personally supervised the embarkation and appointed a reliable surgeon to control rations.\nIn six years Caroline assisted 11,000 people to settle in Australia. Her activism, energy and experience contributed to changes in the migrant selection process, the treatment of migrants on the voyage out and their reception in the colony. She was worried by the news of the discovery of gold in Australia, fearing that the great influx of migrants such rushes resulted in would cause instability in such a fragile society.\nIn 1851 Caroline's husband, Archibald, went to Australia to work as her colonial agent while she continued to send out families and girls from Britain. In England, Caroline continued to agitate for lower colonial postal rates, for the introduction of colonial money orders and for better shipboard conditions. To this end, she ensured the passage of the Passenger Act (1852).\nNow famous and supported by many powerful figures, including the writer Charles Dickins, Caroline returned to Australia in 1854. She was imbued with the optimistic idea that the wealth of a society lay in the settling of many small farmers and she worked for the unlocking of the lands.\nCaroline continued to work despite illness and needy circumstances. She and her husband lived on a pension in Liverpool and then in Highgate, London. Caroline died in poverty and obscurity in England in 1877 - the inscription on her grave at Northampton reads \"The emigrant's friend\".\nAccording to her biographer, Caroline Chisholm 'began her work accepting established conventions, but when she encountered the obstruction and indifference of officialdom, her attitude began to harden and she became an uncompromising radical'.\nShe was a devoted wife and mother, who helped to give dignity to women and families in a harsh environment. She was able, idealistic, charming and supported unwaveringly in her work and achievements by her husband.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chisholm-caroline-1818-1877\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ten-victorian-women-caroline-chisholm\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/caroline-chisholm\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ten-victorian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/19527\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-electoral-divisions-named-after-women\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1841-1855-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-not-after-1969-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collections-held-by-london-university-library-relating-to-australia-and-new-zealand-m2289-19-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scrapbook-relating-to-caroline-chisholm-18-19-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-not-after-1958-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-m976-19-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/inward-registered-correspondence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/caroline-chisholm-1808-1877-friend-of-destitute-immigrant-girls\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miscellaneous-papers-re-caroline-chisholm-and-dame-nellie-melba-c1833-c1953-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-pamphlets-containing-souvenir-concert-programmes-and-australian-biographies\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Groom, Charlotte Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE1146", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/groom-charlotte-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Red Cross Worker, Stenographer", "Summary": "Charlotte Groom was a member of the Red Cross Women's Service Corps in Western Australia for approximately 52 years.\nShe was also a short-term member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment and one of Adelaide's first female stenographers.\nIn 1950, at the age of 83, Charlotte received a concussion in a bus accident, which saw a fellow Red Cross worker killed.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Weber, Ivy Lavinia", "Entry ID": "AWE1148", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/weber-ivy-lavinia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Captains Flat, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Camberwell, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Political candidate, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Ivy Lavinia Weber was the first woman to be elected to the Victorian parliament in a general election in 1937. She stood as an endorsed candidate for the Women Electors' League of Victoria for the seat of Nunawading. As an active member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, she was encouraged to stand for parliament as an independent candidate to represent women. She was re-elected on two occasions, but resigned her state seat in 1943 to contest the federal seat of Henty as part of the League of Women Voters Women for Canberra Movement. She was unsuccessful on that occasion and in 1945 when she again stood for state parliament. She retired from politics after the second defeat.\n", "Details": "Ivy Weber was born in 1892 in New South Wales, the only girl in a family of five children. She married in 1915, but was widowed in 1917, when her husband was killed in action in World War One. She was left with a small child and moved to Melbourne to join her parents. In 1919 she married Clarence Weber, a widower with seven young children. They had three more children. Clarence Weber, a physical culturist, was principal of the Weber and Rice Health and Strength College and Ivy assisted with the administration of the College. In addition she was actively involved in the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the National Council of Women and the Australasian Women's Association. Clarence Weber died in 1930 and Ivy had to earn a living to support her large family. She worked for Berlei the corset manufacturers, lecturing women on figure control through diet and exercise.\nIn June 1937 the League of Women Electors of Victoria was formed and endorsed three candidates, including Weber to stand for the state parliament. Their manifesto was 'Mother, Child, Family, Home and Health.' She was elected to the Victorian parliament in 1937 and was re-elected in 1940 and again in 1943, but resigned to contest the federal seat of Henty as part of the League of Women Voters Women for Canberra Movement.\nWeber's political platform was built on the premise that a true democracy should provide economic security and thus alleviate distress and unemployment. In her view the state should provide free education from kindergarten to university. She proposed a systematic national health scheme as a means of raising the national health standard, advocated the removal of slum dwellings and the erection of suitable homes for families. She also wanted to implement a comprehensive scheme of national insurance.\nAs a member of parliament she lobbied successfully for female representation on government boards and espoused equal pay for teachers, but she only approved of married women working in desperate circumstances. She believed that women should be on local councils and juries and advocated a homemaker's allowance for women with families. She was an advocate for the Physical Education Course at the University of Melbourne, the first of its kind in Australia, and was one of the first members of the National Co-ordinating Council for Physical Fitness, later known as the National Fitness Council.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/worth-her-salt-women-at-work-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/double-time-women-in-victoria-150-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ivy-lavinia-weber-mla\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eleanor-glencross-and-ivy-weber-in-and-out-of-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/weber-ivy-lavinia-1892-1976\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ivy-lavinia-weber\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ivy-lavinia-weber-victorian-m-l-a-1937-1943-1979-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bon, Anne Fraser", "Entry ID": "AWE1149", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bon-anne-fraser\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Advocate, Pastoralist, Philanthropist", "Summary": "Anne Fraser Bon had just turned twenty and was newly married when she arrived in Victoria, from Scotland, in 1858. Her husband, John, who was twenty-eight years her senior, was already well-established in pastoralism at Wappan Station in the Bonnie Doon area of south-eastern Victoria. Anne accompanied him to what was then a remote area and bore five children in quick succession. She was widowed at the age of thirty, in 1868, when John Bon died of a heart attack.\nUnusually for a women, after her husband's death, Anne Bon assumed management of the station. She was also unusual amongst her peers for her attempts to act on the behalf of the indigenous people of the region. A devout Presbyterian and humanitarian, Anne Bon supported Aborigines' resistance to increasing state regimes of control and surveillance. While some of her ideas and goals for the 'improvement' of Aboriginal people now seem paternalistic and outdated, many members of indigenous communities nevertheless expressed gratitude for her assistance in thwarting if not defeating the diminution of Aboriginal entitlements and civil rights. It was a cause she remained actively committed to until her death in 1936.\n", "Details": "Known locally as 'The Widow of Wappan', after the death of her husband, Anne Bon was a formidable woman who fought strenuously to protect the limited rights of Aboriginal people, a cause her husband had also supported while he was alive. Wappan offered sanctuary to indigenous people, and was a port of call for elders in their travels. It was while he was travelling that William Barak, an important indigenous leader of the nineteenth century, met Anne Bon. They formed a special relationship born from a sense of shared loss - both had experienced the death of a child.\nAnne Bon kept in contact with William Barak when he settled in Coranderrk, Healesville. When her husband John died in 1868, she was determined to raise her four children and continue to run Wappan Station. She also bought a house in Kew, Melbourne and would regularly catch the train from Bonnie Doon Station to Melbourne to attend to business matters.\nIt was to her Kew residence that William Barak brought his dying son in 1881. Anne helped William take his son to the Melbourne Hospital but he died soon afterwards. This tragedy spurred Anne on to pressure the Victorian government into conducting an inquiry into the management of Coranderrk Mission. She was a copious letter writer and became a thorn in the side of the Board for the Protection of Aborigines (BPA).\nWhen her efforts at changing conditions for Aborigines proved fruitless, she then tried to influence government policy from within. She became the first woman appointed to the Board for the Protection of Aborigines (BPA) in 1904, holding this position until her death in 1936.\nA measure of the extent to which Anne Bon valued her relationship with indigenous people in general and respected William Barak in particular can be seen in the way she commemorated Barak after his death. When her husband died, Bon had a monument constructed in his honour, upon which she mounted his name and that of the child who passed away. When Wappan was compulsorily acquired by the State Rivers and Water Commission to be flooded and make way for the Eildon Weir, Anne Bon decided that she should move this monument. At the same time, William Barak passed away. Anne engaged some tradespeople to scratch from this monument her husband's name and her child's name, and re-inscribe it in memory of William Barak. That monument is now located in the Coranderrk Aboriginal cemetery.\nAnne Bon's philanthropic activity was wide in scope. In addition to her work for the local Indigenous population, she used her money to convert her Kew home into a refuge for the sick and needy. She gave generously to the Austin Hospital and served on its ladies' committee. She was also a member of the first committee of the Charity Organisation Society, and a supporter of the Salvation Army throughout her life. She set up a school in Melbourne for Chinese children. She gave substantial donations to Presbyterian churches in Mansfield and Bonnie Doon. She brought patients from state mental institutions to stay at Wappan where they could enjoy the comforts of her home life. During WWI she donated an ambulance to the Belgian Army - for which she was decorated by King Leopold in 1921 - and gave \u00a320 to every blinded soldier in Victoria at Christmas time each year.\nAnne Bon retired to the Windsor Hotel, Melbourne, where she lived the last years of her long life.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ten-victorian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rebellion-at-coranderrk\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-from-aboriginal-women-in-victoria-1867-1926\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-widow-of-wappan-the-story-of-ann-fraser-bon-and-the-wappan-project\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anne-bon-project-wappan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-great-form-of-love-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bon-ann-fraser-1838-1936\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/supplementary-inward-registered-correspondence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-files\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/devils-river-country-selections-from-the-history-of-the-mansfield-district-no-later-than-1979-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moyle, Alice Marshall", "Entry ID": "AWE1152", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moyle-alice-marshall\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bloemfontein, South Africa", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Ethnomusicologist", "Summary": "Alice Marshall Moyle was an ethno-musicologist of high renown whose work is always referred to whenever Aboriginal music is studied in schools and tertiary institutions. A talented musician, she was prompted by a talk by A.P. Elkin, then Professor of Anthropology at the University of Sydney, to undertake a study of some recordings of Aboriginal music he had made. She was awarded the Master of Arts (Hons) for this work in 1957. She then undertook her own field trips to complete the first systematic attempt to identify and musically characterise the many different styles and genres of Aboriginal music found in northern and central Australia. Her doctoral thesis, awarded in 1975, was one outcome of this work.\nMoyle was a founding member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) and became a Research Officer there from 1964 to 1965. From 1966-73 Moyle was AIAS Research Fellow in Ethnomusicology, based at Monash University and later a Research Fellow and Research Officer at the Institute in 1973 and 1974 respectively. Her work included the documentation of Aboriginal sound instruments, the history of Aboriginal music and dance through film, field recordings, archaeo-musicology, analysis, taxonomy, and the cataloguing and indexing of ethno-musicological material held in the Institute. She took a great interest in the preservation of recorded sound material and was the guiding force behind the establishment of the 'Sound Archive' at the (then) AIAS.\nMoyle also played a key role in the establishment of the Musicological Society of Australia and in 1982-83 served as the Society's National President. She was later instrumental in forming a branch of the International Council for Traditional Music in Australia. She became a Member of the Order of Australia - General Division on Australia Day 1977, was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities on 4 November 1994, and received a degree of Doctor of Music (honoris causa) from the University of Sydney in 1989 and another from the University of Melbourne in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/musical-connections-the-life-and-work-of-alice-moyle\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ms-3501-alice-moyle-collection\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alice-moyle-collection\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Young, Elspeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1153", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/young-elspeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Auchterarder, Scotland", "Death Place": "England", "Occupations": "Academic, Geographer", "Summary": "Elspeth Young was a geographer who spent many years studying Indigenous communities in Australia and Papua New Guinea. After completing her PhD in human geography at the Australian National University in 1977, she was appointed to the position of Research Fellow in the 'Aboriginal component in the Australian economy project' led by Fred Fisk in the Development Studies Centre, ANU. In 1978, while working with Fisk, Young began a study of the newly established Aboriginal-owned pastoral enterprise at Willowra station, north of Alice Springs. Thus began her interest in Aboriginal land management from which she became one of the most influential champions of the Aboriginal English term 'Caring for Country'.\nSubsequently, she became the first geographer to have worked on Northern Territory land claims, contributing to the successful claims to Ti Tree and Mt Allen (1980-85). Her professional expertise was also usefully employed while she was a Senior Research Fellow (1982-1985) in the North Australia Research Unit of the ANU in Darwin. At this time, Young contributed to the East Kimberley Impact Assessment Project led by Nugget Coombs and a study on Aboriginal mobility.\nYoung made a significant contribution to a variety of professional organisations. She was a Council Member of the Institute of Australian Geographers (1987-1992); editor of Australian Geographical Studies (1989-1992); holder of the IAG Professional Services Award for 1998; Member and then Chair of the National Committee for Geography; Treasurer and member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of Australian Social Science Organisations; and Chair of the Australian Antarctic Naming and Medals Committee.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-elspeth-anne-young\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-elspeth-young\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mills, Carol Moya", "Entry ID": "AWE1154", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mills-carol-moya\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Penshurst, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Hackett, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Historian, Librarian", "Summary": "Carol Mills was appointed librarian at the newly-formed Canberra College of Advanced Education in 1969. Her publications include a bibliography of Northern Territory literature and numerous articles on early Australian writers, book illustrators and book history. She worked subsequently as librarian of the Charles Sturt University at Wagga, and the University of the South Pacific in Suva, where she published articles on library management and literacy in the South Pacific.\n", "Details": "\nBorn Penshurst, New South Wales on 15 September 1942 to Bob and Jean Mills (Nee Bennett).\nMoved to Cronulla in 1947 where she attended the local State primary school.\nCompleted her secondary education at Kogarah Girls High and studied for two years at Sydney University.\nWorked at the Fisher Library, University of Sydney from 1963-65.\nTravelled and worked for three years as a librarian in Europe and England.\nReturning to Australia in 1969 she became second librarian appointed to the newly-formed Canberra College of Advanced Education until 1984.\nFrom 1975-83 she completed a four-volume bibliography of literature emanating from the Northern Territory.\nGained a Bachelor of Arts degree at the Australian National University in 1977 and a Masters Degree in Librarianship from the University of London.\nThroughout the 1980s she published a series of articles in the Lu Rees Archives on early Australian writers and book illustrators.\nAs Librarian at the William Merrylees Library, Charles Sturt University at Wagga, from 1984-2000 she published a number of articles on Australian book history.\nFrom 1993-95 she was seconded to the library of the University of the South Pacific in Suva, publishing a number of articles on library management and literacy in the South Pacific region.\nShe retired to Canberra in 2000 and deposited her papers in the National Library.\n\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/interview-with-carol-mills-retired-librarian-sound-recording-interviewer-ann-mari-jordens\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-carol-m-mills-1951-2013-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thompson, Matilda Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE1155", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thompson-matilda-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Philanthropist", "Summary": "Matilda Thompson was an active member of the Ballarat community. She raised a substantial sum of money for Ballarat's Avenue of Honour during the First World War and opened her home, Sunways, as a refuge for ex-servicemen.\n", "Details": "Born 1871 and raised in Ballarat, Matilda was the fifth child of John Clennell (an English-born engine driver) and Matilda McIntosh (Scottish-born). Though she left school aged 13, her work with E. Lucas & Co. (a women's clothing company) from 1905 reportedly led her to become Australia's first female commercial traveller, and after a trip abroad as a buyer for the company, she returned to take charge of its 500 female staff. In 1914 she married William Daniel Thompson, a wealthy mining speculator and widower with six children.\nMatilda was known for her patriotism. Between 1917 and 1919, she and the \"Lucas Girls\" raised money for Ballarat's Avenue of Honour (3912 trees along a 14 mile avenue) and subsequently for its Arch of Victory, reputedly costing \u00a310,600 in total. Later Matilda taught women's health and exercise classes, travelling throughout Victoria to speak to women's groups, and used profits from her classes to erect a roll of honour at Ballarat, recording the names of those servicemen honoured in the Avenue. Both during and after the war she arranged welcome home ceremonies for returned soldiers and eventually opened her home \"Sunways\", on the shores of Lake Wendouree, as a refuge house for struggling ex-servicemen.\nMatilda's patriotic efforts were recognised in 1939 when she received the gold medal of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia; and again in 1941 when she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.).\nWidowed in 1927, Matilda died in 1959 and was buried at Ballarat. The Ballarat Courier lamented, \"it will be a long time before another personality of her ability and generosity appears on the Ballarat scene, and the special place which she made for herself in the community is unlikely again to be filled.\"\n\"Sunways\" now operates as an aged care facility under the patronage of UnitingCare (The Uniting Church of Australia).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thompson-matilda-louise-1871-1959\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lawson, Louisa", "Entry ID": "AWE1156", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawson-louisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Guntawang, Mudgee district, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Feminist, Suffragist, Women's rights activist, Writer", "Summary": "Louisa Lawson was an independent and resourceful woman who fought for women's rights during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in Australia. Married at eighteen years of age to Niels (Peter) Larsen, later Lawson, she produced five children, one of whom died in infancy. Another child, Henry became one of Australia's most famous writers. On her move to Sydney from country New South Wales in 1883 she supported her family by doing washing, sewing and taking in boarders. In 1887 she bought the Republican and with her son Henry edited and wrote most of the newspaper's copy. In 1888 she established the Dawn, a journal devoted to women's concerns and continued publication until 1905. In May 1889 Louisa launched the campaign for female suffrage and announced the formation of the Dawn Club where women met to discuss 'every question of life, work and reform' and to gain experience in public speaking. Louisa Lawson could claim success when women in New South Wales gained the suffrage in 1902.\n", "Details": "Louisa Lawson was the second of twelve children of Henry Albury and his wife Harriet, nee Winn. She attended Mudgee National School and was asked to work as a pupil teacher but her parents required her to remain at home to assist with the care of her younger brothers and sisters. After her marriage to Norwegian born Niels Hertzberg Larsen ( Peter), she had five children between 1867 and 1877. Left alone to rear her children when her husband was away working, she earned a living in a variety of ways, such as sewing, selling dairy produce and fattening cattle.\nHer move to Sydney in 1883 signalled the end of her marriage and her launch into new ventures. She and her son Henry worked together on the Republican, which she bought in 1887. Through the pages of the Dawn she took up women's causes in particular the fight for female suffrage in New South Wales. She encountered problems with the Typographical Union as she had employed female printers, but the union refused membership to females. It attempted to force her to dismiss her printers, which she refused to do.\nShe advocated the enfranchisement of women believing that they would change evil laws and protect women and their children. On the formation of the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales in 1891, Louisa Lawson was elected to its Council. Its meetings were held at the Dawn office. She was also a member of the Women's Progressive Association and campaigned for women to be appointed to public office.\nLouisa Lawson died at the Hospital for the Insane, Gladesville, on 12 August 1920.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawson-louisa-1848-1921\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-dawn-a-journal-for-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/louisa\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dert-and-do\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-lonely-crossing-and-other-poems-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/louisa-lawson-collected-poems-with-selected-critical-commentaries\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/louisa-lawson-henry-lawsons-crusading-mother\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sub-series-7-1-papers-relating-to-louisa-lawson-and-henry-lawson-1859-1934\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-louisa-lawson-writer-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/louisa-lawson-poems-189-1916\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/poems-4-ca-1916-by-louisa-lawson-with-newspaper-cutting\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/louisa-lawson-poems-articles-biographical-notes-criticism-1896-1927-with-autograph-letter-signed-1901\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-louisa-lawson-and-darcy-wentworth-collected-by-sir-william-dixson-6-july-1805-29-july-1912\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawson-family-papers-18-1926\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Porter, Una Beatrice", "Entry ID": "AWE1157", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/porter-una-beatrice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Philanthropist, Psychiatrist", "Summary": "Una B. Porter (n\u00e9e Cato) was a renowned psychiatrist, philanthropist and devotee of the Methodist Church in Melbourne, Victoria. She was the first female member of staff at Ballarat Mental Hospital in 1946. In 1963 she was elected World President of the YWCA and travelled extensively. In recognition of her services to the community she was appointed Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in 1961, and Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1968.\n", "Details": "Una B. Porter was the youngest daughter of Fanny (n\u00e9e Bethune) and Frederick John Cato, prominent businessman and co-founder of the Moran & Cato grocery company, known for his generosity and commitment to the Methodist Church. From her parents Una inherited a deep and lasting Christian faith that would become the driving force behind her own career and philanthropic activities.\nThough Una was forced to cease her formal education at the age of 14 owing to ill health, she returned to study at the age of 30, matriculating before gaining entry to the University of Melbourne as a medical student. There she specialised in psychiatry and trained at Prince Henry's Hospital, the Royal Park Mental Hospital and the Children's Hospital, before taking a post in 1946 at the Ballarat Mental Hospital where she was the first female member of staff, overseeing 512 female patients. She later worked in private practice and was instrumental in the establishment of a psychiatric clinic at the Queen Victoria Hospital, where she continued work in her retirement as Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist and counsellor for nurses.\nIn 1946 Una married James Roland Porter, an ex-RAAF squadron leader and lifelong friend.\nThroughout her life, Una maintained a strong link with the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and in 1963 was elected World President of this organisation. Her post, which she retained for four years, involved frequent overseas travel (including India, the Philippines, Europe, North and South America, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Greece, Africa and Israel), advising and encouraging local YWCA groups. In 1964 she was elected Woman of the Year.\nUna's philanthropic work was extensive. In addition to administering the F.J. Cato Charitable and Benevolent Fund together with the Cato Lectureship, and later the James and Una Porter Trust Fund, she made substantial personal donations to hospitals, universities and community organisations, notably the University of Melbourne, Monash University, Epworth Hospital, Methodist Ladies College, Cato College, Queen Victoria Hospital and of course the YWCA.\nUna B. Porter was appointed O.B.E. (1961) and C.B.E. (1968) in recognition of her services to the community.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/if-god-prospers-me-a-portrait-of-frederick-john-cato\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cato-frederick-john-1858-1935\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/growing-together-letters-between-frederick-john-cato-and-frances-bethune-1881-to-1884\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/una-porter-cbe-obe-1900-1996\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-great-form-of-love-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-ywca-and-the-subject-of-great-concern-to-women-the-boss-speaks-up-for-her-girls\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/porter-una-beatrice-1900-1996\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1912-ca-1970-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brownbill, Fanny Eileen", "Entry ID": "AWE1158", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brownbill-fanny-eileen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Modewarre, Geelong district, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Geelong, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Political candidate, Politician", "Summary": "Fanny Brownbill was the first woman Labor Member of Parliament in Victoria. She held the Legislative Assembly seat of Geelong for ten years from 1938 until her death in 1948. In Parliament she focused on issues relating to women, children and the family.\n", "Details": "Fanny Brownbill, nee Alford was born on 28 April 1890 at Modewarre, near Geelong, daughter of James Alford, labourer and Ann Abbott, who was born in England. She was educated at local state schools and grew up in impoverished circumstances.\nAfter working as his Housekeeper for seven years, she married James Brownbill a widower with four children on 24 January 1920. He was elected to the Victorian Parliament as member for Geelong in the same year. He represented the residents of Geelong for fifteen years from 1920 until 1932 and then from 1935 until his death in 1938. Fanny Brownbill presented herself as a candidate in the ensuing by-election for the seat of Geelong and was elected. She promoted the cause of women, children and the family during her time in parliament.\nHer community activities included serving as president of the Matthew Flinders Girls' School Council, the Geelong and Western District Orphanage Ladies' Auxiliary and as a member of the Geelong Young Women's Christian Association and the Ladies' Benevolent Society. She was also a committee member of the Old Folks Home, a Justice of the Peace, a worker for the Red Cross , the Australian Comforts Fund during World War Two and other charities. She was an active member of the Latrobe Terrace Church of Christ.\nShe died in office in 1948 and at that time was the only female member in the Victorian parliament.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brownbill-fanny-eileen-1890-1948\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fanny-brownbill-victorias-first-woman-labor-mp\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parliamentary-debates-session-1947-48-legislative-council-and-legislative-assembly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-of-the-victorian-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moysey, Annie", "Entry ID": "AWE1159", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moysey-annie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Fords Bridge, north of Bourke, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal traditional dancer, Linguist", "Summary": "Annie (\"Grannie\") Moysey, of Gunu descent, was born on the banks of the Warrego near Fords Bridge north of Bourke, New South Wales. She was reared by her grandmother, and learnt not only her grandmother's language, Gunu, but also Margany and Wangkumara. She spent most of her adult life working hard on stations along the Darling, mainly at Old Toorale. She raised her own children and grandchildren as well as a number of others. Late in her life she settled in Wilcannia. She was trained in esoteric practices as a 'clever woman', and she once saved a man's life and sight after he had been struck by lighting. She was the last person in the area who could 'corroboree' in the traditional style and she was asked to demonstrate this on important occasions. She lived to be about 100 years old. Her last days were spent sitting on the verandah of the Wilcannia hospital, smoking her pipe.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moysey-annie-1875-1976\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moffatt, Tracey", "Entry ID": "AWE1160", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moffatt-tracey\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Artist, Director, Filmmaker, Photographer, Producer, Scriptwriter", "Summary": "Tracey Moffatt is an internationally renowned Aboriginal photographer, documentary maker and director. Moffatt's photography is reflected in her films and documentaries, which explore Aboriginal culture by confronting commonly held stereotypes.\nTracey Moffatt was born in 1960 in Brisbane, where she graduated from the Queensland College of Arts. Her debut film, Nice Coloured Girls, won the Most Innovative Film award at the 1988 Festival of Australian Film and Video. At the same festival, she won the Best New Australian Video award for her 5-minute Aboriginal and Islander dance video, Watch Out. Moffatt also produced Moodeitj Yorgas, which includes interviews, dances, and storytelling by Western Australian Aboriginal women. Her film Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy (1990) draws from the 1955 Chauvel film Jedda.\nMoffatt's photographic exhibitions include \"Some Lads\" and \"Something More\".\n", "Details": "Moffatt released her first documentary in 1988. A Change of Face critically examined the popular understanding and construction of Australian identity in films, television drama and advertisements.\nMoffatt's first documentary focused solely on Aboriginal culture is Moodeitj Yorgas (Solid Women). Released in 1989, the film focused on strong and successful Aboriginal women. The film is constructed through the use of interviews, photographs of Aboriginal people and their land, stories about how the arrival of white man changed Aboriginal life (told in two Aboriginal languages), and Aboriginal music and dance. The interviews with Sally Morgan, Lois Olney, Helen Corbett and Helen Dorondorf are symbolic of the collective voice of Aboriginal women.\nHer next documentary was Nice Coloured Girls (1989). Moffatt again juxtaposed photography with voiceovers to examine the historical relationship between Aboriginal women and white men. The documentary questioned the validity of conventional white history that depicts Aborigines as passive and powerless.\nAlso in 1989, she wrote and directed Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy. Night Cries was inspired by Charles Chauvel's Jedda (1955), and continued the story of the two main characters, thirty years after Jedda. In the film, the relationship has changed from mother and child to carer and invalid.\nMoffatt's first feature film Bedevil was a set of three individual ghost stories that interlock to form one cohesive movie. The film was released in 1993 and is the second feature film to be directed by an indigenous Australian.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-film\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womenvision-women-and-the-moving-image-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murawina-australian-women-of-high-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-moving-images-of-tracey-moffatt\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-88\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boomalli-five-koori-artists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moodeitj-yorgas\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nice-coloured-girls\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/night-cries-a-rural-tragedy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bedevil-original-release\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-change-of-face\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-positive-identity-for-black-film-makers-sydney-film-festival-film-forum\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moffatt-tracey-interviewed-by-kari-hanet-oral-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-tracey-moffatt-film-maker-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moffatt-tracey-upper-body-shot-head-turned-to-right-corrugated-iron-roof-in-background\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beeton, Lucy", "Entry ID": "AWE1161", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beeton-lucy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Badger Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Lucy Beeton spent most of her life on Badger Island, though she was sent to Launceston as a young girl to receive a Christian education. In adult life, the well-loved Beeton provided an education for the children of sealers on Badger Island and entertained visitors there.\n", "Details": "Lucy Beeton, of Pyemmairrener descent, was born on Badger Island, Bass Strait. Her mother was taken from her when Lucy was two, to be returned on petition from her father. While still young, Lucy was sent to Launceston where she stayed with a doctor's family and was given a Christian education. F. R. Nixon, Anglican Bishop of Tasmania, wrote in 1854 that Beeton was the greatest lady it had even been his good fortune to encounter, that she was everyone's friend, and that she 'daily gathers together the children of the sealers, and does her best to impart to them the rudiments both of secular and religious knowledge'. In recognition of her work, she was given a life lease of approximately 40 ha on Badger Island. There in her cottage she entertained all visitors to the island. In 1872 she told Canon Marcus Brownrigg that she longed to give Truganini a home where she might spend her remaining days among the descendants of her own race.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beeton-lucy-1829-1886\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bell, Jeanie", "Entry ID": "AWE1162", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bell-jeanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Educator, Linguist", "Summary": "Jeanie Bell is a linguist and educator who has lived and worked in Queensland, Victoria and the Northern Territory. Over the course of her career Bell has made an extraordinary contribution to the development of Aboriginal education within the tertiary sector, and to the preservation of Aboriginal linguistic heritage.\n", "Details": "Jeanie Bell was born in 1949 and grew up in Brisbane. After leaving school she moved to Melbourne, where she worked first as a secretary and then as a nurse. Following her graduation from Monash University, Bell spent three years in Alice Springs teaching linguistics at the Yipirnya school and training Aboriginal interpreters for the Institute for Aboriginal Development, in addition to her work editing two books for the Aboriginal Languages Association.\nIn 1984 she was appointed Lecturer in Aboriginal Studies at the Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education in New South Wales. The following year she became the University of Queensland's first coordinator of the Aboriginal and Islander Studies Unit. She subsequently returned to Alice Springs as acting assistant director of the Institute for Aboriginal Development.\nIn 1988, Bell was a member of the National Aboriginal and Islander Education Policy Task Force, and in 1990 she undertook research for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Her research interests have included work on historical dictionaries of the Gubbi Gubbi and Badtjala languages, and biographical work.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bin-Sallik, Mary Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1163", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bin-sallik-mary-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Broome, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Justice of the Peace, Nurse, Social worker", "Summary": "Mary Ann Bin-Sallik has played a monumental role in the advancement of Aboriginal studies with a proliferation of posts in the tertiary sector. She has been part of government committees of inquiry into Aboriginal employment; discrimination in employment; and the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.\nIn 2017, Mary Ann Bin-Sallik was made an Officer in the General division of the Order of Australia 'for distinguished service to tertiary education as an academic, author and administrator, particularly in the area of Indigenous studies and culture, and as a role model and mentor.\n", "Details": "Mary Ann Bin-Sallik, descendant of the Kija people of the Turkey Creek area, was born in Broome, Western Australia. She trained as a nurse in the Northern Territory. After graduation from the Darwin Hospital, she worked in various settlements in the Northern Territory for 17 years. In 1975 she moved to South Australia where she completed an Associate Diploma in Social Work in 1979. In 1980-85 she was coordinator of the Aboriginal Taskforce at the South Australian Institute of Technology. 1985 saw her commence a Masters in Education at Harvard University in Boston, and in 1989 she completed her doctorate in education, also at Harvard.\nOn her return to Australia, Bin-Sallik was appointed Senior Lecturer in Aboriginal Studies at the South Australian College of Advanced Education. She became Head of the School of Aboriginal Studies and Teacher Education at the University of South Australia in 1990. Since then she has held a number of positions in education, including the Ranger Chair in Aboriginal Studies, Director of CINCRM and Dean of the Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies at Northern Territory University. She was also Dean of the College of Indigenous Education and Research at the University of South Australia, and a Justice of the Peace.\nBin-Sallik has served on numerous national and state committees, including the Commonwealth Government's Committee of Review of Aboriginal Employment and Training, the National Aboriginal Employment Development Committee and the National Committee Against Discrimination in Employment and Occupation. She has been a member of the National Population Council, and the Council of the Institute of Aboriginal Studies (now AIATSIS). She was a Co-Commissioner for the Human Rights Commissions' Enquiry into the Forced Removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children.\nIn 2000 Bin-Sallik edited and published her book, Aboriginal Women by Degree, recording the lives and achievements of 13 Indigenous women.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-women-by-degrees-their-stories-of-the-journey-towards-academic-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blair, Nerida", "Entry ID": "AWE1164", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blair-nerida\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Policy adviser, Public servant", "Summary": "Nerida Blair, daughter of Harold Blair, was born in Victoria. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Graduate Diploma in Education and a Master of Arts (Honours) in Education.\nBlair has held a number of positions lecturing in Aboriginal Studies, and counselling and tutoring in various educational institutions. From 1984 to 1989 she was Head of the Aboriginal Education Support Unit at the Catholic Education Centre in Sydney. In 1989 she moved to Canberra to become a Policy Officer for the Department of Employment, Education and Training. She then joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra for one year, and was actively involved in indigenous people's issues nationally and internationally.\n1990 saw Blair move to Sydney to become a Policy Adviser with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. In 1998, she was appointed Associate Professor to the Umulliko Indigenous Higher Education Research Centre at the University of Newcastle.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brennan, Gloria Faye", "Entry ID": "AWE1165", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brennan-gloria-faye\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Leonora, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Anthropologist, Linguist, Pianist, Public servant", "Summary": "Gloria Brennan, of Pindiini (Nyanganyatjara) descent, was born in 1948 in the eastern goldfields of Western Australia. She graduated in linguistics and anthropology from the University of Western Australia in 1978.\nBrennan was one of the founders of the Aboriginal Medical Service and Aboriginal Legal Service in Western Australia. She continued her work in Canberra with the Equal Employment Opportunity Bureau of the Public Service Board. She was Aboriginal Australian delegate to the Second World African and Black Festival of Arts and Culture in 1977 and travelled extensively, making contacts with other indigenous people. She was also a classical pianist. Brennan died of cancer in 1985.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brennan-gloria-fay-1948-1985\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cochrane Smith, Fanny", "Entry ID": "AWE1166", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cochrane-smith-fanny\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wybalenna Settlement, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Port Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Linguist", "Summary": "Fanny Cochrane Smith was born in 1834 at Wybalenna settlement on Flinders Island in Bass Strait. From the age of seven she spent her childhood in European homes and institutions, mostly in the household of Robert Clark, catechist at Flinders Island, in conditions of neglect and brutality. When Wybalenna people were moved to Oyster Cove she went into service in Hobart, but returned to Oyster Cove the same year.\nOn her marriage in 1854 to William Smith, sawyer and ex-convict, she received an annuity of \u00a324. In 1857 they moved to Nicholls Rivulet and took up a land grant, and the first of their 11 children was born the following year. They supported the family by growing produce and splitting shingles. After Truganini died, she claimed herself to be 'the last Tasmanian'. Her annuity was raised to \u00a350, and she was granted 120 ha of land. She became a Methodist and an active fundraiser, donating land for a church.\nCochrane Smith was proud of her Aboriginal identity, and of her knowledge of food gathering and bush medicine. She became famous for her wax cylinder recordings of Aboriginal songs, now housed in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-fanny-cochrane-1834-1915\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mack, Maggy Pinkie", "Entry ID": "AWE1167", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mack-maggy-pinkie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lower Murray River, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Eastwood, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal storyteller, Linguist", "Summary": "Maggy Pinkie Mack (Katipelvild), of Ngarrindjeri descent, was born on the lower Murray River in South Australia, probably around 1867. At the age of 16, she was given in marriage to an up-river man, John Mack (Telwara). She took part in ceremonies and learnt new songs and stories. After he died, she went back to her own country, and her second husband.\nPinkie Mack was a song-woman, and she recorded some of her songs on an Edison wax cylinder. She was nostalgic about the past and her people. After the death of Albert Karloan, she was the only remaining fluent Yaraldi speaker.\nIn later years, Mack lived in a small cottage near the river and not far from Tailem Bend, where she sometimes sold freshly caught fish to a local shop. Children, grandchildren and various relatives called in to see her on the way to other places.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mafi-Williams, Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE1168", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mafi-williams-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Purfleet, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Filmmaker, Writer", "Summary": "Lorraine Mafi-Williams was an extraordinarily talented woman who ran once for parliament, as an Independent in the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Ballina. She spent her lifetime in creative and caring activities.\n", "Details": "Parliamentary and Local Government Career\n\nCandidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Ballina, 1995\nParty: Independent\n\nLorraine Mafi-Williams was born in 1940 at Purfleet, New South Wales. She was forcibly removed from her parents when young, and did not meet them again until she was 15 years old. By this time she had finished school and had been working in domestic roles for several years.\nIn 1967 she moved to Sydney and became involved with the Aboriginal Family Education Centre. She spent three years as a health worker. During the 1970s and 1980s Mafi-Williams became part of a powerful activist group in Sydney. With her cousin Mum Shirl and her niece Isabel Coe, she was instrumental in helping care for over 4,000 children of many ethnic backgrounds.\nAs well as being politically active, Mafi-Williams was culturally and creatively active. She became involved with the Aboriginal Black Theatre Art and Culture Centre in Redfern and helped found the Black Theatre in Newtown. She took courses in film-making, worked as a film production assistant, and acted in a series of films and plays, including The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Women of the Sun, The Timeless Land and Pig in a Poke. In 1988 she secured funding of $29,000 from the Australian Film Commission and the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council to make her own film, Eelemarni, based on the life of a warrior of her Gidabal (Bundjalung) people.\nLorraine Mafi-Williams was also a writer and storyteller. She wrote children's stories based on traditional Aboriginal stories, short stories and poems. She edited Spirit Song, an anthology of Aboriginal poetry, published in 1993.\nShe ran as an independent candidate for the state seat of Ballina in 1995. She wanted to establish a cultural sanctuary at Leavers Lake, near Suffolk Park on the north coast of New South Wales, and this brought her into conflict with others in the area.\nIn the late 1990s, her health deteriorated and she was diagnosed with diabetes. She died in February 2001.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-of-the-sun\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marika, Marmburra Wananumba Banduk", "Entry ID": "AWE1169", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marika-marmburra-wananumba-banduk\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yirrkala, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Community worker, Filmmaker", "Summary": "Marmburra Wananumba Banduk Marika has been an active member of the Aboriginal arts scene since 1980, working with prints and film.\nOn Australia Day 2019 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 'for distinguished service to the visual arts, particularly to Indigenous printmaking and bark painting, and through cultural advisory roles'.\n", "Details": "Marmburra Wananumba Banduk Marika, of the Rirratjingu clan of the Yolngu people, was born in 1954 at Yirrkala in the Northern Territory. She received a traditional education as well as attending the Yirrkala mission school. In 1973 she moved to Darwin and the following year became secretary for the Northern Land Council. In 1980 she moved to Sydney, where she began her career as an artist.\nMarika has had a number of solo exhibitions of her prints and has been an artist-in-residence at the Sydney School of Art, East Sydney Technical College, Flinders University, the Canberra School of Art and Warrnambool TAFE. She has also worked with Film Australia as a translator on the film Women of the Sun and has appeared in three others: Bride for All Seasons!, Flight into Hell and Cactus. She directed Banduk, which won the major International Children's Film award, and was involved in the making of a documentary, Dream-Time, Machine-Time, for ABC television.\nIn 1988 Marika returned to Yirrkala, and became manager of Buku-Larrngay Arts and Crafts. In 1992 she was elected vice-chairperson of Dhimurru Land and Sea Management, the Aboriginal board of management for northeast Arnhem Land. She was also chairperson of the Aboriginal Visual Arts Committee of the Australia Council for the Arts. She has been a member of a number of bodies, including the Australian National Gallery, the Yirrkala-Dhanbul Community Council and the Mawalan Gamarrwa Nuwul Association.\n", "Events": "Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) (2019 - 2019)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-of-the-sun\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maris, Hyllus Noel", "Entry ID": "AWE1170", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maris-hyllus-noel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cummeragunja Station, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Kew, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Community worker, Educator, Scriptwriter", "Summary": "Co-founder of the National Council of Aboriginal and Island Women in 1970, Hyllus Noel Maris co-wrote the award-winning Women of the Sun, which was later adapted as a screen production by the ABC.\n", "Details": "Hyllus Noel Maris, of Yorta Yorta and Wurundjeri (Woiwurrung) descent, was born in 1934 in Echuca, Victoria. She spent her early childhood at Cummeragunja, where her grandmother imparted to her a detailed knowledge of her culture and family relationships in Victoria. Her family took part in the Walk-off from Cummeragunja in 1939 and settled near Shepparton, where Maris attended school. She subsequently moved to Melbourne, where she helped found the National Council of Aboriginal and Island Women in 1970. From this body grew the Aboriginal medical and legal services in Fitzroy, of which Maris was a co-founder.\nIn the mid-1970s, she collaborated with the Austrian-born author, Sonia Borg, in writing Women of the Sun, a history of Australia over the previous 200 years, as seen through the experiences of a number of Aboriginal women. Adapted as an ABC television series in 1982, Women of the Sun won many awards, including the United Nations Media Peace Prize and the AWGIE award of the Australian Writers Guild. Maris was largely responsible for the establishment, in 1982, of Worawa College, Victoria's first Aboriginal school.\nShe died of cancer in 1986, and was buried at Cummeragunja.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-of-the-sun\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barambah, Maroochy", "Entry ID": "AWE1171", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barambah-maroochy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Opera singer", "Summary": "Maroochy Barambah is a distinguished indigenous musician whose career since the 1970s has spanned the genres of jazz, rock, musical theatre and classical opera.\n", "Details": "Maroochy Barambah, formerly Yvette Isaacs, of Gubbi Gubbi descent, was born in c.1950s at Cherbourg reserve in Queensland. Her early years were spent in the dormitory system, designed to sever Aboriginal children from their cultural heritage. She participated in the Aboriginal Inland Mission choir at Cherbourg and, when fostered out to a family in Melbourne, she went to school there under the Harold Blair Aboriginal Children's project.\nIn the 1970s she was awarded a Melba Conservatorium of Music scholarship, and subsequently formed her own jazz group. She became lead singer with indigenous rock band Quokka and participated in the Rock Against Racism concert in Hobart, Tasmania. She also took part in the television series Women of the Sun (1982). In the same year she changed her name as a statement of pride in her Aboriginality.\nIn 1989 she performed in the Sydney Metropolitan Opera production, Black River, which won the Sounds Australian National Music Critics Award for the year and a film version has since been produced. In 1990 she played the lead role in the successful indigenous musical, Bran Nue Dae, and in 1991 was awarded the inaugural Aboriginal performing arts fellowship offered by the Aboriginal Arts Committee as she pursued a career as a classical opera singer. She also had the lead role in Beach Dreaming, an opera written not only for but about her, by Mark Isaacs.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-of-the-sun\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mayers, Naomi Ruth", "Entry ID": "AWE1172", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mayers-naomi-ruth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Health worker, Welfare worker", "Summary": "A committed advocate for Aboriginal health and welfare, Naomi Ruth Mayers was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1984 in recognition of her services to the community - much of her work was centred in the Aboriginal community of Redfern, Sydney.\n", "Details": "Naomi Ruth Mayers was born in 1941. A niece of Doug Nicholls, she comes from a family with a long record of service to Aboriginal causes. Mayers was a founder of the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern in 1972. As its Administrator, Company Secretary and Chief Executive Officer over a period of more than thirty years, she has superintended its growth from a small shop-front into a nationwide network of kindred services.\nMayers has been one of the principal figures behind Redfern's community development projects, including those which established the Murawina preschool program in 1973 and the Aboriginal Housing Company in 1976. She also served as a delegate to the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. As an authority on Aboriginal health issues, she proved an influential witness during the inquiries of the 1977 House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal Health. In 1981 she was appointed as consultant by the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists. She was founding president of the Federation for Aboriginal Women in 1983.\nSubsequently, Mayers was Chair of the National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party, set up in 1988 to develop a draft national Aboriginal health policy. She has served on numerous government committees, boards and international reference groups. She was a founding member and chair of the National Aboriginal and Islander Health Organisation and served as Deputy Chair of that body's successor, the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, after its formation in 1993.\nMayers' contributions to Aboriginal welfare were officially recognised with a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1984. She holds a doctorate in Aboriginal Affairs from Tranby Aboriginal College in Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shillingsworth, Jessie", "Entry ID": "AWE1173", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shillingsworth-jessie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Beechal Creek, north of Eulo, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Jessie Shillingsworth, of Margany descent, was born at Beechal Creek, north of Eulo in southwest Queensland. As a girl, she lived at Guwany-Mungarie camp, near the present Bundoona station. She married Arthur Shillingsworth and raised four sons and two daughters.\nJessie was the last person to have extensive knowledge of the language and culture of her people. She had not spoken her language for forty years prior to 1967, when she was first asked about it. She subsequently contributed many words to the grammar of her language published by Hazel McKellar in 1984. Jessie was also strongly opposed to the alcohol that was causing such damage to her people.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Trew, Judy Thandripilinha", "Entry ID": "AWE1174", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trew-judy-thandripilinha\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Goyder Lagoon?, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal storyteller", "Summary": "Judy Trew Thandripilinha ('Poisonous Snake'), of Yarluyandi descent, was born in c.1865, probably on Goyder Lagoon in South Australia. She took the name 'Trew' from one of the early station people. Her first husband was Kuranta ('Sticknest Rat'), also called 'Lagoon Charlie', and her second husband was the highly respected old Wangkangurru man, Yarinjili Todd.\nJudy lived and worked on old Clifton Hills and The Bluff, remaining in or close to her own country. She had an excellent knowledge of the bush, and taught her grandchildren about sites and stories, including her own main tradition, the Song Cycle of the Swan. Nearly all the sites recorded on the Diamantina in South Australia are based on her traditions. In c.1936 she organised the last expedition, by camel, to collect pituri from the traditional site west of the Mulligan.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morgan, Sally", "Entry ID": "AWE1175", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morgan-sally\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Writer", "Summary": "Sally Morgan is a renowned Aboriginal artist and author of the award-winning My Place.\n", "Details": "Sally Morgan was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Western Australia in 1974, followed by postgraduate diplomas in counselling, computing and librarianship at the Curtin Institute of Technology in Perth. Curious about her background, she began investigating her family's history, and discovered she had relatives at the Corunna Downs station in Western Australia's Pilbara district.\nIn 1987 Morgan became a national celebrity with the release of her autobiography, My Place, which charts her discovery of her Aboriginality and outlines her family history. The book won the inaugural Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission humanitarian award in 1987 and the Western Australia Week literary award for non-fiction in 1988. She subsequently published several books.\nSally Morgan is also a nationally recognised artist, and has held numerous exhibitions. Her paintings can be found in major collections including the Robert Holmes a Court collection, the Dobell Foundation and the Australian National Gallery. She was awarded a Medal of Australia in 1990.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-place\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moodeitj-yorgas\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mundine, Kaye", "Entry ID": "AWE1176", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mundine-kaye\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Grafton, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Public servant", "Summary": "Kay Mundine, of Bundjalung descent, was born in 1947 in Grafton, New South Wales. In the 1960s she was employed at the State Bank of New South Wales before joining the Australian Public Service (APS). In 1975 she became editor of the magazine New Dawn (http:\/\/www.aiatsis.gov.au\/dawn.htm), published by the New South Wales Department of Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs. In 1980 she established the first Aboriginal clerks recruitment program in the Australian Public Service.\nBetween 1984 and 1987 Mundine was, simultaneously, commissioner for the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, head of the Victorian section of the equal employment opportunity branch of the Australian Public Service Board, and largely responsible for the Pope's 1986 visit to Alice Springs.\nIn 1987 she was transferred to the equal employment opportunities unit in the new Public Service Commission in Canberra. She served as a commissioner on the Toomelah Inquiry and was regional director of the Queensland office of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission from 1988 to 1990. She also worked as a private consultant. In 1991 she acted as an advisor on multicultural affairs to the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory government, and was an official visitor to the state's Corrective Services. In the same year she was also elected a regional councillor of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mundja", "Entry ID": "AWE1177", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mundja\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Naaru, Western Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Justice of the Peace, Traditional Aboriginal custodian", "Summary": "Mundja, of Kukatja descent, was born at Naaru in the Canning stock route area of the Great Sandy Desert in northern Western Australia. Her husband, a much older man, had several wives and caused her a leg injury which brought her ongoing trouble. In the 1940s her family moved out of the desert to Balgo.\nMundja spoke several languages from her area, and was a custodian of many songs, ceremonies and dances, especially women's. She was one of the two women leaders in the important, partly secret Djuluru Dreaming complex that travelled through the Kimberleys and the Northern Territory. She travelled widely to ceremonial gatherings at places such as Yuendumu, Kintore, Christmas Creek, Jigalong and Wiluna, and to Broome and Derby, to renew contacts with relatives and create new friendships. She acted as an adviser on Aboriginal traditions in the local school, and was nominated as a local Justice of the Peace. She was also engaged in the women's art movement at Balgo.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nanny", "Entry ID": "AWE1178", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nanny\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Maloga Aboriginal Mission, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Traditional Aboriginal custodian", "Summary": "Nanny, whose original name is unknown, was probably born into the Toolinyagan group of the Yorta Yorta (Pangerang) people. She married a man named Jackey, of the Pallangan-mittang group of the Waveroo people further up the Murray River. After a number of violent clashes between the Riverina peoples and the incoming pastoralists, Nanny and Jackey settled on Barnawartha station.\nIn May 1843 Jackey was shot by the convict drover Jack Tunnecliffe, following which the Pallangan-mittang and Yorta Yorta attacked several stations in the vicinity to avenge his death. Two settler shepherds and at least five Aboriginal people were killed during these raids. Nanny protested Jackey's murder to the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Ulupna, who duly informed Governor Gipps. Nothing, however, was done about it.\nIn the mid-1870s Nanny, together with her daughter Ellen and son-in-law Charcoal, moved to the Maloga mission, to join her relatives. The women were very distressed when missionary Daniel Matthews showed them some photographs of the dead Yorta Yorta people they had known. When five of Ellen's grandchildren died, Nanny observed traditional mourning ceremonies by burning herself with firesticks. She herself was among the many Yorta Yorta people who died in 1881-82.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Naylon, Maudie Akawiljika", "Entry ID": "AWE1179", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/naylon-maudie-akawiljika\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Marrapardi, Simpson Desert, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Birdsville, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Traditional Aboriginal custodian", "Summary": "Maudie Naylon was the last fluent speaker of the Ngamini and Yarluyandi languages.\n", "Details": "Maudie Naylon Akawiljika, of Wangkangurru and Arrernte descent, was born in the Simpson Desert in c1885 [plaque at Birdsville cemetery states her year of birth to be 1887]. Despite her exceptional traditional knowledge and the fact that among Wangkangurru and related groups women shared in practically all ceremonies, anthropologists never asked her for information - only men were asked to sing or relate traditional matters.\nAlthough her main language was Wangkangurru, she also had a command of Yarluyandi, Lanima, Ngamini and Jauraworka. With her death in Birdsville in 1980, Ngamini became extinct and Yarluyandi lost its last fluent speaker.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Keefe, Cherry (Tjapun)", "Entry ID": "AWE1180", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/okeefe-cherry-tjapun\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cambridge Downs Station, near Richmond?, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Hughenden, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Linguist", "Summary": "Cherry O'Keefe was an excellent horsewoman with a leading knowledge of the Ngawun language.\n", "Details": "Cherry O'Keefe (Tjapun) was a Ngawun woman probably born on Cambridge Downs station, near Richmond in north Queensland. In her early days she was well known as a fine horsewoman, and, at one time, as 'the Queen of the Forest'. Later she became an expert in saddlery and leatherwork. She never married. She lived a secluded and busy life on Poseidon Downs station, west of Hughenden, where she worked hard around the homestead for the privilege of living there in a galvanised iron humpy. After surviving flood, snakebite and burns (when her humpy was burnt down after a domestic accident), she died of pneumonia in Hughenden in 1977.\nCherry O'Keefe's knowledge of the Ngawun language, though limited, was much better than anyone else's. It was owing to her that a partial grammar and vocabulary of the language was eventually produced.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Oldfield, Alice Warrika", "Entry ID": "AWE1181", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oldfield-alice-warrika\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Callanna Station, South Australia", "Death Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal traditional dancer, Linguist, Traditional Aboriginal custodian", "Summary": "Alice Warrika Oldfield, of Kuyani descent, was born on Callanna station in South Australia. She grew up on Millers Creek station where her parents worked. As a very small child, she was attacked and nearly killed there by the station geese. Though she was badly injured, it was the geese who were all mysteriously found dead the next morning.\nAlice married Sandy Dinta Oldfield, the famous last Ngamini rainmaker. They lived and worked on stations on the Strzelecki and the Birdsville Track, mainly Etadunna. In the 1950s they retired to Marree, where Sandy died in 1964.\nAlice was devoted to traditions and was a rainmaker in her own right, though this was ignored by people who came to visit Sandy. She kept traditions alive by organising the Wandji-Wandji corroboree at Stuart Creek in the early 1930s; she knew the karlapa, the Arabana women's dance; and she made rain at a ceremony she organised in 1969, when she was almost totally blind. She was a speaker of Arabana, and most of what has been preserved of the Kuyani language is due to her.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Oscar, June", "Entry ID": "AWE1182", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oscar-june\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal leader, Aboriginal rights activist, Administrator, Filmmaker, Health worker, Social justice advocate, Welfare worker, Women\u201a\u00c4\u00f4s advocacy", "Summary": "June Oscar, of Punuba descent, was born in 1962 at Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia. She was sent to Perth for her secondary education at the John Forrest senior high school. She left school at the age of 16.\nAfter returning to Fitzroy Crossing, Oscar worked for the state community welfare and health departments. She later became a women's resource officer with the Junjuwa community. She chaired the Marra Worra Worra resource agency until 1991, when she was appointed to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission for a two-year term as a commissioner.\nShe was a principal of Bunuba Productions, which made the film Jandamarra, based on the life of 'Pigeon', the leader of Punuba resistance against European settlement.\n", "Details": "June Oscar is a proud Bunuba woman from Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia. She is an advocate and activist for Indigenous people, their languages and culture, with a particular interest in children's and women's issues.\nJune was appointed the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner in June 2017; the first woman to hold this position. She currently sits on the governing council of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AITSIS) and is the chief executive of the Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre in Fitzroy Crossing. She also chairs the Kimberley Language Resource Centre and is a member of the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre.\nIn 2016 June won the prestigious Desmond Tutu Reconciliation Fellowship. She was awarded an Order of Australia (AO) in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2013 and two years earlier, she was recognized as one of the most influential women in the world.\nThe year 2012 saw June appointed as an Ambassador for Children and Young People by the Western Australian Commissioner for Children and Young People. She was also an Australian delegate to the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues in New York in both 2009 and 2012. June has previously been the Deputy Director of the Kimberley Land Council and was also the first woman to chair the Marra Worra Worra Resource Agency (Fitzroy Crossing).\nIn addition to her work on Indigenous issues, June has also been influential in the education sector. She developed a curriculum for an Indigenous Knowledge Program for Wesley College in Victoria and has been a member of many education committees. June has also worked as a director of Bunuba Films for more than twenty years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Napangati, Pansy", "Entry ID": "AWE1183", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/napangati-pansy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Haasts Bluff, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist", "Summary": "Pansy Napangati, of Luritja and Walpiri descent, was born at Haasts Bluff in the Northern Territory. When the settlement at Haasts Bluff became abandoned due to lack of suitable water, the family moved to Papunya. There Napangati began painting in the 1970s, when the Papunya art movement was still in its infancy. She learnt to paint by observation; watching two established artists, Johnny Warangula and Kaapa, at work. Anmanarri Nungurrayi, her mother's cousin, taught her the Dreamings which became the inspiration for and subject of her paintings.\nNapangati's work is held in the National Gallery of Victoria, the Holmes a Court collection and the museums and art galleries of the Northern Territory. In 1989 she won the National Aboriginal Art Award.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pepper-Connolly, Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE1184", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pepper-connolly-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Albert, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Childcare worker, Health worker", "Summary": "Louise Pepper-Conolly was of Kurnai descent. Her mother was killed by squatters and she, in her grandsons' words, 'was overtaken and wounded by gun pellets'. Later, in search of her own people, she settled on the Ramahyuck mission. There she married Nathaniel Pepper, and the couple were given charge of children in the mission orphanage house.\nUpon her husband's death in 1877, Louise remained in charge of the orphanage which, at times, housed 20 children as consumption took its toll on the Kurnai. In 1886, government assimilation policy forced Louise and her family from Ramahyuck to Stratford. She was on call to many of the people who had been residents at Ramahyuck.\nA stone monument commemorating Louise Pepper-Conolly has been placed in the main street of Bairnsdale, Victoria.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pilkington, Doris", "Entry ID": "AWE1185", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pilkington-doris\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Balfour Downs station, near Jigalong, Western Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Writer", "Summary": "Doris Pilkington is the author of Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence; the story on which Phillip Noyce's celebrated feature film is based.\n", "Details": "Doris Pilkington was born on Balfour Downs station, 60 kilometres northwest of Jigalong in the Pilbara district, Western Australia. Aged four she was forcibly removed with her mother to the Moore River settlement, 115 kilometres north of Perth. Doris attended the settlement school before moving to Perth, where she began training as a nursing aide at the Royal Perth hospital. She later moved to Geraldton and, after raising her children, completed her secondary education. She returned to Perth to study journalism at Curtin University.\nDuring a holiday at Jigalong, Pilkington discovered that her mother, Molly Kelly, was sent from Jigalong to the Moore River settlement at the age of 14, together with her two cousins aged eight and ten. The children escaped and returned to Jigalong by following the 1,000 kilometre long rabbit-proof fence - a journey which took them several months to complete. Inspired by these experiences, Doris wrote a novella, Caprice: A Stockman's Daughter (1991), which won the 1990 David Unaipon award. She also wrote Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (1996), which was later turned into Phillip Noyce's feature film, Rabbit-Proof Fence (2001).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/follow-the-rabbit-proof-fence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/caprice-a-stockmans-daughter\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shiner-of-light-on-stolen-generation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fearless-writer-revealed-the-lives-behind-the-sorry-day-stories-of-dispossession\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Procter, Isabelle", "Entry ID": "AWE1186", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/procter-isabelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cairns, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Educator, Researcher", "Summary": "Isabelle Procter was born in Cairns, Queensland. Her family moved to Darwin, where she completed her schooling before training in Perth as an early childhood teacher. She taught in preschools and primary schools in Western Australia. Later, she tutored in tertiary institutions, and worked as a curriculum officer, project coordinator and educational consultant whilst completing Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education and Master of Education degrees at Murdoch University.\nProcter has written widely on Aboriginal literacy and preschool education, and has worked on many project teams and committees. She was responsible for producing an Aboriginal employment and training management plan for the Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management; a study of community education for disadvantaged consumers for the Western Australian Ministry of Consumer Affairs; and a strategy for achieving social justice through Aboriginal education for the state's Ministry of Education. She helped write the National Aboriginal Education Committee's policy guidelines in 1989, and served as a member of Murdoch University's Aboriginal studies management committee, and the Western Australian Ministry of Education's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander career and employment working party. She chaired the AIATSIS research advisory committee and the Western Australian government's Aboriginal Advisory Council.\nProcter's varied career has also seen her work as a Western Australian Ministry of Education district superintendent, responsible for 41 government schools and preschools in the south Perth district.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baylor, Hilda Gracia", "Entry ID": "AWE1187", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baylor-hilda-gracia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Wantirna, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Parliamentarian, Teacher, Women's rights activist, Women's rights organiser", "Summary": "In 1979, Gracia Baylor became the first woman member of the Liberal Party to be elected to the Victorian Legislative Council when she was elected as the member for Boronia. That year she was one of the first two women to be elected to the Upper House, the other being Joan Coxsedge of the Australian Labor Party. Baylor held her seat until 1985 when she resigned to contest (unsucessfully) the Legislative Assembly seat of Warrandyte.\n", "Details": "Gracia Baylor, daughter of Herbert David Parry-Okeden, a grazier and businessman and Hilary May Webster, was born in Brisbane, and educated in Victoria and Tasmania as well as Brisbane as a result of her father serving in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War Two.\nAt the National Gallery Art School in Melbourne she completed a Diploma of Fine Arts and subsequently trained as a secondary school teacher. In 1950 she married John du Frocq Freeman. She worked at Mercer House, a training college for teachers in independent schools, from 1951-57 and at Hamilton College from 1957-59. She married again in 1959, to Richard Patrick Baylor, a solicitor, with whom she had four children, three boys and a girl. She became a law clerk in her husband's firm in Healesville\nHer interest in politics was sparked when she recognised the need for a kindergarten in the town of Healesville. She served as a Healesville Shire Councillor from 1966-78 and ultimately became the first woman president of the Shire of Healesville from 1977-78. This also made her the first female Shire president in the state of Victoria. During her time in parliament she assisted in the establishment of the Queen Victoria Women's Centre.\nOver the course of her career, Gracia Baylor initiated the council-approved baby capsule program which all new parents use to safely carry their infants in cars for the first few months. 'Before this program, babies were just placed in the back of the car in a bassinet and if there was an accident, they didn't have a hope,' she said. Baylor was also instrumental in getting mammograms approved for the Medicare register and she saved the only remaining tower of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital for Women which is now a centre for women's health.\nBaylor was an active member of the National Council of Women at the national and state level, serving as president of the National Council of Women of Victoria from 1990-93 and of the National Council of Women Australia from 1997-2000.\n", "Events": "'Women Shaping the Nation' Centenary of Federation Committee (2000 - 2001) \nCommnwealth Advisory Board for Equal Employment Opportunity for Women (1999 - 2002) \nDr Vera Scantlebury Brown Memorial trust (1990 - 2008) \nIn recognition for her work in Parliament and women's affairs. (1999 - 1999) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2003 - 2003) \nMinisterial Advisory Committee to Minister for Women's Affairs (Victoria) (1999 - 2002) \nVictoria Women's Council (1991 - 1999)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-of-the-victorian-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gracia-baylor-am\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-liberal-party-of-australia-federal-womens-committee-history-and-achievements-1945-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stirrers-with-style-presidents-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-and-its-predecessors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-young-mother-from-healesville-breaks-political-barriers\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-1924-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ncwa-papers-1984-2006\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-gracia-baylor-am\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-victoria-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-young-mother-from-healesville-breaks-political-barriers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rankine, Dorothy Leila", "Entry ID": "AWE1188", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rankine-dorothy-leila\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Point McLeay?, South Australia", "Death Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Community worker, Educator, Musician", "Summary": "Dorothy Leila Rankine, of Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna descent, grew up at Raukkan (Point McLeay) on Lake Alexandrina in South Australia. Her lifelong involvement with music and singing began with her family and the local Salvation Army church. She later became a soldier of the Salvation Army. After completing only primary education she moved to Adelaide in 1965, where she joined the Aboriginal Women's Council and later the Port Adelaide Aboriginal Friendship Club.\nIn 1972 Rankine became a founding member of the Adelaide Aboriginal Orchestra, which later developed into the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM), of which she was chairperson until her retirement in 1986. She acted as counsellor, liaising with the local Aboriginal community and organising annual camps and concerts. She edited and contributed poems to the journal Tjungaringanyi; was elected chairperson of the urban committee; and was an active singer, trombonist and speaker. She appeared in the films Sister, If You Only Knew (1975) and Wrong Side of the Road (1980).\nDorothy Leila Rankine served on the boards of the Aboriginal Community College, the Aboriginal Community Centre, and the Aboriginal Sobriety Group. She was a member of the Australia Council, the Aboriginal Artists Agency in Sydney, and the Aborigines Advancement League of South Australia, and was a life board member of Warriappendi Alternative School. She contributed to Aboriginal education curriculum materials for South Australian schools, told Ngarrindjeri stories on ABC television, and was one of the founders of Camp Coorong, a Ngarrindjeri cultural centre.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sister-if-you-only-knew\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roughsey, Elsie (Labumore)", "Entry ID": "AWE1189", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roughsey-elsie-labumore\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Educator, Health worker, Writer", "Summary": "Elsie Roughsey (Labumore), of Lardil descent, was born on Mornington Island in Queensland. She was taken from her parents and placed in the local mission school at the age of eight. She stayed there until World War Two, not knowing that her own brother and sister were living in the same dormitory. When the missionaries were evacuated during the war, she returned to her family and lived in the bush learning Lardil customs.\nIn 1946 Elsie married Dick Roughsey, then a stockman but later an artist and author. She worked as a nursing aide, teacher's assistant and voluntary community worker on Mornington Island.\nIn 1984 she published her autobiography, which became a best seller, and her visits to southern capitals to promote it attracted widespread media interest. She was an authority on the local history of Mornington Island and a famed maker of cottonwood dolls.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-aboriginal-mother-tells-of-the-old-and-the-new\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Saunders, Justine", "Entry ID": "AWE1190", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/saunders-justine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Near Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Teacher", "Summary": "Justine Saunders was a member of the stolen generations of Aboriginal people. She became a professional actor in 1974 and was important to the establishment of Aboriginal theatre groups in the 1980s and 1990s.\n", "Details": "Justine Saunders, of Darumbal descent, was born next to a railway track during floods around Quilpie in Queensland. Her mother Heather was a stockwoman and belonged to the Woppaburra people from the Kanomie clan of Keppel Island. At the age of 11, Justine was taken from her mother and spent five years in a convent school is Brisbane. Here she had her first acting experience in productions of Finian's Rainbow and Annie Get Your Gun. She joined the Aboriginal Black Theatre Art and Culture Centre company in Redfern soon after it was established, her first part being in Bob Merritt's play The Cake Man. Her television debut was in the ABC production of Pig in a Poke.\nSaunders became a professional actor in 1974, although she later complained about stereotypical Aboriginal roles at the time. Her first film appearance was in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), followed by Women of the Sun (1982) and The Fringe Dwellers (1985), the latter being the Aboriginal National Theatre Trust's production of Not the 1988 Party, a revue run as a counter to the official bicentenary celebrations. She also had a part in Lorna Bol's play A Special Place (1989).\nIn addition to acting, Justine helped establish the Black Theatre and the Aboriginal National Theatre Trust, taught drama at the Eora Centre, and participated in the 1987 and 1988 national indigenous playwrights conferences. She was declared the Aboriginal Artist of the Year by NADOC in 1985, and received an Order of Australia Medal for her service to the performing arts and national Aboriginal theatre in 1991. In 2000, though, she asked Aboriginal senator Aden Ridgeway to return her medal after the Federal Government denied the term 'stolen generation'.\nJustine Saunders died in April 2007 at the age of 54 after a series of illnesses. She is survived by her partner, Peter Whittle.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-of-the-sun\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-of-the-sun-setting-the-record-straight\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schrieber, Lorna", "Entry ID": "AWE1191", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schrieber-lorna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yarrabah Mission, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Cairns?, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal storyteller, Traditional Aboriginal custodian, Welfare worker", "Summary": "Lorna Schrieber (Balurr Wuppi), a descendant of the Gungganyji group of Yidinjdji people, was brought up in the girls dormitory between the ages of ten and sixteen, until 1942, when Yarrabah parents successfully appealed to the bishop of north Queensland to allow their children to live at home.\nLorna married Steven Schrieber, who became Yarrabah overseer while she worked in the welfare clinic. They moved to Cairns to give their children better schooling opportunities. They were given a large government house and fostered Aboriginal children from the outback who could then attend school.\nIn 1977, at the insistence of her people, Lorna was anointed Queen of Yarrabah by the bishop of north Queensland. She was one of the last Gungganyji speakers and custodians, and helped record traditional songs and stories. She paid regular visits to Yarrabah, encouraging children to speak the language and preserve the knowledge of their ancestors.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/transcripts-of-interviews-with-a-group-of-people-associated-with-yarrabah-nth-qld-in-mission-days\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oral-history-interviews-qld\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sculthorpe-Randriamahefa, Kerry", "Entry ID": "AWE1192", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sculthorpe-randriamahefa-kerry\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Farm at Nicholls Rivulet near Oyster Cove?, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Public servant, Researcher", "Summary": "Kerry Sculthorpe-Randriamahefa grew up on a farm at Nicholls Rivulet near Oyster Cove in southern Tasmania. After leaving school at 16 and working at a number of jobs, including secretarial work, waitressing and labouring, she travelled overseas. She received a Diploma in Natural Healing in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1972, and completed bilingual studies in Business and Commercial Practice in 1975. She lived in France and Madagascar before returning to Tasmania in 1977.\nIn 1981 she received her Bachelor of Arts (Social Work) degree from the University of Tasmania, and in 1987 completed a Graduate Diploma in Public Policy at the Australian National University in Canberra. She worked at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in the research and administration sections before joining the Australian Public Service in 1987. Since 1990 she has been the manager of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission in Tasmania. She has participated in national forums on indigenous education, health, land rights and legislation, and published a number of papers and reports on Aboriginal issues.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aborigines-and-tasmanian-schools\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-consulate\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aiatsis-seminar-series-1996-identity-rights-part-1\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/land-claim-meetings-and-demonstrations-in-tasmania\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smallwood, Gracelyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1193", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smallwood-gracelyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Townsville, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Health worker, Midwife, Nurse", "Summary": "Gracelyn Smallwood, of Biri descent, was born and grew up in Townsville, Queensland. She obtained general nursing, midwifery and psychiatric nursing certificates from the Townsville hospital. She helped establish the Townsville Aboriginal Medical Service before working for a year as a volunteer among remote Aboriginal communities. In the 1970s and 1980s she studied indigenous health services in the United States and China. Upon her return to Australia, she worked for the national trachoma and eye health program, and the Pitjantjatjara council in northern South Australia. In 1985 she became matron of the Hetti Perkins home for the aged in Alice Springs.\nSmallwood continued her studies, enrolling in a Master of Science degree at James Cook University in Queensland. She was appointed adviser on indigenous health to the federal Minister of Health, and has since become a leading commentator on AIDS among Aboriginal communities.\nIn 1989 Smallwood became the proprietor of 'Birri's Walkabout', an outlet for Aboriginal arts and crafts at the Townsville airport. In 1991 she was a founding member of the advisory committee formed to guide the Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker journal.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-and-islander-health-worker-journal\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-health-goals-and-targets\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australias-fourth-world-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-and-islander-uniqueness-cultural-factors-indigenous-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stanton, Mimbingal Violet (Vai) McGinness", "Entry ID": "AWE1194", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stanton-mimbingal-violet-vai-mcginness\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Darwin?, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Occupations": "Welfare worker", "Summary": "Mimbingal Violet (Vai) McGinness Stanton, of Kungarakany and Gurindji descent, attended primary schools in Darwin and Katherine. Following the bombing of Darwin in 1942, she was evacuated to South Australia, where she completed her primary education. At the end of the war, she returned to the Northern Territory, became a wardsmaid at the Katherine hospital and completed a correspondence certificate course in English.\nIn 1964 Stanton was appointed as an instructor in home management at the Bagot reserve by the Aboriginal welfare branch of the Northern Territory administration. In 1969 she was awarded a scholarship to the South Pacific Commission community education training centre in Fiji, and then became a welfare officer in the Northern Territory administration's social development branch. She became involved with a women's group, Djuani, and the Aboriginal Development Foundation, and through these two organisations helped to improve housing, women's arts and crafts and occupational training for young people.\nIn 1973 she became a founding member of the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council. She helped establish the Foundation of Rehabilitation with Aboriginal Alcohol Related Difficulties (FORWAARD) in 1976 and later became its coordinator. She was also one of the central figures in the 1983 Maranunggu land claim.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-mans-land-women-of-the-northern-territory\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-vai-stanton\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/site-visits-and-tjalak-or-mortuary-ceremony-from-the-adelaide-river-area-nt\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-of-high-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murawina-australian-women-of-high-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Conway, Josephine", "Entry ID": "AWE1195", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/conway-josephine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Josephine Conway is a feminist activist who has made a difference to the lives of women living in New South Wales' Hunter Valley District for over thirty years. Best known for her long term involvement in the Right to Choose Abortion Coalition, she remains active in the Women's Electoral Lobby, the Hunter Valley Home-Birth Group, Women's Action against Global Violence, the Union of Australian Women, Jobs for Women and the Women's Action Group. In 2005, as a mark of appreciation and respect for her commitment to the promotion of women's issues, she was awarded the National Foundation For Australian Women's Edna Ryan Award for Community Activism.\n", "Details": "In 1972 Josephine Conway, a woman in her fifties, was nursing at William Lyne Hospital at Waratah, when she saw a Women's Electoral Lobby newsletter in the change-room. From this epiphanic moment on, she became an activist for women's rights, with a strong belief in the slogan, 'the personal is political'. In 1979, on returning from a trip to Canada, USA and Mexico where she observed the conditions for women, she formed the Waratah Discussion Group. When her husband died in 1979 she moved to Cook's Hill, Newcastle, Australia and opened up a Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) office in her new home. This later became the Women's Information Service. From here she ran phone-ins on rape, women's property rights in marriage and home-birth.\nJosephine campaigned strongly for women's right to Freedom from Violence and participated in setting up the first Newcastle Women's Refuge, Jenny's Place. She also focussed on Equal Employment Rights .\nAfter joining WEL in 1972 she saw women's right to safe abortion as a major concern, a position influenced by her experience of work as a nurse. In 1982 she convened the Right to Choose Abortion Coalition and sent abortion literature around New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. She collected hundreds of signatures, sent thousands of postcards and networked with other groups.\nIn the 1990s she set up the Josephine Conway Fund, administered by the National Foundation for Australian Women, to promote women's right to abortion. She continued her work as a committed feminist activist until her death at the age of 87.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-papers-of-josephine-conway\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Callister, Valerie Joy", "Entry ID": "AWE1196", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/callister-valerie-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Leongatha, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Valerie Callister served as the Member for Morwell in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian State Parliament from 1981-88. A member of the Australian Labor Party from 1976, she was secretary of the Parliamentary party from 1982 and served on the Privileges Committee of the Victorian Parliament from 1982. Before her election to parliament she had a career as a technical school teacher from 1975-81.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-of-the-victorian-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chambers, Joan Heywood", "Entry ID": "AWE1197", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chambers-joan-heywood\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Joan Chambers joined the Mortlake branch of the Liberal Party in 1969 and was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly for the seat of Ballarat South in the Victorian Parliament in 1979. She served on the Subordinate Legislation Committee in 1979 and the Public Review Committee, 1980-82. She suffered defeat at the 1982 election, but was an unsuccessful candidate again in the 1988 election. In 1992 she stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ballarat West.\n", "Details": "Joan Chambers was the daughter of James McNab Murray, a company manager and Annie Hale Shaw. Educated at Ormond State School, Tintern Church of England Girls' Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, she qualified as a secondary school teacher in 1951 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and Diploma of Education. Her teaching career included appointments at Kyabram High School in 1952, Hampton High School 1953, Mortlake High School 1968-77 and Ballarat High School 1978-79 and 1982-1990.\nOn 15 November 1953 she married John Alexander Chambers, a soldier settler farmer. They had six children, two daughters and four sons.\nHer community involvement included serving on the Ballarat Regional and Alcohol Dependence Association and the Ballarat Emergency Accommodation Committee. She was a member of the Mathematical Association of Victoria and a Presbyterian-Uniting Church Elder.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stewart, Eleanor Jessie", "Entry ID": "AWE1198", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stewart-eleanor-jessie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ebenezer Mission, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal storyteller, Linguist", "Summary": "Eleanor Jessie (Nellie) Stewart, of Wergaia descent, was born Eleanor Pepper at the Ebenezer Mission in western Victoria. Her family travelled widely, spending some time at Coranderrk before settling at Lake Boga near Swan Hill. There Eleanor learnt housekeeping and cooking skills from the wife of the local baker, A.C. Stone, who was friendly with Aboriginal people.\nNellie married Jackson Stewart, of Wemba Wemba descent, and they lived and worked around the Riverina and raised a large family. Nellie worked as a shearers' cook, and was able to save enough money to buy a house in Swan Hill. In about 1960 she was visited by Alan Marshall, a well-known author, and they planned to write about the early days in the Wimmera. Eleanor also remembered and recorded in writing some Wergaia words, the lists of which are now deposited with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in Canberra. The Institute also holds audio-tapes of the stories and vocabulary she recounted for C.J. Ellis and Luise Hercus.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/serviceman-and-servicewomen-in-uniform-during-world-war-ii-and-community-portraits-in-victoria\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-protection-board-report-for-1887\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sykes, Roberta (Bobbi)", "Entry ID": "AWE1199", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sykes-roberta-bobbi\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Townsville, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Administrator, Health worker, Journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Roberta (Bobbi) Sykes was born and brought up in Townsville, Queensland. She left school at 14 and trained as a nurse. In 1971 she moved to Sydney, and in 1972 helped establish the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. She worked as Education and Publicity Officer for the newly founded Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern, and began a ten-year career as a freelance journalist. She has written poetry and film reviews, and contributed to contemporary discussions on a wide range of indigenous issues.\nFrom 1975 to 1980 Bobbi Sykes was an adviser on Aboriginal health and education to the New South Wales Health Commission, following which she moved to the United States and completed her doctorate on Aboriginal education at Harvard University. Upon her return to Sydney, she continued writing and lecturing. She has held appointments at Charles Sturt and Macquarie universities and has worked as a consultant.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dr-roberta-sykes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murawina-australian-women-of-high-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/while-my-name-is-remembered\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/snake-cradle-snake-dancing-and-snake-circle-autobiographical-trilogy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/love-poems-and-other-revolutionary-actions\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/black-majority\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/black-women-in-australia-a-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mum-shirl-an-autobiography-with-the-assistance-of-bobbi-sykes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-who-do-and-women-who-dont-join-the-womens-movement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-judith-wright-1944-2000-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thancoupie", "Entry ID": "AWE1200", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thancoupie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Napranum, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Teacher", "Summary": "Thancoupie was born at Napranum in Queensland, on the land traditionally occupied by her ancestors. Her father was killed in war. Thancoupie attended the local school before being sent to Brisbane to train as a preschool teacher. Upon her return to Napranum she established a preschool but was unhappy with the situation and resigned.\nThancoupie began writing down and illustrating (with paintings on bark) stories her grandmother had taught her, and had a number of exhibitions of her work. Her application to study at a Sydney art school was rejected because she lacked formal qualifications, however she came across a pottery school which accepted her as a student. Thancoupie then went to America and Mexico and worked with indigenous potters. This helped her develop her own style, and she has since been creating pots and tile murals at her studio in Cairns where she moved in 1976, after the Comalco mining company refused to allow her a house at Napranum because she had left the community. Thancoupie still visits her hometown on a regular basis.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murawina-australian-women-of-high-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thancoupie-earth-shaper\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/i-keep-my-head-above-my-shoulders-and-i-try-to-keep-him-strong-and-high\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thancoupie-the-potter\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/artist-kept-her-peoples-culture-and-language-alive\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tippett, Veronica", "Entry ID": "AWE1201", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tippett-veronica\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tennant Creek, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Death Place": "HIggins, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Public servant", "Summary": "Veronica Tippett was born in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory. Aged four she moved to Darwin with her family, where she later attended St Mary's convent school and married. She worked as a maid at the government house until 1968, when she moved to Canberra. There she worked as a laboratory assistant in the nuclear physics department of the Australian National University and spent several years with the Australian Electoral Commission.\nShortly after the formation of the Aboriginal Development Commission in 1980, Tippett became its trainee and later the head of its secretariat. In 1985 she was transferred to the Public Service Board, where she helped develop the Commonwealth Public Service's equal employment opportunity policy relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. In 1987 she became a Cultural Relations Officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, promoting Australia's indigenous cultures in overseas forums and at international conferences in Canada, the United States and Switzerland.\nAt the time of her death, Veronica was undertaking a training course in anticipation of embarking on a diplomatic career and was studying cultural heritage management at the University of Canberra.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-culture-and-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-aboriginal-people-of-australia-their-art-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dreamtime-stories-the-living-testimony-of-aboriginal-art\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Torres, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE1202", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/torres-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Broome, Western Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Artist, Community worker, Educator, Health worker", "Summary": "Patricia Torres, of Yawuru, Nyikina, Bardi, Punuba and Walmatjarri descent, was born in Broome, Western Australia. She completed a secretarial training course, a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Diploma of Education.\nTorres became a health worker with the national Aboriginal trachoma program in Western Australia. In 1978 she became a Legal Aid Field Officer with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, where she designed and conducted a statewide socioeconomic survey of Aboriginal families. She was a Curriculum Development Officer with the state Education Department in Hobart during 1981. Upon her return to Western Australia, she was appointed Secretary to the Kimberley Land Council at Derby. From 1982 to 1989 she worked for the federal Department of Education and Youth Affairs, serving in Broome, Darwin and Canberra.\nSince then, Torres has concentrated on writing, art and community work. She has recorded Kimberley oral history, published a couple of bilingual children's books which she also illustrated, created posters for national events and recordings of stories. She has worked with many Kimberley community organisations, including the Yawuru Aboriginal Corporation, Winarn Aboriginal Arts and Crafts, Magabala Books and the Broome Aboriginal Media Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/writing-for-children-interview-with-pat-torres\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aborigines-and-archaeologists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/do-not-go-around-the-edges\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murawina-australian-women-of-high-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tripcony, Penny", "Entry ID": "AWE1203", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tripcony-penny\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Community worker, Educator, Research officer", "Summary": "Penny Tripcony was born in Brisbane in 1942 and moved to Melbourne in the mid-1960s. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Melbourne in 1975, and a Diploma of Education the following year.\nAs the administrator of the Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd in Melbourne, she was instrumental in establishing the Aboriginal Housing Board of Victoria and several other Aboriginal organisations. In the early 1980s she was a Research Officer with the Board before becoming superintendent of Victorian Aboriginal Education Services. She was involved with many community-based Aboriginal organisations in Victoria, and tutored in the Aboriginal Community Organisation course at the Swinburne Institute of Technology.\nIn 1989, Tripcony returned to Brisbane to become Principal Policy Officer (Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Education) with the state Department of Education. She was also a member of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Project.\nIn the 2005 Australia Day Honours, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to the Indigenous community, particularly in the field of education as an administrator, policy adviser, researcher and educator.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-commonwealth-referendum-of-1967-and-australian-indigenous-citizenship-an-interpretation-of-historical-events\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/learning-journeys-indigenous-teachers-sharing-their-success-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/too-obvious-to-see-aboriginal-spirituality-and-cosmology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yatha-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-studies-in-teacher-education\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Goble, Dorothy Ada", "Entry ID": "AWE1204", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goble-dorothy-ada\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "North Richmond, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "East Malvern, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Company director, Parliamentarian, Political candidate, Secretary", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party from 1946, Dorothy Goble served as the member for Mitcham in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1967 until 1976.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Arthur Robert Taylor, Clerk and Ada Elizabeth Deumer, Dorothy Goble completed her primary education at North Richmond and Canterbury State Schools and her secondary education at University High School. On 4 October 1934 she married Kenneth George Noble, stationery manufacturer. They had a son and two daughters.\nIn addition to her period as a parliamentarian, she worked as a secretary at University High School from 1928-34, and as a housewife from 1934-67. During that period she served as president of the Hartwell branch of the Australian Comforts Fund from 1939-45, and as a Director of Goble and Simmons Pty Ltd from 1962-67.\nOn her retirement from Parliament she lived at Mount Martha on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-of-the-victorian-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-liberal-party-of-australia-federal-womens-committee-history-and-achievements-1945-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goble-dorothy-ada-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dixon, Judith Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE1205", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dixon-judith-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Research assistant, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party from 1969, Judith Dixon served as the member for Boronia in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament from 1982-88.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Cecil Bowins, dairy farmer and Constance Chamberlain, Judith Dixon completed her secondary education at University High School and her tertiary education at both Melbourne ( Bachelor of Arts) and Monash ( Diploma of Education) Universities.\nDuring her ten year secondary teaching career, she was a Higher School Certificate examiner in English. Later she worked as a research assistant for the member of the House of Representatives for the electorate of La Trobe.\nHer community interests were reflected in her membership of the following organisations:\nfounding member of the Knox-Sherbrooke Movement Against Uranium Mining; committee member of the Congress for International Co-Operation and Disarmament and People for Nuclear Disarmament; member of the World Peace Council, the Australia-China Friendship Society; on the Management Committee of the Knox Wage Pause Job Creation Program.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-of-the-victorian-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Patrick, Jeannette Tweeddale", "Entry ID": "AWE1206", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patrick-jeannette-tweeddale\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brighton, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Brighton, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Local government councillor, Parliamentarian, Solicitor", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Jeannette Patrick served as the member for Brighton in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1976-85. She held the position of secretary of the Parliamentary Liberal Party from 1979-82.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Robert Tweeddale Breen, solicitor and Marie Freda Chamberlin, who served as a Victorian Liberal Senator in the Australian Parliament from 1962-68, she completed her secondary education at Firbank Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Brighton and her tertiary education at the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Laws in 1967. She worked as a solicitor in the family firm, R. T. Breen & Co. from 1967 and served as a Brighton City Councillor from 1973-76 before being elected to the Victorian Parliament in the same year.\nOn 25 October 1949 she married Vernon Ronald Patrick, law clerk. They had a son and a daughter.\nHer community commitments included : member of the Consumer Affairs Council 1974-75, member of Brighton Technical School Council 1976-83, member of Firbank Council and Brighton Community Hospital committee of management 1976-80; member of the University of Melbourne Council 1979-83, Gardenvale Central School Council 1982-83; honorary solicitor to local organisations and a member of St Peter's Anglican Church, Brighton.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-of-the-victorian-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leader-in-push-for-equal-opportunity\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sibree, Prudence (Prue) Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1207", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sibree-prudence-prue-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Solicitor", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, from 1968, Prue Sibree served as the member for Kew in the Legislative Assembly in the Victorian Parliament from 1981-88.\n", "Details": "Daughter of William Turnor, retail dairyman, and Patricia Kidd, secretary, Prue Sibree was educated at Chalgrove Girls' School in Box Hill and Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School in Surrey Hills. She completed her tertiary education at the University of Melbourne, gaining a Bachelor of Laws in 1967. She practised as a solicitor from 1968-81 and established her own firm, Prue Sibree & Co. in 1979.\nOn 9 August 1969 she married Mark William Sibree, a computer specialist. They had a son and two daughters.\nHer community interests included membership of the Citizens Welfare Services Board in 1973; membership of the Victorian Consumer Affairs Council 1976-81, the Metropolitan Transit Council 1979-81 and the University of Melbourne Council 1983-88. She was Chairman of the Kew Freedom from Hunger committee 1981.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-of-the-victorian-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ungunmerr-Baumann, Miriam-Rose", "Entry ID": "AWE1208", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ungunmerr-baumann-miriam-rose\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Daly River area, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Educator", "Summary": "Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann was born in the Daly River area, Northern Territory. Her primary language is Ngan'gikurunggurr, although she also speaks four other local languages.\nUngunmerr-Baumann attended school at Adelaide River, Pine Creek and Mataranka, where she learnt English. At the age of 14, she returned to the Daly River to complete her primary education at the mission where she was baptised and made her first communion. She then completed a teaching assistant course at Kormilda College and worked as a teachers aide at the Daly River mission school. She was sponsored by the federal government to work with art teachers in primary schools throughout Victoria, and became a fully qualified teacher with the Commonwealth Teaching Service in 1974. A year later, she was offered a position as art consultant with the Northern Territory Department of Education. She helped to establish the Aboriginal women's centre in Darwin, and taught at St John's College until 1981, when she returned to the Daly River.\nA talented artist and active promoter of Aboriginal culture, Ungunmerr-Baumann has illustrated a number of books, including the revised edition of Alan Marshall's People of the Dreamtime. In 1986 she began teaching back at the Daly River mission school while pursuing higher education, and eventually became school principal.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-serpent-of-good-and-evil-a-reconciliation-in-the-life-and-art-of-miriam-rose-ungunmerr-baumann\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walker, Della", "Entry ID": "AWE1209", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walker-della\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ulgandahi Island, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Community worker, Health worker", "Summary": "Della Walker, of Gumbainggir descent, was born in 1932 on Ulgandahi Island, an Aboriginal reserve in the Clarence River delta near Maclean, New South Wales. She attended school on the island before her family moved to nearby Yamba, where she was employed in domestic duties at a local guesthouse. When she was 17, the family moved to the Tabulam reserve, 45 kilometres west of Casino. She married there, and worked both as a domestic aid and an assistant to her husband in his seasonal farming jobs.\nWalker became an unofficial midwife at the reserve, and subsequently became involved in a number of community activities: organisation of church services and the Djunagun dance troupe; promotion of her mother tongue, Aboriginal education, the teaching of Aboriginal Studies at regional TAFE colleges; and counselling of prisoners at the Grafton gaol. She was also a member of the Aboriginal advisory council of the College of Advanced Education in Lismore, president of the Housing Association and the local Land Council at Tabulam, a director of the Yamboora Aboriginal Corporation at Yamba, and chair of the Nungera Aboriginal Cooperative Society at Maclean.\nWalker is a craft worker, screen printer and maker of echidna-spine necklaces.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/holding-up-the-sky-aboriginal-women-speak\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/me-and-you-the-life-story-of-della-walker-as-told-to-tina-coutts\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/north-coast-women-a-history-to-1939\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thomas, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE1210", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thomas-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare worker, Health worker", "Summary": "Jenny Thomas is an Aboriginal child care and health worker. She held the position of Director, Special Services Section, with the Office of Child Care at the time the Aboriginal Child Care Agencies (ACCAs) were in the process of formation. She later became Assistant Secretary of the Health Outcomes Branch of the Department of Health and Family Services in Canberra.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baker, Eileen", "Entry ID": "AWE1211", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baker-eileen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare advocate, Public servant", "Summary": "Eileen Baker has been a long-standing Commonwealth public servant. She commenced working in the Office of Child Care in the mid-1980s as a Project Officer in the Special Branch, and attended a number of meetings of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) in that capacity.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-nutrition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Passmore-Edwards, Mary-Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE1212", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/passmore-edwards-mary-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Welfare worker", "Summary": "Mary-Ellen Passmore-Edwards is an Aboriginal child welfare worker who believes that 'if anything is going to change for Aboriginal society, it has got to happen with the children. She advocates alternative methods of treatment and healing of sexually abused indigenous children. She has also worked with abused women in Queensland and with Yorganop, the Aboriginal child care agency in Perth.\nPassmore-Edwards was Treasurer of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care, and represented this body at an international indigenous forum in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/new-direction-in-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-health-worker-education\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Choo, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE1213", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/choo-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Malaysia", "Occupations": "Historian", "Summary": "Christine Choo, a historian, qualified social worker, social researcher and a migrant from Asia, has published widely in race and gender issues. She is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia and is involved in a number of community based projects. Christine's current (2008) research interests are Western Australian history, particularly of women and minority ethnic groups; Aboriginal-Asian connections in Australia; Life Writing and personal family history. Her PhD in History entitled Aboriginal Women on Catholic Missions in the Kimberley, Western Australia, 1900-1950, published as Mission Girls (2001), received the inaugural Margaret Metcalf award in 2003 for excellence in the use and application of archival materials from the State Records Office of Western Australia. In 1990 Christine was the recipient of the Archbishop Goody Award to explore the integration of Christianity in the lives of Aboriginal people in the Kimberley. Aboriginal Child Poverty, written under the auspices of the Brotherhood of St Laurence and the Secretariat of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Care ( SNAICC), was published in 1990. Christine co-edited History and Native Title a volume of Studies in Western Australian History in 2003. She has also published refereed journal articles, book chapters and book reviews.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mission-girls-aboriginal-women-on-catholic-missions-in-the-kimberley-western-australia-1900-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-womens-lives-implications-for-australian-historiography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hill, Jane Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1214", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hill-jane-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dimboola, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Mothercraft nurse, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Jane Hill, a member of the Australian Labor Party from 1978, served as the Member for Frankston in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1982-85 and as member for Frankston North from 1985 until 1992, when the seat was abolished. She was an unsuccessful candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Frankston East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Details": "Jane Hill, daughter of Alexander Henderson, a railway guard, and Annie Crombie, a nursing sister, completed her primary and secondary education in Dimboola at the local state and high schools.\nShe worked as a Mothercraft nurse in Melbourne before her marriage on 20 January 1956 to Barrie Hill, a stockman and Commonwealth public servant and moved to the country. They had two sons and two daughters. After her return to Melbourne in 1969 she worked as a catering officer at the Frankston Nursing Home from 1974-82 and was a Frankston City Councillor from 1979-82. A member of the Seaford-Pines branch of the Australian Labor Party and president in 1980, she was elected to the Victorian Parliament in 1982 and served until 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-of-the-victorian-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hogg, Caroline Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE1215", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hogg-caroline-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Somerset, England", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Mayor, Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party from 1966, Caroline Hogg served as the Member for Melbourne North in the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Victoria from 1982-1999. During that period she held a range of ministerial appointments in Community Services, Education, Ethnic Affairs, Health and finally Ethnic, Municipal and Community Affairs. In Opposition after 1992 she held various Shadow Ministerial positions and was the Australian Labor Party Whip in the Legislative Council before her retirement in 1999.\n", "Details": "Daughter of A. G. F. Kluht a clerk and E. C. Kluht, Caroline Hogg moved to Australia from England with her Australian born mother in 1950. She completed her education in Adelaide at Woodville High School and at Adelaide University, where she gained a Bachelor of Arts. She moved to Melbourne and taught at Fitzroy High School for fifteen years. Her teaching career spanned the years 1963-81.\nShe married Robert ( Bob ) Hogg in 1967 and was divorced in 1996. They had a son and a daughter.\nShe honed her political skills as a Collingwood City Councillor from 1970-79 and as its first woman mayor in 1978. She was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council seat of Melbourne North in 1982 and remained its member for seventeen years.\nHer ministerial portfolios included:\nMinister for Community Services 1985-87; Minister for Education 1987-88; Minister for Ethnic Affairs 1988-89; Minister for Health 1989-91; Minister for Ethnic, Municipal and Community Affairs 1991-92. In addition to her ministerial duties she was Deputy Leader of the Labor Party in the Legislative Council from 1990-96.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-of-the-victorian-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-caroline-hogg\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ray, Margaret Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1216", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ray-margaret-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Social justice advocate, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party from 1971, Margaret Ray served as the member for Box Hill in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1982 to 1992. She was defeated at the state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Edward Leslie Vercoe, a Methodist minister of religion, and Thelma Alice Tickner, Margaret Ray completed her primary school education at Camberwell State School in Victoria. She completed her secondary education at Hamilton High School in Victoria and Devonport High School in Tasmania. She trained as a secondary school teacher in Victoria, gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree ( Honours) and a Diploma of Education from the University of Melbourne. Her teaching appointments included Wangaratta High School 1956-57 and Greythorn High School 1968-81.\nOn 31 August 1957 she married George Wilson Ray also a schoolteacher. They had a son and two daughters.\nShe was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the seat of Box Hill in 1982 and retained it until 1992. She was a member of the Standing Orders Committee of the Victorian Parliament, 1982-92.\nHer community activities included: secretary of the Blackburn Lake Primary School Committee 1964-69; women's registrar of the Victorian Amateur Gymnastic Association 1978, 1979; and elder of the Uniting Church in Blackburn.\nShe was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2004.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-of-the-victorian-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stainton, Irene", "Entry ID": "AWE1217", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stainton-irene\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Child welfare worker, Cultural advisor", "Summary": "Alongside her work in Aboriginal child welfare, Irene Stainton has long been an advocate for Aboriginal cultural heritage, holding a series of advisory positions at state and national levels.\n", "Details": "Following her father, who was Manager of the Aboriginal Advancement Council in Perth, Irene Stainton became deeply involved in indigenous affairs. She worked in child welfare for many years with the Yorganop Aboriginal Child Care Agency in Perth, becoming secretary of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care.\nStainton's interest in Aboriginal culture was deep-seated and twice she presented discussion papers to the United Nations (Geneva, 1994; Switzerland, 1995). She was the Registrar of Aboriginal sites before being appointed Chairperson of the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee in the Aboriginal Affairs Department. In this capacity she presented a paper for the Indigenous Heritage Workshop of the National Trust's State Heritage Convention in Western Australia in 1999. Stainton served as a board member for both the Western Australian Museum (Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee) and the Berndt Museum of Anthropology at the University of Western Australia. She was an Aboriginal Council member for the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families.\nShe was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2023 for distinguished service to the Indigenous community through cultural heritage leadership, and through health and social welfare organisations.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/western-australian-aboriginal-affairs-dept-annual-report\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ah Kee, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1218", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ah-kee-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Welfare worker", "Summary": "Margaret Ah Kee is a long-standing advocate for the rights of indigenous children and families. She worked for Yuddika, the Aboriginal and Islander child care organisation in Cairns, Queensland, and was an active member of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care Executive.\nAh Kee served as an Indigenous Advisory Council member for the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families, and for the Australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission's Inquiry into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cooney, Vicki", "Entry ID": "AWE1219", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cooney-vicki\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Childcare worker, Community worker", "Summary": "Vicki Cooney is an indigenous child care worker. She has continued to work with Yuddika, the Aboriginal and Islander child care organisation in Cairns, Queensland, following her appointment as its first Chairperson.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fisher, Kathy", "Entry ID": "AWE1220", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fisher-kathy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Child welfare worker, Photographer", "Summary": "Kathy Fisher worked with the Aboriginal and Islander Child Care Agency in Brisbane for six years before establishing an unofficial Link-Up Service. She left the indigenous child welfare field to pursue a career in the performing arts with Aboriginal theatre groups.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/delayed-exposure-contemporary-aboriginal-photography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Miller, Sandy", "Entry ID": "AWE1221", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miller-sandy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Child welfare worker", "Summary": "Sandy Miller is an Aboriginal child welfare worker. She worked for the Department of Community Welfare in Adelaide in the early 1980s, endeavouring to change legislation and policies that were detrimental to Aboriginal children. She also tried to encourage Aboriginal people to become foster parents.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/survival-in-our-own-land-aboriginal-experiences-in-south-australia-since-1836-told-by-nungas-and-others-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Malamoo, Shireen", "Entry ID": "AWE1222", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/malamoo-shireen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Townsville, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Shireen Malamoo is an Aboriginal community worker who advocates a holistic approach to indigenous issues. In the 1970s she worked for the Department of Social Security in Townsville, Queensland. Her involvement with the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care included membership of the Finance Committee. She was a Commissioner of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) from 1991 to 1993.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-islander-womens-conference\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reaching-a-balance\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clarke, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE1223", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare worker", "Summary": "Michele Clarke has worked with juvenile offenders in the top end of Australia. She has been a Coordinator of the Central Australian Aboriginal Child Care Agency in Alice Springs and held the position of National Secretary of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hearing-loss-in-aboriginal-children\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/talking-early-childhood-a-profile-of-services-and-programs-for-young-aboriginal-children-living-on-remote-communities-in-the-n-t\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Munns, Caroline", "Entry ID": "AWE1224", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/munns-caroline\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare worker", "Summary": "Caroline Munns was involved with the establishment of the Mt Isa Aboriginal Child Care Agency in Queensland. She later became a Queensland representative for the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coller, Doreen", "Entry ID": "AWE1225", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coller-doreen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare worker", "Summary": "Doreen Coller's involvement in Aboriginal child welfare issues stemmed from caring for children in her own extended family network. Her employment in a Homemaker position with the Child Welfare Department led to her interest in the Western Australian Aboriginal Child Care Agency. She attended meetings of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) in its early days and was a member of the initial Steering Committee.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Oakley, Jackie", "Entry ID": "AWE1226", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oakley-jackie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare worker", "Summary": "Jackie Oakley was employed as the first Coordinator of the West Australian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (ACCA), and as a member of its Steering Committee. She was present at the initial meeting of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) in the early 1980s and participated in drawing up its objectives.\nIn 1993 she participated in the creation of a video magazine, The Indigenous Australians, produced by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. She is listed in its credits as Head of the Office of Indigenous Women.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-indigenous-australians\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Eatock, Pat", "Entry ID": "AWE1227", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eatock-pat\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Academic, Filmmaker, Public servant, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "In 1972 Pat Eatock became the first Aboriginal to stand for Federal Parliament in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). She participated in the Aboriginal Embassy and Women's Liberation in 1972. In 1973 she became the first non-matriculated mature aged student at the Australian National University(ANU), graduating as a Bachelor of Arts in 1977. In 1975 she attended the 1975 Women in Politics Conference and the International Women's Year World Conference in Mexico City. She has worked as a public servant, university lecturer, and established and managed the Perleeka Aboriginal Television, producing films for community television and training Aboriginal film makers from 1992-96. Pat Eatock passed away on 17 March, 2015 after a long period of ill health.\n", "Details": "Pat Eatock was born at Redcliffe, Queensland on 14 December 1937. Her mother, Elizabeth Stephenson Anderson, was a Scottish immigrant, and her father, Roderick Eatock was of Aboriginal and English descent.\nShe had a disrupted education due to her father's mental illness and she left school at 14 to work in various factories. At 18 she moved to Sydney and married a cousin, Ron Eatock. They lived in Green Valley and by the time she was 26 she had had two miscarriages and five children, one of which was profoundly disabled.\nShe began to publicly identify as an Aboriginal in 1957 when she attended a meeting of the Union of Australian Women at which Faith Bandler spoke, but her political activities were limited by her family commitments until 1972, when she attended a FCAATSI land rights conference in Alice Springs with her sixth child.\nIn 1972 she left her husband and, with her baby, joined the Aboriginal Embassy in Canberra and participated in the protests against its removal. She lived initially in the Canberra headquarters of the Women's Liberation movement. She became the first Aboriginal candidate to stand for Federal parliament in the ACT when she campaigned, unsuccessfully, as an independent in the 1972 elections. Her platform, endorsed by the newly-formed Women's Electoral Lobby, focussed on Aboriginal, women's and children's issues.\nIn 1973 she enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts degree, becoming the first non-matriculated mature age student at the Australian National University. Majoring in Philosophy and History, she graduated in 1977. In 1975 she was sponsored by the government to attend the Alternative Tribune to the International Women's Year World Conference in Mexico City, and also attend the Women in Politics Conference in Canberra that year.\nHer public service career included working as a Project Officer in the Department of Social Security's Aboriginal Unit (1978-81), and in the EEO unit of the NSW Department of TAFE (1987-89). In 1991-92 she lectured in community development at Curtin University, Western Australia. In December 1992 she established Perleeka Aboriginal Television, which she managed until its demise in 1996. Through it she trained Aboriginal film-makers, produced films for community television, and unsuccessfully attempted to open an Aboriginal TV channel. She taught Aboriginal Studies at James Cook University in 1997, and in 1999 undertook a one-year preliminary course with the intention of beginning a Masters degree in history at the University of Queensland.\nIn 2011 Pat Eatock came to public attention when she brought a case of racial discrimination against Andrew Bolt, journalist with the Herald and Weekly Times newspaper, the Herald Sun. The case was heard in the Federal Court of Australia. Bolt wrote a number of articles implying that people of fair skin who identified as Aboriginal did so for social and political advantage. Pat Eatock's case was upheld and the court directed the newspaper organisation to print a corrective notice.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aunty-pat-eatock-passes-away-quietly-after-a-lifetime-of-glorious-noise-making\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/theres-a-snake-in-my-caravan\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-small-but-stinging-twig-reflections-of-a-black-campaigner\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/black-demo\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-section-18c-and-the-racial-discrimination-act\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/federal-court-of-australia-eatock-v-bolt-no-2-2011-fca-1180\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/law\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-eatock-interviewed-by-ann-mari-jordens-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-pat-eatock-for-the-interchange-programme-december-21-1977-a-2xx-radio-station-broadcast-sound-recording-interviewer-biff-ward\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "L\u00ea, Marion", "Entry ID": "AWE1228", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/le-marion\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Richmond, New Zealand", "Occupations": "Migrant community advocate, Refugee Advocate", "Summary": "Marion L\u00ea has advocated on behalf of refugees since the arrival of the first Vietnamese boat people in the mid-1970s. She has received a number of awards for her tireless work over three decades, including the 2003 Human Rights Medal.\n", "Details": "Marion L\u00ea was born in the village of Richmond, near Nelson, New Zealand on 29 January 1947. Her father, Noble Tasman Roderick, a hairdresser, was born in New Zealand of Irish, Scottish and Portuguese descent. After serving in World War II with the New Zealand Army as a truck driver in Egypt, he married her mother in 1945, London-born Grace Eileen Tallon. Marion had three younger brothers. She was educated at Richmond Primary and Waimea Intermediate and College, then attended teachers' college and the University of Canterbury in Christchurch. She emigrated to Australia in 1971 and taught in Sydney and Brisbane and travelled until 1974, when she began a Bachelor of Theology at the Alliance College and a Bachelor of Arts at the Australian National University, completing both in 1978-79.\n In 1979 she married Tong L\u00ea, a chef and former Vietnamese soldier who arrived on the Song B\u00ea in 1977. They have three children and cared for four stepchildren, a Vietnamese foster son, a Vietnamese ward of the Minister, and several other children from camps and detention centres.\n In 1980 they opened a Vietnamese restaurant in O'Connor and another at Belconnen ten years later. Marion worked in both of these, as well as teaching in Canberra for 19 years.\nFrom 1977 Marion was active in the Indo-China Refugee Association of the ACT, which was later used by the government as a model for its Community Refugee Settlement Service. She completed a Graduate Diploma in International Law at the ANU in 1994 and now works as a consultant and registered migration agent. She was named as the Bicentennial Canberra Citizen of the Year in 1988, awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1990, the Austcare Paul Cullen Award for Outstanding Contribution to Refugees in 1994 and the Human Rights Medal in 2003 for her work in promoting human rights over the last three decades.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/interview-with-marion-le-sound-recording-interviewer-ann-mari-jordens\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-marion-le-199-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Setches, Kay Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE1229", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/setches-kay-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Sales assistant", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party from 1972, Kay Setches served as the member for Ringwood in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1982-92. She held the portfolios of Conservation, Forests and Land from 1988-90, Community Services from 1990-92 and was Minister Responsible for Child Care 1991-92.On the abolition of the seat of Ringwood she unsuccessfully contested the seat of Bayswater at the state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Eric Joseph Earl, a wharf labourer, and Lilian Mary, a spinner, Kay Setches completed her primary education at St Joseph's, Collingwood and Cromwell Street State School, Collingwood. She completed her secondary education at the Collingwood School of Domestic Arts and subsequently worked as a sales assistant.\nOn 2 November 1962 she married Denis Norman Setches, a local government officer. They had two children, a son and a daughter. Kay Setches lived in Croydon from 1964. Her community involvement included the position of co-ordinator of the Maroondah Halfway House from 1977-78, president of Boronia Technical School Council from 1979-83 and member of the Croydon Conservation Society.\nHer ministerial responsibilities included:\n13 October 1988-2 April 1990 - Minister for Conservation, Forests and Lands.\n2 April 1990- 6 October 1992 - Minister for Community Services.\n17 January 1991-6 October 1992 - Minister responsible for Child care.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-of-the-victorian-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/setches-kay-patricia-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/as-a-woman-writing-womens-lives\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-prepared-by-direction-of-the-president-of-the-legislative-council-and-the-speaker-of-the-legislative-assembly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McLean, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE1230", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mclean-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, England", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Political activist", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party from 1965, Jean McLean made her first attempt to gain election to the Victorian parliament in 1973 when she stood as a candidate in the Legislative Council Province of Monash at the state election, which was held on 19 May. She served in the Victorian Parliament as the Australian Labor Party member for Boronia Province in the Legislative Council from 1985 to 1992 and then as the member for Melbourne West Province from 1992 until her retirement in 1999. Before her entry into parliament she was active in her opposition to conscription and the Australian involvement in the Vietnam War as convenor of the Save Our Sons Movement from 1965 to 1973 and as Vice-chairperson of the Vietnam Moratorium Movement.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-prepared-by-direction-of-the-president-of-the-legislative-council-and-the-speaker-of-the-legislative-assembly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-protest-movements-the-womens-peace-army-and-the-save-our-sons-movement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-the-save-our-sons-movement-of-victoria-1965-1973\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/s-o-s-newsletter\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-save-our-sons-movement-1965-1973-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-jean-mclean-activist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilson, Janet Tindale Calder", "Entry ID": "AWE1231", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-janet-tindale-calder\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Scotland", "Death Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Jan Wilson's political experience encompassed both local and state politics. She served as the member for Dandenong North in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian parliament from 1985 until her retirement in 1999, and was a City of Dandenong Councillor from 1978-86.\n", "Details": "Educated at Graeme High School, Falkirk, Scotland, Jan Wilson worked as secretary to the member of the House of Representatives in the Australian parliament for Holt from 1972-75, was executive officer for the Westernport Regional Council from 1975-76 and state organiser for the Australian Labor Party from 1978-85 before entering parliament.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2017 - 2017)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-prepared-by-direction-of-the-president-of-the-legislative-council-and-the-speaker-of-the-legislative-assembly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/champion-of-her-community-and-of-a-rejuvenated-dish-lickers-industry\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gleeson, Elizabeth Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE1232", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gleeson-elizabeth-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Research assistant", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Beth Gleeson served as the member for Thomastown in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian parliament from 1985-89. She died in office in December 1989.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-prepared-by-direction-of-the-president-of-the-legislative-council-and-the-speaker-of-the-legislative-assembly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lyster, Maureen Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1233", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lyster-maureen-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "England", "Occupations": "Librarian, Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Maureen Lyster served as the Member for Chelsea province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian parliament from 1985-92. She held a range of portfolios as Minister for Local Government from 1989-91, Minister for the Aged, 1989-90, Minister Assisting the Minister for Education 1990-91 and Minister for health 1991-92.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-prepared-by-direction-of-the-president-of-the-legislative-council-and-the-speaker-of-the-legislative-assembly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Varty, Rosemary", "Entry ID": "AWE1234", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/varty-rosemary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lilydale, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Rosemary Varty served as the member for Nunawading Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament from 1985 to 1992 and for Silvan from 1992 to 1999. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary to Cabinet from 1992 to 1999.\n", "Details": "Before entering state parliament, Rosemary Varty was a councillor for the City of Box Hill from 1981 to 1984. Her former occupations included those of financial controller and administration manager from 1962 to 1984. Within the Liberal Party she was active on the Central Women's Committee from 1979.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-prepared-by-direction-of-the-president-of-the-legislative-council-and-the-speaker-of-the-legislative-assembly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-liberal-party-of-australia-federal-womens-committee-history-and-achievements-1945-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wade, Jan Louise Murray", "Entry ID": "AWE1235", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wade-jan-louise-murray\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Attorney General, Barrister, Commissioner, Lawyer, Minister, Parliamentarian, Public servant, Solicitor", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Jan Wade served as the member for Kew in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of the State of Victoria from 1988-99. As a Minister in the Liberal Government from 1992-99, she held the portfolios of Attorney General, Fair Trading and Women's Affairs.\nEducated at Sydney Girls' High School, Firbank Church of England Girls' Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, Jan Wade worked as a solicitor in private practice (1964-67), in the Parliamentary Counsel's office from 1970-79 and as president of the Equal Opportunity Board (1985-88) before entering parliament in 1988.\nGo to 'Details' below to read a reflective essay written by Jan Wade for the Trailblazing Women and the Law Project.\n", "Details": "The following additional information was provided by Jan Wade and is reproduced with permission in its entirety.\n\nLooking back on my life I cannot imagine a more interesting and satisfactory career. However in many ways it also illustrates some of the problems encountered by women lawyers in the period 1960 to 2000. While they are minor compared to those encountered by the pioneering women lawyers of the earlier 20th century, I have included some of my experiences in this regard for the record.\nMy own attitudes to a legal career contributed to my slow start in the profession. Although I enjoyed the challenges of legal education, I tended to perceive my future as being a wife and mother. Fate intervened at various times to tempt me forward in my career.\nI was born in 1937 in Sydney. I attended Rose Bay Public School where I was Dux of the school in 1949 and moved on to Sydney Girls' High School.\nMy father died in 1952 and our mother decided to return to her family in Melbourne resulting in new schools for my brother Michael and me. It also meant a significant down grading in accommodation and comfort as we moved into a very small flat where I shared a bedroom with my mother until I left home after I finished my articles in 1959. Looking back I believe my mother had many more grounds for complaint than I did.\nMy new school was Firbank and I was there for two years. I was lucky enough to get a Commonwealth Scholarship that not only paid my University fees but also paid a small living allowance. University had not seemed to be an option so I had no plans but I recalled my father saying that I should consider law.\nI enjoyed the Law School at Melbourne University and found subjects for both my law and arts degrees interesting and not particularly difficult. However, I did not see myself as a solicitor and did no more work than was necessary. I completed my legal studies in 1958 with a fairly average degree. I then did my articles with Weigall & Crowther.\nIn early 1960, like many of my contemporaries, I left for a couple of years in London. With nothing but a return ticket in my pocket, as required by my mother, I embarked on the ss. Orcades. Once there I found that female lawyers were not in demand but unqualified schoolteachers were paid quite well and not required to pay tax.\nI taught in a series of schools in North East London for two years. My first school in Islington (pre gentrification) was a Secondary School described as a \"sink school\" - a school that took pupils rejected by all other schools in the district. It was a girls' school but no safer for that. The girls wore extremely short navy skirts and beehive hair. I was told that the previous teacher of my class had been carried out on a stretcher. The last game of netball I ever played was a staff versus student match of extreme ferocity.\nIn co-educational schools removal of knives and other weapons was an everyday occurrence and teachers were advised never to stay on the school premises after hours and never to walk to the train station alone.\nOn entering Parliament in 1988 I realized that my teaching career had taught me quite a lot about the behaviour I was to encounter there, such as speaking notwithstanding a barrage of rude and defamatory comment and continuing to work in a threatening atmosphere.\nForgetting my return fare was already paid, I travelled home overland to South India in a Land Rover encountering a number of character building experiences such as an attack by youths when camping on the outskirts of Teheran and being saved by the Pakistani Army from possibly having my throat cut by Pathans.\nOn my return in 1963 I endeavoured to commence my legal career only to be advised by many solicitors' firms that, as I was married and could be having children, I was not a suitable employee. I regret to say, at that time, I thought their attitude was quite understandable.\nAfter short periods in the toy department at Myers and at a Secondary School in Preston, Zelman Cowan was kind enough to give me a job as a tutor in the Melbourne Law School. He was also very supportive when I had to confess after a few months that I was pregnant and agreed that I could continue until the baby was born in November and correct exam papers in hospital. While this is not unusual now, it seemed no one had previously seen an obviously pregnant woman teaching then. I continued to tutor on a part time basis the following year. I then had another two children and opened a solicitor's practice at home.\nIn 1967 I decided that academia was the way forward with working hours possibly compatible with family responsibilities. I applied successfully to be a tutor at Monash University but this did not start until February 1968 so I had a few months to wait. A friend said that the Victorian Crown Law Department was short of legal staff and may be prepared to employ a married woman on a temporary basis.\nI applied in order to test my capacity to work full time and to test my then part time babysitter's capacity to also work full time. My application, which was still on the departmental file when I became Attorney General, states that I knew that, as a married woman, I could only be employed on a temporary basis and that, as a woman, I would be paid less than a man doing the same job. I said that this was acceptable to me. It was not enough however to persuade the Crown Solicitor who responded by saying he would not employ women lawyers.\nI was told that the Chief Parliamentary Counsel took a different view. I re-applied and succeeded. John Finemore, the Chief Parliamentary Counsel, was one of the most brilliant lawyers I have met. It was at this point my life as a lawyer changed.\nI was good at drafting legislation and I loved it. For the first year I kept my options open and also tutored at Monash part time. This was the end of my half-hearted approach to the law.\nI stayed in the Parliamentary Counsels' Office for 12 years having one more child in 1970. My pregnancy caused some consternation. As I was still employed on a temporary basis I would normally have been asked to leave but the office was short staffed and I was permitted to stay but told that I should not attend Parliament, once it was obvious I was pregnant, as it might disturb the members. I took no notice and nobody complained.\nParliamentary Counsel are traditionally members of the Bar in England and that tradition continued here. I signed the Bar Roll in 1971 and was the 13th woman to do so. As John Finemore wanted us to get the best possible understanding of the way the legal system worked he encouraged us to read at the Bar. The Justice Department gave us paid leave to do so. I read with John D. Phillips. At that time you were allowed to take briefs straight away. I got briefs to write opinions from people who knew me and briefs in the Magistrates' Court and for fairly basic applications, such as adjournments, in the other Courts. Members of the Bar were very helpful in many ways. I did not have a wig or gown and had no trouble borrowing them from smaller members such as Gordon Spence. Ken Hayne who was in Chambers nearby gave me a word for word briefing on what to say in the first of a number of appearances for women seeking maintenance from their husbands.\nThe only women I saw at the Bar at that time were Joan Rosanove and Molly Kingston. I don't think they noticed me. The then Chairman of the Bar Council did notice me the first time I was at the Bar dining room for lunch and sent someone to check whether someone had smuggled in his wife.\nWhile I enjoyed being at the Bar I don't think I did as well as I could have because I had a number of things in my life like four children, some moonlighting for the Parliamentary Counsel and eventually pneumonia. Also I found that I missed the problem solving and creative law opportunities of the Parliamentary Counsels' Chambers so I returned to drafting.\nI left the Parliamentary Counsels' Office when I was appointed Commissioner for Corporate Affairs in 1979.\nInitially this new appointment to head an office with a few hundred staff proved to be a greater challenge than anyone anticipated.\n \"Woman appointed to head Corporate Affairs\" was the headline on the front page of the Age. The business community was surprised, the accountants were astonished and the stock exchange was wary but supportive. More than half my professional staff refused to work for a woman. My deputies had applied for the position. One of them locked the door between his office and mine and the other returned any request for assistance annotated \"if you're so clever do it yourself\". However, after a stand off period, we found we could work together. We brought some very successful cases in the Supreme Court. I began to enjoy every minute of running a very efficient office and contributing to the National Companies and Securities Legislation.\nIn 1984 I gave advice to the Cain government about problems with the regulation of financial institutions and the investigation of failed companies. This was not appreciated and I was removed from office. The then Attorney General Jim Kennan issued a press release stating \"the moves were part of the Government's plans to bring the Corporate Affairs Commission closer to the private sector\". It took a few years for the impact of these moves to be seen with several spectacular collapses, including the State Bank.\nI was transferred to become President of the Equal Opportunity Tribunal. While this was a demotion in public service terms, it proved to be very educational for me in areas involving discrimination on the grounds of gender, race and disability.\nIn 1987 I was approached by members of the Liberal Party to stand for pre-selection. Although I was not a member of the Party, they thought my experience would be useful after the 1988 election that they expected to win. I had not had any experience in a political party and, having been persuaded to stand, I was surprised to find that 26 people were standing for pre-selection for the seat of Kew. However within 3 months of joining the party I was sitting in Parliament, as the member for Kew, after a close win in a by-election. We did not win the 1988 election so I was introduced to life as a frontbencher in Opposition where I had various shadow portfolios.\nIn 1992 we won Government and I became the first woman to be appointed Attorney General in Australia. I was also Minister for Women and Minister for Fair Trading. I held all these portfolios until I retired at the end of 1999.\nAs Attorney General I gave the highest priority to creating a criminal justice system that would have the confidence of the public. In Opposition I had attended many public meetings where it was clear that people were disillusioned by the system and particularly by sentences for serious crime. This was not about revenge but was because they felt the impact of crime on the community was not appreciated. Victims of violent crime, especially women, considered sentences were so low that they indicated the terrible ordeals they had been through were of no concern to the justice system and that they themselves were not valued.\nLegislation I introduced with a view to restoring the confidence of the public in the justice system included:\n\n The introduction of victim impact statements;\n The abolition of unsworn evidence;\nThe creation of a new offence of intentionally infecting someone with the HIV virus;\nIncreasing sentences for serious sexual and violent offenders and for sexual offences involving children;\n Introducing indefinite sentences for offenders who are a danger to the community;\n Introducing majority verdicts in criminal cases with a view to avoiding traumatic repetition of trials for victims of sexual assault;\n Changes to the Crimes and Evidence Acts to give victims of sexual assault alternative ways of giving evidence and the installation of video and other changes in courtrooms;\nThe creation of a DNA database of offenders convicted of sexual offences;\nThe creation of a new offence of stalking;\nThe introduction of indefinite intervention orders against violent spouses;\nReform of the law relating to female genital mutilation;\n Reform of the Governor's Pleasure system to impose safeguards on the release of detainees who have been found not guilty on the ground of mental illness.\n\nI was criticized by the opposition in Parliament and by the media for almost all of these changes but to the best of my knowledge they are all still in force, although not always being interpreted as intended. I started out with high hopes but I did not succeed in restoring public confidence in the criminal justice system. This will require a major change of approach, whether voluntary or imposed, by a profession that to date does not seem to understand that there is a problem.\nAs the ability to see what legislation was required was my area of expertise and, as I had responsibility for Women and Fair Trading as well as being Attorney General, I probably hold the record for the most legislation ever introduced by one member of Parliament. This is not to say that I believe in an ever expanding Statute Book. I do not. However, I do believe that our Acts of Parliament and our Courts and tribunals should be of the highest quality and should meet the needs of all members of the community. I formed the view that the needs of some members of the community, including women, had been overlooked. I will not try the patience of readers by listing all of the changes I introduced however I will mention some, unrelated to crime, that I think illustrate this:\n\nThe appointment of a number of women to the Supreme and County Courts. There were no women judges in Victoria when I became Attorney General;\nThe creation of the Victorian Court of Appeal to provide a first class appellate system;\n A new Equal Opportunity Act extending protection to people discriminated against on the grounds of age, lawful sexual activity, personal appearance, industrial activity, personal association, pregnancy and status as a carer;\nThe amalgamation of a number of existing tribunals to create the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal which also had an overlapping jurisdiction with some aspects of the court system giving an option on forum and type of hearing for parties to a dispute;\nA new Building Act revising laws and procedures regarding building requirements with disputes being heard by the Tribunal;\nA new Estate Agents Act separating policy and administrative and judicial functions;\nA new Residential Tenancies Act covering residential property, caravan parks and rooming houses and establishing a Bond Authority to overcome problems and disputes between landlords and tenants;\nA new Fund Raising Appeals Act requiring charities, for the first time, to maintain appropriate records and to provide information to the public about expenditure.\n\nIn addition I was responsible for several pieces of legislation drafted in Victoria and to be adopted in all States such as the Consumer Credit Code, a new Co-operatives Act and a new Friendly Societies Act.\nIn the Women's portfolio the Office of Women's Affairs participated in reforms throughout government and in particular in education and health. There was a lot of work done recognizing the social and economic costs for women carers and the value of their work to the community.\nStrategies were established to assist Koori women, rural women and older women and funding was provided for a number of initiatives. The remaining tower of the Queen Victoria Hospital was refurbished and became the Queen Victoria Women's Centre\nI am not sure how many of these changes are still in place or whether they have been altered in any significant ways. It may be that there have been further improvements. I am satisfied that I did my best at the time. However, the community is always changing and things do not always work as one expects. For example, I thought the publicly available information available under the Fund Raising Act would allow the media to expose charities whose funds were being spent other than on their stated purpose. This has not happened.\nI retired from Parliament at the end of 1999 after 5 years in Opposition and 7 years in Government and then spent 3 years as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Victoria University.\nTo assist me in writing this outline of my career I obtained some press clippings of a biographical nature from the Library of the Victorian Parliament. Links are provided to some of them and to an interview with Juliette Brodsky in 2009 for the Women Barristers' Association.\nReading the press clippings after so long was disturbing. I was reminded of how often I was described as shy, diffident, cautious, hesitant, nervous and with the 'softest of voices\". While I do not have a loud voice and I sometimes have a hesitant manner because I am careful in what I say, these comments seemed exaggerated and overly repetitive. I wondered if my portrayal in the media could be due to inadequacy on my part or an attack on a woman in a position previously always held by a man. After some thought, I now see it as a sign of success.\nPolicy is important, getting the support of your Party and the Parliament for policies is important and implementing your legislation is important. In three challenging portfolios I succeeded in these aims. In seven years I gave hundreds of speeches and attended conferences and meetings, including large public meetings, where I was questioned at length. A newspaper clipping records that, in government, only two other Cabinet Ministers and the Premier spoke more often in Parliament than I did. My performance is for others to assess but, on reflection, I do not consider I was attacked because of my gender or my personality. I think the problem was my success in putting forward and implementing policies that some in the media and elsewhere did not support. The criticism I received does not indicate that women should aim to be more like men, rather the reverse. It says success comes in many forms.\nRecently I was thanked by a Shadow Minister who said advice, I had given her at a training session for potential M.P.s, had proved to be very valuable. The advice was not to raise her voice when being shouted at in Parliament but to continue to speak at the same level and she would find the shouting would stop so the shouters could hear what was being said.\nThings have improved in ways unimaginable since my early days in the law but they have not changed enough. Women will succeed more frequently. But why is \"merit\" still raised so often in relation to women entering Parliament or obtaining senior positions? How do some not particularly outstanding men find their way into so many of these positions without \"merit\" being mentioned?\nWriting this has reminded me of many great times and many challenges. It has also reminded me of how much of my career has been assisted or informed by many lawyers, public servants and people whose careers or interests overlapped mine. Always more important to me than my career are my children and my stepdaughter and now their families. My husband who shares many of my interests has been my greatest supporter both at work and at home.\n\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-prepared-by-direction-of-the-president-of-the-legislative-council-and-the-speaker-of-the-legislative-assembly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tribunals-in-the-department-of-justice-a-principled-approach-discussion-paper\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tehan, Marie Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE1236", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tehan-marie-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Nagambie, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal party of Australia, Marie Tehan served in both Houses of the Victorian Parliament. She was the Member for Central Highlands in the Legislative Council from 1987-92 and for Seymour in the Legislative Assembly from 1992 until 1999, when she retired. As a minister in the Kennett Liberal Government she held the portfolios of Minister for Health from 1992-96 and Minister for Conservation and Land Management from 1996-99.\n", "Details": "Educated at Sacre Coeur, Glen Iris, Melbourne and the University of Melbourne, Marie Tehan qualified as a lawyer. She married Jim Tehan in 1963 and settled in regional Victoria.\nAfter producing six children she established her own legal practice in Mansfield, Victoria in 1970.\nShe was elected to the Victorian Parliament in 1987 at a by-election and retired from Parliament in 1999. She died at Nagambie after a short illness on 31 October 2004.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-prepared-by-direction-of-the-president-of-the-legislative-council-and-the-speaker-of-the-legislative-assembly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-profile-of-reform-in-victorias-public-health-system-an-address-to-the-hong-kong-hospital-authority-plenary-session\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/small-rural-hospitals-task-force-report-ministerial-responses\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kokocinski, Licia", "Entry ID": "AWE1237", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kokocinski-licia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Aquileia, Italy", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Mayor, Parliamentarian, Politician", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Licia Kokocinski served as the member for Melbourne West Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament from 1988-96. She was the first woman from a non-English speaking background to be elected to the Victorian parliament.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Enzo Snidero and Liliana Maiarli, Licia moved to Australia with her family in 1954. She completed her secondary education at Hadfield High School, the Council of Adult Education and University High School and her tertiary education at the University of Melbourne, where she completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in 1984. She married Leszek Kokocinski on 23 May 1970 and had three children, two sons and one daughter.\nBefore her entry into the Victorian Parliament she worked as an Equal Opportunity Project Officer.\nAfter leaving politics, Kokocinski served as the national policy director for the ARPA Over 50s Association.[9] Most recently, she has served as the Executive Director of disability rights organisation Action on Disabilities within Ethnic Communities. She was added to the Victorian Woman's Honour Roll in 2007.[10]\nOn 8 April 2019, Kokocinski was elected as a Councillor of the Shire of Hepburn in a by-election representing the Coliban Ward. After serving in the role for a few months, she was subsequently elected as Mayor for the 2019-2020 year.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2007 - 2007)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-prepared-by-direction-of-the-president-of-the-legislative-council-and-the-speaker-of-the-legislative-assembly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Elliott, Lorraine Clare", "Entry ID": "AWE1238", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elliott-lorraine-clare\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Lorraine Elliott served as the member for Mooroolbark in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1992-2002. She held the position of Victorian Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier for the Arts from 1996-99. She stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the seat of Kilsyth at the 2002 state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.The seat of Mooroolbark was abolished in an electoral redistribution in 2001.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Harry James Golder and Ailsa Lorraine Trengrove, Lorraine Elliott was educated at Camberwell Church of England Girls Grammar School and the Universities of Melbourne and Monash. She completed a Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Education at the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Education at Monash University.\nBefore entering parliament she worked as a teacher from 1965-67 at Blackburn High School and at the Donvale Living and Learning Centre from 1984-87.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2015 - 2015)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-the-53rd-parliament-no-6\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Henderson, Ann Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1239", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henderson-ann-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Parliamentarian, Welfare worker", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Ann Henderson was an unsuccessful candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Geelong at the Victorian state election which was held in 1988. She won the seat at the 1992 election and served as the member for Geelong in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1992 until 1999, when she was defeated. She achieved ministerial status as Minister for Housing and Minister Responsible for Aboriginal Affairs from 1996-99.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-the-53rd-parliament-no-6\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marple, Carole Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE1240", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marple-carole-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Benalla, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Farmer, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Carole Marple served as the Member for Altona in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1992 to 1996. She held the shadow portfolio of Agriculture and Rural Affairs from 1993 to 1996. At the 1996 election, which was held on 30 March, she stood in the Legislative Council Province of Geelong, but was unsuccessful.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1996\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McGill, Denise Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE1241", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcgill-denise-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Denise McGill served as the Member for Oakleigh in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1992-99. Her previous public work included a period as an Oakleigh City Councillor from 1987-94 and as Mayor from 1990-91. She was a candidate in the Legislative Council Province of Waverley at the state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1996\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-the-53rd-parliament-no-6\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Peulich, Inga", "Entry ID": "AWE1242", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peulich-inga\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bosnia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Inga Peulich served as the Member for Bentleigh in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1992-2002. Before her election to the Victorian Parliament she was a Councillor for the City of Moorabbin from 1990-93. She re-established her parliamentary career when she was elected as Member for the new Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006. She was re-elected in November 2010, when the Liberal Party won government and again in 2014, when the Labor Party regained power.\nShe served as Parliamentary secretary for Education from December 2010 to March 2014 and Cabinet secretary from March to December 2014 in the Liberal government. As a member of the Opposition she is now Shadow Minister for Cultural Affairs and Scrutiny of Government.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-the-53rd-parliament-no-6\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Graham, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1245", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/graham-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare worker", "Summary": "Mary Graham completed her university studies on the Gold Coast and moved to Brisbane in order to gain more experience in the Aboriginal community. She began working with the Brisbane Aboriginal and Islander Child Care Agency (AICCA) as a Liaison Officer and later as Administrator. She was involved with the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) in its establishment and early years.\nMary Graham was listed as a member of the CPI Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation in 1992. She has also been a lecturer at the University of Queensland.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/application-of-the-oslo-model-for-relations-between-states-and-indigenous-peoples\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dyer, Mollie", "Entry ID": "AWE1246", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dyer-mollie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Barmah, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare worker, Community worker", "Summary": "Mollie Dyer, of Yorta Yorta descent, was instrumental in establishing the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) in 1977, and became its first Program Director. She fostered 20 children from Aboriginal communities in Victoria, as well as having six of her own. She advocated for the adoption legislation in Victoria to prevent Aboriginal families unnecessarily surrendering their children and was involved with the establishment of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) in the early 1980s.\nDyer received an Advance Australia medal and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1979 for 'her outstanding contribution to the advancement and enrichment of Australia, its people and its way of life'.\nMollie Dyer died in 1998 after a long illness.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aboriginal-children-back-to-origins\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burns-family-portraits\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/life-stories-of-elderly-aboriginal-people-in-victoria\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/early-scenes-from-roseby-park-and-brewarrina\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cummings, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE1247", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cummings-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Darwin, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Death Place": "Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare worker, Welfare worker, Writer", "Summary": "Barbara Cummings, a member of the Stolen Generations, was brought up in the Retta Dixon Home. She graduated in social work and community development before working with the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and the Northern Territory Government. She was involved with a number of organisations in a voluntary capacity and played a crucial role in the establishment of Karu, the Aboriginal and Islander Child Care Agency in Darwin.\nIn 1991 Cummings received the Aboriginal of the Year award. She is the author of Take This Child which exposes the history of the removal of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory.\nBarbara Cummings passed away in September 2019, aged 71. Many have paid tribute to the trailblazing Territorian, who became a powerful voice in Aboriginal affairs in Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murawina-australian-women-of-high-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/talking-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fejo-King, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE1248", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fejo-king-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare worker, Social worker", "Summary": "Christine Fejo-King worked in community welfare in Darwin before becoming involved with Karu, Darwin's newly-developed Aboriginal child care agency. She held the position of Coordinator of Karu for a time, and was a member of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) Executive.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tommy, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE1249", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tommy-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Western Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare worker", "Summary": "Julie Tommy, of Innawongia descent, grew up on the Onslow Native Welfare Reserve where her family was relocated from their traditional land in the Tom Price\/Paraburdoo area of Western Australia. Her primary school years were spent in a native welfare hostel near the Onslow Reserve, and she had little interaction with her family.\nTommy commenced a social work degree at Curtin University before working with the Western Australian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (ACCA) from 1980 to 1986. She became Coordinator of the Agency and attended national conferences on child care.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-role-of-aboriginal-languages-in-western-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Munro, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE1250", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/munro-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cowra?, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare worker", "Summary": "Jenny Munro became involved with Aboriginal organisations in 1978, when she began working at the Aboriginal Children's Service as a trainee bookkeeper and then as Administrator in 1979. She was actively involved in endeavours to convince the New South Wales welfare department to change its policies and practices. She was a member of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) in its early days, and one of its first chairpersons.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shearer, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE1251", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shearer-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Alice Springs, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Child welfare worker", "Summary": "Separated from her family at birth, Heather Shearer was adopted into a non-Aboriginal family. She grew up in Adelaide, completely cut off from her culture and from Aboriginal people. Since 1978, Shearer has been actively involved with Aboriginal child welfare groups and family link-up services.\n", "Details": "Shearer became Secretary of the South Australian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (ACCA) in 1978, and was active in the establishment of Aboriginal foster care in that state. She was a Coordinator of the Alice Springs Aboriginal Child Care Agency, and Secretary of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC). She attended indigenous peoples' conferences in Geneva and Norway. In her role as the Aboriginal link-up worker for the South Australian Department for Human Services, Shearer met her family after many years.\nAn accomplished artist, Heather Shearer designed posters for National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day and the release of the Bringing Them Home report. She is currently the Manager of the Central Australian Stolen Generations and Families Aboriginal Corporation in Alice Springs.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/four-circles-soaring-visions\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pearce, Betty", "Entry ID": "AWE1252", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pearce-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Child welfare worker, Community worker", "Summary": "At the age of 15, Betty Pearce became Secretary of the first Aboriginal organisation established in Darwin. By 1962 she was active in the land rights movement, and later became the first Aboriginal person in the Australian Labor Party, serving on the National Aboriginal Policy Committee that first conceived the Department of Aboriginal Affairs.\nIn 1982 Pearce worked with the Central Aboriginal Congress in Alice Springs and helped establish a child care agency in Central Australia in 1985. She also participated in the establishment of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC).\nBetty Pearce currently works for Territory Health in Alcohol and other Drug Services.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pryor, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE1253", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pryor-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Child welfare worker", "Summary": "Jenny Pryor is a Bindal clan member of the Birri Gubba nation and Kaanju people. She has been a Commissioner with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission for North Queensland, holding the portfolio of infrastructure, housing, land and natural resources. For eight years she held the position of Administrator of the Northern Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Child Care Agency in Townsville, and has been associated with the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) since its inception in the early 1980s.\nPryor retains strong ties with the Palm Island community where her mother was born.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-past-and-future-of-land-rights-and-native-title\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thorpe, Marjorie", "Entry ID": "AWE1254", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thorpe-marjorie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yallourn, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare worker, Community worker", "Summary": "Marjorie Thorpe, a descendant of the Gunnai and Maar people of Southern Australia, was born and raised in Yallourn, Victoria. She was a director of the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) and Coordinator of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC). She also held the positions of Victorian Co-Commissioner for the Stolen Generations Inquiry and Council member for the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-black-grapevine-aboriginal-activism-and-the-stolen-generations\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/what-did-happen-to-the-aborigines-of-victoria\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buchanan, Cheryl", "Entry ID": "AWE1255", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buchanan-cheryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Publisher, Writer", "Summary": "Cheryl Buchanan studied at the University of Hawaii as a scholarship-holder. Upon her return to Australia she became involved in the Brisbane Tribal Council, and attended the University of Queensland.\nDuring 1974 Buchanan worked as the race relations field director for the Australian Union of Students and spent several months visiting communities in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, encouraging their struggle for land rights. In 1975 she moved to Melbourne, Victoria, where she became director of the Black Resources Centre (BRC). The Centre later moved to Brisbane, and Cheryl became one of the principal campaigners for the acquittal of 'The Brisbane Three', two Aboriginal men and a Chilean charged with conspiracy over an alleged extortion attempt. The three were acquitted due partly to the support of BRC periodical Black Liberation from 1975 to 1977. Buchanan was one of the main contributors to this publication, writing articles on a range of issues including history, politics, education, land rights, prisons and welfare.\nIn 1980 she published Kargun, the first of a series of poetry volumes by Lionel Fogarty. This publication led to the development of Murrie Coo-ee, an Aboriginal publishing firm at Coominya which continues to operate under Buchanan's directorship.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/responding-to-custody-levels-a-greater-community-response-to-addressing-the-underlying-causes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/communication-oral-tradition-telepathy-and-sign-language\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-true-history-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burney, Linda Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE1256", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burney-linda-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Leeton, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Educator, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A successful Aboriginal bureaucrat and activist, Linda Burney became the first Aboriginal person elected to the New South Wales (NSW) Parliament in 2003, and only the fourth Aboriginal woman elected anywhere in Australia. She was re-elected in 2007, 2011 and 2015. She held a range of Ministerial portfolios from 2007-2011. In 2016 she was serving as Deputy Leader of the Opposition.\nParliamentary and Local Government career\n\nElected, Canterbury, 2003, Party: ALP\n\n", "Details": "Linda Jean Burney, of Wiradjuri descent, grew up in Whitton, a small farming community near Leeton. One of the 'Stolen Generation' of Aboriginal children, she first met her father when she was 28 years old.\nBurney obtained her Diploma of Teaching from the then Mitchell College of Advanced Education. In 1979 she began teaching at Lethbridge Park public school in western Sydney. In the mid-1980s she became involved in the New South Wales Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) and helped set up the national body, the Australian federation of AECGs, in 1990-91. She was also instrumental in the development and implementation of the first Aboriginal education policy in Australia for the state's education department.\nIn the early 1990s Burney was, concurrently, president of the national body of AECGs, and chair of the New South Wales National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy Coordinating Committee. Her priorities have been early childhood education, mandatory Aboriginal studies in all schools, and the eradication of racism in education.\nShe has been a Member of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission National Social Justice Taskforce and an Executive Member of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.\nSince her election for Canterbury 2003 she has been a member of the Parliamentary Committee for Children and Young People 2003-04 and the Legislation Review Committee 2004.\nShe has two children, son Binni and daughter Willuri.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/linda-burney-an-interview\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/not-just-a-challenge-an-opportunity\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/keynote-address-finding-the-ground-rules\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Colless, Daphne Rosina", "Entry ID": "AWE1257", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/colless-daphne-rosina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ayr, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Community worker, Public servant", "Summary": "From working at the meatworks of Qeerah, Queensland, Rose Colless went on to be Queensland Commissioner for Aborigines and manage a centre for the rehabilitation of alcoholics before being presented with an Order of Australia Medal and an Australian human rights award.\n", "Details": "Daphne Rosina (Rose) Colless grew up in Ayr and Cairns, Queensland. She was offered a high school church scholarship, but her mother was persuaded by other children's (non-indigenous) mothers that this would be a waste of time. Rosina left school to do housework for ten shillings a week.\nColless worked at the meatworks at Qeerah from 1961 to 1973, becoming a union delegate before taking the position of Liaison Officer with the Department of Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, and later with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service, visiting communities throughout north Queensland. In 1977 she became a Queensland Commissioner for Aborigines and advised the state government on indigenous issues. Her criticism of government actions on Aurukun and Mornington Island led to her losing this job.\nIn 1974 Colless became a director of Douglas House, a centre for the rehabilitation of alcoholics. In 1978 she became its manager, acquiring a farm on the tablelands and setting up meals in the park for the destitute.\nColless was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 1984, and in 1987 received an Australian human rights award.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murawina-australian-women-of-high-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Corbett, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE1258", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/corbett-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Carnarvon, Western Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Administrator, Educator", "Summary": "Helen Corbett, of Yinggarda and Bibbulman descent, was educated in Carnarvon, Perth and Sydney. She was Director of Studies at Tranby Aboriginal Cooperative College in Sydney. She also worked as executive officer in the Western Australian Aboriginal Legal Service, the largest of its kind in Australia, operating 13 branches and providing legal services to over 48,000 Aboriginal people in that state.\nIn 1983 Corbett co-founded the Committee to Defend Black Rights (CDBR), and became its national chairperson. The Committee was at the forefront of a national and international campaign which forced the federal government to establish the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Helen has represented the Committee at national and international meetings, and has travelled widely to advocate indigenous interests. She is also vice-president of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation and has received a number of awards and scholarships in recognition of her work.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-corbett-addresses-the-un-a-presentation-by-helen-corbett-national-chairperson-of-the-committee-to-defend-black-rights\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/voices-from-the-land\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moodeitj-yorgas\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coulthard, Annie (Yadandhanha)", "Entry ID": "AWE1259", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coulthard-annie-yadandhanha\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wooltana Station, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Nepabunna?, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Traditional Aboriginal custodian", "Summary": "Annie Coulthard (Yadandhanha), of Adnyamathanha descent, grew up at Wertaloona station where her father worked. There she was employed as a housemaid until about 1924, when she married her cousin Samuel Coulthard.\nAnnie and Samuel moved to Balcanoona where they worked for Ray Thomas, carting stones and sand for the new 'Government House', now headquarters of the Gammon Ranges National Park. After the birth of their first child in 1926, the family moved to the Adnyamathanha camp at Ram Paddock Gate on Patsy Springs, where they struggled to survive in a land ravaged by stock and drought. They moved to the Nepabunna run in 1930, when Thomas gave it to the Adnyamathanha. In the early 1940s, the Coulthards drove sheep between Balcanoona and Copley, and lived and worked on Idninha. In the early 1950s they moved to Wooltana and then to Nepabunna where, in 1973, Sam Coulthard died.\nThe last five years of her life Annie Coulthard dedicated to passing on traditional knowledge. She died in 1986 and was buried at Nepabunna beside her husband.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/artefacts-of-the-flinders-ranges-an-illustrated-dictionary-of-artefacts-used-by-the-adnyamathanha\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davis-Hurst, Patricia (Pat)", "Entry ID": "AWE1260", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davis-hurst-patricia-pat\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Purfleet, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal leader, Health worker, Justice of the Peace", "Summary": "Pat Davis-Hurst emerged as a community leader as she informally provided the services of counsellor, community nurse, social welfare worker and corrective services liaison officer to Aboriginal people from around her district.\nIn 1975 she was appointed as an Aboriginal health worker by the New South Wales Department of Health. In 1980 she founded Taree's Gillawarra (now the Biripai) Aboriginal Health Service, and in 1983 established the Wonnai Cooperative in Taree. She was also a director of the Aboriginal Legal Service, a member of the Taree Housing Commission Board and a Justice of the Peace. She moved to the Taree Community Health Centre in 1983, where she remained until her retirement in 1990 due to ill health.\nIn 1985 Pat Davis-Hurst received the Times-Telecom Advance Australia Award for her contribution to the Purfleet-Taree community.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopaedia-of-aboriginal-australia-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history-society-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sunrise-station\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilding, Sue de Carteret", "Entry ID": "AWE1261", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilding-sue-de-carteret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Drafting officer, Local government councillor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Sue Wilding served as the member for Chelsea Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament from 1992-99. She was also a Councillor for the Shire of Hastings from 1981-93, which included two terms as Shire President from 1984-85 and 1989-90. She was defeated at the 1999 state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-the-53rd-parliament-no-6\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burke, Leonie Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE1262", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burke-leonie-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Leonie Burke served as the Member for Prahran in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1996-2002. She was a Prahran City Councillor from 1986-93 which included a term as Mayor from 1990-92.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-the-53rd-parliament-no-6\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davies, Susan Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1263", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davies-susan-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Director, Environmentalist, Farmer, Parliamentarian, Political candidate, Teacher", "Summary": "Susan Davies served as the member for Gippsland West as an Independent in the Legislative Assembly in the Victorian Parliament from 1997-2002. She stood for re-election in 2002, but was unsuccessful. She had previously been a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and stood as the ALP candidate for Gippsland West in the 1996 state election, but resigned in January 1997. She rejoined the ALP to contest the federal election in 2004 for the seat of La Trobe, in which she was unsuccessful.\nAlthough no longer involved in parliamentary politics, Susan remains active in the community that she served. In 2006 she was a Director of the Bass Coast Community Foundation, which she established in 2001, and in 2005 she initiated the Wonthaggi Energy Innovation Festival, which is an extension of the Wonthaggi Human Powered Grand Prix (of which she is a Patron and Management Committee Member.)\nSusan Davies was National Manager of HIPPY Australia (HIPPY= Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters), with the Brotherhood of St Laurence. HIPPY is an early childhood enrichment program which works with refugee, migrant, aboriginal and other families helping parents improve their children's \"school readiness\" skills. She left that position in 2008.\nSince that time she has been living full-time and working on her small beef farm in Outtrim (South Gippsland, Victoria), and has continued as a Director on several boards, including West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (Victorian Government appointment), South Gippsland General Practice Alliance (Independent appointment) and since 2009, as Chair of Energy Innovation Co-operative Ltd. Energy Innovation Co-op works within South Gippsland\/ Bass Coast and Cardinia Shires, to achieve the vision of \"Energy self-reliant and zero carbon emission local communities\".\nShe also belongs to \"Grow Lightly\", a local food-producer's network focusing on sustainable local food production and sale plus Korumburra Landcare group, participating in indigenous re-vegetation projects along local waterways.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-the-54th-parliament-no-7\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Wendy Irene", "Entry ID": "AWE1264", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-wendy-irene\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Nurse educator, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Wendy Smith served as the Member for Silvan Province in the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Victoria from 1996-2002.\nHer earlier community service included a period as a Councillor for the City of Kew from 1983-88. She was a candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Albert Park at the state election, which was held in 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-the-54th-parliament-no-7\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Luckins, Maree Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE1265", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/luckins-maree-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dandenong, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Property manager, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Maree Luckins served as the member for Waverley in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament from 1996-2002. Before her election to the State Parliament in 1996, she was an unsuccessful candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dandenong North at the election, which was held on 3 October 1992. She unsuccessfully contested the Legislative Assembly seat of Narre Warren in the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-the-53rd-parliament-no-6\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCall, Andrea Lea", "Entry ID": "AWE1266", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccall-andrea-lea\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yorkshire, England", "Occupations": "Academic, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Andrea McCall served as the Member for Frankston in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1996-2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-the-53rd-parliament-no-6\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Asher, Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE1267", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/asher-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brighton, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Consultant, Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Louise Asher held the Ministerial portfolios of Tourism and Small Business from 1996 to 1999 in the Kennett Government, which was in power in Victoria 1992-99. She served as the Member for Monash Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament from 1992 to 1999 and moved to the Legislative Assembly as the Member for Brighton in 1999 and was re-elected in 2002 and 2006. She held the positions of Shadow Minister for Industry and Employment and Major Projects from January 2004 to December 2006 and was Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Minister for Urban Water, Shadow Minister for Small Business, Shadow Minister for Tourism and Major Events from 2006 to 2010. She was re-elected in 2010 and was appointed the Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business as well as Minister for Tourism and Major Events in the new Liberal Government. In addition she retained the position of Deputy leader of the Liberal Party.\nOn the defeat of the Liberal Government in November 2014, and Asher's re-election, she resigned as deputy leader of the Liberal Party.\nLouise Asher was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2022 for significant service to the people and Parliament of Victoria.\n", "Details": "1999-2002\u00a0 Deputy Leader of the Opposition\n1999-2001\u00a0 Shadow Treasurer\n2000-01. Shadow Minister for Finance\n2001-02. Shadow Minister for Industry and Employment, Major Projects and Tourism\nDec 2002-Jan 2004\u00a0 Shadow Minister for Manufacturing and Exports\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-electoral-lobby-an-historical-inquiry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-liberal-party-and-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martha-glendinning-a-womans-life-on-the-goldfields\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Amor, Violet Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1268", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/amor-violet-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Violet Mary Amor ran as a Democratic Labor Party candidate for Castlereagh in 1962. She was a once-only candidate.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barry, Mary Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE1269", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barry-mary-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Forest Lodge, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Political candidate, Public speaker, Real estate agent", "Summary": "Mollie Barry's varied career as an activist, ALP member and mentor for young people exemplifies the commitment to social involvement so common among her generation. She was an ALP candidate for Coogee in 1971.\n", "Details": "Mollie Barry married Michael Oliver Barry in 1947. They had four children. She worked as a bank officer and interviewer for the Australian Bureau of Statistics Workforce Survey, Sydney, in the 1960s, after the births of her four children. She gained a real estate qualification and was the only female real estate sales representative for LJ Hooker in Sydney's eastern suburbs, 1971-73. She enrolled in an Arts degree as a mature age student, but did not complete the course.\nAn active member of the ALP with a lifetime interest in politics, she joined the South Pacific Toastmistress Club and became an accomplished public speaker. Mrs Barry noted that women gained confidence and a stronger sense of themselves as their ability to speak in public improved. She adjudicated youth debates and was a member of the Youth of the Year committee.\nOn a tour of parliament she was appalled at the low level of language and debate on the floor of parliament, and decided to stand for the ALP, against the speaker Sir Kevin Ellis, when she was approached by branch members. Her preselection for Coogee was opposed by Labor's Head Office, but she won convincingly. She was described in the Sydney Morning Herald as a \"vigorous candidate\". She lost the election but received the biggest swing to Labor in the metropolitan area.\nMrs Barry was a member of Christian Women Concerned, a multidenominational group of women working for social justice, and Labor Women's Organising Committee.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blaxell, Margaret Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1270", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blaxell-margaret-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Political candidate, Public servant", "Summary": "Margaret Blaxell was an active and long-term member of the ALP. She was an ALP candidate for Ermington in 1991 and House of Representatives candidate for Dundas in 1983 and 1984.\n", "Details": "Margaret Blaxell worked as a nurse and public servant. She joined the ALP in 1974, and was campaign director for the seats of Dundas in 1977 and Ryde in 1978, 1981 and 1984. She was appointed to Ryde Hospital Board and Ryde-Hunters Hill Area Health Service.\nShe was married to Greg Blaxell, and they had three sons.\n", "Events": "BA Sydney (1984 - 1984) \nGeneral Nursing Certificate (1959 - 1959)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Freda Yetta", "Entry ID": "AWE1271", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-freda-yetta\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Journalist, Political candidate", "Summary": "A lifelong campaigner and activist, Freda Brown is a highly respected figure in the history of Australian women's organizations. She was a Communist Party of Australia candidate for Newtown in 1947 and a Senate candidate in 1949 and 1961.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Florence Mary (Munroe) and Benjamin Lewis, Freda was educated at Newtown Public School and Sydney Girls' High School.\nShe joined the Communist Party of Australia in 1936, aged 17, and later worked in her father's signwriting business. She married Wilton John Brown (later editor of The Modern Unionist ) in 1943. Their daughter (Lee Rhiannon, MLC Greens) was born in 1951.\nThe Browns lived in Melbourne during World War Two, where Freda trained as a journalist on the Radio Times and afterwards worked on trade union papers.\nAfter the war, Freda joined the New Housewives Association, ultimately becoming president of what became the Union of Australian Women. She was instrumental in successfully proposing to the United Nations that it hold International Women's Year in 1975 and she attended the Indian International Women's Year Committee meeting in February 1976 at the invitation of Indira Gandhi.\nShe worked with the Women's International Democratic Federation, and was elected President at its Congress in Berlin in 1975, a position she held to 1989.\nFreda Brown was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Australia from 1968-72, after which she resigned from the party, having decided that the party was no longer advancing the interests of the working class.\nShe has travelled widely, visiting many countries, including Vietnam, Cambodia and Algeria. Freda has continued her activism into her eighties, and was reported to be lobbying the United Nations to establish an International Day of the Elderly.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-feminism-a-companion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rebel-with-plenty-of-causes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/swimming-against-the-tide-a-biography-of-freda-brown\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Noeline", "Entry ID": "AWE1272", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-noeline\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Political candidate, Producer", "Summary": "Actor and activist, Noeline Brown has been involved in social, community and political affairs all her life. She was an ALP candidate for the Southern Highlands in 1999 and 2003.\n", "Details": "Noeline Brown has been a stage and television actor for more than four decades, beginning her career in 1962. She won a Logie award in 1978 for the most popular NSW female personality and has appeared in such TV shows as The Mavis Bramston Show, My Name's McGooley, Beauty and the Beast, Blankety Blanks and Kingswood Country. On stage she has played many roles and she made a series of records with Barry Creyton. She was married in 1976, to writer\/producer Tony Sattler.\nShe was a member of the Arts and Culture Board and Patron of the Southern Highlands Regional Gallery. She has also worked with alcoholics and drug addicts at the Langton Clinic.\nShe and her husband run a production company, Wintergreen Productions, in Bowral and are developing a museum to celebrate the life of Slim Dusty, having completed the Mary Mackillop Museum for the Sisters of St. Joseph in North Sydney. Noeline also spent two years with the NSW Premier's Council for Women. She has written an autobiography, which was published in 2005.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ekman, Emma Delaney", "Entry ID": "AWE1273", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ekman-emma-delaney\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Normanhurst, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A once-only candidate, Emma Ekman was Democratic Labor Party candidate for Hawkesbury in 1973. She was married to Russell Ekman, with whom she had a daughter and a son.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fowler, Lilian Maud", "Entry ID": "AWE1274", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fowler-lilian-maud\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cooma, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Alderman, Lawyer, Local government councillor, Politician", "Summary": "The first woman alderman, mayor and among the first women JPs and MPs in New South Wales, Lilian Fowler was a blunt and tenacious politician, who worked on behalf of women and the underprivileged.\nLabor candidate for Newtown in 1941 (unsuccessful), 1944 (elected) and 1947 (elected). Lang Labor candidate for Newtown-Annandale in 1950. Alderman Newtown Municipal Council 1928, first woman alderman in NSW, re-elected 1935-37, 1938-40, 1941-44, 1948. Mayor 1938-39.\n", "Details": "Lilian was educated at Cooma public school, and married Albert Edward Fowler, bootmaker, on 19 April 1909.\nShe became Secretary of the Newtown-Erskineville Political Labor League. For 20 years from 1917, she was electorate manager for F.M. Burke, anti-conscriptionist Labor candidate for Newtown. Her Labor activism included being a Central Executive member of ALP 1920-21, 1923-25, and President of Labor Women's Central Organising Committee, 1926-27. She was instrumental in pressuring premier Jack Lang to institute widows' pensions and child endowment. Mrs Fowler was active in Newtown Municipal Council from 1928 - she established playgrounds and instituted a 40-hour week for council employees. From 1941 she stood against her former employer Burke, as a Lang Labor candidate. She remained critical of Labor's centralist tendencies and of bureaucratic consolidation in labour and municipal politics.\nThe Federal electorate of Fowler is named after her, as is Lilian Fowler Place, Marrickville, NSW, and Fowler Reserve in Newtown, NSW.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliaments-and-local-governments-past-and-present-a-survey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/herstory-australian-labor-women-in-federal-state-and-territory-parliaments-1925-1994\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fowler-elizabeth-lilian-maud-1886-1954\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-electoral-divisions-named-after-women\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Frank, Dorothy Graham", "Entry ID": "AWE1275", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/frank-dorothy-graham\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wingham, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Community stalwart, Farmer, Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "An indefatigable worker and a contributor to every community in which she lived, Dorothy Frank stood as an Independent candidate for Temora in 1968 and was elected Alderman of Temora Municipal Council.\n", "Details": "Dorothy Frank was born in Wingham, NSW, the 2nd daughter of Richard and Mary Jane Wallace, dairy farmers. She was educated to Intermediate examination at the Wingham District School and later at the Taree Technical College, where she studied typing and shorthand. She worked as an office worker in Wingham while studying bookkeeping and accountancy. She married Norman Austral Frank, dairy farmer, on 18 July 1944, and they had four children.\nTheir youngest daughter needed medical treatment, so the family moved to Baulkham Hills. Dorothy became the secretary for the Parramatta Veterinary Hospital and later set up her own business The Hills Secretarial and Duplicating Service. During this time she became involved in the Girl Guide Movement, the local Progress Association and the Baulkham Hills Chamber of Commerce, of which she was the inaugural secretary.\nAfter the Baulkham Hills business was sold, the Franks bought a hotel in Temora, and later a farmlet in the area. While living in Temora, Dorothy was elected to the Temora Municipal Council, the first woman alderman. When the council was amalgamated with the Narraburah Shire Council, she was again the only woman member.\nFollowing this success, Dorothy decided to run for election to the Legislative Assembly and was disappointed in the result, after travelling the electorate. In Temora she was patron of the Red Cross branch and Vice President of the local RSPCA branch.\nLater, she and her husband bought a farm in Cobram, Victoria, which they ran until 1991 when they moved back to NSW and settled in Dapto. In both Cobram and Dapto, Dorothy joined community organisations and usually held office in them.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Heggie, Maria", "Entry ID": "AWE1276", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heggie-maria\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cabramatta, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community advocate, Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "A long term local government councillor and a seasoned campaigner for her party, Maria Heggie was the Liberal party candidate for Cabramatta in 1984, 1988 and 1991. She was Alderman for Fairfield City Council in 1980-2004 and Mayor from 1987-1988.\n", "Details": "A lifelong resident of Cabramatta, Maria Heggie was elected to Fairfield City Council in 1980 and was prominent in many local campaigns such as those opposing the building of a toxic waste plant in the area, and the siting of a hotel next to the Greenfield Park High School. She was Chairperson of the Fairfield Drug Action Team in 1998 and a member of the Council's Reconciliation Strategy Committee. In 2005, she was presented with a Local Government Outstanding Service Award for 24 years of service to Fairfield Council. She is married to David, and they have two sons.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jayawardena, Yvonne", "Entry ID": "AWE1277", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jayawardena-yvonne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Luxembourg", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Health researcher, Local government councillor, Nurse, Political candidate", "Summary": "An activist for health, equality and the Australian Democrats. Candidate for Vaucluse in 1991, for the House of Representatives, Wentworth in 1984 and 1987, and Councillor for Waverley Municipal Council from 1987 to 1991.\n", "Details": "At the time of her State campaign (1991) Yvonne Jayawardena was a widow, with one son, and was working as a researcher in health services at the University of NSW. She had previously had a career in nursing care and health administration, and had been awarded the Queen's silver medal for nursing. She was particularly opposed to discrimination on the grounds of race, sex or religion, and was in favour of increased participation by citizens in the decisions that affected their lives. She was a keen environmentalist. While a councillor , she served on the NSW executive of Australian Local Government Women's Association. She continued to take an interest in public affairs in later life and made submissions to Senate committees of enquiry.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McGill, Edna Betty", "Entry ID": "AWE1278", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcgill-edna-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Bayview, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Migrant community advocate, Political candidate, Public Education Advocate", "Summary": "Although she only stood for election once (Council for the Defence of Government Schools candidate for Heathcote in 1971), Edna McGill spent a lifetime campaigning for public education.\n", "Details": "At the time of her campaign, Edna McGill had lived in the Heathcote area for more than two decades. She had been the Secretary of the Heathcote Progress Association for six years, the Heathcote Bush Fire Brigade, and the Parents and Citizens Associations of primary and secondary schools in the area over 15 years.\nHer interest in public education did not wane. In 2003, she was a member of the Board of the NSW Community Language Schools. In 2004, she shared the first Meritorious Service to Public Education award with Professor Tony Vinson and Mr Jim Harkin. The citation on the award stated that \"for more than 40 years, Edna McGill has made an outstanding contribution to education in NSW \u2026her contribution covers such areas as curriculum, support for multicultural education, the education of indigenous students and for anti-racism programs\"\nShe was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1986 for services to education and the community. She was a former Chair, Treasurer and member of Ethnic Communities' Council, and in 2005 was a member of the Management Committee.\nShe died at home on 24 August 2016 at home in the company of her beloved son Peter and friend, Julie.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moore, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE1279", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moore-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Political candidate, Political staffer", "Summary": "An Australian Greens activist and candidate for Monaro in 1995, 1999 and 2003, for the House of Representatives, Riverina in 2001, for the Senate in New South Wales (NSW) in 1998 and for the Tallaganda Shire Council in 1995.\n", "Details": "Catherine Moore was born in Sydney but moved to Monaro in 1981, and lives outside Braidwood, in a solar-powered earth house. She has been a member of the Greens since 1993 and is the founder of the Braidwood Greens. She has been Policy Coordinator and Convenor of the Greens 1996-7. In 2001 she produced a CD \"Greensongs\" and in 2003 she was the Greens' national membership secretary.\nShe was elected to the 1998 Constitutional Convention, and was an Australian spokesperson at the Kyoto Climate Change Convention. She has been involved in many campaigns, such as the Native Title and Reconciliation campaigns and the fight to restore water flow to the Snowy River.\nCatherine Moore is an active member of the Landcare organisation and her local Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade.\nHer election leaflet stressed the environment, public education, water policy and social justice. She has one daughter, whom she has home-schooled to HSC level.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morcom, Elfrida Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1280", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morcom-elfrida-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community advocate, Office worker, Political candidate, Trade unionist", "Summary": "Described by her son, Simon Morcom, as a \"Lifelong fighter for peace and justice, tempered with an off-key sense of humour. A mentor and an inspiration,\" Elfrida Morcom was a Communist Party of Australia candidate for Collaroy in 1956 and 1965 and candidate for the Warringah Shire Council in 1965.\n", "Details": "At the time of her campaign, Elfrida Morcom had lived in the French's Forest area for 15 years and was widely known for her advocacy of the needs of the district. She was an active trade unionist, and a member of the Railway for Warringah Committee and the local Progress Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Callaghan, Carolyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1281", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ocallaghan-carolyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "An activist against immigration to Australia, Carolyn O'Callaghan was an Australians Against Further Immigration candidate for Bathurst in 1995 and for the New South Wales Senate in 1996.\n", "Details": "Carolyn O'Callaghan lived in Homebush when she ran for the seat of Bathurst in 1995. Her policy, as she explained it, was to prevent overcrowding in Australia, and she deplored immigrants who could not speak English and who were taking places in the education system that could otherwise be utilised by Australians. One of her leaflets expressed the belief that public health would be improved if immigration stopped.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gillett, Mary Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE1282", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gillett-mary-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Clerk, Industrial officer, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Mary Gillett served as the Member for Werribee in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1996-2002 when the seat was abolished. From 2002 until 2006 she served as the Member for Tarneit. Her ministerial appointments have included Parliamentary Secretary for Volunteers, Commonwealth Games and from 2002 Parliamentary Secretary for Women's Affairs.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Papadakis, Victoria", "Entry ID": "AWE1283", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papadakis-victoria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner, Political candidate, Public Health Worker", "Summary": "A once-only candidate who was an Independent candidate for Canterbury in 1988 and for the Canterbury City Council Mayoral Election in 1987.\n", "Details": "Victoria Papadakis was born and bred in the inner western suburbs of Sydney. She was educated at Fort Street Girls' High School and the University of Sydney, from which she graduated MB, BS.\nShe has worked in local hospitals and as a general practitioner in the electorate, but at the time of her campaign she was employed at State Rail, in charge of the health and safety of employees.\nIn 1987, Victoria Papadakis contested the Canterbury Mayoral election and was well known as a result. In her 1988 campaign, she spoke critically of the law that allowed street prostitution in commercial areas, which had led to parts of Canterbury Road becoming areas for prostitution. Her campaign slogan was \"Send for the Doctor\", and she condemned the long waiting times that casualty patients at Canterbury Hospital had to suffer.\nShe is married to Dr Peter Papadakis, who practises in the electorate. Victoria Papadakis was supported in her campaign by Kevin Ryan, a former Labor MLA, then running as an independent in the adjoining seat of Bankstown.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Perrott, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1284", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/perrott-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist, Paediatrician, Political candidate", "Summary": "A peace, environment and health activist, Margaret Perrott was a Democratic Socialist candidate for Illawarra in 1999 and a Socialist Alliance candidate in the House of Representatives for Cunningham in 1996 and 1998, and for Throsby in 1993, 2001 and 2004.\n", "Details": "A doctor with a special focus on the welfare of children, Margaret Perrott is a veteran peace movement and environmental activist. She has been involved for many years in organising International Women's Day and Reclaim the Night activities in Wollongong.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robinson, Elizabeth Esther", "Entry ID": "AWE1285", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robinson-elizabeth-esther\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political activist, Political candidate, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Elizabeth Robinson was a remarkable woman and an Independent candidate for Newcastle in 1932.\n", "Details": "\"That before marriage, contracting parties should obtain compulsory certificates of health, that the school age be extended to sixteen years, that sex education be taught in the schools, that maternity hospitals should be staffed with specially-trained medical men exclusively for this branch of medicine and that there be an immediate and drastic reduction of parliamentary salaries - is part of the policy of Mrs. E.E. Robinson, who is seeking parliamentary honors in the Newcastle district.\" (Parliamentary scrapbook 1932)\nElizabeth Robinson was the daughter of John and Harriett Quintal, her father being originally from Pitcairn Island, and she was born and raised in Tasmania. Before her marriage in 1913 to Henry Charles Robinson, she worked in the Tasmanian Post and Telegraph Department. She was a first class telegraphist at the age of 13.\nFrom her earliest years, Elizabeth Robinson was involved in temperance and humanitarian work. She began preaching at the age of 18 in the Congregational Church and before she was 22 had twice been presented with a purse of sovereigns in recognition of her work for the spiritual and social welfare of young people. She held a strong belief in the benefit of social clubs for young people.\nAt the time of her campaign, she had been resident in Newcastle for five years, and had founded the Women's Citizens Association to engage in the relief of distress. She was a well-known public speaker, both in Tasmania and in Newcastle.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "van Oostveen, Lucia", "Entry ID": "AWE1286", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/van-oostveen-lucia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate, Public servant, Vedic medicine practitioner", "Summary": "Lucia van Oostveen was part of the Natural Law Party's attempt to bring the principles of Maharishi Vedic Science into Australian politics. She was a Natural Law Party candidate for Granville in 1995 and a candidate in the House of Representatives for Fowler in 1996.\n", "Details": "Lucia van Oostveen has been practising Maharishi Ayurveda in various Panchakarma clinics for the past 20 years. She has also studied branches of Maharishi Vedic Science in India, the United States and Sydney. She gained her nationally accredited 2-year Diploma of Health (Maharishi Ayurveda Health Education) at Maharishi Vedic College in Melbourne.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Weiner, Haete", "Entry ID": "AWE1287", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/weiner-haete\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate, social activist, Social worker", "Summary": "Haete Weiner is an environmental activist and a once-only candidate. She was the Green's candidate for Vaucluse in 1999.\n", "Details": "Haete Weiner was a Bondi resident when she ran for the seat of Vaucluse. She was a long-term social justice and environment activist and had campaigned for improved public transport and against the Jabiluka uranium mine. She was concerned about the damaging consequences of over-consumption and development. In 2005 she was the Project Coordinator of the Corporate Responsibility Index of the St James Ethics Centre.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barker, Ann Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE1288", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barker-ann-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), Ann Barker served as the Member for Bentleigh from 1988-92 in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament. She was defeated at the 1992 election, stood unsuccessfully as the ALP candidate for Oakleigh in the 1996 election. but returned to parliament as the Member for Oakleigh in 1999. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary, Training and Higher Education from 2002-06 and served as Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1999-2006. She was re-elected at the November 2006 election and served as Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2006-2010. She was re-elected in November 2010 when the Labor Government was defeated, but retired from Parliament at the 2014 election, when the ALP returned to Government.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ann-barker-mp-state-member-for-oakleigh-parliamentary-secretary-for-training-and-higher-education\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Powell, Jeanette", "Entry ID": "AWE1289", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/powell-jeanette\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Prescot, England", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the National Party, Jeanette Powell served as a local government councillor for the Shire of Shepparton from 1990 to 1994 and as Shire president from 1993 to 1994 before being elected to the Victorian State Parliament in 1996. She initially served in the Legislative Council representing the North-Eastern Province from 1996 to 2002. In November 2002 she was elected as the Member for Shepparton District in the Legislative Assembly. She was re-elected in November 2006 and again in November 2010. She held the ministerial portfolios of Local Government and Aboriginal Affairs in the Baillieu\/Napthine Government. She retired from parliament at the November 2014 election.\nJeanette Powell was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2022 for significant service to the people and Parliament of Victoria, and to the community.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jeanette-powell-mp\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Violet Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1290", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-violet-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Chiltern, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Nursing administrator", "Summary": "Violet Jones enlisted with the Australian Army Nursing Service on December 15, 1941. She was attached to the 115 General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria.\n", "Details": "Following twelve months with the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), Violet Jones continued her nursing career in hospitals. \nShe had ten siblings including one brother who was detained as a prisoner of war in Japan during the Second World War. Violet's letter to him in 1942 is still in the possession of his daughter Kathryn Lucas.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-violet-margaret-service-number-v148279-date-of-birth-unknown-place-of-birth-chiltern-vic-place-of-enlistment-heidelberg-vic-next-of-kin-jones-christian\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carbines, Elaine Cafferty", "Entry ID": "AWE1291", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carbines-elaine-cafferty\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Manchester, England", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party since 1975, Elaine Carbines stood unsuccessfully in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bellarine at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996. She was successful at her second attempt. She was elected as the Member for Geelong Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament in 1999. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary, Education and Training from March-December 2002, and was Parliamentary Secretary, Environment, from December 2002. She was an unsuccessful candidate at the November 2006 Victorian state election when the Legislative Council was re-organised into regions rather than provinces. She stood in the Western Victoria Region.\n", "Events": "For significant service to conservation and the environment. (2020 - 2020)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elaine-carbines-mlc-member-for-geelong-province\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shardey, Helen Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE1292", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shardey-helen-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Helen Shardey was elected as the Member for Caulfield in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament in 1996. She was re-elected in 1999, 2002 and 2006. In 2002 she was appointed Shadow Minister for Community Services, and in 2005 became Shadow Minister for Health.\nBefore her election to the State Parliament, Helen Shardey was an unsuccessful candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Box Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 1 October 1988.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allan, Jacinta Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE1293", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allan-jacinta-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bendigo, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Jacinta Allan was the first member of the Australian Labor Party and the first woman to be elected to the seat of Bendigo East in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament at the election of 1999. She held several ministerial portfolios before becoming Deputy Premier in June 2022. Allan was elected unopposed as the Leader of the Labor Party and 49th Premier of Victoria on Daniel Andrew's resignation in September 2023. She is the second woman, after Joan Kirner, to lead the state of Victoria.\n", "Details": "Jacinta Allan was born and raised in Bendigo, Victoria. She undertook secondary studies at Catholic College Bendigo before completing her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) at La Trobe University, Bendigo.\nA member of the fourth generation of her family to have lived in the Bendigo region, Jacinta maintains a proud family tradition of active community involvement. She has been a member of the Committee of Management for the Bendigo Community Health Service and the Loddon Mallee Women's Health Service.\nJacinta worked in the office of Neil O'Keefe, Federal Member for Burke, and Steve Gibbons, Federal Member for Bendigo, before entering Parliament in 1999. She was re-elected in 2002 and held the ministerial portfolio of Education Services and Employment and Youth Affairs. On her re-election again in 2006, she held the portfolios of Rural and Regional Development and Skills and Workforce Participation. Successful again at the November 2010 election, but as the ALP was narrowly defeated, she was a member of the Opposition until the ALP's return to government and her re-election in November 2014. She held the portfolios of Public Transport and Employment and Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly from December 2014. In June 2022, she became Deputy Premier. Following the resignation of Premier Daniel Andrews on 23 September 2023, Allan was elected unopposed as the Leader of the Labor Party and 49th Premier. She is the second woman, after Joan Kirner, to lead the state of Victoria.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jacinta-allan-mp-member-for-bendigo-east\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beattie, Elizabeth Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE1294", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beattie-elizabeth-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Richmond, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Liz Beattie served as the Member for Tullamarine in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1999 until 2002 when an electoral redistribution created the seat of Yuroke. She was re-elected to the Victorian Parliament as the Member for Yuroke in 2002. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, Sport and the Commonwealth Games in 2002. After the 2002 election she assumed the position of Parliamentary Secretary for Education. She was re-elected in November 2006 and held the position of Parliamentary Secretary assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs from August 2007-January 2010. She was re-elected in November 2010 when the Labor Government was defeated, but retired at the 2014 election when the ALP returned to government.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liz-beattie-state-member-for-yuroke-parliamentary-secretary-for-education\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coote, Andrea", "Entry ID": "AWE1295", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coote-andrea\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Business manager, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Andrea Coote was elected to the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament in 1999 as the Member for Monash Province. Andrea was a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee that investigated Child Abuse in Non-Government Institutions, contributing to the landmark Betrayal of Trust Report (2013). She was elected to the new Legislative Council Province of Southern Metropolitan at the state election, which was held on 25 November 2006. She was re-elected in 2010, but retired at the 2014 election. A complete record of her parliamentary service, including a link to her first speech, can be found on the Victorian Parliament site (see link below).\nIn the 2026 Australia Day Honours she was appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) 'for significant service to the people and Parliament of Victoria, and to the aged care sector.'\n", "Details": "Since her retirement from the Victorian Parliament in 2014 Andrea Coote has continued to work within the non-for-profit sector in Aged Care as the inaugural Chair of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Advisory Council, and she played a pivotal role in strengthening national safeguards for older Australians, championing accountability, dignity, and continuous improvement across the sector. Her leadership ensured the Council provided strong, independent advice to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. In 2024 she presented the Council's submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee's inquiry into the Aged Care Bill 2024. She is also chair of The Jack Brockhoff Foundation, a charitable foundation which draws on a perpetual fund to support the health and wellbeing of all Victorians. Andrea joined the Geelong Grammar Foundation Board as a Director in 2025, having previously served as Director of Development at Geelong Grammar School from 1996 to 1998.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/19527\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/andrea-coote\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Darveniza, Kaye Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1296", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/darveniza-kaye-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Kaye Darveniza was elected as the Member for Melbourne West Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament in 1999. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier from December 1999-December 2006. After her election to the newly formed Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria at the state election, which was held on 25 November 2006, she was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary, Regional Development from December 2006-August 2007. She held the portfolio of Parliamentary Secretary, Regional and Rural Development from August 2007-January 2010. From January-December 2010 she was Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, when the ALP government was defeated. She retired from parliament on 29 November 2014.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "D'Ambrosio, Lily", "Entry ID": "AWE1297", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dambrosio-lily\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Lily D'Ambrosio was elected as the Member for Mill Park in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in November 2002. She was re-elected at the 2006 election, in November 2010 and again in November 2014. She currently holds the Ministerial portfolios of Industry and Energy and Resources in the Labor government, which assumed office in November 2014.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Duncan, Joanne Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE1298", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/duncan-joanne-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Jo Duncan was elected as the Member for Gisborne in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament in September 1999. On the abolition of the electorate of Gisborne in a redistribution in 2002, Duncan was elected as the Member for Macedon in the same year. She was re-elected in 2006 and again in November 2010. She retired from parliament in November 2014.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hadden, Dianne Gladys", "Entry ID": "AWE1299", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hadden-dianne-gladys\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Barrister, Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Solicitor", "Summary": "Dianne Hadden was the Independent member for Ballarat Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament until 2006. She was elected as a Labor Member in 1999, but resigned from the Australian Labor Party in 2005. She unsuccessfully contested the 2006 state election, held on 25 November, as an Independent in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ballarat East.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lindell, Jennifer Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1300", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lindell-jennifer-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Electorate Officer, Parliamentarian, Radiographer", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Jenny Lindell was elected as the Member for Carrum in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament at the 1999 election and was re-elected in 2002 and 2006. She was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in December 2006 and served in that position until her defeat at the 2010 election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lobato, Tamara", "Entry ID": "AWE1301", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lobato-tamara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Tammy Lobato was elected as the Member for Gembrook in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was re-elected at the election, which was held on 25 November 2006, but was defeated at the election which was held in November 2010.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mikakos, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE1302", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mikakos-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Solicitor", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Jenny Mikakos was elected as the Member for the Province of Jika Jika in the Parliament of Victoria in 1999. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary, Justice in the Bracks , later Brumby Labor Government, from December 2002 until August 2007. She assumed the position of Parliamentary Secretary, Planning in August 2007. She was elected to the newly created Northern Metropolitan Region at the 2006 state election. She was re-elected in 2010 when the Labor government was defeated and again in 2014 when the Labor party returned to power. She currently holds the ministerial portfolios of Families and Children, and Youth Affairs.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Overington, Karen Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE1303", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/overington-karen-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Mayor, Parliamentarian, Welfare worker", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Karen Overington was elected as the Member for Ballarat West in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in September 1999, after an initial attempt to win the seat in 1992. She was re-elected in November 2002 and again in 2006. Previously she had served in Local Government as Councillor for the Boroughs of Sebastopol, 1982-94, the City of Ballarat, 1996-99 and as Mayor of Sebastopol from 1990-91. She retired from parliament at the 2010 election and died on 11 August 2011.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Romanes, Glenyys Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE1304", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/romanes-glenyys-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Glenyys Romanes was elected as the Member for Melbourne Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament in September 1999 and was re-elected in November 2002. She stood unsuccessfully for the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Victoria at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November. Before entering Parliament she served as Councillor on the Brunswick City Council, 1991-94, as Mayor 1993-94, and as Councillor, Moreland City Council 1996-99.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Argondizzo, Lidia", "Entry ID": "AWE1305", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/argondizzo-lidia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Italy", "Occupations": "Electorate Officer, Mayor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Lidia Argondizzo was elected as the Member for Templestowe in the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Victoria in November 2002. Before her election to Parliament she served as Councillor for the City of Northcote 1987-93, and Mayor from 1989-90. As a result of changes to the Legislative Council which came into effect at the 2006 election, she stood as a candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Doncaster at that election, but was unsuccessful.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beard, Dympna Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1306", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beard-dympna-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Colac, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Dympna Beard was elected as the Member for Kilsyth in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002.She was defeated at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buckingham, Helen Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1307", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buckingham-helen-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Mayor, Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Helen Buckingham was elected as the Member for Koonung Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament in 2002. Before her election to parliament, she served on the Nunawading Council from 1997-2003, and as mayor from 1998-99. She retired from parliament in November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Eckstein, Anne Lore", "Entry ID": "AWE1308", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eckstein-anne-lore\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Anne Eckstein was elected as the Member for Ferntree Gully in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was defeated at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/language-and-cognitive-skills-microform-transfer-of-science-concepts-from-l2-to-l1-in-a-german-english-bilingual-program\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Green, Danielle", "Entry ID": "AWE1309", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/green-danielle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Electorate Officer, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Danielle Green was elected as the Member for Yan Yean in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was re-elected in 2006, November 2010 and November 2014, when the ALP was returned to power. She currently holds the position of Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, Major Events and Regional Victoria.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lovell, Wendy Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1310", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lovell-wendy-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Wendy Lovell was elected as the Member for North Eastern Province in the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was re-elected at the November 2006 election as Member for the new Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria. She was re-elected in November 2010 and took on the ministerial positions of Housing and Children and Early Childhood Development in the newly elected Liberal government. She was successful again at the November 2014 election, although the Liberal government was defeated. She currently holds the position of Liberal Party Whip in the Legislative Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marshall, Kirstie", "Entry ID": "AWE1311", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marshall-kirstie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Skier", "Summary": "Australia's first world champion skier, Kirstie Marshall won seventeen World Cup gold medals. She was named Australian Skier of the Year six times and Victorian Sportswoman of the Year four times. A member of the Australian Labor Party, Marshall was elected as the Member for Forest Hill in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002, and re-elected in 2006. She retired at the November 2010 election.\n", "Details": "Educated at Mentone Girls High School, Firbank Anglican Grammar School and Taylors College, Kirstie Marshall commenced skiing in 1986. In her first international season she was Australia's top ranking winter sportsperson, finishing 10th in the world. In 1992 she was crowned Grand Prix champion. Two years later Marshall was Australia's flag bearer at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer where she was placed sixth in the women's aerial skiing event - the nation's best Olympic result at the time. In 1997 Marshall became Australia's first world champion in a winter sport, and she competed in the Winter Olympics at Nagano in 1998. Marshall set several world records over the course of her skiing career and became the first woman in history to score over 100 points on a single competition jump.\nMarshall was Director of the Olympic Winter Institute before being elected to the seat of Forest Hill in 2002, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She was re-elected in 2006. Today, she is a Member of the Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee and is involved with over forty charities annually. A practiced public speaker, she makes regular television appearances.\nKirstie Marshall was awarded an OAM for her contribution to skiing and sports administration on the Queens Birthday Honour List in 2003. She is married with two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kirstie-marshall-wins-forest-hill\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McTaggart, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE1312", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mctaggart-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bangor, Northern Ireland", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Secretary", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Heather McTaggart was elected as the Member for Evelyn in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002, but was defeated at the 2006 state election, which was held on 25 November.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morand, Maxine", "Entry ID": "AWE1313", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morand-maxine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Parliamentarian, Researcher", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Maxine Morland was elected as the Member for Mount Waverley in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was re-elected at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November. She was appointed to Cabinet on 30 July 2007 as Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development and Minister for Women's Affairs . She left parliament in 2010 when she was defeated at the November election.\nShe was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2022 for significant service to the Parliament of Victoria, and to community health.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Munt, Janice", "Entry ID": "AWE1314", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/munt-janice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Janice Munt was elected as the Member for Mordialloc in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was re-elected at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November, but was defeated at the November 2010 election. She was Parliamentary secretary for Health from January 2010 until she left parliament. Her first attempt to enter parliament was in 1999, when she stood unsuccessfully for the Legislative Assembly seat of Sandringham.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Neville, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE1315", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/neville-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Research assistant", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Lisa Neville was elected as the Member for Bellarine in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was re-elected in 2006, 2010 and 2014, when the Labor party was returned to power after its defeat at the 2010 election.\nHer ministerial portfolios have included Health ( Dec 2006- Dec 2010); Aged Care( Dec 2006-Aug 2007); Children ( Dec 2006-Aug 2007); Seniors ( Aug 2007- Dec 2010); Community Services ( Aug 2007-Dec 2010). She is currently Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allen, Denise Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1316", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allen-denise-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Alexandra, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Denise Allen was elected as the Member for Benalla in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria at a by-election in 2000 after an initial unsuccessful attempt at the 1999 election. She was defeated at the 2002 election. In a change of party membership, she stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buchanan, Rosy", "Entry ID": "AWE1317", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buchanan-rosy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Public servant", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Rosy Buchanan was elected as the Member for Hastings in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was defeated at the 2006 election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grant, Cath", "Entry ID": "AWE1318", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grant-cath\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist", "Summary": "Cath Grant is a multi-media artist working from a studio in Murwillumbah, northern New South Wales. She has mounted numerous exhibitions, and encourages the work of other artists by hosting collaborative projects and exhibitions in her gallery. She is representative of the thriving arts community in the northern New South Wales region.\nAs well as her own work, Cath exhibits the artwork of her three children. In 2007 she curated 'The Art of Love' exhibition at The Casuarina Convention Centre (June 22nd - August 3rd), featuring the work of over thirty local artists including two of her own children, Joshua and Thomas Worsley.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Adair, Michele", "Entry ID": "AWE1319", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adair-michele\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Manager, Political candidate, Strategic adviser", "Summary": "Michele Adair is a local and political activist who has achieved much success in her local area. She was an Australian Democrats candidate for Barton in the House of Representatives in 2001, an Independent candidate associated with the Save Our Suburbs Party for Georges River in 2003 and a candidate for the Kogarah Municipal Council in 2004.\n", "Details": "Parliamentary and Local Government Career\nLocal\n\nCandidate, Kogarah Municipal Council 2004\n\nState\n\nCandidate, House of Representatives, Barton, 2001\nCandidate, Georges River, 2003\nParty: Australian Democrats 2001\nParty: Independent, associated with the Save Our Suburbs Party 2003\n\nMichele Adair grew up in Kyle Bay, a Sydney suburb, and at the time of her campaigns lived in nearby Oatley. She cared for her invalid mother and teenage children.\nShe was educated at PLC Sydney, and was an American Field Service exchange student to the USA in 1979-80. She studied many undergraduate courses in adult education, management (M Man (UWS) 1996), accounting and business and holds a certificate in Service Administration and Strategy from Cornell University, USA . In 2005 she expected to complete a Masters degree in Public Advocacy and Action from the Victorian University of Technology.\nIn 2004 she joined a large not-for-profit community organisation, having worked for the previous 17 years as an adviser in strategy and development to both public and private organisations. She taught part-time at TAFE over 10 years, and has owned and run a caf\u00e9 and an architectural restoration business. She has also worked in the health and travel industries.\nMichele has been very active in local affairs. She was involved in the campaigns to influence high-density development in Oatley, to save the Chinese Market Gardens in Arncliffe, to prevent the loss of open space in Rockdale and to insist on air filters on the M5 tunnel. In 2002, Michele Adair was the convenor of a group called Concerned Citizens against Cook's Cove, a proposed billion dollar development which necessitated the relocation of the Kogarah Golf Club.\nShe has been an office holder in the P. & C. Associations of her children's primary and secondary schools and has served on the finance and diversity committees of the YWCA.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Adam, Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE1320", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adam-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A once-only candidate, untraced. She was an Independent candidate for Drummoyne in 1988.\n", "Details": "Louise Adam promised a fresh approach in Drummoyne and, in particular, stressed the need for adequate childcare for working parents, more preventive health care and encouragement and support for small business.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Adam, Sylvia", "Entry ID": "AWE1321", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adam-sylvia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sylvia Adam was a once only candidate, who nominated for the Wakehurst seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as an Australian Democrats candidate in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Adams, Brenda Beryl", "Entry ID": "AWE1322", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adams-brenda-beryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Brenda Adams ran for election only once: Australian Democrats candidate for Lakemba in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1978.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allan, Pamela (Pam) Diane", "Entry ID": "AWE1323", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allan-pamela-pam-diane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Parliamentarian, Political candidate, Political staffer, Public servant", "Summary": "Pam Allan was Alderman for the Parramatta City Council (1983-1987) and a union activist, before she was elected to State Parliament as the Australian Labor Party member for Wentworthville in 1988. As a result of a redistribution in 1991 she was elected to the new seat of Blacktown. She returned to the recreated seat of Wentworthville at the 1999 election. She served as Minister for the Environment from April 1995 to April 1999. She retired from State Parliament in 2007.\n", "Details": "Pam Allan was educated at Greystanes High School and the University of Sydney, from which she graduated with a BA, Dip Ed with honours in Government.\nShe joined the ALP in 1971 and held office at branch, and state electoral levels. She was Vice-President of the Labor Women's Conference and has been on the State Labor Disputes Committee since 1982. She was Women's Coordinator, NSW Teachers' Federation 1977-1981 and taught in high schools in 1976 and 1981-1984.\nShe was elected to the Parramatta City Council in 1983, serving a full four-year term.\nIn 1984-88 she became a public servant, working in the Department of Youth and Community Services, and Public Service Board. In 1988 Pam was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wentworthville and then for Blacktown in 1991 and 1995. In 1999 and 2003 she was once again elected the Assembly's member for Wentworthville. Pam Allan became Shadow Minister Planning & Environment 1991-1995, Minister for Environment 1995-1999, Chair, Select Committee on Salinity, 2000-2002 and Chair, Standing Committee on Resource Management, from May 2003. She retired from the Parliament in 2007..\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/herstory-australian-labor-women-in-federal-state-and-territory-parliaments-1925-1994\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allport, Carolyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1324", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allport-carolyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Academic, Political candidate, Trade unionist", "Summary": "Carolyn Allport ran for parliament only once (Independent Candidate for Camden, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1995), but has continued in elected office in her union for more than a decade.\n", "Details": "Carolyn Allport has held an academic position in the university sector since 1974. She was elected the first President of the National Tertiary Education Union in 1994 and re-elected in 1998. She represents the Union's 25,000 academic and general staff members in matters relating to tertiary education funding, policy and industrial relations issues.\nShe was a member of the Higher Education Council 1995-1999 and a member of the Australian Council of Trade Unions Executive.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Anderson, Doris Clara", "Entry ID": "AWE1325", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anderson-doris-clara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Doris Anderson was a one-time candidate: Democratic Labor Party member for Vaucluse, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1973. She was married to Joe Anderson and mother to one son.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Anderson, Irene Joyce", "Entry ID": "AWE1326", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anderson-irene-joyce\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Housewife, Office worker, Political candidate, Political party organiser", "Summary": "An active and life long member of the ALP, Irene Anderson was interested in social justice, particularly for women. She was an ALP candidate for Kirribilli in 1973.\n", "Details": "Irene Aspinall married Joe Anderson, long-time General Secretary, Painters & D, Meg.\nIrene joined the Australian Labor Party in Marrickville and subsequently held branch office positions in the Dulwich Hill, North Sydney and Ben Boyd-Cammeray branches. She was a delegate to the Labor Women's Organising Committee for more than 20 years, and was Treasurer of it in 1964. She was also a delegate to State and Federal Electorate Councils over many years.\nShe was one of the Australian Delegation to the International Alliance of Women Conference in India in 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Andrew, Annette Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1327", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/andrew-annette-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "An untraced candidate who had run for the Democratic Labor Party for Lakemba in 1968\nand in the House of Representatives for Banks in 1969. No mention of her found on New South Wales Electoral Roll or Ryerson Index.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Andrews, Marie Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE1328", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/andrews-marie-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Molong, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Political candidate, Trade unionist", "Summary": "Marie Andrews has been a long-term unionist and Labor representative in the Legislative Assembly. She was successfully elected as a member for Peats in 1995, 1999 and 2003. She represented the electorate of Gosford from 2007 until the 2011 election, when she retired from Parliament.\n", "Details": "Marie Andrews was educated at St Mary's College, Grafton, NSW. She became private secretary to the NSW branch secretary of the Australian Railways Union. She is a Life Member of the Australian Services Union (Clerical and Administrative Branch), and has represented the union at the NSW Labor Council, and the ACTU. In 1995 she was Deputy President of the NSW Clerical and Administrative Division of the ASU.\nElected to the Legislative Assembly in 1995, she was a member of the Parliamentary Library Committee, and the Joint Select Committees on Victim's Compensation 1999, and Threatened Species Conservation 1999. She was Deputy Chair of the Healthcare Complaints Commission, and a member of the Standing Committee for Public Works, and Joint Parliamentary Library Committee 1999-2003.\nMarie Andrews joined the ALP in 1960 and has held a range of elected positions. She is a long standing Secretary of the ALP Aboriginal Affairs Policy Committee.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contemporary-australian-women-1996-97\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Argent, Jacquie", "Entry ID": "AWE1329", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/argent-jacquie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "An activist in local government and party politics, Jacquie Argent was an ALP candidate for Oxley in 1999, a member of the Hastings Council to 1999 and Deputy Mayor from 1998-1999.\n", "Details": "While a Councillor on the Hastings Council, Jacqui Argent chaired the Mid North Coast Council for Social Development, the Consultative Protocol Committee, The Mid North Coast Regional Economic Development Organisation, the Legal Aid Review Team and the Youth Accommodation Group.\nShe graduated with a BA and has three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Armitage, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE1330", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/armitage-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Political candidate, Public servant", "Summary": "A prominent figure in New South Wales (NSW) local government, Barbara Armitage is credited with preventing Bondi Beach from becoming a high-rise precinct. She was an ALP candidate for Vaucluse in 1995, Alderman for the Waverley Municipal Council from 1979-1997 and Mayor of Waverley between 1987 and 1997. Barbara was appointed an OAM in 2002.\n", "Details": "Barbara Armitage was born in Sydney and was educated at Bondi Public School and Dover Heights Girls' High School. She worked for the NSW Council of Social Services, as a Judge's Associate and as a Project Officer to the Minister's Advisory Service on Family and Children's Services.\nBarbara joined the ALP in 1973 and has held numerous positions at branch and electorate level.\nIn 2005 Barbara Armitage won the Local Government Outstanding Service Award. She was Mayor of Waverley for 10 years, the longest term served by a Mayor of Waverley in 150 years. Elected Mayor in 1987 with a policy to resist high-rise development on Bondi Beach, she implemented a Heritage Conservation plan. She also encouraged cultural events centred on Bondi, including the Festival of the Winds, Flickerfest and the Fringe Festival. She was Chairperson of the Sydney Coastal Councils.\nShe was appointed to the Local Government Grants Commission, becoming Chairman in 1999. Barbara Armitage was a member of the Premier's Crime Prevention Council and is an accredited mediator with the Community Justice Centre.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Armstrong, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE1331", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/armstrong-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate, Political staffer, Research assistant", "Summary": "A once-only candidate in the unwinnable seat of Wakehurst in 1995 for the ALP.\n", "Details": "Patricia Armstrong was born in Sydney and educated at Loretto Convent, Kirribilli, Queens Gate College, London and Seaforth Technical College. She has worked as an administrative assistant at the NSW branch of the ALP, a travel consultant at Mary Rossi Travel and research officer for Senator Kerry Sibraa.\nPatricia Armstrong was active in a range of environmental community issues, including the preservation of bushland in Beacon Hill and improvement in the condition of Narrabeen Lagoon.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Arnold, Pam", "Entry ID": "AWE1332", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/arnold-pam\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Pam Arnold had a long and successful career in local government as a Councillor for Shoalhaven from 1995-2004. She also ran as an Independent candidate for the South Coast in 2003.\n", "Details": "Elected to the Shoalhaven Council in 1995, Pam Arnold did extensive work on Council Committees, notably the Aboriginal Advisory Committee (1997-2004), Industrial Development and Employment Committee (1997-2004), The Shoalhaven Tourism Board (1997-2004), the Youth Advisory Committee (1996-2004) and the Works and Finance Committee (2000-04). Outside Council duties, she was also a member of the Animal Welfare Advisory Council, the National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council and was appointed by the Minister to the NSW Fire Brigades Advisory Council (1999-2004).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Arnold, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE1333", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/arnold-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Environmentalist, Journalist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Sue Arnold is a committed environmentalist. She ran as a member of the Timbarra Clean Water Party for Ballina in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1999) and was a Democrat candidate in the New South Wales Senate in 1990 and in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Coffs Harbour in 1991.\n", "Details": "Sue Arnold was born in Melbourne, and was educated to matriculation at Frensham School, Mittagong. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Communication from the University of Western Sydney.\nSue worked as a journalist for the Fairfax group of newspapers in Sydney from 1975 to 1990. She was the Secretary of the Sun-Herald Koala Fund, and in this capacity travelled widely defending the habitat of koalas. She also worked as a freelance journalist.\nSue Arnold is the co-ordinator of Australians for Animals, a Byron Bay based international environmental group specialising in cetaceans and the marine environment. She has extensively lobbied the European parliament and NATO on noise issues and her group has initiated two legal challenges against the US government over sonar experiments on whales.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Arora, Gloria", "Entry ID": "AWE1334", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/arora-gloria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gloria Arora was an active Liberal Party member in the 1990s. She ran as their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Liverpool in 1991 and in the House of Representatives for Fowler in 1990 and 1993.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ashmore-Smith, Suzanne Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE1335", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ashmore-smith-suzanne-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Political candidate, Taxation officer, Teacher", "Summary": "Suzanne Ashmore-Smith was a once-only candidate (ALP for Bligh in 1978), who later had a varied and successful career.\n", "Details": "Suzanne Ashmore-Smith was educated at Santa Sabina College, Strathfield, and the University of Sydney, where she graduated in Arts (BA) and obtained her teacher's certificate. She later completed a law degree at the University of New South Wales (LLB).\nShe taught in schools in Papua New Guinea and Thailand and was a part-time tutor in politics at the UNSW for three years. In 1978 she became Assistant Research Officer with the Australian Taxation Office, later rising to become Assistant Commissioner.\nSuzanne Ashmore-Smith joined the ALP c.1960. After returning to Australia from a long residence overseas, she rejoined the party and was elected a delegate to various party councils and to the Labor Women's Conference.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Asten-Slater, Kristina", "Entry ID": "AWE1336", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/asten-slater-kristina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kristina Asten-Slater was the Democratic Labor Party candidate for Phillip in 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Atha, Mavis", "Entry ID": "AWE1337", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/atha-mavis\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mavis Atha was a once only candidate. She ran as a member of the Call to Australia Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Mt Druitt in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Atkin, Margaret Claire", "Entry ID": "AWE1338", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/atkin-margaret-claire\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Political candidate", "Summary": "A distinguished health professional, Margaret Atkin was also recognised for her service to the Australian Labor Party. She ran as their candidate for Gordon in 1976.\n", "Details": "Born in Sydney, Margaret Hennessy grew up in Kingsford and was educated at St Vincent's College, Potts Point. She trained as a general nurse at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1952-56 and then did midwifery at the Royal Women's Hospital, Paddington.\nMargaret went to London in the late 1950s, worked in various English hospitals and married, in 1960, English-born Ted Atkin.\nThe Atkins returned to Australia in 1962 and settled in Wollongong until 1966, when they moved to Sydney and Margaret began working at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital in North Sydney.\nShe did further training in psychiatric nursing in the 1980s and worked at Ryde Psychiatric Hospital until her retirement in 2001. She was a Director of the Northern Area Health Service from 2002 until its disbandment in 2004.\nMargaret joined the ALP in 1974 and was awarded a McKell award for service to the party in 2003. Her campaign in Gordon in 1976 was complicated as she was working on night duty at the Mater and had five small children to care for when at home. It is remarkable then, that she outpolled the DLP sitting member, although she did not win the seat, which reverted to the Liberals.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Atkins, Carol", "Entry ID": "AWE1339", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/atkins-carol\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Carol Atkins was a once only Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Monaro in 2003 and a Councillor in the Queanbeyan City Council from 1999-2001.\n", "Details": "Carol Atkins was described by the Sydney Morning Herald as a \"conservative independent\" when she ran for the electorate of Monaro. She had been involved in a public dispute with the General Manager of Queanbeyan City Council and was granted leave by the Council during the dispute. When she later was absent from three successive Council meetings, her seat was declared vacant and a by election held.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Atkins, Phyllis Oxendale", "Entry ID": "AWE1340", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/atkins-phyllis-oxendale\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Phyllis Oxendale Atkins was a once-only candidate who is untraced. She ran as an Independent for Gordon in 1962. No mention of her is found on New South Wales Electoral Roll, Ryerson Index or on the Internet using the Google search engine.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bailey, Alison", "Entry ID": "AWE1341", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bailey-alison\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Pharmacist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Alison Bailey was an Australian Democrats candidate for Kogarah in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (2003) and in the House of Representatives for Banks (1996) and for Cook (2001). She was and elected member of the Hurstville City Council from 1991 to 1995.\n", "Details": "Alison Bailey is a pharmacist by profession and has worked in many Sydney suburbs. By 1996, married, with twins, she was working as a desk top publisher from home.\nShe was elected to the Hurstville City Council in 1991 as a representative of the Hurstville Residents Association and campaigned against inappropriate development of the area. She reported to the Association and edited their monthly Newsletter from 1991.\nAlison Bailey joined the Democrats in 1994. She is a member of the St George Community Services, and was honorary secretary of it in 1996. She was closely involved with parent committees of the Oatley West Public School, which her children attended. \nAlison Bailey is a keen and competitive canoeist and is closely involved with the organisation of the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic which raises money for medical research.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baini, Natalie", "Entry ID": "AWE1342", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baini-natalie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Business analyst, Political candidate", "Summary": "Natalie Baini was a once-only candidate who ran for the Liberal Party in Canterbury in 1999.\n", "Details": "Natalie has been active in the Young Liberals and in the Party as a whole. President of the Ashfield Young Liberals in 1999, she was also a delegate to the State Council of the Liberal Party\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baks, Pat", "Entry ID": "AWE1343", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baks-pat\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Caf\u221a\u00a9 proprietor, Political candidate", "Summary": "A once-only candidate in the unwinnable seat of Upper Hunter for the ALP in 1995.\n", "Details": "At the time of her campaign, Pat Baks was studying for a Bachelor of Social Science Degree from the University of New England.\nShe is a long-time member of the Mudgee District Environment Foundation and a founding member of the Mudgee Women's Refuge Committee. Pat was President of the Mudgee ALP branch in 1995 and also President of the Upper Hunter State Electorate Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ball, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE1344", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ball-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner, Political candidate", "Summary": "A once-only candidate who ran for the Liberal Party in Lake Macquarie in 1981.\n", "Details": "Judith Ball studied medicine at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, and community medicine in Hong Kong.\nAt the time of her campaign she was a member of the Belmont Branch of the Liberal Party.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bange, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE1345", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bange-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Army officer (former), Dentist, Political candidate", "Summary": "An environmentalist and local and political activist. Jane Bange was an Australian Greens Party candidate for South Coast in 1999 and 2003, and in the House of Representatives for Gilmore in 1998 and 2001, and for Boothby (South Australia) in 2016. She was a member of the Shoalhaven City Council between 1999 and 2004, and of the City of Mitcham Council from 2016.\n", "Details": "Jane Bange grew up in Brisbane, and attended Queensland University on an Army scholarship to study Dentistry. After graduation she worked as an Army Dental Officer for four years, before leaving to travel overseas. She was later employed in private practice in Sydney and in the country.\nMeeting Bill Mollison and learning of the concept of Permaculture, led to her membership of the Greens Party and a change in the direction of her life. She retrained as a remedial massage therapist.\nShe was elected to the Shoalhaven City Council in 1999 and during her term on Council, worked on many committees including the Development, Policy and Planning and Youth Advisory committees.\nJane is an active member of local groups of Amnesty International, the Australian Conservation Foundation and Oxfam-Community Aid Abroad. She is also involved with Shoalhaven Women for Reconciliation and is Secretary of the Friends of the Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby.\nJane was presented with a Certificate of Service to the Shoalhaven City Council when, in 2004, she decided not to seek re-election to the council. At the time she hoped to undertake a role as a dentist in East Timor.\nIn 2016, in South Australia, she was the Greens candidate in the electorate of Boothby, and was elected to the City of Mitcham Council at a by-election for the Park Ward in 2016. She has represented the Overton Ward since 2022. In October 2019 Bange successfully brought a motion that Mitcham Council declare a climate emergency. \n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bannon, Agnes Emily", "Entry ID": "AWE1346", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bannon-agnes-emily\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Guildford, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Music teacher, Political candidate", "Summary": "Agnes Bannon was a committed Democratic Labor Party member who ran for election three times: for Burwood in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in1973 and for Lowe in the House of Representatives in 1969 and in 1972.\n", "Details": "Agnes Bannon was the mother of two sons and two daughters. She lived most of her life in the Strathfield\/Burwood area, and had taught music there for many years when she first ran for election in 1969. She campaigned by inviting people to \"information afternoons\" at her home, which consisted of afternoon tea and a discussion of policy. She also door-knocked extensively in the Strathfield area. She was strongly in favour of state aid.\nIn 1972 the Women's Electoral Lobby ranked her responses to their questions as the second lowest of the nine candidates standing.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barham, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE1347", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barham-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Fashion Designer, Parliamentarian, Political candidate", "Summary": "Jan Barham has shown her passionate concern for the environment throughout her public career. She ran as a member of the Australian Greens for Ballina in 2003 and in the House of Representatives for Richmond in 2001. She was elected to the Legislative Council of the New South Wales Parliament, representing the Greens in 2011.\nJan was also Deputy Mayor (2003) then Mayor (2004-2012) of the Byron Shire Council. She was a member of the council from 1999-2012.\n", "Details": "Jan Barham was educated at Figtree High School, Wollongong TAFE and East Sydney Technical College. Trained as a fashion designer, Jan Barham worked in fashion and clothing fields from 1987 to 1995.\nIn 1995 she was appointed Parliamentary adviser and researcher to Ian Cohen, MLC, a job she held until 1999. She was secretary of the Tweed Byron Greens in 1993-4 and in 1994 was assistant secretary to the NSW Greens.\nShe was closely involved in Native Title campaigns in the North Coast area that resulted in the first Indigenous Land Use Agreement in NSW and the establishment of the joint Aboriginal\/National Parks and Wildlife Service management of the Arakwal National Park.\nElected to the Byron Shire Council in 1999, she became the first popularly elected Green mayor in Australia. She has been a member of Cape Byron Headland Trust Committee from 1997 and on the Management Committee of the Arakwal National Park from 2001.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barkl, Blanche", "Entry ID": "AWE1348", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barkl-blanche\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Dalmeny, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A once-only candidate for State Parliament (Liberal Party candidate for Bankstown in 1950), Blanche Barkl instead became a successful local councillor. She was Alderman for the Bankstown Municipal Council from 1948-54 and 1959-62, and was Bankstown Mayor from 1951-53.\n", "Details": "Blanche Barkl was the first woman elected to Bankstown Municipal Council (1948), and the first woman elected Deputy Mayor (1949) and Mayor (1951-53). She also served as Divisional Commissioner, Girl Guides Sir Joseph Banks Division. She and her husband, Jim, had two daughters.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliaments-and-local-governments-past-and-present-a-survey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barratt, Catherine Hilda", "Entry ID": "AWE1349", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barratt-catherine-hilda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A political activist who ran for the Communist Party of Australia in Newcastle in 1932. Catherine Barratt was also a candidate for the Newcastle Municipal Council in that same year.\n", "Details": "Catherine Barratt was reported to have got a good vote in the Municipal elections in Newcastle in 1932. She was, for many years, a prominent and militant member of the ALP, and became a member of the State Executive of the party. She resigned \"because of the anti-working class actions of the Lang Administration\" and then joined the Communist Party. Catherine was well known in the Newcastle district as a fighter for unemployed women and for children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barron, Evelyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1350", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barron-evelyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Legislative councillor, Parliamentarian, Political candidate", "Summary": "A lifelong political and social activist, Evelyn Barron served a full 12-year term in the Legislative Council of New South Wales (1964-76) as a member of the ALP. Prior to this she had unsuccessfully run as an ALP candidate for Collaroy in 1953.\n", "Details": "Evelyn Barron joined the ALP in 1938. She was a member of the Central Executive of the party from 1957 to 1964, and president of the Women's Central Organising Committee in 1964.\nShe was President of the NSW Women Justices Association, 1958-60, President of the League of Women Voters, 1961-62. Evelyn Barron was also active in a number of other organisations including the Civilian Widows' Association, the Good Neighbour Council, the NSW National Council of Women, and the Australian Women's Charter Movement.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barry, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1351", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barry-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Childcare worker, Editor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann Barry has taken an intense interest in politics at all levels. She ran as an Australian Democrats member in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Gordon (1995) and in the House of Representatives for Bradfield (1996) and for Throsby (1998). She also ran as an Independent for the Ku-ring-gai Council in 1995 and 2003.\n", "Details": "Ann Barry has lived and worked in the northern suburbs of Sydney all her life. She owned and ran a Child Care centre for a number of years and owned and edited the community newspaper The Ku-ring-gai Observer from 1996 to 2001. \nShe holds a Child Care Certificate and a Bush Care Certificate from TAFE, and is a committee member of the Ku-ring-gai Historical Society. Her campaigns have been the result of her passionate interest in political issues.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barry, Siobhan", "Entry ID": "AWE1352", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barry-siobhan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A once-only candidate who ran as the ALP member for Tamworth in 1999.\n", "Details": "Siobhan was active in student life at the University of New England and was President of the Armidale Students' Association. She has worked in many places, including the Deniliquin Abattoirs and as camp cook on Mount Sandford Station, Northern Territory.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bartholomew, Penny", "Entry ID": "AWE1353", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bartholomew-penny\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Nurse, Political candidate", "Summary": "A socially and politically active health professional, Penny Bartholomew ran as an Australian Democrats candidate for Illawarra in 1999.\n", "Details": "A highly qualified nurse with midwifery, sick children and community health nursing qualifications, Penny has also worked in adult education and charity organisations.\nShe migrated to Australia in 1986 and became a naturalised Australian citizen in 1996.\nShe is interested in sport, alternative health care, the environment and community matters.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bate, Thelma Florence", "Entry ID": "AWE1354", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bate-thelma-florence\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Thelma Bate was unsuccessful in her attempts to enter State and Federal Parliament, but worked for the community and for equality regardless of gender, race or creed throughout her life. She ran as a member of the Country Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Dubbo, 1947 (known as Harvey), in the Senate in 1951 and 1953 for Gwydir (now known as Kirkby) and in Kirkby's 1953 by election for the House of Representatives.\n", "Details": "Thelma Florence Bate was born 3 August 1904, daughter of Olaf Olsen. She later took her stepfather's name, Sundstrom, she was educated at Fort Street Girls' High School and the University of Sydney, graduating BA 1928.\nAfter travelling abroad, she taught secondary school and in 1934 married a grazier, Richard Harvey, and went to live on his property near Ivanhoe, New South Wales. Widowed in 1946, she stood for the Country Party in the NSW Legislative Assembly seat of Dubbo in 1947 and was narrowly defeated.\nIn 1949 she married Kenneth Kirkby. She ran for the Senate in 1951 and 1953, unsuccessfully, on the Country Party ticket. She was one of two Country Party candidates for the Federal seat of Gwydir in a by election in 1953, and was again unsuccessful. She later devoted her considerable energy to various organizations including the Country Women's Association of NSW, which she represented in Toronto, Canada, 1953, at the Association of Country Women of the World. She was a member of the CWA for over 40 years, and served as secretary 1957-59, and president 1959-62. She was insistent that the Association include Aboriginal women and was an executive member of the Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs.\nShe was actively involved in establishing the International Houses at both the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales, which housed international students in Australia on the Colombo Plan. It was for this work that she received the CBE in 1969.\nIn 1958 she married Henry Bate, known as Jeff, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1968. She had no children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bates, Barbie", "Entry ID": "AWE1355", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bates-barbie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A candidate committed to the preservation of public land, Barbie Bates ran as a candidate in the House of Representatives for Chifley in 2001, for Penrith in 2003 as a member of the Save Our Suburbs Party and as a candidate in the House of Representatives for Lindsay (Save the ADI site party) in 2004.\n", "Details": "Barbie Bates is a long-time resident of Western Sydney. She believes passionately in the importance of local opinion and campaigned to have the land being sold by the Department of Defence acquired and protected as a regional park and nature reserve.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Battersby, Elaine", "Entry ID": "AWE1356", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/battersby-elaine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate, Teacher", "Summary": "Elaine Battersby was a member of the Christian Democrat Party who ran as a candidate for Newcastle in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 2003.\n", "Details": "Elaine Battersby taught ceramics and jewellery for many years in the Newcastle area. Her campaign was based on a wish to see Christian ideals in government, and the family unit as the centre of all policies.\nShe is married.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beamer, Diane", "Entry ID": "AWE1357", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beamer-diane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Political candidate, Political staffer", "Summary": "Diane Beamer has represented Western Sydney at local and state government level and become a Minister of the Crown in New South Wales. As an ALP candidate she initially missed election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Badgery's Creek in 1991, but was successful in 1995. She was re-elected in 1999, 2003 and 2007, but as Member for Mulgoa on the abolition of the Badgery Creek electorate. She left the Ministry following the 2007 election and retired at the 2011 election. Diane was also a Councillor in the Penrith City Council (1989-95), Penrith's Deputy Mayor (1992-93) and Mayor (1993-94).\n", "Details": "Diane Beamer was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1995, having been a Penrith City Councillor for six years. From 1995 to 1999 she was a member of the Standing Committee on Public Works, and the Regulation review Committee. She was Temporary Chairman of Committees from 1999 to 2003. In 2003 she became a Minister, and has held the portfolios of Minister assisting the Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, Juvenile Justice. Prior to her election to Parliament, she was Electoral Officer for the Hon., John Brown, M.H.R. (then Minister for Sport and Tourism) from 1985-89. In 2005 she was the Minister for Fair Trading, Western Sydney and Minister assisting the Minister for Commerce in the Labor government led by Morris Iemma, MLA.\nDiane Beamer completed a BA at the University of Sydney and was married to Stephen Hutchins, then David Humphries. She has four daughters and two sons.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beaver, Aileen Winifred", "Entry ID": "AWE1358", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beaver-aileen-winifred\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Metalworker, Political candidate, Trade unionist", "Summary": "A prominent unionist and social justice campaigner, Aileen Winifred Beaver ran as a Communist Party of Australia candidate for Auburn in 1978, for Elizabeth in 1981 and for the seat of Sydney in the House of Representatives in 1977, 1983 and 1984.\n", "Details": "Aileen Beaver left high school aged 14 and has been a union activist all her working life.\nTowards the end of the 60s Aileen Beaver decided to seek work in the metal industry in a successful effort to build support for a campaign to reintroduce equal pay in that industry. Women metal workers had been given equal pay during the second World War 'to protect men's jobs', but this was removed when the war ended. She is credited as a writer and performer in the 1975 documentary 'Don't Be Too Polite Girls' which addressed these issues.\nAt the first Women's Liberation Working Women's Conference in Melbourne, Aileen tabled questionnaires completed by women in her Malleys workshop. The data revealed that women workers were often as concerned about being treated with respect as workers as they were about pay.\nAnother measure of her success was her role as secretary of the Shop Committee in the male-dominated workforce at Malleys. She was also active in the Building Workers' Women's Committee, and the Working Women's Group of Women's Liberation. Equal pay, peace, abortion rights, childcare and International Women's Day were prominent in the activities of the groups in which she worked. While at Malleys, in cooperation with Turkish women in the community, Aileen also successfully campaigned to establish a childcare centre in Auburn for their children.\nShe retired to the Blue Mountains where she remained a diligent activist and advocate for the regeneration of natural bushland.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aileen-beaver-oral-history-interview\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aileen-beaver-oral-history-interview\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beckett, Mary Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE1359", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beckett-mary-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Burnley, Lancashire, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Executive secretary, Political candidate", "Summary": "A once-only candidate in an unwinnable seat of Redfern in 1959 for the Liberal Party. Mary Jane Beckett was Executive Secretary of Montefiore Home in Hunters Hill.\n", "Details": "Mary Beckett migrated to Australia c. 1952 with her parents and two siblings. She joined the Young Liberals in 1952, having previously been a member of the British Young Conservatives, and showed her loyalty to the party by standing for election in a very safe ALP seat.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bell, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE1360", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bell-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Natural therapist, Political candidate", "Summary": "A once-only candidate, Catherine Bell ran for Earthsave Australia in the 1999 Blue Mountains election.\n", "Details": "Catherine Bell was one of the candidates running for the newly formed Earthsave Party in 1999. The party advocated solving problems at the cause rather than offering band-aid solutions. Catherine Bell, being a natural therapist, was particularly interested in preventive health measures and wanted natural therapies covered by Medicare.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bennett, Sonia", "Entry ID": "AWE1361", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bennett-sonia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Artist, Environmentalist, Political candidate, Singer, Songwriter", "Summary": "Sonia Bennett is an activist keen to protect the Australian Defence Industries site from redevelopment and helps in bush regeneration projects. She ran as a Save Our Suburbs candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (for the Londonderry seat) in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bennett, Ursula", "Entry ID": "AWE1362", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bennett-ursula\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A committed Christian Democratic Party member, Ursula Bennett ran as a candidate for Bega in 2003 and then again in the House of Representatives for Eden Monaro in 2004.\n", "Details": "Ursula Bennett migrated to Australia in 1982, after a childhood in Germany, where, as a teenager, she was active in human rights and advocacy groups for the physically handicapped. She became a Christian in 1985 and an Australian citizen in 1986. Ursula campaigned on a platform to bring a bible-based worldview on legislation to the NSW Parliament. She is married and has seven children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Berejiklian, Gladys", "Entry ID": "AWE1363", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/berejiklian-gladys\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Political candidate", "Summary": "Gladys Berejiklian is the first Armenian descendant to be elected to the NSW Parliament. As a member of the Liberal Party she was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (Willoughby seat) in 2003. She was re-elected in 2007, 2011 and 2015. Her positions in 2016 included Treasurer and Minister for Industrial Relations.\n", "Details": "Gladys Berejiklian was born and raised in Sydney, where her parents had immigrated to in 1960. She attended local schools and studied the Armenian language at Saturday School held in the Willoughby Primary School.\nGladys joined the Liberal Party in 1993 and was President of NSW Young Liberals in 1995-6. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Constitutional Convention of 1997 for the Australian Republican Movement. She has been active in Armenian community organizations in the Willoughby-Chatswood area and served a term on the Armenian National Committee of Australia. In 2000 she visited the USA as a delegate from the Australian Political Exchange Council.\nShe worked on the staff of the Liberal Senator Marise Payne.\nIn 2003 Gladys Berejiklian was elected in a close race for Willoughby after the retirement of former Liberal leader Peter Collins, and in her maiden speech, thanked those who had voted for her even though they could not pronounce her surname. She was a member of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee in 2003 and in 2005 held the shadow portfolios of Mental Health, Youth Affairs, Cancer and Medical Research and was Shadow Minister assisting the Leader on Ethnic Affairs.\nShe has graduated with a BA (1992) and\nGrad Dip International Studies (1996) from the University of Sydney and a M.Comm (2001) from the University of New South Wales.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Berg, Shirley Stanton", "Entry ID": "AWE1364", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/berg-shirley-stanton\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Shirley Berg is best known for her leadership of Public School Parents' organisations. However, she was a member of the Australian Democrats and was their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, for Fuller, in 1978.\n", "Details": "Shirley Berg was president of the Federation of Parent and Citizens Associations in the 1980's and had previously been President of the Federation of School Community Organisations. She has been a tireless campaigner for public schools over several decades.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Berzin, Vivienne Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE1365", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/berzin-vivienne-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Housewife, Political candidate, Psychiatric nurse", "Summary": "Vivienne Berzin, an Australia Party candidate, contested three elections in two years, and never ran again. She was a candidate in the 1972 House of Representatives for Mitchell then in 1973 ran in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for both Northcott and Hawkesbury (by election).\n", "Details": "Vivienne Berzin was orphaned when she was five years old and was brought up in a church home. She became a psychiatric nurse and a bookbinder. After her marriage, she returned to school and obtained her School Certificate.\nVivienne Berzin was one of the pioneers of the Women against the Airport movement, and when she ran for Mitchell in 1972, opposition to an airport at Richmond was one of her main campaign points. At the time of the election, she was studying accountancy.\nWhen she ran for the Australia Party in the Hawkesbury by-election, she campaigned primarily on environmental issues, complaining that the Hawkesbury River was becoming a drain for the western suburbs of Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Betts, Sally", "Entry ID": "AWE1366", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/betts-sally\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Africa", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Sally Betts only ran for parliament once (Liberal candidate for Waverley, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1988). She later ran for the Waverley Council and was elected to office from 1995 to 2007.\n", "Details": "Sally Betts migrated from South Africa in 1976. She had worked in the tourist industry from 1969, including being with Qantas for some years. She has lived in Waverley from 1976. Sally Betts has been a prominent member of the Liberal Party in the Federal seat of Wentworth, being President of the Wentworth Federal Electorate Conference in 2005.\nAs a councillor, Sally Betts secured funding for the Vaucluse to Bondi Cliff walk, and has been active in fostering a precinct system to improve local community participation.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bhattacharyya, Tuntuni Bratati", "Entry ID": "AWE1367", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bhattacharyya-tuntuni-bratati\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "India", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner, Political candidate", "Summary": "A politically active and socially involved medical practitioner, Tuntuni Bratati Bhattacharyya ran as a Democratic Socialist candidate in the 1999 Marrickville elections.\n", "Details": "Tuntuni Bhattacharyya completed her MB and BS at the University of Queensland in 1990 and is involved in women's and workers' health. She has been active in abortion pro-choice campaigns, the International Women's Day collective and Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bi, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1368", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bi-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "A once-only candidate, Anne Bi ran for the Unity party in the 2003 Baulkham Hills elections.\n", "Details": "Anne Bi arrived in Australia in 1989 as a student. In 2003 she was married, had three children and ran her own company.\nAnne was the honorary Chairperson of the NSW Chinese Welfare Migrant Association.\nHer election literature stressed funding for childcare facilities, improved transportation, smaller classes and support for teachers, improved public hospitals and multiculturalism.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bishop, Elizabeth Anne Rosemary", "Entry ID": "AWE1369", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bishop-elizabeth-anne-rosemary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher, Trade unionist", "Summary": "A once-only candidate, Elizabeth Anne R. Bishop stood as an ALP candidate in the 1978 Lane Cove elections.\n", "Details": "Elizabeth Bishop trained as a teacher, and later became an industrial advocate and research officer. She stressed her interest in the environment in her campaign leaflet. She has one son.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Black, Veronica", "Entry ID": "AWE1370", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/black-veronica\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Student", "Summary": "Veronica Black stood as an ALP candidate in the unwinnable Legislative Assembly seat of Ballina in the New South Wales election in 1995.\n", "Details": "At the time of her candidature, Veronica Black was studying for a Bachelor of Business (Tourism) at Southern Cross University. She was extensively involved in various community organisations including Community Aid Abroad and the Australian Republican Movement. In 1995 she was the National Union of Students Liaison Officer at Southern Cross University and the immediate past President of the SRC.\nVeronica Black was also very involved in the ALP, being President of the University Labor Club and Senior Vice President of the Northern Rivers Young Labor Organisation.\nVeronica Black has worked in the trade union movement since 1995, including with the Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, the Finance Sector Union and the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association. She represents workers nationally through SafeWork Australia WHS Significant Issues Group where she has had significant input into the recognition of workplace psychosocial hazards; and internationally through the International Labor Organization, where she contributed to the Biological Hazards Convention and Recommendation adopted in 2025. She holds a Masters with Distinction in Workplace Health and Safety and has three children. \t\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blanch, Glenda", "Entry ID": "AWE1371", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blanch-glenda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Glenda Blanch has been an active member of the Australian Democrats in western Sydney. She stood as their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Campbelltown by election in 1999 and for the Werriwa seat in the House of Representatives in 2001. She also ran for a position in the Campbelltown Council in 2003.\n", "Details": "Glenda Blanch has been a small businesswoman for most of her working life, starting with a cleaning contract in the 1970s and currently being the owner and operator of an embroidery shop. She is a widow, and the mother of two adult daughters.\nGlenda was disappointed in the failure of the two major parties to offer a clear political choice so joined and ran for the Democrats, in two parliamentary elections and then the local council election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boland, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE1372", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boland-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Financial adviser", "Summary": "Patricia Boland was a highly qualified woman, though an unsuccessful candidate. She ran as a member of the Natural Law Party in the House of Representatives for Wentworth in 1993 and New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Vaucluse seat in 1995.\n", "Details": "Patricia Boland, after graduating with a B Bus, qualified as a chartered public accountant and worked in merchant banking, becoming a manager of national money market operations for a major international bank. After marriage and while at home with children, she completed her BA majoring in sociology, literature\/drama and religion. She also completed training as a teacher of Transcendental Meditation. When she ran her campaign for election in 1993 she was conducting a transcendental meditation centre in Bondi and working as a consultant for chartered accountants.\nShe is married with two sons.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Booth, Anna Christina", "Entry ID": "AWE1373", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/booth-anna-christina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Executive", "Summary": "A once-only candidate for parliamentary election, Anna Christina Booth stood as an ALP candidate in the Ku-ring-gai 1988 elections. She went on to become a highly successful executive.\n", "Details": "Anna Booth was educated at Hornsby Girls' High School and completed a BEc at the University of Sydney. Between 1977 and 1983 and 1984-1985 she was a Research Officer for the Clothing and Allied Trades Union, in 1986-7 she was the Senior Industrial Officer of the union and in 1987 to 1992 she became the first woman Federal Secretary.\nAnna was also on the Board of the Commonwealth Bank for 10 years and was a member of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). In 1991 she was the Vice President of the ACTU. She took a leading role in the Tourism Council of Australia and the Breast Cancer Institute of Australia's Research for Life Appeal. She is a Fellow of the Labour Management Studies Foundation of Macquarie University.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Botting, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE1374", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/botting-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New Zealand", "Occupations": "Occupational Health nurse", "Summary": "Kate Botting was a once only candidate who ran for the Australian Democrats in the seat of Bankstown at the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections.\n", "Details": "Kate Botting was born in New Zealand and came to Australia in 1983. She has spent most of her working life in Sydney as the nurse for the Water Board, based in Liverpool, and travelling all over south western Sydney with preventative health, quit smoking and rehabilitation programs.\nConscious of the difficulties facing migrants and workers in the area, Kate campaigned for better transport infrastructure, more money for health and education and an anti drug strategy which included safe injecting rooms and methadone programs. \nShe is married with a young son.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bounds, Kayleen", "Entry ID": "AWE1375", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bounds-kayleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kayleen Bounds was an active supporter of the One nation Party founded by Pauline Hanson. She ran for them in the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly for East Hills and in the House of Representatives for the New England seat in 2001.\n", "Details": "Kay Bounds was a resident of East Hills when she ran for the State seat in 1999. She had worked with St John's Ambulance for the previous 11 years and was on the committee and the Board of directors of the Revesby Blue Light Disco. She opposed the upgrading of the Bankstown airport and promised to fight for more police in the area.\nShe had moved to the New England district when she ran in 2001, and expressed confidence in how well the One Nation party would poll. This confidence was misplaced. She polled only 2% of the vote, dropping more than 11% from the previous election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boundy, Olive", "Entry ID": "AWE1376", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boundy-olive\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Parkes, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Nurse, Teacher", "Summary": "Olive Boundy was an activist in local government and politics. She was a member of the ALP and was a candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (Clarence seat) in 1991. She later was elected to the Ulmarra Shire Council from 1987 and later served on the Pristine Waters Council until 2004.\n", "Details": "Olive Boundy trained as a nurse and later lectured at TAFE on women's issues and local government. She was been active in community organisations, including the Surf Life Saving movement and remedial reading programs. She also took on the role of an arbitrator in the Local Environmental Court.\nShe had one son.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/community-loses-one-of-its-champions\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bourne, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE1377", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bourne-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Environmental consultant, Manager", "Summary": "An active and hard-working member of the Liberal Party, Christine Bourne stood as a candidate in the 1995 Port Jackson elections and in the Mulgoa elections of 1999 and 2003. She was later elected Alderman of the Leichhardt Municipal Council.\n", "Details": "Christine Bourne has held many positions in the Liberal Party at local and state level, including being President of Glebe branch (1993-7) and secretary of the Drummoyne Branch (1991-3). She was a delegate to the State Council 1994-7 and has worked in the building industry since 1993, consulting on environmental matters. Christine completed a BA at the University of New England and later a Masters in Environmental Management.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bradbury, Judith Lillian", "Entry ID": "AWE1378", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bradbury-judith-lillian\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jillian Bradbury was a once only candidate who ran as an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Campbelltown in 1978.\n", "Details": "Judith Bradbury promised to be available to the electors at all time if she were elected. She saw the construction of a new bridge over the Glenfield causeway as the major campaign issue.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bradshaw, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1379", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bradshaw-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Solicitor", "Summary": "A once-only candidate, Margaret Bradshaw ran for the Liberal Party in the Blue Mountains elections of 1984.\n", "Details": "Margaret Bradshaw joined the Liberal Party c.1974. She was reported to have conducted her 1984 campaign by telephone from the lounge room of her home. She distributed her literature through the post, saying, \"In the mountains, letterboxing is strictly for mountain goats.\" She campaigned for better trains and roads, an independent water supply and an immediate start on two new high schools.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Braithwaite, Jean Pollock", "Entry ID": "AWE1380", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/braithwaite-jean-pollock\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator", "Summary": "A once-only candidate, Jean Pollock Braithwaite stood as an Australia Party candidate in the 1973 Fuller elections.\n", "Details": "At the time of the election (1973), Jean Braithwaite was reported as having worked in teachers' colleges and universities for the previous eleven years. Before that she taught in schools, both in NSW and abroad, and had taught literacy skills to all age groups in evening technical colleges. Jean is known to have obtained a MA and a Dip Ed. She was married, with two daughters.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brauer, Doris Edna", "Entry ID": "AWE1381", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brauer-doris-edna\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Epping, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A committed member of the Democratic Labor Party, Doris Edna Brauer ran for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Eastwood in 1965 and as a candidate in the House of Representatives for Parramatta in 1972. She was married to Frank Brauer (died 1992) and the mother of seven children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brennan, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE1382", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brennan-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor, Youth worker", "Summary": "Jan Brennan is a successful local councillor, having been elected to the Rockdale City Council for the period of 1999 to 2007 and was also appointed Mayor in 2000. She was less successful in her parliamentary career where she stood for the Liberal Party in Barton for the House of Representatives in 2001 and in the 2003 Rockdale elections.\n", "Details": "Jan Brennan worked for the Law Reform Commission for 10 years. While on Rockdale City Council she has been involved with measures to help disadvantaged youth. She served on the City Development Committee.\nAt the time of her campaign she was a member of the Athelstane Public School Council and the St George Migrant Resource Centre.\nShe has three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brooke, Vicki", "Entry ID": "AWE1383", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brooke-vicki\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Vicki Brooke is a businesswoman with a long term interest in community and the environment. She ran as an Australian Greens candidate in the 2003 Peats elections.\n", "Details": "Vicki Brooke has worked in small business and the arts. She has managed a variety of enterprises, including a company servicing public arts and tourism clients. At the time of her candidature, Vicki was a voluntary business mentor for the Central Coast Mentor Service and conducted training workshops for the Hunter Business Chamber.\nVicki has been involved in community affairs for over thirty years, and has recently taken a particular interest in genetically engineered food and globalisation. She is a founding member of the GeneEthics Network, and has lobbied Federal politicians on the subject of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Vicki campaigned on a platform of protection of forests and waterways, opposition to overdevelopment and encroachment of public land by private interests.\nShe has children and grandchildren.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Jill", "Entry ID": "AWE1384", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-jill\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Beauty therapist", "Summary": "A once-only candidate, Jill Brown stood for the One Nation Party in the 1999 Marrickville elections.\n", "Details": "Jill Brown said she believed in Pauline Hanson's One Nation party because her father was a returned soldier from World War II. She also believed in the abolition of discriminatory policies relating to Aboriginal and multicultural affairs. She won 4% of the vote.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burton, Cherie Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1385", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burton-cherie-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Paddington, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Clerk, Parliamentarian, Political staffer", "Summary": "In 1999 Cherie Burton was a successful ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Kogarah. This was the start of her solid parliamentary career, culminating in her appointment as Parliamentary Secretary in 2003 and Minister for Housing and Minister assisting the Minister for Health in 2005, positions she held until 2007. She retired from the State Parliament before the 2015 election.\n", "Details": "Cherie Burton grew up in the outer western Sydney suburb of Minto on a public housing estate. She finished her education at Narrabeen High School in 1986 and went on to work as a clerk, union official for the National Union of Workers, and senior advisor to Premier Bob Carr. She was a delegate to the annual conference of the ALP from 1990.\nCherie is the patron of various local organizations, including the St George Sutherland Women's Cricket Club and the Waratah Soccer Club. She is a member of the World Society for the Protection of Animals and the Institute of Public Administration.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burton, Mary Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE1386", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burton-mary-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Patricia Burton is an untraced candidate who stood for the Democratic Labor Party in the 1973 Ashfield elections.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bush, Valerie", "Entry ID": "AWE1387", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bush-valerie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Burnie, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Client service manager", "Summary": "Valerie Bush has been a long term environmental campaigner who stood as an Australian Democrats candidate in the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Cronulla.\n", "Details": "Valerie Bush was born and educated in Tasmania and moved to Sydney as a young adult. She was one of four women who initiated a campaign to prevent the establishment of a toxic waste disposal incinerator being sited on the Cronulla peninsula. She also campaigned against the establishment of petrochemical plants in the area. In her campaign in 1995, she strongly opposed the 3rd runway being planned for the Kingsford Smith Airport.\nShe is a Client Service Manager in the Financial Planning Industry and is married with three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cable, Peggy May", "Entry ID": "AWE1388", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cable-peggy-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "An idealist, Peggy May Cable ran for election twice. She was Australian Democrats candidate in the 1978 Wentworthville and 1981 Seven Hills elections.\n", "Details": "Peggy Cable joined the Australian Democrats in 1977, attracted by their philosophy of honesty, tolerance and compassion.\nShe had not had an easy life. When her first marriage ended in divorce, leaving her with a son to bring up, Peggy set up Cable's Calculating and Secretarial Service and worked in a hotel at night to meet her expenses. The business was providing employment for up to 70 staff by 1981. Peggy was remarried by the time of her 1981 campaign. She was predeceased by her son, Dale.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cagney, Cindy", "Entry ID": "AWE1389", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cagney-cindy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Real estate agent", "Summary": "Cindy Cagney was a once-only candidate who stood as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Camden in 2003. She was however a successful local councillor, having been elected to the Campbelltown City Council.\n", "Details": "As a resident of Bradbury, a suburb of Campbelltown, Cindy Cagney was strongly in favour of improved infrastructure in the area. She stressed that neighbourhoods should be built with schools, shops, playing fields, walking and cycling tracks and adequate public transport.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Calvert, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE1390", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/calvert-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist, Lawyer", "Summary": "Michelle Calvert was Alderman in the Ashfield Municipal Council from 1991-95 and active in environmental issues. She later ran for the No Aircraft Noise Party in the Ashfield elections of 1995 and in the House of Representatives for Lowe in 1996.\n", "Details": "Michelle Calvert grew up in Stanmore and went to school in Annandale and Petersham. She worked as a Police Prosecutor and as a senior investigator with the War Crimes Unit of the Commonwealth Department of the Attorney General. In 1996 she was working for LEAD, an organisation committed to reducing the risk of lead poisoning, especially in children.\nShe was President of the Haberfield Association for 10 years and was active in local environmental and community issues. She is married and has four children.\nHer election leaflet reported that she lived under the flight path in Haberfield, which may explain her candidacy in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cammack, Eileen", "Entry ID": "AWE1391", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cammack-eileen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Penrith, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Government medical officer, Pathologist", "Summary": "Eileen Cammack was an outstanding citizen, active in local government, health and community organisations. She was a Liberal Party candidate in the Penrith elections of 1973 and 1976, and was appointed Alderman to the Penrith City Council in 1972 (to 1991) and Mayor from 1975 to 1978.\n", "Details": "Eileen Cammack was born in Sydney, the daughter of Reginald and Mary Scott-Young. She was educated at Monte Sant'Angelo College, North Sydney and the University of Sydney, from which she graduated in Science (BSc, 1936) and in Medicine (BS, MB,1940). She was a resident medical officer and senior resident medical officer at St George Hospital 1940-41, and was a Captain, in the Australian Army Medical Corps (AIF) 1941-46. She married Dr, William Cammack in 1944 and they had two sons and a daughter.\nEileen Cammack established the first pathology service in Penrith and the first pathology laboratory at Nepean District Hospital in 1948. She was honorary pathologist at Nepean Hospital from 1948 and was Government Medical officer for the Nepean District from 1961. She was elected to the Penrith City Council in 1972 and became the first woman Mayor of Penrith for three terms, 1975-78.\nShe was the patron of many local organisations, including the Nepean Historical Society, the Girl Guides Association, and the St Marys and Penrith Associations. She was commodore of the Nepean Canoe Club, foundation president of the Business and Professional Women's Club, Penrith and president (1981) and life member of the Penrith and District Chamber of Commerce.\nShe was awarded the Queen's Jubilee Silver Medal in 1977, made an OBE. 1978 and made a Paul Harris Fellow (Rotary's highest award) in 1980. The Eileen Cammack Sports Fields, Penrith, are named in her honour.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliaments-and-local-governments-past-and-present-a-survey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Campbell, Eva", "Entry ID": "AWE1392", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/campbell-eva\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Civil celebrant, Local government councillor", "Summary": "Eva Campbell was a once-only candidate for parliamentary election but a successful local councillor being elected to the Camden Council continuously from 1995 to 2024 and appointed Mayor and Deputy Mayor at one time. She stood as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Camden in 2003.\n", "Details": "Eva Campbell was well known in the electorate when she ran in the election following the retirement of the long-serving member, Liz Kernohan. She served as Deputy Mayor and Mayor during her many terms on the Camden Council. When re-elected at the 2024 NSW local government elections she commenced her 29th consecutive year as a local government councillor. She helped initiate the Council's opposition to an airport at Badgery's Creek, and had campaigned for the retention of Camden Hospital, and the building of the Macarthur BMX track and the Equestrian Park.\nEva Campbell is married, with one daughter.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Canales, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE1393", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/canales-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Artist", "Summary": "A strong advocate for the legalisation of marijuana, Judy Canales ran in several elections. In 1999 she stood and Independent for the Lismore elections, then she joined the Hemp Party (Help End Marijuana Prohibition Party) and ran in the House of Representatives for the seats of Page (2001) and Capricornia (2004).\n", "Details": "In a press release for her campaign in 2004, Judy Canales described herself as \"an unemployed artist extremely talented in music, theatre, autobiography, playwright, oil painting.\" She also owned a djembe drum that she had played all round Australia, teaching children and the handicapped to play.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carman, Marina", "Entry ID": "AWE1394", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carman-marina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist, Program manager, Researcher", "Summary": "Marina Carman is the senior project officer (international and policy) at the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine. ASHM provides training and technical advice to support healthcare workers implementing HIV treatment and care in the Asia Pacific region.\n", "Details": "Marina has a background in student activism, having organised the 1998 schools' walkout against racism, and serving as Vice President of the University of Sydney Student Representative Council in 1998. She ran as a Democratic Socialist candidate in the New South Wales Senate in 1998, for Port Jackson in 1999 and in the House of Representatives for Kingsford Smith in 2001. She has studied and taught international relations and political economy, and been involved in community education programs in South Africa, Indonesia and Mauritius.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carter, Ida Johanna", "Entry ID": "AWE1395", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carter-ida-johanna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Matron", "Summary": "A once-only candidate, Ida Johanna Carter ran for the Willoughby elections in 1971 as an Independent.\n", "Details": "At the time of her campaign, Ida Carter was the Matron of the Trentham Nursing Home, and had been a resident of Willoughby for 16 years. She was the President of the Willoughby Ratepayers & Property Owners' Association and the Vice President of the Nursing Homes Association of NSW.\nShe was married and the mother of two children.\nShe professed a lifelong interest in government and was concerned about the high cost of land and rates, the quagmire of town planning, excessive road toll, pollution, education and crime.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Caulfield, Margot Larraine", "Entry ID": "AWE1396", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/caulfield-margot-larraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margot Larraine Caulfield is a once-only candidate who stood as an Independent in the 1971 Kogarah elections.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ceravolo, Anita", "Entry ID": "AWE1397", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ceravolo-anita\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political activist, Political candidate", "Summary": "A political activist, Anita Ceravolo ran as an Australian Greens candidate in the 2003 Bligh elections.\n", "Details": "After attending the University of Sydney, Anita worked in the union movement for the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union. She is active in challenging the attacks on the union movement and workers' compensation. She made a submission to the Senate Enquiry on Employment, Workplace Relations and Education References Committee for its report on higher education funding and regulatory procedures published in 2004. She is also involved in the organisation of the International Women's Day March.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cheung, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE1398", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cheung-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Karen Cheung was once only candidate for Parliament who stood as a member of the Voice of the People Party in 1999 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Strathfield.\n", "Details": "Karen Cheung came to Australia in 1991 from Hong Kong and became a naturalised Australian. She attended university in Australia, and became involved with the scouting movement. She was concerned about many social issues.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chinnock, Wilma", "Entry ID": "AWE1399", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chinnock-wilma\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Wilma Chinnock is a well known local activist who represented the ALP in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bega.\n", "Details": "Wilma Chinnock graduated from the University of New South Wales, winning prizes in Pure and Applied Mathematics. She taught at Bega High School for 11 years and at the time of her campaign, she was Head of Mathematics at the Bega Valley Christian College.\nWilma has been actively involved with local issues, such as the Pambula Bridge, the redevelopment of Bega High School, a permanent site for the Runnyford Bush Fire Brigade and the establishment of nursing courses at the Bega Access Centre.\nWilma and her husband Greg have four adult children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Christian, Millicent Lilian", "Entry ID": "AWE1400", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christian-millicent-lilian\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Johannesburg, South Africa", "Death Place": "St Ives, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Political candidate, Teacher", "Summary": "Millicent Christian was a once-only candidate who was a lifetime activist for equality, peace and freedom. She ran for the Raleigh seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1947 as an Independent Labor candidate.\n", "Details": "Millicent Christian was the daughter of Charles and Letty Luckett. Her family moved from South Africa to England and then to New South Wales. She was educated at St Michael's Sisterhood, Bloemfontein, South Africa, Warral Provisional School and Tamworth High School, New South Wales, Australia. She won a University Scholarship to enable her to study medicine at Sydney University in 1922, but the scholarship required her father's permission and he refused it.\nMillicent left home, and attended Sydney University, living at Women's College on the Ann Hargrave Scholarship 1923-25. She graduated BA 1926, Dip Ed 1927.\nShe taught at Burwood Boys' School, and West Kempsey and Young High Schools 1927-28. In 1929 she married a farmer, Cecil Aubrey Christian, and they had three daughters. After he died she brought up her daughters alone.\nShe taught at Wenona School, North Sydney, and Presbyterian Ladies' College, Pymble.\nShe joined the United Associations of Women in 1945 and later became Vice President of the United Association of Women and the Honorary Secretary to the Conference of the Australian Women's Charter. She was instrumental in establishing the United Associations of Women Award for a female undergraduate in the school of history at the University of New South Wales in 1982, and in 1983 the UAW Prize for a female engineering student at the University of Technology, Sydney.\nShe was an active member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1964. Millicent was also a member of the ALP for over 40 years, a delegate to many State conferences and held branch and electorate council office. She was a member of the North Sydney Business and Professional Women's Club.\nIn 1978 the Ku-Ring-Gai Council awarded her a Distinguished Citizen Award in recognition of her work in the local area, where she was president of the Ku-Ring-Gai Historical Society from 1976-79. She was an inveterate writer of letters to the Editor, and a passionate bridge player, playing on the day before her death despite her serious illness. When asked who influenced her to become a feminist, Millicent Christian replied \"A domineering, male chauvinist father\".\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-the-womens-college-within-the-university-of-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clancy, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE1401", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clancy-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "School assistant", "Summary": "Lisa Clancy has been a long time active member of her community. She was an ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Myall Lakes in 2003.\n", "Details": "Lisa Clancy has worked in the Department of Education at Taree Public School since 1989. At the time of her campaign she was completing an Arts degree from the University of New England, majoring in political science.\nLisa has been active in her community over many years. She has served with the State Emergency Service, the Tourist Association and the Bushfire Brigade, as well as being active with the Parents and Citizens Associations of her children's schools. She has helped to establish playgroups and runs a Work for the Dole scheme.\nLisa is married to Bryan Clancy and they have three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Collings, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1402", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collings-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Collings was an active member of the Australian Democrats who ran for the Wentworth seat in the House of Representatives (1998 and 2001) and for Vaucluse in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1999).\n", "Details": "Margaret Collings was very active in the growth of the Australian Democrats in the Eastern suburbs in the 1990s. In her 1998 campaign she was listed as a student.\nShe was a long time resident of the Eastern Suburbs and the mother of two children.\nShe supported the Democrats as an environmental party which recognised the obligations Australia had to other national as part of a global community.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Colman, Margaret Lynette", "Entry ID": "AWE1403", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/colman-margaret-lynette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Colman stood for Parliament only once and ran a minimal campaign as a Democratic Labor Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kirribilli in 1973.\n", "Details": "Margaret Colman, the mother of four children, announced she would be the voice of reason and reform if elected. At the time of her campaign, she was described as a housewife. Her husband stood for the DLP in Davidson at the same election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Colyer, Val", "Entry ID": "AWE1404", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/colyer-val\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Tour operator", "Summary": "Val Colyer was well known as a local and community activist who ran as a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kogarah in 2003.\n", "Details": "Val migrated with her parents as a refugee after World War II. She is married with three children and has been active in Parents and Citizens Associations of her children's schools.\nFrom1999 to 2003 she was President of the Hurstville Chamber of Commerce. Val has also sat on many Juvenile Justice Committees in her area, and in 2003 was the Youth Director and President elect of the St. George Central Rotary. She was a Director on the Board of the Sydney YWCA for 9 years and is an Inbound Tour Operator.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Conlon, Patricia Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1405", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/conlon-patricia-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Teacher", "Summary": "Anne Conlon was an outstanding activist and scholar whose career was cut short by her untimely death. She was an ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Mosman by election in 1972.\n", "Details": "Anne Conlon was the daughter of John and Patricia Carden. She was educated at St. Joseph's Convent Neutral Bay, and Monte Sant'Angelo College North Sydney where she was dux in 1956. She won a Teachers' College Scholarship to the University of Sydney, living at Sancta Sophia College. She graduated BA in 1961 and MA 1973. She taught at public high schools from 1961 until 1968, but spent 1964-65 on a postgraduate scholarship at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.\nIn 1967 she married Telford Conlon, with whom she had two children. In 1968 she became research assistant to Professor John M Ward, at the University of Sydney. She was a founding member of the NSW Women's Electoral Lobby, and in 1973 was a convenor for its first national conference in Canberra. For WEL, she wrote a submission to the Henderson Commission into Poverty, and with Edna Ryan, to the National Wage Case of 1974. This was later expanded into Gentle Invaders: Australian Women at Work, published in 1975. She was one of the few women in WEL who belonged to the ALP, and was an active member of the Mosman branch. She contested the 1972 Mosman by election as a Labor candidate.\nIn 1976 she was appointed a lecturer at the Trade Union Training Authority, and in 1977 she became a founding member of the NSW Women's Advisory Council. From 1978, she worked as a public servant on women's issues, including amendments to the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act of 1977. The NSW Women's Advisory Council holds an annual lecture in memory of Anne Conlon.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/conlon-patricia-anne-1939-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coorey, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE1406", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coorey-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Barbara Coorey was a local activist who ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Lakemba in 1999 as an Independent. Prior to her candidature, Barbara Coorey had been active in the area. In her campaign literature, she claimed to have brought about the relocation of a methadone clinic and the closure of a mobile needle exchange program. She had also initiated the campaign for the re-development of Canterbury Hospital.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Copping, Moira", "Entry ID": "AWE1407", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/copping-moira\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Manager", "Summary": "Moira Copping was active in the Liberal Party and was their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Parramatta in 1999.\n", "Details": "Moira Copping has been a Liberal State Council delegate, a pre-selector for Senate and House of Representatives candidates, and a Convention delegate. She graduated with a Bachelor of Business (Human Resources Management) from Charles Sturt University and went on t become a Director of Human Resources.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coppolaro, Mari", "Entry ID": "AWE1408", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coppolaro-mari\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Mari Coppolaro was a once only candidate who stood for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (for East Hills) as an Earthsave Australia Party member in 1999.\n", "Details": "Mari Coppolaro lived in Padstow at the time of her campaign for East Hills. She had long been interested in natural therapies and professed a firm belief in the need to eat well, live frugally, improve education and use alternative health care. She also stressed her belief in the family as the core of society. Mari worked as a Business Studies teacher.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Costa, Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE1409", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/costa-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Social worker", "Summary": "Dorothy Costa stood for Parliament only once: the 1988 Canterbury elections as a Socialist Party of Australia candidate.\n", "Details": "One of the problems of the electorate, stressed by Dorothy Costa in her 1988 campaign, was the use of sections of Canterbury Road by prostitutes. She also was concerned about the deterioration in the hospitals and public schools in the area.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crane, Beverley", "Entry ID": "AWE1410", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crane-beverley\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Librarian", "Summary": "Beverley Crane was a once only candidate for Parliament who ran for the ALP in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Vaucluse in 1988.\n", "Details": "Beverley was educated at Sydney Girls' High School and the University of New South Wales. She completed a BA and Dip.Lib. and has worked in libraries in both the public and private sectors. She is married and has one daughter.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Craven, Lenore", "Entry ID": "AWE1411", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/craven-lenore\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Electrical contractor", "Summary": "Lenore Craven was a once only candidate for Parliament: the ALP representative for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Hawkesbury in 1988.\n", "Details": "Educated at Richmond High School, she then studied at the Independent Theatre School, graduating in 1976. She acted professionally for three years, then travelled in Europe for two years. She speaks fluent French.\nOn returning to Australia she worked as a pre school teacher, and later married. She has one son and three step daughters.\nLenore was on the executive of the NSW Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations, and active on the P. & C. Associations of her children's schools.\nShe joined the ALP in 1986 and has held office at local and electorate level.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dakin, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE1412", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dakin-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Consultant, Teacher", "Summary": "Sue Dakin is a social and political activist, and successful local government councillor.\n", "Details": "Sue completed a BBM at UTS and worked as a TAFE teacher and in the hospitality industry before setting up her own business as a business consultant. By 2003 she was the business manager of a local legal practice and was actively involved as a volunteer court support worker for domestic violence victims. Sue is the chairperson of several Council Committees and is married with two sons.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "D'Amore, Angela", "Entry ID": "AWE1413", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/damore-angela\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Unionist", "Summary": "Angela D'Amore was a Union official and a dedicated party worker before her election to Parliament as the ALP candidate for Drummoyne in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (2003). She served in the Parliament from 2003-2011.\n", "Details": "Angela D'Amore is the daughter of Salvatore and Pina D'Amore who migrated from Graniti in Sicily, Italy in 1964. Her father worked as a subcontractor in the building industry, and her mother became an outworker in the clothing industry.\nAngela was educated at Bethlehem College, Ashfield and the University of Sydney and went on to become a Union officer for the Municipal Employees Union and the NSW Nurses' Association. She joined the ALP at the age of 21 and is a committed trade unionist. Angela D'Amore is married to Richard\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dawson, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE1414", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dawson-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Administrator", "Summary": "Christine Dawson was a once only candidate for parliamentary election. That was in the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election, as a One Nation Party candidate for Campbelltown.\n", "Details": "Christine Dawson lived at Bradbury, a suburb of Campbelltown when she stood for election. She stressed that she had a keen interest in local affairs as well as supporting One Nation's principles and objectives. She had two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Day, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1415", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/day-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Alderman, Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Day was a well known alderman (North Sydney Council, 1980-92c) but an unsuccessful candidate for parliamentary election as an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for North Shore in 1988.\n", "Details": "Mary Day was an outspoken and controversial Councillor on North Sydney Council, when she ran against the Mayor and MLA, Ted Mack in 1988. The antagonism between them was well known and had been the subject of comment for some years.\nMary Day had, seven years earlier, won what the Sydney Morning Herald called \"a famous victory\", when, after twelve years of court cases (including one to the High Court of Australia) she won her case against a home unit development which had adversely affected her harbour view. The developer was compelled to demolish one story of the building in order to restore the view. Not surprisingly, Mary Day's manifesto stressed her capacity to represent the lower north shore electors and her lack of political ambition and conflict of interest.\nMary Day died at Wollongong Hospital on Tuesday 16 November 2010. Her funeral service was held at Sussex Inlet Community Church on Tuesday 23 November 2010. She is survived by her husband, John Day.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "De Leau, Lesa", "Entry ID": "AWE1416", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/de-leau-lesa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Human resources officer, Marketing officer", "Summary": "Lesa De Leau is a prominent member of the Australian Greens who ran for the Rockdale City Council in 2002 and for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Rockdale in 2003.\n", "Details": "Lesa De Leau is a committed member of the Greens, who believes strongly in sustainable development. Her campaign for the Council was based on the slogan Clean Air, Clean water and Clean politics.\nShe is married and has two young children.\nIn 2005 she was the State Convenor of her party.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "De Merindol, Mary Justine", "Entry ID": "AWE1417", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/de-merindol-mary-justine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Blackheath, England", "Occupations": "Conference organiser, Secretary", "Summary": "Mary De Merindol is a long term supporter of the Australian Democrats and represented them in the 1995 election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Vaucluse and in the Legislative Council elections of 2003.\n", "Details": "Mary De Merindol was born in London and educated at a convent school, which she left, at year 11, to go to Italy and learn Italian, a pursuit she has maintained ever since. She married Peter De Merindol in 1960, and they have four children. They emigrated to Australia in the 1960s, and Mary worked at many jobs, including as a secretary to the Chief Engineer of Bushells Tea, in various legal offices and as an organiser of conferences for Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick.\nMary was elected to the committee of The Paddington Society in 2003, and is also a member of the Refugee Council of Australia, ChilOut, A Just Australia and Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation. She is actively involved in providing support to refugees held in detention centres. She remains an active member of the Australian Democrats and with her husband now runs a bed and breakfast establishment in Paddington.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Deane, Sue (Susan Margaret)", "Entry ID": "AWE1418", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/deane-sue-susan-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Secretary, Youth worker", "Summary": "Sue Deane is a political activist with strong interest in social issues, particularly youth affairs. She was an ALP candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for The Hills in 1988 and for Ku-ring-gai in1991. She also ran for the House of Representatives seat of Berowra in 1987, 1990 and 1993.\n", "Details": "Educated Miss Hales Business College and at Macquarie University (BA 1990), Sue Deane worked as a secretary at ABC Radio, and later Channel 7, Sydney. She joined ALP in 1975. She became an active party member, and held many positions including Branch secretary and delegate to annual conference.\nSue studied part time at Macquarie University, while raising children and working with intellectually handicapped people. She later became a youth worker in Sydney's west.\nShe is married with three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Delves, Margaret Jean (Peggy)", "Entry ID": "AWE1419", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/delves-margaret-jean-peggy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Delves was a candidate for election only once, but had a long association with politics. She was an ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Murrumbidgee in 1984.\n", "Details": "Peggy Delves was born and bred in the Griffith area. She was electorate secretary for A. R. L. Gordon, MLA for Murrumbidgee 1976-84. Upon his retirement, she was preselected by the ALP to contest the seat. Peggy is married, and she and her husband run a farm growing wheat, rice, citrus and grapes.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dezelin, Lipanjka", "Entry ID": "AWE1420", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dezelin-lipanjka\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lipa Dezelin stood for Parliament only once, running in an unwinnable seat of Mosman in the 1968 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections. She was an ALP member and the daughter of Rudolph Dezelin, a post war migrant from Yugoslavia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dillon, Meryl", "Entry ID": "AWE1421", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dillon-meryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Farmer", "Summary": "Meryl Dillon is an ALP political activist, concerned with health and environmental issues. She stood for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Barwon in 1999 and 2003. She has been a Councillor of the Moree Plains Shire Council since 1995.\n", "Details": "Meryl worked as a Lands Officer, a legal clerk and has been a farmer for thirty years. She served on the New England Health Board, later the New England Area Health Service, the Gwydir River Management Committee, and the Moree Vegetation management Committee. She has also been active on the Drug and Alcohol Misuse Board. She served on the New England-North West Regional Development Board from 2000 to 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dimond, Vicki", "Entry ID": "AWE1422", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dimond-vicki\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor, Housewife, Student", "Summary": "Vicki Dimond is a faithful member of the Democrats, and a committed community activist. She was the Democrats candidate in the House of Representatives elections for Mackellar in 1996, 1998 and 2001; for Pittwater in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1999 and for the New South Wales Legislative Council in 2003. Vicki was elected to the Pittwater Council from 1999 to 2004.\n", "Details": "Vicki Dimond was a tireless campaigner on community issues. She was involved in efforts to make Mona Vale Road safer, to upgrade the Warriewood Sewerage Treatment works and worked for better facilities for young people across the northern beaches area. She was committed to a safer and cleaner environment and a tolerant Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dodkin, Marilyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1423", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dodkin-marilyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Historian", "Summary": "Marilyn Dodkin was an Australian Labor Party activist and historian who contested the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Middle Harbour in 1988.\n", "Details": "Marilyn Dodkin joined the ALP in 1976, and held office at local and electorate level. She was a delegate to Annual Conference many times and in 1986 was a proxy delegate to the National Conference.\nMarilyn completed a Bacheloir of Arts at the University of New England, a Master of Arts at the University of Sydney and a PhD at Macquarie University. She worked as Research Officer for Gary Punch MP 1983, and in 1984 became the Administration Officer of the Australian Workers Union. She served on the North Sydney Technical and Further Education Committee and was a founding member of the Status of Women Committee which encouraged women to participate in politics.\nMarilyn married in 1961 and had two daughters. She is the author of Brothers: eight leaders of the Labor Council of NSW (UNSW Press, 2001), Bob Carr, the reluctant leader (UNSW Press, 2003) and Goodnight Bobby: one family's war (UNSW Press, 2006).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Douglas, Claire", "Entry ID": "AWE1424", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/douglas-claire\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Dietician, Teacher", "Summary": "Claire Douglas was a well known local candidate who nearly won the safe Liberal seat of Albury. She ran as an Independent candidate there for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1999 and 2003. Claire was successfully elected to the Albury City Council from 1999-2004.\n", "Details": "Claire Douglas is a long time resident of Albury. She was educated at the universities of Monash, Sydney and Melbourne and has tertiary qualifications in Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Dietetics, Sports Nutrition and Education.\nShe has been continually active in local affairs. She has chaired, convened or been an active member many organizations, including Save our City, Wonga Wetlands, Mirambeena Community Centre Management Committee, Albury Regional Arts Board and Regional Art Gallery, West Albury Community Garden and East Albury landcare Group. She was active on the school committees of the schools her children attended.\nShe was elected to the Albury City Council in 1999 and was Deputy Mayor in 2003. She narrowly lost the 1999 election, only 621 votes behind the Liberal who was elected. She ran a strong campaign against the plan for a freeway through Albury but in 2003, with more candidates running, and a campaign against her suggesting that she was a one issue candidate, she was beaten more easily.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Doust, Adele", "Entry ID": "AWE1425", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/doust-adele\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Seven Hills, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Human resources officer", "Summary": "Adele Doust is a committed environmentalist, whose career has continued to centre on environmental management. She was an Australian Greens candidate in the House of Representatives for Macquarie (1998), in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Blue Mountains (1999) and for the Blue Mountains City Council in 1999.\n", "Details": "Adele Doust was born and went to school in the western suburbs of Sydney. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Sociology at the University of New England and a Grad.Cert. Environment Management from the University of NSW.\nFrom 1999 to 2001 she worked on the staff of Ian Cohen, MLC and as a as a Human Resources Co-ordinator. By 2005 she was the Executive Officer of the Resource Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies at the Australian National University. At the same time she was completing a Masters degree in Management at the Australian National University.\nIn her 1999 campaign, Adele Doust deplored the race between the major parties to espouse the harshest penalties for crime, and stressed the Greens policy of early intervention programs as a more effective way of dealing with the problem.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dover, Sally", "Entry ID": "AWE1426", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dover-sally\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Waverley, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Church worker, Councillor", "Summary": "Sally Dover is a practised campaigner who has run campaigns for three parties in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Port Stephens: Call to Australia candidate in 1995, Christian Democrat Party candidate in 1999 and a Liberal Party candidate in 2003. Sally also ran for the Port Stephens Council, she missed out in 1995, but was elected in 2004 and served on the Council until 2017 including six years as Deputy Mayor.\n", "Details": "Sally Dover grew up in Coogee, the third of five daughters. She attended Coogee Public School and Dover Heights Home Science High School where she did the Leaving Certificate in 1956. She married in 1960, and has four children. She and her husband moved to the Sutherland Shire in 1966 where they ran a number of businesses over the succeeding 30 years. They moved to Port Stephens in 1990 and ran a charter yacht business until 1997.\nSally was elected to the Port Stephens Council in 2004 and was a member of many committees including Mambo Wetlands, Hunter and New England Health, Parks and Halls Committees. She served on the Council till 2017 including six years as Deputy Mayor.\nSally is a committed Christian and is involved in the women's ministry of her church. For many years, she was the co-ordinator for How to Drug Proof Your Kids and the Women's Information and Counselling Service in Nelson Bay.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Drinkwater, Estelle Alice", "Entry ID": "AWE1427", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/drinkwater-estelle-alice\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Estelle Drinkwater was a foundation member of the Democratic Labor Party and a once only candidate who stood for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wyong in 1971.\n", "Details": "Estelle Drinkwater, at the time of her campaign, was a triple certificated nurse, married and with a large family. She had travelled extensively and had nursed in almost every Australian state. She was a member of the Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies, in whom she took a particular interest.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Drysdale, Robyn Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1428", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/drysdale-robyn-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parole officer, Welfare worker", "Summary": "Robyn Drysdale was an active social and political campaigner who stood as an ALP Candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for South Coast in 1984 and 1988.\n", "Details": "Educated at Milperra Public School and East Hills Girls' High School, Robyn Drysdale gained her Welfare Work Certificate at Sydney TAFE in 1977 and later her BA (Macquarie University) and Dip Ed (Wollongong University).\nShe started work in the welfare field in 1977, and has worked with aged people and children, as well as prisoners. In 1984 she was Youth and Children's Resource Person at the Shoalhaven City Council. She joined the ALP in 1979 and has held branch and electorate level offices.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Duncan, Ruby Mildred", "Entry ID": "AWE1429", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/duncan-ruby-mildred\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Armidale, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Office worker", "Summary": "Ruby Duncan was a social and political campaigner, particularly for women and children. She stood as an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Drummoyne in 1932.\n", "Details": "Ruby Duncan worked as a typist in an importer's office. She campaigned, with Millicent Preston Stanley, for change in the law to give mothers equal guardianship of children. She was very involved with Housewives' Progressive Association during period that membership grew from hundreds to 80,000. She also worked for alleviation of Depression distress among unemployed women, and on a scheme for placing women on small land holdings in buses with kitchenettes and verandahs for homes.\nShe was the first President, and a life Vice President, of the League of Women Voters, which organization marked her 90th birthday with a reception in her honour. She died in Armidale, aged 98.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Duncan-Strelec, Amanda", "Entry ID": "AWE1430", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/duncan-strelec-amanda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Amanda Duncan-Strelec is a well known identity in Albury, and a very long term local councillor. She was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Albury in1995 and in the House of Representatives for Farrer in 1998. Amanda was elected to the Albury City Council from 1991-2007 and its Mayor in 1995.\n", "Details": "Amanda Duncan-Strelec (previously Amanda Strelec) was the second woman to nominate for the seat of Albury in 1995. She ran, in the expectation that independents were likely to retain the balance of power in the New South Wales Parliament, and so an independent from Albury would be effective in promoting Albury's interests.\nShe was described by The Border Mail as having the highest profile of any of the city's councillors, earned by her vocal opposition to the Murrawatta housing estate and her constant vigilance on council waste.\nAmanda Duncan-Strelec is married to David and has three children. children\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Easton, Rosemary", "Entry ID": "AWE1431", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/easton-rosemary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rosemary Easton was a One Nation Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Campbelltown in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Eckersley, Charmian", "Entry ID": "AWE1432", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eckersley-charmian\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Librarian, Manager", "Summary": "Charmian Eckersley is a committed environmentalist and an active member of regional and local organizations. She ran as an Australian Greens candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Swansea in 2003. The following year she was a candidate for the Lake Macquarie City Council.\n", "Details": "Charmian Eckersley is a manager in the Network for Innovation in Teaching & Learning group at the University of Newcastle, where she has worked since 1991. She is co-coordinator of the implementation working group for the management action plan adopted by the University Council to revitalise academic values.\nAs a librarian she has extensive experience in teaching and learning support for both students and academics especially with respect to information literacy. Assuming a more specific responsibility for academic support, especially in relation to the effective use of technology in teaching and learning, she has particular insights into the effective adoption of technology in the higher education environment and the need for effective support frameworks. She is the co-convenor, with Suzanne Ryan, of the implementation group for the Academic Integrity project.\nCharmian, at the time of her campaign, had lived in the Lake Macquarie area for 12 years, and was involved with Landcare , walking and kayaking groups. She is a founding member and has served as president and secretary of Earthcare Park. She is a member and supporter of unions, and sings with the People's Chorus, Newcastle's Union choir.\nCharmian Eckersley is the mother of a grown up daughter.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Edwards, Lesley", "Entry ID": "AWE1433", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edwards-lesley\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Horticulturalist", "Summary": "Lesley Edwards is a seasoned campaigner and committed environmentalist. She was an Australian Greens Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Penrith in 1999 and 2003; in the House of Representatives for Lindsay in 1996 (and subsequent by election 1996), 1998 and 2001; and for the Blue Mountains City Council.\n", "Details": "Lesley Edwards has lived all her life in the Penrith electorate. She has worked as a horticulturist in various businesses, small and large. She is a leading local campaigner for the environment, and is a member of the Penrith Bushcare Network Transport, health, employment and the development of the ADI site were the main topics in her 1999 state campaign.\nLesley lives in Glenbrook with her partner Ray, and son Angus.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Edwards, Royalene", "Entry ID": "AWE1434", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edwards-royalene\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist, Architect", "Summary": "Royalene Edwards is a committed Christian campaigner who represented the Call to Australia Party in the 1991 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Riverstone.\n", "Details": "Royalene Edwards graduated in Architecture from the University of Sydney in 1960. She married Graham Edwards soon after graduation. She has worked as architect, and as a church activist for church organisations in Australia, Papua New Guinea and South Africa.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ewers, Florence", "Entry ID": "AWE1435", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ewers-florence\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Feminist, Orchardist", "Summary": "Florence Ewers was a party stalwart and committed feminist who was an ALP candidate for the following elections: New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Cumberland in 1925; New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Hawkesbury in 1927; Sutherland Shire Council in 1928 and 1929.\n", "Details": "Florence Ewers moved to live in the Sutherland Shire c. 1909, and was active in the local Labor Party branch and a member of the Labor Women's Central Organising Committee.\nShe was not easily intimidated, and proceeded in the Kogarah Police Court, against Hannah Brady for using insulting words to her, outside a Labor League meeting. The action was dismissed and Mrs Ewers had to pay the court costs.\nIn her campaign for Sutherland Shire Council in 1928, Florence Ewers made no secret of her feminism, stating she believed in feminine representation on any public body, especially in councils and in Parliament. She advocated the expediting of Woronora Dam and the electrification of the railway to Cronulla. She was a member of a deputation to the Railway Commissioner in 1930 on the subject of the extension of the railway line to Cronulla.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Eykamp, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE1436", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eykamp-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Art therapist", "Summary": "Jean Eykamp is an enthusiastic candidate who has tried several parties. Her Parliamentary and Local Government career was as follows:\nOne Nation Party candidate: New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Penrith, 1999\nChristian Democrat Party candidate: House of Representatives, Lindsay, 1998\nNo GST Party candidate: House of Representatives, Lindsay, 2001\n", "Details": "Jean Eykamp's family migrated from the United States of America in the early 1960s, and she grew up in country NSW, where her father was an innovative farmer.\nAfter leaving school, Jean studies Dress Designing and Graphics and then went to Art School in Adelaide, learning photography and drawing. While in Adelaide, Jean became a Christian and trained as a Missionary at Bible College, Since then, Jean has travelled to various countries for short term missionary work and early in 1998 she was in Brazil investigating the plight of street children. She has worked as a Boarding school mistress, a youth worker, a dress maker, clerical assistant in the Department of Immigration and Art Gallery director. Jean became an Australian in 1994 and completed her training as an Art Therapist in 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ferguson, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE1437", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ferguson-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Naturopath", "Summary": "Kate Ferguson is an active opponent of economic rationalism. She stood as a Progressive Labour Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Charlestown in 2003 and in the NSW Senate in 2004.\n", "Details": "Kate Ferguson has a strong affinity with the Newcastle region, her family having lived there for three generations. Kate studied sociology at Newcastle University and then worked as a researcher there. She also worked in Canberra for the Commonwealth Government in the areas of health education, employment and legal aid. She has also studied naturopathy.\nKate Ferguson joined the Progressive Labour Party in 2000, because she shared its opposition to economic rationalist policy, and the privatisation of public services.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ferrara, Margaret Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE1438", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ferrara-margaret-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical researcher, Veterinary scientist", "Summary": "Margaret Ferrara is a high achieving scientist who ran for election only once. She was an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Baulkham Hills in 1999.\n", "Details": "Margaret Ferrara was born in Sydney and educated at Hornsby Girls' High School and St George Girls' High School. She graduated B.V.Sc. From Sydney University in 1975 and set up in private practice at Campsie. After 10 years she sold her practice in order to spend time with her two daughters and pursue her Ph.D. study.\nIn 1990, she left veterinary science for medical research, specifically a collaborative project between Westmead Hospital and Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital. When the research grant ended, she went to work for a large multinational veterinary vaccine company.\nMargaret has many interests outside politics. She has successfully bred and showed dogs, writes poetry and paints.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ficarra, Marie Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1439", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ficarra-marie-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Councillor, Parliamentarian, Politician, Scientist", "Summary": "Marie Ficarra has had extensive and successful careers in business and politics. She was a member of the Hurstville City Council from 1980-1995, which included stints as Deputy Mayor (1983-84) and Mayor (1990-1991). As a Liberal Party candidate, Marie was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for George's River in 1995, but failed to gain re-election in 1999. In March 2007, she was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council. She became Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship and was appointed to the Social Issues Standing Committee and General Purpose Committee Number 2. She left Parliament in 2015, after serving as Parliamentary secretary from 2011-2014. In April 2014 she stood down from parliament as she was accused of soliciting donations for the Liberal Party in contravention of NSW election campaign funding laws. She denied the claims. Marie was the first female member of the Liberal Party to serve in both Houses of the New South Wales Parliament.\n", "Details": "Educated at Beverly Hills Girls High School, Marie was awarded her Bachelor of Science (Honours) by the University of Sydney in 1976. She tutored in Histology and Physiology at the University from 1976-1984, before working as the NSW Sales Manager of Hoechst Australia (pharmaceuticals) from 1984-1995. In December 2004 she was General Manager of Cytyc Australia Pty Ltd. Marie is a Patron of many local community organizations and a former President of the Mortdale District Progress Committee (1980-1992).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Field, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1440", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/field-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Anne Field was a once only candidate for Parliament (Independent candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Kogarah, 1988) and a successful local government councillor. She was elected to the Kogarah Municipal Council in 1999 and 2004.\n", "Details": "Anne Field has been a State high school teacher of Economics and Geography since 1975 and has continued to study herself. In 1988 she was studied accounting at the St George College of TAFE and later went on to complete a BA, Dip Ed and Dip Urban Studies. She was Treasurer of St George Hospital and Deputy Principal of the Saturday School of Community Languages at St George Girls' High, a member of the Kogarah Historical Society, and a member of the Kogarah Bicentennial Committee and the International Youth Year committee.\nShe was elected to Kogarah Council in 1999 and re-elected in 2004. As a councillor she has been committed to the maintenance of the Council's Heritage List and has been a delegate to the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils Heritage Forum since its inception in 1997.\nShe is an active member of the Councils Estuary Floodplain Management working party, Access working party, Community Safety Working party and the Urban Planning working party. She has been President of the Management Committee of Kogarah Community Services since 2000.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fletcher, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE1441", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fletcher-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Politician", "Summary": "Karen Fletcher is a political activist with a passionate interest in justice. She is a long-term member of the Democratic Socialist Party and stood in elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Marrickville (1995); the House of Representatives for Sydney (1996); and the Queensland Senate (in both 1990 and 2001).\n", "Details": "Karen Fletcher was a student when she ran for Marrickville. She wrote regularly for Refractory Girl and Green Left Weekly on women's issues. In 2000, she was co-ordinator of the Prisoners Legal Service in Brisbane, and was a speaker at the Annual Conference of Community Legal Centres in Alice Springs in August of that year. In 2004, she joined the intern program of the Centre for Public Health Law and spent her second placement with the National AIDS Council of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Florence, Annie", "Entry ID": "AWE1442", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/florence-annie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Annie Florence is a health professional whose concern with the environment led to her candidature. She ran as an Australian Greens candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bega in 2003.\n", "Details": "Annie Florence is a registered nurse with experience in community health, aged care and nursing education. At the time of her campaign she was working as a mental health practitioner with the Southern Area Health Service based in Moruya. She moved to the South Coast of NSW permanently in 2000, but she knew the area well from holidays there over twenty years.\nIn 2003, Annie was Secretary of the Eurobodalla Greens, and a member of the Greens Committee of Management and State Election Campaign Committee. She was involved in the campaign against the Mogo Charcoal Plant and subsequently helped establish the Non-violence Action Training Program which grew out of the Mogo experience. She also was actively involved in trying to stop the development of a huge Shooters Complex near Tilba.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fogarty, Michaela", "Entry ID": "AWE1443", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fogarty-michaela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Michaela Fogarty was a once only candidate. She stood for the ALP in the 2003 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Northern Tablelands.\n", "Details": "Michaela Fogarty moved from Kangaroo Island in South Australia where she was working as an eco-guide to Armidale in the New England region of NSW to study law (LLB). Originally trained as a teacher, Michaela has taught in primary and secondary schools in five states. She completed her law degree in 2002 and finished her legal training with the Kamilaroi Aboriginal legal Service. She had previously worked in hospitality, education and as a farm hand.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Foot, Rosemary Irene", "Entry ID": "AWE1444", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/foot-rosemary-irene\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Director, Politician", "Summary": "Rosemary Foot is an outstanding woman, who became the first woman to hold a leadership position in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales: she was elected to the seat of Vaucluse in 1978 and re-elected in 1981 and 1984. She was appointed an AO in 1999 for her services to the community.\n", "Details": "Rosemary Foot was born in Sydney and grew up in the country. She was educated at Frensham School, Mittagong and the University of Sydney (BA), where she lived at Women's College. She graduated in 1959, having been a director of the Women's Union 1954-55.\nFrom 1972 she has been a company director and investor. She entered Parliament in 1978 and was in the Shadow Ministry two years later. Between 1980 and her retirement in 1986 she held shadow portfolios in Employment, Consumer Affairs, Women's Affairs, Youth and Community Services. She became Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary Liberal party in 1983, then the most senior position ever held by a woman in the Legislative Assembly of NSW. After her retirement from politics she worked in England as a management consultant 1986-88.\nShe has held executive positions on numerous organizations including NSW Association for Mental Health, Sydney Home Nursing Service, Australia Council, Law Foundation, Australian Institute of Political Science, NSW Tourism Commission, National Trust Conservation Fund Advisory Board, Eastern Sydney Area Health Service, Royal Hospital for Women Foundation, Library Council of NSW, CARE Australia and the Australian Heritage Commission. She has been a director of Art\/Omni (New York) since 1992.\nRosemary Foot married R. P. Foot in 1960, (diss. 1972) and Bernard A. J. Arens (dec.2000). She has two daughters. Her grandfather was a Minister in the Carruthers and Wade governments.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-the-womens-college-within-the-university-of-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-richardson-scrapbooks-relating-to-the-womens-electoral-lobby-and-womens-events-1977-2002\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Forrest, Shauna", "Entry ID": "AWE1445", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forrest-shauna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Clothing designer", "Summary": "Shauna Forrest is a longstanding environmentalist and member of the Australian Greens Party. She was their electoral candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Lane Cove in 2003 and for the Lane Cove Municipal Council in 2004.\n", "Details": "At the time of her campaign, Shauna Forrest had lived in the Lane Cove area for 22 years and was well known in environment protection groups for her work as publicity officer of the Lane Cove Bushland and Conservation Society. She coordinated the bush regeneration project at Greenwich Public School and was a founding member of the Lane Cove Women's Action and Information Group. She was active in the successful campaign to save \"Nutcote\", May Gibbs' house, from redevelopment and open it to the public.\nShe is the mother of four children, and in 2003 was studying politics and anthropology at Macquarie University.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Freeman, Sharynne", "Entry ID": "AWE1446", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/freeman-sharynne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sharynne Freeman was unsuccessful in her two campaigns as an Independent candidate. She ran for the House of Representatives for Werriwa in 1998 and for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Campbelltown, in 1999. Her campaign slogans were \"Put Campbelltown first\" and \"Vote for Campbelltown Memorial Park Cemetery\".\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Freihaut, Kathy", "Entry ID": "AWE1447", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/freihaut-kathy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Shop manager", "Summary": "Kathy Freihaut was a once only candidate but a committed environmentalist. A member of the Australian Greens, she stood for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bega in 1999.\n", "Details": "In 1998 Kathy Freihaut was the campaign co-ordinator for the Greens in the House of Representatives seat of Eden-Monaro. She was a committed member of the Greens and had worked with social justice and environment groups for the previous eight years. She campaigned for sustainable employment creation through the use of clever technology industries and environmentally sustainable agriculture. After completing her studies she managed a book store (2003-).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Frewin, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1448", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/frewin-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist", "Summary": "A passionate activist for women, Elizabeth (Bessie) Frewin was one of the earliest women candidates for all levels of government. She was an ALP candidate in the House of Representatives for Warringah in 1934 and 1940 and for the North Sydney Council in 1938, 1941 and 1948. Bessie was also a Lang Labor candidate in the 1947 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bondi.\n", "Details": "Bessie Frewin was born in Newcastle in 1892, the sixth child in a family of nine. She left school at 13 and went into domestic service. Her interest in politics and social justice began then and continued throughout her life.\nShe married George Henry Gibbons Frewin on 17 December 1919, in St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, and they had two daughters and two sons. They owned and ran a Ham and Beef shop in Lavender Bay until the land was resumed for the building of the Harbour Bridge. Later, they lived at Cammeray.\nIn her election pamphlet for the Council Election of 1948, Bessie Frewin stressed her long held beliefs in education, the abolition of slums, the provision of more parks and playgrounds and the preservation of the harbour waterfront for public use.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gadiel, Tanya Rachelle", "Entry ID": "AWE1449", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gadiel-tanya-rachelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Politician", "Summary": "An ALP candidate, Tanya Rachelle Gadiel was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Parramatta in 2003. She was re-elected in 2007, but retired before the 2011 election. She served as Deputy Speaker in the Christina Keneally Labor Government.\n", "Details": "Tanya Gadiel was educated at public schools including Cessnock High School, and was the first person in her family to travel overseas or go to university (BA, LLB). She was a Rotary exchange student to South Africa.\n\"Her career history includes: Industrial Officer Australian Workers' Union NSW branch Organiser Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (Postal and Telecommunications), Policy advisor and chief of staff to Michael Costa Minister for Police, Elected member for Parramatta 2003, Member Committee on Health Care Complaints Commission.\nTanya married Michael Gadiel and had one daughter.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Galagher, Roberta", "Entry ID": "AWE1450", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/galagher-roberta\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Roberta Galagher was a stalwart Liberal Party member from its formation and ran as their candidate in the 1947, 1950, 1953 and 1956 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for King. Prior to this she was an Independent candidate in the House of Representatives for Robertson in 1943.\n", "Details": "Roberta Galagher was Chair of the NSW Division of the Liberal Party at the time of her death. She had been a member of its State Council from 1945, and had been a member of its Federal Executive and Council and a former Chair of its Federal Women's Committee.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Garrett, Anna", "Entry ID": "AWE1451", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/garrett-anna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Anna Garrett is a teacher, passionate about the importance of education. An Australian Democrats candidate she stood for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Strathfield in 1999 and 2003, and to the House of Representatives for Lowe in 2001.\n", "Details": "Anna Garrett joined the Australian Democrats in 1998, motivated by her strong feelings for the education system and her commitment to .social justice. She became the state secretary of the Young Democrats and adviser on youth policy.\nIn 2003 Anna Garret was teaching history at an Inner West High School. All her campaigns stressed the importance of education.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gaul, Carol Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1452", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gaul-carol-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Director, Teacher", "Summary": "Carol Gaul has been a Councillor in the Blue Mountains City Council since 1991 and was appointed Deputy Mayor from 1991 to 1992. In 1995 she ran as an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Blue Mountains and was an Australian Greens candidate in the House of Representatives for Macquarie at 1996.\n", "Details": "Carol Gaul was well known as a councillor on Blue Mountains City Council, and was Deputy mayor 1991-92. She consistently espoused environmental issues, while on Council, and joined the Greens to run for Macquarie in 1996. She was an active member of the Mid Mountains Historical Society and by 2002 was Convenor of the Blue Mountains Greens.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gemmell, Suzie", "Entry ID": "AWE1453", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gemmell-suzie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "IT professional, Project manager", "Summary": "Suzie Gemmell is a social and environmental activist who stood for the Australian Greens Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ku-ring-gai in 2003.\n", "Details": "Susie Gemmell has worked in the IT industry for fifteen years, as a software designer, trainer, documentation writer and project manager. She teaches web design at a local community college and develops environmental education programs for children.\nShe joined the Greens on the day of the Tampa incident in 2001, believing that the Howard government's treatment of refugees and asylum seekers was disgraceful and fair minded people had to voice their opposition to such policies.\nShe is a long term member of the Australian Conservation Foundation and the Wilderness Society. She is an avid letter writer in favour of preservation of native wildlife.\nSusie Gemmel has young children and is an active member of her children's school communities. She completed a B. Communications at the University of Technology in Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ghabbar, Sanaa", "Entry ID": "AWE1454", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ghabbar-sanaa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "A belief that education can transform lives is central to Sanaa Ghabbar's philosophy. She ran as an Australian Greens Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bankstown in 2003.\n", "Details": "Sanaa originally trained to teach English, but then did a degree in Mathematics and English as a second language (BA, B Teach). She has lived in the electorate for 11 years at the time of her campaign.\nShe has been active in the area of human rights and freedom from discrimination and she spoke against the war in Iraq.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gill, Linda", "Entry ID": "AWE1455", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gill-linda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Horticulturalist", "Summary": "A prominent councillor and environmentalist, Linda Gill has served on the Great Lakes Council since 1991. She unsuccessfully tried to entre the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Myall Lakes in 1995, 1999 and 2003 elections where she ran as an Australian Greens Party candidate.\n", "Details": "Linda Gill and her husband Greg have been resident in the Myall Lakes area for more than two decades. Linda has been active in a wide range of environmental organisations including the North Coast Environment Council, (Executive 1990-2002, Vice President 1997-2001); Lower North Coast Catchment Management Board; Karuah-Great Lakes Regional Vegetation Committee (Chairperson); Smiths Lake Estuary Management Committee (Chairperson 1995-2002); Regional Co-ordinator, North East Forest Alliance (1989-1999); Hunter District National Parks and Wildlife Services Advisory Committee (1995-2002).\nIn 2003 she was the Local Government Association's representative on the Biological Diversity Advisory Council, and was a Board member of the Hunter Regional Organisation of Councils (1996-2002).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gilling, Bridget Sabina", "Entry ID": "AWE1456", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gilling-bridget-sabina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, Middlesex, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Bridget Gilling was a lifelong activist and fighter for social justice. She ran as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bligh in 1971, but the following year she joined the Australia Party. She then stood as their candidate for election into the House of Representatives for Warringah (1972) and for the New South Wales Senate in 1974.\n", "Details": "Born in London, Bridget Gilling grew up in a family which was vitally interested in politics. During World War II she served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment and met and married an Australian serviceman, Douglas Gilling, later a prominent architect. They returned to Australia after the war, and their four children were born in Sydney. As they grew up, Bridget Gilling completed an Arts\/Social Work degree at the University of Sydney.\nAt the time of her campaign in Bligh, Bridget Gilling was working for a community agency and was very concerned with birth control and the campaign for abortion law reform.\nHer campaign literature was critical of all major parties and their failure to present policies on these subjects, whereas her beliefs and promises on them were spelled out in detail.\nShe joined the Australia Party and ran under that banner in 1972 and 1974, unsuccessfully.\nIn 1987, Bridget Gilling was approached as a prominent women's movement activist, to lend her weight to the campaign against the Australia Card proposal, and she agreed to become a trustee of the Australian Privacy Foundation.\nIn 2004, Bridget Gilling wrote one of the most telling and pithiest letters to the Sydney Morning Herald on the subject of abortion, which remained one of her chosen causes.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/campaigner-for-all-things-liberal\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gould, Diana Maud", "Entry ID": "AWE1457", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gould-diana-maud\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Diana Gould was an early woman candidate who ran as an Independent for both State (New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Phillip, 1941) and Federal Parliaments (New South Wales Legislative Assembly, East Sydney, 1940). She was married to Harry Gould and they had two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Graham, Pauline Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1458", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/graham-pauline-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Manager", "Summary": "Pauline Graham was a once only candidate, running for the Liberal Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Waratah in 1981. She was educated in the United Kingdom and has worked in television and as a private secretary. She was married, and has two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grant, Lee", "Entry ID": "AWE1459", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grant-lee\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lee Grant ran for election once only, but was active in her community. She stood for the Australian Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Cabramatta in 2003.\n", "Details": "When Lee Grant ran for election, she was a working mother of four, travelling daily from Bonnyrigg, a far western suburb of Sydney, to Alexandria in the inner west. Although she had lived most of her life in the western suburbs of Sydney, she had travelled widely and understood the difficulties of moving to a new country. She had been active in residents groups opposed to over development. She was a committed supporter of public education and public health\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gray, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE1460", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gray-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jane Gray only ran for election once, spurred by her belief in free, secular, state education. She ran as a candidate for the Council for the Defence of Government Schools in the New South Wales (State) Legislative Assembly for Northcott.\n", "Details": "Jane Gray is a great grand-daughter of Sir Henry Parkes and passionate about free state education. She was educated at the University of Sydney, graduating in science (BSc).\nAt the time of her campaign, her three children were high school pupils, and she was active in their Parents and Citizens Associations.\nHer election leaflets were fiercely opposed to the extension of state aid to private schools and in favour of a first-rate State system of free education as the key to the quality of Australia's future.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gray, Mary Lorna", "Entry ID": "AWE1461", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gray-mary-lorna\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "RydeRyde, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Secretary", "Summary": "Mollie Gray only ran for election once: a Democratic Labor Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Lane Cove in 1959.\n", "Details": "Mollie Gray was office supervisor for the ALP for four years but when the split occurred, she resigned her job and joined the Democratic Labor Party. In 1959 she ran the office for the Party Secretary, J. T. Kane, who was running for the seat of Concord in the same election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Green, Colleen Mary Stella", "Entry ID": "AWE1462", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/green-colleen-mary-stella\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Laboratory assistant", "Summary": "Colleen Green is a long-term local government councillor, having served on the Quirindi Municipal Council (1970-79) and Quirindi Shire Council (1979-91) where she was also Deputy Shire President from 1983 to 1991. Colleen failed to enter State politics where she stood as an ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Upper Hunter in 1984 and 1988.\n", "Details": "Colleen Green was educated at St. Mary's College, Gunnedah, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and the University of New England (BA). She then worked for many years at the Murrurundi and Quirindi Hospitals.\nShe was a member of the New England Industry Development Board 1987-88. Colleen was Chairperson of the Quirindi College of TAFE, Quirindi Child Care Centre, Quirindi C.Y.S.S. and a Director of the Quirindi District Hospital and the R.S.L. Sub Branch. She joined ALP 1982 and has held office at local and electorate level.\nShe is married, with three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Green, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE1463", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/green-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Environmentalist", "Summary": "Jan Green is a committed environmentalist who was an Australian Greens candidate in the House of Representatives elections for Hume in 1998 and in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Burrinjuck in 1999.\n", "Details": "Jan Green studied art at the East Sydney Technical College and then worked in the animated film industry. She later ran her own pottery business in Dee Why and was a co-founder of 'Clay Things', a successful retail pottery co-operative. She also taught at TAFE.\nAs an active environmentalist she was a member of 'paddlers for peace', a group which tried to stop visits to Sydney Harbour by nuclear powered and capable ships and opposed the importation of rainforest timber.\nShe and her husband moved to Taralga in 1994 and she is an active member of local organizations, including the Taralga Garden Club, Landcare and she is the Southern Tablelands co-ordinator of WIRES. She is a member of the Australian Plant Society and is active in organising the annual Taralga Art Society Show.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harrison, Gabrielle Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1464", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harrison-gabrielle-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Politician", "Summary": "Gabrielle Harris was a successful politician whose career was surprisingly short. An ALP candidate, she was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Parramatta in the 1994 bi-election. She was re-elected in 1995 and 1999 and served as the Minister for Sport and Recreation during this time. She retired from all political work in 2003.\n", "Details": "Gabrielle Harrison was born in Darlinghurst and grew up in Pennant Hills. She is a graduate from Macquarie University (BA) and was Chairperson of the Macquarie University Students Council.\nHarrison joined the ALP in 1983 and was active at a local level as an executive member of the Young Labor Organisation. In 1985 she married Andrew Ziolkowski (deceased 12 April 1994) and the pair had one son, Tristan.\nHarrison replaced her husband as the Member for Parramatta following his early death, and served in this post until 2003.\nShe is now married to Ron Bonham.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kearney, Vicki", "Entry ID": "AWE1465", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kearney-vicki\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Lecturer", "Summary": "Vicki Kearney was a frequent Australian Greens candidate:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Camden 1995.\nHouse of Representatives, Macarthur, 1996.\nHouse of Representatives, Blaxland, By election, 1996.\nHouse of Representatives, Werriwa, 1998.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Campbelltown, 1999.\n", "Details": "Vicki Kearney was a lecturer in Public Health at the Macarthur campus of the University of Western Sydney when she ran for Campbelltown in 1999. She was a strong advocate for organisational change within the health industry. She has two sons.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marguin, Ariel", "Entry ID": "AWE1466", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marguin-ariel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Public servant", "Summary": "A community activist with a strong belief in a multicultural society, Ariel Marguin stood for the Unity Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bligh in 1999.\n", "Details": "Ariel Marguin had been a resident in the Bligh electorate for more than 25 years when she ran as a candidate for the Unity party. She had previously worked in the Department of Immigration, and held a strong belief that prejudice and discrimination should be eradicated. \nAriel was active in local organizations, being on the committee of the Holdsworth Street Community Centre, the Immigration Advice and Rights Centre and the Refugee Resettlement Working Group. She was also a member of Greenpeace, The Wilderness Society and the Friends of the ABC.\nAfter her one campaign she continued to be active in Justice Action, the Inner Eastern Sydney Migrant Interagency Action Group, and in the Unity Party. She was thanked for her work for Unity by Dr. Peter Wong, MLC, in his maiden speech in the parliament.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allen, Dianne Lesley", "Entry ID": "AWE1467", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allen-dianne-lesley\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Dianne Lesley Allen was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wollondilly in 1973 and in the NSW Senate in 1974.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allison, Doris Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1468", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allison-doris-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Doris Mary Allison was a Democratic Labor Party candidate for the House of Representatives for St. George in 1972 and for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Earlwood in 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Alterator, Rachel", "Entry ID": "AWE1469", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alterator-rachel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rachel Alterator, an Australian Greens candidate, ran for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for The Entrance in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Anderson, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE1470", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anderson-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jane Anderson nominated for election in to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Illawarra in 1999. She ran as an Australian Greens candidate.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Anderson, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1471", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anderson-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Anderson ran for Australians Against Further Immigration in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Blue Mountains.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Andersons, Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE1472", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/andersons-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lorraine Andersons was a once only candidate who ran for the Australian Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Port Macquarie in 1999. In 2004 she was a member of the Greater Taree Bush Fire Management Committee.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Appleby, Kim", "Entry ID": "AWE1473", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/appleby-kim\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Auburn, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Office Manager", "Summary": "Kim Appleby is a successful local councillor, having been elected, to the Auburn Council from 1999 to 2003. She was however unsuccessful in her one attempt to enter State parliament. She was an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Auburn by-election of 2001.\n", "Details": "Kim Appleby was born in Auburn and educated at secondary level at St John's High School, later part of Trinity Catholic College. She was a councillor on Auburn Council at the time of her campaign for the state seat of Auburn, having been elected in 1999. She ran chiefly to indicate to the government that the area had been neglected. She was concerned about rising crime rates and the condition of Auburn Hospital.\nKim Appleby was active in many community groups in the area including the Auburn Community Drug Action Team. She was also the prime mover in the establishment of a Heritage Working party for Auburn Council\nIn 2005 she was involved in tertiary study, completing a Diploma of Business Management.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Aukim, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE1474", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aukim-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jennifer Aukim was an Earthsave candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Willoughby in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baker, Jennifer Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1475", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baker-jennifer-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 1973 Jennifer Elizabeth Baker ran as an Australia Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for the seat of Phillip. The following year she tried for and again missed out on election to the House of Representatives for Robertson.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bastable, Jules", "Entry ID": "AWE1476", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bastable-jules\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jules Bastable ran as the Australian Greens candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Maroubra in 1999. The following year she also tried for the Randwick Municipal Council, but was again not elected.\n", "Details": "Jules Bastable settled in Australia in the 1980s and graduated from the University of New South Wales with a law degree. She was the legal adviser in the office of Ian Cohen, MLC from 1999 to 2002. Jules Bastable is now a policy officer in a NSW Government Department.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baxter, Cheryl", "Entry ID": "AWE1477", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baxter-cheryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cheryl Baxter was an Independent in the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Lismore.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beckett, Lillian", "Entry ID": "AWE1478", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beckett-lillian\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lillian Beckett was an Independent candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Moorebank in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bedwell, Deidrei", "Entry ID": "AWE1479", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bedwell-deidrei\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Deidrei Bedwell stood as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for George's River in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Benn, Gillian Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE1480", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/benn-gillian-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A member and candidate of the Australian Democrats, Gillian Frances Bennan tried but failed to win election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bass Hill (1978).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bennell, Kirsten", "Entry ID": "AWE1481", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bennell-kirsten\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kirsten Bennell was a member of the Australian Democrats and ran for the seat of Maroubra at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Birch, Jenni", "Entry ID": "AWE1482", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/birch-jenni\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hamilton, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Farmer, Teacher", "Summary": "Jennie Birch was a once only candidate for election and is well known in the developing olive oil industry in Australia. She represented the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Barwon in 1991. She failed to be elected.\n", "Details": "Jenni Birch was born in Victoria in 1945 and graduated BA, Dip Ed From Melbourne University, majoring in politics. She taught for the Victorian Department of Education for two years. After she moved to New South Wales she worked as a Community Liaison officer for the New South Wales Department of Education, and more recently, has been a part-time teacher of literacy and numeracy at the Moree College of TAFE.\nShe is married to Peter Birch and they have two children. In 1983 the Birches settled out of Moree in north-western New South Wales and in partnership with Will and Margi Kirkby, established Gwydir Grove Olive Oil. Peter held a Churchill Fellowship in 2002. And Jenni accompanied him on his study of olive growing and processing. By 2005 they had established the largest table olive processing plant in Australia.\nGwydir Grove Olives has participated in the Anuga International Food Fair in Cologne, Germany and been part of the NSW Exhibition at the Fancy Food Show in San Francisco in January 2005, and is expected to exhibit in Seoul, South Korea in October-November 2005.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bleicher, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE1483", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bleicher-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Michelle Bleicher is a staunch member of the Australian Democrats and their candidate in the House of Representatives for Sydney in 2004 and in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Marrickville by-election in 2005.\n", "Details": "Michelle Bleicher has had a varied career. She managed an entertainer, producing an APRA award winning record before studying psychology and politics. Following the birth of her son, she moved into community cultural planning.\nShe has developed educational and indigenous projects through local government and in 2002 she was the co-ordinator for the Woollahra Sculpture Prize. She4 is involved with community radio.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blood, Carol Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1484", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blood-carol-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "As an Independent, Carol Ann Blood missed out in being elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Corimal in 1981.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boland, Linda", "Entry ID": "AWE1485", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boland-linda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A member of the Socialist Workers Party, Linda Boland was a candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balmain (1978) and in the House of Representatives for Reid (1983).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boswell, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE1486", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boswell-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jennifer Boswell ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Charlestown on behalf of the Christian Democrat party in 1999 and then again in 2003.\n", "Details": "Jennifer Boswell was retired when she ran for the seat of Charlestown in 2003. She was then a volunteer with the Newcastle City Mission. Her stated aim was to help people with personal and educational problems.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bourke, Betty", "Entry ID": "AWE1487", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bourke-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In the 1991 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections Betty Bourke stood as an Independent for the seat of Penrith.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fyffe, Christine Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1488", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fyffe-christine-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Staffordshire, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Christine Fyffe was elected as the Member for Evelyn in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 1999. She was defeated at the 2002 election. In 2006 she was elected again to represent the constituents of Evelyn. She was re-elected in 2010 and was a member of the Baillieu government. She was re-elected in 2014. Her local government experience included a term as Commissioner with the Shire of Yarra Ranges from 1994-97.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-the-54th-parliament-no-7\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hirsh, Carolyn Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE1489", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hirsh-carolyn-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Psychologist", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), Carolyn Hirsh's parliamentary career began when she was elected as the Member for Wantirna in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 1985 after standing for that seat unsuccessfully at the 1982 election. She was re-elected in 1988, but defeated in 1992 when she stood as an ALP candidate for the seat of Knox. In an attempt to move into the federal parliament, she unsuccessfully contested the seat of La Trobe at both the 1996 and 1998 elections. Returning to the state parliament, she was elected as the Member for Silvan in the Legislative Council in 2002. She resigned from the ALP in 2004 and continued in parliament as an Independent until she rejoined the party in November 2005. She did not contest the 2006 state election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-electronic-edition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-parliamentary-handbook-no-8-the-55th-parliament\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bowen, Sara Elva Gladys", "Entry ID": "AWE1490", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bowen-sara-elva-gladys\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Communist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Sally Bowen was an early candidate for parliamentary election. She stood for the Communist Party of Australia in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bulli in 1953 (under her maiden name Phipps), 1962 and 1965.\n", "Details": "Sally Bowen (nee Phipps) ran for the NSW Legislative Assembly seat of Bulli three times as a Communist candidate. At the time of her two later campaigns, she was married to a miner and they had two young children. She was the Vice President of the South Coast District of the Union of Australian Women and a member of the Corimal Miners' Women's Auxiliary. She had played a leading roll in campaigns for local government reforms.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boyd, Felicity", "Entry ID": "AWE1491", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boyd-felicity\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Social worker", "Summary": "Felicity Boyd was an active member of the Australian Democrats. She stood for them in three elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Davidson in 1991 and for Port Stephens in 1999 and 2003.\n", "Details": "Felicity Boyd was born in Sydney and went to school at Hastings-on-Hudson High School, New York. She attended Briarcliff College, New York and the University of Sydney (Graduate Diploma in Social Studies 1958)), living at the Women's College.\nAfter graduation, she worked as a social worker for the NSW Society of Crippled Children and as a market research interviewer and analyst. She was social worker at St Joseph's Hospital, Auburn, 1977-82 and from 1982 to 1987 at the Spastic Centre of NSW. She did locum work at various hospitals and at the Office of the Public Guardian, 1988-1995 and 1995-2002 she was a court visitor. Felicity Boyd married Ian Boyd in 1961 and they have three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-register-the-womens-college-within-the-university-of-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boyle, Norma Florence", "Entry ID": "AWE1492", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boyle-norma-florence\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Stenographer", "Summary": "Norma Florence Boyle was a Democratic Labor Party candidate at the following elections:\nHouse of Representatives for Barton in 1963 and 1966.\nHouse of Representatives for Sydney in 1969.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ku-ring-gai in 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brock, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1493", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brock-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Brock was a Liberal Party candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (Liverpool) in 1988.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Broderick, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE1494", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/broderick-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Wendy Broderick stood as an Independent candidate at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Penrith in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brooks, Sharyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1495", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brooks-sharyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sharyn Brooks was a One Nation Party Candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Newcastle in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Bronwyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1496", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-bronwyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Bronwyn Brown is a committed environmentalist who ran for the Australian Greens in the 1999 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Willoughby.\n", "Details": "Bronwyn Brown had been involved in previous campaigns to preserve the amenity of the Willoughby area, before she stood for election. She was active in the successful opposition to a large-scale marina proposed for Sailors Bay and in her campaign, stated that the Greens would work for the codification of public interest rights in planning laws. She has graduated with a MA.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Doris Irene", "Entry ID": "AWE1497", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-doris-irene\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Doris Irene Brown was a Democratic Labor Party candidate in the following elections:\nHouse of Representatives for Wentworth in 1966 and 1969.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Phillip in 1968.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Liverpool in 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE1498", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marie Brown stood as an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Coogee in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Browning, Sarah", "Entry ID": "AWE1499", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/browning-sarah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sarah Browning ran for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for The Entrance in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brummans, Rene", "Entry ID": "AWE1500", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brummans-rene\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rene Brummans was an Australian Democrats candidate in the 1991 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Murrumbidgee.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buckingham, Kathleen Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1501", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buckingham-kathleen-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kathleen Buckingham only ran once for election: as a Democratic Labor Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Upper Hunter in 1973. She was married with four children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burgess, Cathy", "Entry ID": "AWE1502", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burgess-cathy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Cathy Burgess was active in the Australian Greens movement in the Hunter Valley area. She was their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Port Stephens in 1995 and in the House of Representatives for Newcastle in 1996.\n", "Details": "Cathy Burgess was a member of the Tomago Sands Action Group (TSAG) which campaigned in 1996 to stop the mining company, RZM from destroying old growth forests, polluting the aquifer at Tomago and threatening endangered species.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burston, Colleen", "Entry ID": "AWE1503", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burston-colleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Colleen Burston was a One Nation Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Myall Lakes in the 2003 elections.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burston, Marjorie", "Entry ID": "AWE1504", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burston-marjorie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "As a member of One Nation Party, Marjorie Burston stood for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Clarence in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burston, Tenille Leigh", "Entry ID": "AWE1505", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burston-tenille-leigh\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Tenille Leigh Burston, a One Nation Party candidate, stood for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Coffs Harbour in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bye, Elizabeth Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE1506", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bye-elizabeth-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Elizabeth Dorothy Bye was an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Campbelltown in 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Byrne, Joan Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE1507", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/byrne-joan-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joan Frances Byrne ran as an Australia Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Tamworth in 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Canessa, Jacqueline", "Entry ID": "AWE1508", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/canessa-jacqueline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Jacqueline (Jackie) Canessa is an activist in her profession and a one time candidate for election: Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Heffron in 1999.\n", "Details": "After graduating in Medicine (MB from Newcastle University, 1996), Jackie undertook further training in psychiatry at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, working as a Resident medical Officer 1996-1997 and Psychiatric Registrar 1998-. She was Treasurer, 2004 and Vice President, 2005, of the NSW Branch of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatrists in Training.\nShe joined the Liberal Party in 1996 and has been active in the Young Liberals, being a delegate to Young Liberal Council and a member of its Administration Committee from 1998.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carey, Veronica", "Entry ID": "AWE1509", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carey-veronica\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Veronica Carey was an Australia Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Davidson in 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cavanagh, Sally", "Entry ID": "AWE1510", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cavanagh-sally\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sally Cavanagh is a committed environmentalist who ran for the Australian Greens at the 1999 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Oxley. In 2001 she was the president of the Three Valleys Branch of the National Parks Association of New South Wales.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chambers, Stephanie", "Entry ID": "AWE1511", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chambers-stephanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Writer", "Summary": "Stephanie Chambers was a member of the Natural Law Party in the 1995 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Blue Mountains.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chan, Polly", "Entry ID": "AWE1512", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chan-polly\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Public relations professional", "Summary": "Polly Chan is a concerned and active citizen. She ran as an Independent in the 1999 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kogarah, then as a Unity Party candidate in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Port Jackson.\n", "Details": "Polly Chan has worked in the fields of radio and public relations. She has been involved in fund raising for bushfires and drought victims, and has organised many cultural activities for the City of Sydney Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chan, Stephanie", "Entry ID": "AWE1513", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chan-stephanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A Unity Party member, Stephanie Chann stood for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for The Hills in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chant, Ruth", "Entry ID": "AWE1514", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chant-ruth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Geologist", "Summary": "Ruth Chant stood for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Northern Tablelands in 1995 as a Natural Law Party candidate.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chao, Sylvia", "Entry ID": "AWE1515", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chao-sylvia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sylvia Chao was elected to the Willoughby City Council in 2004. The previous year she unsuccessfully ran as a Unity Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Willoughby.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chapman, Toni Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1516", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chapman-toni-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Toni Margaret Chapman was an Australian Democrats candidate for the 1984 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for The Hills.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chikarovski, Kerry Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1517", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chikarovski-kerry-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Politician, Solicitor", "Summary": "Kerry Chikarovski is the only woman ever to have held the leadership of the Opposition in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. After her retirement from politics, she published her autobiography, Chika, in 2004. Since 2003 she has been Director, Infrastructure and Planning Australia Pty Ltd.\n", "Details": "Kerry Chikarovski was born in Sydney in 1956, the daughter of Greg and Jill Bartels. She was educated at the United Nations International School, Our Lady of Dolours, Chatswood, Monte Sant' Angelo, North Sydney and the University of Sydney (BEc LLB). She was President of the Sydney University Law Society 1978-1979 and a Director of the University of Sydney Union 1977-1978.\nAfter graduation, she worked as a solicitor in private practice 1980-1985 and as a Solicitor and Instructor at the College of Law, 1988-1991. She married Chris Chikarovski in 1979 (marriage dissolved) and has two children.\nKerry Chikarovski ran unsuccessfully in the seat of Cabramatta in 1981, but won preselection for the Liberal Party for the safe seat of Lane Cove in 1991 on the retirement of the Attorney General, John Dowd, later Justice Dowd. She held the seat until 2003, when she resigned from Parliament.\nKerry Chikarovski is the only woman ever to have held the Leadership of the Opposition in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. After her retirement from politics, she published her autobiography, Chika, in 2004. Since 2003 she had been Director, Infrastructure and Planning Australia Pty Ltd.\nHer parliamentary career is as follows:\n\nMinister for Consumer Affairs and Assistant minister for Education 1992-1993\nMinister for Industrial Relations and Employment 1993-1995\nMinister for the Status of Women 1993-1995\nDeputy Leader of the Liberal Party 1994-1995\nShadow Minister for the Environment 1997-1998\nShadow Minister for the Arts and Women 1999-2002\nShadow Minister for Infrastructure and Major Projects 2002-2003\nLeader of the Opposition 1999-2002\n\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chin, Amie See-Yung", "Entry ID": "AWE1518", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chin-amie-see-yung\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Amie See-Yung Chin ran for the Unity Party at the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Wentworthville.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chung, Claudine", "Entry ID": "AWE1519", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chung-claudine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Claudine Chung was an unsuccessful Australian Greens candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for The Hills in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clancy, Lydia", "Entry ID": "AWE1520", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clancy-lydia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lydia Clancy was an unsuccessful Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Miranda in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clarke, Nefra Pauline", "Entry ID": "AWE1521", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-nefra-pauline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Nefra Pauline Clarke ran for the Liberal Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for East Hills in 1978.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clifford, Alice May", "Entry ID": "AWE1522", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clifford-alice-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alice May Clifford, an ALP candidate, ran for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Tenterfield in 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cogger, Linda", "Entry ID": "AWE1523", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cogger-linda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Linda Cogger ran as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the following elections:\nHouse of Representatives for Prospect in 1996 and 1998.\nHouse of Representatives for Blaxland (by election) in 1996.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Fairfield in 1995 and 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cohen, Anne Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1524", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cohen-anne-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Inverell, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Anne Margaret Cohen, a Liberal Party candidate, was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Minchinbury in 1988 and to the Badgerys Creek Assembly seat in 1991. She failed to gain re-election to the latter in 1995.\n", "Details": "Anne Cohen had been a teacher, public servant, editor and the owner\/operator of a small business before she ran for parliament. She was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council for the seat of Minchinbury in March 1988 and had a remarkably swift rise to the Ministries of Nick Greiner, and later John Fahey. She was Chief Secretary, Minister for Administrative Services 1991-95, and Minister assisting the Premier on Status of Women 1992-3. When the redistribution abolished her seat, she ran for and won the seat of Badgerys Creek 1991-95. She was Chairman of the Parliamentary Road Safety Committee Staysafe in 1989.\nShe is married to Richard and they have two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cooke, Joan Lily", "Entry ID": "AWE1525", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cooke-joan-lily\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joan Lily Cooke ran as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Manly in 1984.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cooper, Merran", "Entry ID": "AWE1526", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cooper-merran\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Merran Cooper is a once only candidate whose campaign stressed dialogue between electors and candidates. She ran for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Northern Tablelands in 1999.\n", "Details": "Merran Cooper joined the Australian Democrats because she believed in a system based on consensus. She believed it was important to get away from personal attacks and back to policy.\nShe was an advocate for drug law reform, stressing the importance of keeping people out of prison. Her campaign in Northern Tablelands was marked by many occasions when she spoke to groups of electors and debated other candidates.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Copeland, Joyce", "Entry ID": "AWE1527", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/copeland-joyce\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 1984 Joyce Copeland stood for election as an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Burrinjuck.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cowling, Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE1528", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cowling-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marie Cowling was an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Tamworth by election of 2001.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Csanki, Sharyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1529", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/csanki-sharyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Project manager", "Summary": "Sharyn Csanki is a loyal advocate for the Australian Democrats who ran for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Wallsend in 2003.\n", "Details": "Sharyn Csanki lived in the Newcastle suburb of Waratah when she stood for the adjoining seat of Wallsend in 2003. She was candid that her standing would assist in increasing the vote for the Australian Democrats candidates in the Legislative Council. In the event, she polled 2.2 % of the vote and ran last in a field of seven. Sharyn Csanki led the Australian Democrats team in the 2004 local government elections in Newcastle\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dance, Carol", "Entry ID": "AWE1530", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dance-carol\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Chief Executive Officer", "Summary": "Carol Dance ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate for election twice:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bligh in 1991.\nHouse of Representatives for Kingsford Smith in 1990.\n", "Details": "Carol Dance was at Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Commercial Disputes Centre in the 1990s. She co authored a collection of seminar papers on dispute resolution for the NSW College of Law. Her campaign in Bligh in 1991 was marked by full page advertisements in the local paper, The Wentworth Courier, and strong support from the then premier, Nick Greiner. She has graduated with a B.A. (Drew) and MBA (AGSM).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Danzie, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE1531", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/danzie-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judith Danzie was One Nation's candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Penrith elections of 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davies, Sharon", "Entry ID": "AWE1532", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davies-sharon\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sharon Davies is a committed Australian Democrats party member who ran in the following elections:\nHouse of Representatives for Patterson in 1996 and 1998.\nNSW Senate in 2001.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Maitland in 2003.\n", "Details": "Sharon Davies was a single working parent of three children and a part time student at the University of Newcastle when she ran for the seat of Patterson in 2001. She chose to run for the Australian Democrats because she was disenchanted with the major parties' adversarial style and preferred the Democrats' efforts to create confidence and self-esteem in all Australians.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davis, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE1533", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davis-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Radiographer", "Summary": "Jan Davis has been an activist all her life. As a member of the Australian Greens she ran in the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Maitland in 1995 and 1999.\nHouse of Representatives, Patterson, 1996, 1998\nCandidate, Senate, NSW, 2001\nCandidate, Legislative Council, 2003\n", "Details": "Jan Davis is a foundation member of the Maitland Greens, having helped to found the group in 1993. She has been an active political and community campaigner all her life, working for the Vietnam Moratorium movement and Women's Liberation in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2003, when she ran for the Greens for a seat in the Legislative Council of New South Wales, she was involved in the 'No Sydney Waste in the Hunter' campaign.\nJan has always been active on local community committees, notably ones involving women and children, such as the Maitland Women's Refuge Committee. She also worked on the Friends of the Lower Hunter campaign to prevent an aluminium smelter being built among the Hunter Valley vineyards.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davis, Margaret Alayne Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1534", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davis-margaret-alayne-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Erina, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Pharmacist", "Summary": "Margaret Alayne Elizabeth Davis was an early Liberal member of the Legislative Council of NSW. In 1962 (-1963) she was elected to the Bankstown Municipal Council, and in 1966 was indirectly elected to the Legislative Council. She resigned from that position in 1978 to run for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Waverley. She did not gain election.\n", "Details": "Margaret Davis was married, the mother of three young children, and living in Chester Hill, when she won Liberal Party preselection for the Legislative Council against 41 other candidates.\nIn 1978, she resigned from the Legislative Council and was preselected for Waverley, defeating five others. She was then living in Rose Bay. She needed a 7% swing and failed to get it. She is unusual in giving up an upper house seat and then failing to win the lower house seat she was preselected for.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dethridge, Susan Margery", "Entry ID": "AWE1535", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dethridge-susan-margery\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Councillor, Journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Sue Dethridge was a popular and influential local councillor for the Bellingen Shire Council from 1987-2003. She served as Mayor from 1991-1999. Dethridge stood unsuccessfully as an Independent for Coffs Harbour in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1995.\n", "Details": "Susan Dethridge was a freelance journalist and inveterate writer of letters to the editor on many subjects. As Mayor, she produced a regular column in the Bellingen Courier Sun, drawing attention to local issues with the use of amusing or poignant anecdotes. On being diagnosed with breast cancer, she fought for improved support and treatment of cancer patients.\nDethridge was a long term local councillor and was the popularly elected Mayor of Bellingen from 1991 to 1999. Having moved to the town of Dorrigo in 1974 and seen it revived by tourism, she was active in promoting tourism as an antidote to the decline of country towns. She was a member of the Regional Development Board from 1997 to 1999, and Australia's Holiday Coast Regional Development Council from 2000 to 2002.\nDethridge was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2003 for services to local government. The award was made early due to the state of her health. She died, of breast cancer, that same year and was survived by her husband Barry Dethridge and their three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dodd, Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE1536", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dodd-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lorraine Dodd stood as an Australian Democrats candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Mulgoa in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dodgson, Susanna Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE1537", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dodgson-susanna-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susanna Jane Dodgson ran for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Bligh in 1978.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dombkins, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1538", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dombkins-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Management consultant, Teacher", "Summary": "Margaret Dombkins is a community activist and an outstanding scholar. She ran for election as a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kogarah in 1995 and then as an Independent in the Kogarah Municipal Council elections of 1999.\n", "Details": "Margaret Dombkins completed a B.Ed., Grad. Dip Commerce\/Management and a M.A at Charles Sturt University. She started her professional life teaching primary school students in the NSW Department of Education. When her youngest child went to school, she returned to study and achieved outstanding results. She won an Australian Post Graduate Research Scholarship to complete her doctorate, for which her thesis was \"The Relationship of Strategy to Newspaper Organisation Success\" in the Graduate School of Journalism and Creative Writing, University of Wollongong.\nMargaret Dombkins was encouraged by her family to respond to the Liberal Party recruitment and training scheme in 1994 and subsequently ran a very successful campaign in 1995, taking the sitting member to preferences and achieving a 1.5% swing to the Liberals, the only positive swing in an election which saw the Liberal government defeated.\nAlthough she had run as the Liberal Party candidate for Kogarah in 1995, Margaret Dombkins was so opposed to high rise developments in the electorate, that in 1999, she issued a personal letter urging electors to vote for the ALP candidate, Cherie Burton, who was successful after the distribution of preferences. In 1999 also, she ran for election to the Kogarah Municipal Council, being narrowly defeated.\nMargaret Dombkins subsequently changed her political allegiance and joined the ALP. In 2005 she is the Chair of the ALP Arts, Cultural Heritage and Community Development Policy Committee.\nShe is married to David Dombkins, the President of the Institute of Project Management in 2005, and they have three children, all completing their university studies.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Donovan, Linda", "Entry ID": "AWE1539", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/donovan-linda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Linda Donovan was a Liberal Party candidate in the Candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Swansea in 1988.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Down, Pam", "Entry ID": "AWE1540", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/down-pam\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pam Down was a once only candidate who ran for the Liberal Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Burragorang in 1988.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Doyle, Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE1541", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/doyle-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Therese Doyle stood as the Greens candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Drummoyne in 1999. That same year she was elected to the Concord City Council (1999-2000) and appointed Deputy Mayor. She was opposed the amalgamation in 2000 of Concord and Drummoyne Councils into the City of Canada Bay Council because it distanced the elector from the council. The amalgamation went ahead in 2000.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dwyer, Catherine Winifred (Kate)", "Entry ID": "AWE1542", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dwyer-catherine-winifred-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tambaroora, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "DarlinghurstDarlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Teacher", "Summary": "Catherine Winifred (Kate) Dwyer was one of the most prominent women in New South Wales in the early twentieth century. An avid Labor activist, Dwyer stood for election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balmain in 1925.\n", "Details": "Catherine (Kate) Dwyer was born on 13 June 1861 at Tambaroora, New South Wales, the second daughter of Joseph and Ann Golding. She was educated at Hill End Public School and became a pupil teacher in 1880, holding positions in country schools until 1887.\nShe married another teacher, Michael Dwyer, and in 1894 they moved to Sydney, where she became prominent in the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales and campaigned for the vote for women. She co-founded the Women's Progressive Association in 1901 and, with her sisters Annie and Belle Golding, worked for the rights of women in all spheres. She was a fine public speaker and a prolific writer on questions of interest to women. She was the first president of the Women's Organising Committee of the Political Labor League from 1904, and a member of the State Labor Executive in1905.\nKate Dwyer worked tirelessly to improve the working and living conditions for women and for a minimum female wage. In 1911 she assisted A. B. Piddington on the royal commission into female and juvenile labour and from 1911-13 she sat on the royal commission of enquiry into food supplies. She represented the Women Workers Union (which she had helped to form) on Wages Boards and in the 1920s she was on conciliation committees. She opposed conscription in 1916 and 1917.\nKate Dwyer was a fellow of the Senate of the University of Sydney from 1916 to 1924, and from 1910 was a member, later vice president of the Benevolent Society of New South Wales. In 1921 she was one of the first women to be appointed a justice of the peace. She was on the boards of two hospitals for women and children, and a trustee of the King George V and Queen Mary Jubilee Fund for Maternal and Infant Welfare. She was a life long member of the Labor Party.\nKate and Michael Dwyer had three sons and two daughters.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dwyer-catherine-winifred-kate-1861-1949\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/suffrage-group-1902\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Edgar, Gemma", "Entry ID": "AWE1543", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edgar-gemma\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor", "Summary": "Gemma Edgar is a once only candidate for election to the parliament of New South Wales: Australian Democrats ticket at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Menai in 2003.\n", "Details": "Gemma Edgar attended the NSW Schools Constitutional Convention in March 1997, representing Caringbah High School.\nShe is Co-convenor of Twenty 10, a gay and lesbian counselling service, opened in 2004.\nGemma was appointed to the Special Commission of Enquiry into the Waterfall rail accident.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Edwards, Diane Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1544", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edwards-diane-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Diane Robyn Edwards was a Councillor at the Ballina Shire Council from 1987-1992. She failed to gain election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ballina in 1988 when she ran as an Independent.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Eldershaw, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE1545", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eldershaw-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Barbara Eldershaw was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Orange in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Endean, Betty", "Entry ID": "AWE1546", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/endean-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Betty Endean ran for the Australian Democrats in the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Ermington.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Farmer, Lynette", "Entry ID": "AWE1547", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/farmer-lynette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lynette Farmer was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Sutherland in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fearn, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE1548", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fearn-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Helen Fearn stood for the One Nation Party at the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections in Oxley.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Featherstone, Julia Lesley", "Entry ID": "AWE1549", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/featherstone-julia-lesley\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Grafton, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Media artist, Photographer, Surfer, Teacher", "Summary": "Julia Featherstone is a multitalented woman, whose two election campaigns were part of a life filled with activity and creativity. She was an Australia Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bligh in 1973 and to the House of Representatives for Wentworth in 1974.\n", "Details": "Julia Featherstone was born in Grafton and educated at Coffs Harbour High School, and at the University of Sydney (BA. Dip Ed), where she lived at the Women's College, the University of Adelaide (M Urban and Regional Planning) and at UTS (Grad Dip Communications).\nHer first job was as a secondary school teacher, originally teaching Economics and Geography and later teaching TV production to talented children at Sydney Girls High School. Then, she worked as a video producer\/director for the NSW Correspondence School Media Department making educational videos (1984-1991). From 1979 to 1981 she was a staff photographer at the Sydney Morning Herald, the only woman employed as a photographer at the time. She contributed all the photographs to Don Dunstan's Australia (Rigby,1977-78), a book written by the former Premier of South Australia. Julia Featherstone has contributed to many group photographic exhibitions and had one solo exhibition. She was a finalist in the Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture in 2005 and 2007, and second in the University of New South Wales Film awards in 2007 for her film Fanny Burney.\nShe was second in the first Australian Women's Surfboard Riding title held at Bondi in 1963.\nShe married Alasdair Macfarlane in 1987 and they have two children, a boy and a girl.\nJulia Featherstone returned to full time study and completed a Master of Fine Arts degree (University of New South Wales, Art & Design) in 2014. Her research topic was 'Beneath Horizons: Australian Desert Landscape'. She has participated in many group exhibitions and two solo exhibitions.\n", "Events": "Beneath Horizons: Australian Desert Landscape, MFA exam exhibition, Kudos Gallery, Paddington, Sydney (2014 - 2014) \nUrban Shadows, Adelaide Resource Centre, South Australia (1977 - 1977)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ferguson, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE1550", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ferguson-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Ferguson ran in three elections for two different political parties. She was a One Nation candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Manly in 1999 and for Maitland in 2003(?). She contested the seat of Warringah in the House of Representatives as a member of the No Goods and Services Tax Party in 2001.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Field, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE1551", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/field-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jane Field was an Australians Against Further Immigration candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Macquarie Fields in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Filipczyk, Rebecca", "Entry ID": "AWE1552", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/filipczyk-rebecca\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rebecca Filipczyk, an Australian Greens member, was a candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Wentworthville in 1999 and for the House of Representatives for Prospect in 2001.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fleming, Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE1553", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fleming-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Suzanne Fleming ran for the Liberal Party in the 1995 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Newcastle.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ford, Annie Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1554", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ford-annie-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Annie Elizabeth Ford, a Communist Party of Australia member, ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Petersham in 1930.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Forsythe, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE1555", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forsythe-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Patricia Forsythe was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1991 until 2006. A member of the Liberal Party, she first ran for parliament in 1984 in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Newcastle. She didn't run again until 1991 and was elected to the Legislative Council of New South Wales. She was re-elected in 1999. She resigned from parliament on 22 September 2006 to take up the position of Executive Director of the New South Wales Business Chamber.\n", "Details": "Patricia Forsythe was born in Newcastle in 1952, the daughter of jack and Peg Wingrove. She was educated at the Hunter Girls High School and the University of Newcastle, from which she graduated with BA, DipEd She taught in secondary schools from 1974 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1986. She worked as Executive officer for the Australian Soft Drink Association 1987-1988 and for the minister for Local Government and Planning 1988-1991.\nShe was elected to the Legislative Council of New South Wales in 1991 and again in 1999.\nPatricia Forsythe joined the Liberal Party as a schoolgirl in 1968, and held many positions in the organization.\nShe is married to David Forsythe and they have two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contemporary-australian-women-1996-97\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Francis, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE1556", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/francis-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Nurse", "Summary": "In 1927 Susan Francis stood as a Labor candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bondi. She then stood as a Lang Labor candidate in the Waverley Municipal Council elections of 1932.\n", "Details": "Susan Francis was born on 14 October 1877 in Brisbane, one of five children. She became a domestic servant, though she called herself a housekeeper, when she married Arthur Rawlins, known as Francis, in 1897. They had three children, two of whom survived to accompany her to Sydney in 1911.\nFrom the early 1920s Nurse Francis, although unqualified, advertised herself as a midwife and attended many births in inner city Sydney. She was the subject of two enquiries before the Nurses' Registration Board in 1927 and 1930 but was never prosecuted. She was well known for her work during the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919, and widely liked for her tireless help for the poor.\nSusan Francis was active in the Labor Party and ran in the seat of Bondi in 1927, gaining 22.7% of the votes. She was president, then secretary of the Labor Women's Organising Committee from 1928 to 1935 and led delegations to ministers, organised public meetings campaigned for candidates and was a delegate to the State Conference of the party. She was one of three delegates from New South Wales to the Interstate Women's Conference in 1930.\nDuring the depression in the 1930s, Susan Francis helped to set up a hostel for homeless women and girls which opened in 1931, and she became matron of such a hostel in 1935.\nThe regard in which she was held by the Labor Party was shown by the huge function put on in her honour in the Empress Room of Mark Foy's department store, when she married again, in 1936. She subsequently became known as Nurse Francis Wilkes, and remained an active member of the ALP until her death in 1946.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/francis-susan-1877-1946\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fraser, Nola", "Entry ID": "AWE1557", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fraser-nola\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Nurse", "Summary": "Nola Fraser was well known as a whistle blower when she ran in the Macquarie Fields by-election (New South Wales Legislative Assembly) in 2005.\n", "Details": "Nola Fraser was one of the whistle blowers who drew attention to the poor administrative and medical practices at Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals. She also claimed that at her meeting with Craig Knowles, the Minister responsible (and the man whose resignation necessitated the by-election) she had been threatened. At the ensuing Independent Commission Against Corruption Inquiry, her story was not believed. \nAt the time of the by-election she had left nursing and was running her own beauty salon. She achieved a 12% swing to the Liberal Party but did not win.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fuller-Quinn, Barbara Grace", "Entry ID": "AWE1558", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fuller-quinn-barbara-grace\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bondi, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Bondi, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Councillor, Peace activist", "Summary": "A life-time activist for Peace, Barbara (Babs) Fuller-Quinn has been a political and local government figure of distinction: She was elected to the Waverley Council as Alderman from 1977-83 and stood as an ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Vaucluse in 1976 and 1978.\nBarbara Fuller-Quinn passed away in May 2020. When she died her family asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern.\n", "Details": "Babs Fuller-Quinn was educated at St Catherine's and Kambala Schools. She married, Leo Fuller-Quinn, an advertising executive, and they have 4 children.\nElected to Waverley Council in 1977, she was Chairman of the Works Committee. She remains a regular attendee at her local precinct committee. She was also active in the local area, being President of Waverley Action Youth Services, and a member of the Waverley Creative Leisure and Hobbies Centre. She was a member of the Advisory Board of the Centennial Park Trust from 1980.\nShe was appointed Consumer representative, Builders' Licensing Board c.1980 - 1986.\nBabs Fuller-Quinn joined the ALP in 1973 and was an office holder at branch, state and federal electorate council levels, as well as being a delegate to the Labor Women's Conference.\nBarbara is best known for her service to the Peace movement, serving in various executive positions in the Sydney Peace Committee, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. With others, she was instrumental in establishing the Sydney Peace and Justice Coalition, which grew out of the Walk against the War Coalition in 2002. She has also contributed extensively to the movement for Reconciliation, and is Secretary of the Eastern Suburbs Organisation for Reconciling Australia (ESORA) and on the New South Wales Council of Reconciliation Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Galley, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE1559", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/galley-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Sue Galley is a once only candidate for election: an Australians Against Further Immigration candidate in the 2003 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Albury.\n", "Details": "Sue Galley was a retired school teacher living in Panania, a southern suburb of Sydney, when she stood for the seat of Albury on behalf of the AAFI party. She is one of many women who have run for election in a token fashion, to boost the vote of the party to which they were attached.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gander, Gladys Claire", "Entry ID": "AWE1560", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gander-gladys-claire\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gladys Gander was a once only candidate for election to Parliament: a One Nation Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Newcastle in 2003.\n", "Details": "Gladys Gander was 73 and retired from employment when she ran for election for the seat of Newcastle in 2003. She gave her address as Bankstown, a suburb of Sydney, so her candidature in Newcastle was intended to bolster the vote of her party leader, Pauline Hanson, in her bid for a seat in the Legislative Council of New South Wales. Although she was in first position on the ballot paper, she won only 2.4% of the votes cast.\nHer husband, Trevor Gander, aged 74, also ran for the One Nation Party, in the adjoining seat of Lake Macquarie.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gardiner, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1561", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gardiner-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse, Public servant", "Summary": "Anne Gardiner is a courageous fighter for principle who stood for the Australian Greens at the 2004 Randwick City Council elections and in the 2005 New South Wales Legislative Assembly Maroubra by-election.\n", "Details": "Anne Gardiner trained as a nurse at Prince Henry Hospital. She came to prominence in 2003 when she challenged a decision by her employer, NSW Workcover, to move her work base from Sydney to Gosford, on the grounds that it would affect her role as the carer of her youngest children. The case, in which she succeeded, set an important precedent as it was the first time the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal had dealt with carer's responsibility under the Anti Discrimination Act.\nIn 2004, with 41 fellow public servants she headed a ticket to challenge the leadership of the NSW Public Service Association and she and 12 others were elected, changing the balance of power in the union, previously dominated by ALP members. In the Maroubra by-election she got 19.5% of the primary vote, an increase of 11.1%\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gelling, Isabel", "Entry ID": "AWE1563", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gelling-isabel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Isabel Gelling, an Australians Against Further Immigration Party member, stood as their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Gosford in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ghent, Doreen Olive", "Entry ID": "AWE1564", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ghent-doreen-olive\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Doreen Ghent stood only once for election: as a Liberal candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bass Hill in 1971. In 1941 she married John Wentworth Ghent (d. 22 September 2000) who stood for the seat of Bankstown at the same election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gibbins, Teresa Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1565", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibbins-teresa-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Teresa Mary Gibbins was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kembla in 1968.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gibson, Di", "Entry ID": "AWE1566", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibson-di\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Di Gibson ran only once for election to the parliament of New South Wales: in 2003 as an Independent for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wallsend.\n", "Details": "Di Gibson, who lived at Maryville, when she stood for the seat of Wallsend in 2003, said that she was contesting the election to give people a choice. She believed that they had been taken for granted and deserved better representation, particularly in the areas of public education, public health, public transport and public safety. She outpolled both the Australian Democrat and the Christian Democrat candidates. Di worked as a teacher for students with disabilities.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Giegerl, Beverley", "Entry ID": "AWE1567", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/giegerl-beverley\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Beverley Giegerl is a long serving local Councillor who ran for election to parliament only once: as an Independent in the 1988 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Georges River. She has better luck in 1991 when she was elected to the Hurstville City Council. She has been re-elected several times and will serve on the council until 2007.\n", "Details": "Beverley Giegerl was elected Vice President of the Metropolitan Public Libraries Association of NSW in 2000, and President in 2003. She was Chair of the LGSA Standing Committee for Community Services and Planning and the LGSA Library and Information Services Reference Group.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Giesekam, Merilyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1568", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/giesekam-merilyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Merilyn Gieskam ran for election unsuccessfully twice. She was an Independent candidate at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bligh in 1971 and for the House of Representatives for Sydney in 1975.\n", "Details": "Merilyn Giesekam was an art student when she ran in 1971. She campaigned as an individualist in favour of a Bill of Individual Rights, unrestricted trading hours, the repeal of censorship laws, and free competition in transport, prisons, garbage collection, sewage removal, education, postal services, hospitals and other public utilities.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gill, Questa Lisabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1569", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gill-questa-lisabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Questa Lisabeth Gill was an Australian Democrats candidate in the House of Representatives for Hughes in 1980 and the following year in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Corrimal.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gillbank, Melanie", "Entry ID": "AWE1570", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gillbank-melanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Melanie Gillbank was a Greens candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Granville in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gleeson, Margaret Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1571", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gleeson-margaret-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Ann Gleeson ran for parliament several times. Her first time was as an ALP candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Monaro seat, in 1973. She then joined the Democratic Socialist Party and ran for them in the House of Representatives elections for Reid (1990) and Sydney (1993). She now writes for the Green Left Weekly.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Glen, Fiona", "Entry ID": "AWE1572", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/glen-fiona\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Fiona Glen increased the Liberal Party vote by 5% when she ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Charlestown in 2003. She lived in Toronto, on Lake Macquarie when she stood for election. She had been President of the Newcastle Business Club in 2000.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Godfrey, Charin Maria", "Entry ID": "AWE1573", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/godfrey-charin-maria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Charin Maria Godfrey, a Democratic Labor Party member, stood for the seat of Newcastle in the 1973 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Godfrey, Jacqueline", "Entry ID": "AWE1574", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/godfrey-jacqueline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jacqueline Godfrey was an Independent candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Clarence in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Goldstein, Saidi", "Entry ID": "AWE1575", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goldstein-saidi\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Saidi Goldstein ran for election in 2005 for the first time: she was a Christian Democratic Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Marrickville by-election. She works in administration at the Petersham Assembly of God. She has been a member of that church for 17 years and is interested in social welfare projects.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gorgievski, Deb", "Entry ID": "AWE1576", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gorgievski-deb\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Deb Gorgievski ran as a Greens candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Swansea in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gourlay, Ros", "Entry ID": "AWE1577", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gourlay-ros\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ros Gourlay ran only once for election. That was in 1999 when she ran for the Christian Democrat Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the seat of Lake Macquarie.\n", "Details": "Ros Gourlay is married to Dr Ralph Gourlay, surgeon, and they have five children. The family are members of the Lake Macquarie City Church. Her husband ran for the Christian Democrat Party for the seat of Charlton in the 1998 Federal Election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gow, Heather Oxley", "Entry ID": "AWE1578", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gow-heather-oxley\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Administrator, Civil celebrant, Statistician", "Summary": "Heather Gow was a Liberal Party member who only ran for election to Parliament once: in 1981 in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Seven Hills. She had more luck at the local council level where she was elected to the Blacktown City Council from 1974-1977 and was Deputy Mayor from 1975-76.\n", "Details": "Heather Gow was educated at North Sydney Girls High School and she went on to be the first woman elected Deputy Mayor of Blacktown Council (1975-76).\nHeather was a civil marriage celebrant and at the time of her campaign was a widow. In 1981, she had begun a communication course as an external student, but she had previously worked as a statistician and had spent 25 years in administration.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gozzard, Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE1579", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gozzard-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Louise Gozzard was a once only candidate who ran for Earthsave in the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Keira. Her belief in natural remedies prompted her to run for election to help promote the Earthsave Party. Among Earthsave's solutions for a sustainable future are preventive medicine, including the use of natural therapies, discouragement of tobacco and alcohol use.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Graham, Anne Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE1580", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/graham-anne-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Farmer, Teacher", "Summary": "Anne Catherine Graham was an Australian Democrats candidate at the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Castlereagh in 1984.\nHouse of Representatives for Gwydir in 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gray, Marjorie Florence", "Entry ID": "AWE1581", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gray-marjorie-florence\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marjorie Florence Gray stood for the Australia Party in the House of Representatives elections for Cook in 1972 and 1975, and in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Cronulla in 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grayndler, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1582", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grayndler-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Grayndler ran as an Independent in the 1927 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Phillip.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Green, Betty", "Entry ID": "AWE1583", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/green-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Betty Green stood as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Oxley elections of 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Green, Helga", "Entry ID": "AWE1584", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/green-helga\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Helga Green was a One Nation party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Kiama in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Griffiths, Glenice Adele", "Entry ID": "AWE1585", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/griffiths-glenice-adele\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Glenice Adele Griffiths was an Australian Democrats candidate at the following elections:\nHouse of Representatives for Robertson in 1987, 1990 and 1993.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for The Entrance in 1995.\nLike many others representing minor political parties, she failed to gain election in all four attempts.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grigg, Shirley", "Entry ID": "AWE1586", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grigg-shirley\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Housewife", "Summary": "Shirley Grigg has been a prominent member of and worker for the Christian Democrat Party under all its names. She represented them (then known as the Call to Australia party) in the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Blue Mountains in 1991 and 1999.\nNew South Wales Senate in 1993.\nHouse of Representatives for Chifley in 1996.\nHouse of Representatives for Macquarie in 1998.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grusovin, Deirdre Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1587", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grusovin-deirdre-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Librarian, Parliamentarian, Politician", "Summary": "Deirdre Grusovin was a member of the New South Wales parliament for twenty five years. Initially she was elected to the NSW Legislative Council (1978) and remained in office until 1990. During this time Deirdre was appointed Minister for Consumer Affairs and Assistant Minister for Health 1986-88 and Minister for Small Business 1987-88. In 1990 she ran in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Heffron by election and was again successful. She was re-elected in 1991, 1995 and 1999, retiring in 2003.\n", "Details": "Deirdre Grusovin was born in Sydney in 1938 and educated at the Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Kensington. She worked as a Librarian for the Randwick Municipal Council from 1957 to 1962. She married Walter Grusovin in 1962 (he died September 2004) and they have seven children, three daughters and four sons. From 1962 until her election to the Legislative Council of New South Wales, in 1978, she managed the family pharmacy business.\nDeirdre Grusovin served twelve years in the Legislative Council, holding the positions of Minister for Consumer Affairs and Assistant Minister for Health, and Minister for Small Business in the Unsworth Ministry. She became Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council in July 1986 and then Deputy Leader of the Opposition from March 1988 to 1990 when she resigned from the Legislative Council to contest the seat of Heffron.\nDeirdre Grusovin is the sister of Laurence Brereton, her predecessor in the seat of Heffron and later MHR for Kingsford-Smith. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly in June 1990 and held the seat until her retirement in March 2003.\nShe joined the ALP 1957 and was assistant secretary of NSW Youth Council of the party from 1959 to 1961. She was a member of the Administrative Committee of the ALP in 1985 and was a delegate from New South Wales to the Australian Labor Party National Conference in 1986. She was the first woman Chairman of St Margaret's Hospital Advisory Board.\n", "Events": "For significant service to the Parliament and the community of New South Wales, to education administration, and to social welfare. (2016 - 2016)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/herstory-australian-labor-women-in-federal-state-and-territory-parliaments-1925-1994\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Habib, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1588", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/habib-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Habib stood for the Reform the Legal System party at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Lakemba in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hamer, Kerri", "Entry ID": "AWE1589", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hamer-kerri\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Author, Political candidate", "Summary": "Kerri Hamer's first candidature was when she ran as an Independent for the Maroubra by-election in 2005. She is the author of Leading a Group: a practical and comprehensive handbook, published in 1997.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harg, Sally", "Entry ID": "AWE1590", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harg-sally\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sally Harg was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Clarence in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hargreaves, Louise Jayne", "Entry ID": "AWE1591", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hargreaves-louise-jayne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Louise Jayne Hargreaves, a Natural Law Party member, ran in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Davidson in 1995 and for the House of Representatives seat of Chifley in 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harnett, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1592", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harnett-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Harnett represented the Australian Democrats at the 1991 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Willoughby.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harris-Ball, Victoria", "Entry ID": "AWE1593", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harris-ball-victoria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Victoria Harris-Ball stood as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Penrith in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hastie, Carolyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1594", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hastie-carolyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Midwife", "Summary": "Carolyn Hastie is a prominent midwife who stood for several elections and represented two political parties. Firstly she was an Australian Democrats candidate in the elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wyong in 1999 and to the House of Representatives for Dobell in 2001. Carolyn then ran for the Earthsave Australia party in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for The Entrance.\n", "Details": "Carolyn Hastie is a midwife, educator, mother and grandmother. She is passionate about making the childbearing experience as fulfilling as possible. She established the Belmont Birthing Service, a stand alone midwifery practice. She has written widely on the subject, particularly for the publication Birth Issues.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hatfield, Bronia (Bronislawa)", "Entry ID": "AWE1595", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hatfield-bronia-bronislawa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner, Psychiatrist", "Summary": "Bronia Hatfield is a highly qualified medical practitioner. She first stood as a Natural Law Party candidate in the House of Representatives elections for Sydney in 1993 and then again as a Natural Law Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bligh in 1999. Both times she was not elected.\n", "Details": "When she ran for election, Bronia Hatfield was a well known psychiatrist and an outstanding linguist. She has lived, studied, worked and taught on five continents in eleven languages.\nBronia Hatfield became a registered medical practitioner in NSW in 1954, before working as a resident medical officer at Griffith Base Hospital. In 1954-55 she worked at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Camperdown, and from 1958 she was a member of the School Medical Service.\nApart from her medical degrees from both Vienna (MD 1949) and Sydney (MB, BS, 1954), she has a Diploma in Psychological Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians, England (1969), and the Royal College of Surgeons, England. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (1971), and a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London (1972). She is a life member of the Institute of Community Psychiatry and Mental Health, Bombay (1985). She is a member of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine (1985) and a member of the International Society for Neuroimmunomodulation (ISNIM) (1989).\nFrom 1983, Hatfield was a visiting professor to M.I. University, USA. She has been President of the Centre for Research into Spiritual Development Inc in Sydney. For many years she attended and spoke at international conferences and world congresses on Psychiatry, Meditation and World Peace, including the State of the World Forum in San Francisco.\nHatfield has been passionate about world peace from childhood and, being a Holocaust Survivor, the only one from her immediate and vast extended family, she experienced the injustice people can inflict upon others early in life. Her life experience prompted her to become a committed peace activist. She has held international conferences in Yalta, Tel Aviv, the USA, London and Paris. She attended as an active participant a score of other international peace events.\nHatfield founded a Drop in Centre for Holocaust Survivors in Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hatten, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE1596", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hatten-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Barbara Hatten was a Greens member who ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wakehurst in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hawkins, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1597", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hawkins-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Hawkins was an Independent candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Upper Hunter in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hay, Leone Rachel", "Entry ID": "AWE1598", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hay-leone-rachel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Leone Rachel Hay an Independent candidate for three elections: the NSW Senate in 1990 and 1993, and for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Gordon in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Healy, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE1599", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/healy-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susan Healy was an Australia Party candidate in three elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Corrimal, 1973.\nHouse of Representatives, Cunningham, 1974.\nHouse of Representatives, Macarthur, 1975.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Henry, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1600", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henry-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Henry stood as an Independent in the 1988 Newcastle elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Herfurth, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE1601", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/herfurth-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Michelle Herfurth represented the Australian Democrats at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Gordon in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hill, Cheryl Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1602", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hill-cheryl-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cheryl Hill was well known and respected in Canberra. She was a Liberal Party member in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Bulli in 1991 and in the House of Representatives election for Fraser in 1996. The following year she stood as an Independent in the Fraser by election. She resigned from the Liberal Party prior to the by-election of 1997, because of the party's attitude to race and immigration. In August 2002, Cheryl Hill was named as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary club of Canberra South.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hinman, Pip", "Entry ID": "AWE1603", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hinman-pip\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political activist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Pip Hinman is a political activist who represented the Socialist Alliance in the following elections: New South Wales Senate in 2001 and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Marrickville by-election in 2005.\n", "Details": "Pip Hinman is an anti-war activist and has worked as a journalist on the Green Left Weekly. Her campaign stressed opposition to industrial coercion and the diminution of civil liberties and was in favour of better public transport, education and health provision. Her preferences were directed to the Greens.\nPip Hinman is a member of the Political Committee of the Democratic Socialist Party and national co-ordinator of Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific. She has been very involved in the Free the Refugees Campaign.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hoban, Donna Stephanie", "Entry ID": "AWE1604", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hoban-donna-stephanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Donna Stephanie Hoban, an Independent, ran in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bankstown in 1981.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hopkins, Bev", "Entry ID": "AWE1605", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hopkins-bev\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Bev Hopkins was a Christian Democrat Party candidate in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wyong.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Howlett, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1606", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/howlett-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Summary": "Mary Howlett represented the Australian Democrats in the 1991 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Peats.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hughes, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1607", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hughes-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Company director", "Summary": "Ann Hughes stood as a Natural Law Party candidate in the 1995 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of East Hills.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Humble, Beryl", "Entry ID": "AWE1608", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/humble-beryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor", "Summary": "Beryl Humble was a local councillor in Maitland for more than two decades from 1974-1997. At some point during this time she held the post of Deputy Mayor. The Beryl Humble Sporting Complex at Tenambit was named in her honour. In 1978, as a Liberal Party candidate, she failed to gain election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Waratah. That was the only time she ran for Parliament.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hutton, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1610", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hutton-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 1995 Margaret Hutton was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for South Coast.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Irvine, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1611", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irvine-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anne Irvine was an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Tamworth in 1984.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jacobi, Carrie", "Entry ID": "AWE1612", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jacobi-carrie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Carrie Jacobi may well be the only woman who ran for two Federal elections in the same year: she was a Greens candidate in the 1998 elections to the House of Representatives for Lyne and Newcastle (postponed election). Prior to this she had run in the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Newcastle. In 1996 Carrie Jacobi was a member of the History Department of the University of Newcastle.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jacobs, Rachael", "Entry ID": "AWE1613", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jacobs-rachael\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Papua New Guinea", "Occupations": "Academic, Activist, Teacher", "Summary": "An active member of the Australian Democrats, Rachael Jacobs was a candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Epping in 1999 and for the Australian Capital Territory Senate in 2004. Jacobs ran for Federal Parliament in 2022 as the Greens candidate for the seat of Grayndler.\n", "Details": "Rachael Jacobs was born in Papua New Guinea, and bred in the Eastwood area and educated at local public schools. She was trained as a teacher and taught at many schools in the area, including Cheltenham Girls' High School and James Ruse Agricultural High School. She described herself as a passionate environmentalist.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jamieson, Maree Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1614", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jamieson-maree-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jamieson, Maree Ann stood as an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Heathcote in 1981.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jarvis, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE1615", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jarvis-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Jarvis was a once only candidate who stood for the Australian Democrats in the 1988 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Fairfield.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jeffrey, Dorothy Isabel", "Entry ID": "AWE1616", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jeffrey-dorothy-isabel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Dorothy Isabel Jeffrey was an ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Pittwater in 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jobling, Doris May", "Entry ID": "AWE1617", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jobling-doris-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher, Union organiser", "Summary": "Doris Jobling was a radical union organiser, who spent many decades on the front line of political campaigns, particularly in the area of education. She was a Communist Party of Australia candidate in the 1971 King elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.\n", "Details": "Doris Jobling joined the Communist Party of Australia in 1968, galvanised by the inequality suffered particularly by migrant children. She was active in the campaign to prevent the eviction of old men from the Rosebank Old Men's Home in Glebe and stressed the disadvantages of the old schools in the electorate.\nAlthough she only ran for election once, Doris Jobling continued to be involved in campaigns in support of public education. When she retired from the position of organiser for the Teachers' Federation, she returned to teaching.\nShe married Joe Owens, one time official of the Builders' Labourers' Federation, and they had two sons. Doris was killed by her son Adam in September 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-cold-blood\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johnson, Fran", "Entry ID": "AWE1618", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnson-fran\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Fran Johnson was a once only candidate who stood for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Heathcote in 1984.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johnson, Phyllis", "Entry ID": "AWE1619", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnson-phyllis\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Phyllis Johnson was prepared to go to gaol for her political beliefs. She stood for the Communist Party of Australia at the 1947 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Paddington.\n", "Details": "During the second world war, sale or possession of communist literature was an offence carrying the penalty of three to six months gaol. Those apprehended were usually invited to enter into a bond to observe the regulations for the duration of the war. Phyllis Johnson reused to do this when she was prosecuted for an anti-war address at the Sydney Domain and spent a month in Long Bay prison as a result.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-reds-the-communist-party-of-australia-from-origins-to-illegality\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Joanne", "Entry ID": "AWE1620", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-joanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Athletics coach, Businesswoman, Exercise physiologist", "Summary": "Joanne Jones is a once only candidate for election: she was an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Rockdale in 1999.\n", "Details": "At the time of her campaign, Joanne Jones had lived in the electorate of Rockdale for 12 years. She had been involved in the fitness industry for 18 years as an exercise physiologist and athletics coach. Her campaign stressed local issues, such as the installation of air treatment systems in the Turella stack connected with the M5 road tunnel, and cleaner water in Botany Bay. She is married.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE1621", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Michelle Jones represented the Call to Australia party at the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Moorebank.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jonsson, Dee Richelle", "Entry ID": "AWE1622", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jonsson-dee-richelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Minister", "Summary": "Dee Jonsson has been a regular candidate for the Christian Democrats, having stood at the following elections:\nHouse of Representatives for Parramatta in 1996, 1998 and 2001.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wentworthville in 1999.\nHowever, in 1995 she ran as a Call to Australia candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Parramatta. In 1998, Dee Jonsson led a protest against the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade through the streets of Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kavanagh, Edna Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE1623", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kavanagh-edna-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Communist", "Summary": "Edna Kavanagh was an early candidate for election and only ran once: as a Communist Party of Australia candidate in the 1930 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Dulwich Hill. She lived most of her life in the fruit growing districts of NSW, at Little Hartley, Bilpin, Young. She had one son, Bill.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kellett, Sharon", "Entry ID": "AWE1624", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kellett-sharon\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sharon Kellett represented the Australian Democrats in the 1991 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Campbelltown.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kennedy, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1625", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kennedy-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Kennedy represented the One Nation Party in the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Georges River.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kerr, Gail", "Entry ID": "AWE1626", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kerr-gail\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gail Kerr was an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Parramatta in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kerr, Jill Valerie", "Entry ID": "AWE1627", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kerr-jill-valerie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jill Valerie Kerr represented the Australia Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Wollondilly in 1973 and in the 1974 elections for the House of Representatives seat of Macarthur.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "King, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE1628", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/king-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jane King stood as an Australian Democrats candidate in the 1991 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Manly.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "King, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1629", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/king-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret King represented the Australians Against Further Immigration party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Baulkham Hills in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Knight, Iris", "Entry ID": "AWE1630", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/knight-iris\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 1995 Iris Knight ran as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Gladesville and then again in 1999, but this time for the seat of Ryde.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Knight, Janice", "Entry ID": "AWE1631", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/knight-janice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Janice Knight ran for election only once. That was in 1991 as an ALP candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Northern Tablelands.\n", "Details": "Raised in Coonamble district of NSW, Janice Knight undertook a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of New England and started teaching at Wiley Park Girls' High School. Active in her community, she was elected secretary of New England Rugby Union in 1973. She joined the ALP in 1989 and was a delegate to the Country Conference.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Knowles, Vi", "Entry ID": "AWE1632", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/knowles-vi\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Vi Knowles ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Illawarra in 1988 as a Call to Australia candidate.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Koelink, Lyla", "Entry ID": "AWE1633", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/koelink-lyla\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lyla Koelink stood for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Lake Macquarie in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kraus, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE1634", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kraus-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Manager", "Summary": "Heather Kraus was an active member of the Call to Australia Party and stood for them in following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, for Hawkesbury in 1995.\nHouse of Representatives for Macquarie in 1996.\nIn her 1996 election leaflet, Heather used the slogan \"For God and the family\", though she also promised to guard the constitution, save the flag and nurture the environment.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lam, Le", "Entry ID": "AWE1635", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lam-le\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Le Lam was a Unity party candidate in the 2001 New South Wales Legislative Assembly Auburn by-election. In 2005 she was elected to the Auburn Council and appointed Deputy Mayor.\n", "Details": "Le Lam had been involved in the successful campaign to save Auburn Hospital and her campaign in 2001, stressed her interest in improved health services. She was also concerned with education and rising crime rates.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lambert, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE1636", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lambert-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Benalla, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Environmental scientist", "Summary": "Judy Lambert was a once only candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales when she stood as a Greens candidate in 1999 for the seat of Manly. She has however, been a local government councillor for two terms (Manly Council, 1999-2007) and is an outstanding environmental scientist.\n", "Details": "Judy Lambert was born in Benalla, Victoria and educated at Benalla High School and several universities. She. Holds a B.Pharm., Victorian College of Pharmacy (1969), BSc (Hons) Melbourne University (1971), PhD (Pharmacology) Melbourne University (1975), Grad Dip Environmental Management, Mitchell CAE (1989) and Grad Dip Business Admin., UTS, (1998).\nJudy Lambert has worked as a consultant to the Federal Environment Minister (1990-1992), an environmental advocate with the Wilderness Society (1987-1990) and as a research scientist in both the USA and Australia (1971-1987). From 1967 to 1974 she was a pharmacist at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Since 1993 she has been a co-director of Community Solutions.\nJudy Lambert was elected to the Manly Council in 1999 after having achieved 5% of the formal votes cast. She has lived in Manly for 25 years and is a partner in a consultancy business specialising in strengthening links between communities and decision makers. As a Councillor, she has been a member of many committees including the Manly Sustainability Strategy Management Group, the Landscape Management and Urban Design Committee, the manly Visitor and Community Board, the Manly Coastline Management Committee and the manly Scientific Advisory Panel.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lang, Emanuela", "Entry ID": "AWE1637", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lang-emanuela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Emanuela Lang represented the Australian Democrats in two elections; firstly in 1996 in the House of Representatives for Werriwa and then in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Macquarie Fields.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lantry, Alicia", "Entry ID": "AWE1638", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lantry-alicia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 2003 Alicia Lantry stood for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Mount Druitt.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lantry, Vickie", "Entry ID": "AWE1639", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lantry-vickie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Vickie Lantry is a once only Australian Democrats candidate who ran in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Myall Lakes. She gave her address as Cudgen, on the north coast of New South Wales, when she ran for the seat of Myall Lakes, but gave no further information. Vickie polled only 0.5% of the votes cast.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lawson, Mary Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1640", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawson-mary-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Margaret Lawson was a member of the Communist Party of Australia. She represented them in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Annandale in 1930.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lawson, Meagan", "Entry ID": "AWE1641", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawson-meagan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Electorate Officer, Youth worker", "Summary": "Meagan Lawson was an ALP candidate who ran only once for election to parliament; that was in 1999 at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Hawkesbury. She had greater success that same year when she ran for local council and was elected to the Hawkesbury City Council from 1999-2004.\n", "Details": "Meagan Lawson worked in the electorate offices of Bob Debus, MLA, and Maggie Deahm, MHR. She was an executive member of the Local Government Association. Megan later worked for the NSW Cancer Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leahy, Ann Leslie", "Entry ID": "AWE1642", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leahy-ann-leslie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann Leslie Leahy, a Socialist Labor League candidate, ran in the 1984 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Swansea.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leatch, Daphne May", "Entry ID": "AWE1643", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leatch-daphne-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Environmentalist, Political candidate", "Summary": "May Leatch is a leading environmentalist in the Shoalhaven area of New South Wales. She was also an avid Australian Greens supporter who ran for them in the following elections: House of Representatives, Gilmore seat, in 1993 and New South Wales Legislative Assembly, South Coast seat, in 1995.\n", "Details": "May Leatch is a resident of Nowra, NSW and has been a long time campaigner on many local environmental, planning and heritage issues, including Jervis Bay, Welcome Reef Dam and Bombaderry Creek. She works with the NSW Historic Houses Trust and manages \"Meroogal\", one of the Trust's most interesting properties. May is a member of the Australian Conservation Foundation's Shoalhaven Branch.\nShe waged a twelve year fight to save Bombaderry Creek Bushland, which she described as a recreational and educational resource and an amazing gem. It is the only place in the world where the Bombaderry Zeiria is known to grow.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Loel, Cherie", "Entry ID": "AWE1644", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/loel-cherie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In the 1991 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Parramatta, Cherie Loel ran as an Independent candidate.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lee, Madge Graham", "Entry ID": "AWE1645", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-madge-graham\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Madge Graham Lee was a Liberal candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Liverpool in 1953. At the time of her campaign, Madge Lee was a mother of four (their father was John Stuart Burman) and married to John Francis Lee, her second husband.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lee, Margaret Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE1646", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-margaret-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Telephonist", "Summary": "Margaret Lee was a once only candidate (Independent) who ran for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Manly in 1984.\n", "Details": "At the time of her campaign Margaret Lee's four children were grown up, but she had begun her community activity in connection with children, initiating the establishment of two kindergartens and a community centre in the Balgowlah area to which she moved in 1968. She promised to support whichever party was elected and to encourage thoughtful discussion of and public involvement in politics. She intended to resume her maiden name following the election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lee, Rita", "Entry ID": "AWE1647", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-rita\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rita Lee stood as a Unity Party candidate in the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wakehurst.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leonard, Samuelle", "Entry ID": "AWE1648", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leonard-samuelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Samuelle Leonard stood for the Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Murwillumbah in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leroy, Liliane Janine", "Entry ID": "AWE1649", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leroy-liliane-janine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "France", "Occupations": "Librarian", "Summary": "A once only candidate, Liliane Janine Leroy stood for the ALP in the unwinnable seat of Mosman in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1984. In her campaign material, Liliane stressed her varied life experiences as a paratrooper, pig farmer, boutique manager, book keeper and librarian. In 2004, she was the Secretary of the Friends of the ABC and Publicity Officer for the Mosman Orchestra.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lewis, Gillian", "Entry ID": "AWE1650", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lewis-gillian\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gillian Lewis ran as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Drummoyne in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Li, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE1651", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/li-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lisa Li represented the Unity party at the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Coogee.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Light, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1652", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/light-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "As an Independent, Ann Light ran in the1995 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Camden.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Liu, Naxin", "Entry ID": "AWE1653", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liu-naxin\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Naxin Liu is a once only candidate for election. She stood as Unity Party candidate in the 2003 Kogarah elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. The contest for the seat of Kogarah was unique as all five candidates nominated were women. Naxin Liu gave no information except her party affiliation to the local paper.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lloyd, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE1654", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lloyd-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judith Lloyd was a two-time Liberal party candidate. She stood in both the 1988 and 1991 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Charlestown.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Loew, Joan Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE1655", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/loew-joan-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Councillor, Mayor", "Summary": "Joan Loew was a well known councillor for the Hurstville City Council (1974-1987). During her time with the council, Joan was appointed Deputy Mayor in 1977, 1978 and 1983, and then Mayor from 1984 to1987. She was however unsuccessful all three times she ran for parliament:\nLiberal candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Rockdale, 1978.\nLiberal candidate, New South Wales Senate, 1980.\nIndependent candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Hurstville, 1988.\nJoan Loew was married to Fred Loew, with whom she had one son and four daughters.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Logan, Colleen", "Entry ID": "AWE1656", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/logan-colleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Editor", "Summary": "Colleen Logan only ran once for election to parliament. That was as an ALP candidate in the 1988 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Eastwood.\n", "Details": "Educated at Fort Street Girls' High School, she obtained her teaching certificate at Sydney Teachers' College in 1962 and taught infants for 18 months. She then joined the Commonwealth Public Service. She gained her BA in 1973 (Macquarie University), and MA in 1987 (Australian National University).\nShe has 3 children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Loughran, Daisy Georgina", "Entry ID": "AWE1657", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/loughran-daisy-georgina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Daisy Loughran was one of the first three women candidates for parliament when she stood as Socialist candidate in the 1920 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Love, Ellen Daphne", "Entry ID": "AWE1658", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/love-ellen-daphne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ellen Daphne Love was an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Wollongong in 1981.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Luke, Jodi", "Entry ID": "AWE1659", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/luke-jodi\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jodi Luke is a one time only candidate for election. She was the Christian Democrat Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Cabramatta in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lynch, Jacinta", "Entry ID": "AWE1660", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lynch-jacinta\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jacinta Lynch represented the Natural Law Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Coogee in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mackenzie, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE1661", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mackenzie-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "As a Liberal candidate, Jennifer Mackenzie stood for election in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Mount Druitt in 1995 and in the House of Representatives for Chifley in 1993.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maio, Florence Yvonne", "Entry ID": "AWE1662", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maio-florence-yvonne\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Auburn, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Executive secretary", "Summary": "Florence Yvonne Maio had no luck in gaining election to parliament as a Liberal candidate in the following elections: New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Granville in 1978, 1981 and 1984; House of Representatives for Reid in 1980 in 1983. However Florence was elected to the Parramatta City Council from 1983 to 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mandel-Hayes, Daphne May", "Entry ID": "AWE1663", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mandel-hayes-daphne-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Daphne May Mandel-Hayes stood for the One Nation Party at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Tamworth in 1999. Before attempting to enter state politics, Daphne was a councillor with the Barraba Shire Council from 1980 to 1991 (elected under the name of Mandel.).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Martin, Denise Theresa", "Entry ID": "AWE1664", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martin-denise-theresa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Denise Theresa Martin was a Liberal candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Wallsend in 1978.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Martin, Catherine Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1665", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martin-catherine-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Alderman, Political candidate", "Summary": "(Catherine) Margaret Martin was a very successful local government councillor with nearly two decades of experience: she was Alderman of the Randwick Municipal Council from 1983-2001 and Mayor from 1992-1993 and again from 1996-1997. However this experience did not help her gain election to state parliament where she stood twice as a Liberal candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Coogee in 1988 and 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mathew, Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE1666", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mathew-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community activist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Marie Mathew is a long term community activist and contributor. She was a One Nation candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Clarence in 1999 and in the House of Representatives for Page in 2001. She had more success at the local council level and was an elected member of the Grafton City Council from 2000 to 2004.\n", "Details": "Marie Mathew is a well known figure in the Grafton area. She received the award of OAM in the Queen's Birthday honours list in 2004, for services to local government, and women's hockey. She was a member of the Clarence River Tourism Management Association and was the first woman president of the South Grafton Business Association. She has also worked extensively for local charities. She served one term on Grafton City Council but was not elected to the new amalgamated Clarence Valley Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mathews, Leah", "Entry ID": "AWE1667", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mathews-leah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 1999 Leah Mathews stood as an Independent at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Mulgoa.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Matthews, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE1668", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/matthews-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jennifer Matthews stood as an Independent in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Ryde.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "May, Joanne", "Entry ID": "AWE1669", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/may-joanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joanne May is a loyal member of the One Nation Party. She stood for the party at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Lane Cove in 1999 and for Wyong in 2003.\n", "Details": "Joanne May gave her address as Harbord (a suburb of Sydney) when she ran for the seat of Wyong, on the central coast of New South Wales. She did not respond to the Newcastle Morning Herald's request for information and so her candidature appeared to be nominal only, in order to maximise the vote for Pauline Hanson herself, who was running for the New South Wales Legislative Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mayfield, Caroline", "Entry ID": "AWE1670", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mayfield-caroline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Caroline Mayfield was the Vice President of the NSW Division of the Australian Democrats in 2004. Prior to this Caroline represented the party at the New South Wales Senate elections of 2001 and in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Willoughby in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mccallum, Renata", "Entry ID": "AWE1671", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccallum-renata\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Renata Mccallum was a One Nation candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Cronulla in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mccann, Maxine", "Entry ID": "AWE1672", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccann-maxine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maxine Mccann was an Independent in the 1999 elections of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Port Stephens.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McClymont, Clarice Mavis", "Entry ID": "AWE1673", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcclymont-clarice-mavis\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Alderman, Political candidate", "Summary": "Clarice McClymont was a successful local councillor who ran once for parliament. She was Alderman in the Grafton City Council from 1949 to 1954 and 1956 to 1977, as well as Deputy Mayor from 1953 to 1954 and 1968 to 1969. She was awarded an MBE in 1960 for her public service to Grafton. Clarice was an unsuccessful Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Clarence in 1971.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliaments-and-local-governments-past-and-present-a-survey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCosker, Anne Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE1674", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccosker-anne-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anne Therese McCosker was a Democratic Labor Party member and their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Waratah in 1973 and in the 1975 New South Wales Senate elections.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCracken, Mary Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE1675", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccracken-mary-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Ellen McCracken stood as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Murrumbidgee in 1925.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCrae, Janine", "Entry ID": "AWE1676", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccrae-janine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Janine McCrae was described as a \"former sheep farmer\" when she spoke at a One Nation Forum in Wagga on 18 June 2005. Prior to that Janine stood as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Murrumbidgee in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McEwan, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE1677", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcewan-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "As an Australian Democrats candidate Karen McEwan ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Balmain in 1984.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mcgillivray, Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE1678", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcgillivray-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Suzanne McGillivray is a once only candidate for the Australian Democrats: she ran in the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lane Cove.\n", "Details": "Suzanne McGillivray told The Weekly Times (Ryde) that \"Throughout Sydney's northern suburbs, residents are urgently crying out for solutions to increasing population, urban sprawl, bushland loss and loss of our suburban character\". She believed the Australian Democrats could address these problems but she polled only 3.1% of the votes cast\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McIntyre, Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE1679", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcintyre-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Administration assistant", "Summary": "Joan McIntyre was an active member of the Liberal Party and ran for election once on its behalf: in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Riverstone in 1999.\n", "Details": "Joan McIntyre was active in local affairs when she ran for election to parliament. She holds a Certificate Welfare, and an Associate Diploma Social Science from TAFE, Blacktown. She has also held many offices in the Liberal Party at local and electorate council level. She has been a delegate to State Council, Women's Council and a Legislative Council pre-selector.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Meagher, Reba Paige", "Entry ID": "AWE1680", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meagher-reba-paige\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Reba Meagher has been a Minister in the Carr and Iemma Labor governments of New South Wales. She was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Cabramatta in the 1994 by election. She gained re-election in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007. During this time Reba was appointed Minister for Fair Trading, and Minister assisting the Minister for Commerce (2003-2005) and Minister for Youth and Minister for Community Services in 2005. She retired from the New South Wales Parliament on 17 September 2008.\n", "Details": "Reba Meagher was educated at Endeavour High School, and the University of Sydney, graduating BA in 1989 and M Labour Law and Relations, 1992.\nFrom 1990 to 1992 she worked as electorate officer to Paul Elliot MHR, and then as an Industrial officer for the Transport Workers Union from 1993 to 1994. She was President of NSW Young Labor 1992-1994, delegate to NSW Labor Council for Transport Workers Union 1993-1995 and delegate to ACTU Congress 1994.\nReba was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1994 for the seat of Cabramatta, at the by election following the murder of the sitting member, John Newman. She has held the seat at each election since then. Before being elected to the Ministry she was Parliamentary Secretary assisting Minister for Transport from 1999 to 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Megarrity, Alison Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE1681", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/megarrity-alison-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Alison Megarrity was the (ALP) member for Menai in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. She was first elected to the seat in 1999 and was re-elected in 2003 and 2007. She did not seek re-election at the 2011 state election, but stood as a federal candidate in the seat of Hughes at the 2013 election, but was unsuccessful. Prior to Alison's time in state politics she was a Councillor with the Liverpool City Council (1994-1999).\n", "Details": "Alison Megarrity grew up in central western NSW where her father was a railwayman. She was educated at Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta and Macquarie University, from which she graduated BA.\nShe worked in public sector organizations dealing with housing, education, and consumer affairs before winning the seat of Menai in 1999 at her first attempt.\nShe was active in the ALP, being a member of the Chipping Norton branch and holding office not only in the branch but also in the Moorebank and Menai State Electorate Councils.\nShe was elected to the Liverpool City Council in 1994 and represented it on the Chipping Norton Lakes Authority and the Georges River Combined Councils. She was a board member of the Whitlam Leisure Centre, deputy convenor of the Georges River Environment Alliance and Chair of the Chipping Norton Community Centre management Committee. She married Robert Megarrity, in 1982 and they have two sons, Liam and Glyn.\nShe served as Assistant Speaker from May 2007-March 2011. She was also Parliamentary Secretary, Assisting the Minister for Infrastructure and Planning and Natural Resources, 2003-2005, as well as Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment and the Art, 2005-2007..\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Merletto, Melva Alice Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE1682", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/merletto-melva-alice-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Melva Alice Lorraine Merletto was a Communist Party of Australia candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Kembla in 1968. Ten years later she ran for the same post, but again failed to be elected. Melva Merletto, then Melva Harrison, was one of the women who organised street meetings to support the coal miners on strike in 1949.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Milson, Virginia", "Entry ID": "AWE1683", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/milson-virginia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist, Environmentalist", "Summary": "Virginia Milson is an environmental activist and Greens Party member who ran once for election to the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales: for the seat of Bligh in 1995.\n", "Details": "Virginia Milson is best known as one of the founders of the Boral Green Shareholders, now called Green Shareholders. In 1995, increasingly desperate about the protection of old growth forests in New South Wales, a group of shareholders gained access to the Annual General Meeting of Boral and attempted to influence the company's policy on woodchipping.\nShe is also active as the Convenor of Waste Crisis Network Sydney and is a member of the Nature Conservation Council of NSW and its Zero Waste Network Advisory Committee.\nShe is an active member of her precinct within the area of the Waverley Municipal Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moore, Rosemary", "Entry ID": "AWE1684", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moore-rosemary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rosemary Moore, a Call to Australia Party member, ran for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Willoughby in the 1991 elections.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moroney, Rebecca", "Entry ID": "AWE1685", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moroney-rebecca\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Environmentalist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Rebecca Moroney is an environmentalist by occupation and politics. As an Australian Greens candidate she stood for election to the House of Representatives for Shortland in 1998 and to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wallsend in 1999. Rebecca Moroney worked as an environmental planner for the City of Lake Macquarie 2001-2003, and in 2004-2005 she was senior town planner on the staff of Maitland City Council\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morris, Marie Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1686", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morris-marie-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marie Morris ran for election to parliament twice, both times as an Australia Party candidate. She stood for election to the House of Representatives seat of Phillip in 1975 and for the seat of Maroubra in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1976.\n", "Details": "At the time of her candidacy, Marie Morris had been a resident of the Phillip Electorate for 11 years and was concerned that the quality of life in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney was deteriorating. She was married with three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morrison, Crena", "Entry ID": "AWE1687", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morrison-crena\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Crena Morrison stood for the Socialist Party at the 1976 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Heffron.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morrison, Lindy", "Entry ID": "AWE1688", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morrison-lindy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Musician, Political candidate", "Summary": "Lindy Morrison, well known drummer and musician, joined the Australian Democrats to bring about change. She stood as their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Coogee in 2003 and for the House of Representatives seat of Wentworth in 2004.\n", "Details": "Lindy Morrison is best known for her musical career. She was a member of the 1980s band, the Go-Betweens, and played with Zero (sometimes spelt Xero or Xiro) and Cleopatra Wong.\nLindy Morrison grew up in Queensland and her first job was as a social worker in Aboriginal community centres, an experience she said, fundamentally changed her life. Later, after two years in England, she returned home and turned to acting in political theatre at factories in Queensland. Then she moved into punk music and joined the Go-Betweens, touring Australia and the world. When the band broke up in 1990, Lindy Morrison changed her lifestyle and settled in Sydney. She has campaigned strongly for performers' rights and has been a board member of the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) since 1993. She has worked as musical director or performer in shows, parades and festivals and has lead drum and music workshops with many groups.\nShe is a director of the Music Council of Australia Board and is national co-ordinator for Support Act Ltd, the benevolent society for musicians and workers in the music industry.\nShe campaigned on performers rights under the Free Trade Agreement in 2004-5. She has one daughter.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moulston, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1689", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moulston-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anne Moulston was a once only candidate who represented the Australian Democrats in the 1991 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Newcastle. She ran a minimal campaign but still achieved 5% of the votes cast.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mountjoy, Jane (Lindsay)", "Entry ID": "AWE1690", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mountjoy-jane-lindsay\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Editor, Union organiser", "Summary": "Jane (Lindsay) Mountjoy was a courageous fighter for the underprivileged. She stood as a Communist Party of Australia candidate in the 1930 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Leichhardt.\n", "Details": "Jane (Lindsay) Mountjoy married Wilfred Athelstane Mountjoy (known as Bill) in 1927 at Bankstown, a suburb of Sydney. He was also a Communist Party candidate at the 1930 election, for the seat of Parramatta.\nLindsay worked as an organiser in the textile industry in Sydney in the 1930s, and edited The Working Woman. (Sydney 1932-5)\nSpeaking to the Tenth Congress of the party, Lindsay Mountjoy noted that \"the Communist Party is not a bohemian club\", and said that the sexual indiscretions of Communist women caused working class women to stop their husbands from joining the party.\nShe was arrested at a demonstration in support of the unemployed in November 1930, charged with riotous behaviour, assault and damage to a constable's watch. She was sentenced to 8 days gaol. In her article describing the experience she said if necessary she would do it again.\nShe later moved to Western Australia with her husband when he became organiser there, and later State secretary of the CPA, until he was disgraced and removed from the Central Committee in 1940. He ran for the House of Representatives seat of East Sydney at a by-election in 1931 and for the Senate in Western Australia in 1934.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-reds-the-communist-party-of-australia-from-origins-to-illegality\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moylan, Joyce", "Entry ID": "AWE1691", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moylan-joyce\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joyce Moylan was a once only candidate for election, and achieved only 1.4% of the vote. She stood as an Australians Against Further Immigration candidate in the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wyong.\n", "Details": "Joyce Moylan had retired from work when she stood for the seat of Wyong in 2003. She said her motive in standing was her concern for the future of her grandchildren. She believed there were already too many people and not enough jobs in New South Wales.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nagy, Susan Kathryn Amanda", "Entry ID": "AWE1692", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nagy-susan-kathryn-amanda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susan Kathryn Amanda Nagy represented the Australian Democrats at two elections: House of Representatives seat of Gilmore in 1990 and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Southern Highlands in 1991. She failed to gain a seat both times.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Naughton, Miriam Joyce", "Entry ID": "AWE1693", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/naughton-miriam-joyce\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Miriam Naughton was a long time local councillor in Goulburn. She was first elected in 1974 and remained on the council until 1987. However her attempts to enter state politics were less successful: Miriam stood as an Independent candidate in the 1983 elections to the House of Representatives seat of Eden-Monaro and in the 1984 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Goulburn.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Neale, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1694", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/neale-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Neale ran as a Call to Australia candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Lake Macquarie in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nelson, Maud", "Entry ID": "AWE1695", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nelson-maud\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maud Nelson was an Australians Against Further Immigration candidate at the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wyong.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nesbitt, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE1696", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nesbitt-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Nesbitt was a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Wallsend in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Newborne, Zophia", "Entry ID": "AWE1697", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newborne-zophia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Zophia Newborne is a once only candidate for election: a Christian Democrat Party representative in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Burrinjuck. She was one of many candidates who ran at short notice for this election mainly to ensure the re-election of the Reverend Fred Nile.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Newman, Alison", "Entry ID": "AWE1698", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newman-alison\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alison Newman was an Australian Democrats candidate in the 2003 elections for the seat of Gosford in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Newnam, Kathy", "Entry ID": "AWE1699", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newnam-kathy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Student", "Summary": "Kathy Newman has devoted herself to politics and to the Socialist Alliance Party. She was their candidate in the following elections:\nBrisbane City Council, 1997.\nSenate, South Australia, 2001.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Charlestown, 2003.\nSenate, Northern Territory, 2004.\n", "Details": "Kathy Newman is a dedicated member of the Democratic Socialist party and has been involved in politics in at least three states and the Northern Territory. She ran for the Brisbane City Council at the age of 19, winning more than 5% of the vote. At the time she was the Brisbane Organiser of Resistance, the socialist youth group. She later moved to the Northern Territory and in 2004, was the Socialist Alliance's second candidate for the Senate.\nOver the previous ten years, Kathy Newnam had campaigned against mandatory detention for refugees, racism, wood-chipping of old growth forests and nuclear testing in the Pacific. She had campaigned for free education, environmental justice, independence for East Timor, and women's rights.\nKathy Newnam was listed as a student when she ran for the seat of Charlestown in 2003. She and her party opposed the pro-business and privatisation policies of the Labor Government and were critical of the law and order campaigns of both major parties. She won only 0.6% of the votes cast.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Connor, Carolyn Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1700", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oconnor-carolyn-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Sales clerk", "Summary": "Carolyn O'Connor ran twice for the Liberal Party in seats that were unwinnable for her party. These were the seat of Heffron in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1981) and Kingsford-Smith in the House of Representatives (1987). In 1981 Carolyn O'Connor had lived and worked in the Heffron electorate for more than five years. She had two children and within the electorate she was involved in the Scout movement and Little Athletics.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Orman, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE1701", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/orman-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kate Orman stood as an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Hornsby in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Orme, Suzanne (Suzy)", "Entry ID": "AWE1702", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/orme-suzanne-suzy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Environmental consultant", "Summary": "Suzanne (Suzy) Orme has only run once for election to parliament. That was in 1999 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lane Cove.\n", "Details": "Suzy Orme is the senior consultant in an environmental consultancy, Enviroease, which specialises in environmental safety advice, products and training. In addition to her degrees (B Bus, P\/G Dip Env. Stud), she is a qualified workplace assessor and trainer. She is an executive member of the Sydney Environmental Education Network\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Shea, Yvonne", "Entry ID": "AWE1703", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oshea-yvonne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Alderman, Political candidate", "Summary": "(Yvonne) Vonnie O'Shea was a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Maroubra in 1991. Prior to this she was Alderman of the Randwick Municipal Council from 1987-1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Oz, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE1704", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oz-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A One Nation Party member, Susan Oz stood for election to the House of Representatives seat of Hughes in 2001 and to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Menai in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parker, Anna", "Entry ID": "AWE1705", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parker-anna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anna Parker was an Earthsave Australia candidate in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Gosford.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Perker, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1706", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/perker-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anne Parker was an Earthsave Australia candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Gosford in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Paton, Cecilia", "Entry ID": "AWE1707", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/paton-cecilia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cecilia Paton was an Australian Against Further Immigration candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Maroubra in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Paton, Fiona", "Entry ID": "AWE1708", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/paton-fiona\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Fiona Paton represented the Australians Against Further Immigration Party in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Ryde.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Paull, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE1709", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/paull-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Lecturer, Osteopath", "Summary": "Jennifer Paull is a one time candidate for election and is well known in her area of health sciences. In 1999 she ran as an Independent for the seat of Drummoyne in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.\n", "Details": "Jennifer Paull completed a B.Math at Wollongong University, a Dip Ed And a Bec. At the University of New England, and a Dip Osteop. at the Int. Coll.Osteo. She then established her osteopathic clinic in Drummoyne in 1989. She is a member of the Osteopaths Registration Board, appointed personally by the Minister for Health. She is a lecturer in the University of Western Sydney School of Exercise and Health Sciences.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pedersen, Norma", "Entry ID": "AWE1710", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pedersen-norma\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Norma Pedersen was an Australian Democrats candidate in the 1988 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Coffs Harbour.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Peebles, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1711", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peebles-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyn Peebles ran twice for election, but her life is primarily devoted to church work. She was a Call to Australia party candidate in both elections for the House of Representatives seat of Bennelong in 1990 and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Gladesville in 1991.\n", "Details": "Robyn Peebles was the pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd in West Ryde, a suburb of Sydney. In 2003 she was awarded the Citizen of the Year Award by the Ryde Council for her services in instituting the Mayoral Community Prayer Breakfast, and her other community activities. These included being convenor for the Interchurch taskforce for Children and Youth, her work for the establishment of a West Ryde Chamber of Commerce and her work on the Granny Smith Festival Committee. She later became a director of Kingdom Living Ministries Ltd.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Penfold, Yvonne", "Entry ID": "AWE1712", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/penfold-yvonne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Yvonne Penfold stood for the Australian Democrats at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Port Jackson in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pennington, Marjorie Valmai", "Entry ID": "AWE1713", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pennington-marjorie-valmai\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "SydneySydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marjorie Valmai Pennington was a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bligh in 1976 and Canterbury in 1978. She was married to Dennis Pennington, and had three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Perry, Barbara Mazzel Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1714", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/perry-barbara-mazzel-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Barbara Perry was a successful candidate, who was elected the first time she ran for Parliament as an ALP candidate in the 2001 by-election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Auburn. Barbara was re-elected in 2003, 2007 and 2011. She left Parliament in March 2015 after serving as a minister in previous Labor Governments. Prior to entering state politics she was a Councillor with the Auburn Council (1995-2003).\n", "Details": "Barbara Perry is the daughter of Ralph and Susan Abood, migrants from Lebanon. She is married to Michael Perry, and they have two sons. She was educated by the Sisters of Charity and the Marist Brothers. She graduated in law from the University of Sydney and worked at the Legal Aid Commission from 1990 - mostly in Family Law.\nBarbara Perry was the first woman of Lebanese origin to be elected to Legislative Assembly.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Perry, Beryl", "Entry ID": "AWE1715", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/perry-beryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Beryl Perry stood as an Australians Against Further Immigration candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Miranda in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Peters, Clare Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE1716", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peters-clare-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Clare Louise Peters was an Independent candidate in the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Coogee by-election, 1948.\nHouse of Representatives, Kingsford-Smith, 1949.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, King, 1950.\nHouse of Representatives, West Sydney 1951.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Petersen, Mairi Isabel Wilson", "Entry ID": "AWE1717", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/petersen-mairi-isabel-wilson\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Maclean, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Teacher", "Summary": "Mairi Petersen is widely known and respected in the labor movement, particularly in Illawarra. She stood as an ALP candidate in the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bligh in 1976.\nHouse of Representatives for Wentworth in 1975.\nCity of Shellharbour Council in 1995.\n", "Details": "Mairi Petersen was born in Maclean on the north coast of New South Wales and completed her Primary Teacher's Certificate at Newcastle Teachers' College. Her first appointment was to Kellyville Primary School in the north west of Sydney. Subsequently she taught at Forest Lodge, Darlinghurst, Fort Street, Clovelly and Glenmore road, Paddington in the inner suburbs. Later she moved to the Illawarra area and taught at Mount Warrigal, Albion Park Rail and Shellharbour primary schools. Mairi Petersen married (1) Robert Gould (marriage dissolved) with whom she had a daughter, Natalie, and (2) George Petersen, MLA for Illawarra 1968-1988 (died 28 March 2000).\nTogether the Petersen's ran an environmental radio programme on the community radio station 2 VOX-FM for eight years. Mairi Petersen has travelled widely, particularly to third world countries, and was a member of the Cuba Work Brigade. She has been an active member of Amnesty International for many years and has taken part in many other community activities. She and George Petersen were long time members of the Illawarra Folk Club and Mairi has sung with the Trade Union Choir.\nShe is active in the Illawarra section of the Australian Society for the Study of Labor History, and has been a member of the Council for Civil Liberties for many years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Phillips, Cara", "Entry ID": "AWE1718", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/phillips-cara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 1999 Cara Phillips was the Australian Greens candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Dubbo.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Phillips, Edna", "Entry ID": "AWE1719", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/phillips-edna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Edna Phillips is a once only candidate for election. She stood as the One Nation candidate in the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wallsend.\n", "Details": "Edna Phillips gave her address as Ashfield, a suburb of Sydney, when she ran for the seat of Wallsend in the Hunter Valley Region. She did not give any further information to the Newcastle Morning Herald, and although placed first on the ballot paper, polled only 3.3% of the votes cast.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pope, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE1720", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pope-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 2003 Judy Pope was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Hawkesbury.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Power, Cathy", "Entry ID": "AWE1721", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/power-cathy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cathy Power is a member of the Sutherland Greens. She was their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Cronulla in 1999 and in the House of Representatives for Cook in 2004.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Provan, Carol", "Entry ID": "AWE1722", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/provan-carol\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Carol Provan was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Cronulla in 1988.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Quigley, Monica Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1724", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/quigley-monica-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Monica Mary Quigley stood for the Democratic Labor Party in the 1973 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Bligh.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ramsay, Sylvia", "Entry ID": "AWE1725", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ramsay-sylvia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sylvia Ramsay ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Murrumbidgee in 1999 as an Australian Democrats candidate.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reddy, Suzanne Philida", "Entry ID": "AWE1726", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reddy-suzanne-philida\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Social welfare co-ordinator", "Summary": "Suzanne Philida Reddy, an Australian Democrats candidate, stood for the following elections:\nHouse of representatives for Bennelong in 1993 and 1996.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Northcott in 1995.\nSenate for NSW in 1998.\nShe joined the Australian Democrats in 1987, and has managed many campaigns for them. She has been a junior Vice President of the State organization.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rene, Liz", "Entry ID": "AWE1727", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rene-liz\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Liz Rene represented the Australian Greens at elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Waratah in 1995 and to the House of Representatives seat of Newcastle in 1998. A member of the Newcastle Greens, Liz was one of three Greens elected to Newcastle City Council in 1995 (-1999).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Renshaw, Emily Anastasia", "Entry ID": "AWE1728", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/renshaw-emily-anastasia\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Parkes, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Alderman, Justice of the Peace, Public servant", "Summary": "Emily Renshaw was well known throughout the central west of New South Wales. She was Alderman of the Parkes Municipal Council from 1956-59, 1962-65 and 1971-74. She was also an ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Dubbo in 1973 and for the NSW Senate in 1975.\n", "Details": "Emily Renshaw was a long term member of the ALP and widely known in country New South Wales. In 1975, when she was sixth on the party's ticket, she polled better than the three male candidates at 3, 4, and 5.\nShe had a long career in local government in Parkes, and was active in many local organizations. With Molly Edwards, she founded the Meals on Wheels scheme in Parkes.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliaments-and-local-governments-past-and-present-a-survey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/31-years-a-council-stalwart-obituary\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reverberi, Daniela", "Entry ID": "AWE1729", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reverberi-daniela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Mathematician", "Summary": "Daniela Reverberi presented evidence to the Workers Inquiry into leukaemia and cancer in the Wollongong area. She was an Australian Democrats candidate in the following elections:\nHouse of Representatives for Cunningham in 1993.\nNSW Senate in 1990.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Cabramatta in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richardson, Fiona Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE1730", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-fiona-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Fiona Ellen Richardson was an active Australian Democrats candidate for over ten years and stood in the following elections:\nHouse of Representatives for New England in 1980.\nCanberra, ACT in 1984.\nHouse of Representatives for Bradfield in 1987.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Gordon in 1988.\nHouse of Representatives for Blaxland in 1990.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Northern Tablelands in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ritchie, Marcia Shirley Thelma", "Entry ID": "AWE1731", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ritchie-marcia-shirley-thelma\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marcia Shirley Thelma Ritchie was a once only candidate: she ran for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Byron in 1978.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roberts, Madge Remilion", "Entry ID": "AWE1732", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roberts-madge-remilion\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Madge Remilion Roberts was a long-term Independent candidate who ran for 5 elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Lachlan, 1947.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Dubbo, 1950.\nHouse of Representatives, Calare, 1946 and 1954.\nHouse of Representatives, Darling, 1949.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robertson, Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE1733", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robertson-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lorraine Robertson ran for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Ballina in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robinson, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE1734", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robinson-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 1991 Susan Robinson ran in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Liverpool as an Australian Democrats candidate.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rooke, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE1735", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rooke-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Karen Rooke is a once only candidate for election. She ran for the Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Clarence in 1999. Karen was a member of the Clarence Greens and in 1999 their major concern was the Timbarra Gold Mine and its likely threat to the Clarence River and the important fish breeding sites in its estuary.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rowe, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE1736", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rowe-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jane Rowe represented the Australian Democrats in the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Pittwater.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Russell, Gabrielle", "Entry ID": "AWE1737", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/russell-gabrielle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gabrielle Russell stood for the Australian Democrats in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Wakehurst.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ryan, Shirley Mae", "Entry ID": "AWE1738", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ryan-shirley-mae\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor", "Summary": "Shirley Mae Ryan was a councillor with the Lismore City Council from 1974 to 1983. In 1978 she tried to enter state politics but failed to be elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lismore.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sainsbury, Judith Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1739", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sainsbury-judith-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judith Margaret Sainsbury was a candidate for the Council for the Defence of Government Schools in the 1971 election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Hurstville and the House of Representatives for Cook in 1972.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Salama, Vivian", "Entry ID": "AWE1740", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/salama-vivian\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Advisor", "Summary": "Vivian Salama ran for election only once. That was as a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Lakemba in 1981. She matriculated at Oxford and Cambridge and completed her teacher training in Egypt in 1973-4. In 1975, Vivian completed an interpreting\/translating course at the University of NSW. Vivian Salama was involved in introducing community languages into New South Wales schools.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sallans, Susan Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE1741", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sallans-susan-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susan Lorraine Sallans was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Illawarra in 1981.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sampson, Megan Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1742", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sampson-megan-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Megan Sampson only ran once for election to the New South Wales parliament but was a multiple candidate for the Federal parliament. In all but her 2002 campaign, when she ran as an Independent, Megan was an Australian Democrats candidate. She ran in the following elections:\nHouse of Representatives for Cunningham in 1980, 1990, 1993 and 2002 by-election.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wollongong in 1981.\nNew South Wales Senate in 1983.\nHouse of Representatives for Macarthur in 1984.\n", "Details": "Megan Sampson holds the honour of being the Democrat candidate who came closest to winning a seat in the House of Representatives. In 1990, she took the sitting member (and Minister) Stewart West to preferences and the final figures were West 52.4% and Sampson 47.6%.\nBy 2002, when she ran in the by-election following Stephen Martin's resignation, she ran as an independent, having left the Australian Democrats.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Samuels, Elaine Valerie Agnes", "Entry ID": "AWE1743", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/samuels-elaine-valerie-agnes\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Samuels, Elaine Valerie Agnes stood as a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Newcastle in 1978 and in the House of Representatives for Newcastle in 1977.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Saunders, Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE1744", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/saunders-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Suzanne Saunders stood for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for St Marys in 1991 and 1995. She was an Australian Democrats candidate both times.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Saxiones, Noeline", "Entry ID": "AWE1746", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/saxiones-noeline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Noeline Saxiones represented One Nation in the 1999 and 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Hawkesbury.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Scholem, Esther", "Entry ID": "AWE1747", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scholem-esther\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Esther Scholem is a once only candidate who stood for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Blue Mountains in 2003.\n", "Details": "Esther Scholem moved to the Blue Mountains of New South Wales in 1991 and became involved professionally and voluntarily in community activities there. She is a Past President of the Blue Mountains Migrant Residents Association, on the Management Committees of the Blackheath Area Neighbourhood Centre and the Blue Mountains Wildplant Rescue Service. She is a member of the Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group and Australians for native Title and Reconciliation (ANTAR).\nShe campaigned for more funding for community services and for the Blue Mountains area to be treated as a region in its own right and not just a part of the Greater Western Sydney Region. As an Australian Democrat she stressed the need to create a fairer civil society based on social justice, environmental sustainability and economic responsibility.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schrader, Virginia", "Entry ID": "AWE1748", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schrader-virginia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 1988 Virginia Schrader ran for the Liberal party to gain election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Auburn.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schultz, Gloria", "Entry ID": "AWE1749", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schultz-gloria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate, Public health advocate", "Summary": "Gloria Schultz is a one time candidate for election but has spent much of her married life involved with politics. As a Liberal party member she stood for election in 1999 to the seat of Burrinjuck in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.\n", "Details": "Gloria Schultz married Albert John (Albie) Schultz, (MLA 1988-98, MHR 1998-date) in 1962 and they have two sons.\nShe was educated at Echuca High School, Victoria, and then worked as a dental nurse for 11 years.\nGloria has campaigned for several breast cancer research foundations, and is Chairman of the Mobile Mammography Appeal. She is active in community affairs, particularly the Blind Society and the Girl Guides Association.\nShe has held office in the Liberal Party at branch and electorate Council level and has been a delegate to Women's and State Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shakir, Khiloud", "Entry ID": "AWE1750", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shakir-khiloud\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Migration agent", "Summary": "Khiloud Shakir is a once only candidate for election. She was a One Nation party candidate in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Canterbury. Khiloud Shakir was a registered migration agent and worked at the Auburn Migrant Resource Centre Inc. She is a member of the Migration Institute of Australia. She was described as a PhD student in 2001 in the League of Rights magazine On Target.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shanks, Diana", "Entry ID": "AWE1751", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shanks-diana\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Diana Shanks was a candidate only once. That was when she stood for the Australian Democrats in the 1991 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Blacktown.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shnookal, Deborah Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE1752", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shnookal-deborah-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist, Editor", "Summary": "Deborah Shnookal was a student and women's rights activist who subsequently developed a career in writing and editing.\n", "Details": "Deborah Shnookal was active in the Melbourne Women's Liberation Movement for some years. She was Chairperson and one of the organisers of the Melbourne International Women's Day rallies in 1975 and during that year worked full-time for the Women's Abortion Action campaign in Melbourne. She was a staff writer for Direct Action, the paper published by the Socialist Workers Party and represented that party in several state and federal elections including the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Phillip in 1976.\nIn 1989, she co-founded Ocean Press, an independent publishing company with a list focusing on books in English and Spanish on Latin America.\u00a0 She gained her PhD in history and Latin American Studies at La Trobe University and\u00a0in 2023 became\u00a0a research fellow at the University of Melbourne.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Simons, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1753", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/simons-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann Simons was a once only candidate who stood for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Lismore in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Simpson, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE1754", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/simpson-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 2003 Julie Simpson was an Australian Greens candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Miranda.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Skinner, Jillian Gell", "Entry ID": "AWE1755", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/skinner-jillian-gell\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Parliamentarian, Public servant", "Summary": "Jillian Skinner, a Liberal Party member, has been a well known and active Member of Parliament for more than twenty years.. However in her first two attempts to enter parliament via the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of North Shore (1984 and 1988) were unsuccessful. Jillian's luck finally changed in 1994 when she won the seat at the by-election. She was re-elected to the seat in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. Throughout this time Jillian has held the following appointments:\nShadow Minister for Youth Affairs, 1995-1999, 2002-2003.\nShadow Minister for Health, 1995-2003, September 2005 to date.\nShadow Minister for Education and Training 2003-2005.\nShadow Minister for the Arts 2003-2008.\nShadow Minister for School Education April-September 2005.\nMinister for Medical Research 2011-2015.\nMinister for Health, 2011-\n", "Details": "Jillian Skinner was born in Melbourne in 1944, the daughter of Robert and Lois Coutts. She served her cadetship in journalism on the Melbourne Herald. She worked as a journalist for News Limited and Radio Hong Kong from 1962-1973, returning to live in Sydney in 1979. From 1984 to 1988 she ran Jillian Skinner and Associates, doing editorial writing, research, policy development and strategic planning.\nShe is married to Christopher Skinner, and they have three children. When her children were small, she became active in P. & C. affairs in North Sydney and was a founding member of the North Sydney Occasional Childcare.\nFrom 1988 to 1994 she was Director of the New South Wales Office of Youth Affairs. She has held office in the Liberal Party at all levels, local, electorate and State.\nElected to the Legislative Assembly at a by-election in 1994, following the resignation of Phillip Smiles, she was appointed to the Shadow Ministry the following year, after the defeat of the Fahey government. In 2005 she held first, the shadow ministry of Education and then Health.\nJillian was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in June 2024 for significant service to the people and Parliament of New South Wales and to community health.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Rosemary Freya", "Entry ID": "AWE1756", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-rosemary-freya\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rosemary Freya Smith was a member of the Australia Party and stood for them at the 1973 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Balmain.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith-Di Francesco, Dianne", "Entry ID": "AWE1757", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-di-francesco-dianne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Dianne Smith-Di Francesco ran for the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales only once - in 2003 as an Independent for the seat of Wyong. At the time of the election she gave her address as Budgewoi, but gave no other information to the Newcastle Morning Herald and apparently did not distribute election leaflets.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smyth, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE1758", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smyth-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judith Smyth was an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wallsend in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Southgate, May", "Entry ID": "AWE1759", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/southgate-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "May Southgate was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Coffs Harbour in the 1991 elections.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sowilam, Hanan", "Entry ID": "AWE1760", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sowilam-hanan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Hanan Sowilam represented the Reform the Legal System Party at the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bankstown.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Spence, Christine Diane", "Entry ID": "AWE1761", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spence-christine-diane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Diane Spence represented One Nation at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Barwon in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Spencer, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE1762", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spencer-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sue Spencer represented the Christian Democrat Party at the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Peats.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sperling, Karla Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE1763", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sperling-karla-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Academic, Lawyer", "Summary": "Karla Sperling is a committed Green activist whose academic study makes her an expert on environmental law and sustainability. She stood for the Greens in the following elections: New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kiama in 1995; Senate for NSW in 1996; House of Representatives for Throsby in 1993 and 1998.\n", "Details": "Karla Sperling tutored and lectured at the University of Wollongong. She was for some time Deputy Chairperson of the Illawarra Catchment management Committee. Karla Sperling gained the world's first Ph.D. in Sustainable Futures when she graduated from the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney in May 2002, writing her thesis on \"Overcoming legal impediments to urban planning for sustainability in the Sydney greater metropolitan region.\"\nShe was the convenor of the Friends of the Regent Theatre, Wollongong which campaigned to retain, protect and conserve the theatre and ensure its continuing public.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "St Lawrence, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE1764", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/st-lawrence-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Patricia St Lawrence was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Cessnock in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Steel, Lucy Amelia Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE1765", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/steel-lucy-amelia-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lucy Amelia Jane Steel stood for the ALP in the 1944 election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Blacktown.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/official-history-of-the-australian-army-medical-services-1914-18-vol-iii-problems-and-services\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stevenson, Margaret Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1766", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stevenson-margaret-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Elizabeth Stevenson was an Independent candidate in two elections. Firstly in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Orange in 1971 and then for the House of Representatives Calare seat in 1984.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stewart, Vera", "Entry ID": "AWE1767", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stewart-vera\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Vera Stewart ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Bankstown in 1978 as an Australian Democrats candidate.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stokes, Cherie", "Entry ID": "AWE1768", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stokes-cherie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cherie Stokes was a once only candidate who stood for the ALP in the unwinnable seat of Wakehurst (New South Wales Legislative Assembly) in 1999. She worked in advertising, public relations and marketing.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Strom, Jan Query", "Entry ID": "AWE1769", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/strom-jan-query\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Facilitator, Lecturer, Marketing officer", "Summary": "Jan Strom is a community activist, local councillor and outstanding citizen. She has served on the Coffs Harbour City Council from 1999 to 2004, being Deputy Mayor from 2000 to 2004. In 2003 she stood as an Independent in the Coffs Harbour elections of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.\n", "Details": "Jan Strom has a strong background in marketing and events management. She says of herself that her work experience includes being a speaker, an actor, a fitness industry leader, a television presenter, a small business operator, a marketer, a university lecturer, a work place trainer, a community activist, a local government Councillor, a wife and mother.\nShe lived in various towns and cities, as well as in Italy and the United Kingdom before moving to Coffs Harbour in 1982. She is married to Peter Strom and they have two sons. In 1983 she established Bootlace Productions and worked as an actor and producer for it until 1995.\nFrom 1982 to 1992 she was a television presenter with NRTV, and owned and ran Jazz Fitness. She has organised and coordinated many events including Southern Cross University Open Days, Jetty Festivals, Carols by Candlelight, and public lectures. She worked as Marketing and Community Liaison Officer for Southern Cross University from 1995 to 2001, while obtaining her Assoc. Degree in Management and Professional Studies (1997) and a Masters degree in Professional Management (2004). She also lectured at Southern Cross University in Business, and Tourism and Hotel Management.\nShe is Deputy Chair of the Mid North Coast Regional Development Board, Chair of the Coffs Coast Food & Wine Festival, and an executive member of the Coffs harbour Chamber of Commerce. Although no longer a member of the City Council, Jan Strom continues to participate in a wide range of community activities.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Styles, Lynette", "Entry ID": "AWE1770", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/styles-lynette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lynette Styles was an Independent who ran for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Southern Highlands in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Su, Cynthia", "Entry ID": "AWE1771", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/su-cynthia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cynthia Su stood for the Unity party in the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wentworthville.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Swallow, Alicia", "Entry ID": "AWE1772", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/swallow-alicia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alicia Swallow was a member of the Australian Democrats and their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Hornsby in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Symons, Cheryl", "Entry ID": "AWE1773", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/symons-cheryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cheryl Symons stood for the Liberal Party at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Londonderry in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tang, Annie", "Entry ID": "AWE1774", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tang-annie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Annie Tang ran for election to Parliament only once, but has been a successful local councillor. As an Independent she failed to be elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Georges River in 1999. However, that same year Annie was elected to the Kogarah Council and has been re-elected to serve until 2007. In 2005 she was appointed Deputy Mayor and was the Chairperson of the Community Services and Access Working Parties of the Kogarah Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Targett, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1775", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/targett-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anne Targett was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Rockdale in 1991.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taunton-Henderson, Nada Sylvia", "Entry ID": "AWE1776", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taunton-henderson-nada-sylvia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 2003 Nada Sylvia Taunton-Henderson stood for the One Nation Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Fairfield.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taylor, Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE1777", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taylor-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Louise Taylor stood as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Southern Highlands in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thompson, Evelyn Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE1778", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thompson-evelyn-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Evelyn Thompson was a once only candidate who ran for the Liberal Party at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Woronora in 1973. She joined Liberal Party in 1961, was a member of State Council in 1967, and President of the Miranda State Election conference in 1971. Evelyn Thompson was married to Jack Thompson, and they had children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thompson, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE1779", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thompson-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 1999 Judith Thompson stood as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Penrith.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thomson, Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE1780", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thomson-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Lorraine Thomson is a health worker who believes in sustainable cities. She ran as a Save Our Suburbs candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Marrickville in 2003 and in the 2005 Marrickville by-election.\n", "Details": "Lorraine Thomson trained as a nurse and midwife and in 2005 she was working for the Red Cross Blood Bank. She was concerned not just for the suburban environment but also for native animals and is the organiser of an inner city branch of the NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue Service (WIRES)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thomson-Marsh, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE1781", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thomson-marsh-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jean Thomson-Marsh stood for the Communist Party of Australia in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Redfern in 1930 and 1932.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tiffen, Rebecca", "Entry ID": "AWE1782", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tiffen-rebecca\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Educator", "Summary": "Rebecca Tiffen is a once only candidate who ran as an Independent in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Clarence.\n", "Details": "In 1994-5 Rebecca Tiffen managed a project for Adult Community Education (ACE) North Coast to develop a model of good practice for Aboriginal Education. Her strategy was to conduct classes in communities, rather than demand attendance at TAFE sites. Rebecca Tiffen was the Student Representative Council's nominee to the Academic Board of Southern Cross University in 2004\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Toal, Leila", "Entry ID": "AWE1783", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/toal-leila\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Leila Toal represented the Unity party at the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Mount Druitt.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Toohey, Annie Howard", "Entry ID": "AWE1784", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/toohey-annie-howard\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Annie Howard Toohey ran as a Socialist party candidate at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Botany in 1920.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Trubridge-Freebury, Julia", "Entry ID": "AWE1785", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trubridge-freebury-julia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Feminist, Politician, social activist", "Summary": "Julia Trubridge was an Independent candidate in the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Bligh.\n", "Events": "ALRA (1971 - 1975)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/state-library-of-new-south-wales-julia-freebury-interviewed-by-rosemary-block-about-her-participation-in-the-abortion-law-reform-association-n-s-w-1991\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julia-freebury-papers-mainly-concerning-the-campaign-for-abortion-on-request-including-the-records-of-the-abortion-law-repeal-association-together-with-related-material-1964-1984\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julia-trubridge-freebury-further-papers-1960s-2004\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tschanter, Dell", "Entry ID": "AWE1786", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tschanter-dell\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Consultant, Law clerk", "Summary": "Dell Tschanter was a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Swansea in 2003 and for the House of Representatives, Shortland seat in 2004. She has worked as a self employed conveyancer and hospitality and staff consultant.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tuckwell, Pamela Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1787", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tuckwell-pamela-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Mortgage broker", "Summary": "Pamela Tuckwell was a staunch supporter of the Australian Democrats in the early 1980s. She was their candidate in the following elections: House of Representatives for Bennelong in 1980; House of Representatives for Berowra in 1983; New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ku-ring-gai in 1984. At the time of her State campaign, Pamela Tuckwell had lived in the electorate for six years. She was married and has worked as a self employed mortgage broker.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Turrisi, Tina", "Entry ID": "AWE1788", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turrisi-tina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Tina Turrisi stood for the Unity Party at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Drummoyne in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tyrell, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE1789", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tyrell-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jan Tyrell ran as an Australian Democrats candidate in the 1991 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Port Macquarie.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Unsworth, Pauline Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1790", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/unsworth-pauline-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pauline Unsworth was a once only candidate who stood for the ALP at the 1968 election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Northcott. She was married to Barry John Unsworth in 1955, who later became a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council 1978-1986, a member of the Legislative Assembly 1986-1991 and Premier of New South Wales from 1986 to 1988.\nPauline Unsworth's one candidature was well before her husband entered Parliament, while he was an organiser for the Labour Council of New South Wales\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vinnicombe, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE1791", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vinnicombe-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Accountant", "Summary": "Sue Vinnicombe is one of only a handful of women endorsed by the National party and its predecessors over eight decades. She was their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for the seat of Tweed in 2003.\n", "Details": "Sue Vinnicombe took part in the 8th International Women in Leadership Conference held in Western Australia in 1999, giving a paper on problems of women in management.\nIn 2003, Sue Vinnicombe was one of three women endorsed by the National Party. For the election, She produced her own action plan for the Tweed area, which stated that the Tweed had been neglected on essential services such as hospitals, schools, roads and police. She was in favour of sustainable development but she avoided any detailed development plan, not wishing to be linked to the local Council's actions which had been investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Department of Local Government. In the event, Sue Vinnicombe was narrowly beaten by the sitting Labor member.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wade, Linda", "Entry ID": "AWE1792", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wade-linda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Linda Wade stood as an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for North Shore in 1995 and for the House of Representatives seat of North Sydney in 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wade, Norma Edith", "Entry ID": "AWE1793", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wade-norma-edith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Norma Edith Wade was an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Merrylands in 1978.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walls, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE1794", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walls-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Michelle Walls was another once only candidate for the Australian Democrats. She ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Swansea in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walsh, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE1795", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walsh-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kate Walsh ran for the Australian Greens in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Bankstown.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ward, Elise", "Entry ID": "AWE1796", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ward-elise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Elise Ward was a candidate for election only once. That was for Earthsave Australia in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Ballina. Elise was a long term resident of the Byron Bay area when she ran for election. She worked at the Beach Hotel as receptionist and said her interest in politics and the Earthsave Australia party stemmed from her concern for her children's future.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Warn, Melinda", "Entry ID": "AWE1797", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/warn-melinda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Melinda Warn ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for South Coast in 1999 as a One Nation Party candidate.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Waters, Geraldine", "Entry ID": "AWE1798", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waters-geraldine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Geraldine Waters stood as an Australian Democrats candidate in the following elections: the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Penrith in 2003 and the House of Representatives seat of Lindsay in 2001and 2004.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Waters, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE1799", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waters-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judith Waters was an ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for the seat of Armidale in 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Watson, Brooke", "Entry ID": "AWE1800", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/watson-brooke\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Brooke Watson was an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Penrith in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Watts, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE1801", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/watts-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 1991 Jan Watts stood for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wyong as an Australian Democrats candidate.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Webster, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE1802", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webster-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Graphic designer", "Summary": "Catherine Webster ran as a Natural Law Party candidate in the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Wakehurst.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Weckert, Joanna", "Entry ID": "AWE1803", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/weckert-joanna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joanna Weckert was one of many Australian Greens members who ran for election only once. She ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Gosford in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wendt, Neva Marilyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1804", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wendt-neva-marilyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Policy co-ordinator", "Summary": "Neva Wendt ran for election only once and as an Australia Party candidate she failed to gain election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Miranda in 1973. She did however, go on to a successful career in international affairs.\n", "Details": "Neva Wendt lived and worked in the Pacific for 20 years from 1983. Originally based with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community in Noumea, New Caledonia and later based with the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme in Apia, Samoa, she has had extensive experience working with the 22 Pacific Island countries and territories. Neva Wendt returned to Australia in 2002 and took up the job of Policy Director - Pacific, in the Australian Council for Overseas Aid.\nBy 2005 she was the Policy Co-ordinator at the Australian Council for International Development (formerly ACFOA) in Canberra.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "White, Nicole", "Entry ID": "AWE1805", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-nicole\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Nicole White was a one-time Call to Australia candidate who ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Bulli in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Whitehead, Margery", "Entry ID": "AWE1806", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whitehead-margery\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margery Whitehead only ran once for election to parliament. That was in 2003 as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Heffron. Prior to that Margery was a successful local councillor for Randwick from 1997 to 2004. She was educated at Sydney Girls' High School and in 2005 was the President of the Old Girls' Union of the school.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williams, Mary Jamieson", "Entry ID": "AWE1807", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-mary-jamieson\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mrs Mary Jamieson Williams was a pioneer of the women's movement and a staunch temperance worker. She ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of North Shore in 1925 as an Independent.\n", "Details": "Mrs Mary Jamieson Williams had been engaged in temperance work in Scotland and South Wales before she arrived in Australia with her husband, the Reverend T. Jamieson Williams, a Presbyterian minister.\nOn arrival in Australia, she first joined the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in Tamworth in 1913 and was President 1913-1916. The Williams moved to Nowra where she became President of the Nowra Temperance Union 1917-1921. She was elected the Recording secretary for Australasia at the Triennial Convention of the WCTU in Perth in 1918 and held the office until at least 1926. In 1923 she attended two European conferences, representing the WCTU and the Council of Women's Union of Service at the International Women's Suffrage Congress in Rome and, at the invitation of the Danish Government, the International Anti-Alcohol Congress in Copenhagen. She also took part in the Scottish No-License Campaign while she was abroad.\nMrs Jamieson Williams formed the Manly branch of the WCTU in 1921, and became State Treasurer 1925-26, and President 1926-1929. She was active in many areas of interest to women, presenting petitions to Members of Parliament on the status of women, speaking in favour of amendments to the Liquor Bill in 1929, writing letters to the paper on women police, child endowment and the Vagrancy Bill.\nWhen she ran for election as an independent candidate for North Shore in 1925, The Sydney Morning Herald described her as particularly strong on international affairs and kee4nly interested in problems affecting her sex.\nIn 1930 she attended the Pan Pacific Conference in Honolulu which led to the formation of the Pan Pacific Women's Association. She was also a delegate to the NSW National Council of Women.\nMrs Jamieson Williams was one of the few women who had conducted church services.\nIn 1933 she was appointed an Australian delegate to the League Of Nations.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/golden-records-pathfinders-of-womans-christian-temperance-union-of-n-s-w\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womans-christian-temperance-union-of-new-south-wales-1882-1976\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-mary-jamieson-williams-1933-1935-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williams, Joy", "Entry ID": "AWE1808", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joy Williams was a Communist Party of Australia candidate in the 1962 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Phillip.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Willis, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE1809", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/willis-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Karen Willis ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Camden in 1991 as an Independent.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Willis, Sabine Hedwig", "Entry ID": "AWE1810", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/willis-sabine-hedwig\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Frankfurt am Main, Germany", "Occupations": "Academic, Historian", "Summary": "Sabine Hedwig Willis is a well known feminist and historian who ran for election once only. She was the ALP's candidate in the 1976 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Northcott.\n", "Details": "Sabine Willis was born in Frankfurt Main, West Germany, on 24 February 1938. She was educated at Beecroft Public School and Hornsby Girls High School and completed her tertiary education at Macquarie University (BA Hons, 1971) and at the University of New South Wales (PhD, 1974). She became Lecturer in politics, School of History, Philosophy and Politics, Macquarie University in 1980, having been Senior Tutor from1974 to 80.\nHer publications include Enquiry into the Status of Women in the Church (editor); Women, Faith and Fetes, Essays in the History of Women and the Church in Australia (editor), and the 1983 Backhouse Lecture, An Adventure into Feminism with Friends.\nShe was a member of the Commission on the Status of Women (NSW) from 1973 and an executive member of the Australian Council of Churches from 1976-1978. She is presently a member of the Society of Friends. Sabine was married in 1959, (dissolved 1975) and has two sons.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilson, Constance Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE1811", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-constance-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Constance Ellen Wilson ran as an Independent for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lismore in 1956.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilson, Edwina Lyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1812", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-edwina-lyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Edwina Lyn Wilson was an Australian Democrats candidate at the following elections: the House of Representatives seat of Hunter in 1980 and 1983 and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lake Macquarie in 1984.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilson, Pamela Adelaide", "Entry ID": "AWE1813", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-pamela-adelaide\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pamela Adelaide Wilson stood as an Australia Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Wakehurst in 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wong, Cheryl", "Entry ID": "AWE1814", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wong-cheryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cheryl Wong stood for the Unity Party at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Willoughby in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wood, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1815", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wood-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anne Wood was an Independent candidate in the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wollongong.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wood, Gloria", "Entry ID": "AWE1816", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wood-gloria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gloria Wood was an Independent in the 1991 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Mt Druitt.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Woodbury, Mary Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1817", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woodbury-mary-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 1973 Mary Elizabeth Woodbury stood for the Democratic Labor Party in the election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Parramatta.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Woodger, Janey", "Entry ID": "AWE1818", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woodger-janey\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Secretary", "Summary": "Janey Woodger was a prolific campaigner who stood as a candidate in multiple elections.\nAs an Australians Against Further Immigration candidate she contested the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Campbelltown in 1995.\nHouse of Representatives seat of Werriwa in 2001 and 2005.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly Campbelltown by election in 2001.\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly Macquarie Fields by-election in 2005.\nShe also sought election to the House of Representatives for Cook in 1996 as a Reclaim Australia, Reduce Immigration Party member.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wootten, Victoria Lucille", "Entry ID": "AWE1819", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wootten-victoria-lucille\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Communist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Victoria Lucille Wootten represented the Communist Party of Australia in the seat of Mt Druitt at the 1978 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Yagoub, Thoria", "Entry ID": "AWE1820", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yagoub-thoria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Henna artist", "Summary": "Thoria Yagoub stood for the Reform the Legal System Party in the seat of Auburn at the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Yakup, Fatia", "Entry ID": "AWE1821", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yakup-fatia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Fatia Yakup ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Auburn in 1999 for the Unity Party.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ioannou, Varvara", "Entry ID": "AWE1823", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ioannou-varvara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Greece", "Occupations": "Educator, Human Resources Consultant, Human Rights Advocate", "Summary": "Varvara Ioannou arrived in Melbourne in 1972 and has been instrumental in the evolution of multicultural policy in Victoria. Committed to social justice and human rights for migrant women refugees and other disadvantage groups, Varvara has worked hard towards changing the policy of assimilation (which governed relationships with and between culturally and linguistically diverse groups until the 1970s) to one of inclusiveness. Her work in industry and the community is based upon encouraging and celebrating diversity. Most recently, she has worked as the 'Get a Balanced Life' Program Manager at Australia Post in Victoria. In terms of her community work, her most recent achievement is the establishment of a Greek women's network called 'Food for Thought'.\n", "Details": "Varvara Ioannou arrived in Australia from Greece at the age of nineteen. After completing a teaching diploma, she then went\non to undertake a Bachelor of Education at Latrobe University in Melbourne, Victoria, followed by a masters degree. Varvara also developed skills in the Human resources area.\nVarvara has worked extensively as an educational and human resources consultant. She wrote, initiated and implemented policy for the Victorian Department of Education that dealt with managing cultural change in schools that were introducing languages other than English frameworks. She worked with the Ethnic Education Services of the Victorian Department of Education and wrote national curriculum on teaching Greek from prep to year 8; a model that was then adopted for use in sixteen other languages. She has taught in schools with culturally and linguistically diverse populations, helping them to implement new, inclusive curriculum.\nIn 1996 the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria nominated Varvara to represent women of Greek background from Oceania at the International Conference held in Greece by the world Council of Hellenes Abroad. In 1999 she was elected to the eleven-member board of the World Committee for Hellenic Women Abroad.\nThrough the Cultural Association of Hellenic Women of Victoria, Varvara has been the founder of a unique initiative called 'Food for Thought Network', a women's network with a developmental focus in the areas of work, family, language, culture, health and wellbeing.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cruz, Elba", "Entry ID": "AWE1825", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cruz-elba\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Chepica, Colchagua Province, Chile", "Occupations": "Union activist, Women's Refuge Worker", "Summary": "Elba was born into a strongly socialist working-class family in Chile, which became closely associated with the government of Savador Allende and was forced to flee Chile following his assassination. On settling in Canberra she instigated a strike of workers at the at the Health Services Supply Services laundry at Mitchell in 1987. In 1991 she joined the staff of the Beryl Women's Refuge, where she is still employed. She has assisted many Chilean refugees settle in Canberra and has been involved in a number of community organizations.\n", "Details": "Elba Cruz was born in 1945 in Chepica, Chile, daughter of Leopoldo Cruz-Soto and Maria Magdalina Zavalla-Jimenes. Her father, a self-employed sharecropper and community leader, imbued her and her six siblings with strong sense of social justice and socialist and communist values.\nDyslexia impeded Elba's education and she left school at about 14 to help her mother in the home. At 18 she went to Santiago where she worked in a men's clothing factory, participated in union activities, and in 1969 married Leonardo Valenzuela Ramirez, a carpenter.\nElba and her husband worked to promote community development centres in suburbs and country towns under the Allende government, and two of her brothers became Allende's unofficial bodyguards. One of her brothers was at the Presidential Palace (Moneda) in November 1973 when Allende was assassinated. The other brother was at the Intedensia (the Santiago administration office). This brother was arrested and executed three days after the coup. The other brother who was at the Moneda in the morning of the coup was imprisoned, tortured, and released after four months.\nHer husband was granted refuge in Argentina and Elba followed him with her three small children in November 1974. They lived there for three years under UN protection and another child was born, before the family was accepted as refugees by Australia in 1977. They settled initially in Adelaide, then came to Canberra, where her husband worked as a carpenter and she studied English.\nIn the early 1980s Elba worked as cook, a cleaner in a hotel and hospital, and as a casual worker at the Health Services Supply Services laundry at Mitchell. In 1987 she initiated a successful three week strike over employment conditions at the laundry, and subsequently became the union representative there. After six years she developed RSI and was forced to seek less physically demanding work.\nIn 1991 she joined the staff of the Beryl Women's Refuge, where she is still employed. She has assisted many Chilean refugees settle in Canberra and has been involved in a number of community organizations such as the Chilean Solidarity Committee, a support organization for Argentinean refugees, the Chilean broadcasting program on 2XX and ANESBWA (Association of Non-English-Speaking Background Women of Australia).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/migrant-women-in-the-workforce-sound-recording-an-oral-history-series-documenting-the-working-lives-of-migrant-women-in-australia\/ \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\/elba-cruz-zavalla-interviewed-by-ann-mari-jordens-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ah Toy, Lily", "Entry ID": "AWE1826", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ah-toy-lily\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Darwin, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Death Place": "Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Community activist", "Summary": "Lily Ah Toy was well known and respected across the Northern Territory; so well respected that, as part of the bicentennial events in 1988, she was one of only eight Territory women to be recognised for their contributions and achievements. Her family were key figures in the Pine Creek and Darwin (Northern Territory) Chinese communities, although, they came to be well regarded across ethnic boundaries, for the extent of their generosity and involvement in the community, her efforts in 1974 to assist people made homeless and hungry by Cyclone Tracy being a case in point.\nAt various times in her life, Lily was involved in school mother's clubs, church councils, the Red Cross and various Chinese organisations. In 1982, Lily graduated from the Northern Territory University with a diploma in ceramics. At 65 years of age she was the oldest graduate.\nLily's family was very poor but, through hard work and commitment, they made their place in the Territory. It is important that Lily and other Chinese Australians are now recognised as an important part of our Northern Territory history.\n", "Details": "When Lily Ah Toy (born Wong Wu Len) came into the world in Darwin in October 1917, her father didn't even register her birth. 'Well the war's on, and another girl', he said. The prospect that she might be adopted out to a woman in Darwin desperate for a daughter, an idea momentarily entertained by her Chinese born father, received short shrift, however, from Lily's Australian born (of Chinese descent) mother. As Lily says, she was lucky. And even though he was initially disappointed that Lily wasn't a boy, her father was very good to her, as he was to all his children. Sadly, he died when she was nine. At age fourteen she left school to become a housemaid for a European family. She worked there for three years, leaving when she married.\nLily became engaged at eighteen and married Jimmy Ah Toy, a hawker with his own market garden, in 1936 at the age of nineteen. After marrying, the couple moved to Pine Creek to work in the store owned by Jimmy's parents. They were to have five children, Edward, Laurence, Joyce, Grace and Elaine. At various times, they took on the responsibility of looking after Jimmy's younger brothers and sisters.\nAfter the bombing of Darwin in 1942 Lily was evacuated to Adelaide, where she cared for a large extended family. She returned to Pine Creek in 1945 to re-open the general store, with her husband. It was the first civilian store to open in the Top End after the war, providing vital services to prospectors, pastoralists, buffalo and crocodile hunters, and the local community. Lily managed this business by herself for four years while Jimmy helped to establish a general store in Darwin, before returning to Pine Creek. Lily eventually moved to Darwin permanently when her eldest son Edward took over the management of the Pine Creek business.\nLily was involved with many different organisations and assisted with the establishment of the Crafts Council NT (now Territory Craft). In 1982, at the age of 65, Lily graduated from the Darwin Community College (now Charles Darwin University) with an Associate Diploma of Arts (Ceramics); at the time she was their oldest graduate.\nIn 1988, as part of the Bicentennial Celebrations, Lily was one of eight Territorians honoured for their contribution to the Territory and in 1995, Film Australia produced her biography. 2001 saw Lily nominated to the Centenary of Federation Peoplescape project. She died in 2001. Her philosophy in life was 'work hard, always be honest and give a helping hand'.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Greenman, Sabina", "Entry ID": "AWE1827", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greenman-sabina\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Alderman, Campaign manager", "Summary": "Sabina Greenman was a successful alderman for the Leichhardt Municipal Council from 1956-59. She ran once for election to parliament in the unwinnable seat of Balmain in the 1959 New South Wales Legislative Assembly. She was an early member of the Liberal Party. Sabina was also campaign director for Elton Lewis in 1954 for the Federal seat of Martin and in 1958 for the seat of Dalley. Sabina Greenman was married to Charles Greenman, with whom she had a daughter, Kathleen. She was a great grandmother at the time of her campaign in 1959, when Elton Lewis was her campaign director.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Griffiths, Angela", "Entry ID": "AWE1828", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/griffiths-angela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Egg farmer", "Summary": "Angela Griffiths is an activist for the Citizens Electoral Council. She ran for election to the House of Representatives for Page in 2001 and 2004 and for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat for Lismore in 2003. She was a firm believer in the policies of U.S. campaigner, Lyndon LaRouche, as the solution to world problems. Angela Griffiths and her husband run a small organic egg farm near Kyogle.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gullett, Lucy Edith", "Entry ID": "AWE1829", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gullett-lucy-edith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner, Philanthropist", "Summary": "A pioneer for women doctors and a tireless committee-woman, Lucy Gullett was inspired by the success of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in Melbourne to found a hospital run by women for women. The Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children, as it became, opened in 1922. Gullett was also a one-time candidate (Independent) for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of North Sydney in 1932.\n", "Details": "Lucy Edith Gullett was born in Melbourne, daughter of journalist Henry Gullett and his wife Lucy (n\u00e9e Willie). The family later moved to Sydney, where Lucy Gullett was educated at Sydney Girls' High School and the University of Sydney. She completed a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 1901 and became first resident medical officer at the Crown Street Women's Hospital. From 1902 she was resident surgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children in Brisbane. In 1906, Gullett's father bought her a general practice in Bathurst, NSW, but five years later she returned home to live with her unmarried sister, Minnie.\nLucy Gullett seemed to collect eccentric characters. Her sister was 'a Shakespeare 'buff', an enthusiastic member of the Lunacy Reform League of Australia, and a generous supporter of stray animals, drunks and ex-patients from lunatic asylums to whom she devoted most of her inheritance', according to Ann Mitchell of the ADB. In 1922, Gullett set up the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children (Sydney) with Dr Harriet Biffin, who was known for visiting her patients in a dog-cart and had a 'flair' for Greek. Her mother, Mrs Henry Gullett, wrote the 'fashionable intelligence' of the Ladies' Column in the Australasian under the pseudonym Humming Bee. The Gullett family were comfortably off, and Lucy and Minnie were able to persuade their sisters to contribute to a commission from Bertram Mackennal costing \u00a310,000, installed in 1926. The six-figure group was a Shakespeare memorial proposed by Henry Gullett before his death in 1914.\nLucy Gullett was a member of Queen's Club. She travelled to Europe during the first World War to serve in a French Red Cross military hospital in Lyons. She was honorary physician to the Renwick Hospital for Infants (1918-32). Later, from 1934-49, she was on the council of the Sydney District Nursing Association. In 1932 she stood unsuccessfully as women's candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of North Sydney, but was elected to the executive committee of the United Associations of Women in 1935, serving as vice-president in 1936-38 and 1943.\nGullett's plans for what became the Rachel Forster were inspired by the success of Melbourne's Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, and she founded the New South Wales Association of Registered Medical Women in 1921 to get things started. Like so many hospitals, the Rachel Forster began as an outpatient dispensary. Gullett and Biffin 'shouldered most of the early financial responsibility', according to the hospital history. In 1941 Gullett announced her next project, and the Lucy Gullett Convalescent Home was opened in Bexley in November 1946. Described as 'short and thickset like her father', Lucy Gullet was 'unfailingly kind-hearted' and had 'instant rapport with the working-class women who were her patients'. On her death in 1949, the majority of her \u00a315,918 estate was left to her family.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gullett-lucy-edith-1876-1949\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rachel-forster-hospital-the-first-fifty-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dr-lucy-edith-gullett\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hailes, Gerda", "Entry ID": "AWE1830", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hailes-gerda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Christian counsellor", "Summary": "Gerda Hailes is a committed Christian who ran for the Christian Democrat Party in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Wyong.\n", "Details": "Gerda Hailes migrated to Australia from Holland with her family in 1959. She lived first in Sydney and then on the Central Coast since 1986. \nShe has taught scripture at primary school, Sunday school and to a Ladies Bible Study class. She has also been involved in her local Community Centre, teaching handwork in an outreach program.\nShe completed a Christian counselling course and since 2001 has been engaged in private counselling practice.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hamilton, Bernadette", "Entry ID": "AWE1831", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hamilton-bernadette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Bernadette Hamilton was a once only candidate who stood for the Liberal Party in the 1988 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Heffron. At the time of her campaign, Bernadette Hamilton was a successful small businesswoman and appeared regularly on the local radio station 2 RES-FM. She was the mother of two young children, was a State Foster parent and was active locally with children's groups.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hancock, Shelley Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1832", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hancock-shelley-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Shelley Hancock was a Liberal Party candidate who was elected to parliament at her first attempt in 2003. She became the Member for South Coast in the South Wales Legislative Assembly. She was re-elected in 2007, 2011 and 2015. In 2016 she was the Speaker in the Legislative Assembly, the first female to assume this position.\n Prior to this she was a successful local councillor, having been Alderman at the Shoalhaven Council from 1987-2001 and Deputy Mayor 2000-01.\n", "Details": "Shelley Hancock grew up in Chatswood, one of two daughters. She was educated at Chatswood and Artarmon Primary Schools and North Sydney Girls' High School. She also completed a B.A. at the University of Sydney.\nShe has lived in the Milton area for nearly thirty years. She taught English, History and Drama at Ulladulla High School for 26 years while also being a partner with her husband, Ossie, in a small business in the tourism industry (motel and horse-riding) at Milton.\nShe has three children, all educated at local schools and involved in local activities.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harben, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE1833", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harben-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Balranald, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Manager", "Summary": "Susan Harben was a prominent figure in the Gay and Lesbian community. She ran for election as an ALP candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Bligh in 1995.\n", "Details": "Susan Harben was born in Balranald in country NSW and educated in Wagga at the Riverina CAE (Dip.Tchg.), now Charles Sturt University, and the University of NSW (BA). She was the Equal Opportunity Co-ordinator for the NSW Department of Education from 1983 to 1987. From 1987 to 1993 she was the Co-ordinator, Policy and Research and later Manager, Corporate Services at the Legal Aid Commission of NSW.\nSusan was involved in the Parents and Citizens Association at her son's school and was President of the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras for two years. She has also worked for AIDS and other charity organisations. The ALP hoped that her high profile with the Gay and Lesbian community would unseat Clover Moore, the independent sitting member.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hargrave, Mary Reuben (Rube)", "Entry ID": "AWE1834", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hargrave-mary-reuben-rube\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor", "Summary": "Rube Hargrave was an unsuccessful candidate for Parliament but a long term local government identity. She was Alderman for the Greater Wollongong City Council from 1959-71, Deputy Mayor from 1969-70 and Deputy Lord Mayor in 1970-71. In 1965 Rube stood as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bulli and then in 1968 she stood for the seat of Corrimal.\n", "Details": "Rube Hargrave lived all her life in the Bulli area. After successfully being elected as an independent to the Wollongong City Council, she stood for the Legislative Assembly. Her election material stressed her concern for women and girls, the extension of sewerage and the electrification of the railway.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harris, Cornelia Donata Eva Johanna", "Entry ID": "AWE1835", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harris-cornelia-donata-eva-johanna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bremen, Germany", "Occupations": "Environmentalist, Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Conny Harris was a once-only candidate, whose bid for election was based on her interest in the protection of the environment. She stood for the Australian Greens in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Davidson.\n", "Details": "Conny Harris was born and educated in Germany, receiving medical degrees from the Universities of Freiberg and Hamburg. She has worked as a doctor in Germany, England, and Australia, and passed her Australian Medical Council Examination in 1994.\nShe is a long-term activist in local community issues concerning bushland and wildlife, urban and non-urban development, improvement of health and waste reduction.\nShe has a wide knowledge of local flora and fauna, especially eucalypts, and lectures on this to the Australian Plant Society. She is also a member of the National Parks Threatened Species Committee.\nIn 1999 she received a grant for educating local schoolchildren in native plant identification and bush regeneration.\nShe was director of the Manly Food Cooperative, from 1998-2002, and was appointed community representative on the Northern Region Waste Management Board in 2000. She founded the Farigal Landcare Group in 2001. Her ongoing interests in organic food, bush regeneration and environmental health continue to spark new projects.\nShe and her partner have three children, and Conny works at Mona Vale Hospital, in northern Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hawkins, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1836", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hawkins-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor, Lawyer", "Summary": "Mary Hawkins is a committed environmentalist who stood for the Australian Greens in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Strathfield. She had more success at the local government level where, in 2004, she was elected to the Ashfield Council. Mary Hawkins has practised law from 1994 and is a keen bushwalker, a cyclist and a bird watcher. She is also committed to reducing the negative impact of human activity on the environment. She has travelled widely in Asia, Europe and America and is opposed to the abrogation of Australia's support of international bodies such as the UN and IPCC.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hay, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE1837", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hay-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jean Hay is a respected local councillor for the Manly Municipal Council (1987-2007). She was elected Mayor from 1999-2003. The Liberal Party hoped Jean Hay would defeat the sitting independent member in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Manly, but she was unsuccessful.\n", "Details": "Jean Hay was born and bred in Manly and has been active in local affairs all her adult life. She was first elected to the Manly Municipal Council in 1987 and was elected Mayor from 1999 to 2003. She has served on all major Council committees and chaired\nAt the time of her campaign, she was the Chair of Friends of Bear Cottage committee, a children's hospice; Chair of the finance committees of the Sunnyfield Gateway Project and the Northern Beaches Life Education Program.\nShe holds the Paul Harris fellowship for outstanding community service, the highest award given by Rotary International and the Distinguished Service Award from the Surf Life Saving Movement. She was appointed AM in 1998 for service to the community.\nJean Hay is married to David Hay, himself a former Councillor and Liberal Party MLA and Minister. They have three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hay, Noreen", "Entry ID": "AWE1838", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hay-noreen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Unionist", "Summary": "Noreen Hay was an active ALP member even before her election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wollongong in 2003. She was re-elected in 2007, 2011 and 2015. In 2016 she served as Opposition Whip.\n", "Details": "Noreen Hay was born in London, to Irish migrant parents Tadg and Nora Herlihy.\nShe married Christopher Martin Hay, and with their two daughters and two sons, they emigrated to Australia c.1982. She worked for Home Care Service, joined the Miscellaneous Workers' Union, and became a delegate, official, and sub-branch secretary of Wollongong MWU. In 2002, she defeated the sitting member Colin Markham for ALP preselection. She is the first woman elected for the seat of Wollongong\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hearnshaw, Marion Lilian", "Entry ID": "AWE1839", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hearnshaw-marion-lilian\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marion Hearnshaw was a wife and mother whose life was inextricably connected to politics and social action. She was a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Parramatta in 1962 and an Independent in the 1965 Eastwood elections.\n", "Details": "Marion Hearnshaw was the daughter of a Methodist minister and married the Reverend Dan Oakes, a Methodist missionary in New Guinea who was lost on the Montevideo Maru, in 1942. In 1947 she married Eric Hearnshaw, (English-born 1893-1967), who was the Liberal member for Ryde and later Eastwood in the NSW Legislative Assembly. They had 6 children, 3 sons and 3 daughters.\nMarion Hearnshaw and Lady Barwick (wife of the Liberal MHR for Parramatta 1958-64) frequently held morning teas in their respective homes for their husbands' constituents, though they maintained the guest list was non-political and non-sectarian.\nWith her husband, she visited every school in the Eastwood electorate annually and wrote a column in the local paper on mothers and children and their problems. She also regularly took small groups of women to Parliament House so they could see the parliamentary system in action. When she stood for the state seat of Parramatta in 1962, it was held by the ALP and she was pleased to carry the Liberal banner.\nEric Hearnshaw, who was Opposition Whip, lost the Liberal preselection in 1965 to J. A. Clough, who had previously been the MLA for Parramatta (1956-59) and in the 1965 election, Marion Hearnshaw ran as an independent against the endorsed Liberal. Her campaign stressed that she had been active in the public political life of the Eastwood Electorate for 18 years, without mentioning the infighting. She was particularly concerned with education, training and apprenticeships.\nShe died in June 2000 and left her body to the University of Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Henderson, Meredith", "Entry ID": "AWE1840", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henderson-meredith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Fire Research Officer", "Summary": "Meredith Henderson only ran for election once, but she continues to promote the protection of the environment. She represented the Australian Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Wollongong in 2003.\n", "Details": "Meredith Henderson grew up and was educated in Wollongong where she completed a B.Sc.(Hons). Her doctorate study (PhD) at the Victoria University was the impact of fire on threatened Victorian grasslands. She had previously qualified as a fire fighter with the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.\nAt the time of her campaign, she was working in Hurstville, though living in Fairy Meadow in the Illawarra, so transport inadequacies featured in her campaign statements.\nMeredith was active in campaigns to protect threatened species in the area and to protect Jervis Bay from nuclear-powered warships.\nIn 2003, after the election, she moved to Adelaide to take up a permanent position with the South Australian government, as Senior Fire Research Officer in the Department of Environment and Heritage.\nIn 2004, Meredith was involved in the organization of the Ecology Society Conference.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hendley, Sheena", "Entry ID": "AWE1841", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hendley-sheena\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Charity worker, Hotel worker", "Summary": "Sheena Hendley only ran for election once: as an Independent in the 1988 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Ashfield. Her election leaflet stressed she was \"a woman for women\", was a tireless worker for charity. They also expressed her view that women were not safe in their own homes, or on the streets, even in broad daylight. In 1984 she was the highest fund raiser in NSW for the Spastic Centre, raising over $70,000, making her Miss NSW Charity Queen of 1985. Between 1984 and 1988 she raised a further 80,000 for the Spastic Centre and the Autistic Association of NSW.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hennessey, Mary Georgene", "Entry ID": "AWE1842", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hennessey-mary-georgene\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Georgene Hennessey stood as a Democratic Labor Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Rockdale in 1971. There is no entry for her on electoral roll and she can not be found in the Ryerson Index or on Google.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hewson, Sarah Alexandra", "Entry ID": "AWE1843", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hewson-sarah-alexandra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor, Manager", "Summary": "Sarah Hewson was a Liberal Party candidate in the 1981 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Drummoyne and Alderman of the Drummoyne Municipal Council from 1983-87. She was educated in the United Kingdom and at Ku-ring-gai CAE. She has worked in managerial positions in both retail and service businesses in Australia and the United Kingdom. She was involved in the Year of the Child activities in the Drummoyne area and at the time of her campaign, was a member of the Drummoyne Community Centre.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hodgkinson, Katrina Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1844", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hodgkinson-katrina-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yass, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Katrina Ann Hodgkinson was a National candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly by-election for Southern Highlands in 1996. In 1999 and then again in 2003 she was successfully elected to the Burrinjuck seat in the NSW Legislative Assembly. She was re-elected in 2007 and 2011. She was appointed Minister for Primary Industries in 2011, the first woman to hold that position in New South Wales. An electoral redistribution before the 2015 election meant that she stood for and won the new seat of Cootamundra. She resigned from Parliament in 2017. At the 2019 federal election she contested, unsuccessfully, the seat of Gilmore in New South Wales.\nAfter leaving Parliament she was the National Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs at Australia's Academic and Research Network, was on the Board of the Australian Rail Track Corporation for several years, and served on other boards in sectors ranging from mining to philanthropy, property, and small business.\nA complete record of her parliamentary service can be found on the New South Wales Parliament site (see link below).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-katrina-ann-hodgkinson-mp\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Holdaway, Emelia", "Entry ID": "AWE1845", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/holdaway-emelia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Environmental manager", "Summary": "Emilia Holdaway was a prominent member of the Australian Greens party and active in their policy formulation. She stood as their candidate in the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bligh. Emelia Holdaway was also the spokesperson on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex matters for some years. She wrote the Greens policy on the subject, before other parties mentioned such matters. She is a senior environmental manager with NSW Staterail.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hood, Elizabeth Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1846", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hood-elizabeth-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Accountant", "Summary": "Elizabeth Hood stood for election only once, in an unwinnable seat. She was the ALP candidate in the 1978 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Mosman. Elizabeth was educated at Macksville and Albury High Schools and the Albury Technical College. At the time of her campaign, she was Assistant Accountant with a Sydney wool buying firm. She held the offices of secretary and treasurer with the Mosman State Electorate Council and was a delegate to the Labor Women's Conference. She was also editor of Newsplant, the Mosman branch journal of comment and opinion.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hopwood, Judith (Judy)", "Entry ID": "AWE1847", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hopwood-judith-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Judy Hopwood was successful at her first campaign where she was a Liberal Party candidate in the 2002 New South Wales Legislative Assembly Hornsby by-election. She was re-elected to the seat the following year during the full elections. She was re-elected again in 2007. She retired from Parliament at the 2011 election.\n", "Details": "Judy Hopwood is the daughter of William and Ruth Rasmussen. She was educated in Melbourne and trained in nursing Royal North Shore Hospital. Later she did postgraduate studies at the University of Technology Sydney. She held nursing positions in many areas, surgical, intensive care, medical etc) 1976-88, and was a Community nurse 1988-96.\nShe was Office manager\/media advisor, to Federal Minister Philip Ruddock 1996-98 and became Executive Director of the Australian Podiatry Association 1998-2002. Judy Hopwood joined the Liberal Party in 1981 and has held many offices within the party, including branch and electorate conference president. She was President of the NSW Liberal Women's Forum from 1996 to 2000.\nShe was elected at a by-election in 2002, the first woman to win the seat of Hornsby. It was her first campaign as a candidate, though she had assisted with many others. Since her election she served on a number of committees.\nShe married Stephen Philip Hopwood in 1979, and they have two daughters,\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-2003\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Howden, Jocelyn", "Entry ID": "AWE1848", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/howden-jocelyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Laboratory assistant, Political staffer, Teacher", "Summary": "Jocelyn Howden is a dedicated Greens party member who stood for them in the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Hawkesbury, 1999\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, The Hills 2003\nHouse of Representatives, Greenway, 1998\n", "Details": "Jocelyn Howden has lived in the Hills District for 25 years. She is an active campaigner, seeking to protect bushland and to minimise development in north-western Sydney. She is a member of the Wilderness Society and was active in the Jabiluka campaign. In 2005 she was working in the office of Ian Cohen, MLC, in research and administration. \nShe and her husband have six children and she is a long-standing foster carer.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Husted, Veronica", "Entry ID": "AWE1849", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/husted-veronica\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Riverina district, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Public servant, School assistant, Unionist", "Summary": "A trade union and ALP stalwart, Veronica Husted contested the following elections:\nHouse of Representatives, Dundas, 1987\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, South Coast 1991\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, South Coast 1995\n", "Details": "Veronica Husted was born and grew up in the southern Riverina area of NSW and was educated at Finley High School, Veronica worked in clerical positions. She was an organiser with the Federated Clerks Union NSW from 1981-85, and trained in labour law. She joined the Department of Industrial Relations and Employment, and worked as a Women's Employment officer (1987). In 1991 she was a school assistant in the Vincentia High School Library.\nIn 1995, she was President of the Bay Basin Community Resources, Chairperson of Illawarra Skills Development, member of the Shoalhaven OLMA Committee, Shoalhaven Transport Action Group, Women on the Frontline and the Jervis Bay Protection Committee.\nVeronica was Vice President of the Shoalhaven Group of Unions and Chairperson of her union workplace group. Veronica joined the Auburn branch of the ALP in 1982 and she has held a variety of positions, including branch secretary, FEC and SEC delegate.\nVeronica and her husband Erhard have five grown up children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hutton, Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE1850", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hutton-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Dorothy Hutton was a once only candidate for parliamentary election. That was in the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Menai, where she stood as a One Nation Party candidate. Dorothy Hutton deplored the biased media reporting of her party's policy, which she said, forced her not to display her posters for fear of being shunned by neighbours.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Huxley, Keri", "Entry ID": "AWE1851", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/huxley-keri\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community advocate, Editor, Local government councillor, Mayor, Writer", "Summary": "Keri Huxley's involvement in the formal political process spans several years and has included taking on the challenge of winning the unwinnable (for the Liberal Party) seat of Port Jackson in the state election of 1999. She was a Woollahra Councillor for nine year, serving as Mayor in 2006-2009.\nKeri was also a founding member of the Yes! Republican movement in New South Wales, a cause to which she is still committed. She has delivered papers at the Australian Women's Round Table and has worked for electoral reform on behalf of Women into Politics. She still maintains an active interest in politics at a local and community level.\n", "Details": "Keri Huxley has been an advocate for women's issues over many years and is interested in constitutional reform. She joined the Liberal Party in 1972 and has been a delegate to State Council. In her 1999 campaign for Port Jackson, she stressed her interest in the environment, opposing a new marina at Balmain Shores and stressing her membership of the Iron Cove Preservation Committee.\nShe has two sons and a daughter and completed a BA at Macquarie University.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/huxley-joins-council-exodus\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hyde, Iris Mckenzie", "Entry ID": "AWE1852", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hyde-iris-mckenzie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Iris Hyde was a prominent Liberal Party figure, and a once only candidate for parliament. She was a candidate in the 1956 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Newcastle.\n", "Details": "Iris Hyde was elected to the Executive of the Liberal party in 1948. Later that year she was present at the inaugural meeting of the Women's Group of the Liberal Party. In 1950 she was re-elected as a country representative on the Liberal Party State Council. She spoke often at Liberal State Conventions, and was particularly concerned with questions of particular relevance to women. She was also a regular writer of letters to the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, on subjects ranging from defence to beached whales.\nShe was awarded an MBE 1968 for services to the community and raised to CBE 1969 for services to the community and politics.\nIris Hyde was President of the Liberal Party's Federal Women's Committee in 1963-4.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Innes, Robin", "Entry ID": "AWE1853", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/innes-robin\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robin Innes was a once only candidate for election who stood for the One Nation Party in the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bega. She replaced the original candidate preselected by the One Nation party. Robin Innes lived in Batemans Bay and was accompanied on an election tour by the leader, Ms Pauline Hanson.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Irvine, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE1854", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irvine-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Optometrist", "Summary": "Judy Irvine is a local leader, prepared to stand up and be counted. She was a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Auburn by-election of 2001 and in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Granville.\n", "Details": "Judy Irvine was raised in Granville and attended Blaxcell Street Primary and Parramatta High School. She trained as an optometrist at the University of NSW, and runs practices in Granville and Guildford and Lidcombe.\nIn 2003, Judy was the President of the Guildford Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the Holroyd Safety Committee.\nShe is married to Neil Hannan, a veterinary surgeon, and they have three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Isaksen, Dorothy May", "Entry ID": "AWE1855", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/isaksen-dorothy-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Dorothy Isaksen joined the ALP 1954 and was on the ALP Youth Council Executive from 1957 to 1958. She became the first woman organiser of the NSW ALP and was on the party's Central Executive 1970-71, and the Administration Committee 1976-79. She was President of the Labor Women's Committee 1973-79 and was President, then Secretary of the National Labor Women's Committee 1975-79. She ran for Wakehust in 1968 and was then elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council for the balance of the term of the Hon. Deirdre Grusovin. She was re-elected in 1990. From April 1995 to the end of her term in 1999, she was Government whip in the Legislative Council. She was a member of the Board of the Royal North Shore Hospital 1977-1986 and was Deputy Chairperson of the New South Wales Women's Advisory Council 1976-78. Isaksen was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2018 Australia Day Honours, for 'significant service to the Parliament of New South Wales, as an advocate for gender equality in politics, as a mentor, and to the community'.\nDorothy Isaksen was married to Neville (died 24 June 2002) and they had two daughters.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/herstory-australian-labor-women-in-federal-state-and-territory-parliaments-1925-1994\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Isbester, Marsha", "Entry ID": "AWE1856", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/isbester-marsha\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "California, United States", "Occupations": "Farmer", "Summary": "One of the very few women ever preselected to run for the National Party. Marsha Isbester was their candidate in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Murray-Darling.\n", "Details": "Marsha Isbester was born in the United States and came to Australia in 1992, on her marriage to George Isbester, a grazier from Nymagee, western NSW. She became an Australian citizen in 1995 and joined the National Party in 1996.\nShe has degrees in arts and political science from the US and after graduation worked as a consultant to the lower house of the Californian State Legislature in agricultural policy. She also worked as an assistant to a U.S. Senator in the areas of energy, natural resources, environment and public works. Later, she worked as deputy secretary of Legislative Affairs and Undersecretary of the California Resources Agency.\nMarsha Isbester conducted a very active campaign in her 344,642 square kilometre electorate, which stretches from the Queensland to the Victorian borders. She was prompted to stand by her concern for policy on native vegetation, water allocations and threatened species.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ivey, Malinda Angelina", "Entry ID": "AWE1857", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ivey-malinda-angelina\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Social worker", "Summary": "Malinda Ivey stood for election unsuccessfully more times than any other woman in the history of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. She was an Independent candidate in the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balmain in 1941, 1947 and 1950.\nHouse of Representatives for West Sydney in 1940,1943 and 1946.\nHouse of Representatives for Martin in 1949 and 1951.\nIn 1944 Malinda stood as a Democratic Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balmain. She was well known amongst many Sydney women's organizations. At the time of her death, she has been honorary State Secretary of the NSW Returned Servicemen's League Central Council of Women's Auxiliaries for some time.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jarecki, Sheryl", "Entry ID": "AWE1858", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jarecki-sheryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Environmental consultant", "Summary": "Sheryl Jarecki is a committed environmentalist and social activist. She stood for the Australian Greens in the following two elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Riverstone, 2003\nHouse of Representatives, Mitchell, 2004\n", "Details": "Sheryl Jarecki is a long term resident of the Hills District of Sydney and has been actively involved in environmental and social justice issues in the community.\nShe was employed as a Regional Project Officer with the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Trust, with responsibility for environmental issues in the north west sector of Sydney.\nAt the time of her 2003 campaign, she was involved in studying the pesticide use and pest management strategies of non English speaking Sydney farmers.\nIn 2004 she was a strong proponent of the Greens stand on the war in Iraq and believed all Australian troops should be brought home. She was also campaigning for the release of all children from detention centres and for the humane treatment of refugees.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Job, Beverly Hunter", "Entry ID": "AWE1859", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/job-beverly-hunter\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Beverly Job only ran for election once: as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Wakehurst in 1962. She married Cecil Job.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johansen, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE1860", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johansen-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Aged Care worker", "Summary": "Margaret Johansen has been active in local social and environmental issues and was an Australian Greens candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Illawarra in 2003. She has been an active member of the Illawarra community for many years and in 2001 was the Convenor of the Wollongong City Council's Neighbourhood Committee Eight, to raise community issues with Council members. She has been involved with the Dapto Organic Community Garden, and the Illawarra Waste Board.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johnson, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE1861", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnson-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sue Johnson is an active member of the Socialist Alliance. She was their candidate in the 2001 House of Representatives elections for Grayndler and in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Marrickville.\n", "Details": "Sue Johnson grew up in the Hunter Valley and came to Sydney to complete university studies (B.Ec.(NSW), M.Planning. (UTS)). She has worked for the NSW TAFE Commission and the Sydney Institute of TAFE, where she was centrally involved in the successful campaign to save the on-site childcare centre.\nIn 2003 she was working as a planner with the Department of Public Works and Services. She is an active member of the Public Service Association and a member of the Marrickville branch of the Socialist Alliance.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Danielle", "Entry ID": "AWE1862", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-danielle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Caf\u221a\u00a9 owner", "Summary": "Danielle Jones only ran once for election - that was in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Kiama. She still continues her interest and work in politics. In 2005 she was on the electorate staff of Joanna Gash, MHR. At the time of her campaign in 2003, she was studying Financial administration\/Law, while running her Falls Caf\u00e9 at Fitzroy Falls. She had previously managed Ranelagh House Guest House at Robertson for 10 years. Danielle Jones was educated at St Catherine's College, Waverley and Frensham School, Mittagong. She holds an advertising\/marketing diploma and a marketing certificate.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Judge, Dianne Virginia", "Entry ID": "AWE1863", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/judge-dianne-virginia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cooma, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Councillor, Mayor, Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Virginia Judge was a successful local and state ALP politician and was the first woman to be elected for the seat of Strathfield in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 2003. She was re-elected in 2007, but was defeated at the 2011 election.\nShe was a Councillor with the Strathfield Municipal Council from 1995-2004 and Mayor from 2001-03.\n", "Details": "Virginia Judge was born in Cooma, where her father worked as a surveyor on the Snowy Mountain Scheme. She was educated in Canberra, graduating with a B.Ed. With a double music major from the Canberra School of Music.\nAfter graduation Virginia worked as a teacher in primary and secondary schools in Sydney and Canberra, and taught at the Evondale Special School in Croydon for students with intellectual disabilities. She also worked as an Australian volunteer abroad for the Overseas Service Bureau in Tonga and later in the Solomon Islands and Fiji.\nBack in Sydney, Virginia worked in real estate, qualifying for her real estate licence. She was also studying Law part-time at Macquarie University prior to her election to the Legislative Assembly.\nShe is married and has three daughters.\nVirginia Judge is the first woman to be elected for Strathfield.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kanaghines, Julie Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE1864", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kanaghines-julie-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Julie Kanaghines was an ALP activist in the 90s, but was untraced in 2005. She ran in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for The Hills in 1991 and in the 1993 House of Representatives elections for Mitchell. Julie Kanaghines studied at Teachers' College (grad 1966) and Arts part-time at Macquarie University, Sydney in 1990s.\nShe joined the ALP 1976, becoming Branch secretary and delegate to Mitchell Federal Electorate Council. She was also involved in Greenpeace.\nShe is married to Peter, and they have three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kassim, Soraya", "Entry ID": "AWE1865", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kassim-soraya\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community development worker", "Summary": "Soraya Kassim is a community activist who stood as an Australian Greens candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for SS Kogarah in 2003. She has worked in the area of crisis counselling, youth recreation development, migrant employment, cultural projects and women's empowerment. Her campaign literature stressed the need to invest in public education, public health and public recreation facilities.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Keig, Juanita Elizabeth (Nita)", "Entry ID": "AWE1866", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/keig-juanita-elizabeth-nita\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist", "Summary": "Nita Keig is a long time socialist and activist. As a member of the Socialist Workers Party she contested the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Balmain 1976\nShe also contested in the following federal seats:\nHouse of Representatives, Grayndler, 1979, by election\nHouse of Representatives, Sydney, 1980\nHouse of Representatives, Oxley, Queensland, 1983.\n", "Details": "Nita Keig was editor of Young Socialist, the Socialist Youth Alliance newspaper, at the time of her first candidacy. She had previously been a journalist, and was later editor of Direct Action. \nShe was active in the anti-Vietnam war movement as a school student, and for three years was a nurse at Callan Park Hospital, Rozelle. In 1979 she worked at the Fourth International Centre in Paris.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Keneally, Kristina Marie Kerscher", "Entry ID": "AWE1867", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/keneally-kristina-marie-kerscher\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Las Vegas, Nevada, United States", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Premier, Teacher", "Summary": "Active in student, religious and union affairs since 1990, Kristina Keneally was the first American-born member of the New South Wales Parliament. In 2003 she was the Australian Labor Party candidate elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Heffron. She served in several ministries and became the State's first female Premier in 2009, replacing Nathan Rees as leader of the Parliamentary Labor Party. The Labor Government was defeated at the March 2011 election, she was replaced as leader by John Robertson and resigned from State Parliament on 29 June 2012. \nShe was a presenter for Sky TV News between 2014 and 2017, before contesting unsuccessfully the House of Representatives division of Bennelong in a by-election in December 2017. In January 2018 she was appointed to the Senate, filling a casual vacancy. She resigned from the Senate in order to contest the House of Representatives division of Fowler at the 2022 general election, but was unsuccessful. Since November 2022 she has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation.\nA complete record of her State parliamentary service can be found on the New South Wales Parliament site, and the record of her service in the Senate, including a link to her first speech, can be found in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Handbook (links below).\nIn the 2026 Australia Day Honours she was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 'for distinguished service to the people and the Parliament of Australia, to the Parliament of New South Wales, particularly as Premier, and to the community.' \n", "Details": "Born on 19 December 1968 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, of an Australian mother and American father, Kristina Keneally grew up in Toledo, Ohio, where she attended high school at Notre Dame Academy. She graduated from the University of Dayton Ohio with Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in political science in 1991 and a Master of Arts (Hons) in 1995 in religious studies, specialising in feminist theology. She was involved in founding the National Association of Students at Catholic Colleges and Universities, serving as its president in 1990 and 1991. Following her graduation in 1991 she volunteered to work for a year as a primary school teacher at the Immaculate Conception School, Cuba, New Mexico, then worked as a graduate assistant in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Dayton Ohio from 1991 to 1994.\nA registered Democrat, she worked as an intern for the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio before emigrating to Australia in 1994, where she married Ben Keneally in 1996. The couple had two sons, Daniel and Brendon, but their only daughter, Caroline, died at birth in 1999. This loss inspired her to serve as Patron from 2010-18 of The Stillbirth Foundation of Australia, an organisation promoting awareness, understanding, support and research into stillbirth.\nFollowing her arrival in Australia she worked for the NSW branch of the Society of St Vincent de Paul as State Youth Coordinator and briefly attended the Australian Catholic University in Strathfield, NSW. She became a naturalised Australian citizen in 2000 and joined the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She renounced her American citizenship in 2002 prior to her election to the seat of Heffron in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 2003. After being re-elected in the 2007 she became the Minister for Ageing and Disability Service, controversially initiating the rebuilding of outdated institutional residential facilities for people with a disability. In 2008, as Minister for Planning, she managed problems arising from the construction of the desalination pipeline works between Erskineville and Kurnell. She was the State Government's spokeswoman for World Youth Day in 2008 and in November 2009 was appointed Minister for Infrastructure. \nBy December 2009 she had become the preferred leadership candidate of the Labor Right faction and on 4 December 2009 was elected the 42nd Premier of NSW, becoming the State's first female premier. For the first time in Australian history both the Premier and the Deputy Premier (Carmel Tebbutt) were women. While Premier, Keneally oversaw the controversial development of the Barangaroo headlands and initiated the also controversial privatisation of the state's electricity assets. In December 2010, at Keneally's request, the NSW Governor, Marie Bashir, prorogued Parliament. There was a 16.5 percent two-party preferred statewide swing against her Government in the 2011 elections, the biggest swing in Australian political history. Keneally resigned as Premier and state Labor leader on election night and announced she would return to the backbench. She resigned from Parliament on 29 June 2012. Following the defeat of the Labor Government, in 2012 the Independent Commission into Corruption found Keneally ministers Obeid, Tripodi and Mc Donald had acted in a corrupt manner.\nIn 2011 Keneally became the director of Souths Care, the nominated charity of the South Sydney Rabbitohs and its chair 2016-18. She chaired Basketball Australia's board 2011-12 and became its CEO from 2012-14. From 2012-18 she was Ambassador of Opportunity International, a microfinance service for the poor in several Asian countries, and from 2015-17 she held the positions of Director of Gender Inclusion, Adjunct Professor at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and a member of the Referendum Council on Constitutional Recognition.\nKeneally regularly contributed to the Guardian Australia between December 2014 and June 2019 on a range of issues such as religion in politics, same-sex marriage and asylum seeking. In May 2014 she began her career as a media presenter, filling in for Ita Buttrose for a week on panel show Studio 10. In July she joined Sky News Australia as co-host of the weekly panel program The Contrarians with Ross Cameron until they were given the own self-titled program Keneally and Cameron. When this program was terminated in April 2015, she joined Peter van Onselen as co-host of the Sky News daytime program To the Point on 1 June 2015. She also became a regular presenter of primetime programs The Cabinet and Credlin & Keneally. Keneally took leave from Sky News on 14 November 2017, the day she announced her intention to stand for the Commonwealth Parliament.\nKeneally unsuccessfully stood as ALP candidate for the seat of Bennelong in the by-election on 16 December 2017, but on 30 January 2018 the ALP announced she would fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of New South Wales senator Sam Dastyari. She was sworn in on 15 February 2018. \nIn June 2018 she controversially opposed mandatory reporting for Catholic priests informed of child sexual abuse in confession. She also attended the Rambam Israel Fellowship in Israel, sponsored by the Australia\/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council, a lobby group that covered the costs of her visit.\nFollowing the 2019 federal election, Labor's new leader Anthony Albanese, expressed his intention to bring Keneally onto the front bench, despite opposition from the NSW Right faction. On 29 May Ed Husic announced his resignation from the front bench and endorsed Keneally as his replacement. On 30 May, Labor's Deputy Leader in the Senate, Don Farrell, announced his resignation from the position to make way for a gender-balanced leadership team and Keneally became the new Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs, and Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship in the Shadow Cabinet.\nKeneally resigned from the Senate on 13 April 2022 in order to contest the NSW House of Representatives seat of Fowler in the 2022 general election, vacated by the retiring MP Chris Hayes and she moved home from the northern beaches to the Fowler electorate, a safe Labor seat that included suburbs such as Cabramatta and Liverpool. The advisability of appointing an American-born woman to a safe Labor seat primarily populated by people of Asian or Middle Eastern background, including a large proportion of migrants and refugees, was contested by Labor MPs such as Anne Aly and Peter Khalil but she had the support of former prime minister Paul Keating. Keneally was defeated at the election by Independent candidate Dai Le, a lawyer, a former Liberal Party councillor and Vietnamese refugee who was endorsed by previous incumbent Hayes as his preferred candidate, due to her ability to represent the multiculturalism of the area and her strong links to the community. This was one of only two Labor losses at the 2022 federal election.\nIn November 2022 Keneally was appointed CEO of the Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation. She was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Australia Day Honours 2026 for 'distinguished service to the people and the Parliament of Australia, to the Parliament of New South Wales, particularly as Premier, and to the community'.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brawler-who-never-played-like-a-girl\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kristina-keneally-wikipedia-entry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-kristina-kerscher-keneally\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/keneally-the-hon-kristina-kerscher-ao\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kernohan, Elizabeth (Liz) Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1868", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kernohan-elizabeth-liz-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Parliamentarian, Politician", "Summary": "Liz Kernohan represented the people of Camden on Camden council and in the New South Wales Parliament for more than 30 years. She was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Camden in 1991 when she stood as a Liberal Party candidate. Elizabeth gained re-election in 1995 and 1999. She was first appointed a Councillor of the Camden Municipal Council in March 1973 and was re-elected from 1974 -1991 and again in 2004. Liz Kernohan was also Deputy Mayor in 1974-1977 and 1981-1984, and Mayor in 1980 and 1985-1991. She died in October 2004.\n", "Details": "Educated SCEGGS Darlinghurst, Leaving Certificate 1955\n1960 Bachelor of Science (BSc), agriculture, University of Sydney\n1960 - 1962 Research Assistant, then Demonstrator in the Dairy Research Unit, University of Sydney Farms, Camden\n1963 Qualified as a technical teacher, New South Wales Department of Technical Education\n1963 - 1964 Full-time teacher of Agriculture, School of Rural Studies, New South Wales Department of Teaching and Education\n1965 - 1966 Professional Officer, University of Sydney Farms, Camden\n1966 Senior Tutor of Dairying, University of Sydney Farms, Camden\n1968 - 1969 Acting Officer in Charge of the Dairy Research Unit, University of Sydney Farms, Camden\n1970 Master of Science (MSc), Agriculture, University of Sydney\n1975 - 1978 Lecturer in Animal Husbandry, University of Sydney Farms, Camden\n1975 - 1982 Warden of Nepean Hall, University of Sydney Farms, Camden\n1978 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney\n1978 - 1982 Assistant Director, University of Sydney Farms, Camden\n1982 - 1991 Director, University of Sydney Farms, Camden\n1991 - 2003 Member of the Legislative Assembly for Camden, New South Wales\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/contemporary-australian-women-1996-97\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliaments-and-local-governments-past-and-present-a-survey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kersey, Joan Sophia", "Entry ID": "AWE1869", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kersey-joan-sophia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Social worker, Writer", "Summary": "Joan Kersey is a multi talented woman, passionately interested in politics and social justice. She was an Australia Party candidate in the 1973 New South Wales Legislative Assembly Armidale by-election. Then she represented the Australian Democrats in the House of Representatives elections for Wentworth in 1977, 1980 and 1981 (by-election).\n", "Details": "Joan Kersey graduated from Sydney University (B.A. Dip. Soc.Studies) and then married an officer in the Royal Navy with whom she had three children. She later completed a M.Litt. at the University of New England. She spent her early married life in Scotland, Malta and New Zealand. When her husband retired from the Navy, they settled on a grazing property near Armidale and she returned to social work. Joan was also active in community organizations such as Save the Children Fund, Family Planning and Zero Population Growth.\nShe joined the Australia Party because its policies of social research, its willingness to accept change and evolve long term plans, and its concern for the individual appealed to her. Her campaign was strongly supported by the party's founder, Gordon Barton and several prominent members of the party spoke on her behalf in Armidale. Joan Kersey later contested the seat of Wentworth on three occasions for the Australian Democrats.\nJoan Kersey is the author of High Society; the legislation of illicit drugs (1994), The New Aged; an untapped resource (1997) for which she received her Master of Letters degree, and 2050; a drug odyssey (2002). In 2005 she is writing her memoirs.\nShe is an active member of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, convenor of its fundraising committee, and has also been a member of the Foundation for Drug Law Reform. Her interest in politics is undiminished and she is frequently present at the Sydney institution, Politics in the Pub on Friday nights.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/age-no-bar-to-activists-zest-for-life\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kleinig, Janis Evan", "Entry ID": "AWE1870", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kleinig-janis-evan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor", "Summary": "Jan Kleinig was a once only candidate, but a successful local government councillor. She was Alderman of the Ashfield Municipal Council from 1984-92, making her the first woman to be elected to that council. In 1988 she stood as a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Drummoyne. Her campaign for Drummoyne, though relatively low key, took the sitting Labor member to preferences. She was particularly concerned with the plight of the elderly and was in favour of encouraging the development of retirement villages in the electorate. At the time of her campaign, she was married and had two children. She was Vice President Liberal Party of NSW in 1990 and a founding member of the Haberfield Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Klugman, Jeni", "Entry ID": "AWE1871", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/klugman-jeni\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Advisor, Lawyer, Lecturer", "Summary": "Jeni Klugman, who came from a political family, is a distinguished international economist. She was an ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Carlingford in 1988.\nIn 2019, Klugman is a fellow at the Kennedy School of Government's Women in Public Policy Program at Harvard University and Managing Director, Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security. She recently became VicHealth's second leading thinker, together with Professor Iris Bohnet, under an initiative that aims to make behavioral insights practical and accessible for Victorian government, industry and not-for-profit organizations.\nPrevious positions she has held include Director of Gender and Development at the World Bank, and director and lead author of three global Human Development Reports published by the UNDP.\nKlugman sits on several boards and panels, including for the World Economic Forum and the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Australian National University, and postgraduate degrees in both Law and Development Economics from the University of Oxford where she was a Rhodes Scholar.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Dr Richard Klugman (MHR 1969-1990) and Kris Klugman (also a candidate for the NSW Legislative Assembly), Jeni was educated at Burnside Public School and Cumberland High School. She graduated from the University of Sydney with first class honours in Law and Economics, winning a Rhodes Scholarship from New South Wales to Oxford University.\nShe joined the ALP in 1979 and has held various offices in the party at branch and electorate level. She has been a delegate to Annual Conference and was a member of several policy committees. She was on the Executive of Young Labor 1986-87.\nIn 1996 Jeni commenced a Ph.D. with the Centre for Economic Research, Australian National University and in 1998.\n\"Jeni Klugman is a senior adviser at the World Bank and a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Women and Public Policy Program. She currently serves on the World Economic Forum's Global Advisory Council on Benchmarking Progress and Advisory Board on Sustainability and Competitiveness.\nPreviously, Klugman was director of Gender & Development at the World Bank Group, where she served as lead spokesperson on gender equality issues, and was responsible for developing strategic directions to support the institution's gender and development priorities.\"\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Klugman, Kristine Kay", "Entry ID": "AWE1872", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/klugman-kristine-kay\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Historian, Nurse, Researcher, Writer", "Summary": "Kris Klugman was a one-time candidate (New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Northcott, 1978), and has contributed to public and cultural life as a board member on numerous cultural and other institutions, as well as being a published economic historian. In 1987 she was appointed an OAM for service to education and to the social welfare of the community.\nIn 2003, and with her long time partner, Bill Rowlings, she co-founded and became inaugural President of Civil Liberties Australia, a national organisation started in Canberra ACT but with later strong local representation in Tasmania, WA, and NT particularly where earlier local civil liberties groups had collapsed. She and Rowlings co-authored an online history, Civil Liberties in Australia, published progressively in 2018-20 on the website www.cla.asn.au. Kris regards her work for civil liberties as the most important in her lifetime.\n", "Details": "Kristine Kay Klugman attended The Friends' School, Hobart, as her mother (Eileen Geddes Barnard, nee Laverty) was the Quaker school's librarian. Kris qualified as a trained nurse at Royal Hobart Hospital, then volunteered at a Quaker refugee aid project on Ping Chau island in Hong Kong for half a year, before completing midwifery at Crown St Women's Hospital in Sydney in 1963. She married Dr Richard Klugman (later MHR Prospect 1969-1990), and was herself a one-time unsuccessful candidate (NSW Legislative Assembly, Northcott, 1978), both seats near their Parramatta home.\nThey had three daughters, including Dr Jeni Klugman, who also ran for the NSW Legislative Assembly, Julie Klugman who managed Australian aid projects in eastern Indonesia for decades, and Kathy Klugman, whose DFAT service included High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The marriage ended in divorce.\nWhen her daughters were very young, she attended Macquarie University and completed a BA in History and an MA in Community Studies, during which she undertook a community health study of western Sydney. At Macquarie U, she and a fellow student, John Faulkner (Senator NSW 1989 -2015, Special Minister of State, Minister of Defence), jointly founded the Macquarie University Labor Club.\nKris is a published economic historian (three-volume History of Burns Philp, the Australian Pacific trading company, co-authored with Prof Ken Buckley of Sydney University in the early 1980s), and has contributed widely and diversely to public and cultural life.\nFor example, she was appointed to The Australian Museum Trust 1978, and became Deputy President in 1984 and the first-ever female President 1984-88. She served on the NSW Legal Aid Commission and was a researcher for the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. In 1982, she was appointed for five years to the first female board member and Deputy President of the NSW Board of Fire Commissioners (the NSW Fire Brigades), where she successfully introduced female firefighters, promotion by merit rather than seniority, and improved education study options for firefighters. She enabled the subsequent permanent home of the NSW Fire Brigade Museum at Penrith by negotiating with the NSW Government for the land. In 1987 she was awarded national honours, an OAM for service to education and to the social welfare of the community.\nKris was a member of the Interim Council which scoped and planned the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney in the late-1980s for its opening in 1991. She lived in Melbourne for five years in the early 1990s, and undertook research for CIRCIT, a state-funded communications, telecommunications and IT body. After moving to a 15ha property near Tarago NSW in the mid-1990s, she undertook a PhD in Political Studies at the ANU in Canberra. In 2004-5 she co-curated with her then long-time partner Bill Rowlings (1945 - ) a Rotary Australia exhibition entitled A World without Polio at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, which also travelled to Sydney, Brisbane Melbourne and Perth.\nAlso with him, in 2003 she co-founded and became inaugural President of Civil Liberties Australia, a national organisation started in Canberra ACT but with later strong local representation in Tasmania, WA, and NT particularly where earlier local civil liberties groups had collapsed. She and Rowlings co-authored an online history, Civil Liberties in Australia, published progressively in 2018-20 on the website www.cla.asn.au Kris regards her work for civil liberties as the most important in her lifetime.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kurfurst, Meira", "Entry ID": "AWE1873", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kurfurst-meira\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Meira Kurfurst was a once only parliamentary candidate, with local interests at heart. She was a Councillor with the Marrickville Municipal Council from 1984-87 and an Independent candidate in the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Marrickville. At the time of her campaign, Meira Kurfurst had been a resident of Newtown for 16 years and was well known as a founding member of Concerned Citizens of Newtown and a member of the Cooks River Festival Committee from 1985-89. Her campaign leaflets stressed the urgent need to reduce aircraft noise in the area. She moved to Queensland in the 1990s where she is listed in the Multicultural Resource Directory as a teacher of Hebrew and as President of the Israelis & Friends Association. Meira has a Dip.Ed.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lam, Keelah", "Entry ID": "AWE1874", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lam-keelah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Keelah Lam is a committed and active environmentalist. She represented the Australian Greens in the House of Representatives elections for Warringah in 1998 and 2001and in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Manly in 2003.\n", "Details": "Keelah Lam is an active and committed community member, interested in sustainable living, especially in an urban setting. Thee Sydney Morning Herald reported that she ran her 2003 campaign out of the back of a 1978 Volvo, and from the front room of her Fairlight home, which was equipped with a dry compost toilet. Her transport policy focussed on reducing car use.\nShe is a founding member and co-ordinator of the Manly Food Co-op, a member of the Waste Crisis Network of the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, and a member of the Manly Council's community sustainability, waste and environment committees. She runs a successful small business and has four children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lane, Maureen", "Entry ID": "AWE1875", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lane-maureen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Maureen Lane is an outstanding health worker and an active local politician. As a member of the ALP since 1976, she was their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Ballina in 1991. That same year she was elected a Councillor of the Ballina Shire Council (1991-1992).\n", "Details": "Maureen was educated at Narrabeen Girls High School and completed her nursing training at the Royal North Shore Hospital in 1973. She was appointed the first community nurse in the North Coast Health Region in 1974. She also practised as a registered midwife and is a registered Diagnostic Audiometrist. In 1988 she received a Bicentennial award for her contribution to health care. She is married and has two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Langdon, Irene", "Entry ID": "AWE1876", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/langdon-irene\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Housewife, Student", "Summary": "Irene Langdon was a once only candidate who ran in the 1988 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bathurst as an Australian Democrats candidate. At the time of her campaign, Irene Langdon was living in Bathurst with her husband and four young sons. She was a part-time student. Being a country candidate, her leaflets stressed the problems faced by country people.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Langworthy, Patricia Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE1877", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/langworthy-patricia-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Administration assistant", "Summary": "Patricia Ellen Langworthy contested the 1981 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections in Manly. She was an Independent candidate who was unknown in the electorate at the time of her campaign. This was because she lived in Matraville, a suburb of Sydney far removed from Manly. Patricia Langworthy was a surprise candidate and despite her denials, was widely believed to represent the Melbourne-based organization, Pro-Life. Her campaign literature was described by her opponent, Nelson Meers, as \"disgusting, sickening and in extremely bad taste\" and he sought to distance himself from the fact that her preferences were directed to him. Her so-called \"Dead Babies\" leaflet became the subject of state-wide comment on news and talkback shows. According to Ernest Chaples she admitted knowing nothing about politics and only agreed to allow Pro-Life leaders to nominate her at her brother's suggestion.\nAfter the election, Langworthy disappeared and was unable to be located, even by the State Public Funding Authority.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Laurence, Kylie Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1878", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/laurence-kylie-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate, Secretary", "Summary": "Kylie Laurence was appointed New South Wales State Coordinator for the Family First Party in 2005.\n", "Details": "Kylie Laurence was educated at Calvary Chapel Christian Community School and the Regents Park Christian Community High School in Sydney. She left school at the end of Year 10 and enrolled at the Metropolitan Business College. She completed an Advanced Certificate in Business and Secretarial Administration from the MBC, and worked for some years as a legal secretary. She holds a Certificate in Public Relations from the Sydney Institute of Technology.\nA committed Christian, Laurence believes strongly in the importance of the family as the basic unit of society. She was twenty years old when she first ran for election in 1998 and was soon employed by the Christian Democratic Party as Party Administrator. On its behalf she contested elections for the House of Representatives, Blaxland, 1998; the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Bankstown, 1999; and the House of Representatives, Reid, 2004.\nIn 2005, Laurence resigned as Party Administrator for the CDP to become NSW State Coordinator for the Family First Party.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lawler, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1879", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawler-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Ann Lawler was an active party member and candidate for the Citizens Electoral Council during the election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Maitland, in 1999. She was the Candidate for Hunter in the House of Representatives in 1998, 2001, 2004. In 2003 Lawler re-contested the seat of Maitland as an Independent candidate.\nThe Citizens Electoral Council of Australia was deregistered by the Australian Electoral Commission on 27 December 2006 by the application of Schedule 3 of the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2006.\n", "Details": "Ann Lawler was born and bred in Maitland, where she and her husband, Tom, run a transport business. They have three children.\nAnn ran as an independent candidate in 2003, though her campaign literature stated she was \"backed by the Citizens Electoral Council\". Her campaign opening was reported as being the largest and most enthusiastic ever held in Australia by the CEC, of which she was the NSW Secretary.\nIn previous campaigns, her leaflets had openly declared her to be the Citizens Electoral Council candidate. Following Lyndon LaRouche's theories, she predicted a great financial crash. She was in favour of Australia becoming a republic based on the United States model.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lawrance, Sarah", "Entry ID": "AWE1880", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawrance-sarah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Finance officer", "Summary": "Sarah Lawrence only ran for election once (New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Heffron, 2003), in an unwinnable seat. At the time of her campaign, she was involved in local affairs and was active in raising funds for charities including the MS Society, The Cancer Council, Canteen and drought relief. Sarah Lawrance grew up in outback New South Wales.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lawrence-Rowe, Cheryl", "Entry ID": "AWE1881", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawrence-rowe-cheryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bowral, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Cheryl Lawrence-Rowe was a once only candidate (ALP) in an unwinnable seat (New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Lane Cove, 1995). She was born in Bowral but grew up on the North Shore of Sydney. She was educated at St Kevin's Eastwood Primary School, Brigidine College, St Ives and Monte Sant'Angelo College North Sydney. Cheryl Lawrence-Rowe graduated from the University of Sydney with a BA. From 1986 she taught Modern History at Monte Sant' Angelo, where she was the Secretary of the Independent Teachers Association branch.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leembruggen, Anne Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1882", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leembruggen-anne-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Anne Leembruggen was a once only parliamentary candidate, but a successful local government councillor. She was Alderman at the Ashfield Municipal Council from 1987-1991 and an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Ashfield in 1988.\n", "Details": "Anne Leembruggen was raised in the Sutherland Shire and attended Jannali Girls' High School. She trained as a Special Education teacher and for 5 years taught intellectually handicapped adults and children. She then taught at a primary school in Strathfield, before becoming an Adult Basic Education teacher in the TAFE system. She also lectured at the Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education, teaching teachers how to teach adults with language and reading problems.\nAnne Leembruggen joined the Summer Hill Action Group in 1985 and this led to her successful election as a councillor on Ashfield Municipal Council. While on Council, she was influential in setting up Vacation Play Centres and she set up a working party to investigate community services needs.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leishman, Tanya", "Entry ID": "AWE1883", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leishman-tanya\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Scientist, Teacher", "Summary": "Tanya Leishman is a committed environmentalist who represented the Australian Greens in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Heathcote. She has more than 10 years experience in conservation and community education, working for National Parks, Streamwatch and the Taronga Zoological Park. She has also been the Bush Fire Project Officer at the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, and is a volunteer member of the Woronora Bush Fire Brigade. In 2003 Tanya Leishman was studying to be a primary school teacher. She lives with her partner and child in Woronora.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lenane, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE1884", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lenane-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist, Psychiatrist", "Summary": "Jean Lenane is a well known, lifetime activist, who contested the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Port Jackson as an Independent candidate. In 2003 she ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Save Our Suburbs candidate. Jean Lenane had been fighting overdevelopment of the inner west of Sydney since 1985, and was well known as the President of the Friends of Callan Park, when she ran her two campaigns. She had convened the first Mort Bay Action Group to fight for the retention of open space, and campaigned for Jubilee Park.\nShe was sacked from the NSW Department of health in 1990 for publicly speaking out against cuts to mental health services. Subsequently, she was co-founder and later National President of Whistleblowers Australia (2005).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lentern, Jo-Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1885", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lentern-jo-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Jo-Anne Lentern ran for election twice, to represent the Greens. That was in the 1998 House of Representatives elections for Hughes and in the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly Heathcote election. At the time of her campaign for Heathcote, Jo-Anne Lentern had been living in the Sutherland Shire for seven years. She was active in community affairs and has two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lewin, Daisy Olive", "Entry ID": "AWE1886", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lewin-daisy-olive\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Daisy Lewin represented the Communist Party of Australia in the 1950 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Newtown-Annandale. There is presently no entry for her on electoral roll, in the Ryerson Index or on Google.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lewis, Leellen", "Entry ID": "AWE1887", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lewis-leellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Welfare worker", "Summary": "Leellen Lewis was a once only candidate who represented the ALP in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Myall Lakes in 1995.\n", "Details": "Born in Sydney, Leellen Lewis was educated at St Patrick's College, Campbelltown. After leaving school she did various courses in welfare work and human resource development. At the time of her campaign, she was employed at Workplace Employment Services, Taree, assisting young people to obtain employment.\nShe was a member of the Taree City Council's Youth Advisory Committee and the Forster branch of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.\nLeellen was a member of the Australian Services Union .\nShe is the mother of one son.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lloyd, Maree Cheryl", "Entry ID": "AWE1888", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lloyd-maree-cheryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maree Lloyd ran once only, in an unwinnable seat. She was a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Auburn in 1978. Marie Lloyd's campaign concentrated on the benefits of the F4 Freeway plan, which she said had been abandoned by the Wran government.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lockwood, Penny", "Entry ID": "AWE1889", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lockwood-penny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community advocate, Councillor, Farmer, Researcher", "Summary": "A local activist, Penny Lockwood ran for election to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly once in 1991 as an ALP candidate for the seat of Monaro. She had more success at the local council level, where she was appointed to the Yarrowlumla Shire Council.\nEducated at Australian National University, where she gained a Bachelor of Arts degree, Penny Lockwood studied computer programming and German and Slav languages. She worked as a researcher at the Australian National University and Griffith University, before becoming a farmer in 1977. In 1991 she was an Electorate Officer. She was active in the local recycling centre, the New South Wales Transport Action Council, the Queanbeyan Skillshare and the Literacy Action Coalition. She joined the ALP in 1974 in the Australian Capital Territory, and held branch office. She was a delegate to Annual Conference and Country Conference.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Loney, Nance", "Entry ID": "AWE1890", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/loney-nance\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kalamunda, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Engineer, Political candidate", "Summary": "Nance Loney, a once only candidate (ALP, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Vaucluse, 1981), took an active part in matters of politics and public policy as a member of \u00a0the New South Wales Labor Party and activist groups such as Citizens for Democracy, the Labor Women's Conference, the nuclear non-proliferation movement, Eastern Suburbs Friends of the ABC and Labor for Refugees.\n", "Details": "Nance Loney was educated at Banbury High School, the University of Western Australia (BSc) and RMIT. She worked for 2 years as a hospital laboratory technician and then as a Methods Engineer in Textiles after graduating in science. She moved from Western Australia to Sydney in 1960 and from 1977 worked in the computing branch of the State Rail Authority.\nShe was active in anti-uranium and disarmament movements, and was a Republican. A member of the Australian Computer Society and the Australian Transport Officers Federation, she was a director of the Trans National Co-Operative from 1979.\nNance Loney joined the ALP in 1975 and held office at local and electorate level. She continued to take an interest in public affairs in later life, submitting a motion to the Australian Republican Movement's conference in 2002, and making a personal submission to the Commonwealth parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the subject of the US\/Australia Free Trade Agreement in April 2004. In 2004 she was on the executive committee of the NSW branch of the Friends of the ABC and assisted the ALP candidate, David Patch in his 2004 House of Representatives campaign for the seat of Wentworth.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lopez, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE1891", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lopez-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Lecturer", "Summary": "Jean Lopez is an active environmentalist who represented the Save Our Suburbs party in the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Mulgoa. She grew up in the Mallee country of Victoria but has lived for many years in Sydney's western suburbs. Jean Lopez was active in the campaign to save the whole of the Australian Defence Industries site and is a volunteer bush regenerator. She presently teaches at TAFE.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Luvera, Angela", "Entry ID": "AWE1892", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/luvera-angela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Student", "Summary": "Angela Luvera is a committed socialist and activist. She represented the Democratic Socialist in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wollongong. Then in 2003 she stood for the Socialist Alliance party in the New South Wales Legislative Council.\n", "Details": "Angela is active in student politics and in campaigns against racism and violence. She has campaigned for abortion rights and is opposed to cuts in government services.\nAt the time of her campaign for Wollongong, she was a member of Resistance and had helped lead school walkouts against racism in 1998. She was also involved in International Women's Day collectives, and was a member of the national Union of Students Women's Committee. In 2003 she was elected to the National Committee of the Democratic Socialist Party.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Machin, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE1893", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/machin-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Public relations professional", "Summary": "Wendy Machin was the first woman National Party member of the Legislative assembly of New South Wales and is an outstanding figure in many fields. She has successfully contested the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly Gloucester, 1985\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Manning, 1988\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Port Macquarie, 1991, 1995 (resigned August 1996).\nDuring her long period in politics Wendy was Chairman of Committees from 1989-93, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister assisting the Minister for Roads and Minister assisting the Minister for Transport 1993-95. Prior to entering state politics, she was Alderman of the North Sydney Municipal Council from 1983-85.\n", "Details": "Wendy Machin was educated at Wingham High School and the NSW Institute of Technology (BA). After graduation, she worked as a Young National Party field organiser for a year and was Communications officer for the National Party of Australia 1981-2. She was elected to North Sydney Municipal Council in 1983, and in 1985 to the NSW Legislative Assembly for Gloucester, becoming the first woman to be elected for the National Party to the Legislative Assembly. Subsequently, she won the seats of Manning and Port Macquarie, and was MLA for Port Macquarie until her resignation in 1996, after the birth of her second child.\nWendy Machin was Chairman of Committees 1989-1993, Minister for Consumer Affairs, and Minister assisting the Minister for Roads from1993-5. She was Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Roads and Fisheries 1995-1996. She was vice chairman of the Australian Republican Movement in 1998-2000 and was one of its delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1998. She was President of the Save the Children Fund 1996-2000. In 2005 she was appointed by the Insurance Council of Australia to review their general insurance privacy code. Also, in 2005, she was appointed to the Board of the NRMA. She is a member of the Migration Review Tribunal.\nShe married David P. Bell on 20 July 1991, and they have one son, and one daughter. She owns and runs a beef cattle property near Wingham and runs her own consultancy business, Machin Consulting.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Macken, Ann Emily", "Entry ID": "AWE1894", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macken-ann-emily\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann Macken was well known at the time of her campaigns for the Democratic Labor Party but her involvement in politics was short lived. She contested only two elections: New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Manly in 1968 and Mosman in 1971. In her campaign for the seat of Mosman, Ann Macken was most vocally concerned with the problems facing women and their lack of representation in the parliamentary sphere. At the time, she was well known for her part in television debates on issues affecting women and her involvement in local school affairs. She was married to James Macken, and had six children at home.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mackenzie, Olwyn Bernice", "Entry ID": "AWE1895", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mackenzie-olwyn-bernice\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Olwyn Bernice Mackenzie was Alderman in the Ryde Municipal Council from 1968-71 and in the Bellingen Shire Council from 1985-91. In between these two stints in local politics she ran as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Eastwood in 1971.\n", "Details": "Olwyn Bernice Mackenzie was born in Petersham, Sydney on 25 September 1920, the eldest of three daughters of Gwen and Thomas Arkinstall. Her father abandoned his wife and children at the start of the Depression and the girls were brought up by their mother to struggle and care for others. Olwyn was encouraged by her musical mother and developed a talent for singing and piano at the Conservatorium of Music, where she was a contemporary of June Bronhill and Lily and Olga Kolos. She studied under Isolde Hill, daughter of Alfred and Miri Hill, the well known Australian composers.\nIn 1937, she and her sister, Carol, joined the communist-led New Theatre League and subsequently the Communist Party. She remained a member until the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956, but she had long disapproved of the Party's attitude to women's issues.\nHaving left school early, she studied for her Leaving Certificate as a private study candidate and achieved it in 1950. She went on to graduate from the University of Sydney, Bachelor of Arts with honours in linguistics and social anthropology.\nOlwyn Mackenzie was the first woman to be elected to the Ryde Municipal Council and made a substantial contribution to the Council's efforts to clean up the Parramatta River. She was elected to the Bellingen Shire Council in 1985 - 91 and was Deputy President for one term. She was Vice President of the Country Public Libraries Association, President of the Northern Zone in 1991, Member of the Bellinger River Hospital Board, on the Management Committee of the Bellinger River Senior Citizens Centre and the Bellinger River Catchment Management Committee. She was Chairperson of the Gumbaingirr Aboriginal and Community Liaison Group in 1993 and was one of the driving forces behind the 1993 historic 40-kilometre \"Back to Bellingen\" walk over the Bowraville mountain, which helped to heal the scars left by the expulsion of the Aboriginal community in the 1920s.\nIn the 1990s she lived in the Potts Point area of Sydney and was Chairperson of the Kings Cross towards 2000 committee, a body which focused on making Kings Cross a healthier and safer place. She was also a Member of the National Council of Social Service; helped to establish the NSW Aged Care Alliance; was a member of the Central Sydney Area Health Service Board, the Council on the Ageing, the Kings Cross Community Drug Advisory Team, and helped to establish the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre. She was State Secretary of the Combined Pensioners' and Superannuants' Association from 1994 to 1996.\nShe was awarded the medal of the Order of Australia in 2005 for services to the community particularly in the central Sydney Area. When she moved back to the Bellingen area in the late 1990s to be close to family, she remained active, being an executive member of the Board of Warrina Women's and Children's Refuge, Vice President of the Coffs Harbour branch of the Country Women's Association and a member of the Coffs Harbour Committee of Reconciliation Australia.\nOlwyn Mackenzie was survived by five of her six children. At her funeral, members of the Gumbaingirr nation performed a smoking ceremony to help her spirit on the way. It was the first time this had been done for a white person in the region's history.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mackinolty, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE1896", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mackinolty-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Historian, Swimmer, Teacher", "Summary": "An ALP candidate whose other life as a historian and teacher was distinguished. Judith Mackinolty was a candidate for the Hills Shire Council elections in c.1962 and in the 1973 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for the Hills.\n", "Details": "Judith Macinolty was born in Melbourne in 1931, the daughter of a pharmacist, Les Allen and his wife Mary. She won a scholarship to MacRobertson Girls' High School, from which she matriculated to Melbourne University in 1949. By this time she had also been a member of the Victorian state swimming team and had won a state backstroke championship in 1947. She represented Melbourne University and Victoria in interstate competitions and remained a life long swimmer.\nShe graduated from the University of Melbourne with a BA, then MA with majors in English and history, with a particular interest in Australian history. In 1953, she married John Macinolty, then a country solicitor in Gippsland, later Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. They had two children.\nJudy Macinolty taught at Northmead and Doonside High Schools, and was Head Teacher History at Doonside 1970-73. In 1972 she began a Master's degree, her thesis being published as Sugar Bag Days; Sydney workers and the challenge of the 1930s depression. She was President of the NSW and Australian History Teachers' Associations.\nDuring the 1970s and 1980s she lectured at the Macquarie and NSW universities and held a research fellowship at the University of Sydney.\nHer last formal work was as a project officer with the NSW Bicentennial Council. She was associated with many activities concerned with reconciliation, and worked to achieve agreement between white and Aboriginal communities around Myall Creek which resulted in a memorial acknowledging the massacre there.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Macleod, Jennifer Gordon", "Entry ID": "AWE1897", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macleod-jennifer-gordon\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Jenny Gordon was active in the Australian Democrats for a decade. She represented them in the following elections:\nHouse of Representatives seat of Sydney, 1983\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Elizabeth, 1984\nNew South Wales Senate, 1984, 1987, 1990.\nJenny McLeod had lived in the electorate of Elizabeth for more than a decade, when she ran for election. She had been a secondary school teacher before becoming the mother of five children, and her stated interests largely revolved around education and child welfare. She also espoused the causes of Aboriginal Land Rights and improved public transport.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Manuel, Jean Maree", "Entry ID": "AWE1898", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manuel-jean-maree\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Carlton, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Teacher, Volunteer", "Summary": "Jean Manuel was a dedicated local activist in southern Sydney, with a wide range of voluntary and community interests. She was a Councillor on the Sutherland Shire council from 1965-80, including stints as the Deputy Shire President from 1968-71 and 1977-78 and Shire President from 1978-79. Jean was less successful in state politics, having been an unsuccessful Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Woronora in 1973 and for Sutherland in 1988.\n", "Details": "Educated Belmore North PS, NSW, St Joseph's School, Belmore NSW, Burwood HS NSW\nMarried Kenneth Manuel, 1946, two daughters and one son.\nVoluntary Red Cross worker, 1939-45, 1945-47.\nInfants teacher, St Joseph's School Oyster Bay 1955-63.\nFirst woman councillor, deputy shire president and shire president in her long career with Sutherland Shire 1965-80.\nAustralian Local Government Women's Association office holder, records officer and historian, life member from 1970.\nMBE 1977.\nPatron of many organizations in Sutherland Shire, including Amelie House Women's Refuge 1978-80.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliaments-and-local-governments-past-and-present-a-survey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marland, Valerie Hope", "Entry ID": "AWE1899", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marland-valerie-hope\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Curlewis, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Accountant", "Summary": "An active local councillor and small businesswoman, well known in her electorate. Valerie Marland was Alderman of Queanbeyan City Council from 1966-1995 and Councillor on the Southern Tablelands County Council from 1967 -. She was also a Liberal party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Monaro in 1976.\n", "Details": "Valerie Marland was educated at Gulgong Public School, Bowral Public School and Bowral High School NSW, and Fort Street Girls' High School, Sydney NSW.\n At the time of her campaign she was a Senior Vice President of the Australian Local Government Women's Association, and was elected the first President of the Local Government Association in 1984.\nShe was active in business, local government and community organisations in Queanbeyan NSW. In 1976 Valerie Marland was appointed a MBE.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliaments-and-local-governments-past-and-present-a-survey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Martinez, Gabi", "Entry ID": "AWE1900", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martinez-gabi\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "A community activist, Gabi Martinez was an Australian Greens party candidate in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Baulkham Hills. She works in the community service sector and has been involved with youth work, education and community development. She is an advocate for accessible housing, a multicultural and tolerant society, and sustainable development at local, state and global levels. Gabi Martinez is a long term member of the Australian Services Union. Gabi Martinez was born in Uruguay and migrated to Australia as a child in 1970.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Matthews, May (Susan Mary)", "Entry ID": "AWE1901", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/matthews-may-susan-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Child welfare worker, Political candidate, Public servant, Welfare worker, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "May Matthews was a prominent figure in the labor movement over a generation. She represented Federal Labor in the 1932 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Ryde.\n", "Details": "May Matthews worked as an Inspector in the Child Welfare Department, and as a Migration Officer in the United Kingdom.in which capacity she accompanied 80 girls sent to Australia under the migration scheme.\nIn 1927 May Matthews visited America as an official of the Industrial Mission to investigate conditions in manufacturing industries, especially women's conditions. She represented New South Wales at many Labour conferences in Australia and went to London to a women's conference in 1924. She was associated with Dr Arthur in many charitable appeals. She was closely associated with W. A. Holman and opposed to J. T. Lang, and she took a leading role in the Australian Labor movement for more than 30 years\nMay Matthews was awarded a King's Jubilee Medal 1935. Her obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald reported that her funeral was attended by representatives of many of the organizations of which she had been a member, including the League of Nations Union, the National Council of Women , the Good Film League and the Housewives Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McAuliffe, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE1902", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcauliffe-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Engineer, Political candidate", "Summary": "A political activist, Helen McAuliffe contested the 1998 House of Representatives elections for Mitchell and the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of The Hills. In both cases Helen represented the Australian Democrats. \nAfter graduating as an Electrical engineer from the University of New South Wales, Helen worked in the electricity supply and the information technology industries, before completing her MBA. She is interested in environmental issues, particularly in relation to greenhouse gas emissions and solar energy.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mccafferty, Joanne", "Entry ID": "AWE1903", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccafferty-joanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Manager, Political candidate, Public servant", "Summary": "A once only candidate, Joanne Mccafferty represented the Liberal Party at the 2003 election for the seat of Georges River in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. She was born and educated in the Georges River area and later completed a B.A., LL.B, at the University of Sydney and a M.Com. at the University of New South Wales. She has worked as a lawyer, and as a senior manager in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She also spent several years working with Australian companies in China.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McClung, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE1904", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcclung-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Carer, Farmer, Political candidate", "Summary": "A follower of Lyndon LaRouche's economic theories, Jean McClung was a Citizens Electoral Council candidate in the following elections:\nHouse of Representatives, Hume, 1998\nHouse of Representatives, Gilmore, 2001, 2004\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Southern Highlands, 2003\nJean McLung, who had previously owned and run a small farm in the Gunning area, moved to Bowral in the late 1990s to care for her elderly mother. She believed passionately that Australian society had degenerated and there was despair and apathy amongst all age groups which had to be eradicated. This belief and her opposition to privatisation and deregulation led her to the policies of Lyndon LaRouche, the American founder of the Citizens Electoral Council. She was also in favour of Australia becoming a republic.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCoroskin, Jean Fraser", "Entry ID": "AWE1905", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccoroskin-jean-fraser\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A once only candidate, Jean McCoroskin stood as a Council for the Defence of Government Schools candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Coogee in 1971. She did not direct preferences to any of the other four candidates against whom she was running.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McDonald, Janet", "Entry ID": "AWE1906", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcdonald-janet\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Lawyer, Political candidate", "Summary": "Janet McDonald was a once only candidate (ALP, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, North Shore, 1999) whose career in the law has continued successfully. She was President of the Australasian Law Students Association and has worked as a solicitor, waitress, cashier and company director. Janet was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW on 20 December 1989. She later tutored in Law at the University of Sydney for a short time.\nAt the time of her campaign, Janet McDonald was in partnership with her husband in Driscoll & Matters, a Legal Costs Consulting company. In 2000, having built up the business to a client base of over 160 firms, they sold out and went into the coffee cart business, selling coffee on the pavements of the city. They found they preferred the law and have re-established themselves as Driscoll Matters + Macdonald Pty Limited, Legal costs lawyers.\nJanet is a keen sportswoman and a Sydney Swans Football Club supporter.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McDonald, Rhonda", "Entry ID": "AWE1907", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcdonald-rhonda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse, Political candidate", "Summary": "Rhonda McDonald was a once-only candidate for parliamentary election. That was in 2003 when she stood as a One Nation Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Macquarie Fields. Rhonda McDonald lived at North Crookwell, when she ran for the seat of Macquarie Fields in 2003. In her campaign she stressed the issues of aged care, the health system and freedom of speech. She stated that she would not relocate if elected, but would visit the electorate regularly.\nShe is married, with a teenage child and works as an aged care nurse.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McGee, Therese Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1908", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcgee-therese-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner, Political candidate", "Summary": "A once only candidate, who went on to successfully follow her profession. Therese McGee stood as an ALP candidate in the 1981 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Northcott.\n", "Details": "Educated at Loreto College, Normanhurst, Terry went on to the University of Sydney where she graduated with first class honours in Medicine (MBBS). She did her residency at Concord Repatriation Hospital then worked with the Aboriginal Medical Service in western New South Wales and with the Workers' Health Centre at Lidcombe. She worked for some years in Zimbabwe, where she indulged in her love for obstetrics. On her return to Australia she completed her specialist training and became of member of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.\nTerry McGee was an office holder in the ALP at local and state electorate level, and was Vice President of Young Labor. She was also an elected delegate to the Labor Annual Conference and the Labor Women's Committee.\nBy 2003, she was on the staff of the Adolescent Health\/ Medicine at the Children's Hospital Westmead and working as an obstetrician and gynaecologist. A serious hearing problem and the subsequent search for hearing improvement has meant that by 2005 she was working part time in her specialty. She is the author of a novel based on her experiences, Misconceptions: a novel of birth, death and what happens in between, published in 2003 by Pan Macmillan.\nTerry McGee is a member of the Doctors' Reform Society. In July 2005 she was appointed to the Federal Government Committee charged with making an independent review of Assisted Reproduction Technologies.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McInnes, Philippa Gay", "Entry ID": "AWE1909", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcinnes-philippa-gay\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate, Teacher", "Summary": "A local activist and community worker, Pippa McInnes has been a Councillor in the Blue Mountains City Council from 1991-1992 and again since 2004. In 2003 she represented the Australian Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections.\n", "Details": "Pippa McInnes is a long time resident of the Blue Mountains, and in 2004 is a Blue Mountains City Councillor, having served her first term on council from 1991.\nShe has worked as a casual teacher, teaching High School English, and (after completing a commercial cooking course) hospitality and food technology. She joined the Greens in 2001, and has attended their State and Federal Conferences, and is a member of the Fundraising, State Election and Management committees.\nShe has four children, and became involved in public education issues through membership of the Parents and Citizens Committees of her children's schools. She also supports a child in Nepal.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McKay, Sonya", "Entry ID": "AWE1910", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mckay-sonya\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bass Hill, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Environmentalist, Lawyer, Political candidate", "Summary": "An active and committed environmentalist, Sonya McKay represented the Australian Greens in the House of Representatives election for Blaxland in 2001 and at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for East Hills in 2003. She conducted her campaign on the local issues of opposition to the Holsworthy airport proposal, opposition to the privatisation and expansion of Bankstown airport and prevention of overdevelopment of the electorate area. Sonya McKay was also a strong advocate of increased funding for health and public education. At the time of her campaign for East Hills she was enrolled in a Master of Environmental Law degree at the University of Sydney (B.A., LL.B). Sonya McKay was born and educated in the western suburbs of Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McKinnon, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE1911", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mckinnon-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate, Social worker", "Summary": "Jenny McKinnon was born in the Riverina and was a once only candidate. That was in 2003 when she contested the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Lachlan on behalf of the Australian Greens. She is a foundation member of the Riverina Greens, and in 2003 she was the Convenor. She has worked in social work at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McMurdo, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE1912", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcmurdo-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate, Unionist", "Summary": "An active environmentalist and local councillor, Wendy McMurdo contested the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Hornsby in 2003. Then in 2004 she was elected to the Hornsby Shire Council. An Australian Greens member, Wendy McMurdo is a long term resident of the Hornsby region and has been actively involved in campaigns to protect the local environment from 1995. In 2003 she was a community representative on the Brooklyn Estuary Management Committee. Wendy works for an education union and lives on Dangar Island in the Hawkesbury River with her two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McNish, Mary Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1913", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcnish-mary-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist, Political candidate, Teacher", "Summary": "A well known figure in Sydney political and socially active organizations and a staunch defender of civil liberties. Mary McNish stood for the Australia Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Willoughby in 1971 and 1973.\n", "Details": "At the time of her first candidacy Mary McNish was the NSW and National Secretary of the Australia Party, which she had helped to found. Prior to 1971, she was organising secretary of the JOBS project conducted by the Adult Education Department of the University of Sydney, which was responsible for pre-vocational training and final placement of 40 young Aborigines.\nMary McNish was an active campaigner for the establishment of a library in Willoughby, the last municipality in the state without one. She was also an active member of the Council for Civil Liberties, and in subsequent years held all executive positions on it. She campaigned against the Queensland legislation prohibiting street marches in 1979, and in company with George Petersen, M.L.A., Senator George Georges, and 63 others, was arrested for her action.\nMary McNish was born and educated in Queensland. She married (1) John Olsen, with whom she had a daughter, and (2) Alex McNish.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Medcalf, Carole", "Entry ID": "AWE1914", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/medcalf-carole\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist, Lecturer, Political candidate", "Summary": "Carole Medcalf, a social and environmental activist, has a particular interest and expertise in women's issues. She represented the Australian Greens in the 1991 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Bulli. Carole Medcalf was active in many community organizations before she became a Greens political candidate in 1991. She was Chairperson of the Wollongong Youth Refuge and was on the Illawarra Area Assistance Scheme Consultative Committee. She was involved with the Wollongong Women's Refuge, the Illawarra Campaign against Racism, Women for Survival, and the Jobs for Women support group. She was a community worker at the Wollongong Women's Centre and taught at the Wollongong T.A.F.E.\nShe was also active in the establishment of the Carinya Half-Way House for recovering addicts. Carole has one son.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Meers, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE1915", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meers-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Waverley, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Librarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Heather Meers was born and bred in Waverley and taught at Dover Heights High School before her marriage to John Meers, with whom she has two children. She later worked as a primary school teacher\/librarian and was active in local community groups. At the time of her campaigns, she was the Secretary of the management committee of a local neighbourhood centre, where she conducted a conversation group for migrants. In 1984 and 1988 she stood as an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Waverley. Her election leaflet committed her to fight for cleaner beaches, reduction of public housing waiting lists, improved psychiatric care for the mentally ill and more community and youth centres.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Meillon, Mary (Tibby)", "Entry ID": "AWE1916", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meillon-mary-tibby\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Secretary", "Summary": "Mary Meillon won the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Murray after the death of her father, the sitting member, J.A. Lawson, who had held the seat from 1932 to his death in August 1973. As a Liberal candidate she was elected to the seat in 1973, 1976 and 1978 and held the seat of Murray until her death in 1980. She was the first woman in the Legislative Assembly in 20 years, and one of the first Liberal Party candidates to win a country electorate. She married first, Mr Meillon, and later Mr Keith Herber and had two daughters. Mary Meillon spent 17 years bringing up her daughters and then went to work as a secretary at Parliament House, Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Melland, Julia", "Entry ID": "AWE1917", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/melland-julia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community activist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Julia Melland was a long-time community activist in her local area. She contested the 2003 elections for the seat of Lismore in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on behalf of the Australian Democrats. Her main policy interest was public education and at the time of her campaign she had lived in Lismore for ten years. Julia has two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Melville, Gertrude Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1918", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/melville-gertrude-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Housewife, Politician", "Summary": "A tireless worker for the rights of women, children and 'the little people', Gertrude Melville became known as the 'grand old lady of the Labor Party'. She was their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Elections for the Eastern Suburbs in 1925 and for Hurstville in 1932 (Federal Labor party). Gertrude Melville was finally elected to parliament as a Member Legislative Council in 1952 to 1958. Prior to her attempts to enter parliament, she was Alderman in the Cabramatta-Canley Vale Municipal Council from 1944 to 1948, including a period as Mayor (1945-48).\n", "Details": "Gertrude Melville was educated at St Peter's Convent Surry Hills, Sydney. She married Arthur Melville, in Sydney on 2 December 1903 and they had five sons. She died in 1959. Her portrait by Miriam MacRae is held by the NSW Legislative Council.\nGertrude joined the Labor Party in 1904 and was a member of Central Executive 1922-26, and 1950-52. She was president of ALP Central Women's Organising Committee 1947-52. Child endowment in NSW is said to have originated from a motion she moved at her local branch, Randwick, in 1918. She ran unsuccessfully against Millicent Preston Stanley [please link] in 1925. Gertrude Melville joined Federal Labor after the Lang split and campaigned against Lang in 1932 election. She said that Lang's withholding of the payment of child endowment and widows' pensions made her decide to contest the seat of Hurstville in 1932. Later she opposed the industrial groups in the Labor upheavals of the 1950s.\nShe was elected by both houses to fill a casual vacancy in the Legislative Council in 1952, under the reconstructed constitution (1934-78). She served one term. In 1958 she was involved in a public controversy about police corruption.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/herstory-australian-labor-women-in-federal-state-and-territory-parliaments-1925-1994\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliaments-and-local-governments-past-and-present-a-survey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/melville-gertrude-mary-1884-1959\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Merton, Rachel Victoria", "Entry ID": "AWE1919", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/merton-rachel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Political staffer", "Summary": "A student activist who ran for election to the Legislative Assembly in 1999 as a Liberal Party candidate for the seat of Wentworthville, Rachel Merton was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council at the March 2023 election, representing the Liberal Party. Rachel was active in student affairs while at Macquarie University where she obtained a B.A. (Psychology) and Graduate Certificate (Human Resources). She was a delegate to the National Union of Students 1995-6 and President of the Macquarie University Liberal Club. Rachel Merton was also a delegate to State Council 1995 and on the Convention Committee 1995-6.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-rachel-victoria-merton-mlc\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mitchell, Jean Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE1920", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mitchell-jean-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Armidale, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Councillor, Nurse", "Summary": "In 1970, Jean Mitchell became the first woman elected to the Uralla Shire Council. The following year she unsuccessfully stood as an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Armidale. She was nominated by a group of independents to stand again the sitting MLA, Davis Hughes, when the ALP failed to stand a candidate. Her campaign was directed by Peter Wright, who was then the President of the New State Movement. She said her candidature was a result of an economic crisis brought about by the instability of the coalition government.\nJean was a qualified nursing sister and had been an acting Hospital Matron. She had been a member of the Council of the Armidale Presbyterian Ladies' College and was well known in the area for community and welfare work and for her service as a show judge. She was married to Wendell James Mitchell, with whom she had one son Hugh.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mitchell, Susan Katherine", "Entry ID": "AWE1921", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mitchell-susan-katherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Manager, Nurse", "Summary": "A trail blazer for women in the National Country Party, Susan Mitchell contested the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Monaro in 1981. She was a former legal secretary and Mothercraft Nurse, but by the time of her candidacy, she had been for 10 years, the office manager and secretary for her husband Dugald's insurance agency. She and her husband have 5 children.\nSusan Mitchell joined the National Country Party c.. 1959 and had held the office of Treasurer of the party's Monaro Council. At the time she ran for election she was a member of the State Central Council of the N.C.P. and was the first woman to run as a N.C.P. candidate for the NSW Legislative Assembly in 30 years. She was active in local Girl Guides and was Chairman of the Abolition of Death Duties seminar held in Cooma in 1976.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moffitt, Marjorie", "Entry ID": "AWE1922", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moffitt-marjorie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Housewife", "Summary": "A committed and vocal Christian, Marjorie Moffitt stood for the Christian Democrat Party in the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Manly. She was inspired to nominate after hearing Rev. Nile and Rev. Gordon Moyes speak on behalf of the CDP. She had been actively involved in her local community of Manly for over 40 years and described herself as a dedicated housewife and the mother of two grown children. Marjorie Moffitt had been involved in church-based groups such as the Girls Friendly Society and the Christian Endeavour Brigade, as well as local soup kitchens for the homeless and destitute.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moon, Kylie", "Entry ID": "AWE1923", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moon-kylie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist", "Summary": "A political activist, Kylie Moon contested the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Parramatta in 1999 as a Democratic Socialist Party member. In 2004 she was a Socialist Alliance Party candidate in the New South Wales Senate. Kylie Moon was active in student campaigns against education cuts, university fees, and has helped organise school walkouts against racism. She has also been involved in the organization of International Women's Day marches. She is the Western Sydney Resistance organiser in 2005.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moore, Clover", "Entry ID": "AWE1924", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moore-clover\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Mayor, Politician, Teacher", "Summary": "An indefatigable and very successful campaigner, Clover Moore was Alderman of the South Sydney City Council from 1980 to 1981 and Alderman of the Council of the City of Sydney 1981-87. She was elected Lord Mayor of Sydney in 2003. Clover was also elected as an Independent to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Bligh in 1988, 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003. In 2007 she was elected to the new seat of Sydney and relinquished it in 2012.\nIn the 1990s Clover Moore held the balance of power in the Legislative Assembly, with two other independents. She is renowned for her hard work and her community attachments. She continues to hold the position of Lord Mayor of Sydney.\n", "Details": "Clover Moore was born in Sydney, one of three daughters of Kathleen and Francis Collins. She was educated at Loreto College, Kirribilli and Elm Court Dominican Convent, Moss Vale. She matriculated to Sydney University, where she studied arts (BA Dip. Ed.) and lived at Sancta Sophia College. After graduation she began work as English\/History teacher at Fort Street High School and then lived and taught in London and Europe for several years. She married Peter Moore, an architect, in 1972 and they have two children, Sophie and Tom.\nThe Moores returned to Australia in 1975, and in 1980 she won a seat on South Sydney Council. She has been in public office ever since, serving on the City of Sydney Council and in the Legislative Assembly, to which she was elected for Bligh in 1988. From 2003 she was both Lord Mayor of Sydney and the MLA for Bligh, and from 2007 MLA for Sydney until 2012. She continues to hold the position of Lord Mayor of Sydney.\nClover Moore was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2023 for distinguished service to local government, to the people and Parliament of NSW, and to the community of Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clover-moore-further-papers-1976-1994\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clover-moore-papers-1982-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clover-moore-further-papers-1980-2009-being-bligh-sydney-electorate-office-archives\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clover-moore-further-papers-1988-2012-being-bligh-sydney-electorate-office-archives\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morgan, Denise", "Entry ID": "AWE1925", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morgan-denise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Denise Morgan joined ALP in c. 1974 and has been a delegate to State electorate council and the Labor Women's Conference. In 1984 she was the ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Pittwater. At the time of her campaign she was a student at Macquarie University studying politics and sociology. Denise has worked in television and radio advertising, property management and public relations.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morthorpe, Lee", "Entry ID": "AWE1926", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morthorpe-lee\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Fencer, Housewife", "Summary": "A once only candidate in an unwinnable seat, Lee Morthorpe stood for the ALP in the 1995 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Davidson. She was born in Gundagai in country NSW and educated at Gundagai High School, the Australian National University (BA) and Charles Sturt University (DipEd). While at university, Lee was involved in student politics and was a member of the ANU Student Representative Council in 1988. She represented the ACT at the national Fencing Championships in 1988.\nLee joined the ALP in 1993 and has held office in her local branch. She is married to an officer of the RAN, and has two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mullin, Sharon", "Entry ID": "AWE1927", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mullin-sharon\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Student, Teacher", "Summary": "Sharon Mullin was briefly a political activist who contested the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Bathurst in 1995 and for the House of Representatives seat of Calare in 1996. She ran for the Greens because of her belief in the need to balance social and economic needs with environmental protection, and because she deplored the lack of women in political life. At the time of the campaign, Sharon Mullin was studying architecture, having previously been a secondary school teacher.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mundey, Judith Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1928", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mundey-judith-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Communist, Lawyer", "Summary": "An activist, particularly in regard to women's issues, Judith Mundey represented the Communist Party of Australia in the 1967 and 1968 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Phillip and in the 1980 House of Representatives election for Sydney. She became the first woman President of the Communist Party of Australia 1979-82, having been Secretary of the Sydney District Committee of the party 1973-79. She was also one of a group of women who established the Women's Liberation Movement in Australia in 1969.\nJudy Mundey was born in Sydney and educated at Eastlakes and Mascot Public Schools, and at St George Girls' High School. She later completed an Arts degree and a Law degree at Macquarie University. In 1965 she married Jack Mundey, of BLF and Green Bans fame, and they had one son.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Murray, Janice Beatrice", "Entry ID": "AWE1929", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murray-janice-beatrice\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Public relations professional", "Summary": "Janice (Jan) Murray represented the ALP in the 1978 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Eastwood. Receiving no party help or funding, she nevertheless achieved a significant swing of 13.5%\nBefore entering party political life, Jan Murray's activism gave meaning to the feminist truth that 'the personal is political'. In 1972, Jan fought a very public fight for the right to use her own name, rather than that of her husband, eventually changing back to Murray from Brown by deed poll. While many conservative women were appalled by her actions, and told her so in no uncertain terms, other women supported her and were grateful to her for opening up the possibility to them of keeping their own names after marriage.\n", "Details": "At the time of her campaign, Jan Murray was in her final year of an Arts degree from Macquarie University majoring in politics and English. She later graduated with first class honours. She was married to John Brown, MHR for Parramatta, and the mother of five children, born within seven years. She reverted to her maiden name by deed poll.\nShe was a life member of the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, and a member of the Models and Mannequins Union. She was a regular guest on the Mike Walsh TV show, and in the 90s, a panellist on Beauty and the Beast.\nShe came to prominence by refusing to disclose her financial interests under the Governments disclosure legislation.\nFrom 1981, she was the Principal in the PR firm of Jan Murray and Associates, which, over the next twenty years, handled some of the most significant public relations campaigns for the Australian tourist industry. She played a seminal role in the Paul Hogan \"Shrimp on the barbecue\" campaign and staged a celebrity breakfast for 10,000 people at the Gold Coast's Palm Meadows Golf Course to launch the Greg Norman Golf Tournament.\nFor Australia's Bicentennial, the firm ran a radiothon and raised a million dollars for the staging of the First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage, and found individual sponsorships for each of the vessels. Jan was also involved, acting pro bono, in the Lord Mayor's Bush Fire Appeal in 1995, which raised over $11 million. She was appointed to the Trust which was responsible for dispersing the fund.\nJan Murray is in demand as a guest speaker, and in 2005 opened the Fourth National Public Affairs Convention in Canberra.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Babacan, Hurriyet", "Entry ID": "AWE1930", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/babacan-hurriyet\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Turkey", "Occupations": "Academic, Migrant community advocate, Policy adviser, Public servant", "Summary": "Dr Hurriyet Babacan was born in Turkey and migrated to Australia at the age of ten. A long and distinguished career has seen her work as an academic, social worker, policy officer, senior public servant, researcher, author and trainer.\n", "Details": "Born in Turkey, Hurriyet Babacan migrated to Australia with her parents and three siblings in 1971. Her early memories of Australia are of life in an ex-army barracks migrant hostel in NSW. Her father, a middle class academic in Turkey, became a member of the Australian working class when he joined the workforce at the steel mills nearby. Both of Hurriyet's parents suffered injuries due to unsafe work practices in the factories of Sydney and Melbourne.\nFor the young Hurriyet schooling was a struggle without English language fluency, and the experience of racism added stress. Despite this she did well at school in subjects where English language skills were less crucial such as mathematics and chemistry. Hurriyet went on to complete a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Social Work, Master of Arts (Social Policy), PhD, Graduate Certificate in Education and interpreting\/translation qualifications.\nHurriyet's parents engendered in her an awareness of social issues and social justice from a young age, and this has been reflected in her career choices. Over the last twenty years Hurriyet has worked as an academic, social worker, policy officer, senior public servant, researcher, author and trainer. She was a senior executive in the Queensland Government where she held the position of Executive Director, Multicultural Affairs, Women's Policy and Community Outcomes Branch in the Department of Premier and Cabinet. She has also held lecturing positions in universities across Australia, and worked as a senior public servant in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Victorian Government.\nDr Babacan currently holds a position at the University of the Sunshine Coast where she is the acting Head of Social and Community Studies and also Associate Director of the Centre for Multicultural and Community Development. She coordinates and lectures in courses in community development, gender, cultural diversity and social and human service practice.\nShe has undertaken extensive research on a range of topics, including immigration and settlement, racism, health, family services, community capacity building, social exclusion\/inclusion, child protection, ageing, women, globalisation and human rights. She has published widely and has completed work for UNESCO on gender and development. Her book on death and dying across six non-Christian religions has sold over 10,000 copies. She has also published a well recognised guide for migrant job seekers on addressing selection criteria.\nDr Babacan has been involved with numerous community organisations over the past twenty years, co-founding many of them. The most recent include: DV Connect Inc, a state-wide domestic violence telephone counselling service in Queensland; Queensland Program for Survivors of Torture and Trauma, counselling service for survivors of torture and trauma; Women's Sector Development project, a state-wide program to better connect women's agencies across different service areas with government; Multicultural Development Association Inc, settlement services and case service delivery to newly arrived migrants and refugees which is now one of the largest service delivery agencies in Queensland; Centre for Multicultural and Community Development, University of the Sunshine Coast; Australians for Multiculturalism and Reconciliation; and Women Connect, a state-wide agency for development and mentoring of women for leadership roles in Queensland.\nFormer Ministerial advisory positions include: Equal Opportunity Advisory Committee to the Premier in Victoria; Member of Legal Aid Commission Review Committee; Adviser to the Australia Council; Member of the National Settlement Advisory Council (to the Minister for Immigration); Member of Child Protection Council, an advisory body to the Minister for Families, Youth and Community Care in Queensland; and Multicultural Women's Advisory Council to the Premier (Queensland) and Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission.\nDr Hurriyet Babacan is married and lives in Queensland. Her husband is of Indian descent and the pair travel frequently.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/investigations-into-funding-of-migrant-womens-re-creation-groups-report\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Murtagh, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1931", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murtagh-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Mary Murtagh joined the ALP in 1972 and has held office at branch and electorate level and been an annual conference delegate. She represented them in the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Oxley. She was a member of the Independent Education Union and was its Mid North Coast Branch Secretary from 1991-1994\nMary Murtagh was educated at St Brendan's Central School, Bankstown and Bethlehem Ladies College, Ashfield. She attended Macquarie University where she obtained an Arts degree and a Dip. Ed. She taught first at St Patrick's College, Campbelltown, and from 1981, at Paul's College, Kempsey. Mary and her husband have three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nettle, Kerry Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE1932", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nettle-kerry-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Politician", "Summary": "A Greens senator and environmental activist, Kerry Nettle first attempted to enter politics in 1999 when she contested the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Miranda. In 2001 she was elected as Senator for New South Wales, taking her seat on 1 July 2002. She is an active member of a great many Senate committees and is a member of the Senate Select Committee on the Administration of Indigenous Affairs since 2004.\n", "Details": "Within the Greens party, Kerry Nettle has been a delegate to the State Council and the National Council from 1999 and was a delegate from Australia to the Greens Global Conference in 2001.\nKerry Nettle has spent most of her adult life in the cause of improving the environment. She completed a B.Sc. (Hons) at the University of New South wales and was their Student Guild Environment officer in 1996. She became Co-ordinator of the Public Transport Conference 1997-98 and was the Greens office co-ordinator in 1998-9, when she ran for the seat of Miranda. In 1999-2000 she worked as a youth worker and co-ordinated the campaign Stop the Women's Jail.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Newman, Amelia Josephine", "Entry ID": "AWE1933", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newman-amelia-josephine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Clerk", "Summary": "Amelia Newman was a serial candidate for the Democrats over nearly a decade and was described in her 1996 election leaflet as a \"well-known community activist\". The elections she contested are as follows:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Myall Lakes, 1988\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Lakemba, 1991, 1995\nHouse of Representatives, Kingsford-Smith, 1990\nHouse of Representatives, Watson, 1993, 1996\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cham, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1934", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cham-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Germany", "Occupations": "Director, Philanthropist, Researcher", "Summary": "Elizabeth Cham worked with Philanthropy Australia for ten years, officially retiring as National Director in 2006. She was a Fellow at the Institute of Postcolonial Studies in Melbourne where she researched the early history of philanthropy in Australia.\nIn 2017, Cham completed a PhD undertaken at the University of Technology in Sydney (UTS) on Australian grant-making philanthropic foundations that are administered by trustee companies. Dr Cham is an Associate Fellow of the UTS Business School.\nCham was active in the establishment of the National Roundtable of Non-Profit Organisations, an independent, non-partisan group representing more than 20,000 NFP organisations across Australia, to facilitate consideration of regulatory, taxation and sustainable financing issues and coordinate engagement with the Australian community and public policy processes.\n", "Details": "Born in a displaced persons camp in Germany on Christmas Day, 1948, Elizabeth Cham was the daughter of Polish prisoners of war. Her parents, Jozef and Aniela, were shipped to Germany following the 1939 invasion of Poland. While working on a German farm, her father was sent to the infamous Buchenwald as punishment for listening to BBC radio. He remained there for five years. Finally, in September 1950, the family were able to migrate to Australia. Initially dispatched to Bonegilla in Victoria's north-eastern region, the Cham family moved to Ballarat where Jozef was posted at the White Swan Reservoir for two years, as a condition of entry to Australia. Eventually the family built a home at Ballarat where Jozef took on work at the paper mills.\nElizabeth was educated at Loreto College. Later, a temporary position at the University of Melbourne's Department of the History and Philosophy of Science encouraged Elizabeth to consider taking on academic studies herself. Her colleagues were supportive, and she enrolled in a political science degree. It would be the first of several tertiary qualifications.\nOn graduation, Elizabeth quickly found work as personal assistant to the Prime Minister's principal private secretary. She worked for Gough Whitlam until 1977, well after his dismissal. Imbued now with a thorough understanding of the machinations of government, her next post was research assistant to Professor Manning Clark. She began studying for a Masters degree in the late 1980s, supporting herself in part with paid work for the Felton Bequest and the Buckland Foundation - prominent benevolent trusts still in operation today. By 1996, she had been offered the position of National Director for Philanthropy Australia (established by the Potter and Myer Foundations in 1975). A poorly resourced secretariat at the time, the organisation has grown at the astonishing rate of 17 per cent per annum and now serves as the national membership body for grant-making foundations and trusts.\nElizabeth's contribution to philanthropy and the non-profit sector cannot be underestimated. Since her inception as Director, she has worked to raise the public profile of philanthropy and its contribution to Australian lives, and to change a persistent cultural attitude which dismisses philanthropy as self-aggrandisement or a tax dodge for the very wealthy. More tangible change she has brought about by way of the tax law, which until the time of her appointment was a disincentive to large-scale giving. By initiating meetings with the Prime Minister, Elizabeth sowed the seeds for the creation of the Prime Minister's Business Community Partnership. Support from this roundtable led to the creation of new laws around the establishment of foundations which saw an estimated extra $1 billion dollars in philanthropy by 2011.\nElizabeth Cham married in 1987. She is the parent of three children and mother of one, and lives in Melbourne.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baptiste-Rooke, Marguerite", "Entry ID": "AWE1935", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baptiste-rooke-marguerite\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Migrant Support Worker, Public servant", "Summary": "Marguerite Baptiste-Rooke left her home in the Seychelles and arrived in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, in 1989 with her husband and three children. She began volunteer work at the Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) of Central Australia assisting new migrants with the settlement process. She went on to serve as president of the MRC for seven years.\n", "Details": "In 1997 Marguerite stood down from the presidency of the MRC to take up the position of Community Settlement Support Worker. She is now Head of the Settlement Branch of the new Multicultural Community Services of Central Australia (formerly Migrant Resource Centre). In 2005 she was an inaugural winner of a Northern Territory Multicultural Affairs Award, in appreciation of the significant work she has done on behalf of the service in assisting migrants to the Northern Territory and promoting multicultural diversity and harmony.\nA well travelled and well educated woman, Marguerite has visited, worked and studied in the Emirates, Oman, USA, Russia, England, Switzerland, and Papua New Guinea. Her community involvement ranges from school council chairperson to member of Territory and Federal advisory councils. She has also been a community radio broadcaster since 1993 for the French and multicultural program on Northern Territory Radio, and is now a member of the Alice Springs local council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Engly, Piphal", "Entry ID": "AWE1936", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/engly-piphal\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kampong Cham province, Cambodia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Interpreter, Teacher", "Summary": "Born in 1944 in Kampong Cham province, about 120km from the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, Piphal Engly arrived in Australia in 1977 with no money and very little English.\n", "Details": "Raised by a mother who instilled the importance of education and an active life in all her children, Piphal matriculated in 1962 at age sixteen, when most others were doing so at twenty. She obtained numerous medical diplomas and Licence des Lettres from Cambodian and European academies. She worked as a teacher in the Public Health Model Centre, applying and implementing Public Health to the rural districts around Phnom Penh. Operated by the World Health Organization, the Model Health Centre focused on women's health needs by providing neo natal care and training rural midwives. In the early 1970s, Piphal was employed as a coordinator for the World Health Organization, and as a Pharmaceutical and Medical Supervisor. She was also employed by the Department of Public Health as an International Public Relations Officer, thanks to her French language fluency.\nPiphal married in 1963. Twelve years later, in 1975, her husband was selected by the Department of Commerce to travel to Australia for training. Later that year the Republican Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge and his scholarship was cancelled. Piphal managed to join him in Melbourne in 1977, but without their two children, whose whereabouts remain unknown.\nPiphal initially took on casual work as a cleaner, but was unaware of her rights under Australian industrial law and was exploited. Nine months later she enrolled in English classes at a Migrant Resource Centre. She eventually completed her High School Certificate and worked as a teacher assistant and as an interpreter for the Health Commission of Victoria and the Victorian Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs.\nEnraged by racism toward Cambodian students in one school, Piphal set herself a two month period to make those students sufficiently literate to keep up with their schoolmates. She succeeded, and her efforts won her widespread respect within the Melbourne Cambodian community.\nToday Piphal lives in Canberra. She retains links with her country of birth through the Meada Khmer Development (MKD) Organization - a non-government, non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political organization which aims to improve the lives of disadvantaged women in Cambodia. (The MKD Organization is located at: N\u00b0 54 Samdech Sothearos (St. 3), Phnom Penh 12207, Cambodia. Ph: 012 728 049; Email: tepsavery@online.com.kh). She has performed senior roles at the Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Canberra and is a professional interpreter and translator.\nIn 2010 she was awarded a PhD from Monash University for a thesis entitled: The secret Nationalist Movement: a memoir of a Cambodian princess, 1880-1920.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-royal-family-of-cambodia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Newton, Claire Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE1937", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newton-claire-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bristol, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Lawyer", "Summary": "A once only candidate whose later career was in private practice of the law, Claire Newton joined the Lismore branch of the ALP in 1982 and was their candidate in the 1984 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections. At the time of her campaign she had been employed at the Lismore Women's Refuge for 4 years.\nClaire Newton was educated to fourth form at St Bernadette's Secondary Modern School, Bristol and finished her schooling at Fairfield Girls' High School, after arriving in Australia in 1972 and moving to Lismore in 1977. In the 1990s, Claire Newton completed an associate diploma in law and worked for some time as a paralegal. She then returned to study and finished a law degree (LL.B.) at the Southern Cross University. She is married, with two daughters and works with a firm of solicitors in Ballina.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kalantzis, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1938", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kalantzis-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Greece", "Occupations": "Academic, Director", "Summary": "Mary Kalantzis migrated to Australia with her family in 1953. Against the wishes of her husband and parents she continued her formal education in Australia, winning two prestigious scholarships. Today Kalantzis is Dean of the Faculty of Education, Language and Community Services at RMIT University.\n", "Details": "Mary Kalantzis was born in 1949 in a village in the Greek Peloponnese, the daughter of agriculturalists without formal education. The family migrated to Australia in 1953, both parents starting life here as wage earners. The eldest of three children (one of whom was born here), Mary entered into an arranged marriage soon after completing high school. Not content with her life as a wife and mother at home, she decided to return to study, a decision that was not well received by her husband nor her parents, Nicholas and Diamondo. She persisted despite their objections, even as a sole parent after her husband left.\nMary's decision to continue with study has been vindicated by the extraordinary career she has since embarked upon. In 1982 she was the recipient of a Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Award and in 1990-91 she was a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at the University of New Hampshire in the United States.\nShe has since been appointed Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies at James Cook University of North Queensland; Director of the Centre for Workplace Communication and Culture at the University of Technology, Sydney; and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Multicultural Studies at the University of Wollongong. She has been a part time Commissioner of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and Chair of the Queensland Ethnic Affairs Ministerial Advisory Committee, set up to advise the Queensland Premier on all matters relating to multiculturalism.\nMary Kalantzis is now a Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Education, Language and Community Services at RMIT University.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nori, Sandra Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE1939", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nori-sandra-christine-2\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Politician", "Summary": "Sandra Nori, a member of the Australian Labor Party, was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Member for McKell in 1988. That seat was abolished in 1991 and she won the newly established seat of Port Jackson in 1991 and was re-elected in 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003. She held the ministerial portfolios for Tourism and Small Business 1999-2003; for Women 2002-2007; Sport and Recreation 2003-2007.\nShe retired from the New South Wales Parliament in 2007.\n", "Details": "Sandra Nori was born in Newcastle, of Italian parents. She was educated at Petersham Girls High School and the University of Sydney (B.Ec.).\nShe worked as co-ordinator, South Sydney Women's Health Centre 1976-78, Health worker, Leichhardt Community Health Centre 1981-2, and Research Officer to Peter Baldwin, MHR, 1983-4. She was a member of the NSW Social Security Appeals Tribunal 1987-88.\nShe married John Faulkner, and they had two children, Bonnie and Lachlan. The marriage ended in divorce.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Oakman, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE1940", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oakman-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Councillor", "Summary": "A community activist, Patricia Oakman was an ALP candidate in the 1973 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Clarence. She had better luck in local politics being elected to the Bellingen Shire Council in 1969. She held the position of Shire President from 1971-73 and 1976-80.\n", "Details": "Patricia Oakman was born in Coffs Harbour and educated at Urunga Public School and the Paddington Domestic Science School.\nShe was first elected to the Bellingen Shire Council in 1969 and became the first woman to be a shire president in 1971.\nPatricia Oakman became the first woman director on the executive of the Hospital Contribution Fund of Australia in 1970, and the first woman president of the Hospital Association of NSW 1973-75, 1981.She was a director of the Bellingen Hospital Board from 1965, treasurer 1969-79, chair 1980. She was a member of the Sydney Farm Produce Marketing Authority in 1978.\nPatricia Oakman received the Queen's Jubilee Medal in 1977 and was awarded an A.M. in 1978. She is married to William John Oakman (died July 2005)\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Donnell, Gabrielle", "Entry ID": "AWE1941", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/odonnell-gabrielle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Counsellor, Psychologist", "Summary": "Gabrielle O'Donnell is a well known local government identity who has been a councillor for the City of Ryde from 1995-2008 and Deputy Mayor 1998-1999, 2005. She unsuccessfully attempted to enter the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Lane Cove in 2003 as an ALP candidate.\n", "Details": "Gabrielle O'Donnell was raised and educated in the Ryde area and completed her tertiary education at Macquarie University. She is a registered psychologist and works as a school counsellor. She is a member of the Australian Guidance and Counselling Association and the NSW Teachers' Federation.\nGabrielle O'Donnell was well known in her electorate when she ran for Parliament. She was first elected to the City of Ryde Council in 1995 and had served on a variety of Council Committees. She was a member of the Sydney North Advisory Committee of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and her campaign leaflet stressed her interest in the environment. In 2005 she was again elected Deputy Mayor of the City of Ryde Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kwai, Ajak", "Entry ID": "AWE1942", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kwai-ajak\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bor, Malakal Region, Sudan", "Occupations": "Musician", "Summary": "Born in a small town on the Upper Nile, Ajak Kwai migrated to Australia in 1999. Founder of the band \"Wahida\", she enjoys a reputation as a fine musician with an original sound.\n", "Details": "Ajak Kwai grew up in a musical family in the small town of Bor on the Upper Nile. She sang at all the village ceremonies and celebrations, later joining a local missionary choir that sang gospel music in their own Dinka style. The Sudanese civil war damaged her community during the 1990s and Ajak moved to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, before finally leaving the last of her family in 1992 to go to Egypt. There, she enrolled in a Seventh Day Adventist College, joined international church choirs and formed a female singing group, 'Bor Band'. Bor Band performed traditional and original Dinka songs, but was influenced by the many musical styles in Cairo.\nIn 1999, then in her mid-twenties, Ajak Kwai was accepted into Australia under the Humanitarian Aid Program. She migrated to Hobart, Tasmania and joined the small Southern Sudanese community living there. She threw herself into her studies: an AMES English language course and accounting studies at TAFE. Class members organising a ceremony asked if anyone could sing, and Ajak obliged. From there her singing career was reborn. She has been called upon to sing at many community and fundraising events including a welcome concert for refugees from Kosovo, for which she wrote her own song. She has been invited to perform at the Hobart Refugee Fundraising Concerts, Hobart Multicultural Ball, International Women's Day events and other refugee awareness conferences. She sings in her native Dinka tribal language as well as in Arabic and English.\nIn 2001, Ajak formed the band \"Wahida\" (Arabic for Unity). Later, in 2002, she began performing in various Australian festivals, often accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Martin Tucker. In May 2004, Ajak Kwai produced her first CD, Why not Peace and Love?\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Kelly, Norah", "Entry ID": "AWE1943", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/okelly-norah\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Roseville, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Norah O'Kelly and her husband Charles, managed a large block of furnished flats in Darlinghurst for more than twenty years. They were active members of the Liberal Party and took part in many campaigns in parliamentary and local elections. Norah contested the 1962 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of King. Her candidacy seemed to have been motivated by her belief that \"every Liberal everywhere should have the right and opportunity of voting for a Liberal\".\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Olsen, Valerie Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE1944", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/olsen-valerie-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 1962 Valerie Olsen was the Democratic Labor Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Vaucluse.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Meara, Vanessa", "Entry ID": "AWE1945", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/omeara-vanessa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Librarian", "Summary": "Vanessa O'Meara was a once only candidate for the Legislative Assembly. That was in 1991 as an ALP member for the seat of Northcott, New South Wales. She joined the ALP in 1977 and was educated in Sydney (BA University of New South Wales 1975, Grad. Dip. Lib. 1976, Grad. Dip. Public Sector Management, UTS 1990). Vanessa O'Meara worked at various libraries in Sydney, including the State Library, the Parliamentary Library and the New South Wales Teachers' Federation. She also worked for the Australian High Commission in London. She joined the ALP in 1977. She has two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Neill, Deborah", "Entry ID": "AWE1946", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oneill-deborah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Lecturer, Teacher", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Deborah O'Neill was elected to the House of Representatives of the Australian Parliament as the Member for Robertson, New South Wales at the federal election, which was held on 21 August 2010. In an earlier bid to enter the New South Wales State Parliament, Deborah O'Neill was uncontested at the ALP preselection New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Gosford in 2003. She ran against the Liberal Deputy Leader. Deborah was unsuccessful in her bid losing by 272 votes.\n At the time of her campaign, Deborah O'Neill had been resident on the Central Coast for 17 years. As a preselected candidate of the governing party, Deborah was able to lobby Ministers and her election material claimed several funding successes for local projects. She was opposed to overdevelopment on the coast. She taught locally and lectured at the University of Newcastle, as well as running a small business in partnership with her husband, Paul. They have three children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Osmond, Pamela Ramsay", "Entry ID": "AWE1947", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/osmond-pamela-ramsay\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pamela Osmond was a once only candidate for parliament. That was in 1973 when she represented the Australia Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Wagga. Pamela Osmond campaigned strongly on the paramount importance of environmental controls to ensure that resources were preserved for future generations. On a local level, she described the Wagga saleyards and the Wagga tip as \"civic disgraces\". She also stressed that decentralisation was one of the greatest challenges facing Australia, and that the Australia Party believed in the creation of new states.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Overend, Marie Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE1948", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/overend-marie-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann Overend was living in Leppington in 1999 when she ran in the inner western seat of Marrickville (New South Wales Legislative Assembly) for a newly formed party, the Euthanasia Referendum Party. The purpose of the party was to promote a referendum to allow voters to directly support euthanasia legislation reform. She ran last in a field of 8.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Padgett, Brenda", "Entry ID": "AWE1949", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/padgett-brenda\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yorkshire, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Political staffer", "Summary": "Brenda Padgett is a dedicated Australian Democrat party member who contested the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for North Shore in 1999 and the Legislative Council in 2003. She joined the Democrats in 1990 and volunteered to work for Elisabeth Kirby, then the Leader of the Democrats in the NSSW Legislative Council. She was appointed to a full time job with Lis Kirby and in 1996 moved to work for Senator Vicki Bourne. She worked as the Northern Metropolitan Regional Organiser on the State Executive of the Australian Democrats, and was involved in all election campaigns, state and federal from 1991. Brenda came to Australia in 1973 and became a naturalised Australian in 1975\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Palladinetti, Tina", "Entry ID": "AWE1950", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/palladinetti-tina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Graphic designer, Lecturer", "Summary": "Tina Palladinetti is an environmentalist who had lived in Bangor for 17 years at the time of her campaign for the seat of Menai (New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 2003). She was a committee member of the organization People against Nuclear Reactor and had fought against the construction of a second reactor at Lucas Heights. She had a personal interest in radiation danger, having been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She was a member of Amnesty International, the Wilderness Society, The Australian Conservation Foundation and Greenpeace. Tina Pallandinetti worked as a self employed graphic designer and TAFE teacher.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Paluzzano, Karyn Lesley", "Entry ID": "AWE1951", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/paluzzano-karyn-lesley\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Politician, Teacher", "Summary": "Karyn Paluzzano was a successful woman ALP candidate in the seat of Penrith. She was first elected to that seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 2003. She was re-elected in 2007, but resigned from the Parliament on 7 May 2010 as a result of allegations against her of falsely claiming parliamentary allowances and of giving false and misleading evidence to an anti-corruption inquiry.\n Prior to this she was a member of the Penrith City Council (1999-2004).\n", "Details": "Karyn Paluzzano was educated at Glenbrook Primary School, Nepean High School, and the University of Western Sydney. She has taught at local schools in Emu Plains, Mt. Druitt and Werrington, and worked as a Senior Education Officer with the Department of School Education. She has also lectured at the Australian Catholic University; the University of Western Sydney, Penrith; and the University of Technology, Sydney.\nElected to the Penrith City Council in 1999, she helped establish and provide funding for the Kingswood Neighbourhood Centre, and to secure sponsorship for the Penrith Regional Gallery. She also strongly supported the Railway Street Q Theatre and the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre. Karyn has been a delegate to the Local Government Association and is a member of the ALGWA. She has been an active member of her community for many years, supporting the Kingswood Lions Club and various local sporting clubs.\nKaryn is married to Robert Paluzzano, and they have three children: Edward, Victoria and Elizabeth.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lawless, Sheila", "Entry ID": "AWE1952", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawless-sheila\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Homemaker", "Summary": "Sheila Lawless migrated to Australia with her husband Lawrence and first child in 1955, one family among the hundreds of thousands of \"ten pound poms\" who travelled to Australia after the Second World War under the government assisted passage scheme.\n", "Details": "The Lawless family arrived in Adelaide on 26 July 1955, ready to join Sheila's parents who had already settled in Parkside. Both Sheila and Lawrence found work quickly, and before long had managed to build their own home in the new housing estate of Windsor Gardens. Still in its earliest stages of development, the suburban plot had little to offer in the way of services and entertainment. Sheila befriended Molly McGrath at the local Catholic church, and before long their morning coffees with other local women had transformed into a mother's club. Members of the club supported each other and lobbied successfully for a local parish primary school.\nSheila was to have three more children. She returned to work after seventeen years out of the paid workforce under a new government scheme in 1973, and secured an administrative position at Kildare College in Adelaide.\nIn 1999 Sheila was diagnosed with breast cancer but was fortunate to make a full recovery. On 26 July 2005 she celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of her arrival in Australia; fifty years of dedicated homemaking and community building.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parry-Jones, Gwenlynn Daisy", "Entry ID": "AWE1953", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parry-jones-gwenlynn-daisy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Teacher", "Summary": "Gwen Parry Jones is a dedicated environmentalist who ran for the Australian Greens in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for The Entrance.\n", "Details": "Gwen Parry-Jones has a lifelong connection with the Central Coast of NSW. Originally a teacher, she then ran a small business and later still, worked for the Child Welfare Department, dealing with children who had to appear before the courts. This made her very aware of the influence lack of education has on youth crime.\nIn 1987 Gwen formed the Wildlife Animal Rescue & Care Society Inc. (ARC) and she has been active in the rescue, care and release of native animals ever since. She lectures at local schools regularly and is known as the Bat Lady. She is the co-director of the Wambina Flying-Fox Education and Research Centre.\nIn 2004 she helped to organise the Wildlife Carers Conference. In 2005 she was a member of the working party set up to form the NSW Wildlife Rehabilitation Council.\nAlong with others, her work contributed to the establishment of the new Popran National Park and the Ourimbah Nature Reserve.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bat-lady-remembered\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pattinson, Jill", "Entry ID": "AWE1954", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pattinson-jill\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Poet, Radiographer", "Summary": "Jill Pattinson was a once-only candidate for parliamentary election. That was in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Albury in 1995. This made her the first woman to nominate for the seat of Albury. In this election she supported the building of a by-pass road, one of the major issues of the campaign. She contested the election in order to boost the vote for her party in the Legislative Council, in which it hoped to win a seat and hold the balance of power.\nJill Pattinson migrated from England in 1981 and settled in the Albury electorate, first at Gerogery, then Howlong, and finally in Albury. While at Howlong she was involved in efforts to stop fluoridation of the town's water. She has published two small books of poetry. She has two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pender, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE1955", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pender-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Occupational therapist", "Summary": "Karen Pender was the Christian Democrat Party candidate in the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Granville. She had lived in the electorate for 13 years at the time of her campaign. She was married and had 5 school-age children.\nShe trained as an occupational therapist and worked in various roles in different areas of Health, but her specialty was occupational rehabilitation. She is an accredited Work Cover Rehabilitation Provider.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ho, Mai", "Entry ID": "AWE1956", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ho-mai\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Vietnam", "Occupations": "Mayor", "Summary": "Mai Ho arrived in Australia in December 1982 with two small daughters and sixteen dollars. By 1997 she was Mayor of Maribyrnong. Twelve months later her daughter, Tan Le, was voted Young Australian of the Year.\n", "Details": "Raised in Saigon's District 5 at the outbreak of the Vietnam War, Mai's childhood was characterised by constant threats to safety in the midst of tremendous political unrest. Mai was strongly influenced by her anti-communist father, who published a controversial bilingual political magazine for American and Vietnamese soldiers. He encouraged her to understand and help others, and urged her to consider the possibility of escape from Vietnam.\nAged sixteen, Mai married a wealthy pharmacist eighteen years her senior. By 1981 she was preparing to escape Vietnam by boat. In early morning darkness, she left with her daughters Tan and Min, her mother, sister and brother, and 161 fellow passengers. Her husband was to join her a fortnight later. An indescribably awful journey ended with rescue by an English vessel and transport to a Malaysian camp. Here Mai worked as a translator before gaining passage with her family to Australia.\nHoused in the Midway Hostel, Maribyrnong, Mai began work picking fruit to support her family. Her husband, she learned, did not intend to join her after all. The family moved to Footscray, where sheer persistence obtained for Mai a position in Quality Control for the Holden factory. She was the first female inspector at Fishermen's Bend, Port Melbourne, where she earned more than the Vietnamese men working on the factory line. While raising two children and working full time, Mai took on and completed a Bachelor of Arts (human resource management) and tertiary qualifications in computer operations and health science (beauty therapy). In 1987 she opened her own computer business and prospered. By 1990 she felt secure enough to open her own beauty salon.\nMeanwhile, conscious of the struggles of those in her position, Mai set up a Vietnamese community support service. With her own savings she co-financed a venue, electricity and a telephone. At the age of twelve, her eldest daughter Tan was manning the telephone and helping people to fill out government forms. By 1992, Mai decided to stand for the local election. With strong support, she was defeated due to hundreds of uncounted informal votes. The following year she joined the Labor Party, and this time was victorious. She returned to her country of birth in 1995 with the Australian Consultative Delegation to Vietnam, the first delegation to investigate human rights there. By 1997 Mai Ho was Mayor of Maribyrnong.\nThe same twelve-year-old Tan who was answering the telephone would become president of the Australian Vietnamese Services Resource Centre (as it is now known) by the age of eighteen. In this role she implemented counselling, training and employment programs, and refuge services for Vietnamese women. Despite some racist ridicule at school, Tan had maintained outstanding academic results and graduated to university at the age of sixteen. Awarded a KPMG Accounting Scholarship in 1997, she went on to complete a combined Bachelor of Commerce\/Laws at Monash University in 1998 and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor two years later.\nIn 1998, Tan's contribution to community service was recognised nationally and internationally when she was awarded Young Australian of the Year.\nIn 2000 she co-founded a wireless technology company, SASme. The company has grown to become a leading wireless technology provider in Australia, with branches in Asia and Europe. Still young, Tan's has already been a distinguished career with appointments on the Australian Citizenship Council and the National Committee for Human Rights Education in Australia; as Ambassador for the Status of Women and Ambassador for Aboriginal Reconciliation; and as Patron of the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development Program. Her strong public profile and breadth of experience mean she is frequently called upon for public speaking engagements.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Peterson, Janne", "Entry ID": "AWE1957", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peterson-janne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Denmark", "Occupations": "Graphic designer, Political staffer", "Summary": "Janne Peterson is a dedicated Christian Democratic Party member and multiple candidate:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Strathfield by election 1996, 1999\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Bankstown, 2003\nHouse of Representatives, Sydney, 1996\nSenate, NSW, 1998\nHouse of Representatives, Blaxland, 2001,\nHouse of Representatives, Banks, 2004\nCanterbury Municipal Council, 1999\n", "Details": "Janne Peterson migrated with her family from Denmark in 1969. She became a naturalised Australian in 1985. That same year she married Murray Peterson, an engineer, and also a candidate for the Christian Democratic Party in 1988 for the state seat of Lakemba and in 1998 for the Federal seat of Watson.\nShe is the Managing Director and editor of a Good Report Pty Ltd, a Christian ethics magazine, established 1999. She is also involved with voluntary work in the media, being a weekly TV presenter on Television Gladesville, an amateur television station, and co-hosting with her husband Murray, a weekly community radio program.\nIn 2004 she was working for the Christian Democratic Party, of which she had been a member for 20 years, as a Political Education Officer. Her duties included presenting education seminars and workshops on the electoral process.\nJanne and Murray Peterson are actively involved with the Wiley Park Baptist Church, where Janne is youth leader teaching Sunday school, and visiting nursing homes as part of a singing ministry.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Phatarfod, Bharati (Barri)", "Entry ID": "AWE1958", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/phatarfod-bharati-barri\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner", "Summary": "Barri Phatarfod is an active social and political campaigner. She represented the ALP in the 2003 election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Bligh. Her campaign was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald several times as upsetting both the sitting member, Clover Moore, and the ALP faithful. Dr Phatarfod maintained that Bligh was a culturally diverse electorate and was not afraid of appearing with workers from the adult entertainment industry which flourished in the electorate. In 2005 she was a council member of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties.\nBharati Phatarfod gained her medical degree (MB BS) from Monash University in 1989 and worked as an Intern at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW. She then took up general practise in Surry Hills in 1990-91. In 1992 she had worked at a MultiCare Medical Centre. She later took up Ayurveda practise and now practises natural therapy. Barri Phatarfod is a republican and in 2002 was Treasurer and the Cross Cultural Relations Forum Convenor of the New South Republic.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Peters, Nonja", "Entry ID": "AWE1959", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peters-nonja\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tilburg, The Netherlands", "Occupations": "Academic, Anthropologist, Curator, Historian, Migrant community advocate", "Summary": "Nonja Peters is an historian, anthropologist, museum curator and social researcher whose expertise is transnational migration (forced and voluntary) and resettlement in Australia: ethnicity, sense of place, identity and belonging; immigrant entrepreneurship, racism and the sustainable digital preservation of immigrants' cultural heritage. She also has a special interest in Dutch maritime, military, migration and mercantile connections with Australia and the South East Asian Region since 1606. She is currently involved in academic, community-based, visual and bilateral research, publications and events in all these areas in Australia and internationally. Nonja is initiator\/innovator, researcher and curator of numerous permanent and travelling museums that have been displayed variously in Australia, South Africa, Indonesia and the Netherlands.\n", "Details": "Nonja Peters was born in the Netherlands 27 February 1944, following her parents' frantic escape from a munitions factory in Alsace Lorraine, where they were forced to work for the Nazi war machine. Her mother was then nearly seven months pregnant of her. The months after her birth were also fraught with her mother's fear of the Nazi VI and V2 bombs launched in the Netherlands on their way to bomb UK cities. In December 1948, her father Jan (John) set sail for Australia on the SS Volendam (Holland America Line) as part of the mass post-war migration movement out of Europe across the globe. It would take a few more years before the economy of the Netherlands picked up, which also slowed down exit to a trickle. Nonja's mother Jo (Johanna Peters nee Verhoeven) and her children (then Nonja and Eddie) made the voyage to join Jan (John) on the Italian part freighter, part passenger ship Ugolino Vivaldi from Genoa in July 1949. Nonja was then 5 and her brother 9 months. They had travelled by train from Tilburg, a city in the Dutch province of North Brabant to Milan, accompanied by Jo's Aunt Cor (Corinne Berens nee Hutten) and her three children, Jan (John 9), Tony (5) and Jenny (Sjannie 6). They were going to join Corinne's husband Toon Berens who had migrated together with Jan, Nonja's father. Mistakes made by the Dutch bank meant their ship had already left and so with the Dutch Consul's help they travelled onto Genoa to catch the ship he had managed to organise.\nThe Peters family settled, first in Subiaco a suburb of Perth the main, and then only, city of Western Australia, followed by Toodyay, a wheat-belt town two hours drive from Perth, where the family opened a caf\u00e9 with another couple - she a Displaced Person (DP) from Belarus and he a Dutchman who had met in a forced labour camp in Germany.\nEighteen months later the Peters family moved to Northam, another town in the rural Avon Valley, 30 kilometres from Toodyay where non-English speaking migrants were accommodated in military camps. Here Nonja befriended other migrant children. Non-English speaking migrants were then accommodated in the migrant camps in Northam until allocated employment and found alternative accommodation. This was the time when assisted passage entailed signing a two-year contract to work where it suited the government. Many DP's were set to work on road and rail projects in these towns. Northam became a multicultural environment with shops employing German speakers to deal with the incoming migrants. It would take some years before English, as a second language, programs were the norm in schools and the workplace. At that time there was little help provided to migrants of any age to deal with settlement issues. Moreover, the government, which fostered an assimilation policy, believed the children would automatically become Australians without assistance.\nIn 1955, Nonja's mother gave birth to twins, Nancy and Eric. Nonja, then eleven, became the live-in baby-sitter to the twins and Eddie and often the children of her parent's migrant friends. In this her experience replicated that of so many eldest migrant children, as few migrant families had extended kin in Australia and could not afford to pay for babysitting. Nonja's mother liked to join her musician father, who apart from his day job in insurance, had a jazz band that played music for weddings, country dances and balls and in hotels.\nApart from kindergarten, Nonja's education has been exclusively in Western Australia. At the age of seven she spoke English well enough to staff the counter of the family's fish and chip shop. Although she speaks and reads Dutch, she does not write or spell it very well. She is in any case also a latecomer to academia. Like so many women at that time, it was expected that she leave school at 15 to help with family finances and her brothers' education. At thirteen she had won the school prize for public speaking and at 15 the first prize in an essay competition that afforded her a five-pound win. This she used to pay for a year of upper high school schooling. However, lack of parental enthusiasm for this choice had her give it away and look for work a few weeks later. Just before turning 17 she accompanied her maternal grandmother, who was visiting Australia back to Tilburg, her hometown in the Netherlands. She was the token person used to fulfil her grandmother's dream to bring back the whole family. While in Tilburg she was employed in 'Admissions' at the St. Elisabeth teaching hospital. At the behest of her father, she also completed a diploma in chiropody. However, on her return to Australia in 1962, her chiropody diploma was rejected. Knowing this her, father had organised for her to be employed as a ledger (accounts) machinist for a private Firm in the country town of Northam, from a few days after her arrival back to Australia, to enable her to pay back the bank loan he had procured to pay her fare home. A year later she went to the city of Perth, where she was employed as Ledger Machinist by the Public Works Department, a State Government Utility and later the Main Roads Department and Crown Law Department. Having to earn her living and pay back the bank saw her in this job (which she loathed) until she married Robert Francis Peters, a migrant from Wales and the UK in January 1968. State and Federal governments did not yet employ married women. September that year she gave birth to Bradley Alexander and in October 1970, Richard Gerald John.\nIn 1978, she entered the upper secondary education sector as a mature-age student, which gained her entry to the University of Western Australia. By then she was mother to two primary school aged children and an increasingly severely disabled husband with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). She combined education\/career\/carer responsibilities for the next 32 years 1977-2009. She began research first on Anorexia Nervosa for her Honour's thesis, passed in 1987 and then into migration.\nIn 1992, produced her first museum exhibition, on post-war migration to Western Australia (WA). It was on display for a year at the WA Maritime Museum in Finnerty Street, Fremantle and in the WA Museum Perth. Its opening attracted the largest visitation numbers the museum had ever seen to date. It was awarded a 'special commendation by the inaugural WA Premier's History Award committee. It had hit a 'nerve' as migrants wanted their experiences and contribution to Australia acknowledged.\nIn 1994, she was invited to research and produce the exhibition: Working it Out: Cultural diversity and the WA Economy for the State Library and Office of Multicultural Interests (OMI). It was on display in the State Library for six months. In 1995, she was employed as curator by the WA Museum to produce the exhibition A New Australia: Postwar Migration to Western Australia. The success of her earlier exhibitions had enabled the WA Museum to secure $100,000 in funds for it. It was on display for 16 years. In 1997, she left the museum and returned to the University of Western Australia (UWA), to concentrate on finishing her PhD.\nIn 1998, she produced the exhibition A Sense of Place: Postwar Migration to Northam. Based on archival material, artefacts, photographs, and over 100 oral histories, it is still on display in the Northam Visitor Centre. She enticed, Tourism WA (Northam) to work with her to hold three multicultural festivals (1999, 2000, 2006) that brought and estimated 8,000-10,000 people from Perth to Northam - for the day - each year.\nNonja was a co-founding member of the Dutch Australian Community Services (DACS) WA Inc. - now Dutchcare. Vice President of the Northam Army Camp Heritage Association, and Chairperson for the Associated Netherlands Societies of WA Culture and Heritage working group. She was also a member of the Ethnic Communities Council Women's Sub-Committee; the Golden Pipeline Interpretation Committee; the LISWA Migrant Archives Advisory Committee; and continues on the advisory committee to the National Archives of Australia (WA).\nIn 2000, the University of Western Australia awarded her a PhD cum laude on Dutch, Greek, Italian and Vietnamese immigrant entrepreneurs. In July 2000, she entered Curtin University as a Visiting Fellow. Her first book Milk and Honey But No Gold: Postwar Migration to WA 1945-1964, based on the research that had produced the museum exhibitions, was launched in November 2001. Published by the University of Western Australia (UWA) Press, it was launched in the Passenger Terminal Fremantle by the Premier, Geoff Gallop to an audience of over 500 people. It was short-listed in 2001 for Premier's Literary Awards in NSW, QLD and WA. The QLD awards had attracted 809 entries. She is a contributor to two other books that were shortlisted for Premier's Literary Awards. Her book the Dutch Down Under, 1606-2006, UWA Press 2006, is lauded in The Hansard, which reports the proceedings of the Australian parliament and its committees. In 2016, the Geography Year 8 Curriculum book she contributed to won the Geography Teacher's NSW Middle School book prize.\nIn 2002, she was made inaugural Director of the Migration, Ethnicity, Refugees and Citizenship Research Unit. This attracted keynote and leadership speeches at conferences and in panels from other universities and women groups. She has also given numerous invited and conference addresses. The following years, 2003, she conceptualised a 2\/3rd year BA course on forced and voluntary migration, and a Masters course on Refugees. The same year she was awarded a Centenary Medal, for her leadership in preserving the cultural heritage of all post-war European migrant groups. In 2011, the MERC changed its name to The History of Migration Experiences (HOME) Research Unit.\nIn 2004, she was shortlisted as a Living National Treasure - along with famous Australians: Fiona Stanley, Harry Butler, Haydn Bunton, Fiona Wood, Tony Cooke, Graham Edwards and Raymond Omodei. December 2004, Nonja also won a five year Curtin University Research Fellowship from a highly competitive field, to research: 'Footsteps of the Dutch in Australia: Maritime, Military, Migration and Mercantile connections with Australia 1606-2006\u2032. A year later, 2006, she produced the book: The Dutch Down Under 1606-2006: Its first edition was published by Wolters Kluwer, its second edition by UWA Press. The same year she was awarded a knighthood (Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau by Dutch Queen Beatrix, for the preservation of Dutch Australians' cultural heritage and for fostering bilateral relations between Australia\/Netherlands.\n2006 was a busy year for Nonja re events related to the 400-year celebration of mutual heritage between Australia the Netherlands via the landing of the Duyfken in 1606. She was Western Australian Chair of the prestigious Australia on the Map 1606-2006 committee made up of big business, former Premier and educationists from 2004-2007. It organised numerous educational and festive, events in Australia and the Netherlands. The same year Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands Stephen Brady asked Nonja to mediate the panel discussion 'Embracing Diversity' for International Women's Day Panel. Panellists included: Dr Fiona Wood '2005 Australian of the Year', Maria van der Hoeve Dutch Minister for Education NL, Fatima Eletak, a Muslim Woman who was also Alderman of the City of Amsterdam. The event was held in the Schouwberg (Concert Hall) The Hague with invited Guests only. Hosted by the Australian Embassy. Diane Lemieux reviewer of the event for TheHagueOnLine.com noted: 'Inspirational' the word bounced through the crowd as we filed out of the stately Theatrezaal of the Koninklijke Schouwberg. The positive energy exuded by the panel speakers made the crowd jubilant as they lined up for the buffet lunch. Introducing the speakers and leading the discussion was Nonja Peters, Director of MERC Research Unit, Curtin University of Technology in Perth Western Australia. \"Who was just right for the job.\"\n2006: Nonja was invited, by the Dutch Embassy Canberra, to escort the Dutch Prime Minister Professor Jan Balkenende, the Dutch Ambassador, his entourage and the Dutch press around the Melbourne Immigration Museum.\n2006: Facilitator of a panel discussion of migrants relating their experiences of war, internment and the Indonesian Revolution in the Netherlands East Indies 1942-1946, and their subsequent migration to the Netherlands and then onto Australia to the Dutch Prime Minister Professor Balkenende and his entourage on 29 March 2006.\nShe was adviser to the National Archief and States General (Dutch Staten-General), the bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting of the Senate (Eerste Kamer) and the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) for their Dutch migration to Australia exhibit Inpakken and Wegwezen (pack up and go), which went on display in Parliament, The Hague, March 2006. She was invited to open the exhibit with the Speaker of the House Frans Weisglas. Earlier the same day she gave a keynote address on Dutch migration to Australia in the Oude Zaal - Old Hall of Parliament, in a conference organised by the Tweede Kamer (House of representatives) in collaboration with the National Archief, The Hague on Dutch connections to Australia 1606-2006. She has also sat on many selection committees for public arts works related to migration issues.\nNonja continues as advisor to the Australian Ambassador in The Hague and Dutch Ambassador in Canberra since 2004. She has organised for a number of Official visits to Curtin by Dutch Royalty, Dutch and Australian Ambassadors and Consul Generals and Consuls - to discuss 'mutual heritage projects, student and academic exchanges, scholarships, trade and hockey exchanges. Some of her keynote speeches have initiated changes to the Dutch Australian 'mutual heritage' policy.\nNonja's vision is to strive to produce 'high quality' research, grounded in best practice theoretical and methodological perspectives, to produce outcomes that also fuel her mission: 'To transform high quality research into 'high impact' publications - books, book chapters, exhibitions, documentary films, one-on-one public interviews with prominent migrants, discussion panels and festivals - that are readily accessible by the people whose lives they narrate. She works in collaboration with community groups, universities, galleries, (National and State) libraries, archives and museums in Australia, the Netherlands, around Europe, the UK and USA to achieve this aim.\nShe has organised a number of workshops and conferences including the international conference at Curtin: 'Mediating Human Rights and Democracy: Indonesia, Australia and the Netherlands that attracted 600 delegates. She has been a CI on two successful ARC grants. She is the recipient of many other competitive granting bodies that include: Lotterywest, Healthway, the Office of Multicultural Interests (OMI), National Trust Estate Grants, Department of Immigration and Ethic Affairs (DIMEA), Dutch Embassy Canberra, South Africa and Indonesia, Australian Embassy The Hague, Dutch Consul General's Office Sydney; Department of the Arts, Dutch and Australian Embassies, Department Culture and the Arts, Dutch and Australian Academy of Humanities visiting academics grants, Rabo and ING Banks, Wolters Kluwer publishers, Museums in WA, The Netherlands, South Africa and Indonesia, the WA State Library, Dutch East India Company Foundation, Dutch Migration Foundation, Erasmus Foundation, WA History Foundation and the Wheatbelt Development Commission, Liveable Communities Grants, Curtin Humanities Visiting academics grants and many more small granting bodies.\nIn 2007, she published Netherlands Youth Blooms Again at Fairbridge, 1945-1946, via the Centre for Advanced Studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific, Curtin University, Perth, WA. In December, 2008, she published From Tyranny to Freedom Dutch Children from the Netherlands East Indies to Fairbridge Farm School 1945-1946, Black Swan Press, Curtin University.\nIn 2009, after the death of her husband, she spent 5 months in the Netherlands on study leave. Two and half months at KITLV (Institute South East Asian and Caribbean Studies, researching the Indonesian revolution for Independence and Australia's role in it. The other two and half months were spent at the University of Amsterdam, in the archival studies centre to acquire a greater understanding of digitisation as it pertains to preserving cultural heritage.\nShe is curator of the Welcome Walls, at Maritime Museum in Fremantle that were launched in December 2010, attended by an audience of 8,000. The book We Came By Sea, WA Museum Press (2010), which she wrote to accompany the launch, sold over 7000 copies then, and continues to sell. In 2011, it won the Curtin University Humanities book of the year award. In 2016, she published A Touch of Dutch: Maritime, Military, Migration and Mercantile connections with the Western Third, 1616-2016, Carina Hoang Communications, Perth, Western Australia 2016. 2018, she will launch The Graylands Migrant Camps, Nedlands Library, Perth, Western Australia.\nIn 2011, the Stichting International Cultureel Erfgoed (SICA now DutchCulture, Amsterdam) invited her to visit the Netherlands under their International Visiting Academics Program to meet with cultural heritage agencies and give papers on 'Dutch Culture Days' in The Hague, Canberra and Fremantle. Her contribution - along with others - resulted in Australia becoming a 'priority country' under the Dutch Department of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Culture, Science and the Arts 'mutual heritage' program. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in NL adopted her 4 M's - maritime, military, migration and mercantile - as the themes most germane to Dutch-Australian connections since 1606. In 2012, she produced the exhibition The Bombing of Broome, one with John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library (JCPML), another with Dutch Embassy (Canberra) funds. It was on display in both embassies, an international press conference in Broome and the National Library of Australia.\nShe is working collaboratively to conceptualise a sustainable model for the digital preservation of Dutch Australians cultural heritage with Dutch GLAMS and cultural heritage agencies; academics at the University of Amsterdam, Free University Amsterdam, Leiden, Delft, Erasmus (Rotterdam) universities, the Institute of Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES); the International Institute for Social History (IISH), the Huygens and Meertens Institutes in Amsterdam; Centre for Global Heritage and Development; and KITLV (S.E. Asian and Caribbean Studies at Leiden University. Nonja was an Adjunct attached to the Digital Humanities Group at the University of Sydney and a Visiting Fellow at the ANU Centre European Studies 2014-2017.\nShe supervises PhD and MAs, has examined both for various universities, has completed numerous consultancies for local, state, national and international government departments; has appeared on numerous radio shows in Australia and the Netherlands, and has also launched books and exhibitions in both countries.\nThe Governor General appointed her to sit on the National Library of Australia (NLA) Council for two terms (6 years) 2010-2016. She was a member of the Board, Royal Western Australian Historical Society (RWAHS), 2015-2017, on the Dutch Ambassador's advisory Board for the Dirk Hartog anniversary (Canberra).\nShe continues as Vice-Chair of both the WA Maritime Museum Advisory committee and the Associated Netherlands Societies of WA (ANSWA).\nNonja's research activities have generated over one million from ARC, Lotterywest, Healthways, Dutch Embassy, Cultural heritage funds, Estate Grants, DCA, OMI, State Library, WA Museum, overseas organisations often she was unable to bring this into Curtin as it required her to utilise not for profit organisations.\nNonja works extensively on her areas of expertise outlined above forging collaborative relationships with academics in NL, UK, EU, Canada and USA. This is not only for herself but also to forge international relationships with other Curtin academics and to fund the publication of books.\nCurrently (2017-2020) she is Visiting Professor at the Institute Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) University of Amsterdam where she will produce a book on immigrant entrepreneurs. She continues her work on digital humanities following the team's success at obtaining a prestigious NIAS Lorenz workshop (Leiden University) on this topic in August 2016 and is working on a project on enslavement - The Dream of Cornelis Chastelein, which is funded by DutchCulture (Amsterdam) with the team that produced Verlander: Forgotten Children of the VOC 2016 (see vimeo.com\/202206059), which will open at the West Frisian Museum, Hoorn the Netherlands on 9 February 2019, and Grachtenhuis Museum in 2020.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/milk-and-honey-but-no-gold-postwar-migration-to-wa-1945-1964\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rawi, Mahboba", "Entry ID": "AWE1960", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rawi-mahboba\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kabul, Afghanistan", "Occupations": "Migrant community advocate", "Summary": "Mahboba Rawi founded the aid organisation, Mahboba's Promise, in 1998 to assist Afghanistan's people in rebuilding their lives after two decades of war and oppression.\n", "Details": "Born in 1965 in a middle class suburb of Kabul, Mahboba Rawi was one of nine brothers and sisters. Having joined street demonstrations following the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, her family feared for her safety, and Mahboba left Afghanistan for Peshawar in 1982.\nIn 1984 Mahboba married an Afghan man who was a permanent resident of Australia. Living in Sydney, she worked as a cleaner before the pair shifted to Glen Iris, Melbourne, where she worked as a machinist for a clothing company. Here she gave birth to a son, and two years later back in Sydney, a daughter.\nFollowing the tragic death of her son in 1992 in a freak drowning accident at the Kiama Blowhole, Mahboba threw herself into study. She passed year 11 and 12 before completing an Advanced Community Welfare Course at Granville College in 1996. This same year her second son was born, but Mahboba's marriage had broken down.\nFrom here, Mahboba began work with the Afghan Women's Group, drawing Afghan women out of the more traditional approaches to living and into the 'Australian way'. She began swimming classes for migrant women through the Parramatta City Council.\nOn seeing a letter from Dr Nasrin Seddiqee in Peshawar detailing the horrors of the refugee camps there, Mahboba and her English class raised a small sum. Dr Nasrin sent thanks and pleaded for more help. From here began Mahboba's Promise, providing financial and practical support for projects on the ground that focus on improving living conditions and education standards for women and children. Recognised in recent years by UNICEF and a variety of Australian community groups and media outlets for her work on behalf of some of the world's most traumatised people, Mahboba has made a difference to the lives of women in Australia and abroad.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mahbobas-promise\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Piddington, Yvonne", "Entry ID": "AWE1962", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/piddington-yvonne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Yvonne Piddington has run once as a candidate (Liberal Party) for election to the Legislative Assembly. That was in 1999 for the seat of Wallsend. She is active locally, and is a member of the Hunter Regional Development Committee. She has held branch and electorate council office in the Liberal Party. Yvonne Piddington was educated at Hunter Girls' High School and is a self-employed Floor-covering specialist. She is married.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pinsuti, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE1963", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pinsuti-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Susan Pinsuti is a committed Christian who has run once for election to parliament. That was in 2003 as a Christian Democrat Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Burrinjuck. Her campaign was aimed at bringing morals and ethics back into society. \nSusan Pinsuti grew up in Goulburn and went to the Bourke Street Primary School. She has a Diploma in Education in Early Childhood Teaching and taught for a period in Cabramatta. She married in 2001and at the time of her campaign for Burrinjuck, she taught scripture at four Goulburn Primary Schools.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ruiz Wall, Deborah", "Entry ID": "AWE1964", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ruiz-wall-deborah\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Manila, Philippines", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Since migrating to Australia in 1974 with her husband David and first child, Deborah has established a successful career in teaching in the New South Wales Technical and Further Education (TAFE) system and has become a powerful voice in public advocacy, especially on the behalf of Filipina women and Indigenous Australians.\n", "Details": "Born in Manila in 1949, Deborah is the middle child in a family of four daughters, one of whom died in infancy. Having graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in Journalism and Communications in 1971, Deborah quickly found a position in the Philippines Broadcasting Service, before moving to Papua New Guinea in 1973, where she was appointed to the position of Press Secretary for the Opposition Leader.\nIn 1974, in response to an Australian Broadcasting Commission story reporting on teacher shortages in Australia, Deborah and her husband David decided to move to Australia. In April 1974 they made the long journey to Sydney on Arcadia. Once in Sydney Deborah rejected the social pressure to be a 'stay at home' mother and made the decision to work. Her considerable skills in the media and communications area were highly marketable in the expanding TAFE system. With a portfolio of speeches written in PNG but no formal qualifications, she managed to convince an interview panel that she was a good prospect. She started work in 1975 and established herself as an innovator in the teaching of media, communications and public relations\nBefore long, Deborah had joined the Philippine Action Support Group, but by the late 1970s and early 1980s, her attention had turned to more local issues. She helped to establish the Filipino Women's Working Party, which produced a training kit in 1992, Dealing with the Media, to assist community workers in dealing with journalists who seldom looked beyond 'mail order bride' stereotypes when representing Filipina women. Two years later, in collaboration with SBS radio, the working group developed a series of programs aimed at educating Filipino migrants about government services available to them, including information on how to deal with racism.\nBeyond this, Deborah works hard to promote reconciliation in this country between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. She holds the position of non-indigenous Regional Representative for Sydney, New South Wales Reconciliation Council and she is a Member of the Board. She is the convenor of the Redfern Residents for Reconciliation, contributing significantly to the establishment of the Redfern Community Centre that was opened in 2004. She is also a member of the Women's Reconciliation Network that produced an educational video resource, Around the Kitchen Table, featuring work on reconciliation by women from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, English, Irish, Filipino, Greek, Jewish and Muslim communities.\nIn 2004, Deborah Ruiz Wall received the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) from the Australian Commonwealth Government for service to the community in the areas of social justice, reconciliation and multiculturalism.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Piper, Tania", "Entry ID": "AWE1965", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/piper-tania\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Scripture teacher", "Summary": "Tania Piper has run for parliament only once. That was in 2003 when she represented the Christian Democrat Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Baulkham Hills. At the time of her candidacy, she had lived in the Baulkham Hills electorate for 33 years. She was married to Keith Piper, the pastor of an independent Baptist Church in North Rocks, and they have four children. Tania Piper has taught scripture at local schools and is the published author of a Christian novel. She has completed four years training in Social Work at the University of Sydney and theological studies at the Sydney Bible Baptist College.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ponting, Meg", "Entry ID": "AWE1966", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ponting-meg\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Public servant", "Summary": "Meg Ponting ran for parliament motivated by her determination to protect her community. As an Independent she contested the 1988 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for McKell. Following her move to live in the Rocks area of Sydney, she and others were outraged by the Department of Housing issuing eviction notices to long term residents of the area and Meg Ponting agreed to run, one of 5 independents, as a nuisance candidate in order to highlight the situation.\nMeg Ponting was born in Sydney and educated to Intermediate Certificate level in public schools. She worked as a Public Servant in the Maritime Services Board. She married B. G. Ponting and they had three children. She lived in The Rocks till her death in 2010.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Poppleton, Elizabeth Mary (Ricky)", "Entry ID": "AWE1967", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/poppleton-elizabeth-mary-ricky\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Environmentalist", "Summary": "Elizabeth Poppleton ran for parliament only once: Australia Party candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Lane Cove, 1976. At the time of her candidacy, she had settled in Sydney, having lived in England, Ireland and Canada. She was a member of the Australia Party and its forerunners for nearly 10 years. Elizabeth Poppleton decided to stand so that the electors of Lane Cove, who had supported the Party in the 1970 and 1973 elections, should again have the opportunity to do so. She was a member of Ecology Action and deeply concerned with the preservation of bushland, the condition of the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers and the fragmentation of communities by arterial roads. She was married, with three grown up daughters. She worked part-time at Gladesville Hospital.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Poulos, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE1968", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/poulos-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Patricia Poulos has been a repeated Independent candidate for election:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Cronulla, 1999\nSenate, NSW, 1987; 1993, 1998\nHouse of Representatives, Cook, 2001\nHouse of Representatives, Wills, Victoria, by-election, 1992\n In 1990, Patricia united 14 Independent groups into the Centre Unity Party, and she was their candidate in the House of Representatives elections for Cook. The Centre Unity Party was registered for the 1990 Federal Election, but did not survive to run again. The party fielded 23 candidates and 5 Senate teams that year and subscribed to one 30-point pledge. The pledge contained sweeping aims, including \"Protect our environment\", \"Address drug dependency\" and \"Re-build our defence Forces\".\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Priestley, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE1970", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/priestley-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Project officer", "Summary": "Elizabeth Priestley was a once only candidate in an unwinnable seat: ALP candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Ku-ring-gai, 1995. At the time of her campaign, she had lived in the electorate for a decade. She was working as a Project Officer for the NSW Association for Mental Health and was concerned about the environment, the pollution of waterways, and the continued emphasis on road construction. Elizabeth Priestley joined the ALP in 1986 and was married, with one daughter.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Quirk, Mary Lilly May", "Entry ID": "AWE1971", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/quirk-mary-lilly-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Politician", "Summary": "Mary Quirk was the first Labor woman elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and was an assiduous local member until deselected in 1950. She was first elected in 1939 during the Balmain by election and was re-elected in 1941, 1944 and 1947. In 1950 Mary contested the seat again, this time as an Independent, but failed.\n", "Details": "Mary Quirk was educated at Rozelle Superior Public School. She worked as a domestic servant, until she married John Kelly on 28 September 1898, in Balmain, Sydney. They had a son and three daughters before he died in 1926. She then worked as a shop assistant and joined the Shop Assistants' Union of NSW.\nOn 9 February 1927 she married John Quirk, Labor MLA for Rozelle (1917-20, 1927-30) and Balmain (1920-27 and 1930-38). After he died in 1938, she was elected at the by election for Balmain in 1939. She and John Quirk were strong supporters of Lang. She was the first Labor woman and the second woman to be elected to the Legislative Assembly, and the galleries were filled with women on the day she was sworn in. She was especially concerned with the interests of housewives and industrial workers.\nShe lost preselection after two contested ballots in 1950 and was defeated by the official ALP candidate when she stood as an independent in June 1950. She became a director of the Sunshine Home for children. When she died, the premier James McGirr said that she had 'added a special dignity to our Parliament'.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/herstory-australian-labor-women-in-federal-state-and-territory-parliaments-1925-1994\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/quirk-mary-lilly-may-1880-1952\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ranke, Aine", "Entry ID": "AWE1972", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ranke-aine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Accountant, Lecturer", "Summary": "Aine Ranke is a committed environmentalist who represented the Australian Greens in the following elections:\nHouse of Representatives, Paterson 2001, 2004\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Maitland, 2003.\n", "Details": "Aine Ranke has lived in the Maitland area for most of her life. She is a committed environmentalist and is very active in the Hunter Region Landcare Network, representing Maitland land carers. She has been prominent in the rehabilitation of a local watercourse in East Maitland.\nAine Ranke has taught business management, accounting and computing at T.A.F.E. and expressed her support for public education and a TAFE system that is adequately resourced in her campaign statements.\nIn 2003 Aine held office in the Maitland and Hunter Region Landcare Network, the Maitland Youth Enterprise and the Maitland City Council's Greening Plan Reference Group. She was also convenor of a national working group to encourage community input into Earth Summit 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rankin, Genevieve", "Entry ID": "AWE1973", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rankin-genevieve\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Lecturer, Social worker", "Summary": "Genevieve Rankin's commitment to social justice, peace and the environment has directed her career in local government, education and community activism. She first ran for parliament in 1991 as an ALP candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Sutherland. She re-contested the seat in 1995, but again failed. However Genevieve Rankin was successfully elected to the Sutherland Shire Council in 1991-2004 and was appointed Mayor from 1994-95.\n", "Details": "Genevieve Rankin grew up in the St George area of Sydney. She worked as a policy officer at the Australian Council of Social Service, and coordinator of Crossroads Community Care Centre at Miranda.\nIn 1995 she was a lecturer at the University of Western Sydney in Political economy, community work and industrial relations. She was the first President of the NSW Welfare Workers Union and President of the Milperra Branch of the Lecturers' Association of the NSW Teachers' Federation. Genevieve has been active in her community, in school, community, peace and environmental groups.\nA long time member of the ALP, she has held a variety of positions at branch, FEC and SEC level.\nAs Mayor of Sutherland Shire Council, and later as a private citizen, Ms Rankin was active in opposing the new nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights, Sydney.\nShe is married to Des, and they have two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ratcliffe, Margaret Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1974", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ratcliffe-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Physiotherapist", "Summary": "Margaret Ratcliffe was a committed Christian activist. She first stood for election in 1995 as a Call to Australia party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Gordon. This was followed by two attempts at obtaining the seat of Bradfield in the House of Representatives in 1996 and 1998. The following year she changed political allegiance and contested the seat of Denison on behalf of the Christian Democrat Party.\n", "Details": "Margaret Ratcliffe was born in Sydney and educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College and the University of Sydney. She practised her profession of physiotherapy in Lane Cove for 38 years. She married in 1957 and had three sons. She was a member of the Sydney Philharmonic Choir.\nMargaret Ratcliffe lived on the North Shore all her life, and although previously a Liberal Party member, by 1995, had joined the Christian Democratic Party because of her concern about youth unemployment and lack of strong moral leadership. Her Christian activities included Sunday School teaching and scripture teaching in public schools.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Redmond, Denise Anne-Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE1975", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/redmond-denise-anne-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Disability rights activist", "Summary": "Denise Redmond was committed Australian Democrats candidate who contested the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Bega, 1991, 1995, 1999\nHouse of Representatives, Eden-Monaro, 1990.\nIn her 1999 campaign, she stressed her opposition to the trend to privatise public utilities and services. Denise Redmond was particularly critical of the privatisation of cleaning services in hospitals and schools and opposed the diversion of funds away from the public education system at all levels.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reid, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE1976", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reid-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Karen Reid is a committed Christian activist who has run once for parliament: New South Wales Legislative Assembly, East Hills, 2003. Her motivation to run as a Christian Democrat Party candidate was a worsening moral decline and the lack of Christian values in the society. Karen Reid's main duties, as stated by her party, are those of a wife and mother. At the time of her campaign, she had four children ranging in age from 4 to 13. She was an enrolled nurse, and helped with a church-organised weekly play group.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Resch, Victoria", "Entry ID": "AWE1977", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/resch-victoria\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Psychologist", "Summary": "Victoria Resch ran for election once only, and is a successful professional. In 1991, she was encouraged by Richard Jones, MLC and Elisabeth Kirkby, MLC to stand in Vaucluse (New South Wales Legislative Assembly) for the Democrats in order to maximise the vote for the upper house. She was interviewed on the Ray Martin Show and appeared in a large \"Meet the Democrats\" meeting within days of nominating. Victoria Resch was born in Sydney, educated at Abbotsleigh School, Wahroonga and at the Universities of NSW (B.A. (Hons)) and Macquarie. In her youth she played a number of roles on television and through this, knew Elisabeth Kirkby. She has been a psychologist in private practice in the eastern suburbs of Sydney for more than twenty years and has one daughter.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richardson, Terri (Therese Jean)", "Entry ID": "AWE1978", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-terri-therese-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Teacher, Tutor", "Summary": "Terri Richardson is a hard working party member of the Australian Democrats, deeply committed to a just society, and passionate on the subject of Indigenous education. Terri was on the State Executive Committee of the Australian Democrats for nine years, 1989-1998, and continues her connection with the party as Acting Convenor of the Cook Electorate branch. She also contested the following elections on their behalf:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Cronulla, 1991\nHouse of Representatives, Cook, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998\nNew South Wales, Legislative Council, 1994.\nTerri Richardson grew up in the Sutherland Shire and was educated at Oyster Bay Primary School and St George Girls' High School. She trained as a primary school teacher at the Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education and taught for 15 years. Subsequently she was a tutor at the Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. In 2005, still passionate about the education of indigenous children, she was actively involved in the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme. She was also part way through a Masters of Professional Studies: Aboriginal Studies from the University of New England. She has one daughter.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rickie, Nelle", "Entry ID": "AWE1979", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rickie-nelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Myers Flat, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Communist, Union activist", "Summary": "Nelle Rickie was an activist, and a once only candidate. That was for the Communist Party in the elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Botany in 1925. Nelle was an actress prior to 1914 and jointed the Victorian Socialist Party in 1916, becoming a committee member. She was also a member of the Women's Socialist league and opposed conscription in the 1917 referendum. She was imprisoned in 1918 for flying the red flag. Nelle Rickie became a delegate to the Melbourne Trades Hall Council from the Theatrical Employees' Union and was a foundation member of the Melbourne branch of the Communist party of Australia. She was also a member of its central executive in 1924. She moved to New South Wales in 1924 and was associated with the Newcastle Trades and Labour Council and the local Workers Club.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Riordan, Maureen", "Entry ID": "AWE1980", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/riordan-maureen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Carer, Manager, Teacher", "Summary": "Maureen Riordan ran for parliament once only: ALP candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Port Macquarie, 1999. She has worked as a residential care assistant, a teacher and a manager. Maureen served on the Board of the Mid Coast Council for Regional and Social Development, and was a member of the Health Council. She is married.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robertson, Christine Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE1981", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robertson-christine-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Nurse, Politician", "Summary": "A distinguished public health worker and country Labor activist, Christine Robertson maintained her interest in social justice and health care in the NSW Legislative Council. As an ALP candidate she contested the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Tamworth, 1988, 1991, 1995\nNSW Legislative Council, 1999\nNSW Legislative Council 2003 - elected.\nChristine's political appointments included:\nTemporary Chairman of Committees;\nChairman, Standing Committee on Law and Justice; Member, Standing Committee on State Development; and Member, Committee on the Health Care Complaints Commission. She retired in 2011.\n", "Details": "Christine Robertson was born in Wollongong and educated in country schools. She trained at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1966-69 and has worked as nurse at Royal Prince Alfred, Royal North Shore, South Sydney, St Vincent's and Tamworth Base hospitals 1969-1986.\nShe was Health Education Officer, New England Area Health Service, 1986-97; Manager Population Health, New England Health Service, 1997-98; Director, Population Health & Planning, and Research Institute, New England Area Health Service, 1998-2003. In 1990 she completed a B.Health Science.\nChristine Robertson has been active in ALP from 1980, and has been a delegate to State and National Conferences. After her election to the Legislative Council of New South Wales, she was appointed its representative on the Council of the University of New England.\nShe married Richard Robertson in 1968 and they have two sons, Abe and James.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robey, Ilse Bertha Sophie", "Entry ID": "AWE1982", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robey-ilse-bertha-sophie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Vienna, Austria", "Death Place": "Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Medical secretary", "Summary": "Ilse Robey was a widely travelled, well educated candidate for the Australian Democrats who contested the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Gordon, 1978, 1981\nHouse of Representatives, Bradfield, 1980.\n", "Details": "Ilse Robey came to Australia before World War II, after being educated at Vienna University and gaining a doctorate and an interpreter's diploma.\nShe held a variety of jobs in Australia, including work for an American film distribution agency and an organisation which dealt with social services, immigrant education and public relations. She returned to Europe in the trade commissioners office of an Australian embassy, and while there became foreign editor of a leading central European daily newspaper.\nOn her return to Sydney she worked for an accountant, before becoming a medical secretary.\nShe became a foundation member of the Bradfield branch of the Australian Democrats in 1977.\nAt the time of her first campaign she was a widow and had three adult children. She stressed reform of the State's education and transport systems.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rogers, Maureen", "Entry ID": "AWE1984", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rogers-maureen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Natural therapist", "Summary": "Maureen Rogers ran for election only once. That was in 1999 as the Earthsave Australia candidate in the elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Penrith. A practising natural therapist, she ran for the newly formed Earthsave Party because one of the party's main concerns was healthcare. She also supported the party's policy of parental choice of immunisation of children.\nMaureen Rogers is an accredited practitioner of Bowen therapy, and practises in Lawson.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roper, Stephanie", "Entry ID": "AWE1985", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roper-stephanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Youth worker", "Summary": "Stephanie Roper was a once only candidate and a committed feminist. She contested the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Strathfield on behalf of the Democratic Socialist party. Stephanie has been active in campaigns concerning abortion rights, violence against women, racism and youth rights.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ross-Gowan, Suzan Bettye", "Entry ID": "AWE1986", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ross-gowan-suzan-bettye\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Suzan Ross-Gowan ran for election only once, in an unwinnable seat: she was the Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Cessnock in 1976.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Routley, Cheryl", "Entry ID": "AWE1987", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/routley-cheryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cheryl Routley ran for election only once. She was an Independent in the 1988 election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Campbelltown.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Russell, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE1988", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/russell-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Architect, Manager", "Summary": "Karen Russell is a committed Christian who represented the Christian Democrat Party in the House of Representatives election for Dobell, 1998 and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for The Entrance, 1999. She gave up architecture in 1993 in order to manage a Christian bookstore. The shop doubles as a youth drop-in centre. Karen is married to Geoff Russell and they have two children. They are members of The Entrance District Baptist Church.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Russell, Susie", "Entry ID": "AWE1989", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/russell-susie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Environmentalist", "Summary": "Susie Russell is a Greens party activist who contested the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Port Macquarie, 1995, 1996 (by election)\nHouse of Representatives, Lyne, 1996, 2003\nSenate, NSW, 1998, 2004.\nShe has been an activist since high school, for many causes, including women's rights, abortion law reform, education funding and the environment. Since moving to the North coast of NSW in the early 90s, Susie Russell has been one of the regional co-ordinators of the North East Forest Alliance. She was President of the North Coast Environment Council 2000-2002 and in 2003 was Deputy President. She is that organisation's representative on the executive of the Nature Conservation Council of NSW. Susie has spent time working as a researcher and advisor on environmental legislation for Greens MLC Ian Cohen.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ryde, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE1990", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ryde-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist, Health worker, Scientist", "Summary": "Jenny Ryde was a long term activist for human rights, social justice, peace and the environment. She was involved in organising such events as the International Women's Day March and the Reclaim the Night, Palm Sunday and Hiroshima Day marches. She lives in the inner suburbs of Sydney.\nShe was a candidate for the Australian Greens in the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Drummoyne, 1995\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Port Jackson, 1999\nHouse of Representatives, Grayndler, 1996\nHouse of Representatives, Sydney, 1998.\nIn her 1999 campaign she advocated drug law reform, and she was in favour of needle exchanges and safe injecting rooms for addicts.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Saffin, Janelle Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE1991", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/saffin-janelle-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ipswich, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Lawyer, Politician, Teacher", "Summary": "Janelle Saffin joined the Australian Labor Party in 1982 and held senior positions in her local branch, was a delegate to Country and State conferences and was a member of the Corrective Services Advisory Council. She has been President of the North Coast Breast Screening Program and a committee member of the Northern Rivers Social Development Council. After working as a teacher, and small business person and being active in community services and local charity, Janelle Saffin stood unsuccessfully for the seat of Lismore (New South Wales Legislative Assembly) in 1991. However in 1995 she was elected to the Legislative Council of the New South Wales Parliament (1995-2003); to the seat of Page in the House of Representatives (2007-2013); and to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 2019, representing the seat of Lismore. She holds three ministerial positions: Recovery; Small Business; and the North Coast.\nShe is married to Dr Jim Gallagher, and has one son and three stepsons. Janelle Saffin completed a Dip Prim T (Northern Rivers CAE), BLegalStud (Macq), and Mbus. \n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Saliba, Marianne Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE1992", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/saliba-marianne-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Scotland", "Occupations": "Electorate Officer, Local government councillor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A tireless committee member, Marianne Saliba has made a substantial contribution to her local community. She was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Illawarra in 1999 and 2003. She was a member of multiple parliamentary, caucus and community committees and social organizations. She retired from parliament at the 2007 election, and subsequently re-entered local politics in 2011.\n", "Details": "Marianne Saliba migrated in 1964, with her parents Alex and May Hudson. She was educated at St Anne's College, Dapto NSW and did Secretarial Studies at the Dapto TAFE. She completed her Bachelor of Education at the University of Wollongong 1999. She worked as Electoral Officer for Terry Rumble, MLA.\nShe married Charlie Saliba in 1985, and they have four children, Matthew, Dennis, Sara and Alexandra.\nMarianne Saliba's mother was an Alderman on Shellharbour Municipal Council so community service runs in the family.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Salomon, Alice", "Entry ID": "AWE1993", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/salomon-alice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Belgium", "Occupations": "Union activist", "Summary": "A student activist and ALP member, Alice Salomon's first time as a candidate was in the unwinnable seat of Vaucluse in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 2003.\n", "Details": "Alice Salomon came to Australia from Belgium as a baby. She grew up in the eastern suburbs of Sydney and was educated at Bellevue Hill and Woollahra Public Schools, and Sydney Girls' High School. She gained an Arts degree from the University of New South Wales, and did a six month exchange to the University of Glasgow in 2002.\nAlice Salomon was active in student affairs, being elected Co-Women's Officer in 2001 for the UNSW Student Representative Council. She was also Co-Women's Officer and Co-Trade Union and Community Liaison Officer for the National Organisation of Labor Students. She helped in the organization of the 2001 Network of Women Students Australia Conference. In 2003, she was an Organiser with the CEPU.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Salti, Wafaa", "Entry ID": "AWE1994", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/salti-wafaa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Telecommunications officer", "Summary": "Salti Wafaa is an active member of the Greens Party who was motivated to join them and stand for election by her strong desire for a sustainable future. She contested the 2003 election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Granville and the 2004 election for the House of Representatives seat of Reid. When she ran for Reid, she stressed the need for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq, a humanitarian approach to asylum seekers, more spending on health and education and ratification of the Kyoto protocol. Wafaa Salti had spent most of her life in the western suburbs of Sydney when she ran for the seat of Granville. She completed a B.Bus.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Samaha, Violette (Violet)", "Entry ID": "AWE1995", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/samaha-violette-violet\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Violette Samaha ran for election only once. That was as a Liberal candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Campbelltown in 1984. She joined the Liberal Party in 1983 and in the 1984 election directed her preferences to an Independent candidate, in the hope of taking the ALP candidate to preferences.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Samuels, Rona", "Entry ID": "AWE1996", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/samuels-rona\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rona Samuels was an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for The Hills, 1981 and the House of Representatives election for Mitchell, 1983.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sara, Kim", "Entry ID": "AWE1997", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sara-kim\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kim Sara only ran for election once: as a One Nation Party candidate in the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Port Macquarie. She issued a press release during the campaign, very critical of the local bookshop for taking a title off its shelves. The book, \"Murder by Media\" (1998) described the \"tricks\" used by major city media against Pauline Hanson's One Nation during the 1998 Federal election. Kim Sara declared this action undemocratic.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Saxby, Nancy", "Entry ID": "AWE1998", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/saxby-nancy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Woodburn, Northumberland, England", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Farmer, Housewife", "Summary": "Nancy Saxby ran for parliament only once: New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Blacktown, 1950. When she won Liberal Party preselection against nine other candidates, she was a poultry farmer at Bossley Park, near Fairfield in Sydney's western suburbs. After the election, she expressed her disappointment that there were not more women candidates, but she herself did not run again.\nNancy Saxby joined the Women's Auxiliary of the Australian Air Force in 1942 and was a section officer when she was selected to work in close contact with General Macarthur's Headquarters in Brisbane. During the course of this duty she visited American bomber groups in North Australia. She then worked with the Directorate of Public Relations in Sydney and was promoted in 1944 to the rank of Flight Officer. She had married Keith Hamilton Saxby in 1938 as a widow 'Agnes Gunn' and changed her name back to Gunn by deed poll by 1954. Her son, John Herbert Gunn, was a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/first-woman-to-contest-blacktown\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dear-descendants-recollections-for-a-gunn-family-history\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Skaife, Joan Cicely", "Entry ID": "AWE1999", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/skaife-joan-cicely\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Joan Skaife was a once only candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly: a Liberal Party candidate for the seat of Tuggerah in 1981. At the time of her candidature she was active in Wyong Little Athletics and was a long term member of Wyong Bowling Club. Joan Skaife was educated at Oatley Public School and Sutherland High School and ran a small business in the fashion industry.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schwarze, Gail", "Entry ID": "AWE2000", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schwarze-gail\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Hairdresser, Housewife, Nurse", "Summary": "Gail Schwarze has run only once for parliament when she ran for the Christian Democrat Party in the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Albury. At the time of her campaign, she had lived in Albury for seven years, but was born and educated (Diploma in Counselling and Family Therapy) in Melbourne. She has also lived in New Zealand, and in country Australia at Bathurst. She is married and has two children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Scobie, Grace Locke", "Entry ID": "AWE2001", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scobie-grace-locke\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bombay, India", "Death Place": "Bondi, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Business inspector", "Summary": "A lifelong activist in social and industrial politics, Grace Scobie became disillusioned with Labor politics during the First World War, and subsequently concentrated on women's organizations and children's welfare. She stood for the Soldiers and Citizens Party in the election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Eastern Suburbs in 1920. Twelve years later she was an Independent seeking election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Bondi.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Robert Scobie, Labor MLA for Wentworth 1901-04, and The Murray 1904 to his death in 1917. Like her father, Grace was a member of the Labor Party until the conscription split, when she campaigned for conscription.\nShe was appointed an industrial inspector with the Department of Labour and Industry in 1916, and became a member of the State Children's Relief Board. Generally considered by the labour movement to be pro-employer, she was censured by Labor News in 1920 for condoning the harsh treatment of illegitimate children. During her campaign for the State electorate of Eastern Suburbs in 1920, for the Soldiers and Citizens Party, she was described by the Daily Telegraph as 'the incarnation of vivacity and feminine vigour'.\nFrom the 1920s she concentrated on women's politics, becoming active in a number of more conservative women's organizations, such as the National Council of Women, and the Professional Women Workers' Association. Her independent campaign for the State electorate of Bondi in 1932 was supported by the United Associations of Women. She was an office bearer in both the Australian Federation of Women Voters and the Feminist Club. Grace worked as an Inspector of factories and shops and received an OBE in 1918.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scobie-grace-locke-1876-1957\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Scott, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE2002", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Solicitor", "Summary": "Jennifer Scott is active in her local community and represented the Liberal Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for the Blue Mountains in 1995 and 1999. She was President of the Hills Young Liberals 1972-75, and has been a delegate to State Convention from 1993, State Council from 1994, and on the State Executive of the Liberal Party 1996-7. Jennifer is actively involved in the Cancer Support Group Fundraising in her area and is a member of the Springwood Palliative Care Unit. She is married with two daughters and has completed a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Legal Studies at Macquarie University and Certificates in Mediation at Bond University & UTS.\nShe was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2023 for significant service to the community through a range of organisations including Rotary International.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Seaton, Peta Luise", "Entry ID": "AWE2003", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/seaton-peta-luise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Moresby, PNG", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Television producer", "Summary": "Peta Seaton has extensive experience as a political adviser and shadow minister in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. As a Liberal Party candidate she successfully contested the Southern Highlands 1996 by-election and was re-elected in 1999 and 2003. Peta has been Shadow Minister for Environment 1999-2002; Parliamentary Secretary to Shadow Cabinet from 2002; Chair Opposition Policy and Reform Committee; and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, the Illawarra, and reform of government 2004. She retired at the 2007 election.\n", "Details": "Parliamentary and Local Government Career\nState Government\n\nElected, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Southern Highlands 1996 by-election, 1999, 2003 (Liberal Party)\nShadow Minister for Environment 1999-2002\nShadow Minister for Competition and Consumer Protection, Small Business, Insurance Regulation 2002\nParliamentary Secretary to Shadow Cabinet from 2002-2003\nShadow Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, and for Reform of government 2003-2004\nShadow Minister for the Illawarra 2003-\nShadow Treasurer 2005\nShadow Minister for the Reform of Government and Assistant Shadow Treasurer 2005-\n\nPeta Seaton was educated at the Woodford School, Solomon Islands, Wenona School, North Sydney and the University of Sydney.\nShe ran a small television production company 1983-85 and then worked as a television producer for Clemenger, Sydney, 1985-87. She was Press Secretary for the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, Hon. Ted Pickering, 1987-88 and then worked on staff of Nicholas Greiner, when Leader of Opposition and Premier, 1988-92. In 1992, she worked for Premier John Fahey.\nPeta Seaton worked in Canberra as Adviser and Programme Director for Leader of the Federal Opposition, 1992-93. She is a partner in small farm at Boorowa, New South Wales. In 1990 she married Lachlan Paterson, and they have one daughter, Unity, born in 1996. From 2003 to 2005 she was Shadow Treasurer, and from September 2005, she was Shadow Minister for the Reform of Government and Assistant Shadow Treasurer.\n", "Events": "Received for significant service to the Parliament of New South Wales, to the community of the Southern Highlands, and to higher education. (2017 - 2017)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sekers, Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE2004", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sekers-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Dorothy Sekers was a once only candidate for parliament: Independent candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Waverley, 1984. In her campaign leaflet, Dorothy Sekers described herself as the youth candidate and noted that none of the political parties had promised anything specific for the single under 30s. She advocated rent subsidies for under 30s on the dole and the decriminalisation of marijuana.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shacklock, Lorna", "Entry ID": "AWE2005", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shacklock-lorna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Interior decorator", "Summary": "Lorna Shacklock was a once only candidate for parliament: Liberal Party candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Illawarra, 1971. At the time of her candidacy, she was married with four children and had been actively involved in organizations in the Illawarra area. She was secretary of the Warilla Progress Association and the Shellharbour Youth and National Fitness Committee. She was active in the Warilla Public School Parents and Citizens Association, and a foundation member of the Warilla Ex-Servicemen's Club. Lorna Shacklock was a radar operator for the 2\/18 and 2\/3 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Batteries during World War II.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Silva, Margaret Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE2006", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/silva-margaret-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Clovelly", "Occupations": "Housewife", "Summary": "Margaret Silva only ran for parliament once: Democratic Labor Party candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Heathcote, 1973. She was married to Bertrand Silva, with whom she had one son, and one daughter.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Simm, Mary Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE2007", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/simm-mary-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Simm was a Communist Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Kurri, 1950 and for the New South Wales Senate in 1951.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Skelsey, Dora Madge", "Entry ID": "AWE2008", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/skelsey-dora-madge\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Restauranteur", "Summary": "Dora Skelsey was a once only candidate for parliament: Liberal Party candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Lakemba, 1959. She ran a catering business and a hotel in the city, and in 1959 was the owner and manager of a restaurant in Sylvania. Dora Skelsey was a Justice of the Peace and was active in charitable work and fund raising during and after World War II. She was a member of the Soroptimist Club of St George and was a keen sportswoman, playing both golf and bowls. She was married with one son.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Beth", "Entry ID": "AWE2009", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-beth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Beth Smith is a committed Christian activist who stood for the Christian Democrat Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Cronulla, 2003 and in the House of Representatives election for Cook, 2004. At the time of her first campaign, Beth Smith had been a resident in the Cronulla area for 11 years and a teacher for more than 30 years. Her campaign stressed the protection of Kurnell and opposition to over development in the Sutherland Shire.\n", "Details": "Educated at the University of New South Wales (B.Sc. Dip.Ed.), Beth Smith began her teaching career in country NSW. She completed a Bible College Diploma and became a full-time Religious Education teacher at Jannali Girls High School. Her position was funded by local churches and she held it for 10 years.\nBeth and her husband Ian Smith adopted two children with intellectual disabilities and through them became involved with the Special Olympics movement. By 2004, she and her husband ran a network marketing company. They were long term members of the Christian Democrat Party, and were very active in their church. Beth Smith stressed her concern about a decline in moral standards.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Solomon, Noreen", "Entry ID": "AWE2010", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/solomon-noreen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hay, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Researcher", "Summary": "Noreen Solomon has been an ALP party stalwart contesting the unwinnable seats of Cook in the 1993 House of Representatives election and Cronulla in the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election. She worked as an adviser to two Federal Ministers, and in 1995 was on the staff of Robert Tickner, M.H.R.., Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs. She has held executive positions at all levels of the ALP including the local branch and federal and state electorate councils.\nNoreen had been active in her local area in Parents and Citizens Associations, as co-ordinator of the Cook\/Hughes Women's Electoral Lobby and as the first woman member of Cronulla Rotary. She played netball for a local team and was a delegate to the Sutherland Shire Netball Association. Noreen Solomon was born in Hay, completed her education at Gymea, a southern suburb of Sydney and is married and has two sons.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sonda, Tracie Janet", "Entry ID": "AWE2011", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sonda-tracie-janet\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Tracie Sonda was a local councillor, who ran once for parliament. As an Independent candidate she was elected to the Sutherland Shire Council in 1999-2004 and was appointed Deputy Mayor from 1999-2000 and 2002-2004, then Mayor from 2000-2002. In 2003 she unsuccessfully contested the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Cronulla. Her campaign stressed family and quality of life and promised to reduce stamp duties on small business insurance if elected. Tracie Sonda was well known in her electorate, and her record as a councillor featured prominently in her campaign literature. Her achievements included major building programs at both Cronulla High School and Burraneer Bay Public School, and the remediation of drainage problems at the Sylvania Waters Athletic Track. Tracie works as a Child care centre operator.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Soulos, Mersina", "Entry ID": "AWE2012", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/soulos-mersina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Advisor, Lecturer", "Summary": "Mersina Soulos, an expert in multicultural affairs, is a community activist who represented the Australian Greens party in the following elections:\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Strathfield, 1999\nHouse of Representatives, Lowe, 2001\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Drummoyne, 2003.\n", "Details": "In her 1999 campaign, Mersina Soulos focussed her campaign on environmental issues connected with the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Her particular concern was the Lidcombe Liquid Waste Plant which she wanted relocated. In 2003 she quoted its temporary closure as a highlight of her clean air activism. Her campaign in 2003 opposed the redevelopment of the Rhodes peninsula, the relocation of mental health facilities from Callan Park to Concord Hospital, and stressed the need for improved transport services to the areas in the electorate which were now high density housing.\nMersina Soulos was founding Co-ordinator of the Department of Cross Cultural Ministries for the Sydney Anglican Diocese, through the Anglican Home Mission Society, now Anglicare, a position she held for 15 years. She was also a Senior Adviser on multicultural affairs and community relations to three successive Archbishops of Sydney and Senior Adviser on Multicultural Policy at the national level of the Anglican Church of Australia.\nShe completed a B.A. (UNSW, 1980) and M.A. (Macquarie, 1994) and now lectures part-time at the Mary Andrews College, an Anglican women's theological college. She speaks Greek and German fluently.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stanhope, Cathy", "Entry ID": "AWE2013", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stanhope-cathy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cathy Stanhope was a once only candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly - that was in 1988 when she stood as an ALP candidate for the seat of Mosman. She joined the ALP in 1983 and was National Secretary of the Women's International Motorcycle Association in 1988. Cathy Stanhope was educated at Malvina High School, Ryde, gaining her HSC in 1980. She then enrolled in a Bachelor of Science degree at Macquarie University.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stephenson, Pamela", "Entry ID": "AWE2014", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stephenson-pamela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Office worker", "Summary": "Pamela Stephenson has run for parliament only once: ALP candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Coffs Harbour, 2003. At the time of her campaign she was working for the Legal Aid Commission of NSW in the Coffs Harbour office, and she and her husband owned and operated a bakery at Woolgoolga.\nPamela is active in community affairs, serving on the Management Committee of the Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre. Migrated to Queensland from the UK in 1990 and gained a degree in politics and government and then worked for the Queensland government. She is married to Rod Stephenson and they have one son.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stepkovitch, Betty Margaret May", "Entry ID": "AWE2015", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stepkovitch-betty-margaret-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Pharmacist", "Summary": "Betty Stepkovitch was twice unsuccessful for the Democratic Labor Party, contesting the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Coogee in 1971 and 1973. In 1971 she directed her preferences to Kevin Ellis, who won the seat. Betty Stepkovitch was married to John Stepkovitch, a prison officer and they have five children, and two foster children. She trained as a pharmacist before marriage.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stone, Lorna", "Entry ID": "AWE2016", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stone-lorna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Lorna Stone was a successful Liberal Party candidate with a long history of community activity. In 1991 she was elected to the Sutherland Shire Council, remaining there until 1995 and then in 1997 she was elected to the seat of Sutherland in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly by-election. In 1999 Lorna ran for the Assembly seat of Heathcote but was not elected. She joined the Liberal Party in 1974 and has held many offices at every level of the Party.\n", "Details": "Lorna Stone has a Teachers Certificate from Sydney Teachers College and a Diploma Training of Deaf from Sydney CAE. She has worked as a teacher in the NSW Department of Education and has also been a Director of family companies and the HCF.\nShe is the Patron of various local community groups and was President of the Sutherland Family Network 1996-98. She was President\/Secretary of the Highfield Committee of Sutherland Hospital 1984-98 and has been Chairperson of the Southern Sydney Health Service. She is married to Keith Stone and they have a daughter and three sons. She has lived in the Sutherland Shire for over 30 years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Street, Dianne", "Entry ID": "AWE2017", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/street-dianne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Public relations professional, Tour operator, Travel consultant", "Summary": "Dianne Street was a candidate for parliament only once - representing the Liberal Party in the 1981 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Balmain. She joined the Liberal Party in 1975 and when she ran for election, she candidly admitted that she did not have any hope of winning. She ran on a campaign of environmental reform. At that time she told the Sydney Morning Herald that she had been through a handful of pre-selection attempts and would keep going until she won a seat. In the event it was her only candidature. She was however more successful in local politics being elected Alderman of the Willoughby Council from 1977 to 1980. She was married in 1954 to John Street, an accountant, and later married Bruce Horsley. She died in early 2025.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Strutt, Isabel", "Entry ID": "AWE2018", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/strutt-isabel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Office worker", "Summary": "Isabel Strutt is a local community activist whose campaign for election to parliament probably assisted her election as a local councillor. As a Christian Democrat Party candidate she was unsuccessful in obtaining the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of the Northern Tablelands in 2003, but the following year was elected to the Uralla Shire Council.\n", "Details": "Isabel Strutt was educated in Queensland and has lived in both Queensland and NSW. She has worked in a variety of jobs, including bank and office work, retail business, small business owner, and as a private secretary to the Deputy Premier of Queensland. She has also served as a Salvation Army Officer, with her husband, for a number of years.\nFrom her retirement in June 2000, she has been involved in community volunteer work.\nIn 2005, the Hope for the Children Foundation, Inc. Armidale Family Network, of which she was President, received a Commonwealth government grant of $120,000 under the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sutherland, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE2019", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sutherland-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann Sutherland was an unsuccessful Australia Party candidate on two occasions: New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Coogee in 1973 and 1974. She was a housewife with a 21-month-old daughter, when she stood for the 1974 by election. Much of that campaign debate concerned the growth of high rise unit blocks in the electorate, and the fact that Mrs Sutherland lived in one, and liked it, became a talking point. She was, however, concerned with overdevelopment and accused the Askin Liberal government of being unduly influenced by large property development companies. The results of the full election six months earlier were overturned after a recount and the disappearance of a ballot box.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sutton, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE2020", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sutton-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Marriage celebrant, Mayor, Teacher", "Summary": "Julie Sutton was a dedicated teacher of modern languages, whose service to local government and the ALP has spanned several decades. She was first elected to the Warringah Council in 1980 and was re-elected several times until 2003, then again in 2008. Julie became the first woman Mayor of Warringah in 1995 and served as Deputy Mayor for five terms. Unfortunately she could not match this success at the state level and failed to gain election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Davidson in 1981, 1984 and 1988.\n", "Details": "Julie Sutton joined the ALP in 1969, and held various offices at both branch and electorate council levels. Her career in local government as a Councillor of Warringah Council was distinguished, and she was an energetic member of many Council committees.\nJulie was educated at Newcastle Girls High School and the Universities of Newcastle, New England and Macquarie completing a Master of Arts (Honours) and Diploma of Education. She taught French, German and English at Raymond Terrace, Newcastle Girls' and the Forrest High Schools. She was highly respected at Forrest High School where she taught for more than 15 years. She married (later dissolved) and had 3 sons.\nShe was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in January 2022.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Suwald, Kerry", "Entry ID": "AWE2021", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/suwald-kerry\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Environmentalist, Natural therapist", "Summary": "Kerry Suwald was influenced to stand for parliament by her concern for the environment. She represented the Australian Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Cessnock in 2003 and House of Representatives election for Hunter in 2004.\n", "Details": "Kerry Suwald grew up in Western Sydney and has travelled widely overseas. She and her architect husband and daughter moved to the Hunter Valley in 1993, and live near Kurri Kurri on a bush property. She has worked as a natural therapist, and has been involved for nearly 20 years with an internationally franchised quit-smoking program.\nIn 2003 Kerry Suwald was secretary of the Mulbring Landcare group. Her concern about inappropriate developments in the Hunter Region led to her membership of the Greens and her candidature for the Legislative Assembly.\nIn 2004, Kerry was also campaigning for funds for TAFE, apprentice and training schemes, and better access to education for all Australians.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taperell, Kathleen Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE2022", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taperell-kathleen-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Public servant, Teacher", "Summary": "Kathleen Taperell ran only once for parliament (ALP candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Nepean, 1973) and went on to become a leading feminist and a senior public servant. From 1990, she has been Senior Adviser to the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and Assistant Secretary in the Department. Her papers are deposited in the National Library of Australia.\n", "Details": "Kathleen Taperell was born in Sydney and educated at Eastwood Public School, and Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta. She completed a BA at the University of Sydney (1959), and a Dip Ed at the University of New England (1969). She married John Tucker, with whom she had two sons. She was known as Kathleen Tucker when she ran for the NSW seat of Nepean in 1973. She later returned to using her own name of Taperell.\nShe taught in NSW secondary schools 1967-72 and then became electorate Secretary to MHR John Kerin in 1973. From 1974 she was a public servant, on the staff of the Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration, the Public Service Board (Equal Opportunity Section) and from 1977 she was senior adviser at the Office of Women's Affairs, Canberra. From 1978 to 1983 She was Director of the Office of Women's Affairs (later Office of the Status of Women). She published Sexism in Public Service: the employment of women in Australian government administration with C. Fox and M. Roberts, in 1975.\nShe has been Convenor of the Women's Film Fund Advisory Panel, 1978-83. She represented Australia on the Preparatory Committee for the World Conference of the UN Decade for Women 1978-1980 and was a member of the Australian delegation to it in 1980. She was a member of the Australian delegation to the OECD High Level Conference on Women's employment in 1980.\nIn 1984 she moved to the Department of Foreign Affairs where she worked on human rights questions, and in 1986 she joined the Department of the Special Minister of State. She was Assistant Secretary, Prime Minister's Department 1986-90.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-of-australian-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guide-to-the-papers-of-kathleen-taperell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \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\/womens-studies-tenth-anniversary-at-anu-dr-dorothy-broom-dr-jill-matthews-dr-susan-magarey-ms-wang-ying-ms-wu-lintao-ms-xu-xuehai-ms-liu-maoshu-ms-lian-lijuan-kathleen-taperell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kathleen-taperell-interviewed-by-sara-dowse-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-kathleen-taperell-1973-1992-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taylor, Nola", "Entry ID": "AWE2023", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taylor-nola\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community arts worker, Environmentalist", "Summary": "Nola Taylor has been an active environmentalist over several decades. In 1995 she stood as an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Rockdale, campaigning on behalf of the Transport Action Group Against Motorways. In 1999 Nola re-contested the seat of Rockdale, but this time as an Australian Greens candidate. At the time of her first campaign, she had lived in the electorate for more than two decades and had been active in the Rockdale community for many years: a founding member of the Rockdale and District Landscape Heritage Committee, which has successfully fought to restore and preserve the remaining bushland area. Nola Taylor has also campaigned over a decade against the construction of motorways and has served on the Committee of the Community Resource Centre, having written extensively for its newspaper Info News. She is in favour of Australia becoming a republic and is a Community Arts worker.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thompson, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE2024", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thompson-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Lecturer", "Summary": "Ann Thompson was a community activist in her local area and had been a local councillor for four years before she ran for parliament. She was elected to the Lithgow City Council in1999 - and appointed Deputy Mayor 2005. In 2003 Ann represented the National Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Bathurst, having only been a member of the National Party for four months before being preselected. She ran for election in order to highlight the neglect of country people by the NSW Labor government. Ann Thompson was blunt in her opposition to the Greens drug policy and said she did not want Green preferences because of it. With her husband Ray, she was involved in three businesses in Lithgow and was a part time lecturer at Lithgow TAFE.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Timbrell, Jane Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2025", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/timbrell-jane-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Union organiser, Unionist", "Summary": "Jane Timbrell was a Labor candidate in the NSW state election, in Strathfield, in 1995 and again in a by-election in Strathfield in 1996. She was unsuccessful both times.\nShe enjoyed success at a local government level and was the first Labor woman elected to the Ashfield Municipal Council in 1991-95. She worked as in Industrial Officer for the New South Wales Public Service Association from 1982, serving as the association's Women's Officer between 1996-2002.\n", "Events": "Active trade unionist in the Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union (FMWU) (SA Branch) representing the photographic industry. (1976 - 1981) \nAlderman\/Councillor on Ashfield Municipal Council (first Labor woman elected to Ashfield Council) (1991 - 1995) \nDelegate of S UT&LC to ACTU Women's Committee (1979 - 1980) \nDelegate to the South Australian United Trades and Labor Council (SAUT&LC) (1977 - 1981) \nDeputy Mayor, 1992-1993.(First Woman) (1992 - 1993) \nEmployed as an Industrial Officer with the NSW Public Service Association (1981 - 2003) \nMember of the management committee of the SA Working Women's Centre (1979 - 1981) \nMember of the SA Working Women's Charter Standing Committee (1978 - 1981)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tindall, Gabrielle", "Entry ID": "AWE2026", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tindall-gabrielle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Artist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Gabrielle Tindall was a once only candidate, inspired by her passionate commitment to the environment. She was an Independent candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Coffs Harbour in 2003. At the time of her campaign she had lived in Bellingen, in a \"handmade house\" with her husband and four children, for twenty years. She was a member of the North Coast Environment Council, and the Upper North Coast Water Management Committee. Passionate about water, she was also a member of COW (Cows Out of Water).\nGabrielle Tindall was born in England, and came to Australia as a child. She was educated in Melbourne, gaining her Higher School Certificate and a diploma in Design. She began but did not complete an Arts degree at Melbourne University and works as a Craftsperson.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Townend, Christine Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2027", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/townend-christine-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Leura, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Writer", "Summary": "Christine Townend was a passionate woman whose life and talents were devoted to the cause of animal care and liberation. As an Australian Democrats member she contested the following elections: New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Willoughby 1978, 1984; House of Representatives, Grayndler, 1977; Senate, NSW, 1983. In 1988 Christine stood on behalf of the Environment Group in the New South Wales Legislative Council elections.\n", "Details": "Christine Townend grew up in the lower North Shore area of Sydney and became a writer early in her life. She had poetry, short stories and four novels published by the time of her first campaign. From early in her career she was concerned to protect the environment and stop cruelty to animals, and was a prolific writer of letters to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald on these subjects. She founded Animal Liberation in 1976, after being strongly influenced by Peter Singer's book of the same name. She and Singer together founded Animals Australia (then ANZFAS) in l980.\nShe joined the Australian Democrats and ran for election on their ticket four times, always emphasising care for the environment and animals. In time she became discouraged by the lack of results of her campaigns in Australia.\nWhen she joined Milo Dunphy and Alice Oppen to run for the Legislative Council in 1988, under the banner of the Environment Group, she was Secretary of the Australian and New Zealand Federation of Animal Societies, a member of the NSW Animal Welfare Advisory Council and the CSIRO Advisory Committee on the Ethics of Animals in Research.\nIn 1990 she became managing trustee of 'Help in Suffering', an animal shelter and registered Indian charitable trust, based in Jaipur. In 1992 she and her husband went to live in India, working as volunteers until 2007 at the animal shelter and conducting a program to control the spread of rabies in Jaipur. During this time she also founded two new animal shelters in Darjeeling and Kalimpong. A biography of her life, Christine's Ark, by journalist John Little, was published by Macmillan in 2007.\nChristine was a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Her first book The Beginning of Everything and the End of Everything Else, published in 1974, has been described as being ahead of its time in 'challenging literary and social conventions' in its themes of feminism and 'sexuality, race class and religion'. After her first two novels, Christine wrote a series of non-fiction books about animal welfare, of which Pulling the Wool, A New Look at the Australian Wool Industry (Hale & Iremonger, l986) was the most influential. Two of her books, The Hidden Master (2002), and The Teaching of Vimala Thakar (2010) (Motilal Banarsidass) examine the Indian spiritual tradition. Christine was also an artist, having held solo exhibitions and illustrated book covers.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tuckwell, Joyce", "Entry ID": "AWE2028", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tuckwell-joyce\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Secretary", "Summary": "Joyce Tuckwell was a once only candidate who represented the ALP in the 1984 election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Eastwood. She joined the ALP in 1974, becoming Secretary of her local branch and a delegate to state and federal electorate councils and the ALP annual conference. She was the ALP campaign director for Bennelong in 1983. Joyce Tuckwell was educated at Cremorne Girls' High School and worked as a secretary and was a Director of 2 RRR, Regional radio Ryde.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Van de Weg, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE2029", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/van-de-weg-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Veterinarian", "Summary": "Margaret Van de Weg is an active local and political figure in the north west district of Sydney. She has been a member of the Baulkham Hills Shire Council from 1999-2004 and contested the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Baulkham Hills in 2003 and the House of Representatives election for Berowra in 2004 on behalf of the Australian Democrats. She has been an adviser to an independent State Member of Parliament.\n", "Details": "Margaret Van de Weg has practised as a veterinary surgeon in the Baulkham Hills area and, after completing her Ph.D. worked as the Chief Investigator for a medical research program into inherited diseases in children. She was, for 9 years, a member of the Western Sydney Area Health Service Animal Ethics Committee.\nAs a Councillor on the Baulkham Hills Shire Council she represented it on the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils and was elected to its executive. Her attachment to civil liberties was shown by the fact that she was one of only two councillors who voted in favour of allowing a Muslim prayer centre in Annangrove.\nIn 2001 she gained a Certificate of Advanced Mediation. Margaret Van de Weg is married and has adult children.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vitlin, Margaret Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE2030", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vitlin-margaret-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "University administrator", "Summary": "An Australian Democrats member, Margaret Vitlin ran twice for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of East Hills -1981, 1984. At the time of her first campaign, she lived in Panania and worked as a Services Co-ordinator at the University of NSW. In a press release she stressed the need to improve the efficiency of the Public Service.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Voltz, Lynda", "Entry ID": "AWE2031", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/voltz-lynda\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Army officer (former), Counsellor, Political staffer, Rugby player, Soccer player", "Summary": "Lynda Voltz was a political staffer who ran for election as an ALP candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, North Shore, in 1995. In that year she was employed as an electoral officer for Senator John Faulkner, and had worked previously for Peter Baldwin M.H.R. In 2007 she was elected to the Legislative Council of the NSW Parliament. She was re-elected in 2015.\n", "Details": "Lynda Voltz was educated at Birrong Girls High School and spent six years in the Australian Regular Army. She was a Clinic Counsellor for 3 years and a keen sportsperson, who played competitive Women's Soccer and Women's Rugby Union.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Waddell, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE2032", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waddell-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Jane Waddell was a candidate for a one issue party - the No Aircraft Noise party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Gladesville, 1995 and the New South Wales Senate 1998 elections. As the parent of two children, she was concerned about the effects of aircraft noise on sleeping habits. Jane Waddell is a trained nurse who has worked at Gladesville Psychiatric and Macquarie Hospitals as well as in general and surgical wards She has been involved with social welfare issues for both psychiatric patients and refugees.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Waldron-Hahn, Victoria", "Entry ID": "AWE2033", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waldron-hahn-victoria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Medical practitioner, Yoga instructor", "Summary": "Victoria Waldron-Hahn is a local activist and green campaigner who stood for the Australian Greens in the 2003 election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Campbelltown. Her campaign emphasised her concerns about the social and environmental impacts of increased urbanisation of the Campbelltown area. At the time of her campaign, she was working as a clown doctor at the Prince of Wales Hospital and teaching yoga in Campbelltown. Victoria Waldron-Hahn is a long time resident of Campbelltown. As a school student she represented the area on a Rotary Exchange to Japan. She lives with her partner and teenage daughter.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wales, Debra", "Entry ID": "AWE2034", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wales-debra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Councillor", "Summary": "Debra Wales is a community activist on the Central Coast of New South Wales. She was elected to the Gosford City Council from 1999-2004, but failed to gain election as the Liberal Party candidate to the seat of Peats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1999 and 2003. She left the Liberal Party prior to the 2007 New South Wales State Election when she was overlooked for pre-selection in the newly formed seat of Gosford. Since then she has taken an independent stance on party political matters.\nDebra Wales had lived in the Peats electorate for nearly 20 years when she ran in 1999 and was at one time a delegate to the State Council of the Liberal Party. She was a founding member of the Peninsula Community Forum, coordinator of the Ettalong Beach Heritage Committee and the Peninsula Mainstreet Co-Ordinator. She also started the Business Watch Program to reduce crime in the town centres of the area and was owner of a small business.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walker, Virginia Clare", "Entry ID": "AWE2035", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walker-virginia-clare\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Waverley, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Administrator", "Summary": "Virginia Walker had a life long passion for social justice and worked through many organisations to achieve it. As an Australia Party candidate she contested the elections for the House of Representatives seat of Phillip in 1972 and 1974 and for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Waverley in 1973. She joined the Australian Labor Party in 1976 and stood unsuccessfully for the Woollahra Municipal Council in 1980 and 1983. In May 2000 she was awarded the McKell Inaugural Award for services to the ALP and in 2014 a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).\n", "Details": "Virginia Walker was born in Sydney and educated at Ascham, Sydney, and New England Girls School, Armidale, NSW. After some years of work she became a mature age student at East Sydney Technical College and the Universities of NSW and Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980 and a Diploma in Criminology 1985.\nVirginia worked at clerical jobs in Sydney 1955-60, London 1960-63, and Sydney 1963-72, before moving into administration in the NSW Public Service, working with the Department of Housing, the Parole Board and the Department of Corrective Services. She was appointed in 1982 to the Board of the Langton Centre, a drug and alcohol treatment and education body, and later became treasurer and vice-president.\nShe was active in abortion reform, penal reform, and the environment movement from her return to Australia in 1963. She was a member of the Women's Electoral Lobby from its foundation in 1972 until 1976, a member of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties and a member of the Australia Cuba Friendship Society 1984-91.\nSince her retirement in 1998 Virginia Walker volunteered as a teacher's aide at Forest Lodge Public School, and at the University of NSW Alumni Association. She was a co-founder of, and volunteer worker for, the Bridge for Asylum Seekers Foundation which raised millions of dollars to support asylum seekers waiting for determination of their claims for asylum. Members also assisted asylum seekers at court and in detention centres.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wallace, Joy", "Entry ID": "AWE2036", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wallace-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist", "Summary": "Joy Wallace is a committed environmental and social activist in the Lismore area. She has been involved in local campaigns concerned with housing, health, youth, unemployment and women's issues. Joy represented the Australian Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Lismore in 1991 and in the 1993 NSW Senate elections.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ward, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE2037", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ward-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Unley, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Counsellor, Teacher", "Summary": "Jane Ward is a well known local and conservationist activist with a passion for social justice and community action. As an Independent candidate she contested the following elections:\nLeichhardt Municipal Council, 1987\nNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Balmain, 1988\nHouse of Representatives, Sydney, 2004\nCity of Sydney council elections, 2004\n", "Details": "Jane Ward was born in Unley, South Australia and grew up in Port Lincoln. She was educated at Adelaide University (BA) and the Adelaide Teachers College (Dip. Teach.) and taught briefly before moving to New Zealand. She later married and moved to the United States for 4 years. The marriage was dissolved and she returned to Australia.\nAt the time of the 1988 election campaign, Jane Ward had lived in the Balmain area for 15 years, with her Australian husband and three children. She was also a teacher in the Corrective Services Department and had a long association with the peace and environment movement. She was also President of the Balmain Association and a member of Networking for Women.\nJane Ward was a founding member of Punch Park People, a local environmental group. She has been a Director on the Board of the Kindergarten Union of New South Wales since 1986. She was President of the Kindergarten Union 1988-89 and is a member of its Finance, Audit and Marketing committees (2005). In 1988 she was on the steering Committee of the Conservation Foundation's Urban Planning and Environment Coalition. In 2005 Jane Ward was Coordinator\/Counsellor of the Lone Parent Family Support Services.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wareing, Imogen", "Entry ID": "AWE2038", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wareing-imogen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Company director, Manager", "Summary": "Imogen Waring is a highly successful management consultant with a continuing interest in politics. In 2003 she ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Willoughby.\n", "Details": "Imogen Wareing was born and educated in England, where she completed a degree in sociology (B.Sc. (London)) and her teaching qualifications. She later completed her training in psychology in Sydney.\nShe has worked as a high school teacher, a human resources manager, and a management consultant. She runs her own business, The Growth Connection, consulting and providing training services to private and public organizations in strategic planning, mentoring, leadership, career management and interpersonal communication.\nImogen Wareing is a past Executive Manager of Women & Management Inc. a voluntary organization which aims to assist the personal and professional development of women. She is a founder of \"Making Mentoring Connections\", a mentoring network and wrote \"Guidelines on Mentoring for Women\" (published 1994) for the NSW government. She has written extensively on development and career management and taken part in numerous conferences, both in Australia and overseas.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Watson, Rose", "Entry ID": "AWE2039", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/watson-rose\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor, Teacher", "Summary": "Rose Watson is a once only candidate, a successful Councillor and a stalwart community worker. In 1987 she was elected Alderman Woollahra Council and held that position until 2003. In 1991 she stood for election as an Independent to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Vaucluse. She has been very active in campaigns for better aged care facilities in her area. She was vigorously opposed to the closing of the Strickland House Nursing Home by the Greiner Government in 1989 and fought to open its grounds to the public. She also led the campaign against the proposed closure of the Post Office in Watsons Bay, taking the case to the Federal Court and winning. She founded the Watsons Bay Society, a resident action group and was instrumental in the re-establishment of the State Emergency Services in Woollahra municipality. \nRose Watson was educated at Coogee Public School, Sydney Girls High School and the University of Sydney from which she graduated B.Sc. and Dip.Ed. She taught mathematics at Vaucluse, Dover Heights, Marrickville, Crown Street and Randwick High Schools. She is married to a medical practitioner, whose practice she managed after her retirement from teaching.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Watson, Shirley Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE2040", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/watson-shirley-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Consultant, Nurse", "Summary": "Shirley Watson was a once only candidate who represented the Liberal Party in the 1981 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Earlwood. Her campaign literature showed her to have been particularly concerned with health issues, hospital staff shortages and the lack of rehabilitation services then available. Shirley Watson was educated at P.L.C., Pymble, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney (Dip. Labour Relations and Law). From 1967 she operated a personnel consulting firm and was active in the Personnel services industry.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wearne, Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE2041", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wearne-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor, Lawyer", "Summary": "Lorraine Wearne was a successful Independent local Councillor on the Parramatta City Council from 1995 to 2007 and was Lord Mayor from 2000-2001. This made her the first woman Lord Mayor of Parramatta and the first woman in the Sydney region to hold that title. She was motivated to run for the 2003 election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Parramatta by a sense of fair play. Her campaign slogan was \"People not Politics for Parramatta\". Lorraine Wearne's candidature as an Independent was prompted by distaste of the preselection procedures of the ALP which imposed a Head Office candidate over a local Councillor.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Webster, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE2042", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webster-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Welfare worker", "Summary": "Patricia Webster was a once only candidate, motivated by her belief that the drug problem was not being properly addressed. She contested the 1988 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Balmain as an Independent candidate. She decided to run because she believed none of the candidates addressed the problems of drug trafficking. Patricia Webster believed that a drug rehabilitation centre should be established as an alternative to prison; she was in favour of NSW becoming a nuclear free state; she opposed development of harbour foreshores and was in favour of a second Sydney airport to reduce air traffic over Balmain.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Weingarth, Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE2043", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/weingarth-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Louise Weingarth was a once only candidate who stood as an Independent for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Willoughby in 1991. There is no mention of her in the NSW Electoral Roll, Ryerson Index, or Internet using Google search engine.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Welsh, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE2044", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/welsh-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Welsh was once only candidate but is an active member of the Australian Greens party in her area. She was their candidate in the 2003 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Georges River. Christine Welsh was a long term resident of the St George area when she ran for election. She had worked in both the public and private sector and had experience in areas of human rights, industrial relations and policy development.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Whitaker, Anne-Maree Harriet Cox", "Entry ID": "AWE2045", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whitaker-anne-maree-harriet-cox\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Auckland, New Zealand", "Occupations": "Historian, Political staffer, Public servant", "Summary": "Anne-Maree Whitaker has moved from work as a public servant and political staffer, to a career as a professional historian with a special interest in Australia's Irish and Catholic history. An ALP member, she was a candidate in the House of Representatives election for Wentworth in 1987 and in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Bligh in 1991. Anne-Marie had more success in local politics being a member of the South Sydney Council between 1989-1995.\n", "Details": "Anne-Maree Whitaker came to Australia in 1977, joined NSW public service and worked in policy and public relations fields. She was appointed to the personal staff of Ken Gabb, Minister for Mineral Resources and Aboriginal Affairs and joined ALP in 1983.\nAnne Maree Whitaker holds Masters degrees in both European and Australian history (East Anglia UK, 1977; MA Sydney 1985). She also has a BA (Canterbury NZ, 1975) and a PhD (Macquarie, 1993). At the time of her campaign for Wentworth she was working as a broadcaster and programmer with the Irish Heritage program of 2SER-FM.She became an independent researcher and historian, with extensive publications and consultancies.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "White, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE2046", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Psychologist", "Summary": "Susan White was an activist and ALP member who was elected as to the Hornsby Council in 1999-2004 and was Deputy Mayor. She was active in her local community, and when elected to Hornsby Council was a member of many committees including Heritage, Traffic and Parking committees. In 2003 Susan White unsuccessfully ran for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (Hornsby). At the time of her candidature, she was a member of the Berowra Valley Regional Park Trust and was active in campaigns to protect local bushland and to preserve the Heritage Precinct of Old Hornsby. She has four children and works as a school psychologist.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Whitten, Kathleen Vera", "Entry ID": "AWE2047", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whitten-kathleen-vera\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor, Farmer, Mayor, Teacher", "Summary": "Kathleen Whitten was a successful local government figure for more than a decade, being Alderman of the Campbelltown Municipal Council (1959-72) and Mayor (1961-2). She was in favour of hospitals and sewerage provision for Campbelltown and St Marys and improvement in the rail services to the area. Kathleen Whitten was very active in her electorate and was patron of the local Girl Guides and Boy Scouts associations, a member and patron of Parents and Citizens Associations in North and East Campbelltown, President of the Campbelltown Milk Zone Dairymen's Council 1963-64, a member of V.I.E.W. and was associated with the Campbelltown Theatre Group and the Girls' Marching Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wicks, Kay Lesley", "Entry ID": "AWE2048", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wicks-kay-lesley\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kay Wicks was a once only candidate who stood for the Communist Party of Australia in the 1981 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Newcastle. Her election leaflets stressed her and her party's opposition to nuclear energy, support for Aboriginal Land Rights, expansion of ethnic centres, and electoral reform - particularly four year terms for Parliament.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williams, Brigitte", "Entry ID": "AWE2049", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-brigitte\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Activist, Teacher", "Summary": "Brigitte Williams was a once only candidate who represented the Australian Democrats in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Oxley. She believes in community action and is active in Landcare and the local Catchment Management Committee. Brigitte has worked in the hospitality industry in managing positions in a hotel and a caravan park (1980-82). She then managed a market garden and was Secretary for the Bellinger River Action Group (1984-94) while completing her tertiary qualifications (B.A., Dip. Ed.). She has taught English and History at tertiary and secondary level, and by correspondence.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julie-williams-interviewed-by-ros-bowden-in-the-women-of-the-land-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williams, Leonie Gail", "Entry ID": "AWE2050", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-leonie-gail\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Leonie Williams was a once only candidate who stood for the Australian Greens in the Bathurst elections of 1999. She had three small children when she ran for election and was a familiar face in Bathurst because of her attendance at a number of rallies against uranium mining.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilson, Clare Meta", "Entry ID": "AWE2051", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-clare-meta\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Campaigner", "Summary": "Clare Wilson, a child welfare campaigner, was a remarkable early candidate who stood for the Progressive Party in the 1922 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of the Western Suburbs. Known as the \"Silent Candidate\" because she gave no speeches, Mrs Wilson was inclined towards spectacular stunts, such as entering a cage with five lions and a bear at Wirth's circus to raise money for poverty in 1921, and distributing Peace Loan pamphlets from an aeroplane. Her name is given as Clara in the Parliamentary scrapbook. She was well known throughout the Western suburbs of Sydney as a hard worker in the interests of mothers and children. Clare Meta Wilson was married to J.A Wilson.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilton, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE2052", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilton-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor, Farmer", "Summary": "Heather Wilton was a once only candidate for Parliament (Independent candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Albury, 2003) but a very successful local councillor. She was a member of the Berrigan Shire Council for ten years (1987-1997), President from 1991-2, Mayor in 1993 and Deputy Mayor from 1995-6. Heather Wilton then joined the Holbrook Council as Mayor from 1999-2004.\n", "Details": "Heather Wilton who ran as an Independent in 2003, was described in the Sydney Morning Herald as a \"former National\", but she gave no recommendation about preferences. She was among those Nationals who believed the party should have been allowed to contest Albury in 2003, but were overruled by the State executive. She had been a member of the National Party's Albury electorate council, as well as a councillor on the Berrigan Shire Council for ten years and later the Holbrook Council, which was amalgamated into the Greater Hume Shire Council in 2004.\nHeather Wilton lives with her family on a farm near Holbrook.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wiltshire, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE2053", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wiltshire-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Policewoman", "Summary": "Jane Wiltshire is an active Liberal Party member who has run once for election to the Legislative Assembly. That was for the seat of Swansea in 1999. She held office at branch and electorate levels of the party and was a delegate to State Council and to the Women's Council. Jane Wiltshire was educated at Toronto High School and the University of Southern Queensland (B.Bus). She is married and was a Detective Sergeant with Australian Federal Police.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Winton, Tabitha", "Entry ID": "AWE2054", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/winton-tabitha\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Project manager", "Summary": "Tabitha Winton was a first time candidate in an ALP unwinnable seat: New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of North Shore, 2003. Tabitha Wilton was born and raised on the North Shore. She was educated at Queenwood School and the University of NSW, where she studied economics and then completed a Master of Real Estate Degree. She is currently doing post graduate studies in law. She works as a project manager in the construction industry and is involved with several organisations within her industry, including the National Association of Women in Construction, and the Property Council of Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wood, Jean Muriel", "Entry ID": "AWE2055", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wood-jean-muriel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jean Wood was a once only candidate who represented the Liberal Party in the 1962 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Phillip. Her stated primary concern was the lack of representation of women on official bodies. Jean Wood was an active member of the Liberal Party in the Manly Warringah area, and was secretary of Richard Healey's campaign for Wakehurst until persuaded to run in the safe Labor seat of Phillip. She was married with a grown up daughter who helped in her campaign. Jean was a foundation member of the Town Advisory Council in New Guinea, and had a keen interest in the political development of Papua New Guinea.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wood, Katherine", "Entry ID": "AWE2056", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wood-katherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Secretary", "Summary": "Katherine Wood is a two time candidate, and a Call to Australia party worker. She was their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Port Jackson in 1995 and in the House of Representatives election for Lowe in 1996. In 1998 Katherine worked in the office of the Christian Democrat Party and as junior secretary on the Parliamentary staff of Rev. F. Nile MLC.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wood, Tanya", "Entry ID": "AWE2057", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wood-tanya\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Tanya Wood was a once only candidate with a single issue platform. She represented the Stop Dual Occupancy Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Gordon in 1995. Her election leaflet warned the electors of Gordon that this was the last chance to have their opposition to dual occupancy heard. She gave her preferences to the Democrats.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Woodman, Marjorie", "Entry ID": "AWE2058", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woodman-marjorie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marjorie Woodman was twice a candidate for Parliament for the Australian Democrats: New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Strathfield, 1988, 1991. At the time of her first candidacy, she had been a resident of Strathfield for most of her life. She was active in human rights, environmental and animal welfare organizations. Marjorie Woodman opposed the building of Olympic Park at Homebush Bay on the grounds of expense and destruction of precious wetland. She was concerned about the pollution in Parramatta River and was in favour of reducing the city's dependence on oil. She was also in favour of legislation to protect threatened species.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wright, Margaret Noni", "Entry ID": "AWE2059", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wright-margaret-noni\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Nurse", "Summary": "Margaret Wright was a once only candidate for a short lived party: the Workers Party in the 1976 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Illawarra. Trained as a nurse, Margaret, at the time of her candidacy, was a housewife and the mother of three children, living in West Wollongong.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wu, Omega", "Entry ID": "AWE2060", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wu-omega\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Interpreter, Welfare worker", "Summary": "Omega Wu was a once only candidate who stood for the Unity Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Strathfield in 1999. Her campaign stressed social equality and the elimination of racism. Omega Wu has worked at Joblink (1996-7) and as an interpreter with the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. At the time of her campaign, she was Student Welfare officer for the Sydney Institute of TAFE.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Young, June", "Entry ID": "AWE2061", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/young-june\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Technical assistant", "Summary": "An Australian Democrats member, June Young ran unsuccessfully for election on two occasions: New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Sutherland, 1991 and House of Representatives, Hughes, 1993. Mother of three children, June Young's concern for the environment was clear in her campaign literature. She was a Technical Assistant at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Aston, Matilda Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE2062", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aston-matilda-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Carisbrook, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Windsor, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Disability rights activist, Teacher, Writer", "Summary": "Matilda Ann Aston (December 11, 1873 - November, 1947), better known as Tilly Aston, was a blind Australian writer and teacher. She founded the Victorian Association of Braille Writers (which became the Victorian Braille Library) and then went on to establish the Association for the Advancement of the Blind, assuming the post of secretary.\nTilly's energy was unbounded and her achievements (along with those of her co-workers) to promote the human rights of vision impaired people were plentiful. They include:\n\nSuccessfully lobbying for the world's first free post system for braille (and later talking) books.\nGaining free public transport for blind people.\nAchieving the right to vote for blind people.\nLobbying for the repeal of the bounty system which meant blind people had to pay hefty levies before they could travel interstate\nGaining Government approval for a pension for all legally blind people.\n\n", "Details": "Matilda (Tilly) Ann Aston was a blind Australian writer and teacher who founded the Victorian Association of Braille Writers, and later went on to establish the Association for the Advancement of the Blind.\nBorn in the town of Carisbrook, Victoria in 1873, Tilly was one of eight children. Vision impaired from birth, she had lost most of her sight by the age of seven. A chance meeting with Thomas James, an itinerant blind missionary changed her life; he introduced her to the Braille method of reading. She was then persuaded to travel to Melbourne to further her education. After successfully matriculating in 1988, Tilly became the first blind Australian to go to a university. Sadly, she was unable to complete her Arts Degree at the University of Melbourne due to the lack of braille text books. She was forced to discontinue her studies in the middle of her second year.\nIn 1894, with the assistance of the Australian Natives Association, Tilly established the Victorian Association of Braille Writers. This organisation would eventually become the Victorian Braille Library. In 1895, she established the Association for the Advancement of the Blind to fight for greater independence, social change and new laws for blind people. They quickly won voting rights for blind people; free postage for Braille material (in 1899 - a world first); and transport concessions for the blind.\nIn 1913, aged forty, Tilly undertook a course of teacher training to become head of the Victorian Education Department's School for the Blind. The Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind had some misgivings about the appointment, given her disability, but she proved to be a competent educator and administrator, working for the department until ill-health forced her to retire in 1925\nAs well as being an energetic activist and inspirational teacher, Tilly Aston was a prolific writer. Between 1901 and 1940 she published eight volumes of verse. Her self-penned memoirs The Memoirs of Tilly Aston : Australia's blind poet, author and philanthropist were published in 1946. She corresponded with people around the world in Esperanto, and was editor and chief contributor to A Book of Opals, a Braille magazine for Chinese mission schools, for many years.\nTilly's lifetime of achievements has been recognised in a number of ways. She twice received the King's Medal for distinguished citizens service. A cairn in her honour was erected by the school children of Carisbrook and the Midlands Historical Society. The Federal electorate Division of Aston in Melbourne's eastern suburbs is named after her, as is a species of rose. There is also a sculpture in her honour in King's Domain, in Melbourne, Victoria. The Tilly Aston Bell rings, but only after one runs one's hands all the way round the Braille inscription that the sculpture carries.\nTilly Aston died from cancer on November 1 1947. Her ability to live a useful, independent life despite her disability was inspirational.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-sight-great-vision-a-centenary-history-of-the-association-for-the-blind\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aston-matilda-ann-1873-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lighthouse-on-the-boulevard-a-history-of-the-royal-victorian-institute-for-the-blind-rvib-1866-2004\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memoirs-of-tilly-aston-australias-blind-poet-author-and-philanthropist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-inner-garden\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maiden-verses\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/old-timers-sketches-and-word-pictures-of-the-old-pioneers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/singable-songs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/songs-of-light\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-woolinappers-or-some-tales-from-the-by-ways-of-methodism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/with-love-to-my-niece\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/our-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-electoral-divisions-named-after-women\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vision-australias-heritage-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-tilly-aston-picture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-matilda-ann-aston-australias-blind-poet-author-and-philanthropist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Anderson, Kathleen Harris", "Entry ID": "AWE2063", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anderson-kathleen-harris\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Kathleen Anderson was an ALP Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 23\/4\/1973 - 28\/8\/1981 (8 years 4 months 6 days). During that time she served as the Government Whip, between 1\/10\/1976 - 28\/8\/1981 (4 years 10 months) 28 days) She was first elected in 1973 and then re-elected in 1978.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Green, Catherine Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2064", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/green-catherine-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Curban, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Homemaker, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Catherine Green was an ALP stalwart who served on the New South Wales Legislative Council for less than a year, between 1931 and 1932.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kite, Delcia Ivy", "Entry ID": "AWE2065", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kite-delcia-ivy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Homemaker, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Delcia Kite was a long-time member of the Australian Labor party. She served on the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 - 1995. She was a Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 - 1978. Date of Election 27 November 1975.\nShe was a Member of the directly elected Legislative Council. Dates of Elections 27 November 1975 and 24 March 1984.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kirkby, Elisabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2066", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kirkby-elisabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bolton, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Broadcaster, Farmer, Parliamentarian, Scriptwriter", "Summary": "Elisabeth Kirkby, a member of the Australian Democrats, was a member of the directly elected New South Wales Legislative Council from 19 September 1981 to 25 June 1998 and was State Parliamentary Leader of the Democrats for that period. For a complete record of her parliamentary service see the link to the New Suth Wales Parliament below. After leaving State Parliament she served as a Councillor of Temora Shire Council from 1999 to 2004.\nMilitary Service: Auxiliary Territorial Service 1942-1945.\nElisabeth, who was granted retention of title of 'Honourable' for life, worked as a parliamentarian, actor, script writer, radio public affairs commentator and grazier. She became Australia's oldest university graduate at the age of 93 in 2014, when she was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elisabeth-kirkby-wikipedia-entry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hon-elisabeth-kirkby-oam-1921-2026\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lloyd, Florence Violet", "Entry ID": "AWE2067", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lloyd-florence-violet\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Walcha, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Interior decorator, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Florence Lloyd was a member of the Liberal Party. She was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973-1981. She was a Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 - 1978. Date of Election 5 April 1973. A Member on reconstitution 6 November 1978. Florence Lloyd was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1982.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Furley, Mabel Eileen", "Entry ID": "AWE2068", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/furley-mabel-eileen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mosman", "Death Place": "Mosman, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Homemaker, Parliamentarian, Public servant", "Summary": "Mabel Furley was a Liberal Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 14\/11\/1962 and 22\/4\/1964 (1 years 5 months 9 days). She was elected to fill a casual vacancy and in 1935 was appointed an OBE.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/furley-mabel-eileen-1900-1985\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walker, Judith Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE2069", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walker-judith-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Umina, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Accountant, Parliamentarian, Union secretary", "Summary": "Judith Walker, a member of the Australian Labor Party, was a Member of the directly elected Legislative Council. Date of Election 5 December 1984. She was a member from 1984-1995. Elected for balance of term of service of Hon. J.J Morris, resigned. Granted retention of title of \"Honourable\" for life.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jakins, Judith Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE2070", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jakins-judith-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bourke, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Farmer, Mothercraft nurse, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Judy Jakins was a member of the National Party. She was a Member of the directly elected Legislative Council from 24 March 1984 until 1991. She was the first woman elected to represent the National Party in New South Wales when she entered Parliament in 1984. She was an Alderman of Dubbo City Council 1991 - 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bignold, Marie May", "Entry ID": "AWE2071", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bignold-marie-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kiama, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Marie Bignold was a member of the Call To Australia Group (CTA). She was a member of the directly elected Legislative Council from 1984-1991; she was elected on 5 December 1984. Bignold was the first woman lawyer to take a seat in the Legislative Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fisher, Marie Claire", "Entry ID": "AWE2072", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fisher-marie-claire\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Lismore, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Marie Fisher was a member of the Australian Labor Party. She was a Member of the directly elected New South Wales Legislative Council from 1978-1988. Date of Election 7 October 1978.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Press, Anne Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2074", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/press-anne-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Anne Press had a parliamentary career that spanned two decades and the opposite ends of the political spectrum. Initially elected in 1959 as an ALP councillor, Press was soon expelled (in 1959) from the party following her vote against party lines when she voted against the Legislative Council Abolition Bill. She then became a member of the Independent Labour Group, to which she belonged for eight years. She joined the Liberal party in 1967, and was successfully re-elected to the council as their candidate in 1970. She retired from parliament in 1978.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roper, Edna Sirius", "Entry ID": "AWE2075", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roper-edna-sirius\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Alberton, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Leura, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Homemaker, Jeweller, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Edna Roper was an ALP member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for over twenty years. She was elected in 1957 and then re-elected in 1970. She served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition between 3\/12\/1973 -13\/5\/1976 (2 years 5 months 11 days) and was Deputy Leader of Government between 14\/5\/1976 - 17\/10\/1978 (2 years 5 months 4 days). She was a delegate to the International Women's Year conference in Mexico in 1975.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rygate, Amelia Elizabeth Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE2076", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rygate-amelia-elizabeth-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Canowindra", "Occupations": "Homemaker, Horse breeder, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Amelia Rygate was an ALP Member of the New South Wales (NSW) Legislative Council between 7\/9\/1961 - 5\/11\/1978 (17 years 1 months 30 days). She was elected in 1961 and then re-elected in 1966. She retired from Parliament in 1978.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chadwick, Virginia Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2077", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chadwick-virginia-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Toronto, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Virginia Chadwick was a member of the Liberal Party. She was a member of the directly elected Legislative Council. Dates of Election 7 October 1978 and 19 March 1988.\nParliamentary career highlights:\nMinister for Family and Community Services, 1988-1990\nMinister for School Education and Youth Affairs, 1990-1992\nMinister for Education and Youth Affairs and Minister for Employment and Training, 1992-93\nMinister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Minister for Tourism and Minister Assisting the Premier, 1993-1995\nOpposition Whip, 1984-1988\nVirginia Chadwick was the President of the Legislative Council 1998-1999. She was the first woman Opposition Whip and woman to gain ministerial appointment in a Liberal Government. She retired from politics on 5 March 1999 and was later granted the retention of title of \"Honourable\" for life.\nOn 1 July 1999 the Commonwealth Minister for Environment and Heritage, Robert Hill, appointed Ms Chadwick to a five-year term (later extended) as Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the Great Barrier Marine Park Authority, a position she held until November 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Webster, Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE2078", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webster-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Ellen Webster was an ALP Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 26\/11\/1931 - 22\/4\/1934 (2 years 4 months 28 days), She was appointed by Premier Jack Lang.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webster-ellen-1877-1965\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sharpe, Penelope (Penny) Gail", "Entry ID": "AWE2079", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sharpe-penelope-penny-gail\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Councillor, Parliamentarian, Policy adviser", "Summary": "Penny Sharpe was elected to the NSW Legislative Council on 11 October 2005 for the balance of the term of service of Hon. C. M. Tebbutt (resigned). She is a member of the Australian Labor Party. She was re-elected in 2011. In 2015 she resigned to contest the Legislative Assembly seat of Newtown but was unsuccessful. She was then re-appointed to the Legislative Council to fill her own vacancy.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parker, Robyn Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE2080", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parker-robyn-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community advocate, Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Robyn Parker was elected to the NSW Legislative Council on 22 March 2003. She was a member of the Liberal Party. She was elected Member for Maitland at the 2011 election after moving from the Legislative Council to contest the seat. She served as Minister for the Environment and Minister for Heritage f rom 2011-2014 and retired at the 2015 election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hale, Sylvia Phyllis", "Entry ID": "AWE2081", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hale-sylvia-phyllis\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Sylvia Hale was elected to the NSW Legislative Council on 22 March 2000 representing the Greens. She served in the New South Wales Parliament until 2010, when she resigned.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Griffin, Kayee Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE2082", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/griffin-kayee-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Mayor, Parliamentarian, Union organiser", "Summary": "Kayee Griffin was elected to the NSW Legislative Council on 22 March 2003 representing the Australian Labor Party. Before her election to the State Parliament, she served as a Canterbury Municipal Councillor from 1991-2003 and was mayor in 1995.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cusack, Catherine Eileen", "Entry ID": "AWE2083", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cusack-catherine-eileen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Catherine Cusack was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council on 22 March 2003. She is a member of the Liberal Party and was Shadow Minister for Juvenile Justice, Shadow Minister for Women. She was re-elected in 2011 and held the position of parliamentary secretary to the premier from 2014.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pavey, Melinda Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE2084", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pavey-melinda-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Parliamentarian, Press secretary", "Summary": "Melinda Pavey was elected to the NSW Legislative Council representing the National Party on 3 September 2002 and remained there until March 2015, when she resigned to contest the seat of Oxley in the Legislative Assembly at the state election in March of that year and was successful.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fazio, Amanda Ruth", "Entry ID": "AWE2085", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fazio-amanda-ruth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Amanda Fazio was elected to the NSW Legislative Council on 30 August 2000 and served until 2015. She was president of the Legislative Council from 2009-2011, and was an active member of the Australian Labor Party from 1977.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rhiannon, Lee", "Entry ID": "AWE2086", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rhiannon-lee\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Lee Rhiannon was elected to the NSW Legislative Council on 27 March 1999 and served in that capacity until 2010, when she was elected to the Senate in the Parliament of Australia representing the state of new South Wales. She is a member of the Greens.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Staunton, Patricia Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE2087", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/staunton-patricia-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Townsville, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Alderman, Lawyer, Magistrate, Nurse, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Patricia Staunton was a Member of the NSW Legislative Council from 25 March 1995 to 2 September 1997. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party, a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and has worked as a Chief Magistrate, Alderman of the Sydney City Council and Registered Nurse.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patricia-jane-staunton\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/law-for-nurses-and-midwives\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gardiner, Jennifer (Jenny) Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE2088", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gardiner-jennifer-jenny-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Penola, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Jennifer Gardiner was elected to the NSW Legislative Council on 25 May 1991 representing the Nationals. She served until 2015 and was Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Legislative Council from 2003..\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burnswoods, Janice (Jan) Carolyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2089", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burnswoods-janice-jan-carolyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Janice Burnswoods was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council on 25 May 1991 and served until 2007. She has been a member of the Australian Labor Party since 1972.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burgmann, Meredith Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2090", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burgmann-meredith-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Beecroft, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Meredith Burgmann was elected to the NSW Legislative Council on 25 May 1991. She was President of the NSW Legislative Council from 1999-2007 and a member of the Australian Labor Party.\n", "Events": "For significant service to the people and Parliament of New South Wales. (2020 - 2020)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meredith-burgmann-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sham-Ho, Helen Wai-Har", "Entry ID": "AWE2091", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sham-ho-helen-wai-har\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hong Kong", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Helen Sham-Ho was a Member of the NSW Legislative Council from 19 March 1988 to 28 February 2003. She represented the Liberal Party from 1988-1998 and served out the remainder of her term as an Independent. She was the first Chinese born Parliamentarian in Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-sham-ho-interviewed-by-diana-giese-in-the-post-war-chinese-australians-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nile, Elaine Blanche", "Entry ID": "AWE2092", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nile-elaine-blanche\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Elaine Nile was a Member of the NSW Legislative Council from 19 March 1988 to 27 August 2002. She was a member of the Call to Australia Group.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/politician-fought-for-return-to-traditional-moral-values\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Goldsmith, Marlene Mary Herbert", "Entry ID": "AWE2093", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goldsmith-marlene-mary-herbert\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Marlene Goldsmith was a Member of the NSW Legislative Council from 19 March 1988 to 5 March 1999. She was a member of the Liberal Party.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fardell, Dawn Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2094", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fardell-dawn-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Parliamentarian, Politician", "Summary": "Dawn Fardell was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 2004 at a by-election as the independent member for Dubbo. She was re-elected in 2007, but was defeated at the 2011 election.\nBefore entering parliament, she served as a Dubbo City Councillor from 1999-2005.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Henderson, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE2095", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henderson-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kew, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community Leader", "Summary": "Heather Henderson is the only daughter of former Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies and Dame Pattie Menzies. She was influential in the development of Australia's capital city, Canberra.\n", "Details": "The transformation of Canberra from a paddock of public servants to a functioning civic community owed much to the sense and daughterly persuasion of Heather Henderson, n\u00e9e Menzies.\nBorn in 1928, Heather is the only daughter of Sir Robert and Dame Pattie Menzies, and was from the beginning very much the apple of her father's eye. Unlike some offspring of politicians who often see little of their parents, Heather was a solid fixture in her father's routine, whether personal or political.\nAfter initially turning down Joseph Lyon's invitation to join Cabinet in 1934 because he did not want to burden his family with long absences from their home in Melbourne, Menzies reconsidered and accepted the positions of Attorney General and Minister for Industry.\nHeather's older brothers Kenneth and Ian were enrolled as boarders at Geelong College in 1936. While opportunities for the boys to see their parents were limited, Heather who had become a weekly boarder at Ruyton Girl's School, Kew, was able to enjoy home life more regularly.\nIn letters written during 1944-46 to Kenneth, who was serving with the AIF, Menzies wrote regular news of young Heather, by now a senior student at Ruyton. Very much a teenager, willowy, orthodontic bands and good at tennis, Heather was also already politically astute, as Menzies commented, 'her sotto voce comments in the galleries during speeches by such favourites as Forde and Ward and Evatt are really worth going a long way to hear'.[1]\nSir Alexander Downer, one of Menzies' ministers, observed how father and daughter seemed united by a 'mystical understanding' and assessed Heather as 'the principal joy' in Menzies' life during the period he knew him.\nDespite her slim figure, she resembled him in facial features, sharing the same wit, incisiveness, some of his intolerances and, occasionally, that tongue which entertained audiences but sometimes lost friends [2]\nHeather lived in Canberra for long periods during Menzies' two terms as Prime Minister in 1939-41 and 1949-66. She also accompanied her parents on overseas trips, including attending the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.\nTravelling with Sir Robert and Dame Pattie on an unofficial visit to Europe in 1948, Heather demonstrated her sensitivity in assessing British suffering in relation to postwar food rationing. In a letter to her brother Kenneth she described her surprise at the unexpectedly good meals they had been having:\nAdmittedly we've been mixing with the elite, & people with money are well fed. They can go for meals whenever they like & if they stay home they can afford to buy fruit and vegetables, which are dreadfully expensive . . . We have given a few tins of food away to maids . . . but we're quite convinced that the people who need it are the poor people - quite apart from the rationing everything is terribly expensive. I'm blowed if I know how they exist. [3]\nHeather even entered the political lexicon of the day when, on one round trip including Washington, London and New Zealand in 1950, Menzies ferried a 'very special present' for his daughter, who was at the time studying music at Melbourne University:\nIts nature was a deep, dark secret and he wouldn't let us in on it, but the parcel, he explained, was 'enormous', so much so that it had to be specially looked out for at every stage of his many journeys. 'Heather's parcel' was, in fact, the subject of so much discussion by the members of the party that in the end it fell into line with the current trend for abbreviation, and by the time it reached New Zealand was referred to simply by all as 'H.P'.[4]\nThe mysterious 'H.P' was an evening dress, spectacular pink satin skirt and purple woollen top, purchased by Menzies in New York from a shop owned by a Mrs Livingston.\nHe often went there and bought something for my mother or me. He would look round and pick some poor girl who looked roughly my size, and got her to try on whatever he had selected. H.P. was one of those selections.\nHeather was even more in the public eye in May 1955 when she wed Peter Henderson, then Third Secretary at the Australian Embassy in Djakarta. An estimated crowd of 2000, the largest mass of onlookers in Canberra since the 1954 Royal Tour, cheered the proceedings. Decreed by Sir Owen Dixon, Chief Justice of the High Court, in his toast to the bride and groom to be a 'nationally known' figure in her own right, the now Heather Henderson received a congratulatory cable from 'All your friends in the household' of Buckingham Palace.[5]\nIn January 1956, Heather Henderson's return to Canberra from Djakarta signalled a new period in her life as a married woman and acted as a catalyst for the development of the city. Canberra was still very much at the teething stage, possessing a meagre population of around 30,000, bereft of many basic facilities and lacking strongly defined social or structural cohesion.\nThis stretched and ragged city, divided by the Molonglo flood plain, offered very little in the way of suburban infrastructure. Assisting Heather on the home search front, Menzies was struck by the reality of life in Canberra, as opposed to the more sheltered view from The Lodge.\nFor Heather and Dame Pattie, even taking the baby for a walk proved difficult. The footpaths were poor or non-existent. A concerted campaign of family persuasion was launched on behalf of the capital: 'I continually complained to Dad and I'm sure I had an influence in changing his attitude to the city'. According to Eric Sparke's Canberra, the Chairman of the Public Service Board, Sir William Dunk, agreed with Heather's assertion, as quite suddenly he was being 'pushed around by the awakened Prime Minister with \"Why this: Why not more of that? Who is responsible?\"' [6]\nUnder Menzies' influence a Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry was set up to examine the situation - should Canberra remain a national capital in name only, or should it be developed? The Parliamentary Committee reported in favour of development. In 1958 the National Capital Development Commission was established and granted a charter 'to design, develop and construct Canberra as the National Capital of Australia'. Up until the time of his retirement some eight years later, Menzies displayed an active interest in the capital's progress.\nCanberra at last began to develop a civic atmosphere and the individuality worthy of a national capital. Sir John Overall acknowledges Canberra's rebirth 'is a reflection of the farsightedness of Robert Gordon Menzies and his interest and enthusiasm in clearing the way and making it possible for Australia's young bush capital to be planned, developed and constructed to the status of a National Capital in the world scene'. [7]\nHeather and Peter Henderson had four daughters. Peter was Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1979 to 1984 and died in September 2016.\nThis entry was prepared in 2006 by Roslyn Russell and Barbara Lemon, Museum Services, and funded by the ACT Heritage Unit.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-to-my-daughter-robert-menzies-letters-1955-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/privilege-and-pleasure\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bancroft, Robyne", "Entry ID": "AWE2096", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bancroft-robyne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Heritage consultant", "Summary": "Gumbaingerri born of Bundjalung\/Thungutti descent, Robyne Bancroft's people come from the northeast coast of New South Wales. For many generations since colonisation, her family (matrilineally) have passed on their genealogies and oral traditions.\n", "Details": "Robyne Bancroft is a Goori Australian woman who has done much to bolster and broaden the identity of Aborigines, Archaeology and women in the ACT area and beyond. Gumbaingerri born of Bundjalung\/Thungutti descent, Bancroft's people come from the northeast coast of New South Wales.\nProudly stemming from a strong matrilineal line, she is part of her family's many generations of women on the matrilineal side since colonisation who continue their genealogies and oral traditions. While early white male anthropologists sought to learn about the lives of Aborigines by consulting solely with men, a whole female tradition was neglected. In the 1960s Bancroft's grandmother, born in 1905 and fluent in three dialects, encouraged her to tell the tales to keep their traditions alive:\nNow, they come to ask us our stories - now, when most of us have forgotten so much. We have been so caught up in living day to day, and now there are very few of us left. Look who's here - only three or four of us left. It's time for you to come home my girl, keep our stories going, and take over doing what I do - talking to everyone about Goori people and our heritage.\nPerhaps tackling the field of archaeology and anthropology was a further way Bancroft could follow her grandmother's wishes and spread the ways of her people. Even if this meant undertaking studies at the Australian National University as a mature age, single mother with a family, she was not to be deterred.\nThrough her academic pursuits and as an Indigenous heritage consultant, Robyne Bancroft has striven to improve the understanding of Indigenous Australians by facilitating communication and consultation. Becoming a founding member of the Indigenous Archaeological Association (IAA), an independent archaeological body that represents the interests of indigenous archaeologists and provides a voice for Aboriginal people on archaeological issues is one such example. Her role as an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Officer with Forests NSW is another. Creating active consultation between State Forests and Aboriginal communities has aimed to develop systems that better consider the landscape context of sites, thereby offering more efficient protection with the concurrent benefit of Aboriginal communities becoming more fundamentally involved in decision making.\nBancroft strongly believes including Aboriginal people in consultative processes is the most effective way to develop policy which is most beneficial to Aboriginal Australians. Her positions on several cultural heritage committees, as the Aboriginal Representative on the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and her involvement in repatriation of ancestral human remains are some of the ways Bancroft contributes to a more holistic approach to Aboriginal Indigenous cultural heritage. As a founding member of the ACT Heritage Council and of the Multifunctional Aboriginal Children's Services (MACS), Australians for Reconciliation Coordinator for the ACT and region and as an adviser on indigenous issues to the ACT Chief Minister, Robyne Bancroft has contributed greatly to dialogue within the Canberra region and beyond.\nAs the cultural editor of The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture, Robyne Bancroft has helped define Aboriginal heritage and identity for a worldwide audience and is widely sowing the stories of her people.\nThis entry was prepared in 2006 by Roslyn Russell and Barbara Lemon, Museum Services, and funded by the ACT Heritage Unit.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-aboriginal-art-and-culture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/archaeologists-and-aborigines-working-together\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Olive", "Entry ID": "AWE2097", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-olive\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Grafton, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Health worker", "Summary": "A founder of the Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service, Olive Brown was central in the fight to improve Aboriginal health services generally in the Canberra region.\n", "Details": "An inspirational figure and tireless promoter of community services, Olive Brown was a central combatant in the fight to improve Aboriginal health services in the Canberra region.\nWhile most widely recognised in Canberra as the founder of the Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service, Olive Brown had a varied, rich life before arriving in the capital in 1987. After training as a teacher's aid at Sydney University, Brown worked for the Rural Bank. Utilising her natural beauty and iconic Australian looks, Brown also modelled for the Australian Wool Board and David Jones in the 1960s. She starred as part of a 'bunch of Australian beauties - blondes and brunettes, out-doorsy or sophisticated, of European or indigenous stock' in a 1969 feature called 'Beautiful Australians' in Vogue magazine.\nWinnunga Nimmityjah, which means strong health in the Wiradjuri language, was established in 1988 by a group of local Ngunnawal people, the Traditional Owners of the lands that form the ACT. Inspired by the influx of people from across the nation around the time of the opening of the new Parliament House in May 1988 and the Queen's visit, Olive Brown recognised the need to set up a temporary medical service at the Tent Embassy site and enlisted the support of Dr Sally Creasey, Carolyn Patterson (registered nurse\/midwife), Margaret McCleod and other volunteers to assist. Thus Winnunga was created.\nFrom this transient beginning, formed by the movement of people, Winnunga became a permanent entity, taking up residence in the back rooms of Shortcuts, a youth support centre in the city. From 1989 to 1990, Winnunga ran a clinic twice a week (Tuesday and Thursday mornings) and on Saturday mornings. The current Winnunga Medical Director, Peter Sharp, began work at Winnunga in 1989. Other staff worked as volunteers. The then ACT Minister for Health, Wayne Berry, was shocked by its accommodation in a visit to the service in 1989. In 1990 he was able to provide a small amount of funding.\nBy January 1990 the service began full-time operations. In 1991 the clinic was operating out of the Griffin Centre, from 1998-2004 in Ainslie and is today located in Boolimba Crescent, Narrabundah. While the centre has struggled to gain adequate funding and resources, and to keep up with an increasing demand for its services, it has persevered despite the challenges.\nOlive Brown's vision of a community empowered to know and own information about itself, therefore enabling self-determined planning and decision making is central to Winnunga's fabric and drive. In Chief Investigator Michele Moloney's dedication to \"'Bumpa Shooters' A study of the smoking habits among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community of the ACT region\", she noted Brown's conviction that health care needed to be reintroduced as a process in Aboriginal people's lifestyles: 'That not only do we need to have access to Aboriginal services, but we also need to be at the forefront of identifying the issues and developing the processes which will ensure wellness and holistic health.' It was this fundamental component which she saw as Aboriginal people's right to self-reliance and self determination at community, family and individual levels.\nOlive Brown's frenetic activity as adviser, helper and friend drove her to help set up the Aboriginal Children's Service, the Murralingabung Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Drug and Alcohol Organisation, and be active as a member of the executive of the Diocesan Pastoral Council of the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn for two years, and a member of the Council for four.\nHer active commitment to the ACT Aboriginal community and beyond continued until the end of her life. As her sister Kaye Mundine noted in her obituary, it said a lot about the pace and nature at which Olive Brown lived her life that it ended while meeting with friends early on a Sunday morning, 31 January 1993.\nThis entry was prepared in 2006 by Roslyn Russell and Barbara Lemon, Museum Services, and funded by the ACT Heritage Unit.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/winnunga-nimmityjah-aboriginal-health-service\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Denman, Lady Gertrude", "Entry ID": "AWE2098", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/denman-lady-gertrude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kensington, London, England", "Death Place": "London, England", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Philanthropist", "Summary": "On the slopes of Capitol Hill, overlooking a vast plain and the wandering Molonglo, Lady Denman pronounced in a clear voice, 'I name the capital of Australia - Canberra'. It was Wednesday, 12 March 1913. While Lady Denman performed the naming rites her husband, the Governor-General, Lord Denman, laid a commemorative foundation stone. The site for the city was selected in accordance with Section 125 of the Constitution which stipulated that the federal seat of government would be located within the state of New South Wales, but not within a 100-mile radius of Sydney.\nWhile playing her role in the creation of Canberra with aplomb, Lady Denman was destined for a higher realm of public duties, later becoming famous as 'chairman' of both the National Federation of Women's Institutes and the National Birth Control Association in Britain.\n", "Details": "Lady Denman was born Gertrude Mary Pearson in 1884 as the only daughter of Sir Weetman Pearson, an engineer, oil industrialist and newspaper baron who was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Colchester between 1895 and 1910; was created a baronet in 1894 and later became 1st Viscount Cowdray. Miss Gertrude Pearson was called Trudie by her family and learnt much from their lead. She became a sound businesswoman in the mould of her father, and a keen philanthropist and political worker in the tradition of her mother (both mother and daughter served on the executive committee of the Women's Liberal Federation). Her mother, Lady Cowdray, an ardent supporter of the suffragette cause, was as proficient in the world of politics as she was in the ways of a society hostess.\nIn 1903 Trudie married Thomas, the third Baron Denman. In 1911 Lord Denman was appointed Governor-General of Australia and thus Trudie became first lady. As a young woman with two small children, Lady Denman embarked on a challenging posting in a distant country. It seemed Lady Denman's acceptance in Australian society was a 'foregone conclusion'. As the Sydney Mail reported, among her well known attributes an enthusiasm for all forms of sport would strongly appeal to the people of the Commonwealth. [1]\nIndeed, Lady Denman proved to be exceedingly adept in all spheres of public life during her time in Australia. As observed by Punch, the Lord and Lady Denman are 'helping the social whirl spin always a little faster. They are in everything - not merely placid, critical spectators, but cheerful, enthusiastic gaiety-makers. They enjoy themselves thoroughly, and help everybody else too. It is the proper spirit to have in Vice-regal personages. It helps them, and it helps us.'[2] This boundless enthusiasm was particularly evident at a Melbourne tennis tournament hosted by the Lawn Tennis Association at which Lady Denman and the Private Secretary, Mr. Vernon, played in the mixed doubles handicap:\nLady Denman has gained a whole army of friends by her action in coming down into the arena in this way. She was undoubtedly nervous on Saturday, when a huge crowd gathered around the court on which she was playing, but everybody in that crowd had a real honest feeling of good-fellowship for the lady who was so much of a sport that she had climbed down from the high horse of Vice-royalty and entered fully and whole-heartedly into the games and amusements of ordinary people like ourselves. It makes a whole heap of difference, you know. There is a much warmer feeling of regard for a Vice-regal lady who, hot and perspiring, is to be seen skipping and hounding about a tennis court than for a stately person who merely bows to folk out of a State carriage.[3]\nLady Denman's name was commemorated in the launching of a ferry boat, the Lady Denman at Jervis Bay on 5 December 1911. The ferry was built on the shores of Currambene Creek, Huskisson, by Joseph Dent for the Balmain Ferry Co, and remained in service on Sydney Harbour until 1979. Now housed and preserved at the Lady Denman Heritage Complex, the Lady Denman holds memories for many Australians.\nLady Denman's relentless public displays however were very much a dutiful chore and, while she conducted herself with diligent decorum, it was not one to which she was temperamentally suited or relished. She found officialdom monotonous and the pedestal on which she was placed by a well meaning public alienating, leading to an exhausting and lonely life. Her relationship with Lord Denman was also strained as the marriage had failed to develop into one of intimate companionship.[4] Homesickness, private strain and the burden of public duties combined to adversely affect Lady Denman's health, and in May 1913 she returned to Britain to rest and recuperate. Lord Denman remained as Governor-General until 18 May 1914.\nLady Denman's departure was felt keenly. She had identified herself with many movements, of which her involvement in the National Council of Women was central. In a letter to the Editor a member of the National Council of Women described the 'real feeling' demonstrated at a farewell party held in her honour: 'There is no doubt that Lady Denman's vivid personality, sound business head and untiring energy have combined with her broad sympathies to make her the last woman Australia would willingly part with and it was with quite undisguised regret that the members of the National Council finally said goodbye to her.'[5]\nOn her return to Britain Lady Denman became a Director of Westminster Press Limited, and was invited to become the Chairwoman of the Women's Institute Subcommittee which had recently been established by the Agricultural Organisations Society. When the National Federation of Women's Institutes was formed in 1917, Lady Denman became the first National Chairwoman. Believing strongly in the right and ability of women to conduct their own affairs, Lady Denman was a remarkable leader, setting an exhausting example:\n1930-1954: Chairman, Family Planning Association\n1932-1938: President of Ladies' Golf Union\n1932-1953: Chairman, Cowdray Club for Nurses and Professional Women\n1934-1939: Member of Executive Committee of Land Settlement Association\n1938-1954: Life Trustee, Carnegie United Kingdom Trust\nAt the outbreak of the Second World War, Lady Denman was invited by the Minister of Agriculture to become the Honorary Director of the Women's Land Army, and for this she earned the Grand Cross of the British Empire in 1951. Lady Denman died in 1954.\nThis entry was prepared in 2006 by Roslyn Russell and Barbara Lemon, Museum Services, and funded by the ACT Heritage Unit.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/denman-lady-gertrude-mary-1884-1954\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lundy, Kate Alexandra", "Entry ID": "AWE2099", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lundy-kate-alexandra\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "In 1996, Kate Lundy became the youngest Labor representative in the Senate and the youngest woman ever elected to represent the Australian Labor Party in Federal Parliament. She was 28 years old. She was re-elected as a senator for the Australian Capital Territory at the nerxt six general elections and resigned from the Senate in March 2015. \nA complete record of her parliamentary service, including a link to her first speech, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).\n", "Details": "Kate Lundy became the youngest Labor representative in the Senate and the youngest woman ever elected to represent the ALP in Federal Parliament when, at age 28, she was elected Senator for the Australian Capital Territory in March 1996. In 1998 Kate was appointed Shadow Minister for Sport and Youth Affairs as well as Shadow Minister Assisting on Information Technology. Kate then became Shadow Minister for Information Technology and Sport after the 2001 federal election. In the reshuffle by Labor Opposition Leader Kim Beazley on 24 June 2005, Kate was given portfolio responsibility for Sport and Recreation.\nKate began her working career as a labourer in the construction industry at age sixteen and became active in the Building Workers Industrial Union (now the CFMEU), later becoming a workplace delegate and a full-time union organiser. Kate was also the youngest person, and first woman, to be elected as President of the ACT Trades and Labour Council.\nKate is recognised for her involvement in IT and the Internet. In 1996 she was awarded 'Most Computer Literate Politician' by the Australian Computer Society and in 1998, was named as one of 'The 20 Most Powerful Internet Decision Makers' by internet.au magazine. Kate was the first federal politician in Australia to publish a home page on the internet, which she continues to personally maintain.\nKate Lundy is a passionate sportswoman, especially rowing and scuba diving. She is a member and patron of the Canberra Rowing Club, and patron of a number of other sports and charity organisations. Kate Lundy lives in North Canberra with her husband David. They have a blended family of five children.\nOn 11 September 2010, Lundy was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Citizenship and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Cabinet as part of the Second Gillard Ministry. In a subsequent reshuffle in March 2012, Lundy was appointed as the Minister for Sport and she was also made Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Minister Assisting the Minister for Industry and Innovation.\nOn 1 July 2013, as part of the Second Rudd Ministry, Lundy retained the portfolio of Minister Assisting for Digital Economy. Kate was a member of several Parliamentary Committees, including the Senate Legislation and References Committees on Finance and Public Administration as well as Environment, Information Technology, Communications and the Arts. She was also a member of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories and Presiding Officers' Information Technology Advisory Committee. She resigned from the Senate on 24 March 2015. Since her retirement from Parliament, she was appointed to the boards of the National Roads and Motoring Association (NRMA), the Australian Grand Prix and the Australian Cyber Security Research Centre.\nThis entry was prepared in 2006 by Roslyn Russell and Barbara Lemon, Museum Services, and funded by the ACT Heritage Unit.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/its-about-time-for-women-in-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/former-senator-kate-lundy-parliament-of-australia-website\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kate-lundy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lundy-the-hon-kate-alexandra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "House, Matilda", "Entry ID": "AWE2101", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/house-matilda\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cowra, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Administrator, Artist", "Summary": "A Ngambri-Ngunnawal elder, Matilda House has a long-established connection to Canberra and its surrounding regions as one of the traditional custodians of the land.\n", "Details": "Born near Cowra on Erambie Aboriginal Reserve, House grew up in her grandfather's house on Hollywood Aboriginal Reserve in Yass. She was one of ten children. The Ngambri-Ngannawal family group has been formally recognised by the ACT Government as having historical connections to the Canberra region and surrounds, particularly the region around Namadgi National Park. Black Harry Williams, also known as Ngoobra, House's great-grandfather, and Harry Williams her grandfather, both identified as Ngambri. [1]\nWhile living with her grandfather as a child, she visited the region frequently and listened to his many stories about their ancestral history and country. Where others see Canberra as the nation's capital, descendants such as House see Ngunnawal country, with Parliament House built in their 'mother's womb'. [2] House returned to her ancestral country permanently in 1963 and has been actively involved in Indigenous Affairs in the Canberra region since 1967.\nMatilda House is the Chair of the Ngunnawal Local Aboriginal Land Council in Queanbeyan and the Joint Chair of the Interim Namadgi National Park Committee. As chair of many other Canberra and Queanbeyan Indigenous committees and organisations, and in her role as a Ngunnawal representative performing numerous welcoming ceremonies, House is vitally active within the community.\nHouse's long association with Aboriginal justice concerns began when she helped to establish the Aboriginal Legal Service in the 1980s, and has continued more recently through her membership of the Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee. [3] Serving on the first ACT Heritage Council, delivering the welcome at 1997's 'Sea of Hands', contributing to the 'Bringing Them Home' report into the Stolen Generations, acting as an ACT honorary ambassador or as one of the original protestors who established the Tent Embassy in 1972, Matilda House is tirelessly involved.\nWhile running for regional council in 2002, House told the Canberra Times that her main interests were Aboriginal history and traditions, and her long term goal was to improve the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the wider community: 'I believe it is possible to work together to respect this land of ours and to achieve justice, equity and unity for all Australians, and that's a journey I'd like to tell my great-grandchildren about in the years to come.' [4]\nIt seems House's goal has proved both abundantly fruitful and successful. Commenting at a ceremony naming Matilda House the 2006 Canberra Citizen of the Year, Chief Minister Jon Stanhope noted 'It is hard to think of any organisation involving Indigenous interests with which she has not been involved at some time'.\nBeing awarded the highest recognition that can be bestowed by the Territory upon one of its own is an active testament to House's tremendous impact on Canberra's social, heritage, justice and environment landscape. After receiving a standing ovation from a 400 strong crowd, House, dressed in traditional possum skins, thanked her family, community and ancestors, adding Canberra was the best city in the world. [5]\nIn 2008 she performed the first 'Welcome to Country' at the opening of the Federal Parliament in Canberra and has continued to perform this role at other official functions.\nIn 2012 she addressed the protesters at the fortieth anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, and looked forward to the time when the embassy could perform a more educational role.\nStory-telling is a tradition close to House's heart: she believes that, as an elder, she has a responsibility to tell the stories of her people and thereby pass on community identity and heritage to her descendants. Five picture books under the banner 'Tales of Ngambri History' address this desire. Written and illustrated by five local Indigenous families (House, her son Paul and grandchildren Leah, Ruby and Reuben included), the books were distributed throughout the ACT's public primary schools. House firmly believes 'you must have stories of your country. If you don't, you don't belong, no matter where you come from.' [6]\nMatilda House has four children and many grandchildren and she enjoys telling them about their ancestors and country through such stories, and also through painting. Just another dimension of House's passion and output, her paintings are exhibited, and one hangs in the ACT Legislative Assembly.\nThis entry was prepared in 2006 by Roslyn Russell and Barbara Lemon, Museum Services, and funded by the ACT Heritage Unit.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/strong-lines-new-directions-an-exhibition-of-prints-by-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-artists-living-and-working-in-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Garran, Lady Hilda", "Entry ID": "AWE2102", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/garran-lady-hilda\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Durham, Sunderland, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australia", "Occupations": "Community Leader", "Summary": "Lady Hilda Garran, wife of Sir Robert Randolph Garran, was an agent of social cohesion in Canberra's earliest days.\n", "Details": "While Sir Robert Randolph Garran was a major force for Federation, collaborator on the Constitution and our very first federal public servant his wife, Lady Garran, was an agent of social inclusion during the teething years of Canberra's establishment.\n'How far that little candle throws its beams.' Whenever I read that line it instantly recalls to mind the personality of one woman, who, in a short space of years, exercised a profound influence upon the people of a whole city, and that city the capital of Australia - Canberra.[1]\nHilda Robson, who became Lady Garran, was the daughter of John Shield Robson, a shipbuilder from Monkwearmouth, Durham and Caroline (nee Iliff). Most of the family emigrated from Britain to Australia after the business became unprofitable as a result of the increasing popularity of steel ships. John Shield Robson was a kinsman of William Shield, Master of the King's Musick at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and writer of such memorable tunes, according to the Oxford Companion to Music, as 'The Thorn' and 'The Wolf'.\nErnest Iliff Robson, first Headmaster of the North Sydney Church of England Grammar School was Hilda's older brother, and adept in both the classics and rowing, while elder sister Gertrude was a precursory model of adventurous spirit. Giving up the social and cultural swirl of Sydney, Gertrude took up teaching in missionary schools at Thursday Island and in Papua New Guinea. In 1917, stricken with fever, she was dead within two days, but was mourned and remembered as a woman of immense courtesy, respect and courage. [2]\nOn 7 April 1902 Hilda Robson, also a schoolteacher, married Robert Randolph Garran. In the late 1890s Garran was instrumental in the drafting and amending of the Federation bill and the Australian Constitution. As Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department from 1901 he was the founding member of the Commonwealth Public Service. While many departmental heads and constitutional lawyers come and go without leaving a strong legacy Garran, through his roles in national, British Commonwealth or international affairs left an indelible mark on the nation, its institutions, its political evolution and its laws. [3]\nWhile Garran garnered widespread admiration through this host of endeavours, it was his partnership with his wife Lady Garran and, together, their cast-iron commitment to the betterment of Canberra, which won many a heart's affection. When the initial contingent of public servants reluctantly made the move from Melbourne to Canberra in 1927, a chorus of moaning rose from the conscripted recruits. Many found leaving family, friends and the lifestyle of metropolitan Melbourne for their new career, and a daily life of mucking in and making do in a formative backwater, decidedly unpalatable. Sir Robert and Lady Garran refused to bow to this dirge of woe and dismay, and instead dropped anchor and rallied to mesh Canberra into a cohesive community.\nEmploying quiet persistence and gracious humility, Lady Garran became a crusader for the cause of kindness, friendliness and culture. She made it her business to extend a personal welcome to every new resident with whom she could establish contact. Arranging events, organising amenities and famously 'stalking' newcomers on buses and later pursuing them with gift baskets of fresh produce, Lady Garran almost single-handedly 'spread the love'. Rivalled only by her husband, Lady Garran instilled through her unfailing efforts a true sense of neighbourliness, and helped to unite a potentially stratified society.\nLady Garran could lay claim to helping bring about loving memories of growing up in Canberra, as conveyed by Dawn Waterhouse:\nCanberra was a party place with house warmings and welcomings, with card evenings or sing-songs around the pianola. Every one dressed in their best\u2026 Societies flourished, hikers took to the hills, the Aero club to the sky, the alpine club to the snow. The Repertory to the stage the artists to their trestles, the philatelists to their magnifying glasses. We all went for a dip at the Manuka pool or the Cotter. If we did not know everyone we knew them by sight and nodded and smiled.[4]\nAs a mother to four sons, Richard, John, Andrew and Isham Peter, and as a wife in active partnership with her husband, Lady Garran's death in 1936 was a great loss to her family, but also to the city to which she had made such a commitment and nurtured for ten years.\nThis entry was prepared by Roslyn Russell, Museum Services, and funded by the ACT Heritage Unit.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mahony Griffin, Marion Lucy", "Entry ID": "AWE2103", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mahony-griffin-marion-lucy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Chicago, Illinois, United States of America", "Death Place": "Chicago, Illinois, United States of America", "Occupations": "Architect", "Summary": "Canberra's initial depiction as a civic utopia was captured and communicated by the hand of Marion Mahony Griffin. A remarkably talented draftswoman, Mahony Griffin was responsible for the plan and perspective renderings which accompanied her husband Walter Burley Griffin's entry for the 1912 design competition for the new Australian capital. Lithographed onto cambric, the exquisite panels fanned out over twelve metres, shining with the golden, burnished splendour of the Australian bush. Conceived and created in less than ten weeks during a bitterly cold Chicago winter, Mahony Griffin enshrined a distinctively Australian landscape on the winning design, without ever having been to the southern site. Her grand vision was finished only when 'toward midnight of a bitterly cold winter night, the box of drawings, too long to go in a taxi, was rushed with doors open \u2026 to the last train that could meet the last boat for Australia'.\nMarion Mahony Griffin's creative force has hesitantly received richer recognition as her prowess as an architect and an artist have continued to be seen in a more independent light.\n", "Details": "Born Marion Lucy Mahony in Chicago, Illinois in 1871, Marion Mahony was the second woman ever to graduate from the architectural program at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1898 Marion Mahony became the first woman in Illinois to be licensed to practice as an architect, pioneering women's participation in architecture in the US. After beginning her career working with her cousin, architect Dwight Perkins in Chicago, she went on to spend fourteen years with Frank Lloyd Wright, becoming his chief draftsman and architectural renderer.\nAs a principal of the Prairie School, Frank Lloyd Wright became an architect of world renown. Marion Mahony his 'capable assistant', as he acknowledged her, escaped any recognition for decades to come. Although her thesis, 'The House and Studio of a Painter', articulated design elements that would become hallmarks of the Prairie style - rooms freely communicating with each other, lit by large groups of windows, with a workspace attached to the same axis as the house and courtyard - the credit extended to her during her time with Wright was limited to her decorative talents.\nEven handicapped by these slights of perception, Marion Mahony's gifts shone regardless. The iconic, Japanese-style presentation drawings and watercolours which helped create Wright's international reputation were Marion Mahony's delicately defined incarnations: 'She did the drawings people think of when they think of Frank Lloyd Wright'.[1] Indeed, later in life, she would claim that Wright had taken credit for her contributions to his Dana-Thomas House (1904) in Springfield, Illinois, and for some of the drawings in the Wasmuth Portfolio (1910) that helped make Lloyd Wright's aesthetic accessible around the world.\nWhile dispute over the nature and extent Marion Mahony Griffin's architectural influence continues to seesaw, it is clear that she was no mere draftswoman. As a fellow architect in Lloyd Wright's studio recalled, on at least one occasion, her work was declared superior to the master's: 'I can well remember welcoming her advent because it promised an interesting day. Her dialogues with FLW who as we all know is no indifferent opponent in repartee, made such days particularly notable'.[2]\nMarion first met Walter Burley Griffin in Wright's studio. Their relationship grew from canoe trips on Lake Illinois, 'to escape the filth and eyesore of human habitation'. In her unpublished biography, 'The Magic of America', she wrote: 'I was first swept off my feet by my delight in his achievements in my profession, then through a common bond of interests in nature and intellectual pursuits, and then with the man himself. It was by no means a case of love at first sight, but it was a madness when it struck.'[3]\nMarion and Walter married on 23 June 1911 and immediately launched into the preparation of a proposal for the international competition detailing the planning of Australia's projected new capital city - Canberra. While won under Walter Burley Griffin's name, it was through the auspices of his wife's drive and delicate delineations that the Griffin plan was assured of success. Senior lecturer in architecture at the University of Western Australia, Christopher Vernon, believes the beauty of Marion's drawings, 'works of art in themselves', gave the plan a compelling allure. 'I think if you had taken the same design and didn't render it in the same way, I don't know whether it wouldn't have won but it certainly would not have put them way above everyone else.'[4]\nAfter Griffin was appointed Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction in 1913, Marion moved with him to Australia on 12 May 1914. They set up house in Melbourne, with Marion managing a private architectural practice while Walter focused on the planning of the new national capital. The political winds blew ill from the beginning.\nThe Griffins' vision of democratic civic perfection was not shared by a fiscally focused bureaucracy. Their desire to create a work of art on a continent untainted by Old World complexities was not reflected in the realities of life in Australia, or embraced in the manner the couple envisaged. As Marion sadly maintained, 'in the early days practically no-one wanted Canberra \u2026 [But Griffin] knew the people of Australia needed it and would awaken to the need'. [5] They had arrived during a turbulent period in Australia's social and political history, but their poor timing coincided with the advent of the First World War which brought the construction of Canberra to an abrupt halt.\nBuilding began again, but Griffin found himself unable to work with the federal bureaucrats responsible for the capital's construction. In 1920 a dispirited Griffin retreated to his and Marion's Melbourne office. His general arterial axes were implemented in the 1920s, and in the 1960s the Molonglo valley was eventually flooded to form 'Lake Burley Griffin', but few of the details of the original plan were implemented.\nWhilst in Melbourne the Griffins' practice produced designs for some remarkable houses, as well as Newman College at Melbourne University, and the Capitol Theatre. In 1921 they secured an option on 650 acres in Castlecrag, and founded the Greater Sydney Development Association (GSDA). After the disappointments of their Canberra foray, this utopian community finally allowed them to explore their democratic ideals in an affirming landscape. Marion was able to indulge her passion for drama here, and developed a community theatre (which is still in use today), acted in and costumed plays, taught local children, and generally functioned as the hub and hearth of Castlecrag.\nDuring their Castlecrag years the Griffins were increasingly committed to anthroposophy, a religious system seeking to heighten spiritual reality through cognitive awareness. The Anthroposophical Society in America relates their beliefs in relation to architecture as: 'beyond blending beauty and function, buildings should be ecologically sound and reflect the character of the region or culture. They should provide an environment enhancing the physical, psychological and spiritual well-being of the people who work in them.' [6] This avant-garde approach to ecology manifestly placed the Griffins ahead of their time.\nThrough their anthroposophy connections (his friendship with a former Theosophist, Ula Maddocks), Burley Griffin obtained a commission to design a University for Lucknow in India and, after creating exhibition buildings and maharajah's palaces; he reached a new zenith in his career. Marion stayed in Australia to run their practice, but left it in the control of their partner, Eric Nicholls, after determining that her husband needed her assistance. 'Mrs. Griffin follows her man', she wrote to him. Only months later, Griffin fell from a scaffold while working on site. He died of peritonitis a week later, in February 1937.\nA devastated Marion finalised their Indian affairs, turned down further job offers, returned to Australia to tidy up pressing commissions and then flew home to Chicago in 1938. On the eve of the Second World War Marion focused her attention on producing her autobiographical epic, 'The Magic of America'. A thousand pages of script, photos, anecdotes, renderings and even silk swatches, 'The Magic of America', was what she called 'my sort of biography of Walt'. No publisher ever came forward. As she neared eighty, Mahony finally arranged to deposit copies with the New York Historical Society and the Art Institute of Chicago.\nIn addition to this manuscript, Marion also donated a series of 'Forest Portraits' which she had painted at a number of locales in Tasmania and New South Wales during 1917. These passionate depictions of local flora, painstakingly crafted with watercolour and ink on silk, are unmistakably works of art. Marion's dream of Australia had been diseased by their disappointments, but her real love dwelled in nature and the colours of the Australian bush which she seemed to have grasped from the beginning. She once remarked, 'The archangels who painted this continent did so with the softest of brushes - beautiful, pathetic Australia.'[7]\nMarion Mahony Griffin died a pauper's death in Cook County Hospital in 1961.\nWhile the world may not have been ready to accept such an innovative artist and architect during her own lifetime, recognition has gradually been on the increase in the years since her death. John Notz, a Prairie School historian and trustee of Graceland Cemetery, arranged to have Mahony's cremated remains moved from an unmarked grave to a columbarium that now bears a plaque with her name and one of her flower renderings; and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects presents an inaugural Marion Mahony Griffin Architectural Award. A recent exhibition at the Block Museum at North-western University in Evanston, Illinois, 'Marion Mahony Griffin: Drawing the Form of Nature', is the first devoted entirely to her graphic work. The ACT Assembly intends to honour her at Canberra's centenary in 2013.\nAs Christopher Vernon recently observed, Marion would have been much better off had she been born fifty years later: 'If you look at her interests, things like conservation of the natural world, trying to design houses and cities in harmony with their environment, all of her interests have equal if not greater currency.'[8] An insight into her own dedication and her fight for equality is evidenced in her own words: 'It was necessary for women to take up work in the same spirit as men did. If we wanted anything in the world we must pay the price for it, and to succeed in the more interesting lines meant the greater effort. As a man did so a woman must - work day times, night times. It must form the basis of her dreams. She must give it her Saturdays and her Sundays and go without holidays\u2026 any real accomplishment would always mean a life's devotion.' [9]\nThis entry was prepared in 2006 by Roslyn Russell and Barbara Lemon, Museum Services, and funded by the ACT Heritage Unit.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maxwell, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE2104", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maxwell-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Art Collector, Curator", "Summary": "Helen Maxwell is a freelance curator, art valuer and consultant. She is best known as a curator of contemporary art in Canberra, where she lived from 1979 to 2014. Helen now lives and works on the south coast of New South Wales, where she organises art projects and exhibitions.\n", "Details": "Helen Maxwell is a Canberran who has not been afraid to deliver her own brand of desires through showcasing contemporary art in the ACT since 1989. As an assistant art curator with the National Gallery of Australia in the department of Australian Art, Maxwell was inspired and, more importantly, determined to branch out and create her own breed of gallery.\nThe first incarnation of Maxwell's distinctive spirit was aGOG, standing for Australian Girls' Own Gallery and, as the name suggests, made a stir by showing women's art only. The small 'a' for Australian was an equally deliberate point being 'slightly anti-nationalistic' in flavour. Speaking about the decision to exhibit solely women's art, Maxwell said she felt very strongly about it at the time: 'A number of people objected to it, argued with me and said it was sexist. But there were also many supporters to whom I will always be grateful and for me it felt right and that was important. I felt that the opportunities for men to show their work was still much greater than those for women.'\nSetting up in a space in Leichhardt Street Studios, Kingston, Maxwell was amazed at the rapid response she received from artists, eager to exhibit: 'You know the first exhibition was organised before I even knew whether I was going to open.' From the beginning she was committed to bringing in artists from across the nation. While acknowledging it would have been easy to stock from the abundant local talent pool, Maxwell wished to deter any potential for parochialism and instead perhaps push the community's boundaries.\nPersonal politics is another prerequisite in Helen Maxwell's selection criteria when choosing an artist to exhibit in her gallery: \"When I look at artists' work, the work has to be political, not necessarily overtly (though it may be) or in your face, but it needs to express an artist's personal politics. It has to demonstrate at least a stance that they are taking in their life. At the same time they have to know how to use their medium to successfully express their views.\"\nAfter ten years of running aGOG, Maxwell decided to shut up shop in 1998, and move to a larger space and broaden her product range - the result was Helen Maxwell Gallery, a large open warehouse space in Braddon near Canberra's city centre. This new gallery enabled Maxwell to show larger, more financially viable works, and heralded a change in opening up to male artists as she felt the urgent need for a women's only policy had abated.\nHelen Maxwell Gallery now offers a monthly rotation of new exhibits, showcasing contemporary art from Australia and the Pacific and has a stockroom of both Aboriginal and non-Indigenous art. Some of the artists represented are Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, Vivienne Binns, Yvonne Boag, Tony Coleing, eX de Medici, Annie Franklin, Shayne Higson, Judy Horacek, Marie McMahon, Kate Lohse, Sue Lovegrove, Patsy Payne, Franki Sparke, Neil Roberts (1954-2002), Wilma Tabacco, Paul Uhlmann, Ruth Waller, Megan Walch, Judy Watson and Robin White (NZ).\nAs well as running a successful, socially engaging enterprise, Helen Maxwell has also been an active member of Canberra's cultural community, as a member of the ACT Cultural Council, and has served on the Interim Board of Management of the Canberra Museum and Gallery during its initial planning stages. She has also taught Curatorship (Theory and Practice) in the Art History Department at the Australian National University and has joined in sponsorship with the Canberra Times in offering the paper's Artist of the Year Award.\nThis entry was prepared in 2006 by Roslyn Russell and Barbara Lemon, Museum Services, and funded by the ACT Heritage Unit.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Higgisson, Paulie", "Entry ID": "AWE2105", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/higgisson-paulie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Caf\u221a\u00a9 proprietor", "Summary": "Paulie Higgisson is the proprietor of Canberra's much-loved Tilley's Devine Caf\u00e9.\n", "Details": "In January 1984 Paulie Higgisson opened a caf\u00e9 in quiet, inner-suburban Lyneham which was from the beginning innovative and controversial, and became almost synonymous with live music in Canberra.\nNamed after the colourful Tilley Devine, Sydney's infamous madam and 'bordello queen' of the 1920s, the caf\u00e9 was established on the corner of Wattle and Brigalow Streets. While the quirky name heralded the arrival of something a little bit different, banning groups of men drinking inside unless they were accompanied by at least one woman guaranteed a huge commotion: 'I just didn't want a room full of blokes', Higgisson told the Canberra Times in 2003.\nDespite the uproar (generated generally by men) this door policy was maintained for two years, solidifying a non-threatening atmosphere and a considerable client base, and in the process racking up a good deal of free publicity.\nPaulie Higgisson has proved to be ahead of the field in areas beyond the average cappuccino and cake venue. Tilley's has led in a field of 'firsts', as the first licensed outdoor venue in Australia and the first bar to ban smoking indoors, eight years before any laws were introduced to enforce this.\nEnduringly popular, Tilley's has over the years developed a formidable reputation as a superior live music venue within the industry and the Canberra community generally, and has gained national renown. An awesome array of Australian and international artists has presented a continuous program for twenty-one years. Higgisson's policy of not serving food or drinks during performances so as not to detract from the show through the hubbub of drinking and dining marked Tilley's as a connoisseurs' choice.\nWhile not originally conceived as a live music venue, Higgisson's skill and background as a music producer and sound engineer meant this grew almost by osmosis. As an offshoot it became a remarkably strong trump card, with Higgisson maintaining that in the last eighteen years she has never had to book a musician. Instead they have approached her for the privilege of playing at Tilley's - among them have been Mia Dyson, Lucie Thorne, Clare Bowditch, Renee Geyer, guitarists Jose Feliciano, Slava Grigoryan and Karin Schaupp, Canned Heat, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, legendary acts like the Animals, and songwriters like Jimmy Webb.\nUnfortunately, this highly successful approach became a victim of its own success - 'Keeping Music Live' at least on a regular basis is now untenable. As Higgisson explained to the Canberra Times, 'We've had a fabulous reputation for our concerts and one of the reasons is that we keep the place pin-drop silent. It's an environment that both artists and audiences won't get anywhere else, except perhaps in a theatre. But by definition, it's financially an unproductive time for us, all in the name of the civility of the gig.'\nFor this reason, plus escalating overheads and the unrelenting nature of operating such a venue, Tilley's famed weekly schedule of concerts ended with the 'Last Hurrah' on Sunday 30 October 2005. The news of the demise of live music at Tilley's was greeted with dismay across Canberra and beyond.\nHiggisson had decided that 'I'm not here to provide wonderful music to the public at any cost; it's not a public service. I'm just hoping that there's somebody out there with the stamina and integrity to run that kind of venue.' Nevertheless, the stage is still in place at Tilley's. Higgisson intends to stage live gigs from time to time for occasions such as the Multicultural Festival in February 2006.\nThis entry was prepared in 2006 by Roslyn Russell and Barbara Lemon, Museum Services, and funded by the ACT Heritage Unit.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brief-biography-of-tilly-devine\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Job, Peg", "Entry ID": "AWE2107", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/job-peg\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Editor, Writer", "Summary": "As a writer and editor, Peg Job contributed to a number of Australian newspapers and magazines. She published on subjects ranging from human rights to travel and literary criticism, and produced short stories, poetry and one novel, The Dying.\n", "Details": "From Latin America to Braidwood via Narrabundah and from writer and editor to marriage celebrant, in Peg Job's life of variety her commitment to community has remained a constant. Graduating from the University of New South Wales in 1989 with a PhD in Latin American literature, Job was so struck by the kind welcome she received from her Narrabundah neighbours on her arrival in the suburb in 1990 she paid tribute to it in 'In Praise of Narrabundah', a short story in the 1992 collection Stories of the Inner South.[1]\nWorking to earn enough money during this period - as a columnist for the Canberra Times, a freelance reviewer and an adult-education coordinator - Peg Job's true needs were to read, think and write: 'A good book - which in my case is most commonly a novel - is a way of grappling with the meaning in life, with the essence of being human. What could be a more important responsibility for a thoughtful citizen than pursuing these questions?'.[2]\nAs a contributor to numerous Australian newspapers and magazines, she has published in a number of genres: literary criticism, human rights, travel writing, a novel The Dying, short stories, and has even tried her hand at poetry written in Spanish. Her love of literature and a move to Braidwood, 109 kilometres east of Canberra, was manifested in the opening of 'Peg's Books' on Monkittee Street in 1997. While 'Peg's Books' suffered an early demise due to the introduction of GST on books in 2000, Job's involvement with books and writing has continued.\nAs Editor with the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) Peg Job currently produces their journal Dialogue and various Academy publications. The Academy is an autonomous, non-governmental organisation devoted to the advancement of knowledge and research in the social sciences.\nPeg Job's commitment to social and community betterment is demonstrated by her endorsement of the Wellbeing Manifesto that takes as its starting point the belief that governments in Australia should be devoted to improving our individual and social wellbeing.\nAs an inhabitant of Braidwood, a township which has been classified by the National Trust in its entirety, Peg Job is well able to exercise her passion for creating inclusive and active communities. Activities such as belonging to the a capella group Madrigala, and acting as a qualified civil marriage celebrant enable her to embrace the communion of life and love in a rural township.\nThis entry was prepared in 2006 by Roslyn Russell and Barbara Lemon, Museum Services, and funded by the ACT Heritage Unit.\nPeg Job passed away in 2017.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-dying\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/womens-redress-press-book-files-1976-1996-including-correspondence-contracts-readers-reports-reviews-and-photographs\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barbalet, Margaret Evelyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2110", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barbalet-margaret-evelyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Historian, Poet, Public servant", "Summary": "Margaret Barbalet is an award-winning children's author, a novelist, poet and short-story writer, a public servant and a historian\n(This entry is sponsored by generous donation from Christine Foley.)\n", "Details": "Margaret Barbalet was born in Adelaide and raised in Tasmania. She studied history at the University of Adelaide and says she spent much of her youth protesting against the Vietnam war. She taught at Mitchell and Canberra Colleges of Advanced Education, and as a researcher and historian she worked for the Commonwealth Schools Commission, Adelaide City Council and wrote a history of Adelaide Children's Hospital. She has also been an analyst at the Office of National Assessments.\nAs a children's author she wrote the widely acclaimed The Wolf, which won the 1993 Human Rights Award for children's literature, and was shortlisted for the Younger Readers Book of the Year Award. She was honoured in several categories of the Children's Book Council Book of the Year 2004 for Reggie Queen of the Street.\nBarbalet's published non-fiction includes Far from a Low Gutter Girl: the forgotten world of state wards, South Australia, 1887-1940 and a chapter in Canberra Reflects (2001), which accompanied an exhibition at the Canberra Museum and Gallery.\nHer novels include Blood in the Rain and Steel Beach, which was shortlisted for the 1983 Vogel Award. Her other books include Lady, Baby, Gypsy, Queen (1992), The Presence of Angels (2001) and Paradise Hotel. Of varied genres, her work has been described as 'capturing the territory of loss'. She is also a published poet.\nShe was a member of Seven Writers - a group of seven Canberra-based writers whose work often vividly portrayed life 'beneath the surface of Canberra' - and as part of this collective she contributed to Canberra Tales (1988), republished as The Division of Love in 1996, an anthology of short stories about life in Canberra. This work received an ACT Bicentennial Award.\nBarbalet has been awarded an Australia Council Literature Grant; an Australian National University H.C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship (1998); an ACT Arts Fellowship (1999); an ACT Literature Fellowship (2001); a National Library of Australia Harold White Fellowship (2001) and an Australia Council Literature Grant for a New Work Fellowship (2002).\nDuring a career at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1990 - December 2008) Margaret Barbalet was appointed Second Secretary at the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur in 1996. She was posted to Abu Dhabi from 2005-08.\nIn 2001 she headed the Literature Committee for the ACT Cultural Council. She now lives in Sydney\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-division-of-love-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blood-in-the-rain\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/far-from-a-low-gutter-girl-the-forgotten-world-of-state-wards-south-australia-1887-1940\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/steel-beach\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lady-baby-gypsy-queen\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-presence-of-angels\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/records-of-the-seven-writers-group-between-1986-and-approximately-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-margaret-barbalet-1974-1993-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Edgar, Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2111", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edgar-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Poet, Writer", "Summary": "Suzanne Edgar is a Canberra-based writer of fiction, feature articles, poetry and reviews.\n(This entry is sponsored by generous donation from Christine Foley.)\n", "Details": "Suzanne Edgar was born in 1939 in Glenelg, South Australia, and studied at Adelaide Teachers' College and the University of Adelaide. She moved to Canberra in 1963 with her husband Peter, a writer and historian (To Villers-Bretonneux, Australian Military History Publications, Syd, 2006). She has worked in adult education, and has taught Women's Studies at the Australian National University. For c.25 years she was the research editor, South Australian desk, at the Australian Dictionary of Biography.\nShe has published Counting Backwards and Other Stories (1991), many of these short stories being set in Adelaide and in Canberra, and the collection was short-listed for the Steele Rudd award in 1992. Edgar's poetry has been published in The Australian, The Canberra Times, The Adelaide Review, Quadrant, The Australian's Review of Books, and Eureka Street. She has twice won the C.J. Dennis Memorial Poetry Competition for Night Shift and Uriarra, while Chica and The Ring Maker have been short-listed for Canberra poetry awards. Her poems, 'The Loneliness of Salt' and 'Enid on the Sofa', were included in Les Murray ed., Best Australian Poems 2004 and 2005 respectively (Black Inc., Melb.). Among her other poems in anthologies, her sonnet 'The Patriarch's House by the Sea' is in R. Walker and L Nicholas eds., Friendly Street Thirty, Wakefield Press, Adel, 2006; this sonnet was short-listed for the SATURA prize for the best poem in the book. Edgar has read at Friendly Street Poets, Adelaide. She often gives readings of her own and others' poetry in connection with art exhibitions, at the National Gallery of Australia and at the Art Gallery of South Australia. She also writes film and book reviews, criticism and features in literary and scholarly journals.\nShe was a member of Seven Writers - a group of seven Canberra-based writers whose work vividly portrayed life 'beneath the surface of Canberra' - and as part of this collective she contributed to Canberra Tales (1988), republished as The Division of Love in 1996, an anthology of short stories about life in Canberra. The work was funded with an ACT Bicentennial grant.\nEdgar currently belongs to a professional poets' group [no name] comprised of two men and two women who meet monthly at The Mull and Fiddle, to discuss work in progress.\nHer first collection of poetry, The Painted Lady, prepared with the help of a $10,000 grant from artsACT, is to be published in 2006 by Indigo Press, Canb. (eds. Alan Gould and Geoff Page).\nEdgar has contributed fifty-three biographical articles to the Australian Dictionary of Biography and one to The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. She is also an interviewer for the National Library of Australia's Oral History Program.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/counting-backwards-and-other-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-division-of-love-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/records-of-the-seven-writers-group-between-1986-and-approximately-2000\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Eldridge, Marian Favel Clair", "Entry ID": "AWE2112", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eldridge-marian-favel-clair\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory", "Occupations": "Author, Poet", "Summary": "Marian Eldridge was an acclaimed short-story writer, novelist and poet, and was instrumental in establishing the ACT Writers Centre. Her legacy is the Marian Eldridge Award to nurture promising women writers.\n(This entry is sponsored by generous donation from Christine Foley.)\n", "Details": "Marian Eldridge grew up on her parents' property, 'The Gap', near Lancefield in Victoria. She graduated Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne in 1957. She married Ken Eldridge in 1958 and lived at Traralgon, Victoria until 1966 and in Canberra from 1966 to 1997. The couple had four children.\nEldridge worked as a high school teacher of English and History in Traralgon, Victoria and in the ACT, and as a literature tutor at the Centre for Continuing Education, Australian National University.\nShe became a prolific short story writer, and collections of her work were published in Walking the Dog (1984), The Woman at the Window (1989) which earned high praise from the New York Times Book Review in 1990, and The Wild Sweet Flowers: The Alvie Skerritt Stories (1994) which chronicled 'the life of a fairly typical Australian family'. Her work also appeared in a number of newspapers and academic journals and more than twenty short story collections.\nShe also published a novel, Springfield (1992), which used healing of the land as a metaphor for healing its characters, who were damaged by drug abuse and the Vietnam war. In 1996 she wrote twelve poems that were published in the Senate Hansard of 19 June 1997.\nEldridge was a book reviewer for the Canberra Times and the Australian Book Review, and became the first literature co-ordinator for the ACT Arts Council in 1986. She was writer-in-residence at Darwin High School in 1989, received an ACT Arts Bureau Literary Fellowship in 1992 and an Australia Council Literary Board Grant 1994.\nShe was a member of Seven Writers - a group of seven Canberra-based women writers whose work vividly portrayed life 'beneath the surface of Canberra' - and as part of this collective she contributed to Canberra Tales (1988), republished as The Division of Love in 1996, which was an anthology of short stories about life in Canberra. The work received an ACT Bicentennial Award.\nEldridge's other awards included: the Robin Hood Committee Annual Literature Competition (1972); the Canberra Times\/Commonwealth Bank national Short Story Award (1981); the Syme Community Newspapers Short Story Competition (1983) and International Year of the Family Award in the NSW State Literary Awards (1994).\nMarian Eldridge was instrumental in establishing the ACT Writers Centre and in the last few months of her life she expressed a desire to further nurture writers. Through a cash donation from her estate, the Marian Eldridge Award was established in 1998, under the auspices of the National Foundation for Australian Women, to encourage an aspiring woman writer to undertake a literary activity such as a short course of study, or to complete a project, or attend a writers' week or a conference. Six awards have been given to date.\nEldridge Crescent is named after her in the Canberra suburb of Garran where she lived and wrote for 30 years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-division-of-love-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/springfield\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-marian-eldridge-photographs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/records-of-the-seven-writers-group-between-1986-and-approximately-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-marian-eldridge-1942-1997-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marian-eldridge-interviewed-by-heather-rusden-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Halligan, Marion Mildred", "Entry ID": "AWE2113", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/halligan-marion-mildred\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Author", "Summary": "Marion Halligan was an acclaimed author of novels, short stories, reviews, essays and gastronomic writing.\n(This entry is sponsored by generous donation from Christine Foley.)\n", "Details": "Marion Halligan was born and educated in Newcastle, New South Wales, and worked as a school teacher and freelance journalist before becoming a prolific writer in her forties. She moved to Canberra in the 1960s and her first published short story appeared in the Australian Women's Weekly in 1969. She married Graham Halligan and they had two children, Lucy and James.\nHer fiction books include: Self Possession (1987), The Living Hothouse (1988), The Hanged Man in the Garden (1989), Spider Cup (1990), Lovers' Knots: A Hundred-Year Novel (1992), The Worry Box (1993), Wishbone (1994), The Midwife's Daughters (1997), The Golden Dress (1998), The Fog Garden: A Novel (2001), The Point (2003), The Apricot Colonel (2006), Murder on the Apricot Coast (2008), Valley of Grace (2009), and Goodbye Sweetheart (2015).\nHalligan has published numerous short stories, including those in her Collected Stories (1997) and Shooting the Fox (2011), in Best Australian Stories 2003, and those in Out of the Picture (1995), commissioned by the National Library of Australia and structured around works in the library's Pictorial Collection. Her food and travel writing includes Eat My Words (1990), Cockles of the Heart (1996) and Taste of Memory (2004). She co-authored Those Women Who Go to Hotels with Lucy Frost in 1997.\nHer work is inspired by personal experiences and the places in which she has lived. Her novel The Fog Garden draws on the experience of losing her husband to cancer and Words for Lucy (2022) is about her daughter's death in 2004.\nShe contributed writing on life in the 1970s for a Canberra Museum and Gallery exhibition, and also developed a play, Elastics (performed in 1987). She has curated a permanent exhibition for Newcastle Regional Museum, How shall we live?, and has written a series of restaurant performances entitled Gastronomica for the Melbourne Festival.\nShe was a member of Seven Writers - a group of seven Canberra-based writers whose work vividly portrayed life 'beneath the surface of Canberra' - and as part of this collective she contributed to Canberra Tales (1988), later reissued as The Division of Love (1996), an anthology of short stories about life in Canberra. The work received an ACT Bicentennial Award.\nA chronology of Halligan's other awards includes:\nPatricia Hackett Prize (1985)\nH.M. Butterley-F. Earle Hooper Memorial Award (1986)\nABC Bicentennial Literary Awards (finalist 1988)\nSteele Rudd Award (1989)\nGeraldine Pascall Prize for Critical Writing (1990)\nNBC Banjo Award for Fiction (shortlisted 1990)\nPrize for Gastronomic Writing (1991)\nAge Book of the Year Award (1992) & Age Book of the Year Award, Imaginative Writing Prize (1992)\nACT Book of the Year Award (1993)\nNBC Banjo Award for Fiction (shortlisted 1993)\nNita Kibble Literary Award (1994, shortlisted 2002)\nNewcastle University Newton John Award, for creative and innovative work (1994)\nACT Book Reviewer of the Year (1997 joint with Sara Dowse)\nAge Book of the Year Award, Fiction Prize (shortlisted 1998)\nMiles Franklin Award (shortlisted 1999)\nThe IMPAC Dublin Award (shortlisted 1999)\nQueensland Premier's Literary Award (shortlisted 2002)\nCommonwealth Writers Prize, Best Book Sth East Asia and South Pacific (shortlisted 2004)\nACT Book of the Year Award (2004) for The Point\nACT Book of the Year Award (2010) for Valley of Grace\nACT Book of the Year (shortlisted 2023) for Words for Lucy\nHalligan was Writer-in-Residence at Charles Sturt University in 1990 and a prolific writer of literature reviews and essays published in numerous major Australian newspapers and journals. She was chairperson of the Literature Board of the Australia Council (1992-1995) and has been chairperson of the Australian Word Festival.\nIn June 2006, Halligan was awarded with an AM - General Division, 'for service to literature as an author, to the promotion of Australian writers and to support for literary events and professional organisations.' The ACT Writers Centre was renamed Marion in 2022 in joint honour of Halligan and Marion Mahony Griffin.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-fog-garden-a-novel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-division-of-love-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-apricot-colonel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cockles-of-the-heart\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collected-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eat-my-words\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-golden-dress\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hanged-man-in-the-garden\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-living-hothouse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lovers-knots-a-hundred-year-novel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/out-of-the-picture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/self-possession\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spidercup\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-taste-of-memory\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wishbone\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-worry-box\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-marion-halligan-circa-1970-circa-2003-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oral-history-interview-with-marion-halligan-1995\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-seven-writers-group-between-1986-and-approximately-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-curtis-brown-australia-pty-ltd-1962-2002-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dale-spender-papers-1972-1995\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Horsfield, Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE2114", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/horsfield-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Journalist, Poet", "Summary": "Dorothy Horsfield worked as a journalist in Australia and overseas. Her published novels include Dream Run (1992) and Venom (2006)\n(This entry was sponsored by a generous donation from Christine Foley.)\n", "Details": "Dorothy Horsfield studied English and Philosophy at the University of Sydney. She worked in Papua New Guinea as an information officer and as an anthropologist's research assistant in Zimbabwe. She also worked for the ABC in London, where she met well-known political journalist Paul Lyneham, whom she married. The couple had three children.\nHorsfield worked as a journalist with ABC radio and television, Channel 7, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, the National Times and the Canberra Times, as far afield as London, Berlin and Afghanistan. She ran a media company, and also worked as a novelist, reviewer, short story writer and poet. She was published in newspapers and literary magazines.\nHorsfield's published novels include Dream Run (1992) and Venom (2006) - a tale of politics set in Canberra and its surrounds. She also edited Paul Lyneham: A Memoir (2002).\nShe was a member of Seven Writers - a group of seven Canberra-based writers whose work vividly portrayed life 'beneath the surface of Canberra' - and as part of this collective she contributed to Canberra Tales (1988), republished as The Division of Love in 1996, an anthology of short stories about life in Canberra. The work received an ACT Bicentennial Award.\nAfter the death of her husband in 2000 from lung cancer, Horsfield fronted a national media campaign in 2002 to raise public awareness of the need for early diagnosis of lung disease. She published articles about her visit to Afghanistan through the Rotary Club of Canberra, and became an adviser to UNIFEM Australia (the United Nations Development Fund for Women) in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dream-run\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/venom\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-division-of-love-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/records-of-the-seven-writers-group-between-1986-and-approximately-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-dorothy-horsfield-1986-2003-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johnston, Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE2115", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnston-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Geelong, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Novelist, Poet, Writer", "Summary": "Dorothy Johnston is an award-winning novelist, poet, short story writer, and author of reviews and literary essays. Her crime writing portrays the darker side of Canberra.\n(This entry is sponsored by generous donation from Christine Foley.)\n", "Details": "Dorothy Johnston was born in Geelong, Victoria, in 1948. She trained as a teacher at the University of Melbourne, taught English, and was an education researcher. She moved to Canberra in 1979.\nJohnston's books include Tunnel Vision (1984), Ruth (1986), Maralinga My Love (1988), One For The Master (1997), The Trojan Dog (2000) and The House at Number 10 (2005).\nJohnston's short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, including Amnesty (1993), Mother Love (1996) and Below The Waterline (1999), and her essays and reviews have appeared in numerous literary journals.\nJohnston says 'crime fiction is my way of writing about Canberra'. The Trojan Dog is about white collar crime in a government department, while The House at Number 10 is set in a Canberra brothel, inspired by the ACT's decriminalisation of prostitution. Writing about Canberra is, she says, relatively scarce, and she considers herself to be partially redressing this imbalance in Australian literature.\nJohnston was a member of Seven Writers - a group of seven Canberra-based writers whose work vividly portrays life 'beneath the surface of Canberra' - and as part of this collective she contributed to Canberra Tales (1988), republished as The Division of Love in 1996, an anthology of short stories about life in Canberra. The work was funded with an ACT Bicentennial grant.\nHer other awards include:\nMiles Franklin Award (shortlisted, 1986 and 1997)\nABC Bicentennial Literature Award (shortlisted)\nACT Book of the Year (joint winner 2001),\nInaugural Davitt Award for the best crime novel published by a woman (runner up, 2000)\nThe Age Best of 2000, crime section.\nJohnston has also run book groups through the Centre for Continuing Education at The Australian National University.\nIn 2005 she took up an Australia Council residency at Ledig House International Writer's Colony in the United States.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-house-at-number-10\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-division-of-love-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maralinga-my-love\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/one-for-the-master\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ruth\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-trojan-dog\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tunnel-vision\/ \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\/records-of-the-seven-writers-group-between-1986-and-approximately-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maralinga-cycle-1988-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Messimeri, Voula", "Entry ID": "AWE2117", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/messimeri-voula\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kalabaka, Thessaly, Greece", "Occupations": "Advocate, Community Leader", "Summary": "Voula Messimeri has been involved in the community services field for over twenty years and has a particular interest in multicultural affairs and women's issues. She was appointed the position of Executive Director of the Australian Greek Welfare Society in 1989 and elected Chair of the Federation of Ethnic Community Councils of Australia in 2006. She is the first woman to hold the position.\nShe co-founded the Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women's Coalition (VIRWC) and has served as Chair of the Immigrant Women's Domestic Violence Service, as Inaugural Chair of the Women in the North Service, as Council member at the RMIT University, as well as on a number of State and Federal advisory and policy structures.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2007 - 2007)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mottee, Matina", "Entry ID": "AWE2119", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mottee-matina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Migrant Women's Rights Advocate", "Summary": "Matina Mottee is the Australian born child of Greek migrants who arrived in Australia in the early twentieth century. Her father emigrated from Greece in 1905 as a 12 year old and eventually settled in Tasmania where Matina was born.\nMottee was instrumental in establishing the Association of Non-English Speaking Background Women and in 1987 became that organisation's first convener. In 1988 her extensive work on behalf of women in migrant communities was recognised when she was awarded the QANTAS Ethnic Communities Award. In keeping with her egalitarian ethics, however, she chose to interpret the award as honouring all immigrant women, not just Matina Mottee.\nUpon accepting her award in 1988, Mottee said, 'I have struggled from [a young age] for equality of opportunity for both my gender and my race.' Her continued work on the behalf women of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, at an age when others might have considered retirement, indicates that her attitude and motivation has not changed.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/double-disadvantage-migrant-and-aboriginal-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/matina-mottee-interviewed-by-nicola-henningham-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mulder, Beryl", "Entry ID": "AWE2120", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mulder-beryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Amsterdam, Netherlands", "Occupations": "Migrant Support Worker, Migrant Women's Rights Advocate", "Summary": "Born in the Netherlands in 1941, Beryl Mulder lived in Surinam and Zambia before migrating to Australia in 1982. She has worked in Multicultural Affairs for more than 20 years, in government agencies (including for the Office of Multicultural Affairs) and in non-government organisations (such as the Multicultural Council of the Northern Territory.) In 2006 she served as Senior Deputy Chair of the Federation of Ethnic Community Councils.\nBeryl Mulder completed a Bachelor degree in the Social Sciences as a mature age student and has a special interest in access and equity, advocacy, anti- racism, reconciliation and immigrant women's issues. She is a founding member of the Association of Non-English Speaking Background Women of Australia (ANESBWA) and is a volunteer community worker with immigrants and refugees from non-English speaking backgrounds in the Northern Territory.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/personal-conversation-with-beryl-mulder\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Steen, Frederika", "Entry ID": "AWE2121", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/steen-frederika\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Netherlands", "Occupations": "Public servant, Refugee Advocate", "Summary": "A former Canberran of the Year (1984), and Centenary Medal winner, Frederika Steen has been actively involved in community, refugee, multicultural and human rights activities for thirty years. She retired from the Department of Immigration in 2001 after a distinguished career in settlement services and three years' service as the Chief Migration Officer, in the Australian Embassy in Germany. In 1984, in response to recommendations that where possible, federal government departments should establish women's units, the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs established a Women's Desk. Frederika Steen was the inaugural head of the Women's Desk between 1984-87. Her major focus, while director of the women's desk, was to provide information and build up the confidence of migrant women to 'do it for themselves' and make demands on the system.\nIn 2006 she is a volunteer worker at the Romero Centre in Brisbane, a group of Australians supporting refugees on temporary visas.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/double-disadvantage-migrant-and-aboriginal-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-frederika-steen\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Drozd, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2122", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/drozd-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Poland", "Occupations": "Chief Executive Officer, Migrant community advocate", "Summary": "Elizabeth Drozd was born in Poland and arrived in Australia in 1982 under the Special Humanitarian Program. She has worked in a paid and voluntary capacity for the Polish community in Victoria for many years and currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of Australian-Polish Community Services (APCS). She is also an Executive Member of the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria.\n", "Details": "Under Elizabeth Drozd's leadership, Australian-Polish Community Services has undertaken to conduct research within the Polish community that has significance beyond this group. Projects have looked at problems for elderly people isolated in aged-care units, the incidence of depression within the community and other mental health issues as well as providing help and advice for the victims of domestic violence.\nAs well as promoting initiatives in these welfare areas, Drozd has maintained a keen interest in promoting an appreciation of Polish heritage and culture within the community. Of particular concern to her is the drift away of young people from heritage based organisations.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/polish-migrants-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/polonia-in-australia-challenges-and-possibilities-in-the-new-millenium\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buckland-Fuller, Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE2127", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buckland-fuller-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Said, Egypt", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Human Rights Advocate, Migrant community advocate, Peace activist, Sociologist", "Summary": "Dorothy Buckland-Fuller was a sociologist and social activist of some longstanding, with a distinguished career in ethnic and multicultural politics, particularly as they impact upon women of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. She was a peace activist, an environmentalist, a feminist and committed to the cause of reconciliation with indigenous Australia.\nOf Greek heritage, Buckland-Fuller had a long involvement with the Greek Community of New South Wales, and her valuable contributions were acknowledged in 2001 when she was granted Life Membership to the Council of the Greek Orthodox Community of Sydney and New South Wales. In 1974, she established the Australian-Migrant Women's Association, an organisation designed to bring together immigrant and Australian-born women.\nShe was active in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, serving as president in 2002-4. As a sociologist, she taught and conducted action research. Her life has been a case of putting that theory to practice. In her own words, she was an 'action oriented person'.\nDorothy Buckland-Fuller passed away in Sydney on 5 July 2019. She will be remembered for her words resounding in the ears of all those who knew her over her great life: \"I will continue to work for equal rights for all and the betterment of our society for as long as I live\".\n", "Details": "Dorothy Buckland-Fuller's extensive CV, when read chronologically and with regard to her own memories, is a living history of the development of multicultural policies in Australia. She arrived in Australia in 1961, having lived in England for the previous fourteen years. (Her husband was an engineer working for the British Overseas Air Corporation [BOAC].) She became involved with the Greek Community in Sydney and worked for them in the late 1960s in a part time capacity as a secretary and Community Development Planner. While working, she studied at the University of New South Wales, completing her BA in 1969, and her MA Qual (the equivalent of Honours) in Sociology in 1972. She then commenced post graduate studies in the newly developing research area, 'The sociology of migration'. While a postgraduate, she worked in the New South Wales Health Department, in schools and Baby Health Centres undertaking research. She also lectured and tutored in various departments at the University of New South Wales. Her research was presented as part of a report entitled Participation to the New South Wales Parliament in 1978, and was regarded as pioneering in its focus on migrant women's issues and needs.\nThe list of Dorothy's paid and voluntary positions is extensive, as is the list of awards and acknowledgements for her services to the community. The list below is indicative and by no means exhaustive.\n", "Events": "Acknowledged for her valuable contribution to the Greek orthodox Community of Sydney and New South Wales (2001 - 2001) \nAppointed to the role of part-time Commissioner responsible in the Area of Women (1977 - 1981) \nFor services to the community (1977 - 1977) \nFor services to the community (1977 - 1977) \nHonoured for contribution to the community (2006 - 2006) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001) \nMember (1977 - 1978) \nPlaque awarded on International Women's Day for contribution to the welfare of women (2002 - 2002) \nThe inquiry and subsequent report resulted in radical changes benefiting immigrant women in the workplace (1980 - 1981)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/double-disadvantage-migrant-and-aboriginal-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-the-greek-orthodox-community-of-new-south-wales\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Koutsounadis-Germanos, Vivi", "Entry ID": "AWE2132", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/koutsounadis-germanos-vivi\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Greece", "Occupations": "Counsellor, Migrant community advocate, Psychologist", "Summary": "Vivi Koutsounadis-Germanos is a Greek born psychologist and counsellor who helped to establish and now heads the Ethnic Childcare Development Unit based in Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales. She has had a high level of involvement in the Sydney Greek Orthodox Community for several years and served as president of the Greek Orthodox Community of New South Wales in 2000. She helped to establish a national organisation for Greek Welfare Workers. She has also enjoyed an international profile as president of an international organisation of pre-school educators. In 2002, she went to the United Nations, where she lobbied the high commissioner of refugees about the need to tackle the problems experienced by children in detention.\n", "Events": "Services to the community (1983 - 1983)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/double-disadvantage-migrant-and-aboriginal-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-and-proceedings-of-the-speakout-for-immigrant-and-refugee-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-vivi-koutsianidis-germanos\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bekas, Anastasia", "Entry ID": "AWE2137", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bekas-anastasia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Komi, Peleponese, Greece", "Summary": "Anastasia Bekas was born in Greece in the late 1930s, the youngest of four children. She liked school and was a good student, her teachers encouraged her to attend high school. Unfortunately, she could not live this dream because, as was customary at the time, she had to leave school because her help was required to run the farm. She was a good, hard worker, but in the end her father encouraged her to migrate to Australia, as a way of avoiding the dowry he would eventually have to supply should she stay in Greece. The Australian government was keen to attract single Greek girls to the country at this time. As long as she had somewhere to stay, they would pay her fare. 'You are healthy, you are going to Australia', she was told. 'So I have to go.'\nShe migrated to Australia, where her sister already lived, in December 1963 and arrived in Adelaide, where she would settle, on January 14, 1964. Adjustment was difficult, with the lack of English language skills being the major problem.\n", "Details": "Anastasia, like millions of other women who arrived in the waves of post war migration, had few skills, little, if any English but a strong desire to work. In the 1960s and 70s, when the provision of post-arrival migrant services and programs was demonstratively inadequate, this combination was a never-ending source of frustration for women who wanted to make a contribution. Anastasia describes this frustration in an interview done for the Thebarton Community Arts Network Project:\n'My sister said that young people were being brought here to help the country prosper. I couldn't speak English, it was hard when my family wasn't there to help me. My brother in law could speak English a bit. I wanted to work but he said it would be hard with no English. He helped me go to Social Security but I had to go to the interview by myself on the bus. I didn't know how much to pay on the bus, the conductor took the right money from my hand. I didn't understand anything at the office - they sent me home. I cried and cried. Then I got a letter telling me I had to go to school to learn English. I went to Thebarton Primary School two nights a week but we only learned words like bread, water, hello. I wanted to learn words that would help me to get a job. I had to persuade our teacher to teach these words.'\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/postcards-from-home-a-celebration-of-departures-and-arrivals-voices-of-women-from-non-english-speaking-backgrounds\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/postcards-from-home-interviews-with-thebarton-women-from-non-english-speaking-backgrounds-summary-record-sound-recording-interviewers-members-of-thebarton-community-arts-network\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Knochs, Dzidra", "Entry ID": "AWE2140", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/knochs-dzidra\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Latvia", "Occupations": "Artist, Journalist", "Summary": "Between 1970 and 1980 and beyond, Dzidra Knochs studied arts and crafts, education and art history at Flinders University and the South Australian school of art. Having some knowledge of Russian and Italian, she worked for many years as a journalist in the area of the Arts for the Melbourne newspaper Australijas Latvietis (Australian Latvian) as well as freelancing for overseas journals and newspapers. She has exhibited her visual artwork in all Australian capital cities and also in Canada, and has organised many art exhibitions. Knochs is a member of the Royal South Australian Society of Art, Contemporary Art Society and secretary of the Latvian art society of South Australia (A.L.M.A). The most well known of her exhibitions is the Forgotten Immigrants and Australians exhibition, held in the Old Parliament House, Adelaide in October 1988, which showcased photographic images of immigrants from the late 1940s.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-dzidra-knochs-sound-recording-interviewer-bronwyn-mewett\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Merenda, Francesca", "Entry ID": "AWE2148", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/merenda-francesca\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "North Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Welfare worker", "Summary": "Francesca Merenda began work with Department of Immigration in 1969 as the first ever Italian speaking welfare worker. She was a member of the group appointed by Malcolm Fraser in 1977, and chaired by Sir Frank Galbally, to review post-arrival migrant programs and services.\nFrancesca Merenda had a long association with Co.As.It. Italian Association of Assistance, including as a member of the Board of Directors after the Association was incorporated in 1984.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-experience-of-wartime-internment-an-interview-with-francesca-merenda\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mara", "Entry ID": "AWE2149", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Daugavpils, Latvia", "Summary": "Mara' was born in Daugavpils, Latvia. Her parents lost contact with one another during the Second World War and her mother brought the family to South Australia in 1949. Mara and her sister were placed at the Goodwood Orphanage and their brother at the Brooklyn Park Orphanage for three and a half years while their mother worked as a nurse's aid and established a new home. Mara learnt to speak English at the orphanage. She found many of the routines and regulations incomprehensible at first and her perspective as an 'outsider' provides different insights into the institution.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goodwood-orphanage-oral-history-sound-recording-interviewers-rosemary-willis-beth-m-robertson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-mara-sound-recording-interviewer-rosemary-willis\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marginson, Melba", "Entry ID": "AWE2153", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marginson-melba\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Manila, Philippines", "Occupations": "Migrant community advocate", "Summary": "Melba Marginson is National Spokesperson for the Centre for Philippine Concerns Australia.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cunningham, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE2156", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cunningham-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Randwick, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Typist", "Summary": "Catherine Cunningham ran for the seat of Coogee, Sydney, in 1948. Her campaign was unsuccessful, but she continued to take a strong interest in politics at local, state and federal levels.\n", "Details": "Catherine Crosby was in charge of the typing pool at the Government Printing Office before she married Lucien Cunningham in 1927 at Randwick. The pair had two sons, John and Tony.\nLucien Cunningham was a member for Coogee from 1941 until his death in 1948. That same year, Catherine stood for the seat of Coogee herself, representing the ALP in the by-election. It was a bitter preselection with at least two other candidates vying for the position. Two further contenders, Harry Jensen and Lou Walsh, withdrew from the ballot, but ultimately Catherine was unsuccessful. The seat was won by Kevin Ellis (Lib).\nFollowing John's expulsion from the Labor Party, Catherine and her son began to actively support the DLP. Eventually, John ran for the DLP at both federal and state levels. Coogee was one of the Sydney areas in which the ALP split resonated with particular strength, and the Cunningham family were prominent figures in that dispute.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thai, Emily", "Entry ID": "AWE2159", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thai-emily\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cholon, South Vietnam", "Occupations": "Community worker, Librarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Thai, Ti Bach Tuyet was born in Cholon in South Vietnam. For many years, she taught Vietnamese language and social sciences and provided counselling services at a French High School.\nShe migrated to Western Australia in 1975 and quickly reskilled, graduating with a Graduate Diploma in Library Studies from the Western Australian Institute of Technology in 1977, and obtaining work at the Perth Technical College library. Around this time, she adopted the name 'Emily'; inspired by a French poem Emilie ou pays natal because she felt the same homesickness as described in the poem. Adopting this name also made it easier for her Australian colleagues and customers, who couldn't pronounce 'Tuyet' properly.\nNot long after, Emily combined her skills in librarianship and teaching at the Perth City Council Library to develop and run a library education service for new migrant students. After that she worked as the Children's librarian at the City of Gosnells library. She worked very hard at developing programs to build stronger links between the library and the community. She also designed a graded reading system which helped migrants and reluctant readers become literate in English. Her expertise and experience eventually led to her being invited to be the Co-ordinator of the Ethnic Child Care Resource Unit. She introduced Cross-Cultural information packages for Children's Services and ran a variety of workshops relating to early childhood education.\nSince her arrival in Australia, Emily has maintained a strong commitment to community work. She has been an active member of Management Committees for non government organisations that focus on the provision of services to migrant communities, including: the Ethnic Music centre; Community Arts Network; Ethnic Communities Council; Australia Asia Association; Vietnamese Poetry, Classical Music and Opera Association, the Vietnamese Women's Support Community and the Federated Vietnamese Women's Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/silent-echoes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hrubos, Ilona", "Entry ID": "AWE2161", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hrubos-ilona\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mahr, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia", "Death Place": "Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Refugee", "Summary": "Mrs Ilona Hrubos was born in the town of Mahr, Schonberg in the Sudetenland, in 1928. At the end of the Second World War she, like millions of others, became a refugee. She, her husband and child migrated to Australia, arriving in Fremantle on 1 January 1951. They lived first in the Northam migrant camp, moving to Glen Forrest in April of 1951.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/looking-back-on-my-life-looking-for-the-roots-of-the-family-tree\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1951-19-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gruszka, Meitka", "Entry ID": "AWE2162", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gruszka-meitka\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Poland", "Death Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Migrant community advocate, Teacher", "Summary": "Meitka Gruszka was a member of the Polish community in Western Australia who took an active role in multicultural issues. As well as being a leader in the Polish community and having served as President of the Polish Association of Western Australia, she was involved in a number of multicultural organisations. At various times throughout the 1980s and 90s she was a member of the Ethnic Communities Council of Western Australia, the Catholic Migrant Centre and the National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters' Council.\n", "Details": "Meitka Gruszka was born in Poland just before the outbreak of World War 2. As a baby, she was transported with her mother to the USSR where her mother worked in a Siberian forced labour camp. After the war, she and her mother travelled as refugees to Iran and then East Africa. They arrived in Western Australia in 1950.\nShe completed her education here and became a primary school teacher, working for fifteen years in both the state and Catholic school systems. She furthered her education by completing a Bachelor of Education, specialising in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). In 1979 she was employed by the Catholic Education Office in the area of ESL and Multicultural Education.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gruszka-mietka-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Biddlecombe, Janet", "Entry ID": "AWE2164", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biddlecombe-janet\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Shelford, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Pastoralist, Philanthropist", "Summary": "Janet Biddlecombe ran her father's estate at Golf Hill, Victoria, from his death in 1888 to her own in 1954. She pioneered the breeding of Herefords in Australia. As a pastoralist Janet was remarkably successful, and proceeds from her Hereford Stud went to any number of charitable causes - usually as anonymous donations.\n", "Details": "Born in Melbourne, Janet was the youngest of eight children of Scottish-born George Russell (pastoralist) and Euphemia Carstairs. Having lost her mother in infancy, Janet became a close companion of her father and lived with him at Golf Hill until his death in 1888. She took a keen interest in the estate and, dissatisfied with her brother Philip's management of it, obtained his consent to oversee Golf Hill herself and restored the property to its former prosperity within a few years.\nJanet married English-born naval officer John Biddlecombe in July 1900. The pair had no children. Following his retirement from the Commonwealth Naval Forces, John took over management of Golf Hill with his wife. By 1906 they had registered their Hereford stud, buying pedigree cows and bulls descended from females of elite Hereford families in the United Kingdom. When Charles Reynolds sold his Tocal Stud in 1926, Janet instructed her buyer, Mr A.J. Tanner, to purchase the 'pick of the catalogue'.\nJanet continued to run the stud successfully after John's death in 1929, despite a manpower shortage during the Second World War forcing her to sell half of her cattle. Tirelessly she organised exhibitions and sales, bringing home a myriad of awards. In 1947 her cattle won every group prize in the Hereford section at the Sydney Royal Show. In 1950 she sold her 'surplus females' - eleven heifers and thirteen cows - at the Royal Melbourne Show, fetching up to \u00a31,000 for each. A further sale in 1953 saw her world-famous cattle bring in proceeds of \u00a3125,000, all of which reportedly went to charity.\nIndeed, Janet had long maintained a tradition of anonymous philanthropy, begun before her husband's death. Significant amounts of money went to building projects at the Geelong Church of England Grammar School (now standing at 50 Biddlecombe Avenue, Corio), as well as to the Shelford Presbyterian Church; the Australian Red Cross Society (Geelong branch); and the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. On her death at Golf Hill in 1954, Janet bequeathed her \u00a3554,585 estate to a number of charitable organisations including the Bethany Babies' Home (Geelong), the Victorian Association of Braille Writers, and the Victorian Society for Crippled Children.\nDevoted to the stud until the end, Janet kept photographs of her prize cattle and detailed notes of their pedigrees. In 1953, the year before her death, she produced The History of Golf Hill Herefords, dedicated: 'To the Hereford Breed in Australia' (National Library of Australia).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biddlecombe-janet-1866-1954\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-history-of-golf-hill-herefords\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fairfax, Mary Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2165", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fairfax-mary-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Philanthropist", "Summary": "Only daughter of Sydney newspaper proprietor Sir James Reading Fairfax, Mary Elizabeth played an active part in Sydney society, lending her support to numerous charitable and women's organisations from the RSPCA to the YWCA.\n", "Details": "Born in Sydney to Lucy (n\u00e9e Armstrong) and (Sir) James Reading Fairfax, newspaper proprietor, Mary Elizabeth was the eldest of seven children and the only girl. From 1877 the family lived at Ginahgulla, with the exception of two years abroad, and from 1884 they spent the summer months at their country house in Moss Vale. Mary was educated at home.\nMary Fairfax never married and had no children. Known as Miss Mary from childhood, she became 'the quintessential maiden aunt' according to Caroline Simpson in the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Fairfax was, says Simpson, 'among the last of the great Victorians'. She was a foundation member of the executive of the Queen's Jubilee Fund in 1887, and was councillor of the University of Sydney's Women's College from 1893 until her death. She was associated with the RSPCA, the YWCA, the Kindergarten Union, and District Nursing Association (Sydney) and the Bush Book Club. She was a State council-member of the Girl Guides' Association. During both world wars Mary worked for the Australian Comforts Fund and the British (Australian) Red Cross Society. She joined the Victoria League in England and was a founder of its New South Wales branch in 1917. Mary was president of the Society of Arts and Crafts of New South Wales from 1912-19, and was a foundation member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Ladies' Committee in 1936.\nIn 1925, Lucy Fairfax passed away and Mary inherited the properties at Ginahgulla and Moss Vale, as well as 2,196 shares in John Fairfax & Sons Ltd, publishers of the Sydney Morning Herald. She took a keen interest in the paper and visited its offices regularly. She was known for her hospitality at Ginahgulla where she entertained leading society figures. During wartime her dining room was used to billet servicewomen.\nMary's 'spontaneous generosity' leads Simpson to surmise that 'the full measure of her philanthropy will never be calculated'. On her death, most of her \u00a3428,278 estate went to the Fairfax family, along with bequests to charities and employees, including \u00a31,000 for the Women's College.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fairfax-mary-elizabeth-1858-1945\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-houses-and-people-of-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-history-of-the-womens-college-within-the-university-of-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fairfax-family-papers-1804-1948\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sir-james-reading-fairfax-papers-1871-1882-1883\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Raine, Mary Bertha", "Entry ID": "AWE2166", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/raine-mary-bertha\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, Middlesex, England", "Death Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Philanthropist, Publican", "Summary": "In September 1960, seven months after the death of Mary Bertha Raine, the Sunday Mirror was reporting with incredulity that 'The singing barmaid of a dilapidated outback New South Wales pub became the woman who left most of her \u00a3439,626 estate to the University of Western Australia Medical School. The bequest will bring her total gifts to the University to nearly \u00a3750,000'.\n", "Details": "Mary Bertha Carter, eldest of thirteen children of Putney storekeeper Charles Carter and his wife Mary Bertha (n\u00e9e Appleyard), began her working life at the age of fourteen earning 2\/6 per week. According to the Mirror she saved for singing lessons as a teen and won a contract at Drury Lane, but lost her voice after an attack of typhoid fever. Mary and her sister Daisy sailed for Queensland in 1900 with \u00a3100 between them and worked as barmaids in Brisbane and Sydney. After a successful stint managing the 'tumble-down Nyngan Hotel', Mary was asked to take over a brewery that was in financial trouble, but licensing laws barred single women as licensees and she returned to Sydney. In 1904 the sisters' return trip to London was curtailed by Daisy's seasickness, forcing them to disembark at Fremantle. Working once more as a barmaid on \u00a31\/10\/- and keep, Mary saved \u00a3100 and bought a property in Subiaco.\nIn 1905 Mary Carter married William Morris Thomas, seventeen years her senior, in Perth's Wesley Church. The couple farmed south of Perth but kangaroos ruined their crops and the marriage was a failure. Mary returned to Perth. William Thomas was killed when he fell from a horse in 1918.\nIn Perth Mary took advantage of the 1920s property boom. She bought Gordon's Caf\u00e9 and Hotel on William Street, renaming it Hotel Wentworth, and by the beginning of WWII was owner or part-owner of five hotels alongside other properties. During the war the Hotel Wentworth provided accommodation for American submarine crews and was a site of tension between Australian and American servicemen.\nIn 1943, aged in her mid-sixties, Mary married Arnold 'Joe' Yeldham Raine and made him her business partner. Joe was ten years younger than Mary and absolutely devoted to her. According to John McIlwraith, Mary's philanthropy was 'inspired by her husband'. [1] In the mid-1950s the Raines contributed to an appeal for the launch of a medical school at the University of Western Australia. Plans for further contributions were cut short by Joe's death, from arteriosclerosis, in 1957. Mary was his sole beneficiary. In mourning, she decided to preserve his memory and help find a cure for the illness which had killed him by founding the Arnold Yeldham & Mary Raine Medical Research Foundation in August 1957 with a \u00a3500,000 lump sum. A history of the Foundation writes:\nIt is an indication of the simpler and more innocent times in which this was achieved that a personal approach to the then State Premier, Bert Hawke\u2026 and another to the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, released the estate from death duties and probate, providing significantly more money for research.[2]\nOn her death, Mary bequeathed the bulk of her estate to the Foundation, bringing her legacy to nearly \u00a31 million. She directed that income 'be applied towards seeking, diagnosing and investigating the nature, origin and causes of diseases in human beings, with the initial emphasis on arteriosclerosis and allied diseases, and the prevention, care, alleviation and combating of such diseases'.[3] In 1991 the Foundation had distributed grants totalling over $7 million.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/three-decades-of-service-the-arnold-yeldham-andamp-mary-raine-medical-research-foundation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/raine-mary-bertha-1877-1960\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ma-gave-away-750000-from-bush-pub-to-w-a-fortune\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-mary-raine-story-from-putney-to-perth\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ramaciotti, Vera", "Entry ID": "AWE2167", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ramaciotti-vera\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Philanthropist", "Summary": "In 1970, The Australian Women's Weekly published an article entitled 'The Quiet Millionairess'. It was this same year that Vera Ramaciotti established the Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation in memory of her brother - who died three years previously - and herself, with $6.7 million in proceeds arising from the sale of the Theatre Royal in Sydney, left to the siblings by their father Gustavo. The magazine claimed that Vera was 'Australia's least-known millionairess' and 'possibly the most private woman in Australia', adding that she 'physically shrinks from seeing her name in print'.\n", "Details": "Vera was born to Gustavo Ramaciotti and Ada (n\u00e9e Wilson). Gustavo had migrated to Queensland from Italy with his parents. He worked as a legal clerk with William Knox Darcy ('the Mount Morgan millionaire'), then went to Sydney to work for law firm E.P. Simpson and Co, with whom he stayed for 25 years. He served as a major-general in the army in WWI, and became Inspector-General of Administration in the Australian Defence Department in 1917. Ramaciotti bought shares in the J.C. Williamson theatrical empire and acquired the historic Theatre Royal, in Sydney, around 1913. He died from a heart attack in 1927, aged 66.\nVera Ramaciotti was educated at the Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School, where she boarded. The Women's Weekly wrote that 'Miss Ramaciotti's girlhood was spent in rather upper-British-class, genteel fashion', and pointed out with some astonishment that she owned no car, and always travelled by boat, never by aeroplane. Her first trip abroad was in 1911 for King George V's coronation.\nVera told the magazine: 'I'll take a very keen interest in the Foundation, but I'll have nothing at all to do with its administration'. The multi-million dollar gift was handed to Perpetual Trustees, with a stipulation that $4 million go to benefit NSW specifically, and $2 million for Australia-wide projects, with most of the money to be directed toward medical education and research. Vera's appointment as a governor of Sydney Hospital influenced her choice, as did a request that she subscribe to the Walter and Eliza Hall Foundation - she explained to The Australian in 1970, 'I thought I'd have one of my own, rather than give it to somebody else's. Melbourne doesn't mean very much to me\u2026 I was born and raised in NSW, I live in Sydney, and I prefer it'.\nVera Ramaciotti made a rare public appearance in 1970 to sign papers in the office of Perpetual Trustees for the benefit of photographers. Since then, the Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation has contributed over $38 million to more than 3,000 biomedical research projects.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Windeyer, Mary Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2168", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/windeyer-mary-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hove, Sussex, England", "Death Place": "Tomago, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Charity worker, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Mary Windeyer was president of the Women's Suffrage League of New South Wales from 1891-1893, and co-founder of the Ashfield Infants' Home and the Temporary Aid Society.\n", "Details": "Born in England, the second daughter of nine children of Jane (n\u00e9e Ball) and Reverend Robert Thorley Bolton, Mary migrated to Sydney with her parents while still a toddler. She married William Charles Windeyer in 1857 and the pair had nine children, including one daughter who died in infancy. Three years after their marriage, William was elected to parliament. He rose from Solicitor-General to Attorney-General, to Judge.\nHeather Radi describes Mary Windeyer as a 'charity organizer and champion of orphans' welfare and women's suffrage'. She pushed for better care of orphanages, and favoured foster care with loving families. She helped to establish what later became the Ashfield Infants' Home - a foundling hospital, open to mothers with illegitimate children - and opened her own cottage home for orphans. In the 1880s, following her husband's promotion of legal forms allowing for desertion as a case for divorce, she began to push for increased employment opportunities for women. With Lucy Osburn she organised an Exhibition of Women's Industries, promoting nursing as a profession, and raising enough money to set up a Temporary Aid Society to help women in financial difficulty by providing them with small loans. Later, with her daughter Margaret and others, Mary helped to establish a women's college at the University of Sydney.\nMary Windeyer became Lady Windeyer in 1891 when William was knighted. That year she was honorary secretary for the second Australasian Conference on Charity and a committee member of the Thirlmere Home for Consumptives. She was president of the Women's Suffrage League of New South Wales from 1891 until 1893 and a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She sponsored, Radi tells us, a 'silk-growing cooperative, a shorthand writers and typists' society, and hospital training for nurses' and organised the women's industries section of New South Wales' exhibit in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, USA. In 1893, Lady Windeyer's proposal for a women's hospital led to the opening of a district service that became the Women's Hospital in Crown Street, Sydney.\nLady Windeyer died in 1912 and was buried in the Anglican section of the Raymond Terrace cemetery. Her estate was valued at \u00a311,408.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/windeyer-mary-elizabeth-1837-1912\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-windeyers-chapters-of-family-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-lady-mary-windeyer-and-margaret-windeyer-1894-1926-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-w-c-windeyer-1838-1944-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/windeyer-family-papers-1827-1928\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/windeyer-family-papers-1829-1943\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/photographs-relating-to-the-windeyer-family-1829-1943\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Osmani, Gyzele", "Entry ID": "AWE2169", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/osmani-gyzele\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ternovc, East Kosovo, Serbia", "Occupations": "Refugee Advocate, Student", "Summary": "Gyzele Osmani fled Kosovo in 1999 with her husband and five small children. Accepting temporary refuge in Australia she was housed in the Bandiana Safe Haven where her youngest daughter received medical treatment for a dislocated hip. Refusing repatriation in March 2000 because the situation in the Presevo Valley was unsafe and her daughter needed further medical treatment, the family was interned for seven months in the Port Hedland Detention Centre before being released to settle in Canberra. Now an Australian citizen, Gyzele is studying Business Administration and her story is the subject of a prize-winning essay and radio program.\n", "Details": "Gyzele Osmani was born on 15 May 1970 in East Kosovo, Serbia, in the village of Ternovc , Bujanovc community , in the Presevo Valley, to Albanian Muslim parents. Her father was a farmer and she had three sisters and two brothers. She left school in Year 8 when she was 14, as the local high school was converted into a military barracks. She was helped by a tutor who lent her books and taught her Serbian and a little English. She then trained as a dressmaker. In 1991, when she was 21, she married Qenan Osmani a local carpenter and upholsterer, and by 1997 had five children, the last of whom were twins born in July 1997.\nIn May 1999 the Serbian soldiers blockaded the village, conducted a house-to house search and ordered the people to leave. Gyzele and her family walked for eight hours to Macedonia. When she finally reached a UN camp she discovered the hip of her baby daughter, Albinota, had been dislocated from being carried so long. She wanted medical help for her as soon as possible so accepted Australia's offer of asylum, not realising it was only intended to be temporary.\nShe arrived in Australia on 15 July 1999 and after five days in a camp in East Hills, Sydney, was taken to the Bandiana Safe Haven in the Albury-Wodonga area. Albinota had three unsuccessful operations on her hip over the next ten months.\nOn 3 March 2000 the Albanian refugees in Bandiana were told they would be repatriated as the United Nations had restored order in Kosovo. The thirty Albanians who, like Gyzele were from the Presevo region in Serbia where the UN had not intervened, knew it was not safe to return and refused to return. On 15 April 2000 twenty-one Albanians were sent from Bandiana to the Port Hedland Detention Centre. After seven months there, she and her family were released on the decision the Minister for Immigration, Philip Ruddock, following intervention from Canberra migration agent Marion Le and other Canberra-based refugee supporters, who also helped her family rebuild their lives in Canberra. She and her family were granted permanent residence in Australia on 15 May 2001 and are now Australian citizens.\nGyzele is studying Business Administration at the Canberra Institute of Technology and takes every opportunity to tell her story of life in detention in the hope of helping other detainees, particularly children. Her story has the subject of a prize- winning essay by Melanie Poole, and an Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio Eye program, which won the 2003 Human Rights Radio Award.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-place-where-god-died-gyzeles-story\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-place-you-cannot-imagine\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gyzele-osmani-interviewed-by-ann-mari-jordens-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Looveer, Lia", "Entry ID": "AWE2170", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/looveer-lia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Narva, Ida-Viru, Estonia", "Death Place": "Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Migrant community advocate, Office Manager", "Summary": "Born in Estonia in 1920, Lia Looveer came to Australia with her husband and daughter in 1949, settling in Sydney in 1952. She was an active member of the Estonian community in Sydney and was office manager for the Estonian weekly newspaper Meie Rodo, between 1956-1966.She was Secretary of the Captive Nations Council of New South Wales and Secretary General of the United Council of Migrants from Communist Dominated Europe in Australia in 1968.\nLooveer joined the Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales division, in 1955, and was a member of its Migrant Advisory Committee and of the federal Liberal Party's Advisory Committee on Ethnic Affairs, 1976-1981, as well as a member of the State Council over the same period. She is a foundation member of the Ethnic Communities' Council of N.S.W. Looveer was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1978 and received a Heritage Award from the Liberal Party of Australia, N.S.W. Division, in 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/estonian-archives-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/captive-nations-council-of-new-south-wales-records-1953-1998-together-with-the-records-of-the-united-council-of-migrants-from-communist-dominated-europe-in-australia-1953-1966\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joint-baltic-committee-records-1952-2000\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Margaret Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE2175", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-margaret-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Bondi, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist", "Summary": "Margaret Jones was Literary Editor for the Herald and worked as a journalist in the London and New York bureaus of John Fairfax Ltd, before becoming Foreign Editor for the Sydney Morning Herald in the 1970s. She reported from North Korea and North Vietnam, and was staff correspondent in Peking, China. Described as a 'trailblazer for women journalists', Jones wrote for the Herald newspaper for a total of thirty-three years.\n", "Details": "Margaret Jones was the youngest of six children. Her father, John, worked on the Rockhampton Harbour Board for 40 years. She received a Catholic education at Rockhampton and spent a period at teachers' college in Brisbane, before working as a journalist on the Mackay Mercury and as a stringer for the ABC. Moving to Sydney, she worked on The Daily Mirror.\nIn 1954, despite ongoing prejudice against women in journalism, she joined the Herald. Two years later she resigned to work in England and Paris, before joining The Sun-Herald in 1961. In 1965 she received her first foreign posting, to the Herald's New York offices. There she worked, though not entirely in harmony, with Lillian Roxon. The following year she became the paper's first Washington correspondent. Barred from the National Press Club because of her sex, and consequently deprived of access to important functions and major speeches, her work was hindered, but she managed a successful stint in Washington, covering Lyndon Johnson's presidency and the Vietnam War.\nIn 1969 she moved to London, covering subjects from the IRA to the Beatles. She returned to Sydney to become literary editor of the paper. By the early 70s, the ratio of women to men on the staff had risen from 1:11 to 1:6. In 1972 Jones joined the successful campaign to allow women full membership of the Sydney Journalists Club. The following year, she was appointed foreign correspondent in Beijing (then Peking), the first to hold the position for the Herald since WWII.\nIn 1976, Jones gave the Paton-Wilkie-Deamer Newspaper Address organised by the Journalists' Club, Sydney, and the New South Wales branch of the Australian Journalists' Association. She was the first woman journalist to be invited to do so. According to Jones, 'the integrity of the press, or lack of it, is among the most topical of all subjects today, arising out of the upheavals in the Government of Australia over the last year or so'. Her primary concern was the tendency - on both sides of politics - to use the press as a 'whipping boy', carrying the blame for all misfortune. The credibility of the press, said Jones, was 'at a pretty low ebb - just about the lowest I can remember', but censorship or greater control of the press was not the solution. Jones used the address to reflect upon the dangers of a controlled press based on her own experiences as a reporter in China from 1973. China's two national newspapers, the Renmin Ribao and the Kwangming Ribao, were the only newspapers that foreigners were permitted the read. The papers were under the strict control of government, and could only report positive news - great feats, economic gains, general prosperity. Foreign correspondents, too, were carefully monitored and not permitted to write about any subject that touched on the health of Chairman Mao, dissension in the leadership, or defence. A 'warning system' ensured their compliance - after two warnings, foreign correspondents would be forced to leave.\nIn 1980 Jones returned to London as European correspondent. Following her retirement in 1987, she served on the Australian Press Council from 1988-98. Her publications include Thatcher's Kingdom, The Confucius Enigma, and The Smiling Buddha.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thatchers-kingdom-a-view-of-britain-in-the-eighties\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-confucius-enigma\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-smiling-buddha\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pressures-on-the-press\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/southern-africa-defence-and-aid-fund-in-australia-records-1961-1981-together-with-the-records-of-community-aid-abroad-australia-southern-africa-group-1981-1987\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nancy-phelan-papers-1866-1996%e2%86%b5nancy-phelan-literary-manuscripts-with-working-papers-including-correspondence-1866-1996\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/salmon-family-malcolm-salmon-papers-1927-1986\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wicks, Tory Marcella", "Entry ID": "AWE2176", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wicks-tory-marcella\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Waverley, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Sports administrator", "Summary": "Tory Wicks was a hockey player, coach and administrator whose commitment to the sport extended over fifty years and did not diminish upon her retirement. A fit and reliable player on and off the field (she played full back) she once declared, 'I know of no better passport around the world than a hockey stick'.\n", "Events": "Captained the Australian team on their first international tour (1930 - 1930) \nMember of the New South Wales Women's Hockey team (1923 - 1935) \nMember of the All Australia Women's Hockey Team (1925 - 1935) \nElected secretary of the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (1953 - 1953) \nActive in Hockey administration (1935 - 1956) \nInducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame (1990 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wicks-tory-marcella-1900-1977\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-the-new-south-wales-womens-hockey-association-1908-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tazewell, Evelyn Ruth", "Entry ID": "AWE2177", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tazewell-evelyn-ruth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Sports administrator", "Summary": "According to her Sport Australia Hall of Fame citation, Evelyn Tazewell was the finest women's hockey player of her time. She enjoyed a career in the sport as player, coach, umpire and administrator that spanned four decades to the 1960s. Among many important contributions to the sport, she was instrumental in the establishment of the Women's Memorial Playing Fields at St Mary's, Adelaide.\n", "Events": "Elected President of the All-Australian Women's Hockey Association (1920 - 1920) \nCaptained the South Australian women's hockey team (1920 - 1936) \nDelegate to the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (1953 - 1953) \nDelegate to the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (1959 - 1959) \nState Delegate of the All-Australian Women's Hockey Association (1920 - 1965) \nInducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame (1985 - 1985)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tazewell-evelyn-ruth-1893-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stalwart-in-womens-hockey-dies-at-89\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aroha-hockey-club\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/south-australian-womens-hockey-team\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adelaide-hockey-club-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rymill, Shylie Katharine", "Entry ID": "AWE2178", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rymill-shylie-katharine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Girl Guides' Leader, Golfer", "Summary": "Shylie Katharine Rymill was a prominent member of Adelaide Society, a successful charity worker and a more than competent golfer, winning the South Australian Women's Championship in 1913. She was a state commissioner for the Girl Guides in South Australia between 1938-1950.\n", "Events": "Winner of the South Australian Women's Golf Championship (1913 - 1913) \nAssociate-captain of the (Royal) Adelaide Golf Club (1915 - 1915) \nAssociate-captain of the (Royal) Adelaide Golf Club (1923 - 1923) \nLadies' captain at Kooyonga Golf Club (1924 - 1928) \nFounding president of the South Australian Ladies' Golf Union (1925 - 1930) \nLadies' captain at Kooyonga Golf Club (1932 - 1932) \nAssociate-captain of the (Royal) Adelaide Golf Club (1933 - 1934)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rymill-shylie-katharine-1882-1959\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/s-a-guides-wartime-chief-dies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gauci, Glenda Hiroko", "Entry ID": "AWE2179", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gauci-glenda-hiroko\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Ambassador", "Summary": "Glenda Hiroko Gauci was the first Asian Australian woman appointed as an ambassador in the Australian diplomatic service.\n", "Details": "Glenda Gauci (pronounced Gaw-see) and her brother Michael were born in Footscray, Melbourne. Their parents, John and Hiroko, met in Japan when John was posted there with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force after WWII. They married and settled in Australia in 1957.\nGlenda attended Templestowe High School before graduating in arts and law from the University of Melbourne. Drawn by adventure and the opportunity to use her education, she had dreamt of being a foreign correspondent before deciding, at fifteen, that she would be a diplomat. She won prizes in politics, international relations and public administration and was the University's inaugural exchange student with Tokyo's Keio University. Later, she completed a Masters degree in international law at the Australian National University before joining the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1984.\nGauci's first posting was to Tokyo, where she moved with her husband, David Love. It was here that she gave birth to her two children, Dominic and Imogen.\nIn 1994, she was seconded to the Canberra office of the then foreign minister, Senator Gareth Evans, as an adviser on northern Asia, before becoming trade counsellor in Tokyo in 1995. She worked with Alexander Downer when he attended a World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting, and the following year she was involved with the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. In 1998 she returned to Australia as an assistant secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, heading the South-East and, later, North-East Asia branches.\nIn mid-2000 Gauci was named ambassador to Cambodia, one of only 12 women to have achieved that level of seniority in Australia's diplomatic service at the time.\nA year later, she accepted the ambassadorial-level role of political counsellor at the Washington embassy. Following the events of September 11, she went to Guantanamo Bay, accompanied Prime Minister John Howard, and to George Bush's ranch in Texas.\nIn 2004, Glenda Gauci was diagnosed with lung cancer, though she had never been a smoker. Later that year a surgical biopsy confirmed she had mesothelioma, for which there is no cure. The cancer is caused by asbestos fibres, and develops between 20 and 50 years after exposure. Gauci's father was a waterside worker who regularly handled asbestos material without being warned of its dangers, and could easily have carried the fibres home on his clothing. She is likely to have inhaled the fibres as a child.\nGlenda Gauci retired in 2006 and passed away the same year, aged just 47 years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australias-role-for-peace-and-security-in-northeast-asia-north-koreas-missiles-nukes-and-wmd\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/diplomatic-appointment-ambassador-to-cambodia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kirkby, Norma Emmeline", "Entry ID": "AWE2180", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kirkby-norma-emmeline\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Moree, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Moree", "Occupations": "Cattle Farmer, Charity worker", "Summary": "Norma Kirkby was 105 years old when she died. With her husband, Gordon, she built up the Success Poll Hereford Stud and Reno Poll Merino Stud. She supported numerous charitable organisations in the Moree district for over fifty years.\n", "Details": "Born to Arthur and Annie Louise Eather, Norma was the eldest of five children including Athol (who died at Gallipoli), Eugene, Arthur and Ella. She was educated in Moree before studying at Sydney's Conservatorium of Music. Norma married Gordon Kirkby, son of a local grazing family, in 1924 and the couple settled at 'Success' on the Goondiwindi Road. They were to have three children: Merle, Fred and Mary.\nBy 1935 the family had moved to 'Wilga' on the edge of Moree. Here Norma began creating a magnificent garden, and entertained guests ranging from World War II evacuees from Hong Kong to Rotary exchange students, governors-general and state governors.\nWhile running the Hereford and Merino Studs with her husband, Norma became involved with numerous charitable organisations including the Country Women's Association, Inner Wheel, Torchbearers for Legacy, the Royal Blind Society, the Australian Red Cross, Moree Hospital Ladies Auxiliary, Moree Girl Guides Association, the Handicapped Children's Association and Far West Children's Health Scheme. She used her musical talent to accompany silent movies at the Moree picture theatre, and played the organ in the Anglican Church. A passionate rugby union supporter, Norma was also president of the Moree Golf Associates.\nGordon Kirkby died in 1973. The following year, Norma was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. Gordon had received his own MBE in 1966.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Koshland, Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE2182", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/koshland-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "United States", "Occupations": "Community advocate, Director, Philanthropist, Poet", "Summary": "Ellen Koshland is the founder and president of the Education Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to stimulate new thinking about public education in Australia and fund innovative student projects in public schools.\n", "Details": "Ellen Koshland established the Education Foundation in 1989 to encourage community involvement in state schools that would contribute to a quality public education system and improve learning and life outcomes for young people. The Foundation works with other charitable foundations, businesses and individuals to fund programs that actively support students to develop their talents and foster a love of learning. The Foundation, under Ellen's leadership, has raised more than $10 million to fund over 500 programs changing the lives of many thousands of state school students and teachers. It now operates on a national scale in all states of Australia and, in 2008, became a permanent division of The Foundation for Young Australians.\nOriginally from the United States, Ellen was inspired by her grandfather, Daniel E. Koshland, who established the San Francisco Foundation. She moved to Australia in 1973. Already considering possibilities in philanthropy but unsure of how to begin, an approach by Jill Reichstein and a meeting with women from the Victorian Women's Trust motivated Ellen to establish the Education Foundation.\nEllen Koshland served as the Victorian Co Chairperson of Anti Poverty Week in 2007 and is currently an Education Ambassador for the Melbourne Community Foundation and a Director of The Foundation for Young Australians.\nIn keeping with her interest in literature, she acted as judge for the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction in 2006, and the CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry in 2007.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2018 - 2018)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ellen-koshlands-mad-day-speech\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bid-to-help-private-schools-go-public\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feature-interview-ellen-koshland\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/equity-excellence-and-effectiveness-moving-forward-on-schooling-arrangements-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Webster, Marion", "Entry ID": "AWE2183", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webster-marion\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Philanthropic administrator", "Summary": "Director of WWW Communications Pty Ltd, a social policy and philanthropic consulting company, Marion Webster joined the board of the Melbourne Community Foundation in 1997.\n", "Details": "Marion Webster was the founding Executive Director of the Australian Association of Philanthropy (now Philanthropy Australia) from 1988 to 1991. She led ANZ Charitable Trusts for over 5 years, first as National Manager, then Manager Corporate Relations.\nIn 1997, Marion was a founding director of the Melbourne Community Foundation (MCF), Australia's first independent community foundation. Funds from MCF are directed to meeting areas of community need identified through research, community consultation and discussion. After five years of operation the Foundation could boast a capital of $12 million. By 2006 it had 83 named sub-funds, one of which - EastWeb - is co-managed by Marion's son, Alistair.\nMarion has worked in the areas of child, family, and migrant welfare and advocacy. She serves on the boards of a number of community organisations in welfare, the arts, medical research, international relations and philanthropy. She was a founding director of Community Foundations of Australasia, and now chairs the Disability Employment Action Centre (DEAC).\nMarion spent nine months as Locum Director for Community Foundation Network in the United Kingdom and completed a Senior Fellowship with the City University of New York, studying community foundation sustainability. In August 2006 she spoke at the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) Congress about opportunities for community sector collaboration.\nMarion Webster was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2004 and then appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2023 for significant service to the community, to the philanthropic sector, and to women.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eastweb\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/small-steps-big-differences\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/changemakers-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Evatt, Elizabeth Andreas", "Entry ID": "AWE2184", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/evatt-elizabeth-andreas\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Barrister, Commissioner, Judge, Lawyer, Solicitor", "Summary": "Elizabeth Evatt was the first Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia and the first woman to preside in an Australian Federal Court.\nIn August 2020, a specialist domestic violence resource was established and named in her honour. The Evatt List, operating in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia across selected registries, will identify high-risk cases, enabling them to be fast-tracked with appropriate security arrangements in place.\n", "Details": "Elizabeth Evatt studied Law at the University of Sydney and at Harvard Law School. A Barrister-at-law at Inner Temple and the New South Wales Bar, her legal career began in England where she was a barrister and editor of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly. In 1968 she was invited to join Lord Scarman at the English Law Commission where she worked for five years.\nEvatt was Deputy President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission from 1973-76, before becoming the first Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia (1976-1988). From 1988-1993 she was president of the Australian Law Reform Commission, and Chancellor of the University of Newcastle from 1988-1994.\nBetween 1984-1992, Evatt was a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, serving as Chair of the Committee from 1989-1991. She was a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee from 1993-2000, and was a part time Commissioner of the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission from 1995-1998.\nEvatt is currently a judge of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal; a Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales; and Chair of the Board of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in Sydney. She has for many years been a member of the Australian section of the International Commission of Jurists, and was elected as a Commissioner in April 2003. A niece of former Labor leader Dr H. V. Evatt, Elizabeth Evatt is a Life Member of the Evatt Foundation, and served as Vice-President from 1982-1987.\n", "Events": "The Evatt List named in her honour, as a means of identifying and prioritising cases in Family Circuit Court Registries where family violence is a risk factor. (2020 - 2020) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-evatt\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pioneering-women-at-the-nsw-bar-1921-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recollections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-guide-to-family-law-questions-and-answers-to-help-you-make-the-right-decisions\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/final-report-royal-commission-on-human-relationships\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/royal-commission-on-human-relationships-official-transcript-of-proceedings\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-implementation-the-cutting-edge-of-international-human-rights-law\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/review-of-the-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-heritage-protection-act-1984\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-status-of-women-in-asia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/valuing-womens-work-women-equality-and-family-law-reform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/genital-mutilation-a-health-and-human-rights-issue\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/born-in-hope-the-early-years-of-the-family-court-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/law\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-evatt-interviewed-by-daniel-connell-in-the-law-in-australian-society-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-evatt-address-at-the-national-press-club-on-24-september-1980-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/working-papers-of-justice-elizabeth-evatt-chronological-series\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/personal-papers-relating-to-family-law-matters-single-number-series\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-created-by-justice-elizabeth-evatt-as-chairman-of-the-royal-commission-into-human-relationships-single-number-series\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/files-created-by-justice-elizabeth-evatt-as-chancellor-of-newcastle-university-single-number-series\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/files-created-by-justice-elizabeth-evatt-as-president-of-the-australian-law-reform-commission-single-number-series\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/personal-correspondence-files-single-number-series\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/addresses-given-by-justice-elizabeth-evatt-single-number-series\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/files-created-by-justice-alastair-bothwick-nicholson-as-chief-justice-of-the-family-court-of-australia-single-number-series\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-craig-mcgregor-1961-2005-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-richardson-scrapbooks-relating-to-the-womens-electoral-lobby-and-womens-events-1977-2002\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pollock, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE2185", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pollock-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Macedon, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Judy Pollock was one of Australia's best track athletes. She represented Australia internationally in the 1960s and early 1970s, at one time holding the world record in 440 yard and 400 and 800 meter events. She ran third (to Betty Cuthbert) at the 1964 Olympic Games in the inaugural running of the women's 440 yards. Pregnancy prevented her running at Mexico City in 1968, when she was, arguably, at the peak of her performance.\nPollock's last tilt at Olympic gold happened in 1976 in Montreal. She was outclassed in the 1500 and didn't proceed past the heats, but her time over 1000 meters (2.38.80) run just prior to the games, in 2006 remains an Australian record.\n", "Events": "Athletics - 400m event (1964 - 1964) \nAthletics - 440y Event (1966 - 1966) \nParticipated at the Munich and Montreal Olympic Games (1972 - 1976)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Caird, Maureen", "Entry ID": "AWE2187", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/caird-maureen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "In Mexico in 1968, at the age of 17 years and 19 days, Maureen Caird created a record that could never be broken when she became the youngest Olympic track and field winner. Her event, the 80 meters hurdles, was increased to 100 meters at the next Olympic Games. As junior in 1969, she set two world records over the new hurdling distance of 200 meters.\nCaird was an outstanding junior athlete and although she is best remembered for her hurdling, she was also a junior champion pentathlete (1967) and long jumper (1968).\nCaird retired prematurely in 1972 when recurring stomach pains she experienced were diagnosed as cancer.\n", "Events": "Athletics - 80m Hurdles (1968 - 1968)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clarke, Judith Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2188", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-judith-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Launceston, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Royal Tennis Player", "Summary": "Judith Clarke took up the game of Royal Tennis in 1973 at the age of nineteen and went on to be a world beater, winning her first singles and doubles championships in 1985. Once at the top, she was never beaten in a singles match before her retirement in 1988.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cottee, Kay", "Entry ID": "AWE2189", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cottee-kay\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Yachtswoman", "Summary": "In June 1988, Kay Cottee became the first woman to sail solo, unassisted and nonstop around the world. In the course of her voyage she set seven world records. Cottee was named the 1988 Australian of the Year and was awarded the Order of Australia.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Jim and Joy McLaren, Kay Cottee was born into a yachting family and was taken sailing for the first time when just a few weeks old. With her parents and three sisters Linda, Elaine and Jan, Kay would race in Sydney Harbour on board her father's self-built yacht, the Joy Too. It was here, on the water, that she felt most at peace. Kay disliked school and remembers, 'I spent a lot of time gazing out to sea from my classroom window, or sitting on the Heads at Botany Bay, dreaming I was setting off across the ocean'. She left school half way through fifth form and, like her three sisters, went to secretarial college. At seventeen she was engaged to her father's best friend's son, Neville, who was nine years her senior. They married after her eighteenth birthday.\nKay lived with Neville in Bondi next door to his parents' home where they both worked for his father's plumbing business in the backyard. Finding the job lonely, she relished the opportunity to talk to the plumbers at morning tea and lunch, but was soon told that this was not proper behaviour. The couple did share a love of sailing, and after their second wedding anniversary bought an old gaff rigger and spent a year fitting up the interior. They sold it to buy a '22-footer' and set off on a cruise. The joy was short-lived as Kay suffered from appendicitis 24 hours into the trip and had to return to land. Back at sea, the voyage had not long recommenced before the pair hit bad weather. The rudder snapped and they were 'blown helplessly before the storm' for three days, attracting a great deal of media attention in their plight.\nWith sailing plans temporarily on hold, Kay worked for her sister's ferry business before she and Neville bought the mould of a 'Roberts 35' - a 10.6m yacht - and named it Whimaway. This time Kay worked solely on the boat for 13 months. She writes, 'I guess not many females were boat builders then, but the publicity was good and got our bareboat charter business going'. The business was based in Pittwater and Kay was happy there, but having 'realized there was a whole new world out there beyond listening to plumbing complaints and co-existing with the in-laws', she moved aboard Whimaway, living in her car or at her sister's house when the boat was on charter. Neville moved in with his parents and returned to plumbing.\nAt 27 years of age, Kay took on the charter business at Pittwater assisted first by Jeanine Thompson and then by Shirley King, who became her close friend. She was forced to sell her beloved Whimaway to settle debts, but was able to manage it for the new owner as part of her business, which she ran for six years. All the while Kay was burning to build and own a yacht, one that she could keep, and 'my eyes were set on what seemed an impossible goal - to be the first woman to sail around the world, single handed and non-stop'.\nSo it was that she set about building the 11.2m Cavalier 37 Sloop originally christened the Jimmy Mac in honour of her father. She obtained sponsorship from Blackmores Laboratories Ltd to compete in the Two-Handed Trans-Tasman race to New Zealand and the Solo Trans-Tasman race back to Australia in 1986, sailing the first race with her friend Linda Wayman. Product sponsorship for the race meant that the yacht had to be re-named Cinnamon Scrub. The Two-Handed race began on 8 March 1986, and Kay and Linda won their division. Kay made her return to Mooloolaba, Queensland, in 10 days and 17 hours, arriving on 5 April.\nBy now, Kay's taste for solo sailing was highly developed, and she set about finding sponsors for her round-the-world trip. After several disastrous attempts to impress corporate executives, she found sponsorship with Blackmores again on the understanding that the trip would be used as a fundraising event. Kay's chosen charity was the late Reverend Ted Noff's Life Education Program - a drug education program for young people. For this monumental voyage, her yacht was re-named again as Blackmores First Lady.\nAfter enormous preparation and great cooperation from family and friends, Kay Cottee set off on her voyage on 29 November 1987. The Guinness Book of Records for 1989 notes that she completed:\nA singlehand nonstop circumnavigation eastabout from\/to Sydney, Australia, via St Paul's Rocks in the North Atlantic and south of the five southernmost capes, west to east, commencing November 29, 1987, and finishing June 5, 1988. Total sailing time 189 days 0 hours 32 minutes, logging 22,100 miles at an average speed of 116.93 miles per day. The voyage was completed without touching land, and without any form of outside aid apart from radio contact.\nThe five southernmost capes referred to are Good Hope, Leeuwin, South-East Cape (Tasmania), South-West Cape (Stewart Island, NZ), and the Horn.\nDuring the voyage, Kay's yacht overturned off the coast of southern Africa in 100-knot winds and 70-foot seas. She was washed overboard and saved only by the two safety lines that harnessed her to the boat. Having just missed collision with a tanker, she recalls in her book First Lady:\nMy life flashed before my eyes for the second time in an hour as I was washed just over the top of the leeward safety railing before my harness lines pulled me up short. I held my breath under the water until my lungs felt they would burst, willing my lovely Lady to right herself and praying that the two harness lines did not give way. She took her time, but true to form gracefully rose once again, this time with me dangling over the side.\nKay returned to Sydney Harbour to great fanfare on the morning of June 5, 1988. Cheered by 100,000 people at Darling Harbour, Rear-Admiral Tony Horton took her hand as she made her first step ashore and she was officially welcomed by Hazel Hawke (Prime Minister's wife), Nick Greiner (NSW Premier) and Sir Eric Neil (Commissioner to the City of Sydney). She was given the Key to the City of Sydney. Asked by a female journalist, 'How does it feel to have conquered a man's world?', she answered, 'I was brought up believing there is no such thing as a man's world or a woman's world. It's everyone's world!'\nKay was bombarded with 'civic receptions, balls, more press conferences and interviews that one could count, dinners, lunches, seminars and parties. We met visiting heads of state, government ministers, senators, admirals, royalty and thousands and thousands of lovely people'. A 'Welcome Home to Pittwater' day organized by the committee of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club attracted over 500 boats. 2000 guests attended the auction and party held at the clubhouse and raised over $35,000 for the Life Education Program. In subsequent years, Kay was able to raise over $1 million for the program.\nKay Cottee's numerous records include: the first woman to complete a singlehanded nonstop circumnavigation; the first woman to circumnavigate nonstop west to east, south of the five southernmost capes; the fastest time for a solo circumnavigation by a woman; the fastest speed (average speed 4.87 miles per hour during her round-the-world voyage) for a solo circumnavigation by a woman; the longest period alone at sea by a woman; and the greatest nonstop distance covered by a solo woman.\nAmong her many accolades are the 1988 Australian of the Year; the Order of Australia; the Advance Australia Award; indictment into the Hall of Champions by the NSW Government; the Bicentennial Award for Excellence in Women's Sport; New South Wales Sportswoman of the Year; and the Confederation of Australian Sport Special Award for Outstanding Personal Achievement in 1988.\nToday Kay Cottee is married to television producer Peter Sutton and has a son, Lee. She has launched a business building luxury yachts. Kay is chairman of the National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour where First Lady is now housed.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/first-lady-a-history-making-solo-voyage-around-the-world\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/all-at-sea-on-land-and-first-lady-ten-years-on\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kay-cottee-first-lady\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/museum-gives-cottee-pride-of-place-over-american-cup-winner\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kay-cottee-address-at-the-national-press-club-on-20-june-1989-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-kay-cottee-yachtswoman-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-kay-cottee-adventurer-and-author-sound-recording-interviewer-diana-giese\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-kay-cottee-1965-2009-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dennis, Clare", "Entry ID": "AWE2190", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dennis-clare\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Burwood, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Summary": "Clare Dennis dominated breast-stroke swimming from 1931 to 1935, becoming the first Australian woman to win a gold medal in the British Empire Games in 1934. An outstanding junior swimmer, she broke the world record at 15 years of age in the 220 yards breast-stroke, ensuring her selection in the team to represent Australia at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. She was the youngest member of the team, but still came home with the gold medal in her event - the first female Olympic Champion since Fanny Durack in 1912 and the last Australian swimmer, male or female to win Olympic Gold until 1956. She was the youngest Australian to win Olympic Gold until Shane Gould in 1972. She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985.\n", "Events": "Swimming - 200m Backstroke (1932 - 1932) \nSwimming - 200y Breaststroke (1934 - 1934)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dennis-clara-clare-1916-1971\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Flintoff-King, Debbie", "Entry ID": "AWE2191", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flintoff-king-debbie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Debbie Flintoff-King was a hard-working, determined athlete who became an Olympic champion in the gruelling 400 meters hurdles event. She won Commonwealth Gold in 1982 and 1986, spent an intense season competing in Europe in 1987, but is best remembered for her last-stride victory in Seoul in 1988.\n", "Events": "Athletics - 400m Hurdles (1982 - 1982) \nAthletics - 400m Hurdles (1988 - 1988) \nAthletics - 400m Hurdles, 400m (1986 - 1986) \nCompeted in Los Angeles (1984 - 1984)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reardon, Nancy", "Entry ID": "AWE2192", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reardon-nancy\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Netball Player, Teacher", "Summary": "Nancy Reardon was a gifted Tasmanian athlete who excelled in rowing and netball.\n", "Details": "Appointed Head Sports Mistress at Friends School in Hobart, Tasmania, in the mid-1930s, Nancy was credited with raising the standard of netball (then known as basketball) in that state to a very high level in the period before the war. She was the first Tasmanian ever to be appointed to the All-Australian Representative netball team chosen in 1939 to tour New Zealand in 1940. Unfortunately, she never had the opportunity to represent her country overseas. The 1940 tour to New Zealand was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War Two. That same year, Nancy moved to Western Australia where, sadly, she died in childbirth a year later in 1941. Her daughter, Diana Nancy Marsh, was raised in Western Australia.\n", "Events": "Nancy Reardon was selected in the 1939 All Australian Representative Netball (Basketball) team to tour New Zealand in 1940. (1939 - 1939)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-netball-history-in-tasmania-the-first-bounce-an-account-of-the-history-of-the-sport-in-tasmania\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/making-waves-tasmanian-oarswomen-1922-2022\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bjelke-Petersen, Marie Caroline", "Entry ID": "AWE2193", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bjelke-petersen-marie-caroline\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Copenhagen, Denmark", "Death Place": "Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Physical Culturalist, Teacher, Writer", "Summary": "Marie Bjelke-Petersen is best known as a writer, but as a young woman she enjoyed playing sport and was, it has been argued, instrumental in introducing the sport of netball to Tasmania.\nShe migrated with her family to Hobart, Tasmania in 1891, where her brother, Hans Christian, established the Bjelke-Peterson Physical Culture school in 1892. Marie joined as instructor in charge of the women's section; she also taught the subject in schools. It was during that time, it is suggested, that the Bjelke-Petersen's learned about a new game called basketball that was being played in the United States. Marie introduced drills designed for the game in to the Physical Culture program that she taught in the schools.\nUnfortunately, injuries prevented her from continuing with her teaching career much past 1910. At this point, she picked up her career as a writer. She published her first novel The Captive Singer, in 1917 to much acclaim; it sold 100,000 copies in English and 40,000 in Danish. In 1935 she won the King's Jubilee medal for services to literature.\nIn recent years, Bjelke-Petersen has become a gay and lesbian icon. She lived in an intimate relationship with Silvia Mills, who she met in 1898, and who, it is argued, The Captive Singer was about, for thirty years.\n", "Events": "For Services to Literature (1935 - 1935)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bjelke-petersen-marie-caroline-1874-1969\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-netball-history-in-tasmania-the-first-bounce-an-account-of-the-history-of-the-sport-in-tasmania\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-scandinavians-in-australia-new-zealand-and-the-western-pacific\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-mortal-flame-marie-bjelke-petersen-australian-romance-writer-1874-1969\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-captive-singer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newspaper-clippings-photographs-and-copies-of-letters-re-marie-bjelke-peterson-collected-by-maggie-weidenhofer-and-photographs-of-maria-island\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-the-bjelke-petersen-family\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parkes, Rosalie", "Entry ID": "AWE2194", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parkes-rosalie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "West Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Netball Player, Sports administrator", "Summary": "Rosalie Parkes' was a pioneer of netball in Tasmania and, after a twenty-five year involvement in the sport became an institution. She first represented Tasmania in 1939 at a carnival in Adelaide and became the first Tasmanian to tour with an Australian representative team when she travelled to New Zealand in 1948.\nBetween 1948 and 1960 she coached the Tasmanian Open Team and was made a life member of the Southern Tasmanian Netball Association in 1955. During her twenty-five year involvement with the sport. She served as President of the Southern Tasmanian Netball Association and liaison officer for the Tasmanian Netball Association. In order to honour her achievements and services to the sport in the region, the Creek Road Netball Pavilion was named after her. (The Building is now demolished.)\nRosalie never married, but she did have a partner, Owen Clarke, who died prematurely. Rosalie also died prematurely - she and her brother Frank, died in a house fire in 1994.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Honeychurch, Cara", "Entry ID": "AWE2195", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/honeychurch-cara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Tenpin Bowler", "Summary": "Cara Honeychurch is a tenpin bowler who won the World Cup in 1996, the same year she was awarded the title of Bowler of the Year. In 1998, at Kuala Lumpar, she won three gold medals in the sport.\nIn 1999 she travelled to the United States, where the sport gets national TV coverage and where over 80 tournaments a year are played. In her first year as a professional, Honeychurch headed the season's averages and was second on the money earning lists. During this season, she bowled two perfect games, one of them on live TV, and in so doing earned herself a $50,000 bonus. In October 1999 she was voted Bowler of the Month by the American bowling media. In 2000, she won the Professional Women's Bowling Association (United States) Rookie of the Year award.\nIn October 2006, after a three year break from competition, she won the United States Bowling Congress Women's Challenge, defeating the 2005 World Ranking Masters champion, Clara Guerrero, in the final.\n", "Events": "Ten Pin Bowling - Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bowling-the-new-glamour-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-cara-honeychurch-returns-to-winners-circle-with-victory-at-womens-challenge\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cara-honeychurch-file\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Holt, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE2196", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/holt-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Taekwondo", "Summary": "Margaret Holt was World Champion in Tae Kwon Do in 1994. During the week of competition, she won three gold medals in an open competition that included men.\nIn 1992, she dressed as a man in order to compete in the knock-out Karate Championships, only revealing her true identity after she had won the title.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carlton, Melissa", "Entry ID": "AWE2197", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carlton-melissa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Africa", "Occupations": "Paralympian, Sports administrator, Swimmer", "Summary": "Melissa Carlton is a freestyle swimmer who migrated with her family to Tasmania from South Africa at the age of twelve in 1986. At the 1996 Paralympic Games held in Atlanta she won two gold medals, two silver and one bronze. She also held the world record for the 400 meters freestyle. Born with a congenital leg disability, Carlton says 'I never considered myself to be disabled because this is how I have always been. It's how I have always swum.'\nConsidered to be somewhat of an icon of Tasmanian sport, Carlton was named Tasmanian Sportswoman of the Year in 1996. In 2000, she was appointed Executive Officer of the Tasmanian Paralympic Committee.\n", "Events": "She won a bronze medal in the 100 metres (109 yards) backstroke, silver medals in the 100 metres butterfly and the 100 metres freestyle, gold medals in the 400 metres (437 yards) freestyle and the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay. (1996 - 1996) \nSwimming - 100m Freestyle (S9) (1994 - 1994)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tasmania-the-island-fact-file\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/melissa-carlton-file\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cooper, Priya", "Entry ID": "AWE2198", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cooper-priya\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Paralympian, Swimmer", "Summary": "Priya Cooper was born with Cerebral Palsy and began swimming at a young age for therapy. In 1991, whilst swimming at a school carnival, Priya was selected to represent Wheelchair Sports Western Australia at the 1991 National Wheelchair Games, winning 9 gold medals. Priya debuted internationally at the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona, winning three gold medals and two silver medals and breaking two world records. Her performances earnt Priya an Order of Australia Medal. She went on to further success at Paralympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 and Sydney in 2000.\nIn 1995, Cooper was named the Paralympian of the Year, in 1999 she was acknowledged as Young Australian of the Year (Sport) edging out Pat Rafter and Ian Thorpe, who were both finalists.\n", "Events": "1 Gold, 3 Bronze. (2000 - 2000) \n3 Gold, 2 Silver. 2 World Records, 3 Paralympic Records. Chosen to carry Australian flag to Closing Ceremony. (1992 - 1992) \nSelected as Female Australian Team Captain. 5 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze. 3 World Records, 5 Paralympic Records. Selected to carry Australian flag to Closing Ceremony. (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/athlete-profiles\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/priya-cooper-file\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Di Toro, Daniela", "Entry ID": "AWE2199", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/di-toro-daniela\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Paralympian, Tennis player", "Summary": "Daniela Di Toro is a champion wheelchair tennis player who, in 1999, was named the Australian Paralympic Committee Athlete of the Year. She was ranked number one in her sport in 2000.\nDi Toro was not born with a disability; she lost the use of her legs in 1988 after a wall collapsed on her while she was participating in a school swimming carnival. She credits her success to a meeting with another wheelchair athlete, basketballer Sandy Blyth, who was a rehabilitation worker at the unit where Di Toro was receiving treatment.\nDi Toro is still involved in her sport and works as a youth worker in Melbourne, Australia.\n", "Events": "Winner of the United States Open (1999 - 1999) \nAustralian Paralympic Committee Athlete of the Year (1999 - 1999) \nSilver Medalist at the Sydney Paralympic Games (2000 - 2000) \nWinner of the Australian Open (2000 - 2000) \nBronze Medalist at the Athens Paralympic Games (2004 - 2004) \nWinner of the Australian Open (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-paralympics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daniela-di-toro-file\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crisp, Jessica", "Entry ID": "AWE2200", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crisp-jessica\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Sailboarder", "Summary": "Jessica Crisp was a pioneer in the sport of sailboarding. In 1986, two years after the Olympic debut of the sport, she won the first of two consecutive world youth titles.\nIn 1986 and 1989 she was crowned world windsurfing champion. In 1993 she became the first Australian, male or female, to win the highly competitive World Cup Sailboarding series. She repeated the feat in 1994.\n", "Events": "Crisp won the title two years in a row. (1993 - 1994)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/olympic-athletes-jessica-crisp\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessica-crisp-file\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ferguson, Adair", "Entry ID": "AWE2201", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ferguson-adair\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Rower", "Summary": "When Adair Ferguson won the single sculls title at the 1985 rowing World Championships in Belgium, she became Australia's first female world champion rower. Her performance was excellent enough for her to be named the 1985 Australian Athlete of the Year; in achieving the honour she beat fellow nominees Jeff Fenech and Alan Border. Ferguson proved it wasn't a fluke when she won a gold medal in the same event the following year in Edinburgh at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.\nFerguson represented Australia eight times at various international competitions but never at an Olympic Games. 1988 was considered to be her best chance of winning a medal but that year the Australian selectors decided not to send any female rowing competitors.\nAs well as representing Australia as a sportswoman, Ferguson tried her hand at politics. She stood as the Australian Democrats candidate in the blue ribbon liberal seat of Ryan in the 1990 federal election.\n", "Events": "Rowing - Lightweight Scull (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adair-ferguson-file\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hartigan, Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE2202", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hartigan-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Tennis player", "Summary": "Joan Hartigan was Australia's number one ranked women's singles tennis player between 1933-36 and was, quite possibly, the first Australian woman to make her mark internationally when she made self funded tours of Europe in 1934 and 1935. She won three Australian Open singles titles (1933-34, 1936) and reached the semi finals at Wimbledon twice, in 1934 (losing to Helen Jacobs) and 1935 (she lost to the legendary Helen Wills Moody.) She remained near the top of Australian women's tennis until the war years, achieving a ranking of eighth after her efforts at Wimbledon. Tall and athletic, Hartigan was renowned for her power game, rather than as s serve and volley player.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miss-lyle-and-joan-hartigan-left\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joan-hartigan\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lock, Jane Melinda", "Entry ID": "AWE2203", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lock-jane-melinda\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Golfer", "Summary": "Jane Lock was born in Sydney but grew up in Melbourne where she learned to play golf. By the age of 16 she had a single figure handicap, at 17 she won the first of three successive Australian junior championships and in 1975, she achieved the double, winning both the Australian senior and junior championships.\nJane Lock represented Australia more than thirty times and set course records in six countries. She turned professional in 1980 and played on the American circuit.\n", "Events": "Winner Women's Australian Junior Amateur Championship (1973 - 1975) \nAwarded MBE for Services to Sport and Golf (1975 - 1975) \nAustralian Amateur Champion (1975 - 1976) \nNew Zaaland Open Champion (1975 - 1976) \nAustralian Amateur Champion (1979 - 1979) \nWinner Australian LPGA Championship (1981 - 1981) \nTurned professional and tackled the lucrative USLPGA Tour. Played for 5 years. (1981 - 1981) \nCanadian Amateur Champion (1981 - 1981)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jane-lock-interviewed-by-marnie-haig-muir-for-the-sport-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kent, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE2204", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kent-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Coach, Diver, Sports administrator", "Summary": "Julie Kent was a junior world champion diver who first competed at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984. Unable to train in Tasmania in the winter months (there was no indoor, Olympic standard aquatic centre in Hobart) she made the decision at the age of 15 to move to Montreal to train and prepare for competition. She lived there for two years, flatting with two other young athletes. She returned to Australia when the Australian Institute of Sport opened its diving institute in Brisbane.\nAfter she stopped competing, Kent went on to a temporary coaching job with the AIS, then moved into radio advertising. In 1997, she was elected president of the Tasmanian Olympic Council, the first woman to hold the position.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-mercury\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-mercury-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-mercury-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Quarrell, Lois Gertrude", "Entry ID": "AWE2205", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/quarrell-lois-gertrude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Corryton, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Sports administrator, Sports Journalist", "Summary": "Lois Quarrell covered women's sport in Adelaide for The Advertiser for forty years and is credited with doing much to 'educate public opinion in the value of various sports for girls and young women'. (The Advertiser October 1949). She joined the paper in 1932, at the age of seventeen, and four years later became their first woman sportswriter. In order to gather stories, she would ride her bike to venues, collect information and pedal back to the office to write it up.\nQuarrell's half page column, devoted entirely to women's sports and the issues associated with them, commenced in 1936 and ran until her retirement in 1970. She used it to inform readers of the variety of women's sporting achievements and comparing them to women's efforts overseas in an effort to legitimize them. She also used her influence to encourage women to be involved in sport and to manage their own affairs. In particular, she argued for the inclusion of 'games' for girls in the standard school curriculum, against opposition groups who believed that girls playing sport would rob them of their femininity. Quarrell also encouraged debate on issues such as the suitability of rational dress and the early retirement of athletes due to motherhood.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1932 - 1970)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feminae-ludens-womens-competitive-sport-in-southaustralia-1936-1956-and-the-influence-of-sports-reporter-loisquarrell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lois-quarrell-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ross, Ingrid", "Entry ID": "AWE2206", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ross-ingrid\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Germany", "Occupations": "Teacher, Tour guide", "Summary": "Ingrid grew up in war-torn Germany. When she was three years of age her home was bombed, and her family lost everything. She and her mother had to flee to a little village in the mountains where they experienced great hardships and survived by living on food gathered from the forest and the fields. After training as a teacher in her teenage years, Ingrid went to the UK where she met and married Malcolm Ross. They spent 10 years teaching in Papua New Guinea before settling in Australia in 1982. Here Ingrid taught German language in a private school for a number of years. She is now employed as a tour guide around historic sites in Canberra and travels with her husband, a Professor of Linguistics, when he lectures overseas. Tempered by her experiences of life, Ingrid has embraced her adopted country of Australia with great affection, as well as warmly embracing all who come across her path.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-of-grace-stories-of-faith-and-courage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hocking, Betty Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE2207", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hocking-betty-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Social justice advocate, Teacher", "Summary": "Betty, adopted as a baby, grew up in a dysfunctional home in a small country town in South Australia, and experienced difficult and stressful formative years. She later moved to Canberra, where she felt welfare was available to young people with problems of all kinds. In Canberra, Betty established a home for her rapidly growing family - in the space of two years, she went from having two children to six. Betty's many activities included setting up the first secretarial agency in Canberra, from her home.\nWhen Robyn, a profoundly deaf daughter, was born, the family struggled to communicate with her. Robyn eventually trained to become a teacher, and became the first deaf teacher of the deaf in Tasmania.\nBetty took an active role in social justice issues, including actively fighting for justice for Lindy Chamberlain and other victims of injustice. She was elected to the House of Assembly on the Family Team before ACT self-government.\nLater, as she was living in Queensland in retirement, Betty continued to champion causes for those who could not fight for themselves.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-of-grace-stories-of-faith-and-courage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-betty-hocking-1982-1992-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-betty-hocking-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robertson, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE2208", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robertson-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Artist, Weaver", "Summary": "Jenny grew up in the UK and studied weaving at the Royal College of Art in London. Here she met her husband Chris, an Australian student. Jenny tells of her struggle to adjust when she migrated to Australia from the UK as a young bride, pregnant with her first child, and how she came to accept her new life. Coming from England's lush green countryside, Jenny grew to love the stark beauty of the Australian landscape and has incorporated its striking natural elements into her weaving, creating products that are quintessentially Australian. Jenny and her husband designed and built a unique loom that enables her to weave double and triple cloths, and her work has been featured in exhibitions both in Australia and overseas, as well as in documentary films. Jenny was honoured to be asked by the ACT Chief Minister's Department to present a piece of her work to the Queen on her official visit to Canberra in 2000.\nToday Jenny teaches weaving and textiles at the Australian National University and travels all over the world for work and research.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-of-grace-stories-of-faith-and-courage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moroney, Hilary", "Entry ID": "AWE2209", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moroney-hilary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Religious worker", "Summary": "Hilary grew up in the United Kingdom, the granddaughter of German Jews who fled to England from Hitler's persecution, and the victim of childhood sexual abuse. She studied nursing and midwifery, before deciding to follow her dream to travel. For a year, Hilary backpacked around the world, through Asia to Australia, where she settled with her first husband. Finding herself in an abusive situation similar to that of her childhood, Hilary found help and gained strength from a number of Indigenous pastors. With her second husband Paul, she has built a beautiful Prayer House at Gundaroo, where people can come to rest, pray and relax, and stay for respite. Hilary travels to conferences all over the world to participate in prayer for the nations, as well as in our own Parliament in Canberra.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-of-grace-stories-of-faith-and-courage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hipkiss, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2210", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hipkiss-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Religious worker", "Summary": "Robyn grew up in South Australia, and became involved in a church at 18 years of age through the Billy Graham Crusade. She experienced great joy in her new found faith and was instrumental in introducing a children's programme that impacted on many young lives.\nIn her late 20s Robyn married Terry Hipkiss. The pair were involved in ministry in a number of churches, finally settling in Canberra in 1976, where they pioneered a church known today as Ginninderra Christian Church.\nIn 1987 Robyn was diagnosed with bowel cancer, necessitating major bowel surgery from which she made a good recovery. Her husband Terry had many battles with depression, eventually experiencing a breakdown, and left the ministry and the church for ten years. He was later diagnosed with prostate cancer, which spread to bone cancer. He returned to his faith before his death in June 1998.\nRobyn continues to minister to other women in stressful situations and to share the truths that have helped her to overcome her own difficulties. In 2006, she fulfilled a lifelong dream to tell the inspiring stories of some of the many women who have been a part of her life, by publishing Australian Women of Grace.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-of-grace-stories-of-faith-and-courage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Collison, Jeanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2211", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collison-jeanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mosman, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Anaesthetist, Medical researcher, Surgeon", "Summary": "At the age of 27, Jeanne Collison was responsible for developing the first Australian heart-lung machine and leading a team of seven male doctors through the first successful open-heart surgery in the southern hemisphere.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Albert Collison, a master builder, and his wife Beatrice, Jeanne was born in Mosman and educated there at Killarney School. She later attended the Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School (SCEGGS) in Darlinghurst, where - according to Tony Stephens, who wrote Collison's obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald - 'the headmistress advised her not to bother with medicine because she would never make the grade'.\nAt the age of sixteen, Collison was playing the pipe organ at North Sydney Baptist Church where she met her future husband Neville York, then a twenty-year-old World War II RAAF pilot. Collison graduated with honours from Sydney University in 1952. York, too, became a student of medicine and the two were married in 1955.\nAccording to Stephens, the death of young children from heart failure drove Collison to become a pioneer in heart bypass anaesthesia in Australia. In 1952, with Helen Windon, she became the first female trainee anaesthetist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. She joined the cardiac research team at the Baker Institute in Melbourne in 1956, and the following year, built the first heart-lung machine at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital using PVC tubing and other materials after a colleague sent from the United States a rough sketch of an American design on airmail paper.\nIn 1957, Collison returned to Sydney where she established a cardiopulmonary bypass department at the Royal Prince Alfred. Twenty years later she established another at Westmead. In midlife she obtained her pilot's licence, flying with her husband and her son, Simon. Stephens tells us that Collison and York's marriage was 'a 50-year personal and professional partnership of immense happiness, marred only by the accidental death of their only child, Simon, at 18'.\nJeanne Collison passed away in 2006, just eight days after she was awarded the Order of Australia at Government House.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Akhurst, Daphne Jessie", "Entry ID": "AWE2212", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/akhurst-daphne-jessie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Burwood, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Tennis player", "Summary": "A promising pianist in her school days, Daphne Akhurst attended the State Conservatorium of Music in New South Wales, becoming a music teacher and performer. While studying, she became an enthusiastic tennis player, winning the schoolgirls' singles championship in 1917-20. In 1923 she won the County of Cumberland ladies' singles, and two years later, the Australasian championships. She went on to win the Australasian championships a further four times. Akhurst travelled to the United Kingdom, where she competed at Wimbledon, reaching the singles and doubles semi-finals and the mixed doubles final (with Jack Crawford). Akhurst out-performed all of the Australian men in the competition and was ranked third in the world by Ayres' Almanac.\nAkhurst married Royston Stuckey Cozens, a tobacco manufacturer, in 1930, and retired from serious competition in 1931. The pair had one son. Akhurst died of an ectopic pregnancy in 1933.\nThe trophy for the women's singles winner at the Australian Tennis Open is named in her honour.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/akhurst-daphne-jessie-1903-1933\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hamilton, Marie Montgomerie", "Entry ID": "AWE2213", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hamilton-marie-montgomerie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Doctor, Hockey player, Sports administrator", "Summary": "Marie Hamilton was educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College, where she was dux, and later, coach of the school hockey team. She was treasurer of the New South Wales Women's Hockey Association from 1914 to 1916, and for twenty-one consecutive terms from 1928 to 1948.\nHamilton's fianc\u00e9 was killed at Lone Pine, Gallipoli. In 1918 she become a student of medicine at the University of Sydney, living at the Women's College, and in 1920 captained the university hockey team. Between 1932-1934 and 1945-1954, Hamilton chaired the All Australia Women's Hockey Association. From 1926 she was assistant medical officer in the Department of Public Health. With Dr Elsie Dalyell she worked on the treatment of venereal disease in women and established a venereal disease clinic at the Rachel Forster Hospital. From 1934 she worked in private practice as a pathologist.\nHamilton's enthusiasm for hockey was ongoing, and she travelled with women's hockey teams overseas. She was made a life member of the State and the All-Australia women's hockey associations.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rachel-forster-hospital-the-first-fifty-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hamilton-marie-montgomerie-1891-1955\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hopman, Eleanor", "Entry ID": "AWE2214", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hopman-eleanor\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Sports administrator, Tennis player", "Summary": "Born Eleanor Hall, Hopman was born at Coogee, New South Wales, and educated at Claremont College, Randwick. As a student she excelled at tennis and music, obtaining her licentiate and teaching diploma at the Royal College of Music, London, but ultimately chose a tennis career. In 1930, Harry Hopman spotted Eleanor and partnered her in the Australian senior mixed doubles, which they won. That year and in 1933, she also won the women's doubles title.\nEleanor and Harry were married in March 1934. The pair moved to Melbourne and Eleanor became captain of the Victorian interstate team. In 1935, they reached the mixed doubles finals for Wimbledon. In 1936 and 1937 they won the Australian mixed doubles. Eleanor won the Victorian singles in 1938, and the South Australian singles the following year, raising her national ranking to equal first with Emily Westacott.\nAt the end of her playing career, Eleanor Hopman became a tennis administrator, elected as the first woman councillor of the Lawn Tennis Association of Victoria in 1947. In 1950 she managed Victoria's Wilson Cup team.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hopman-eleanor-mary-1909-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Nina Eva Vida", "Entry ID": "AWE2215", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-nina-eva-vida\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Darling Point Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Motor Racing Driver", "Summary": "The seventh child of William Henry Harris, gentleman, and Susan Mary (n\u00e9e Clarke), Vida Jones was educated at home. She married John Alexander Stammers Jones, a keen sportsman with a talent for cycling and horseriding, in Darlinghurst, Sydney, in April 1910. At their home in Lithgow, Vida Jones began driving, and in 1923 toured northern New South Wales and Queensland. She participated in a number of events organized by the Royal Automobile Club of Australia (R.A.C.A.), and in 1925-26 drove her Crossley at an average of 78 miles (125 km) per hour to win the 'Weekender Trophy', one of several events along the new Maroubra Speedway. She won a gold medal in a 24-hour event in 1927 - one of few women to do so.\nIn 1929, Vida Jones drove the family's new Alfa Romeo in the Sydney Bicycle and Motor Club's hill climb at Prospect, and the R.A.C.A. Kurrajong hill climb, gaining the fastest time in both events. The following year, she beat sixty-seven male rivals in the Light Car Club's acceleration test on Bondi Promenade, making 18.4 seconds for the quarter mile.\nVida Jones gave up competitive driving after her husband died of cancer in 1933. She died thirty-three years later at her home in Darling Point.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-nina-eva-vida-1882-1966\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kellermann, Annette Marie Sarah", "Entry ID": "AWE2216", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kellermann-annette-marie-sarah\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Southport, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Aquatic performer, Author, Diver, Swimmer", "Summary": "Born in 1886 in Marrickville, Sydney, Annette Kellerman was a New South Wales swimming champion who left for England aged 18 to help her cash-strapped family. In Europe, she built a name for herself in long distance swimming and exotic swimming and diving demonstrations. By 1906 she had moved to vaudeville theatre in America as 'Australia's Mermaid' and quickly progressed to the big screen. Kellerman enjoyed tremendous success as a silent movie star in mythological underwater films, including Neptune's Daughter.\n", "Details": "The daughter of musical parents, Frederick William Kellermann and Alice Ellen (n\u00e9e Charbonnet), Annette's swimming career began at the age of six. Compelled to wear steel braces due to a weakness in the legs, she learned to swim as a way of gaining strength. By her early teens her legs were functioning normally, and she began to swim competitively. She won the 100 yards and mile championships of New South Wales in 1902 with record times of 1 minute, 22 seconds and 33 minutes, 49 seconds respectively.\nWhen the family moved to Melbourne, Kellermann combined her passion for swimming with her theatrical ability, performing a mermaid act at Princes Court entertainment centre and appearing twice a day with fish in a glass tank at the Exhibition Aquarium. She completed a long-distance swim in the Yarra and several exhibitions throughout Australia, acclaimed as the holder of all world records for ladies' swimming. In 1905 she visited England with her father, swimming the Thames from Putney bridge to Blackwall pier in 3 hours, 54 minutes. Sponsored by the Daily Mirror she attempted to swim the English Channel but was unsuccessful. In France, she was placed third in a seven-mile race down the Seine. The following year she completed a twenty-two mile race down the Danube, and made a second unsuccessful attempt to swim the Channel.\nAccording to G.P. Walsh (Australian Dictionary of Biography), Kellerman's one-piece swimsuit made by stitching black stockings into a boy's costume caused somewhat of a sensation in her early career. She was arrested on a Boston beach for wearing a brief one-piece swimsuit in 1907. Ironically, the publicity 'helped to relax laws relating to women's swimwear' and Kellermann 'regarded her part in emancipating women from the neck-to-knee costume as her greatest achievement'.\nKellermann gave up her swimming career to take up acting in earnest. She performed at leading theatres in Europe, the U.S.A., the U.K. and Australia. Many of her performances incorporated diving stunts which she did herself. In 1912 she married her manager, American-born James Raymond Louis Sullivan. During World War II she lived in Queensland, working for the Red Cross and entertaining troops. She and her husband came to live in Australia permanently in 1970. Kellermann had no children of her own, but produced a book of children's stories, Fairy Tales of the South Seas, in 1926.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fairy-tales-of-the-south-seas-and-other-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kellermann-annette-marie-sarah-1886-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kerr, Beatrice Maude", "Entry ID": "AWE2217", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kerr-beatrice-maude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Aquatic performer, Diver, Swimmer", "Summary": "Raised at Albert Park, Melbourne, Beatrice Kerr and her four siblings were taught to swim by their mother, Eliza Sophia. Kerr began her competitive swimming career in Geelong and in Melbourne, at Brighton and Albert Park. In 1905 she won the Australasian amateur championship, and the 100 yards and 120 yards in the Victorian championships, and completed 366 swimming and diving performances at Princes Court, Melbourne. The following year she won forty-three swimming prizes in Western Australia. Kerr's fastest time for the 100 yards was 1 minute, 21.4 seconds, and for the mile, 27.5 minutes, but she did not hold world records nor did she compete in the Olympic Games.\nFollowing her rival, Annette Kellermann, Kerr travelled to the United Kingdom in 1906. She issued a public challenge to Kellerman that year, but did not receive a response. Kerr began a busy season of performances, appearing in theatrical swimming events. According to Judy Nelson, Kerr was renowned for swimming techniques including the revolving waterwheel, and for her diving displays, as well as for her daring, spangled swimming costumes. She returned to Australia in 1911 and retired from professional swimming the following year when she married Griffith Ellis Williams. The pair had one son and lived at Bondi, Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kerr-beatrice-maude-1887-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mansom, Dorothy Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE2218", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mansom-dorothy-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide", "Occupations": "Equestrian, Opera singer, Public servant, Sports administrator", "Summary": "Dot Mansom left school at the age of 15 and worked for her father in his capacity as bookmaker at the Supreme Court Hotel. She attended the Hyde Park School of Music, and sang in minor roles for the South Australian Opera Company. She later toured with operas to Melbourne and Western Australia. On weekends she taught riding, and during the Depression years took work at the Port Adelaide Bacon Factory, before becoming a buyer and manageress for Miller Anderson Ltd.'s mantle department. Mansom become an investigating officer with the drapery section of the State branch of the Rationing Commission during World War II, gaining equal status with her male colleagues. She married Clarence Henry Gray in June 1950.\nAfter the war, Mansom was secretary of the South Adelaide Riding Club (which she re-formed) and the Horse Riding Clubs' Association. She bought a former racehorse, Antonym. In an attempt to popularise dressage, she established the Dressage Club of South Australia with Tom Roberts in 1949. The following year she won a blue ribbon in dressage events at the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia's show. Mansom became a member of the executive of her local Light Horse Association, and helped to organise Australian Olympic Federation horse trials in South Australia. She predeceased her husband, and was buried in West Terrace cemetery, Adelaide.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mansom-dorothy-mary-1905-1978\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McLeod, Gertrude Evelyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2219", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcleod-gertrude-evelyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Brisbane", "Occupations": "Golfer, Sports administrator", "Summary": "Gertrude McLeod was educated at the Brisbane High School for Girls. McLeod was an enthusiastic, but not an outstanding, golf player. According to Margaret Kowald, her handicap never fell below sixteen. Nonetheless, McLeod was elected president of the Queensland Ladies' Golf Union in 1934. In this capacity she raised money for country championships and took the first Queensland women's team to Sydney in 1938. Like many women's organisations, the Q.L.G.U. offered financial support to patriotic bodies during World War II.\nFrom 1949 to 1954, McLeod served as president of the Australian Ladies' Golf Union, sending a team to the British Ladies' Open Championship in 1950. During her presidency, the Union discussed the changing social background of women golfers (once the domain of wealthy women) and dress codes for women.\nMcLeod was an associate-member of the Royal Queensland and Indooroopilly golf clubs, and was awarded honorary life membership of the Q.L.G.U. in 1962. She supported the establishment at Mt Ommaney (Brisbane) of the first golf club in Australia to be administered entirely by women, named the McLeod Country Golf Club in her honour.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-on-course-the-mcleod-country-golf-club-1968-1993\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcleod-gertrude-evelyn-1891-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moulds, Constance", "Entry ID": "AWE2220", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moulds-constance\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Blackheath, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Trotting trainer", "Summary": "From Rylstone, New South Wales, Constance Moulds moved with her parents to Rouse Hill in 1908. There, eleven years later, she married George Francis Moulds. She gave birth to a son, Lawrence, in 1923.\nAt Riverstone, her home, Constance began to train trotters full time. She and George bought their own trotter, 'Tiny Loche', who won her first three starts and became a valuable breeding mare. In 1924, Constance became the only woman to be granted a trainer-driver licence by the New South Wales Trotting Club. She came second in a race meeting that year; but a fortnight later, having weighed in for her next race, was told that she could not compete as 'men might be inhibited by chivalry from protesting against interference by women drivers' (Greg Brown, ADB).\nIn 1932, George Moulds was killed while driving 'Charming Ribbons'. Constance continued training, often forced to enter her horses in competition under the name of her son, Lawrie Moulds, who was by then a premier reinsman.\nConstance Moulds was buried at Rouse Hill in 1972.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moulds-constance-1897-1972\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Peden, Margaret Elizabeth Maynard", "Entry ID": "AWE2221", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peden-margaret-elizabeth-maynard\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney", "Occupations": "Cricketer, Sports administrator, Teacher", "Summary": "Margaret Peden completed a Bachelor of Arts (1926) and Diploma of Education (1928) at the University of Sydney, where she co-founded the women's cricket club and served as president of the women undergraduates' association. While working as sports mistress at Redlands School (1928-34), Peden helped to rebuild the New South Wales Women's Cricket Association, serving as honorary secretary from 1928 to 1944. She captained every New South Wales women's cricket team until 1938, with the exception of the 1930 team - that year she co-founded the Australian Women's Cricket Council. She was secretary of the New South Wales Women's Amateur Sports Council in 1932-37, and later vice-president.\nIt was Margaret Peden who organised in 1934 the first tour to Australia by an English women's cricket team and, with her sister Barbara, set up Australia's first indoor coaching centre in Sydney. Peden was appointed captain of the Australian team that year, and again in 1937. In 1950 she became an honorary life member of the Women's Cricket Association, England.\nIn 1935, Peden married Maurice Ranald Emanuel. She gave birth to a son in 1938.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newtown-tarts-a-history-of-the-sydney-university-womens-sports-association-1910-1995\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peden-margaret-elizabeth-maynard-1905-1981\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pelloe, Emily Harriet", "Entry ID": "AWE2222", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pelloe-emily-harriet\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Perth, Western Australia", "Occupations": "Botanical artist, Equestrian, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Born in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Emily Pelloe was educated at a private school in South Yarra before moving with her family to Western Australia. In 1902 she was married in Perth to Theodore Parker Pelloe, a bank manager. The pair had no children.\nA member of the Perth Riding Club, Pelloe competed successfully in equestrian events in Sydney, Melbourne, Launceston and Perth. She made several long rides in New South Wales and Western Australia. In 1916 she turned her talents to the study of botany, and went on to produce a number of illustrated publications including Wildflowers of Western Australia. Some of her landscape watercolours were purchased by government departments.\nFrom 1920, Pelloe was writing the 'Women's Interests' column for the West Australian. She supported the Country Women's Association, the Women Writers' Club, and the Women's Riding Club. A year after her death, Pelloe's husband Theodore presented 400 of her wildflower paintings to the University of Western Australia.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1920 - 1930)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/west-australian-orchids\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wildflowers-of-western-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/floral-glory\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pelloe-emily-harriet-1877-1941\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Christine Idris", "Entry ID": "AWE2223", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-christine-idris\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cooma, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Interior decorator, Skier", "Summary": "An only child, Christine Smith was educated at St Patrick's Brigidine convent school, Cooma, and Sydney Church of England Grammar School for Girls, Moss Vale. Living at Berridale, near the snowfields, she learned to ski while still young and by 1962, was competing for Australia in the Commonwealth Winter Games in Switzerland. Two years later she was a member of the Australian team at the Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, and competed at the Australian National Alpine Ski Championships and the Thredbo Cup. She competed in the World Ski Championships in Chile in 1966, and was pre-selected for the 1968 Olympic Games at Grenoble, France, but the team was downsized and she did not compete.\nFor some years Smith taught skiing at Thredbo and other venues before establishing in 1974 an interior design business, Christine Smith Interiors Pty Ltd, specialising in bathroom accessories. In 1977 she married Wayne Arthur Garland, an advertising executive.\nSmith's business was not successful, and in 1979 she committed suicide in a motel at Crows Nest. She was buried at Berridale.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-christine-idris-1946-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dive, Mollie", "Entry ID": "AWE2224", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dive-mollie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Cricketer, Hockey player, Scientist, Sportswoman", "Summary": "When Mollie Dive was a Sydney schoolgirl, a teacher one day told her 'Mollie, you spend too much time on the oval.' Mollie's reply was a straightforward declaration of love for an activity that would remain a life-long passion. 'I love sport,' she said. 'I just can't help myself.'\nAn all-round sportswoman (she tried her hand at netball, squash, golf, tennis and lawn bowls) Mollie was known for her excellence on the cricket oval and the hockey field. She stayed involved with these sports as a coach and administrator long after her playing days were over. She was a New South Wales and Australian selector, President of the New South Wales Women's Cricket Association and a member of the executive of the Australian Women's Cricket Association. She was associated with the Sydney University Women's Sports Association for fifty years\nHer achievements and contribution to sport were recognised in 1987 when, as well as being awarded an Order of Australia medal for her services to sport, she was honoured by the naming of a grandstand after her at North Sydney Oval, a ground at which she never played!\nMollie played cricket with her family at home (her father played once for the New South Wales state team) but it was not a game she played formally until she went to Sydney University in 1932. She left university with Blues in cricket and hockey, a science degree and a cricketing reputation that eventually saw her obtain employment at the CSIRO, where she worked for most of her life, and captaincy of the Australian team that had the first ever Ashes win over England in 1948-49.\n", "Events": "Made the New South Wales State Hockey team (1933 - 1933) \nAwarded University Blues in Cricket and Hockey (1933 - 1933) \nAppointed captain of the New South Wales Cricket Team (1938 - 1938) \nMade the New South Wales State Hockey team (1946 - 1949) \nMade the New South Wales State Cricket Team almost continually during this period (1933 - 1951) \nCaptained the Australian Test Team (1948 - 1951) \nAwarded an Order of Australia Medal (1987 - 1987) \nThe Grandstand at the North Sydney Oval was named the Mollie Dive Stand in her honour (1987 - 1987)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wicket-women-cricket-and-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newtown-tarts-a-history-of-the-sydney-university-womens-sports-association-1910-1995\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-the-sydney-university-womens-sports-association\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hawkes, Rechelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2226", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hawkes-rechelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Albany, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Summary": "Described as 'the cornerstone of Australia's golden era in women's hockey', Rechelle Hawkes was one of the world's most highly decorated hockey players. She had her international debut in 1985 and retired in 2000, playing an Australian record 279 international matches and winning multiple gold medals in major competitions along the way. She won three Olympic Games gold medals (1988, 1996, 2000), two World Cups (1994, 1998) and five Champions Trophies (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999). She was a member of the team that won gold at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. She is the most successful female player in international Hockey history\nHawkes had bad luck with injuries early in her career, but this did not stop her from taking her place in the team that won Olympic gold in 1988 in Seoul. In 1993, she was appointed team captain and led the team that compiled an unbeaten streak of 31 games leading into the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, and which eventually went on to beat South Korea 3-1 in the final.\nAfter Atlanta, Hawkes took some time off the game to contemplate her future. She decided to go for Olympic gold one more time and was given the honour of reading the Athletes' Oath at the opening ceremony in Sydney. Two weeks later, she played her last international game and claimed her third Olympic gold medal.\nHawkes was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Western Australian Hall of Champions in 2005.\n", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Springfield, Mabel Angelina", "Entry ID": "AWE2227", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/springfield-mabel-angelina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mooloolah, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Brisbane, Queensland", "Occupations": "Swimmer, Swimming Coach", "Summary": "The second youngest of seven children, Mabel Springfield was raised in a sporty family, and began competitive swimming at an early age. At fourteen she was participating in the Queensland Ladies' Amateur Swimming Association's first women's State championship. She won the championship several years in a row. She qualified to compete in the Olympic Games in both 1920 and 1924, but could not afford to join the team until 1928, when she was selected as a chaperon for female competitors at the Games in Amsterdam. It was here that she decided to begin a career in coaching, rather than competing. She coached swimmers at the Booroodabin Baths in Brisbane, taught swimming at local schools, and trained several State representatives as well as Olympian Nancy Lyons.\nSpringfield died from injuries received in a car accident while returning from a holiday in 1966.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/springfield-mabel-angelina-1892-1966\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Varley, Gwendoline", "Entry ID": "AWE2228", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/varley-gwendoline\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria", "Occupations": "Broadcaster, Journalist, Radio Journalist, Sports administrator, Sports Journalist", "Summary": "An athletic student, Gwendoline Varley went on to be sports mistress at the Hermitage school in Geelong, Victoria, before moving to Sydney, where she became organizing secretary of the City Girls' Amateur Sports Association. She inaugurated Girls' Week as a fundraising initiative, and caught the attention of local radio stations. In 1928, Varley began broadcasting with radio station 2BL and was founding secretary of its Women's Amateur Sports Association. The wireless was an invaluable tool for the promotion of sports activities for women, and the Association grew rapidly. It was placed under the auspices of the Australian Broadcasting Commission on the establishment of that body in 1932. Varley continued broadcasting for the ABC. In addition, she was involved with the City Girls' Amateur Sports Association; the New South Wales (NSW) Lawn Tennis Association; the NSW Women's Hockey Association; the NSW Women's Basketball Association; and the NSW Women's Cricket Association.\nVarley continued an active involvement in sport by captaining an A-grade tennis team, and - according to the ADB's Marion Consandine - by swimming, rowing, running, fencing, skating, and playing golf, hockey and croquet. She married Hector Maximus Greig, a widower and father of two sons, in June 1938.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1928 - 1940)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/varley-gwendoline-1896-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wray, Leonora", "Entry ID": "AWE2229", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wray-leonora\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Golfer, Sports administrator", "Summary": "Leonora Wray became an associate member of the Australian Golf Club, and a council member of the New South Wales Ladies' Golf Union (NSW L.G.U.), in 1904. She won the State ladies' amateur championship every year from 1906 to 1908, and the Australian title in both 1907 and 1908, before a diagnosis of typhoid fever in 1909 took her away from the game for a decade. She made an impressive come-back in 1929, winning the national title and the mixed foursomes championship (with F.G. Murdoch). The following year she won the New South Wales championship, before winning the western open in 1931, and the northern open in 1931-32. Between 1907 and 1938, Wray was champion woman player of the Australian Golf Club ten times; and between 1924 and 1933, she was champion of the Royal Sydney Golf Club five times. She attended the inaugural meeting of the Australian Ladies' Golf Union (A.L.G.U.) in 1921, serving as its secretary until 1923, and later, in 1954-59, as its president.\nWray's administrative skills were drawn upon frequently. She was captain-manager of the Tasman Cup touring team in 1937, and manager of the women's team touring Great Britain in 1950. As well as president of the A.L.G.U., she was president of the NSW L.G.U. in 1957-65, and associates' president of the Australian Golf Club.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-green-to-gold-the-first-fifty-years-of-the-australian-ladies-golf-union\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wray-leonora-1886-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-the-victorian-ladies-golf-union\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wolinski, Naomi", "Entry ID": "AWE2230", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wolinski-naomi\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sandhurst (Bendigo), Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Bowler, Sports administrator, Welfare worker", "Summary": "Following her husband Ury, Naomi Wolinski took up lawn bowls in the late 1920s, playing at the Wollstonecraft Bowling Club. In 1930 she co-founded the New South Wales Ladies' (Women's) Bowling Association, serving as inaugural vice-president, honorary secretary (1931-32), and president (1933-58), and becoming a life-member in 1938. She also co-founded the association's journal, (Women's) Bowls News, and chaired its editorial committee for nearly ten years.\nWolinski used her influence in women's bowling circles to organise fundraising and the production of clothing for servicemen during wartime. She was elected foundation president of the Australian Women's Bowling Council in 1947, and was vice-president (1938-50) and president (1950-64) of the National Council of Amateur Sports Women of New South Wales.\nIn 1953 Naomi Wolinski was awarded Queen Elizabeth II's coronation medal and in 1960 she was appointed M.B.E.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wolinski-naomi-1881-1969\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Letham, Isabel", "Entry ID": "AWE2231", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letham-isabel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Harbord, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Surfboard Rider, Swimming Instructor", "Summary": "Isabel Letham is renowned throughout the surfing world as 'the first Australian to ride a surfboard', although she disputed this, preferring to describe herself as an early Australian female surfer who experimented with riding a board in the Hawaiian tradition. She did this in 1915 at the age of fifteen when the visiting Hawaiian surfer, Duke Kahanamoku, who was giving a surfboard riding exhibition at Sydney's Freshwater Beach, invited her to ride tandem with him. Since then, her name has become legendary within the surfing world. She has been a source of inspiration for subsequent women surfers; Australian world champion, Pam Burridge, even named her first daughter Isabel in her honour.\nLetham is less well known for the important role she played in teaching swimming to hundreds of young people in Australia and in the United States. In the 1920s she lived in San Francisco where she first taught swimming at the University of California and was eventually appointed to the position of Director of Swimming to the City of San Francisco in 1924. She returned to Australia to live in 1929, where she continued to teach swimming at Freshwater and Manly for many years. Letham was also important for introducing water ballet to Australia.\n", "Details": "He paddled on to this green wave and, when I looked down it, I was scared out of my wits. It was like looking over a cliff. After I'd screamed \"oh no, no!\" a couple of times, he said: \"Oh, Yes, yes!\" He took me by the scruff of the neck and yanked me on to my feet. Off we went, down the wave.'\nThis is how Isabel Letham remembered the moment that would ultimately make her an icon of Australian women's surfing history. In January 1915, Duke Kahanamoku - 'The Big Kahuna' - the man generally regarded as the inventor of modern surfing, visited Sydney's Freshwater Beach to conduct an exhibition of the new sport. The event attracted an enormous crowd, with fifteen year old schoolgirl Isabel Letham amongst their number. After three hours of entertaining the audience on his own, the Duke called for a volunteer to help him demonstrate tandem surfing. Isabel was chosen and, as a result, she goes down in history, not as the first Australian surfer to ride Hawaiian style - a common misconception that she never promulgated herself - but as an early Australian female surfer who experimented with riding a surfboard in the Hawaiian style.\nWhether or not she was the first, or one of the first, it is indisputable that Isabel Letham had a long term impact on the surfing world. She was an inspiration to young Australian women, like Pam Burridge, who dared to break into to the masculine world of professional surfing in the 1970s and 80s. When Burridge won the inaugural women's surfing championship in May 1980, Isabel, at age 80, was present to see her claim victory. 'I should be home with my knitting,' she said, 'but I've waited 65 years for this.' Burridge honoured Letham by naming her first daughter Isabel; the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame honoured her with induction in 1993. If you surf in Australia, then you should know something about Isabel Letham.\nBut who could have guessed what the immediate impact of catching those waves would be on Isabel's life? Isabel was already known locally as a sports mad tomboy and a bit of a dare devil, particularly in the water. She loved aquaplaning, body surfing, stunt swimming and diving, and, after the Duke's visit, Hawaiian surfing. She had a feisty, forthright personality that had been influenced by the feminist thinking of her mother and the various like-minded women who came regularly to meet at their house. And to top it all off, she was gorgeous.\nSo when someone suggested to Isabel that she might be able to make it in the movies, she decided to take the chance. After all, the afternoon surfing with the Duke had given her an international profile. The Los Angeles Record, for instance, described her as 'A Sydney Sea Gull' and 'Diana of the Waves'; she was the world's greatest stunt swimmer who 'became proficient at aqua-planning while dodging sharks in Sydney harbor'. The Hawaiian Star Bulletin claimed that 'As far as features go, Miss Lethem is the prettiest swimmer to come out of Australia. As for diving, she is another Annette Kellerman.' In a world where the popular press and movie houses were constantly on the look out for the next celebrity, Isabel had as much chance as the next lively young thing. The choice between taking on a year as a sport instructor in a Sydney girls' school or trying her luck in Hollywood, especially when her father was bankrolling the second option, was an easy one for Isabel to make. She left for the United States in 1918.\nBy all accounts, the journey across the Pacific and through the United States was marvellous fun. Isabel hobnobbed it with movie stars and directors and met members of the Russian aristocracy who were down to their last fur coat after fleeing the revolution. She travelled into Native American Territory and flirted with journalists and soldiers returning from the war in Europe. She didn't skimp on anything; she enjoyed being a young, modern woman, on her own, away from Australia. So certain was she that she would stay in America, she took our United States citizenship. She loved her life and loved where she was living.\nUnfortunately, none of this 'networking' translated into serious work and her father, becoming impatient with her living it up without any return on his investment, decided he would no longer finance her trip. To make matters worse, she began to find life in Los Angeles less than perfect. As one report would have it, 'She found that distance had lent enchantment to many aspects of Hollywood.' So Isabel travelled north to San Francisco, which she liked better and where she had friends, and did what she had done as a young girl growing up in Sydney. She took to the water.\nReflecting on her life when she was in her eighties, Isabel observed that a key difference between the United States and Australia in the period between the wars was that 'the opportunities in the United States were high for women'. Given the way Letham's career developed in San Francisco during the 1920s, it is hardly surprising she came to that view. After first resorting to hairdressing to pay the rent, which she hated, she convinced the staff at the University of California at Berkeley to appoint her as an assistant teacher of swimming in 1923. She also taught swimming for the San Francisco playground commission during the summer of 1924. When the position of Director of Swimming for the City of San Francisco came up, she was immediately appointed to it. The results she was getting with her innovative, 'scientific' teaching methods had become common knowledge at Berkeley and amongst the parents of children who learned from her during the summer.\nOne of her first initiatives as director of swimming was to establish a club system, like that which existed in Australia, and a regular season of competition. Once this was up and running, she organized, in 1926, San Francisco's first women's competition; an invitational that involved local and national champions. The press were amazed by the speed with which she had improved the swimming of ordinary folk and elite sportspeople alike, and were certain that she had been 'instrumental in starting several of the present day champs on their careers'. Arguably, an Australian woman can claim some responsibility for the system that produces the champion swimmers of the United States today!\nShe tried to teach them a thing or two about surf life-saving. In the 1920s, swimmers were so ill equipped to handle the California surf, and the surf life saving methods so inefficient, police actively discouraged people from swimming on the beaches because they could not guarantee their safety. Letham wanted to introduce Australian methods to the beaches of San Francisco and, in preparation for the task, applied for membership of her 'local' club, the Manly Surf Club, believing that she would carry more authority with the people of San Francisco, especially the police, if she could claim that qualification.\nHer application was knocked back because she was a woman which meant, according to the president of the club, whose reasoning was a reflection of the prevailing views of women in surf-lifesaving up until the 1980s, 'she would not be able to handle the conditions in rough seas'. He argued this, despite the fact that Isabel had helped struggling swimmers in pools and in the surf for many years. Under the headline 'SEX BAN ON GIRL LIFE-SAVER, SO AUSTRALIA LOSES ADVERTISEMENT', the journalist for the San Francisco Daily News registered his disappointment. 'Although she has saved many lives she is not eligible for membership in a surf live-saving club on account of her sex,' he complained. 'In refusing Miss Letham the privileges of membership of the Manly Surf Club, the association, it is felt by beach-men generally, is losing an excellent opportunity of broadcasting Australian life-saving methods,' the report continued. No doubt this was one occasion where Isabel believed that relative to Australia, the United States was a land of opportunity for women!\nLetham returned to Australia for a short visit in 1926 to a fair degree of press interest and a wealth of experience in sports administration she had gained whilst overseas. What she saw did not impress her much, and her public criticism may not have gone down particularly well with city developers here. She had a lot to say about the state of Melbourne's playgrounds and beaches, with which she was very disappointed. After swimming at St Kilda Beach she observed that 'There isn't a beach in California to equal those of Melbourne but civic enterprise has given California some of the finest bathing pools in the world.' Joking, she told observers that she would 'like to take St Kilda beach back to America with her when she returns. They would make SOME pool out of it,' she declared. She was similarly unimpressed by the lack of foreshore development around Brighton Beach.\nIn 1929, Isabel Letham returned to Sydney permanently. After hurting her back (she fell down an open manhole in the middle of a street), she was fearful of how an injured woman who relied on being physical for employment might survive without family, as the effects of the stock market crash began to be felt in the United States. She taught swimming at the Manly pool and wrote articles about swimming for the Manly Daily News. Years of getting into the pool with her students, rather than bellowing instructions from the edge, began to take their toll on her health. She suffered terrible rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatic fever. Between bouts of illness, however, she continued to teach. She was especially busy during World War 2, claiming that parents wanted their children to know how to swim 'in case the Japanese came'.\nShe also found a ready market for students to learn water ballet, which she had first seen performed the way she taught it in the United States. She opened the Freshwater Water Ballet school in the late 1940s. It could therefore be said that Isabel Letham was responsible for bringing synchronized swimming to Australia. She is definitely responsible for safety and security in the water of hundreds of people who grew up around Freshwater and the Manly and Curl Curl Swimming Pools. Throughout the 1930s, 40s and 50s, there would be few people learning to swim in those areas that didn't come in contact with her. As she herself said, 'Swimming instruction gave me the opportunity to meet all sorts of people in all sorts of places.'\nShe never had the opportunity to meet a husband, although, she hastened to add, that was not through want of suitors. The practicalities of wanting a career between the wars, and being an only child, intervened. She was too busy when she was young and then, when she was less busy her mother got ill and she needed to care for her. Before she know it, 'The time just went by'. She added, however, that, it wasn't only practical considerations that kept her single. 'I was always looking for something I never found,' she said in her eighties, 'although I had some very interesting friendships'. Many of these friends remained close as she lived out her later years.\nSurfing made Isabel Letham famous, and the ceremony she requested on the beach at Freshwater after she died in 1995 shows how important the surf was to her own sense of identity. Those 'interesting friends' who could, joined members of the local Freshwater community as they gathered for a ceremony at the beach, and her ashes were scattered in the midst of a circle of board-riders formed out the back of the surf-break. Those who attended claimed that at that time, the memories of the past and of the surfing history of Australia were rekindled.\nBut focusing on those four waves surfed with a man, even if it was someone as charming, skilled and intelligent as 'The Duke', has meant we have forgotten the extraordinary things that Isabel did as a single woman across two continents. Teaching the people of the city of San Francisco and the northern beaches of Sydney how to swim are no mean feats at all! Establishing a program to encourage the young women of California to swim competitively was a complex administrative task that continued to bear fruit well after she left the United States. It's sad to think, especially in the Year of the Surf Lifesaver, that the Manly Surf Club frustrated her efforts to make the beaches safe for the swimmers of San Francisco by not allowing her to officially import proven ideas and techniques from Australia. No doubt, were she alive today, Letham would be delighted with the international success of women like Carla Gilbert and Emma Snowsill, women for whom active and official participation in the surf lifesaving movement is central to the development of their sporting careers. Watching Snowsill's victory in the Commonwealth Games Triathlon in Melbourne last year; now that would have been something worth leaving the knitting for!\n", "Events": "Appointed as assistant coach at the University of California at Berkeley (1923 - 1923) \nAppointed the Director of Swimming for the City of San Francisco (1924 - 1924) \nIsabel Letham tandem surfs with Duke Kahanamoku at Freshwater Beach (1915 - 1915) \nOrganises the first Women's Swimming Competition to be held in San Francisco (1926 - 1926)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pam-burridge\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/net-surfing-gets-one-for-the-girls\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/isabel-letham-collection\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burridge, Pam", "Entry ID": "AWE2232", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burridge-pam\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Surfboard Rider", "Summary": "Pam Burridge was born in Sydney into a sport loving family who were active in the surf living saving movement at Sydney's Bondi Beach. Her mother and sister, Donella, loved to swim, her father was an accomplished distance runner but Pam loved surfing. She was given her first (homemade) surfboard in 1975 at the age of ten, entered her first competition (which she won) in 1977 at the age of twelve, won her first New South Wales State Championship in 1979 aged fourteen and was national champion the following year when she was only fifteen.\nAt this point, Pam was deemed a professional by virtue of the fact that she had been invited to surf in the elite Hawaiian North Shore events; the strict rules of the governing amateur body offered no leeway. So Pam went on the international circuit when she was sixteen and by the age of seventeen had earned her first of six runner-up finishes in the world championships. She eventually broke through in 1990, winning the world championship by what was then a record margin and becoming the first Australian woman to do so.\nThe consistency of Pam's performance throughout the years prior to her claiming the title are even more remarkable when one considers what she overcame to achieve them. She spent the better part of the 1980s battling one personal crisis after the next, crises which can, arguably, be attributed to the unique challenges that confronted young women who dared enter the macho world of 1980s surf riding. She faced plummeting self confidence, which led to drug and alcohol abuse and an eating disorder. The fact that she was able to maintain an overall ranking of number two in the world throughout the 1980s, despite never being 'at her best' is testament to her extraordinary talent.\nBurridge retired from competition in 1993 made a brief comeback in 1996, retiring again in 1999, ranked eighth in the world. Whilst the result was not one for the record books, Pam was nevertheless satisfied with the result; it proved that she still has it in her to match it with the best in the new world of women's surfing.\n", "Events": "Winner New South Wales Women's Surf Riding Championship (1979 - 1981) \nWinner Australian Women's Surf Riding Championships (1980 - 1981) \nWinner World Surf Riding Championships (1990 - 1990) \nInducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame (1995 - 1995) \nInducted into the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame (1997 - 1997)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pam-burridge\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/isabel-letham-collection\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robinson, Edith", "Entry ID": "AWE2234", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robinson-edith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Edith 'Edie' Robinson made Australian Olympic history in Amsterdam in 1928 when she became Australia's first female Olympic track and field athlete. She took up running at the age of 14 (she ran for the St George Athletic Club in Sydney, New South Wales.) Selected to compete in the 100 meters, she did not make the final, but did run a personal best time in the semifinal, which she finished in third place. Robinson also ran in the 800 meters, but did not complete the race. Given that she had never trained for the event before, let alone competed in it, the fact that she made the 600 meter mark before withdrawing was an extraordinary effort.\nEdith was a very popular member of the small team that travelled to Amsterdam, and because she had a background in dressmaking, she was popular and much in demand by male athletes who needed badges sown to their shorts!\nShe officially opened the Olympic athletes village in Homebush, Sydney on September 2, 2000.\n", "Details": "Considering what the athletes had to endure in the lead up to the games, Edith Robinson's effort in 1928, by anyone's standards, was extraordinary. The Australian team travelled by ship for six weeks to get to Amsterdam and during this time, most of the team put on weight. \"We couldn't train, we couldn't even walk on the first class deck,' Robinson reported in later years. 'We weren't even allowed to use the tiny canvas pool on board.' The situation did not improve much once they arrived. The accommodation was more than twenty miles distant from where they could train, and training 'sessions' could last anything up to twelve hours once travel time was included. The Australians were also quite unhappy with the greasy, inappropriate meals they were served. According to Robinson, their best meals were often those prepared by women team members after they had arrived back late from training.\nRobinson was also involved in an event that was so controversial, it was banned from the Olympics for the next thirty-two years. Despite never having trained for the event, let alone competed in it, Edith ran in the 800 meters, after her male team-mates encouraged her to enter. She pulled out, exhausted, at the 600 meter mark. Other women were similarly challenged, but this is hardly surprising; the 800 meters is one of the most strenuous events in track and field. Nevertheless, the sight of these physically drained women was too much for some Olympic officials. So adverse was the publicity in the press about the matter that no race longer than 200 meters was run by women at the Olympics until 1960. The fact that photographs that accompanied some of the more sensational press coverage of the event were actually of women completing heats of the 100 meters only serves to highlight the extent to which public understandings of feminine behaviour impacted upon female athletes ability to perform at their best.\n", "Events": "Edith Robinson participated in the Amsterdam Olympic Games (1928 - 1928)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-proper-spectacle-women-olympians-1900-1936\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-sport-through-time-the-history-of-sport-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-800-metres-running-too-female-to-run-too-good-to-stop\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eileen-wearne-photographs-and-papers-mainly-concerning-the-1932-los-angeles-olympic-games\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wearne, Eileen", "Entry ID": "AWE2235", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wearne-eileen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Enfield, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Eileen Wearne became the second woman to represent Australia in athletics at the Olympic Games when she competed in the 100 meter sprint at Los Angeles in 1932. Unfortunately, she did not compete at her best in Los Angeles; she finished fourth in her heat in the time of 12.5 seconds which meant that she did not make the finals. On her return to Sydney, however, she continued to compete and won state and Australian titles throughout the 1930s. She and the first woman to represent Australia in athletics at the Olympic Games, Edith Robinson, enjoyed a healthy rivalry. In 1938, she represented Australia at the British Empire Games where she won a gold medal in the 4 X 100 yard relay and a bronze medal in the 200 meter sprint.\nAn extremely attractive young woman, so much so that, whilst in Los Angeles, she caught the eye of the U.S. media. In an article entitled 'Future Weissmullers, Beautiful Amazons Keenly watched by Scurrying Studio Scouts', a journalist noted that 'scouts from the picture camps have been roving the practice fields ever since the first boatload of athletes was unloaded.' One of those at training who they noticed was 'Eileen Wearne of Australia' who had ' a beautiful figure, a great deal of poise and a nice voice.' Wearne's looks, according to her teammates, were ' proof that athletic competition does not detract from the beauty or femininity of women.'\nWearne retired from athletics in 1940 but remained involved in the Olympic movement. She was an active member of the New South Wales Olympian Club and loved attending reunion lunches.\n", "Events": "Athletics - 440y Medley Relay (1938 - 1938) \nCompeted at Los Angeles (1932 - 1932) \nSet the national record of 11.2 seconds over 100 yards (1932 - 1932) \nWinner of the first triathlon championship in New South Wales (1931 - 1931)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eileen-wearne-photographs-and-papers-mainly-concerning-the-1932-los-angeles-olympic-games\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thomas, Faith", "Entry ID": "AWE2236", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thomas-faith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Nepabunna Aboriginal Mission, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Cricketer, Nurse", "Summary": "Faith Thomas was the first Aboriginal woman to play international cricket for Australia; indeed, she was the first indigenous woman to be selected to play any sport for Australia. In 2004, she was still the only Aboriginal woman to represent Australia in cricket.\nThomas played cricket, along with hockey and squash, while training in Adelaide to be a nurse. (She was one of the first Aboriginal nurses to graduate from the Royal Adelaide Hospital; she went on to be the first to run a hospital.) Thomas was selected into the South Australian cricket team after playing only two grade games and was selected for the Australian team in 1958. She recalls receiving a fair deal of publicity at the time. 'I was a bit of a curiosity,' she said in an interview in 2004. 'It was a \"native nurse\", this. You know, I wasn't a cricketer, I was a native nurse cricketer, You know?'\nThomas also played hockey for the Northern Territory and admits that hockey was always more important to her than cricket. She was a member of the Aboriginal Sports Foundation, patron of the Prime Minister's XI versus the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) Chairman's XI.\n", "Events": "Member of the Order of Australia (AM): For significant service to cricket, and to the Indigenous community. (2019 - 2019)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-thomas\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-faith-thomas-sound-recording-interviewer-gordon-briscoe\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-faith-thomas-aboriginal-woman-cricketer-and-outback-nurse-sound-recording-interviewer-ray-aitchison\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gilbert, Karla", "Entry ID": "AWE2237", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gilbert-karla\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Southport, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Ironwoman, Surf Lifesaver", "Summary": "Karla Gilbert's record speaks for itself. She has won back to back world Ironwoman championships (2000 and 2002), seven consecutive Ironwoman series wins (1996-2002), sixteen Australian championships, seven Queensland titles and numerous other championship events. There is absolutely no doubt of her dominance in the sport throughout the 1990s and early 2000's. Furthermore, through her involvement at the highest level, Gilbert has helped to raise public awareness of surf lifesaving in the community.\nGilbert entered the sport in 1980, when her parents joined her in the Nippers program at Palm Beach. She won her first attempt at a professional ironwoman event (the first even professional ironwoman race in Australia) ten years later in 1990. She was only fifteen years old.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame (2003 - 2003) \nInducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame (2005 - 2005)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gill, Eunice Elizabeth Perrott", "Entry ID": "AWE2238", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gill-eunice-elizabeth-perrott\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Armadale, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Canterbury, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Netball Coach, Netball Player, Sports administrator, University teacher", "Summary": "Eunice Gill was an All Australian netball player who had a long term and profound influence on the development of Australian women's sport and sports administration in general. A graduate of the University of Melbourne (B.A. 1940, Dip. Phys. Ed. 1945), her views on the importance of sport and physical education were influenced by another netball player, Lorna McConchie, who helped to establish the physical education course at the University of Melbourne, and who was one of Gill's teachers at university.\nIt became obvious very quickly that Gill not only had a talent for sport, but for teaching, coaching and administration, talents that her paid work and community interests allowed her to express and explore to the maximum. Gill eventually went on to obtain a permanent position teaching in the Department of Physical Education. She used study leave in 1972-73 to undertake a Master of Arts coursework degree in physical education at Leeds University, from which she graduated in July 1973.\nWhile studying and teaching, Gill remained closely associated with the game of netball. She was appointed coach of the Victorian team in 1954, the same year she was appointed president of the All Australia Women's Basketball Association. In 1960, she was appointed coach of the Australian team, while still being the coach of the state team. She served on the executive of the International Federation of Netball Associations through the 1960s, 70s and 80s, contributing to the drawing up of an international code for the game in 1960.\nShe was influential outside of netball, too. Her reputation and qualifications led, among other things, to her appointment as a foundation member of the board of directors of the Confederation of Australian Sport in 1976. The following year she was the only woman on the Sports Advisory Council established by the Federal Government. In 1980 she was appointed to the committee established by the Victorian government to investigate the teaching of Physical Education in schools. As chair of the Australian Council in the early 1980s, she was responsible for the polices and procedures of the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme overseeing 33,000 registered coaches.\nEunice Gill died in 1987 and was posthumously honoured by the Australian Sports Commission, who created and named an award for excellence in coaching and coach development after her. Most recently, she was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame as an associate member. Those who knew her well praised her for her personal qualities of 'charm', 'dignity', 'diplomacy' and 'her delightful sense of humour' along with her legacy of improving the standard of coaching and administration and 'rais[ing] the profile of women in the community.\n", "Events": "Member of the Victorian State Netball Team (1945 - 1946) \nCaptained the All Australia carnival team (1946 - 1947) \nMember of the national team to tour New Zealand (1948 - 1948) \nAppointed to a permanent position in the Department of Physical Education at the University of Melbourne (1953 - 1953) \nAwarded Life Membership of the Victorian Netball Association (1959 - 1959) \nAppointed coach of the Victorian team (1954 - 1960) \nAppointed coach of the Australian team (1960 - 1960) \nReceived a service award from the Australian Netball Association (1966 - 1966) \nVice-president International Federation of Netball Associations (1959 - 1967) \nOrganised the 1968 Biennial Conference of the Australian Physical Education Association (1968 - 1968) \nAppointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to sport (especially netball), recreation and physical education (1975 - 1975) \nFoundation Member of the the Board of Directors of the Confederation of Australian Sport (1976 - 1976) \nMember of the Sports Advisory Council (1977 - 1977) \nAppointed vice-president of the Confederation of Australian Sport (1982 - 1982) \nSenior Vice-President International Federation of Netball Associations (1975 - 1983) \nReceived a service award from the International Federation of Netball Associations (1983 - 1983) \nRetired from the University of Melbourne (1983 - 1983) \nChaired the Fifth Women's World Bowls Tournament (1982 - 1985) \nPatroness of the Victorian Lawn Bowls Association (1985 - 1985) \nAwarded the Australian Coaching Council's certificate of merit for outstanding service (1986 - 1986) \nAppointed a Fellow of the Confederation of Australian Sport (1986 - 1986) \nVice-president International Federation of Netball Associations (1983 - 1987) \nInducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame (1995 - 1995)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/university-of-melbourne-board-of-studies-in-physical-education\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/university-of-melbourne-department-of-physical-education\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/netball-australia-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-netballer-victorian-netball-association-official-newsletter\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sargeant, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2243", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sargeant-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Broadcaster, Netball Player, Public speaker", "Summary": "When Anne Sargeant was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1987, she was only the third netballer to be accorded the honour. For the woman who began her netball career at the age of seven playing with the Forest Club in New South Wales, 'there was not greater honour\u2026To be considered an all-time sporting great and to be counted alongside people you have admired and looked up to all your life is the greatest accolade.'\nSargeant thoroughly deserved the accolade. From the age of 10, Sargeant represented her district, Manly-Warringah in New South Wales, where she captain\/coached the team to six NSW titles in six years. She played for the NSW Open team from 1978, and was captain from 1982 until 1988, during which time the team won the national championships in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1988.\nA top rated player, in 1978 Sargeant was selected in the NSW and Australian teams, touring England with the undefeated national squad.\nSargeant played in three World Championships, the last two as captain. In 1979 she helped Australia to equal first place with New Zealand in Trinidad and Tobago, and in 1983 Australia defeated New Zealand in Singapore. 1987, in Glasgow, Scotland, Australia finished third behind New Zealand and Trinidad & Tobago.\nSargeant played in the Tri-Test series against England and Trinidad and Tobago in 1981, and in 1986 led the team in another Tri-Test series against Jamaica and New Zealand.\nAmong many highlights of Anne's career was a tour of Wales in 1985 when she captained an undefeated Australian side and posted a career personal best of three consecutive 100% shooting games. In that year, she was named the New South Wales Sportswoman of the Year. She was inducted into the NSW Hall of Champions in 1988 and awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia that same year for her service to netball.\nAfter she finished playing and coaching, Sargeant continued to promote the sport as a writer and media commentator. Her talents as a public speaker are well known and recognised when she was awarded the 1992 Communicator of the Year Award by the Public Relations Institute of Australia.\nIn 2004, Anne Sargeant was named Sydney's Greatest Ever Netballer.\n", "Events": "Anne Sargeant Commentated Netball for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (1988 - 2006) \nAwarded Order of Australia Medal (1988 - 1988) \nCaptain of the All Australia Netball Team (1983 - 1983) \nDunlop Footwear Netball Player of the Year (1980 - 1981) \nInducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame (1987 - 1987) \nJet Cat (Sydney Ferries) named after Anne Sargeant (1998 - 1998) \nMember of the All Australia Netball Team (1978 - 1988) \nMember of the World Champion Team (1979 - 1979) \nMember of the World Champion Team (1983 - 1983) \nNamed Sydney's Greatest Ever Netballer (2004 - 2004) \nNew South Wales Sportswoman of the Year (1985 - 1985) \nRecipient, Netball Australia Service Award (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/1929-1989-60-years-of-netball-in-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/netball-australia-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clark, Anne Evelyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2244", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clark-anne-evelyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Singapore", "Occupations": "Netball Coach, Netball Player, Netball Umpire, Sports administrator", "Summary": "Anne Clark was a foundation member of the New South Wales Women's Basket Ball Association (NSWWBAA) in 1929, remaining an active member until her death in 1983. An all-round sportswoman, Anne participated in basket ball, hockey, physical culture from an early age, as a member of the City Girls' Amateur Sports Association (the predecessor organisation to the NSWWBAA), which she joined in 1924. Her membership led to a lifelong association with the development of women's basket ball (now netball) at local, state and national levels. Throughout her long career in netball, she held a range of executive positions on the board of the New South Wales Association (including the presidency for twenty-nine years) and the All Australia Netball Association. She received an All Australia Service Award in 1964.\nIn 1976, the Anne Clark Service Award was introduced in her honour. The award recognises individuals who have given at least ten years of outstanding service to netball in N.S.W. In 1983, the NSW State Netball Centre was named after her, in her honour.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/1929-1989-60-years-of-netball-in-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/little-anne-a-biography-of-anne-clarke-b-e-m\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/netball-australia-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Donell, Phyllis", "Entry ID": "AWE2245", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/odonell-phyllis\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Pottsville, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Surfboard Rider", "Summary": "In 1964, at the age of twenty-seven, Phyllis O'Donnell won the first ever world championship in women's surfing. For her efforts, apart from the glory, she won $250, a surfboard and numerous packets of cigarettes.\nWhen she entered the sport, it was dominated by men, some of whom, she recalls, would take aim at her while she was paddling out to catch waves. She was delighted how far the sport has come and how the position of women in it has improved. 'The girls, especially on the pro circuit, are absolutely fantastic.'\nThe Ma Bendall\/Phyllis O'Donnell Memorial Interclub Contest with other women's clubs is competed for once a year.\n", "Events": "Phyllis O'Donnell won the inaugural women's World Championship Surfing Title at Manly Beach (1964 - 1964)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/surfing-into-the-olympics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-tribute-to-phyllis-odonell-1937-2024\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beachley, Layne Collette", "Entry ID": "AWE2246", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beachley-layne-collette\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Surfboard Rider", "Summary": "Layne Beachely is a professional surfer from Manly in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In 2007 she is regarded as the best female professional surfer in history, having won the World Championship an unprecedented seven times.\n", "Details": "As a girl, Layne Beachley loved competitive sport, which no doubt assisted her to make a remarkable rise through the surfing rank. At the age of 16 she became professional, by the age of 20 she already ranked sixth in the world. Then in 1993 and 1996 she suffered from two episodes of chronic fatigue, which threatened to end her surfing career altogether. All but wiped out by this mental, physical and emotional challenge, Layne beat depression to stay focused on her ultimate goal - to be World Champion. She achieved this goal in 1998 when she won the first of six consecutive World Surfing Titles, going on to rewrite history with the greatest number of consecutive World Championship victories recorded by anyone, male or female.\nIn 2003 Layne created the Aim for the Stars Foundation to support and promote the academic, sporting, community and cultural dreams of young women. She has also served on the board of international surfing's governing body, The Association of Surfing Professionals, in an effort to promote women's interests as the sport develops and grows.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Saxby, Kerry", "Entry ID": "AWE2247", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/saxby-kerry\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Young, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Race walker, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Kerry Saxby became the most prolific world-record breaker in athletic history in Melbourne in February 1991 when she set a new record of 11 minutes 51.26 seconds in the 3 kilometer walk event. This took her number of world bests to thirty, which was one better than the previous mark, created by the distance runner Paavo Nurmi. Her world records have been established across a range of distances and venues, sometimes at mixed competitions. Saxby regularly trained with and competed against men and believes this contributed to her success. In the decade of competition when she was at her peak, she never finished outside the top five, and was only disqualified for losing foot contact with the track once.\nSaxby's sporting achievements include representing Australia 24 times in major international competitions. She won 13 individual international medals, won a record 27 Australian National Championships, set 32 world records or world bests, and at 38 years of age she was the oldest athlete to win a medal at world level in 1999. She retired from competition in 2001, but not before achieving a very creditable 7th place in the 20 kilometer walk at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. In 2006, the Australian Institute of Sport selected her as one of their twenty-five 'Best of the Best'.\n", "Details": "Kerry Saxby was born in young NSW in 1961 and moved to Ballina in northern New South Wales when she was thirteen. Initially a swimmer and middle distance running, Kerry changed to walking in 1981 competing with the Ballina Athletic Club. She won a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport in 1986 and was a scholarship holder until September 2001 when she retired from athletics.\nSaxby has lived in Canberra since 1986, when she first moved there. She married Ray Junna, an assistant coach for soccer at the Australian Institute of Sport.\nSince her retirement, Kerry has coached junior walkers in the Australian Capital Territory. In 2004 she became a director of the Bendigo Bank in Canberra.\n", "Events": "Athletics - 10km Road Walk (1990 - 1990) \nAthletics - 10km Walk (1994 - 1994) \nSet the world record of 20:03.00 for the 5000 meter race work. The record still stands (2007) (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/kerry-saxby-file\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilson, Vicki", "Entry ID": "AWE2249", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-vicki\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Netball Player, Sports administrator, Sports commentator", "Summary": "Vicki Wilson started playing netball in 1972 at the age of seven. By the time she had hung up her skirt in 1999, she was one of Australia's most decorated and successful players, having earned 104 test caps over the journey, more than any other Australian player. She represented Australia for fifteen years with the last four as captain. She played in four World Championship tournaments (the most of any Australian player), was a member of a victorious team three times (1991, 1995, 1999), and captained the world champion team in her last game in 1999. She was captain of the team that won the first ever gold medal for netball in the Commonwealth Games at Kuala Lumpur in 1998, although she says the most memorable moment of her career was winning the 1991 World Championship in Sydney. Arguably the best goal shooter in the world in the 1990s, when asked by a junior netballer in 1999 why she had such great shooting accuracy, her response was, '200 shots a day x 6 days a week, and that's 200 shots that go in. I have been doing that since I was 20 years old'.\nA trained physical education teacher, Wilson continued to teach while playing netball, moving to the position of Schools Sports Promotions Officer with the Department of Education in Queensland in 1992. Since then she has held a number of board member ships and government advisory positions, including membership of the Board of the Queensland Academy of Sport. She continues to coach and mentor talented players and works as a senior project manager with Sport and Recreation Queensland in the Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet.\n", "Events": "aptain of the World Championship Winning Team (1999 - 1999) \nCaptain of the Australian Netball Team (1996 - 1999) \nCaptain of the Queensland Firebirds (1997 - 1999) \nCaptain of the Team that won the first ever Gold Medal for netball at the Commonwealth Games (1998 - 1998) \nFor services to netball (1992 - 1992) \nMember of the Australian Netball Team (1985 - 1999) \nMember of the Queensland Open Team (Captain 1989-1996) (1983 - 1996) \nMember of the Queensland Under 19 Team (1982 - 1983) \nMember of the team that competed at the World Championships in Glasgow (Runners Up, jointly, with Trinidad and Tobago) (1987 - 1987) \nMember of the World Championship Winning Team (1991 - 1991) \nMember of the World Championship Winning Team (1995 - 1995) \nSelected as one of the Australian Institute of Sport' s 25 'Best of the Best' (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-vicki-wilson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/netball-australia-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pirie, Daphne", "Entry ID": "AWE2250", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pirie-daphne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Sports administrator, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Daphne Pirie was a nationally ranked track and field athlete who captained the Queensland women's athletics and hockey teams and represented Australia in hockey. She then became a world-ranked Master's Athlete, winning eight gold medals in international competitions. In 1989 she was awarded an MBE for services to hockey and appointed an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia in June 2012.\n", "Details": "One of eight children - six boys and two girls - Daphne Pirie came to love sport at an early age. Her father, President of the Queensland Rugby League and a former champion sprinter, lost a leg as a Lighthorseman in the First World War and turned to sports administration on his return home. On Sunday afternoon outings the family would hold potato races by the creek. Daphne's mother, who grew up on a farm in Rockhampton and worked hard to look after her children and her crippled husband, encouraged her daughter to get out and about and be involved in sport. School sport mostly consisted of air raid drills, but Daphne would swim at the Milton School swimming pool and run at the Exhibition Ground at State Primary School Athletics days.\nWhen the Queensland Women's Amateur Athletic Association re-formed after the war, Pirie began running. Serious training began at the age of seventeen when she was sent with a junior team to Sydney by the Mayne Harriers' Athletic Club in 1948. By 1955 she held 40 open championships in her State and was unbeaten in all events.\nIn the early 1950s Pirie and others re-formed the Valley Women's Hockey Club (disbanded during the war) as a social activity alongside the Valley men's team. In her second year in the game Pirie made the State team, and by 1955 was in the Australian team. She enjoyed the team game, finding it easier than running - 'running is tougher, and it's individual' - and was happy to switch between the two; playing hockey in the winter, running in summer, and working at Whatmore's Sports Store in between. Daphne Pirie was married in 1958 and had her first child soon afterward. The family lived at the Gold Coast and Pirie began playing hockey at Murwillumbah.\nNot content only to spectate when her elite career was over, Daphne developed a career in sports administration. On Ruby Robinson's retirement she was appointed to the Queensland Olympic Council, becoming its first female vice-president. She was founding president of Womensport Queensland and is a director of Gold Coast Events Management. She was awarded life memberships with Hockey Australia, Women's Hockey Australia and Hockey Queensland and is a Hockey Queensland Hall of Fame Inductee. She was a board member of the Queensland Academy of Sport and President of the Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame. She was honoured by Womensport Queensland who, in 2006, granted her their inaugural 2006 contribution to sport award.\n", "Events": "Appointed an Australian Umpire (1961 - 1961) \nAustralian Women's Hockey Association (1988 - 1988) \nAustralian Women's Track and Field Championships - Finalist 220 yards (1950 - 1950) \nAustralian Women's Track and Field Championships - Finalist 220 yards (1952 - 1952) \nAustralian Women's Track and Field Championships - Finalist 880 yards (1950 - 1950) \nAustralian Women's Track and Field Championships - Finalist High Jump (1950 - 1950) \nAustralian Women's Track and Field Championships - Finalist Long Jump (1950 - 1950) \nAustralian Women's Track and Field Championships - Fourth Place 880 yards (1956 - 1956) \nAustralian Women's Track and Field Championships - Member of the Queensland relay team to win run in third place in the 4 X 110 yards event. (1952 - 1952) \nAustralian Women's Track and Field Championships - Second Place 440 yards (1954 - 1954) \nAustralian Women's Track and Field Championships - Second Place 880 yards (1954 - 1954) \nAustralian Women's Track and Field Championships - Third Place 440 yards (1956 - 1956) \nBoard member (since inception) of the Queensland Academy of Sport (1989 - ) \nCaptain - Queensland Women's Hockey Team (1962 - 1962) \nElected Vice President of the Queensland Olympic Council Committee (The first woman to be elected to the position) (1997 - 1997) \nFounding President of Womensport Queensland (then named the Queensland Women's Sports Foundation) (1993 - 1993) \nInducted into the Queensland Hockey Hall of Fame (2003 - 2003) \nMember of the Australian Women's Hockey Team (1955 - 1955) \nMember of the Queensland Women's Hockey Team (1953 - 1957) \nMember of the Queensland Women's Hockey Team (1960 - 1962) \nPan Pacific Master's Games Competitor -winner of the 60m, 400 m and High Jump events in the 65 years category (2000 - 2000) \nPresident of the Queensland Women's Hockey Association (1987 - 1993) \nQueensland Olympic Council Committee member (1993 - 2000) \nQueensland Track and Field Championships - winner 440 yards (1956 - 1956) \nQueensland Track and Field Championships - winner 100 yards (1951 - 1952) \nQueensland Track and Field Championships - winner 440 yards (1952 - 1952) \nQueensland Track and Field Championships - winner 880 yards (1951 - 1952) \nQueensland Track and Field Championships - winner High Jump (1949 - 1949) \nQueensland Women's Hiockey Association (1991 - 1991) \nRecipient of the Inaugural award (2006 - 2006) \nServices to Hockey (1989 - 1989) \nVice Patron of Hockey Queensland (2002 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-daphne-pirie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burge, Dianne", "Entry ID": "AWE2253", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burge-dianne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Dianne Burge was the 1966 Commonwealth Games gold medallist in the 100 and 220 yard sprint. She was also a member of the winning 4\u00d7110 yard relay team.\n", "Events": "Athletics - 110y, 220y, 4 x 110y Relay (1966 - 1966)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fisher, Elizabeth (Betty) Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE2256", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fisher-elizabeth-m\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yorkshire, England", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Activist, Environmentalist, Feminist, Sports administrator", "Summary": "Betty Fisher (nee Dawson) was born 8 September 1925 in Yorkshire, England arriving in South Australia in 1927 on the 'SS Benalla'. A feminist and advocate for Aboriginal rights and conservation, Betty was International Women's Day president for eight years and the first female president of the Conservation Council of South Australia.\nBetty Fisher received a Flinders University medal for services to women, was a 1988 Bicentenary medallist and served on the SA State Schools Organisations State Council. She was a member of the National Fitness Council of Australia. She was also a key witness at the Hindmarsh Island Royal Commission, where she produced notes and tape recordings from the 1960s which confirmed the site was of significant cultural importance to Aboriginal women.\n", "Events": "Life time achievement award (2018 - 2018)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-the-migrant-and-indigenous-women-action-group\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-relating-to-the-national-fitness-council-of-south-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/betty-fisher-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mills, May", "Entry ID": "AWE2258", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mills-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Millbrae, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Cricketer, Educator, Sports administrator", "Summary": "May Mills was played a prominent role in the development of women's sport in South Australia. She was President of the South Australian Women's Cricket Association and the Australian Women's Cricket Council in the 1960s. Prior to that she was President of the South Australian Women's Amateur Sports Council, the body that successfully lobbied the then Premier, Sir Thomas Playford, to secure access to playing fields for the dedicated use of women. Trained as a teacher, she taught at Unley High School for thirty years. She became the first female President of the South Australian Institute of Teachers in 1943.\nApart from her interest in women's sport and teaching, Mills was active in a number of other spheres of public life. She was the first President of the South Australian Film and Television Council, a founding member of the Australian College of Education, a Life Vice-President of the National Council of Women and a Life Member of the Royal Commonwealth Society. She was the first women in South Australia to secure a license to drive a motor car.\nMay Mills contribution to women's cricket was recognised in 1984\/85 by the creation of the May Mills Trophy for the Under 18 national Championship. This competition ran until 1995\/96.\n", "Details": "The extent of Mills' involvement in public life gives proof to the old aphorism which tells us that if you want something done, ask a busy person. May Mills wasn't just busy, however, she was canny. She saved thousands of dollars of development costs by enticing major corporations to test their heavy machinery on the ovals, therefore getting them cleared and levelled at no cost to the sporting clubs. She organised parties of youngsters to plant almond trees around the oval and then, when the trees began to bear fruit, organised other children to harvest the crop, thus creating another source of funds through their sale.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/south-australian-womens-memorial-playing-fields-trust-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/may-mills-summary-record\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/radio-interview-with-may-mills-sound-recording-interviewer-lynne-arnold\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mark, Lauryn", "Entry ID": "AWE2259", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mark-lauryn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Las Gatos, California, United States", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Shooting champion", "Summary": "Lauryn Mark began competitive shooting at the age of eleven. She represented the United States at the World Championships in Peru in 1997. Two years later, in 1999, she made history by becoming the youngest competitor ever to win the United States Open Women's Skeet Championship. Her win attracted ongoing sponsorship from the Italian firearm manufacturing company, Beretta. Mark (then Ogilvie) went on to compete for the USA in Italy, Spain, Australia, England, Finland, Cyprus, Egypt, Korea and Qatar.\nAfter marrying her coach, former Australian Olympic gold medallist Russell Mark, Lauryn began to compete as a representative of Australia. In 2002, she set the Commonwealth Games record in the Women's Skeet (93 points) at Manchester. There she also won gold in the Women's Skeet pairs with Natalia Rahman. She was placed seventh at the World Championships that year. In 2004, Mark came fourth in the Women's Skeet at the Olympic Games in Athens; fourth in the Women's Skeet at the World Cup in Sydney; and first at the Masters Cup event in the Czech Republic. She won gold in the shooting pairs at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and silver in the individual event.\nLauryn and Russell Mark have one daughter, Sierra, and run corporate team building programs with their company Corporate Shooting Stars Pty Ltd.\n", "Events": "4th place at Olympic Games - Athens (2004 - 2004) \nAustralian Grand Prix Open Champion - Brisbane (2001 - 2001) \nAustralian Grand Prix Women's Champion - Brisbane (1999 - 1999) \nAustralian Grand Prix Women's Champion - Brisbane (2000 - 2000) \nAustralian National Open Women's Champion (1999 - 1999) \nAustralian National Open Women's Champion (2000 - 2000) \nAustralian National Women's Champion (2001 - 2001) \nAustralian National Women's Champion (2002 - 2002) \nAustralian National Women's Champion (2003 - 2003) \nAustralian National Women's Champion (2004 - 2004) \nCommonwealth Games Individual Silver Medal - Melbourne (2006 - 2006) \nCommonwealth Shooting Federation Champion - Melbourne (2005 - 2005) \nShooting - Skeet Pairs (2006 - 2006) \nShooting - Skeet, Singles and Pairs (2002 - 2002) \nUnited States National Open Women's Champion (1999 - 1999) \nWorld Cup Final Silver Medal - Rome (2003 - 2003) \nWorld Cup Finalist - Cyprus (2000 - 2000) \nWorld Cup Finalist - Doha (2001 - 2001) \nWorld Cup Finalist - Granada (2003 - 2003) \nWorld Cup Finalist - Italy (2000 - 2000) \nWorld Cup Finalist - Perth (2003 - 2003) \nWorld Cup Finalist - Seoul (2001 - 2001) \nWorld Cup Finalist - Sydney (2000 - 2000) \nWorld Cup Finalist - Sydney (2004 - 2004) \nWorld Cup Grand Prix Women's Bronze Medal - USA (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Neill, Susie", "Entry ID": "AWE2260", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oneill-susie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mackay, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Summary": "For an entire decade, Olympic swimmer Susie O'Neill won a medal at every single international swimming competition. She holds a record 35 Australian titles and eight Olympic medals. Dubbed 'Madame Butterfly', O'Neill achieved world number one ranking in both the 100m and 200m butterfly events. She was also ranked world number one in the 200m freestyle from 1999-2000.\n", "Details": "Susie O'Neill launched her competitive swimming career at the age of fourteen, when she narrowly missed selection for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. Two years later she won both gold and silver medals at the Commonwealth Games. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, O'Neill won gold, silver and bronze medals, making her Australia's most outstanding Olympic performer since Shane Gould in 1972.\nAt the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, O'Neill once again outperformed her peers, winning a record eight medals, including six gold. At Sydney in 2000, she swam at her last Olympic Games, winning one gold and three silver medals. With Dawn Fraser and Petria Thomas, O'Neill holds the Australian women's record for her Olympic medal tally.\n", "Events": "Swimming - 200m Butterfly (1992 - 1992) \nSwimming - 200m Butterfly (1996 - 1996) \nSwimming - 200m Butterfly, 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2000 - 2000) \nSwimming - 200m Freestyle (2000 - 2000) \nSwimming - 200m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly, 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (1994 - 1994) \nSwimming - 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1998 - 1998) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Fresstyle Relay (1990 - 1990) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1996 - 1996) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/choose-to-win-achieving-your-goals-fulfilling-your-dreams\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/susie-oneill-our-champion\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-butterfly-has-landed-susie-oneill\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-fairytale-career-susie-oneill\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mind-games-susie-oneill\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/susies-fairly-simple-path-to-greatness-susie-oneill\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/total-immersion-susie-oneill\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/susie-oneill-madame-butterfly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/madame-butterfly-mark-2-susie-oneill\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/class-of-94-susie-oneill-and-rebecca-brown\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allen, Monique", "Entry ID": "AWE2261", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allen-monique\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Gymnast", "Summary": "Monique Allen trained with the Manly Warringah Gym Club before joining the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). At the Commonwealth Games in Auckland in 1990, she was awarded 9.875 points for her routine on the uneven bars and became the first Australian female gymnast to receive a gold medal.\nAllen competed in the World Championships in 1987, 1989 and 1991. In 1989, she came 25th in the all-around competition at this event, becoming the first Australian to make the second round. That same year, she qualified for the World Cup Circuit and was named Sportstar of the Year for the AIS. Allen competed at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles (1984), Seoul (1998), and Barcelona (1992), and appears on the AIS Roll of Honour for each of those years. Placed 19th at Barcelona, she was the highest ranking Australian at an Olympic Games.\nMonique Allen retired from competition after the Olympic Games in Barcelona. She and her husband Wayne have a daughter, Ruby.\n", "Events": "Gymnastics - Uneven Bars (1990 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-are-they-now-monique-allen\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Trickett, Lisbeth (Libby) Constance", "Entry ID": "AWE2262", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trickett-lisbeth-libby-constance\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Townsville, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Summary": "Libby Lenton's competitive swimming career was launched in 2003 at the Telstra Australian Championships when she broke the Australian record for the 50m freestyle. She broke her own record later that year, becoming the first Australian woman to swim the distance in less than 25 seconds. She set Commonwealth and Australian records in the 50m and 100m freestyle at the FINA World Cup and was named Australian Swimming Discovery of the Year.\nBy 2004, Lenton was a dual Olympic medallist, winning gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay with Alice Mills, Petria Thomas and Jodie Henry, and bronze in the 50m freestyle. At the Telstra Trials in Sydney, preceding the Olympics, she broke the 100m freestyle world record with a time of 53.66. In 2006, Libby Lenton won five gold and two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. That year she broke the world record for the 100m freestyle at the Telstra Trials (also in Melbourne). She won five gold medals and one silver at the 2006 World Short Course in Shanghai, becoming the World Short Course record holder in the 100m and 200m freestyle and 100m butterfly.\n", "Events": "Swimming - 100m Butterfly (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 100m freestyle (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (2004 - 2004) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m freestyle relay (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 50m and 100m Freestyle, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, 4 x 200m Freestlye Relay, 4 x 10m Medley Relay (2006 - 2006) \nSwimming - 50m Freestyle (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/libby-lenton-sets-new-world-mark-for-100m-freestyle\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Donnet, Jennifer Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE2263", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/donnet-jennifer-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Diver", "Summary": "Commonwealth Games medallist and Olympian Jenny Donnet comes from a family of champion divers. Her mother, Barbara Donnet (n\u00e9e McAulay), is a former Commonwealth Games gold medallist, and both parents worked as Olympic diving coaches. Her sister, Barbi Donnet, is a diving coach and a World Masters triple Gold medallist and Australian champion. Today the family run the Donnet Diving Club in Queensland.\n", "Details": "Jenny Donnet is the only Australian diver to have competed in four Olympic Games. Her Olympic debut was in 1980 at the Moscow Olympic Games. She went on to represent Australia in the 1984 Los Angeles Games, the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games and the 1992 Barcelona Games. She was the flag bearer for Australia at the Opening Ceremony in Barcelona, only the third Australian woman to have had the honour.\nIn 1982, Donnet won gold in the 3m springboard diving event at the Commonwealth Games. She won silver in 1986, and gold in 1990. Several decades earlier, in 1954, Donnet's mother Barbara won a silver medal in the same event and a gold for the 10m platform dive.\nToday Jenny is a diving coach and is president of the Australian Masters Association. She has coached 2 World Masters medallists; 9 national championship medallists; 41 national level divers; and 20 Victorian championship medallists.\n", "Events": "Diving - 3m Springboard (1990 - 1990) \nDiving - Springboard (1982 - 1982)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-making-of-champions\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Raisbeck, Rosina", "Entry ID": "AWE2264", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/raisbeck-rosina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Opera singer", "Summary": "Rosina Raisbeck enjoyed a successful career in London and performed on the club circuit across Australia in the 1960s, before joining the Australian Opera in 1971. She was still singing with the company at the age of 72.\n", "Details": "Raisbeck was born in Ballarat to English and Italian parents, and grew up in Maitland. After success on the club circuit in New South Wales, she entered the New South Wales Conservatorium in 1942. Raisbeck won the Sun Aria and ABC Concerto and Vocal competitions in 1946. She auditioned at Covent Garden, London, and performed her debut role as Maddalena in Rigoletto the following year.\nRaisbeck was a soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony as part of the Queen's coronation celebrations in 1953. She sang with Sadler's Wells Opera in London, and with the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company at home in Sydney. In 1961, after her divorce from James Laurie, she returned to Sydney with her son, Jim. She joined the Australian Opera company ten years later. Raisbeck's last public appearance was at the 80th birthday concert of Dame Joan Sutherland, her friend and colleague, in October 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/raisbeck-rosina-singer-programs-and-related-material-collected-by-the-national-library-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/royce-rees-collection-of-sydney-theatre-photonegatives-1946-1967\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richardson, Merle", "Entry ID": "AWE2265", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-merle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Bowler", "Summary": "Merle Richardson was introduced to lawn bowls in 1959, when she was invited by her husband to roll the first bowl under new lights at New South Wales' Bulli Club. Within a year, Richardson had recorded her first win, defeating the club champion at the president's singles competition. She would go on to win more than two hundred and fifty games over the next thirty years.\nNamed the New South Wales Champion of Champions in 1970, Richardson has represented Australia three times in international competitions. She won the world singles and the world pairs competitions held in Melbourne in 1985. The following year she defeated New Zealander Peter Belliss, also a world champion, in 'the Battle of the Sexes' held in Victoria and was awarded the OAM for services to lawn bowls. Richardson published her book, Bowls for Everyone, in 1988.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bowls-for-everyone\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maroney, Susan Jean (Susie)", "Entry ID": "AWE2266", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maroney-susan-jean-susie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Swimmer", "Summary": "Champion marathon swimmer Susie Maroney set six world records in her eighteen year career. She was awarded the OAM and is an Australia Day Ambassador.\n", "Details": "Susie Maroney began competing in swimming carnivals at the age of seven. A successful endurance swimmer, she came second in the first Australian marathon (16 km) at the age of fourteen. At fifteen, she became the youngest person and fastest Australian to swim the English Channel. Two years later she was the fastest person to complete a return swim across the Channel. She won the Manhattan Island swim race three times: in 1991, 1992 and 1994.\nIn 1993, the Maroneys became the first family to swim the English Channel. The relay included Pauline (50), Mike (26), Karen (24), Lindy (22), Susie and Sean (18).\nIn May 1997, at the age of twenty-two, Maroney completed a 180 km swim from Cuba to Florida, the first person to do so. The following year she swam a record 197 km from Mexico to Cuba, the longest distance ever swum without flippers in the open sea, in 38 hours and 33 minutes. In Havana she dined with President Fidel Castro, who applauded her achievement.\nMaroney made the Guinness Book of Records for the longest distance swum in 24 hours (93.6 km) and was twice inducted into the International Hall of Swimming Fame. Twin brother Sean, a triathlete who often accompanied his sister on her marathon swims, died in 2002 and Maroney retired from swimming the following year.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/susie-a-mothers-story\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/susie-maroney-hangs-up-swimming-costume\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marathon-girl-swims-to-cuba\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dangerous-swim-for-world-record-breaker\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ministerial-statement-marathon-swimmer-susie-maroney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ministerial-statement-marathon-swimmer-susie-maroney-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kennedy, Edwina", "Entry ID": "AWE2267", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kennedy-edwina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Golfer", "Summary": "Edwina Kennedy was the first Australian to win the British Women's Amateur Golf Championship. She has represented Australia in four world amateur team championships. Kennedy won the Australian Women's Amateur Golf Championship in 1986.\n", "Details": "Allegedly presented with her first set of golf clubs at the age of two, Edwina Kennedy enrolled at the Wentworth Falls Golf Club at the age of seven and had been carded under 100 by the following year. Wallacia Golf Club still holds Kennedy's scorecard from the Junior and School Girls Championship when, aged nine, she competed with a handicap of 28. At sixteen, Kennedy won the Australian foursomes (with Sue Goldsmith), and proceeded to win the Australian junior championship four years in a row.\nIn 1978, on her nineteenth birthday, Kennedy became the first Australian to win the British Women's Amateur Golf Championship. That same year, Kennedy's team (including Lindy Goggin, Jane Lock and Patricia Bridges as captain) won gold at the International Golf Federation Women's Championships in Fiji, competing against thirteen others. The team won silver at the same event in North Carolina two years later against 27 others. In 1979, Kennedy became the first woman to compete in the Australian universities team championship, winning each of her matches from the men's tee, and today the Edwina Kennedy Trophy for women's individual stroke play is awarded regularly at the Australian University Championship for Golf.\nKennedy has competed at the Espirito Santo world championship, the Commonwealth series (Australia versus Japan), and the Asia Cup. She won the Australian Women's Amateur Golf Championship in 1986. Kennedy retired from competition in 1993.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edwina-quits\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mathews, Marlene Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE2268", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mathews-marlene-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Athletics coach, Olympian, Sports administrator, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Described as 'one of our greatest and unluckiest' athletes, Marlene Mathews set a world record of 10.3 seconds for the 100 yard sprint in 1958. Her best times for the 100 metres and 200 metres, set over forty years ago, would have won both titles at the 2005 Australian Athletics Championships were they repeated.\nHaving missed selection for the 1952 Olympic Games due to a leg injury, Mathews was selected for the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Canada, only to be forced to withdraw from sprint events due to injury once again. Two years later, she was able to compete at the Olympic Games in Melbourne and won bronze in the 100 metres and 200 metres behind Australia's Betty Cuthbert and Germany's Christa Stubnick - though many expected her to win. Disappointingly, Mathews was not selected for the 4x100m relay team that year. The team, comprising Shirley Strickland, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor and Betty Cuthbert, won gold. At a post-Olympics meeting, Mathews was part of a relay team that broke world records for both the 4\u00d7220 yards and 4\u00d7200 metres.\nIn 1957, Mathews set the inaugural world record times for the 440 yards and 400 metres. The following year she set her world record of 10.3 seconds for the 100 yards sprint (breaking the 10.4 second record held jointly by Betty Cuthbert and Marjorie Jackson) and of 23.4 seconds for the 220 yards (breaking Cuthbert's 23.5 second record). She is reputed to have run a 'wind-assisted 10.1 seconds' in the 100 yards at the Australian titles. Mathews went on to win the 100 yards and 220 yards at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Wales in 1958. She ran in the relay team that won silver in the 4\u00d7110 yards relay. After making the semi-finals in the 100 metres at the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960, Mathews retired from competition and took up an administrative role. She was an Assistant Manager of the Australian Olympic Team at the Olympics in Munich in 1972.\nMarlene Mathews became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1979 for her services to athletics, and an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1999. A Trustee of the Sydney Cricket Ground, she is recognised in its Walk of Honour. Mathews was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985.\n", "Details": "Born in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1934, Marlene Mathews was a prodigiously talented junior athlete who went on to become one of Australia's best, but most unlucky, sprinters. Developing as an athlete throughout the 1940s, she ran against such stars as Marjorie Jackson and Shirley Strickland. She was a serious contender for Olympic team selection in 1952 at the age of eighteen after some impressive racing during the 1950-51 season, including coming second in the 100y at the New South Wales Championships, behind Marjorie Jackson but ahead of Shirley Strickland. She followed this up by setting a junior record for the race in March 1951, a feat that saw her place on the team virtually guaranteed. Unfortunately, she suffered a severe muscle tear injury at the beginning of the 1951-52 season which ruled her out of competition and prevented her from regaining top form for another three years. Bad luck struck again in 1954 at the Empire Games in Vancouver when she badly pulled a muscle in her heat of the 100y. She withdrew from all competition, running in the relay team which was regarded as an unbeatable gold medal favourite.\nDespite this series of disappointments, Mathews was determined to get fit enough to compete at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956. Reigning Olympic and Empire Games champion Marjorie Jackson had now retired, and Mathews was regarded as her successor; her window of opportunity was about to open. Everything seemed to be going to plan throughout 1955-56. She was running fast times, even equalling Jackson's 220y world record time of 24.0 in March 1956; it all appeared to be an excellent lead up to the Olympic Games. Despite this, she performed well below expectation at the 1956 National Championships held in Brisbane. She came third in the 100y, behind Wendy Hayes and veteran Shirley Strickland and second in the 220y behind a new rival, Betty Cuthbert. Admittedly, the conditions in Brisbane did not suit Mathews; it was rainy and slippery, and even ay the best of times she much preferred to run on a hard track. But from that point until the Olympics, it seemed like she was always playing catch up to the rising talent of Cuthbert.\nThis time she made it to an international competition without suffering debilitating injury. She was fit, firing and, after winning her semi-final, favourite to win the 100m. In her own words, 'she felt better than she had felt in a long time'. Inexplicably, she fluffed the start in the final - nerves got the better of her and unfortunately she chose that particular time to fail in, what she called her 'application to the task'. 'The gun went, and I just saw bottoms in front of me go off before it had actually registered that the gun had gone off.' She managed to make up the ground she let slip away in the first fifty meters in the second fifty and run third. Her disappointment was compounded when she ran third in the 200m. Cuthbert won both events, while Germany's Christa Stubnik ran second. In retrospect, Mathews now realises that not winning made a better person of her. It helped her to realise that 'unless you really apply yourself, it's not going to fall into place.' She said that 'after that my whole attitude changed'. She never got beaten in the 100m by Betty Cuthbert again.\nMathews thought her disappointment at the Melbourne Olympics was over once she had finished her individual events, because, barring a poor baton change, her chances of gold in the 4 x100m relay were extremely high. Sadly, the worst was yet to come. To this day, Mathews does not know why she was not selected to run in the relay, although she does know that not being selected was the 'most bitter pill I ever had to swallow'. Fleur Mellor didn't make the final of the 100y at the Australian Championships in March or the Australian Olympic trials in October, but she was selected to run instead of Mathews. The decision was controversial, no official explanation was offered at the time, but those who made it considered themselves vindicated when the team, comprising Mellor, Betty Cuthbert, Shirley Strickland and Queenslander Norma Croker won the gold in world record time. At the time, there were rumours that in some quarters, Mathews had developed a reputation as a poor relay runner. Given that she had more top level relay running experience than most other Australian women sprinters, this seems an unlikely explanation. Perhaps there is something in the story that Fleur Mellor had been personally mentored by one of the officials who made the decision, Nell Gould. Whatever the reason, Mathews was deeply cut by the decision.\nI stood up in that stand watching the race, tears were pouring down my face, and I was actually wishing the English girls would win it. I'd never felt so cheated in all my life. What hurts is that except for Shirley Strickland and Betty Cuthbert, the other two girls became Olympic gold medallists, and they'd never done anything else. All they did was run in that relay. It still hurts deep down.\nAfter the Olympics, Mathews hit some of the best form of her life. She won at the National Championships, creating world records in the 400m and 440y events in 1957, and the 110y and 220y events in 1958. In 1960, she seemed primed for a good Olympic campaign in Rome, proving herself fit after suffering another soft tissue injury early in the year. It was not a great time for the Australian women's track and field team. Mathews later said that it was the first time they realised how disadvantaged they were geographically in terms of their training. Coming from the Australian winter to a Roman summer was an enormous shock to the system, and the lack of top line competition to race against in the lead up left them underprepared. 'Betty and I thought we were running reasonably well until we got over there,' she says, 'We hadn't had that top class international racing competition to really finish us off.' Her performance in exhibition events in the months afterwards, in England and in Africa suggests that she might have a point; 'the more they ran, the better they got', including running second to the Olympic Champion, Wilma Rudolph in London.\nMathews finished her running career a winner, running in Africa in 1961 as part of the celebrations for Nigerian independence and winning the 100m. Married for four years, she decided that it was a good time to hang up her shoes and start a family. She had three boys in quick succession and moved into a new suburban development in Sydney's 'Hills' area. There were no athletics clubs in the area, so she started her own. This inevitably brought her back into the fold of athletics at a state level. In 1965, she returned to the new South Wales Amateur Athletics Association (NSWAAA) as an official starter; two years later she became an executive member of the NSWAAA.\nAt the same time, through the club she had formed, she started to try her hand at coaching and sports teaching. Mathews loved being a runner, but focusing on her track career in the 1950s had come at the expense of her education. Around the time she was training for the 1952 Olympics, family friends encouraged her parents allow her to leave school and concentrate on her athletics training. 'She'll get more education if she's fortunate enough to travel the world with athletics then she would staying here and doing her leaving', they advised. So she left school at the end of fifth year, didn't get her leaving certificate and, as it turned out, didn't get to go to Helsinki. At the time, this didn't worry her, but later in life she realised she was envious of her friends who had gone on to teachers college to become physical education teachers. She desperately wanted teach sport and encourage young athletes, but without formal qualifications, her options were limited.\nHer chance came in 1968 when a local catholic school offered her the position of sports mistress while the regular teacher was on leave. A number of the girls from the school were members of her athletics club and she had developed a good reputation for her coaching and teaching amongst the parents in the area. Plus, she freely acknowledges that her name still carried some kudos. The position at the school offered her a foot in the door to a new career, Sadly, that particular teaching experience didn't quite live up to her expectations. Neither the students or staff took an interest in the classes, or in physical fitness in general. It was an uphill battle just trying to get them to participate. But the experience did teach her a lot about girls' attitudes to sport and fitness. These insights would be developed the longer she stayed involved in coaching. In time, her understanding of the NSWAAA administrative structure combined with her understanding of how an athlete's mind works saw her being offered a position in 1972 as the Assistant Manager (Women) of the Australian Team at the Munich Olympic games. In 1973 she was offered a position as Athletics Coach with the Rothmans Sports Foundation, a position that involved taking on responsibility for the newly formed Australian Track and Field Coaches Association.\nThe significance of her breaking into these roles, at this time, cannot be underestimated. Sports management and coaching remain male dominated areas of the sports industry, although numbers have improved since Mathews started out. It's very important for women to be present she says; there are simply some things that young girls starting out would not feel comfortable talking about with male coaches, the obvious thing being the impact of her menstrual cycle on her track performance. But there are also attitudinal differences that a female coach can bring to the table. Dawn Fraser, for instance, believed that some of her problems arose when she was competing because all the officials were men who expected the young female swimmers in their charge to be totally submissive while allowing a different standard of behaviour from the men. Yet top class athletes by definition are not 'wired' to submit. In Mathews terms, they need more that a will to win, they need a killer instinct. Sometimes the same drive that took them to the top in their sport also produced wilful behaviour, behaviour that was regarded as masculine, and therefore inappropriate in women, in the eyes of officials. Mathews argues that women have to be involved at this level, in order to educate men and show the range of behaviours and achievements that women athletes, even the 'bolshy' ones, are capable of.\nIn an ideal world, then, there would be many more female coaches and involved in all forms of sport, not just athletics. In theory, there are no workplace barriers to their involvement; indeed, the obstacles confronting women who want to be officials and coaches are more likely to be found in the home. Mathews experience of professional coaching is that it is a 'full-time job, seven days a week'. There are schedules to be drawn, research to be done into the latest techniques, consultations with doctors and parents, paperwork to complete; the task list goes on. Then, of course, there are the daily coaching sessions to run. Most women with families can't spend six nights a week down at the track, unless they have exceptionally supportive husbands and organisational structures to support them. 'I used to race home from work, throw the dinner on the table and go down to the track,' says Mathews, 'There was no life with my family, and in the end there was no life for me either.' Eventually, the life took its toll on her marriage. Her first husband, although very helpful in terms of caring for the children while she was at work, came to resent the time she spent away from her family. 'Travelling and things like that broadened my outlook on life,' she said, but her husband became increasingly threatened by this person who did not conform to his expectations of what a wife and mother should be.\nMathews could not stay at home; she was riddled with guilt on occasions because this meant leaving her family for long stretches of time, and she was sad that her husband came to hate the public recognition she received through her continued involvement in sport. Ultimately, however, she believed that if she hadn't coached and worked in the sport she loved, she would have been a dreadfully unhappy person. She could have 'submitted' and given into the expectation that she would be a stay at home wife and mother, but when it became clear to her that this would only make her family situation worse, not better, she stopped feeling guilty. 'I was given a talent, I made the most of my talent, why should I have to apologise for it?' she asks. Very few male track and field athletes or coaches would have even thought to ask that question in the first place.\nMathews is to be admired not only for her exceptional talent as an athlete, but for her bravery in moving into a field where being a man was virtually a prerequisite to success and, when challenged, unapologetically defending her right to be there, and not in the kitchen.\n", "Events": "Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) 'for service to the sport of athletics' (1979 - 1979) \nAppointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 'for service to athletics and sports administration, particularly through the Australian Track and Field Coaches Association, and to the community' (1999 - 1999) \nAthletics - 100m and 100m events (1956 - 1956) \nAthletics - 100y and 220y (1958 - 1958) \nAwarded an Australian Sports Medal for 'services to the Olympic Movement - Administrator - QLD Olympic Icon' (2001 - 2001) \nCompeted in Rome (1960 - 1960)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lithe-teenager-our-first-gold-medallist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-sporting-nation-celebrating-australias-sporting-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/winning-women-challenging-the-norms-in-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/athletics-gold-track-and-field-athletics-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marlene-mathews-interviewed-by-neil-bennetts-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marlene-mathews-aust-winning-heat-of-100-m-w-in-11-5-sec-equalling-the-olympic-record-melbourne-1956-olympic-games-transparency-gerard-sellars\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/princess-alexandra-greets-australian-athletes-picture-australian-news-information-bureau-photograph-by-john-tanner\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McConchie, Lorna Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE2269", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcconchie-lorna-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Netball Coach, Netball Player, Sports administrator", "Summary": "After nine years playing for both Victorian and Australian netball teams, Lorna McConchie coached Australia to victory at the first netball World Tournament in 1963. A member of the International Federation of Netball Associations for twenty-five years, McConchie was added to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2004.\n", "Details": "Lorna McConchie was educated at East Kew Primary School and University High School. She studied physical education at the University of Melbourne and began lecturing in dance, movement and teaching practice. McConchie was involved in the establishment of the University's prestigious physical education course, drawing students from all over the world.\nFrom 1931 to 1940, McConchie played for the Victorian and the Australian netball teams She was vice-captain of the Australian team in 1939, but a planned tour to New Zealand had to be cancelled after the outbreak of WWII. From this time, McConchie became more involved in the administration of the sport. By 1949, she was representing the Australian Physical Education Association at the first women's conference in Denmark. Ten years later she was the Australian delegate at the Inaugural Conference of the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA), where an international constitution was accepted. Convenor of the initial IFNA Rules Sub-committee from 1963 to 1967, she remained a member of the Federation for twenty-five years and was awarded the IFNA Service Award in 1991.\nMcConchie continued her involvement with the game itself despite her administrative duties. In 1956 she had become Australian coach and manager of the first women's touring netball team to visit England. In 1963, once again in England, she coached the undefeated Australian team at the first netball World Tournament.\nLorna McConchie was nominated as a member of the Netball Victoria Team of the Century in 2000, and in 2001 was inducted into the Netball Hall of Fame. She died the same year. Netball Victoria has named the State League Umpire Award in her honour.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victorian-honour-roll-of-women-2004\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-examination-of-some-aspects-of-sports-administration-in-victoria\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/how-to-play-netball\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/40-years-40-women-biographies-of-university-of-melbourne-women-published-to-commemorate-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-international-year-of-women\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/university-of-melbourne-department-of-physical-education\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/netball-australia-papers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/university-of-melbourne-board-of-studies-in-physical-education\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mitchell, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE2270", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mitchell-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Cricketer, Sports administrator, Sportswoman", "Summary": "Ann Mitchell has been associated with women's cricket as a player (state and national level), manager, coach, journalist, and administrator for nearly fifty years. She contributes regularly to cricket journals and has provided commentary for Sydney radio and ABC television.\nShe has also had a long association with women's university sport, once again as a player and administrator. Most recently, as Executive Director of Sydney University Women's Sport and Deputy Director Sydney University Sport, Mitchell has made a significant contribution to the status of women in sport, particularly by promoting gender equity in university sport. Over her lengthy career as a volunteer and employee in the sport industry, she has been instrumental in developing opportunities for women in university sports as well as non-playing roles including administration, coaching and sports medicine.\nThrough her representation on numerous sports boards including Women's Cricket Australia, International Women's Cricket Council and Australian University Sport, Ms Mitchell has raised the profile of women's sport in the community.\nIn April 2010, Mitchell was made an Honorary Fellow of Sydney University in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, in recognition of her 'extraordinary contribution to the University, to cricket and to Australian women's sport for nearly five decades.'\n", "Details": "Ann Mitchell first played cricket with the Sydney University club in 1962. After working as manager of the New South Wales junior and senior cricket sides, she became manager of the Australian team in 1977. Mitchell has served on the board of Australian University Sport and was president of the International Women's Cricket Council for six years. She served as president of the Australian Women's Cricket Council from 1988, and is a now life member of Women's Cricket Australia.\nIn 2005, Mitchell was awarded the Margaret Pewtress Memorial category of the 2005 Ausport Awards for developing and promoting opportunities for women in sport. She was praised for having 'made a significant contribution to the status of women in sport, particularly by promoting gender equity in university sport'. In August 2006, as Co-ordinator of the Women in Sport Media Group, Mitchell played an active role in the Inquiry into women in sport and recreation in Australia. Today, Sydney University offers the Ann Mitchell award for Most Outstanding Performance at Australian University Games or Australian University Championships. Mitchell was awarded the OAM in 1990.\nShe was executive director of Sydney University Women's Sport Association in 2002 when members agreed to combine with the men at the Sydney University Sports Union to create a new body called Sydney University Sport. About this move, she said, 'some members may have had regrets [about the decision] but combining resources was seen as the best way forward.'\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-sport-underpaid-underrated-and-under-the-radar\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-deserve-sporting-chance-ellis\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/honorary-awardshonorary-awards-helen-ann-mitchell-oam\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ann-mitchell-interviewed-by-nikki-henningham-for-the-sport-oral-history-project-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nunn, Glynis", "Entry ID": "AWE2271", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nunn-glynis\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Athletics coach, Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Glynis Nunn is the only Australian to have won an Olympic multi-discipline athletics event. She won gold in the heptathlon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.\n", "Details": "Glynis Nunn began competing in athletics at the age of nine, when still a student at Toowoomba South State School. At fifteen, she won six events in the State championships and set records in five. She qualified for the Commonwealth Games in 1978 but couldn't compete due to injury. The heptathlon replaced the pentathlon in 1981, and prior to the 1982 Commonwealth Games, Glynis moved to Adelaide to train with Olympic coach John Daly. It was there that she married her first husband, decathlete Chris Nunn. Glynis won gold at the inaugural Commonwealth Games championship in 1982.\nHaving left her job as a physical education teacher in 1983 to concentrate on training, Glynis Nunn won gold at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984, beating American favourite Jackie Joyner by just a few points. Nunn also made the finals for the 100m hurdles and the long jump, and was placed fifth and seventh respectively. After the Games, she switched from the heptathlon to hurdling. She won bronze in the high hurdles event in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, but was later plagued by injury.\nNunn left competitive sport in 1990, by which time she had remarried. She now has an extensive background in sports coaching, and has worked as a sprint coach for the Brisbane Lions AFL football team. Nunn-Cearns lectures in fitness and is sought after for public speaking engagements. She was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for her contribution to athletics.\n", "Events": "Athletics - Heptathlon (1982 - 1982) \nAthletics - Heptathlon (1984 - 1984)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/official-australian-guide-to-the-seoul-olympic-games-1988\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rolton, Gillian", "Entry ID": "AWE2272", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rolton-gillian\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Equestrian, Olympian", "Summary": "Gillian Rolton was Australia's first female equestrian gold-medallist. She won or was placed at the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the Trans-Tasman's and international competitions in Europe and Australia.\n", "Details": "A schoolteacher from Adelaide, Gillian Rolton was a show and dessage rider from the age of ten until her early twenties. She began Eventing and Showjumping at twenty-one, and competed at an international level from 1984. Rolton was long-listed for the Olympic Games at Los Angeles and Seoul, but missed out on both due to injury (to the horse in the first instance, and to herself in the second). In 1992 she was a late inclusion the Australian equestrian team competing at the Barcelona Olympic Games after she beat all male members of the team in the final selection trial at Savernake, England. Competing alongside Matt Ryan and Andrew Hoy, Rolton rode an excellent round on Peppermint Grove on the final day of competition, and became the first Australian female equestrian to win a gold medal.\nRolton achieved even greater notoriety after the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996. Thrown twice from Peppermint Grove in the cross-country section, Rolton remounted and finished the course despite a broken collar-bone and two broken ribs. The Australian team, comprised of Andrew Hoy, Wendy Schaeffer, Phillip Dutton and Rolton, won gold.\nFrom 2003, Rolton coordinated and coaching the EFA National Young Eventing Rider Squad. She was an FEI International Eventing judge and on the Board of Adelaide International Horse Trials.\n", "Events": "Equestrian - Three day Event (Team) (1992 - 1992) \nEquestrian - Three Day Event (Team) (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/free-rein\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roche, Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE2277", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roche-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Bateau Bay, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Lawn Bowler", "Summary": "Dorothy Roche became Australia's oldest gold medal winner when she competed in the women's fours at the Auckland Commonwealth Games at the age of 61 years and 10 months.\n", "Details": "Dorothy Roche took up competitive lawn bowls in 1975 when she was nearly fifty years of age. In 1979, she won the Champion of Champions (singles) competition and the Alpha Romeo Sport-Star of the Year. In 1984 she played a round-robin match with Merle Richardson against the leading male players, beating world champion David Bryant. Throughout her career, Roche won a State-level game every year. In 1988 she was captain of the gold medal-winning team at the Melbourne World Championships. Two years later she competed in the women's fours in Bowls at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games and won gold, becoming Australia's oldest gold medal winner. That year, Roche was granted the 'Freedom of the City of Paramatta' and was awarded the OAM for services to lawn bowls.\n", "Events": "Lawn Bowls - Fours (1990 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-oxford-companion-to-australian-sport\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bridges, Patricia Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE2280", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bridges-patricia-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Golfer, Sports administrator", "Summary": "In 2006, Patricia Bridges was awarded the first ever life membership of the newly established golfing organisation, Golf Australia. It was a fitting tribute to her for her years of service to the sport. Throughout a career in golf administration that spanned four decades, she has held several positions on the executive of the Australian Ladies' Golf Union, including president. In 1994, at the age of seventy-two, she was appointed Chairman of the Women's Committee of the World Amateur Golf Council, the first Australian man or women to hold an executive position on an International Golf Committee. In the same year, she negotiated exclusively with Holden to sponsor the resurgence of the Women's Australian Open Championship. The trophy for the winner of the Women's Australian Open is named the Patricia Bridges Bowl, in her honour.\nPatricia Bridges was respected for her organisational skills and her ability to move with the times. At an media conference in 2006 announcing the timing and whereabouts of the 2007 Women's Open, organisers played a video of some of the up and coming women players. Bare midriffs were once banned in women's golf but plenty were on show throughout the video. One shot showed images of a young woman with a tattoo on her lower back. 'Good grief,' muttered a member of the crowd. 'Why not?' responded Mrs. Bridges.\n", "Events": "Appointed Australian Team Selector (1969 - 1969) \nAppointed to the Australian Ladies' Golf Union (1964 - 1964) \nElected president of the Australian Ladies' Golf Union (1970 - 1970) \nElected to her third term as president of the Australian Ladies Golf Union (1991 - 1991) \nFor services to Golf and the Community (1981 - 1981) \nInvited to travel to the United States to investigate promoting a Women's Open Tournament in Australia (1970 - 1970) \nRe-elected president of the Australian Ladies Golf Union (1976 - 1976)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bridges-built-for-womens-open\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gatehouse, Eleanor Wright", "Entry ID": "AWE2281", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gatehouse-eleanor-wright\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Near Geelong, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Golfer, Sports administrator", "Summary": "Eleanor Wright Gatehouse was born in 1886, the eldest daughter in an eminent Victorian family; granddaughter of one of the earliest white settlers in the Geelong region, Thomas Austin. Described as 'a born ringleader' she was a forthright and formidable figure in women's golf in Victoria. Her refusal to take nonsense from people is well exemplified by a story that tells of the time she responded to a group of men who hit up on her party by hitting a ball right back at them!\nIt is said that Nellie's maternal grandmother nearly ended her golfing career before it began. Apparently Nellie arrived home from a mixed foursomes event one Sunday soaking wet and smelling of spirits. Nellie's grandmother was convinced by her doubtful excuse, that her partner had filled her button-up golf boots with whiskey to ward of the cold, and permitted her to continue playing. After this controversial start, she went on to enjoy a very successful playing career. She won the first of three Australian Championships in 1909 and won five Victorian Championships over the thirty years she was active in the game. In keeping with her personality, she retired a champion, hanging up her golf shoes after winning a veterans championship.\nNellie firmly believed that playing golf had taught her life lessons. 'After the game is over, forget all about it - especially if you had a rotten time. Live for the next day,' she advised. 'In my opinion a sound beating at golf is one of the best medicines you can have.' It was much more than a game for her, a round of golf was a spiritual experience. 'Golf is such a wonderful game that the more we can do for her the better is for the whole community,' she observed. 'For worshipping at the shrine of this goddess Golf gives us health, happiness and contentment.'\nNellie Gatehouse is best known as a golfer and golf administrator but she was also heavily involved in other activities. She was a Justice of the Peace, and served a term as President of the Australian Women's National League. She was keenly interested in the rights of children and served seven terms as President of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.\n", "Events": "Gatehouse wins the first of three Australian Championships (1909 - 1909) \nPresident of the Victorian Ladies' Golf Union (1928 - 1936) \nPresident of the Victorian Ladies' Golf Union (1942 - 1946)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-green-to-gold-the-first-fifty-years-of-the-australian-ladies-golf-union\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-the-victorian-ladies-golf-union\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Camplin, Alisa Peta", "Entry ID": "AWE2282", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/camplin-alisa-peta\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Skier", "Summary": "Alisa Camplin is Australia's first female Winter Olympic gold medallist, dual Olympic medallist, World Champion, World Record Holder and two times WC Grand Prix Champion.\nIn 2017 Camplin was a director on four prominent Australian Boards - including the Australian Sports Commission, Royal Children's Hospital Foundation, Olympic Winter Institute of Australia and the Collingwood Football Club.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Geoffrey and Jennifer Camplin, Alisa Peta Camplin was born in Melbourne's Mercy Hospital in 1974. With her two younger sisters, Georgina and Alexandrea, she was raised in Viewbank in north-east Melbourne. The family was sport-mad. Camplin recalls, 'every week our whole family was at swimming lessons, ballet recitals, tennis lessons, hockey training and Little Athletics competitions all over the state. It was like being part of a full-time live-in sports camp'. A tomboy from the beginning, Alisa loved to play cricket and football, run through the paddocks, swim, ride bikes and play war games with the ten boys in her neighbourhood. None of them could beat her in a running race, even with a head start. At school she insisted on wearing the boys' uniform and tried out for the boys' cricket team. Aged five she was enchanted by the opening ceremony of the Moscow Olympics - here the dream was born. One day she would represent her country at the Olympic Games.\nBy the age of seven, Camplin was breaking all the Little Athletics club records and beating the other girls by over 20 metres. Asked if she wanted to run with the boys, she accepted the challenge but it was tough competition and her first taste of losing a race. Determined to win again, she began training in the back paddock and before long was winning against the boys and taking out the Open Female All Stars events: 'When I was younger, I rarely crossed a finish line without throwing up or dry-retching from giving so much - I always wanted to be the fastest, to finish first, to record my best time, to beat my opponent or break a record.' Camplin won several state titles in the 800m and 1500m track events.\nCamplin began at Melbourne's Methodist Ladies College in 1987 at the age of twelve. There she took up gymnastics - 'I loved to tumble, jump, flip and twist, but I had neither flexibility nor grace' - and was competing in her first state titles by 1989, winning three silver medals. The following year she attended trials for the national titles, but had to pull out because of stress fractures in her lower back. Forced to abandon the sport, she 'followed a natural ex-gymnast's progression into diving' in 1991, attracted by the acrobatics. The move was short-lived as good coaches were hard to come by.\nIn the summer of 1992, having completed her secondary studies, Camplin began sailing Hobie Cat catamarans with her best friend Kynwynn Jones. The girls crewed together in 1993 at the Port Stephens National Championships and finished second. When Sydney was announced as Host City for the 2000 Olympic Games, Camplin received a call from her old athletics coach, asking if she would be prepared to train with a view to competing in the marathon. She duly began to train but remembers 'my heart was not one hundred per cent in it'.\nIn 1994 - a fateful year - she attended a ski show in Melbourne. A trampoline had been set up by Mt Buller's freestyle skiing program, Team Buller, and members of the audience were invited to try aerial manoeuvres in the trampoline harness. Camplin's acrobatic skills were well honed. Encouraged by her friends, she 'got in the rig and flipped around a bit'. She was soon approached by Geoff Lipshut (later CEO of the Olympic Winter Institute) and aerial skier Jacqui Cooper with an offer to begin training with the first Australian Aerial Skiing Development Squad. Camplin's dream was still very much alive, and after some consideration, she took up the offer with the sole aim of making it to the Olympic Games.\nWhat followed was a long, hard slog. Camplin had been awarded an academic scholarship and entry into Swinburne University's Bachelor of Information Technology degree, and she was determined to pursue her studies. It was in her second year at university that she began skiing and had to take on four jobs to help pay for ski lessons, mountain accommodation and petrol. She studied; coached gymnastics at MLC; worked for ANZ Bank; delivered pizzas; and cleaned houses. Every Friday night for three years she drove to Mt Buller at 10:00pm so as she could train over the weekend. It was not an easy ride:\nI endured ridicule from nine year olds who were better than me, plus spite and bitterness from those who thought my motivation for joining their sport was wrong. I also tolerated contempt from the alpine elite, as many of them thought my terrible skills and fancy team jacket made a mockery of their sport\u2026 It took seven years of my eight-year campaign before people began to believe that I might actually be able to win an Olympic Gold medal.\nConstantly fighting negative feedback on the ski fields, Camplin used the criticism as motivation: 'Every person who said I wouldn't make it stirred the fire in my belly and helped me train that much harder.' After a shaky start in competitions at Lake Placid and, in 1997, at Breckenridge, Colorado, where coaches told her she was 'the worst aerialist at training', Camplin's fight began to pay off. She finished seventh in her first Aerial World Championship event in 1999, and fourth in the World Cup finals in 2000\/2001.\n2002 was Camplin's year. At the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, despite multiple fractures in both ankles, Camplin won gold in the aerial skiing event, scoring 193.47 for her triple twisting somersault or 'back full\/double full'. She had asked her family not to come to the event as she felt it would be too expensive for them, and would place added pressure on her - but her mother and sister Georgina had hidden themselves in the crowd, and Camplin's joy was doubled when they surprised her after her win. Back home, Australia Post designed a stamp in her honour. Camplin and Steven Bradbury became Australia's first Winter Olympic gold medallists that year.\nCamplin had achieved greatness but the battle was not yet over. She suffered from depression - or 'post-success burnout' - after the Olympic Games and had to fight (ill-informed) accusations that she was something of a one hit wonder. In the 2002\/2003 season, Camplin won the World Championship and the World Cup title, breaking a world record in the process. She was named the 2002 Female Athlete of the Year, and received the 2002 Donald Bradman Award for the athlete who has most inspired the nation. In 2002 she also received the Kitty McEwan Award for Victorian Sportswoman of the Year and the Governor's Award for Victorian Sportsperson of the Year (she received both awards again in 2004). In 2003, she was selected as an Australian Institute of Sport all-time top twenty-one athlete. Rino Grollo and Mt Buller named a new building at the World Cup jump site the 'Alisa Camplin Winter Sports Centre'. Camplin had proven her point spectacularly.\nThe stress of competing and meeting expectations meant that Camplin developed stomach ulcers and had a gastrectomy in 2003. She took some time out from skiing to pursue other interests. She worked with the Seven Network; represented Australia at the IOC Convention in Greece; gave much of her time to work with charities; spoke to school students and corporate professionals across Australia; joined the Board of Directors at MLC; continued employment with IBM and began consulting with PricewaterhouseCoopers while the company supplied professional services to the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Committee.\nCamplin recommenced training for the 2004\/2005 season, but snapped the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee and underwent surgery for a knee reconstruction, including a hamstring graft. Injury is inevitable in such a dangerous sport, and Camplin later recalled: 'I have broken my collarbone, dislocated my shoulder, broken my hand, broken multiple ribs, ripped my Achilles tendon, dislocated my sternum from my collarbone, fractured both ankles, torn my knee ligaments twice, suffered nine concussions and also had a full knee reconstruction.' After six months of rehabilitation, training began again and Camplin competed in the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, winning bronze with a score of 191.39.\nCamplin has retired from aerial skiing. She loves reading the classics and biographies of political figures, she is an amateur painter, and she has designed a range of thermal underwear. She continues her involvement with charities (including the Melbourne Citymission) and her television work has included commentary for the Athens Olympics and judging for Dancing on Ice. In 2006 Camplin began conducting ski tours to Colorado, including nine-day tours to Aspen and Steamboat Springs.\n", "Events": "For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games (2003 - 2003) \nFreestyle Skiing (2002 - 2002) \nFreestyle Skiing (2006 - 2006) \nMember of the Order of Australia (AM): For significant service to the community through support for paediatric health care. (2019 - 2019)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/high-flyer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/camplin-pins-hopes-on-donor-tendon-surgery\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/snow-queen-alisa-camplin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alisa-camplins-bronze-jump\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cooper, Jacqui", "Entry ID": "AWE2283", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cooper-jacqui\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Skier", "Summary": "Described as 'the greatest winner in women's World Cup aerial skiing history' by the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, Jacqui Cooper has eighteen World Cup events to her name. She won three World Cup titles in consecutive years between 1999 and 2001.\n", "Details": "Jacqui Cooper began skiing at the age of sixteen. She competed at the Winter Olympic Games at Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994 (placed 16th) and Nagano, Japan, in 1998 (placed 23rd). In 1999 she won the World Championships at Meiringen, Switzerland. Between 1999 and 2001 she won the World Cup title every year.\nSeverely injured with a shattered knee while training a week before the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002, Cooper couldn't compete in the Games. After a long recovery process she made a come-back at the Mt Buller World Aerials in 2004, winning silver. Cooper went to the Winter Olympics in Torino in 2006 having clocked up 113 World Cup starts; 81 World Cup top ten results; 28 World Cup podiums; and 15 World Cup victories. She came first in the qualifications, but 8th in the finals, and suspended plans for retirement until her results better reflected her abilities.\nBy the 2006\/07 season, Cooper was clearly in top form. At the World Cup in Mont Gabriel, Quebec, she scored 116.64, beating her own world record of 114.81, set just a fortnight earlier at Park City, Utah. Had she been competing in the men's competition, with these scores Cooper would have been placed second at Utah and fifth at Mont Gabriel. The first woman to do the triple-twisting triple somersault, Cooper intends not only to continue competing but to master the very difficult quadruple-twisting triple somersault and the triple-twister. She is considering competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics.\nCooper's awards include Victorian Sportswoman of the Year 2000; Victorian (Sport) Young Australian of the Year; Female Victorian of the Year; Australian Snow Sports Athlete of the Year (1999 and 2000); Australian Freestyle Skier of the Year (1998, 1999, 2000); Special Achievement Award Australian Snow Sports Awards 1997\/98.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cooper-back-from-the-brink-to-fly-high-again\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cooper-a-record-breaker-in-anyones-language\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cooper-vows-to-fly-like-the-men\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Steggall, Zali", "Entry ID": "AWE2284", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/steggall-zali\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Skier", "Summary": "Zali Steggall was the first Australian to win an individual medal in the Winter Olympic Games.\n", "Details": "Skiing from the age of five, Zali Steggall represented Australia at the Winter Olympic Games in Albertville in 1992, aged seventeen. She went on to compete at Lillehammer (1994), Nagano (1998), and finally Salt Lake City (2002) where she announced her retirement.\nIn 1997 at Park City, USA, Steggall became the first Australian woman to win a World Cup alpine event. The following year, in Nagano, Japan, she became the first Australian to win an individual Olympic medal, taking bronze in the slalom. She went on to win the World Championship skiing title in Vail, Colorado, in 1999. Steggall went to the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City having finished in the top ten at World Cup level eleven times, twice on the podium.\nZali Steggall won the Australian Skier of the Year award for 1999. Chosen from 53 other nominations, she was inducted as a member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, only the second skier to receive the honour. In January 2007, Steggall was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to alpine skiing, and to the community through support of a range of charitable groups.\n", "Events": "Slalom Skiing (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thats-it-for-snow-zalis-going-to-wriggle-her-toes-in-the-sand\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-zali-steggall-sportsman-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thomas, Petria Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE2285", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thomas-petria-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lismore, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Summary": "Over the course of her swimming career, despite recurrent illness and injury, Petria Thomas won 3 Olympic Gold Medals, 3 World Championships, 9 Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, 13 Australian Championships, and 3 Pan Pacific Gold Medals. Her tally of eight Olympic medals (three gold, four silver, one bronze) is the best ever for an Australian woman, equal with Dawn Fraser and Susie O'Neill. Thomas was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport Swimming Hall of Fame in 1996, and was crowned the AIS Athlete of the Year in 2001 and 2002. She currently resides in Belconnen, Canberra, with her husband Julian Jones.\n", "Details": "Petria Thomas was raised in Mullumbimby, northern New South Wales, where she and her sister Stacey played sport from an early age. The warm climate was conducive to outdoor activity, and the girls took part in running, tennis and netball. Petria spent summer weekends with the Nippers at the Brunswick Heads Surf Lifesaving Club. Her parents, Denise and Alan Thomas, didn't play sport but supported their girls - particularly Denise, who drove them endless kilometres to local clubs and events. Petria's grandmother, 'Nana Thomas', had been a great skier and tennis player in her time, talented enough to beat her male counterparts. The Thomas family lived close to the beach and Petria began swimming at an early age, keen to keep up with her older sister. She was having formal lessons at the age of five and by 1982, aged seven, she was good enough to compete in the New South Wales State Titles. Watching the Olympic Games at Los Angeles in 1984, her own Olympic dream was born.\nPetria Thomas' talent was obvious, and she began training at Ballina with Stan Tilley, who specialised in coaching her pet stroke - butterfly. A visit to Ballina by Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) coach Jim Fowlie led to the offer of a place at the AIS in Canberra in 1992. Thomas opted to continue her schooling full time despite the rigours of her training at the Institute. Living on a 'B scholarship', meaning that a portion of her expenses had to be covered by her family, Thomas was determined to swim for her country at an international event - this would ensure an upgrade to the all-inclusive 'A scholarship'. She achieved the upgrade in just three months, qualifying in March 1993 for the Pan Pacific Swimming Tournament in Kobe, Japan. Thomas came home from the Tournament with bronze. She won gold at The Age National Championships the same year.\nTraining at the AIS was gruelling for a full time student. Thomas would rise at 5 am and train at the gym or the pool for a couple of hours before school. After school she returned for more training before going to the study hall for her schoolwork. Away from her family, the reclusive Thomas began a long struggle with depression at the AIS. She felt immense pressure to perform and lacked social confidence. Making friends was difficult. Triggered by the suicide attempt of another swimmer, she approached sports psychologist Clark Perry for help.\nIn addition to what would become severe depression, Thomas was set back by multiple serious injuries. The first of these manifested itself a couple of months before trials for the 1994 Commonwealth Games, when Thomas dislocated her shoulder. She qualified for the Games nonetheless, but shortly afterwards took an overdose of paracetamol. Lacking the confidence to express her sorrow in words, she felt this action might convey the depth of her misery to others. Denise Thomas flew to Canberra to be with her daughter and before long the redoubtable Petria had recommenced training. At the Games in Canada, she beat her friend and rival Susie O'Neill by three hundredths of a second to win the 100m butterfly. The victory was sweet, but Thomas remembers 'it was a very short high, and then I came back down to earth with a thump'.\nIn 1995 Thomas' depression worsened, particularly after a European World Cup training trip in which squad members spent six weeks training in the middle of the European winter, before altitude training at Sierra Nevada. Over the 21 days at this high altitude, Thomas swam 220.5 kilometres with just one day off to go skiing. In the meantime, her relationship with coach Jim Fowlie - whose sense of authority and tough style didn't sit well with her - was deteriorating. On returning, Fowlie gave psychologist Clark Perry and medical professional Warren McDonald responsibility for Thomas' development. She was also being assisted by physio Peter Blanch. The trio became known as 'Team Petria'. Thomas moved out of the AIS residences to live in a share house with other AIS athletes in McKellar, Canberra.\nThomas swam well at the National Swim Titles and qualified for the Pan Pacific's squad, but her depression continued and she was checked into the Woden Valley Hospital's Psychiatric Unit to be monitored and looked after. She attended group sessions there through to May 1995. By July she was attending altitude training for the upcoming Pan Pacifics. This time the squad visited the Grand Canyon and Thomas was delighted with the trip. She was swimming well, but missed out on a medal in the final event. After the years of struggle and mixed results, Don Talbot - Head of Swimming at AIS - decided that Thomas would have to throw in the towel. He instructed Fowlie to tell her that her scholarship was over and she had to go home. Distraught, Thomas went to see Clark Perry who rang Talbot and told him the full history of her depression. Talbot softened and allowed Thomas to stay, but she would be coached by Gennadi Touretski, the head coach at the AIS, instead of Fowlie.\nDetermined to show what she was capable of, Thomas trained hard under Touretski. In February 1996, at World Cup swim meets in both Germany and Italy, she won gold medals in the 100m butterfly. She gained entry to the Atlanta Games after swimming the 200m butterfly at the National Trials. Thomas' coach Touretski could not be with her at the Games after a violent incident on an aeroplane left him with a fine of US$10,000 and a jail term that barred him entry to the United States. Mark Regan was sent to coach Thomas. Back in Mullumbimby, the manager of the local IGA store had organised a fundraiser so that Denise Thomas could watch her daughter at the Games, along with sister Stacey.\nSusie O'Neill and Petria Thomas were both set to race in the 200m butterfly final, against Ireland's Michelle Smith de Bruin. Smith de Bruin, who had been achieving seemingly impossible results for a formerly average swimmer, was convicted some time later of tampering with a urine sample for a drugs test by FINA. Both O'Neill and Thomas beat her to the wall in Atlanta, winning gold and silver respectively.\nShortly afterward, it was recommended that Thomas - a flexible girl, predisposed to injury - undergo surgery to tighten the ligaments in her right shoulder. This would be a potentially career-ending operation, as no swimmer had managed to return to the pool after shoulder surgery. Thomas was determined. She wore an immobilising brace for six weeks and couldn't compete for a year, but began training as best she could. In the summer of 1997, she was teamed up with strength and conditioning coaches Harry Wardle and Julian Jones. Thomas and Jones, coach and former weightlifter, struck up a strong rapport and before long were romantically involved. The relationship boosted Thomas' confidence, bringing her the kind of happiness she had not known for many years. She poured her energy into retraining in the pool, learning her stroke and technique all over again.\nBy the National Championships at the end of 1997 Thomas was swimming brilliantly, shaving a couple of tenths of a second off her personal best. At the National Titles she came second in the 100m and 200m butterfly to qualify for the World Championships in Perth. There, in the heats, she swam her fastest ever time in the 100m butterfly, hitting the wall at 58.99 seconds and breaking the Commonwealth record. In the final, American Jenny Thompson won the gold but Thomas won bronze with another personal best of 58.97. She won silver in the 200m butterfly final behind O'Neill. At the Commonwealth Games in Canada, Thomas finally beat O'Neill to claim gold in the 100m butterfly.\nBy January 1999, Thomas' left shoulder was playing up. Swimming in a heat of the 50m 'fly at a World Cup meet in Germany, she hit the wall at the 25m mark to do her turn and couldn't move. The left shoulder had popped out of its joint. A second shoulder reconstruction was deemed necessary. The surgery was followed by excruciating pain. The severe discomfort lasted for eighteen months. Nonetheless, Thomas had begun training the moment her brace came off, and in January 2000 was swimming again. The Trials for the Sydney Olympic Games began in May. In the heats, Thomas swam the 100m butterfly in 58.05 seconds - a new Commonwealth record. She was selected for the Australian team in this event, as well as the 200m butterfly and freestyle and medley relays.\nA week before the Sydney Games, Julian Jones proposed to Thomas. The pair would be married in the gardens of Parliament House in Canberra on 15 December 2001.\nThomas - perhaps affected by the hype surrounding the Games at home - was disappointed with her performance in Sydney. She came fourth in the 100m butterfly. She took bronze in the 200m butterfly (with a personal best time); and a silver each in the 4x200m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay. She considered retirement, but felt she hadn't swum her best race yet. She decided to aim for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and try to defend her 100m butterfly title.\nIn the meantime, the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, were fast approaching. There, Thomas broke the Championship record in the heat of the 200m butterfly. She won gold in the final, setting another championship record with a time of 2:06.73. This individual event was followed by the 4x200m freestyle relay. Thomas was teamed up with Giaan Rooney, Elka Graham and Linda Mackenzie. By the time Thomas was swimming the third leg, the team were already on world-record pace. They cheered Rooney home and as she hit the wall, winning the race, the other three jumped into the pool. The timing was devastating - the last swimmer in the last team was under a second away from touching the wall when the girls hit the water, and they were disqualified. The media went wild and criticism was rife. Being the oldest member of the team and the first to jump, Thomas was given the blame.\nPushing aside this criticism and the crushing disappointment, Thomas went on to win gold in the 100m butterfly final in a time of 58.27 seconds, making her a two time world champion. Two days later she became a three time world champion when she won gold with Dyana Calub, Liesel Jones and Sarah Ryan in the 4x100m medley relay.\nAt the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, not long after the championships, Thomas suffered another injury, snapping three major ligaments in her right ankle. After an ankle reconstruction, her pain was compounded when an ultrasound revealed that she had three blood clots in her leg, one of which was 13 cm long. Again, Thomas pushed aside her injuries to compete. Her sights were set on the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she was listed to swim in seven events and hoped to become the first female swimmer to win three consecutive gold medals at three different Commonwealth Games in the same event (100m butterfly).\nThomas swam like a true champion. Tying with Elka Graham, she took the bronze in the 200m freestyle final. She won gold in the 50m butterfly. She took silver in the 4x200m freestyle relay. She won gold in the 100m butterfly, defending her title. She also won gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay, the 200m butterfly, and the 4x100m medley relay. All up, Thomas returned home with a haul of five gold medals, one silver and a bronze.\nStill, though, Thomas felt she had not swum her best race and decided to train for Athens. She suffered a number of setbacks in the process. Experiencing agonising pains in her stomach and abdomen, Thomas was diagnosed with a severe case of endometriosis. Many of the treatments for the condition were unavailable to her because they contained substances banned by FINA. Later, in the test race for a car rally at the Melbourne Grand Prix, Thomas collided with a Mini Cooper driven by model Megan Gale. The impact dislocated her right shoulder (she continued with the competition regardless and came fifth overall, the first woman across the line). Though this incident was not responsible for it, Thomas had to undergo her third shoulder reconstruction in 2003. In 2002, Mark Regan had announced his departure from the AIS and Thomas was given a new coach, Glenn Beringen. Fortunately, Thomas enjoyed a terrific working relationship with Beringen and what might have been a badly-timed interruption was a serendipitous change.\nThomas went through rehab once more, making it to the Olympic trials in March 2004 where she smashed records and made the team. In Athens, Thomas hit her straps. With Libby Lenton, Jodie Henry and Alice Mills she won gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay with a new world record of 3:35.94. She went on to win gold in the 100m butterfly, beating Dutch star Inge de Bruijn, and silver in the 200m butterfly behind Polish Otylia Jedrzejczak. Finally, Thomas, Giaan Rooney, Liesel Jones and Jodie Henry won gold in the 4x100m medley relay in world record time. In this last relay, Thomas swam the fastest split in history. AOC historian Harry Gordon writes that:\nMany believe her last event, the 4 x 100m medley relay, was her finest. When she dived in for her butterfly leg the Australian team was a body length behind the US, with the renowned Jenny Thompson out in front. Thomas swam the fastest 'fly relay split ever, gave anchor swimmer Henry a lead, and the Australians won in world record time. Hers was truly a champion's farewell.\nThomas's contribution to sport was recognised by the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra by being inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame in 1996, being named the AIS Athlete of the Year in 2001 and 2002, the 'Best of the Best' inductee in 2006 and the Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee 2007. In 2022 she was the inaugural inductee in the University of Canberra's Sport Walk of Fame and granted the Australian Institute of Sport Leadership Award. In 2022 she was manager of the Swimming Australia National Training centre at the AIS and served as Chef de Mission in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The public swimming pool in Mullumbimby, New South Wales, is named after her.\n", "Events": "Swimming - 100m Butterfly, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1998 - 1998) \nSwimming - 100m Butterfly, Member of the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Team, Member of the 4 x 100m Medley Relay Team (2004 - 2004) \nSwimming - 100m Butterfly; 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1994 - 1994) \nSwimming - 200m Butterfly (1996 - 1996) \nSwimming - 200m Butterfly (2000 - 2000) \nSwimming - 200m Butterfly (2004 - 2004) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Team, 4 x 100m Medley Relay Team (2000 - 2000) \nSwimming - 50m, 100m, 200m Butterfly, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/petria-thomas-swimming-against-the-tide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williams, Loris Elaine", "Entry ID": "AWE2286", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-loris-elaine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Archivist", "Summary": "Loris Williams was a passionate advocate for the right of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to use archives as a means of reconnecting with their family, country and Indigenous identity. She was the first Aboriginal person from Queensland to gain professional archival qualifications and only the second Aboriginal person to do so. She spent the last 11 years of her life helping Indigenous people to reconnect with their Indigenous identity and encouraging her professional colleagues, non-Indigenous as well as Indigenous, to recognize the significance of this work.\n", "Details": "Loris Williams was a passionate advocate for the right of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to use archives as a means of re connecting with their family, country and Indigenous identity. She was the first Aboriginal person from Queensland to gain professional archival qualifications and only the second Aboriginal person to do so. She spent the last 11 years of her life helping Indigenous people to reconnect with their Indigenous identity and encouraging her professional colleagues, non-Indigenous as well as Indigenous, to recognize the significance of this work.\nLoris Williams was strongly connected to her Aboriginal heritage through her mother Agnes (nee Bell) who was from the Birra Gubba people of North Queensland; through her father Cyril who was from the Mulinjali people from Beaudesert south of Brisbane, and; through her personal and professional commitment to the wider Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community as well.\nShe grew up in Brisbane in a strong family. She began work as a machinist and then joined Telstra as a telephone operator. At the age of 42, having been with Telstra for over 25 years, she was made redundant.\nShe returned to study at the University of Technology Sydney and graduated Bachelor of Education with a major in Aboriginal Studies. In 1999 she commenced part time study for a graduate diploma in archives and records at Edith Cowan University graduating in 2004.\nIn 1994 she began work assisting researchers at the Indigenous Resources Unit of the State Library of Queensland. In 1998 she moved to the Community and Personal Histories Section of the Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy (DATSIP). Part of her working week was spent at the Queensland State Archives helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients to trace their family and community through the records. Apart from a short secondment to the State Library of Queensland in 2002, she remained with the Community and Personal Histories Section until she passed away.\nLoris was an early member of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library and Information Resource Network (ATSILIRN) and organized the 1999 conference in Brisbane. She served as President of ATSILIRN in 2000.\nIn 1999 she told the story of her own family's journey through the archives at the Australian Society of Archivists' (ASA) Brisbane Conference and spoke of the 'emotional rollercoaster' that involved. She urged archivists to be aware of both the great happiness and the angry despair which Aboriginal people could experience as they traced their identity and she called on archivists to allocate the resources for indexing Indigenous records so that people could readily access their precious stories.\nLoris was a member of the Indigenous Advisory Committees of both the Queensland Museum and the State Library of Queensland.\nIn 2003 she was involved in the National Indigenous Access to Records Workshop held in Brisbane.\nShe also gave a paper which had been prepared by Kirsten Thorpe , Aboriginal Liaison Officer, State Records New South Wales at the Archives and Records Education Stakeholders (ARES) Forum. This led to the Forum recognizing that the education of Indigenous archivists was a critical issue for the profession. In 2004 and 2005 Loris was Convenor of the ASA Indigenous Issues Special Interest Group (IISIG). Under her leadership the group produced the brochure 'Pathways to your future and our past: careers for Indigenous peoples in archives and records' to encourage Indigenous people to train as archivists and records managers.\nLoris played a significant role in the concurrent official celebrations of the 40th anniversary of suffrage for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - both women and men - and the celebration of the centenary of women's suffrage. She researched and prepared fact sheets which were made available on the web and in hard copy and spoke about the history of Indigenous suffrage at conferences. The artist Judy Watson was inspired by Loris' work to create her artist's book 'a preponderance of aboriginal blood' on the theme of Aboriginal suffrage.\nIn 2005 she provided an Indigenous community perspective on access to archives at the ASA's 30th anniversary seminar 'Made, kept and used'.\nIn 2006 the ASA held the inaugural Loris Williams Memorial lecture to commemorate her life and work. The lecture which will have a theme relating to Indigenous records will be held annually at the Society's conference.\nThe State Library of Queensland has named a room in honour of Loris and ATSILIRN has announced that an annual grant to assist an Indigenous member to attend their conference will be set up in her memory.\nLoris' dignity and strength is warmly remembered within the archival profession, by the community she served and no doubt by the many Indigenous clients she helped. She was an effective advocate for her people's right to have access to archives as part of a service which met their need for support on their journey into a difficult past and a mentor and friend to Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sauvage, Alix Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE2287", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sauvage-alix-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Paralympian, Wheelchair Track and Road Racer", "Summary": "Louise Sauvage is a professional athlete and Paralympian who dominated the world of wheelchair track and road racing for well over a decade. Over the course of her career, Sauvage won nine Paralympic gold medals, four Boston Marathons, and was four times the winner of the 800m Wheelchair Exhibition Race at the IAAF World Athletic Championships. She holds world records in the 1500m, 5000m and 4x100m and 4x400m relays. Louise Sauvage was Australian Female Athlete of the Year in 1999, and International Female Wheelchair Athlete of the Year in 1999 and 2000.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Maurice Sauvage and Rita (n\u00e9e Rigden), Louise Sauvage was christened Alix after her paternal grandmother, but by family tradition has always been known as Louise. Her father, who came from the French- and Creole-speaking island of the Seychelles off the north-east coast of Africa, met her mother, a '\u00a310 pom' who emigrated from Leicestershire, at a dinner dance in Perth, Western Australia. In 1969 they had a daughter, Ann, and four years later, Louise. The two girls were raised in Joondanna, Perth, where Louise attended Tuart Hill Primary School and later, Hollywood Senior High. She left High School after year ten, completing a TAFE course in office and secretarial studies.\nLouise Sauvage was born with the congenital spinal condition myelodysplasia. Her condition necessitated no less than 21 operations before she was ten years old. From the age of three she was swimming to strengthen her upper body and attempting to walk with the aid of splints and callipers. In 1976 she was Perth's 'Telethon Child' as part of a Channel 7 fundraiser for children with disabilities. At the age of eight she began to use a wheelchair, greatly increasing her mobility. She took up wheelchair sports and demonstrated natural ability. As a child, Sauvage later recalled, she had 'raced, swum, thrown discuses, shot puts and javelins and played basketball in sport for athletes with a disability'. By 1983 Sauvage, labelled 'The Joondanna Flash' by the local paper, had been selected to compete in the Second National Junior Games for the Disabled. The following year, aged ten, she became the youngest ever athlete to compete in the National Senior Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Games in Sydney. She came home with two silver and three bronze medals. In 1985 she returned from the National Junior Games in Perth with a haul of fifteen medals, including seven gold. In her early teens Sauvage underwent a number of operations to correct curvature of the spine, virtually living at Princess Margaret Hospital in Perth. Two steel rods placed in her spine spelt the end of a swimming career, leaving Sauvage - though she continued to play basketball - to focus on track racing. It was a fateful move.\nNot yet seventeen years old, Sauvage was selected to represent Australia at the 1990 IPC World Championships in Athletics in Holland. There she won gold in the 100m, creating a new world record. She also won the 200m race but was disqualified for moving out of her lane. At the Stoke Mandeville Games in England the same year, Sauvage took gold in the 100m, 200m, 400m, and two relays. Inspired by the then World No. 1 track racer, the Danish Connie Hansen, Sauvage returned from Holland fuelled by a desire to be the best in the world in her chosen sport. Defying those who said a career as a professional athlete was a mistake for a girl with a disability, she trained hard. The lack of elite competition in Australia in her sport meant that she travelled for four to six months of each year in order to put herself up against the best, but the ordeal of flying was not diminished by its frequency. First on the plane and last off, seated up the back with her chairs and luggage, Sauvage was forced to dehydrate her body before each flight to avoid the difficulty of using aeroplane toilets. Like other athletes, she was living out of hotel rooms away from family and friends, training hard and missing out on a normal social life.\nHitherto funded by her family, Sauvage was awarded a Scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 1990. She began training six days a week with the AIS and the New South Wales Institute\/Sydney Academy of Sport. Her training program included at least twelve sessions a week and a 25km-35km push each morning. At the age of eighteen, Sauvage competed at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympic Games where she won three gold medals and one silver (100m, 200m, 400m, 800m). In 1993 Sauvage was awarded the ABC's Junior Female Athlete of the Year Award. That same year she competed for the first time in the Boston Marathon, 'the world's greatest road race' for both able-bodied and wheelchair athletes, attracting 100 wheelchair competitors and 40,000 runners each year. Here Sauvage established a strong and lasting rivalry with the American Jean Driscoll, who won eight of the eleven Marathons in which she competed. Not until 1997 did Sauvage out-do her opponent, beating her again in a spectacular photo finish in 1998 and by a chair's length in 1999. Sauvage won the Marathon for the fourth time in 2001, after Driscoll's retirement.\nAfter a slightly more relaxed year in Melbourne - where she appeared as herself in an episode of the famous Australian television series, Neighbours - Sauvage began training in earnest for the 1996 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Atlanta. She won gold in her only track race at the Olympic Games, beating rivals Driscoll and Cheri Becerra, and went on to win four more gold medals at the Paralympic Games. Having won the 5000m in world record time, Sauvage was competing in the 400m just one hour later, winning gold again with a Paralympic record of 54.96 seconds. She went on to win gold in the 800m and 1500m.\nAfter her success in Atlanta, Sauvage employed a manager, Karen McBrien, and moved to Sydney where she was coached by Andrew Dawes. In late 1998, with the three other members of the Australian Wheelchair Women's Relay Team, Sauvage took part in the Byron Bay to Bondi fund-raising event for the NSW Wheelchair Sports Association. Together, over 13 days, the girls pushed over 800km. In between her 20-30km stints, Louise had to make a quick visit to Sydney to attend an awards presentation and attend community civic functions and personal sponsor appearances.\nThe 2000 Sydney Olympic Games were a career highlight. Sauvage carried the Olympic Torch across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and lit the Cauldron to mark the commencement of the 2000 Paralympic Games. In the 800m demonstration race at the Olympics, Sauvage won gold before a home crowd of 110,000 people. She went on to win two gold medals (1500m and 5000m) and one silver medal (800m) at the Paralympics.\nLouise Sauvage was voted Australian Paralympian of the Year in 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998. She was the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete of the Year in 1997, and in 1998 won the ABIGROUP National Sports Award as part of the Young Australian of the Year Awards. In 1997 the Australian Olympic Committee presented her with the International Olympic Committee Trophy 'Sport For All' within Australia, and the following year she was featured in an episode of Australian television's 'This is Your Life'. In 2000 she was awarded the trophy for World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability at the inaugural Laureus Awards hosted by the World Sports Academy.\nLouise Sauvage published her autobiography, Louise Sauvage: My Story, in 2002. The book charts the development of a professional athlete whose phenomenal sporting results were once recorded in the 'human interest' rather than sport sections of the media. Sauvage hoped (and still hopes) through her wins to raise the profile of disability sports and to raise awareness about athletes - and indeed all members of society - with a disability. She speaks to schools, community groups, and corporations. Sauvage was selected by the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee as a Media Ambassador to promote the Games throughout Australia, and in 2000 she established the Louise Sauvage 'Aspire to be a Champion Foundation', administered by the NSW Wheelchair Sports Association. As part of its Sporting Grants program, the Foundation recently awarded a grant to Brett Ogden, a quadriplegic wheelchair track and road racer. In 2005 Louise Sauvage was inducted into the NSW Sports Hall of Champions.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/louise-sauvage-my-story\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/out-there-with-madonna\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-athletes-to-their-mentors-louise-sauvage-thanking-andrew-dawes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Durack, Sarah (Fanny)", "Entry ID": "AWE2288", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/durack-sarah-fanny-2\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer, Swimming Coach", "Summary": "Sarah (Fanny) Durack battled local swimming authorities to become the first Australian woman to compete at the Olympic Games. In 1912, at Stockholm, she won the gold medal in the 100 meters freestyle event, beating her compatriot and training partner, Wilhelmina (Mina) Wylie. She went on to break numerous world records until she retired from competitive swimming in 1921.\n", "Details": "From the moment she decided she wanted to be an Olympian, Sarah (Fanny) Durack, set herself on a collision course with sporting authorities and prominent Australian feminists. Born in October 1889 to working class parents in Sydney, New South Wales, Fanny learned to swim at the Coogee Baths and became very good, very quickly in the only stroke for which there was women's competition, the breast stroke. In 1902, at the age of 11, she swam in the 100 yard event at the New South Wales Ladies Championships, a race that was won by another early icon of Australian women's swimming, Annette Kellerman. Fanny finished last, but that would not be a position she held for very long. Over the next few years she became the best swimmer in the country. Eventually, at the 1912 Olympic Games, she proved she was the best swimmer in the world. Given that women could not swim in mixed company in Australia, let alone compete at the Olympic Games when she determined that she was going to be an Olympic Gold Medalist, her achievement was trailblazing by any definition of the term. What is, perhaps, most interesting about the story of Fanny's struggle, is that in Australia it was chiefly women who opposed her along the way.\nThere are three key themes in the story of Fanny Durack's success, and they all converge in a general discussion of changing public attitudes to women athletes performing in the public arena. The first and most simple theme relates to Fanny's personal drive to be the best swimmer she could be. She loved to swim, she was strong and she excelled at it. She had a good friend, Wilhelmina (Mina) Wylie, whose father owned the Coogee baths, as a training partner, and he encouraged them to be innovators in their swimming. They perfected the stroke that would become known as the 'Australian Crawl' (now commonly known as freestyle). Furthermore, after the restrictions on mixed public bathing were relaxed a little, she and Mina challenged themselves by training with the top men of the day. Fanny and Mina were young women who, by the time they were twenty, had begun to feel that they had done all they could do at home in their sport. They were ready for the next challenge to compete overseas. Fanny was setting unofficial world records in any number of events at home; she wanted them to be officially recognised in an international arena. The fact that she was encouraged along this path by some important men in the swimming world, as well as members of the general public, suggests that, accompanying the success of women's struggle for the right to vote, there had been some baby steps along the road to public acceptance of a woman's right to pursue her private dreams (albeit in social contexts that were severely circumscribed by men), particularly if the attainment of those dreams reflected well in the eyes of the world upon the image of an emerging nation.\nThe second theme that connects with Fanny's story is that which describes the forces in Australia that were emphatically opposed to her pursuing her Olympic Dream. Mixed bathing was a controversial subject in Australia in the early twentieth century. There is no doubt that by this time, the health and fitness benefits of bathing to men and women were recognised by the majority of Australians. In a nation surrounded by water, it made good sense for people to be confident in it, even women. Indeed, ladies' swimming associations were established to permit women to compete against each other. Leading feminists of the time encouraged women to keep fit and healthy by establishing club swimming meets and learn to swim sessions. Rose Scott, for instance, one of the most important feminist leaders in Australia at the turn of the century, was president of the New South Wales Ladies' Amateur Swimming Association (NSWLASA), an organization that promoted women's involvement in club swimming.\nScott and many of her contemporaries, however, were firmly opposed to mixed bathing. Not only did she disapprove of men and women in the same pool at the same time, she disapproved of men watching women while they competed, even if they were fathers and brothers of the competitors. Scott's opposition stemmed from her total lack of faith in the ability of men to control their sexual urges, a lack of faith built on a career in feminist activities that had seen the damage done to women by sexual predators. She had absolutely no doubt that men bathing with women and watching them in their costumes would put women in the community at large in grave sexual danger. Her opposition to mixed bathing was motivated by an immediate concern for the modesty of the swimmers. 'A girl who is in the habit of exposing herself at public swimming carnivals is likely to have her modesty hopelessly blighted,' she told members of her association. It was also motivated by a concern for all the women who didn't swim, but who could become the innocent victims of the unrestrained sexual impulses stirred up in the men who watched female swimmers. 'I am afraid that the rescission of the rule [preventing mixed audiences] will lead to a loss of respect for the girls and the increasing boldness of the men', she told newspaper reporters in 1912. Not all women's groups endorsed this view; nor did the Mayor of Randwick, the municipality where Wylie's baths were located and therefore, the Mayor who permitted mixed bathing there so that Fanny and Mina could train with the men. In his view 'swimming was the sport of the future' and on that all should enjoy. Furthermore, he noted that the female body had 'inspired great painters and sculptors and was not a matter for shame or seclusion'. To a large extent, Fanny had grassroots community support. Nevertheless, if one is fighting a powerful international sporting organisation for the right to compete under their jurisdiction, it helps to have the support of your representative organisation at home. The NSWLASA were totally unsupportive of Fanny's campaign to compete at the Olympic Games. In the view of some, it was right and proper that they should remain so 'the fabric of society' was at stake here, according to the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, all because a couple of girls wanted to prove they were the best swimmers in the world.\nThe third important thread in the story relates to the international context; that of the Olympic movement itself. By definition, competing at the Olympics would mean competing in a sporting activity at a mixed event. At the turn of the century, there was still firm opposition to this happening. This was partially because Baron Pierre de Courbertin's vision of the modern Olympics, which he revived in 1896, was a white, masculine one. It was shaped by his interest in the Ancient Greeks and their admiration for white, masculine, athletic bodies. Brought up in France, where women's sport was virtually non-existent, he saw no place for women at the Olympics except as spectators. The Olympics, in his words should be 'the solemn and periodic exaltation of male athleticism with internationalism as a base, loyalty as a means, art for its setting, and female applause as its reward'. Furthermore, in accordance with contemporary understandings of femininity, 'real' women were not 'Amazons' and athletic exertion would only harm them and impact upon their ability to be wives and mothers, a view that medical science and many men and women of the time endorsed. Matters of the impropriety of mixed activity didn't even enter into the equation in the early days of the Olympics. Even if it could be arrange that events were segregated, women shouldn't be there, for the sake of their own health.\nOver time women athletes chipped away at the rationale that justified their exclusion. In 1904, at St Louis in the United States, female archers wearing long skirts and blouses were allowed to compete; in London in 1908 women who participated in seemingly demure sports, such as gymnasts, figure skaters and tennis players were permitted to compete, providing they were well chaperoned. Durack herself would have been ready to compete in 1908, but there was still enormous opposition to the prospect of women swimmers competing. What they wore was too revealing; what they did was too 'un-feminine'.\nHowever, just as public opinion in Australia was coming around to support the right of women swimmers at all levels to appear in public in mixed settings, so too was the international sporting community divided over the issue of allowing women to compete at the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee itself was divided over the matter, and in the lead up to the 1912 games in Stockholm, de Courbertin lost his fight to keep women swimmers excluded. In an historic decision, the committee voted in favour of staging two women's races and a diving event, thus opening the way for Australian, American and European women to compete against each other.\nThe stage was set for Durack to realise her dream. Based on her recent performances, she would have, arguably, been one of the first people to be selected for the team, let alone the first women. Unfortunately, this was not to be the case. When the team was announced, Fanny Durack was not amongst the names read out; apparently the selection committee could not afford to send female competitors. They also fell back on the arguments pushed by Rose Scott and the NSWLASA to explain her omission; that in Australia, the public believed that competitive swimming for women should remain a segregated affair. Durack, Wylie and their supporters, of course, disputed this point of view strenuously, but not a single men's organisation took up their course. Even though the international structures were in place to allow women swimmers to compete, key Australian organizations stood in the way of the world's best female swimmer doing so.\nThe Australian Olympic Committee and the NSWLASA badly misread public opinion; Durack's exclusion was seen as a national scandal. Women's clubs organised rallies, petitions and funds, while the press gave the affair plenty of prominence in the editorial and commentary pages. Unsolicited donations poured in from the public, determined to see that a lack of funding could not be used as an excuse. The sporting and theatre entrepreneur, Hugh McIntosh was encouraged by his wife to co-ordinate the fundraising effort. The NSWLASA and Rose Scott, in particular, became targets of ridicule, until the association relented and endorsed their champion swimmer, making it possible for her to go. Scott did not agree with the decision and immediately resigned her post as President, maintaining to the end that she thought it was 'disgusting that men should be allowed to attend. We cannot have too much modesty, refinement or delicacy in the relations between men and women\u2026this new decision will have a very vulgar effect on the girls, and the community generally.'\nGiven that the money was there, the NSWLASA decision removed the final obstacle to Fanny's participation. She sailed for London and then onto Stockholm where Fanny Durack went on to become one of two Australian gold medalists by winning the 100 meters freestyle. She swam in an unmarked pool, with no lane ropes and water so murky that the bottom of the pool was not visible. She also swam in the company of Mina Wylie, who won the silver medal. The Australian Olympic Committee made a last minute decision to send both her and her father to be official coach. Along with Fanny's sister, who went along as chaperone, they comprised the first ever Australian Olympic Ladies Swimming team.\nFanny and Mina arrived back to great fanfare and celebration - Fanny was a national heroine, who had achieved her personal goals while paving the way for the host of champion Australian women swimmers to follow. Following her Olympic success, she toured the United States and did more to promote swimming than any woman with the possible exception of her Australian countryman Annette Kellerman. On a U.S. tour in 1912, Miss Durack got newspaper billing as \"holding all championships for deep diving and for staying under water continuously.\" Between 1912 and 1918 she broke 12 world records.\nBy the time she stopped touring, the controversies surrounding her entry into the pool seemed old-fashioned. The fabric of society hadn't frayed too badly and women athletes went on to be wives and mothers. There were still fights to be fought, however. Just as she was leaving, the problems of defining who was an amateur and what constituted professionalism in sport were creating divisions in the swimming world, and Fanny herself was at the sharp end of some of the arguments. Durack retired from swimming in 1921 when she married Bernard Gately at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. She went on to coach juniors, and she became an executive member of the organisation that once made life so difficult for her, the New South Wales Women's (no longer Ladies'!) Amateur Swimming Association. She died in 1956.\nFanny was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1967. According to her citation, she 'not only took on all comers the world over, but beat all comers the world over for 8 years in the formative years of women's swimming. She did more than any other swimmer to make the term \"Australian Crawl\" a definition which survives until this day'. Sarah 'Fanny' Durack is an Australian sporting legend and an icon of Australian swimming. She is also an extraordinary role model for anyone with a dream.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001) \nSwimming - 100m Freestyle (1912 - 1912)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/durack-sarah-fanny-1889-1956\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/two-much-boldness-and-rudeness-australias-first-olympic-ladies-swimming-team\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Peris, Nova Maree", "Entry ID": "AWE2289", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peris-nova-maree\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Darwin, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal rights activist, Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Hockey player, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Nova Peris was the first Aboriginal Australian to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. She is also one of a very few athletes who have represented their country in two different sports at separate Olympic Games. In 1996 in Atlanta she was a member of the gold medal winning Hockeyroos team. In 2000 at Sydney she made it to the semi finals of the 400 meters track and field event. She is a staunch campaigner for Indigenous rights and reconciliation in Australia.\nNova served in the Australian Senate from November 2013 until May 2016. She was the first Indigenous Australian to serve in Federal Parliament.\n", "Details": "Nova Peris was born in Darwin in 1971 to parents Joan Peris and John Christopherson. From a young age Nova demonstrated great athletic ability, excelling at sports such as basketball, touch football, swimming, hockey, cricket, athletics and Australian Rules.\nNova was the first Indigenous Australian to win an Olympic gold medal, as a member of the Hockeyroos at the Atlanta Olympics (1996). However, from 1997 to 2001, Nova turned her attention to athletics. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games she won two gold medals; one for the 200m and another for the 4x100m relay.\nOn 8 June 2000 Nova was the first Australian to run with the Sydney Olympic torch on Australian soil. Passed on to her by Indigenous elders, she carried the torch around Uluru with her daughter, Jessica, alongside her. Nova also competed at the Sydney Olympics; she reached the semi-finals of the 400m and was also a member of the 4x400m relay team. In 2005, Nova sold her Olympic Memorabilia to the National Museum of Australia in Canberra\nThroughout her career, Nova was the recipient of a number of awards and honours. In 1997 she was awarded both the Young Australian of the Year award and the Medal of the Order of Australia 'for service to sport as a gold medallist in the Atlanta Olympic Games, 1996\u2032. She also received the Australian Sports Medal in June 2000.\nIn 2012 Nova established the Nova Peris Girls' Academy (NPGA) at St John's College, Darwin, where the primary focus was to keep Indigenous girls in education. The following year she became the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to the Federal Parliament. Nova announced her retirement from federal politics in 2016.\n", "Events": "Athletics - 200m Event; 4 x 100m Relay (1998 - 1998) \nCompeted at the Sydney Olympic Games in Athletics (2000 - 2000) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nova-my-story-the-autobiography-of-nova-peris\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nova-peris-file\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nova-peris-collection\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kimble, Ronda", "Entry ID": "AWE2290", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kimble-ronda\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Randwick, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Netball Coach, Netball Player, Sports administrator, Umpire", "Summary": "Ronda Kimble was a netball player who advanced through the ranks to become an All Australian netball umpire. She has been involved in the game of netball for nearly forty years, as a player, coach, umpire, administrator and archivist.\n", "Details": "One Saturday morning in 1996, Ronda Kimble woke up and said to her husband, 'I think I am cured'. Twelve months earlier, she had retired from netball umpiring in an official capacity, an act that literally involved changing the habits of a life time. For close to forty years, Ronda's Saturdays had been given over to the game she had played, coached and umpired (often all on the same day) from the time she was twelve years old. Netball fixtures even determined when she got married; he wedding day was the first free Saturday after the 1967 season had finished. It's hardly surprising, therefore, that her 'convalescence' after retirement was lengthy and sometimes painful. Ronda had dedicated much of her life to netball, although she would argue that what she gave was nothing compared to what she had received.\nApart from the sheer enjoyment of running around on a court, either wearing a bib or with a whistle in her mouth, Ronda loved Netball because, through it, she established friendships, networks and skills that have given her a lifetime of fulfillment. Her story reminds us of the important role that women played in the development of communities through sport, as well as the development of community sport. It is also a story of the important role that community sport can play in the development of women as individuals and leaders.\nRonda Sewell was born in Randwick in 1946 to working class parents, neither of whom was particularly interested in sport. She had one younger brother who was similarly disinterested. She was, however, part of the 'Olympic' generation of children who grew up with female athletes as role models. Always an active child who loved running around in the street and the playground, the 1956 Olympic Games captured her imagination. She loved listening to the radio broadcasts and kept a scrapbook to record the events. She ran her own 'School Olympics', organising her classmates into running races in the playground at lunchtime. When house sports were held, Ronda, a house captain, issued all the members of her house with coloured streamers to wave as they cheered their teammates on. Ronda started her voluntary career in sports administration at an early age!\nBy the time she started high school, Ronda was living in Sydney's Sutherland Shire in a suburb called Miranda. As a first year student at Port Hacking High School, she had to pick a sport that she would play for her house. A friend told her to pick netball (then called basketball) because not many people played it. The benefit of this was that, even though she was new to the school, she would probably get a better chance of playing regularly than if she put down one of the more popular sports as her first choice. She had never played it before, had no idea what the rules were, but it didn't matter. The game agreed with her and she was hooked. Unfortunately, she didn't get a chance to play interschool netball until her last year at high school, not because she wasn't good enough, but because the administrative structures were not in place to support schoolgirl netball until then. This was a common problem for girls growing up in developing suburbs in the 1950s and 60s, and who attended state high schools in these areas.\nShe was, however, able to play competitive netball outside school and this she did for nearly ten years with her local club, the Miranda Magpies. The Magpies were a large sporting club with a focus on men's soccer, but at roughly the same time that Ronda was becoming interested in the game, they established a netball club. Ronda signed up as soon as she had the chance; it was close to home so she didn't need to rely on her parents for transport and it was cheap (important, because the cost of membership came out of her pocket money.) Furthermore, her involvement in Saturday sport meant that she no longer had to help with the weekly shopping, a much loathed chore indeed! For the next decade, Ronda played, coached (she started this when she was fourteen) and umpired (at around thirteen) for the Miranda Magpies Basketball Club. She served on the executive of the Sutherland Shire Netball Association, to which the Magpies belonged, and became umpires convener.\nAll the while, she developed her coaching skills to the point where she was successfully coaching a representative team for Sutherland. Despite the fact that she had never been coached herself and that there were no official coaching manuals for her to refer to, Ronda was a very successful in the job. On reflection, she thinks this may be because she always had the skills to be a very good teacher; she just never had access to the tertiary education that would have made her qualified to be one in the classroom. Coaching was teaching and for her to be successful she needed to apply the same skills - knowledge of and enthusiasm for the 'subject', good planning, excellent communication and, very importantly, a sense of fun. Perhaps these same qualities also combined to make Ronda a good umpire. Very early in her career, after spending the whole day on the same court, umpiring at a carnival in which a young team she coached was participating, another umpire asked her what grade 'badge' she had, meaning, what level of qualification. That day marked the beginning of her quest for an All Australian Umpiring Badge, an honour she eventually received in 1991.\nRonda also became a highly competent administrator, establishing relationships and networks with people who mentored her, teaching her, essentially how to run a sporting club. Fixturing, enlisting volunteers, fund-raising, communication with members, these were all very time consuming tasks in the era before the internet, email and mobile phones. While serving on the executive of the Sutherland Shire Association, she watched and observed how the senior operators did things. She was invited to represent the association at state seminars and meetings - these occasions also gave her more opportunity to listen, learn and develop administrative skills. When she got married in 1967, people thought she would pull back on her involvement in the sport; this was not the case. If anything, Ronda's career as a netball all-rounder was just starting to take off. Her husband recognised how important netball was to Ronda (he would have had to be blind not to!) and was not the type to suggest she should cut back. Besides, he had sporting interests of his own. On Saturdays, the Kimbles went their separate ways, meeting up for dinner in the evening.\nRonda endured (very unhappily) an enforced six month break from netball in 1969 when she and he husband moved to Greystanes, a new housing development in Sydney's western suburbs. There was no established netball competition there, so she and the other new families had to make their own. Responding to an advertisement from the local school she found in her letterbox, she and three other people met to form a committee with the aim of establishing a team. Within six months, they fielded a senior team. As the area developed and more families moved in, the number of teams for juniors and seniors grew accordingly. Once again, Ronda was involved in a club and representative association (Parramatta\/Auburn) at all levels, one with which she remained involved until her retirement in 1995. From the roneoed newsletters produced on the 'gestetener' at home every week, to the chook raffles on training nights, the fundraising progressive dinners (pity the soul who volunteered to do dessert because they were always the last to get to sleep), the reams of paper used to complete the fixtures, the phone calls to team managers\u2026Ronda was everywhere in that club, enjoying every minute of it (well maybe almost every minute) and making sure that the netballers of the Greystanes area never had to endure the agony of a six month lay off, like she did. Little surprise she was made a life member of the club (as she was of her first club, the Miranda Magpies).\nLittle surprise, as well, that the administrative skills she developed as a volunteer eventually qualified her for paid employment in sports administration. In 1981, Ronda saw an advertisement in the newspaper for a position as an administrator at the New South Wales Gymnastics Association. The position called for someone who could organise competitions, teams, newsletters; in short, someone who could do all the things she had been doing in a voluntary capacity for years. Her application was successful, and she remained in the position for six years. From there she moved to a position as executive officer for the New South Wales Netball Association and then, finally to her current (2007) position at Netball Australia. She has enjoyed many different office management positions within the organisation, including membership of the finance committee during the 1991 world championship series in Sydney. She is now the official archivist and has developed a record-keeping system that should be the envy of any sporting organisation comparable in size and complexity to that of Netball Australia.\nIn fifty years of involvement with the sport in some capacity, Ronda has seen continuity alongside significant change. At a personal level, the fact that netball was 'always there' was a reassurance to her, as it was to other women, when everything else seemed to be changing. When she was feeling isolated and all at sea after having a baby, morning netball competitions provided her with a welcome respite. Ronda says the courts in the 1960s and 70s were surrounded by babies in bassinets as women in the suburbs used community sport to connect and keep themselves sane. When her mother died, Ronda found the regular connection with friends through netball an enormous comfort. If she felt stressed or angry, netball was always good therapy; an hour on the court 'ran it out' of her. The constancy of the netball season provided stability when other things seemed out of control.\nThere were personal changes, too. Netball provided an important outlet for self expression and growth, in an era when sexual politics at the domestic level were being redefined to acknowledge that women had rights as individuals, not only as wives and mothers. As Ronda put it, quite simply, 'playing netball, well it was something you could do for yourself.' She was always meeting new people and learning new skills through her involvement in the sport and, as mentioned, she used these opportunities to develop her own professional skills at the same time as she worked hard to provide a service to the local community. Netball gave her the opportunity for personal growth. Some women, however, had to fight tooth and nail for this opportunity. Their husbands resented the time they took away from home 'to do something for themselves.' According to Ronda, there was one woman who always turned up late to evening games because her husband would insist upon the house being spotless before she left it. Each week, just when she thought she had everything covered, he would invent some new task that needed to be completed before she could leave the house. The simple of act of playing a weekly game of netball represented a challenge to his domestic authority.\nPerhaps the sexual politics associated with playing sport explain why some other organisational changes have been difficult. Ronda sat through many an executive and general meeting at a local and state level in the 1980s and 90s where arguments about the involvement of men in the administration of netball were heated and divisive. In an era where access to skills, funds and volunteers were scarce but crucial to the survival of clubs at a local level, there were many women, Ronda included, who believed that if men of goodwill wanted to be involved, as players, coaches, umpires and administrators, then the structures should be put in place to permit this. As she put it bluntly, 'We needed men because we started having trouble getting volunteers'. As more and more women worked full time, and with the advent of Saturday trading plus the fact that more people were playing the sport, the pool of volunteers, the people who made the competitions function, was becoming shallower. Furthermore, as Ronda pointed out, men participated in business networks that women still didn't move in. 'We could get the bread and sauce for the sausage sizzle, they could get the building supplies and electrical contractors to install the court lights'.\nMany women whose experience was, quite reasonably, coloured by old struggles with men over the resourcing of women's sport, were defensive and suspicious about the motives of men who wanted to be involved. Would they try to 'take over'? Do they believe we are so incompetent that we can't do it on our own? Ronda's view was that, at a community level, cooperation between men and women was necessary to see the sport develop and grow. Recently, this cooperation at a grassroots level has been formalised at a corporate level, with Netball Australia and the Australian Football League in 2006 agreeing that by strengthening the links between the two organisations, the two organisations will be strengthened. It is a sign of the times that in 2006 the leadership of Netball Australia, rather than feel threatened by linkages with men's sporting organizations, entered into partnership with them, so that both sports can benefit. In a bittersweet twist, though, this new, mature, partnership will spell the end of Ronda's formal relationship with Netball Australia. The office will be moving to Melbourne, meaning that the Sydneysider will give over to someone else the task of organising the archives. She will maintain an interest in the sport, no matter what.\nRonda Kimble had her moments in sport at an elite level (as an All Australian netball umpire) but her most remarkable achievements have been at the community level, as her life membership at two local clubs attests to. Who knows what would have happened if, all those years ago, Ronda had chosen to play hockey rather than netball? One thing is for sure; hockey was the loser in the deal!\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Slatter, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE2293", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/slatter-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Rower", "Events": "Coxless Pairs (with Megan Still) (1996 - 1996) \nCoxless Pairs (with Rachael Taylor) (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allen, Katie", "Entry ID": "AWE2294", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allen-katie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allen, Sandra", "Entry ID": "AWE2295", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allen-sandra\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Softball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Andrews, Michelle (Shelley)", "Entry ID": "AWE2296", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/andrews-michelle-shelley\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Annan, Alyson", "Entry ID": "AWE2297", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/annan-alyson\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wentworthville, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Armstrong, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE2298", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/armstrong-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Sailor", "Events": "Sailing - 470 Class Yachts (With Belinda Stowell) (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stowell, Belinda", "Entry ID": "AWE2299", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stowell-belinda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Sailor", "Events": "Sailing - 470 Class Yachts (With Jennifer Armstong) (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Balogh, Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2300", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/balogh-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Shooting champion", "Events": "Services to Sport (2005 - 2005) \nShooting - Trap (2004 - 2004) \nShooting - Trap Pairs (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Batkovic, Suzy", "Entry ID": "AWE2301", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/batkovic-suzy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baynes, Deserie", "Entry ID": "AWE2302", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baynes-deserie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mildura, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - Trap (1996 - 1996) \nShooting - Trap Pairs (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Becker, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE2303", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/becker-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Member of the 4 x 100m Freestyle team (1964 - 1964)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Belbin, Tracey Lee", "Entry ID": "AWE2304", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/belbin-tracey-lee\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "For service to the sport of hockey (1989 - 1989) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Borchert, Katrin", "Entry ID": "AWE2305", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/borchert-katrin\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Warren\/Mueritz, Germany", "Occupations": "Canoe\/Kayaker, Olympian", "Events": "K-1 500m event (2000 - 2000) \nK-2 500m event (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bowman-Sullivan, Deborah (Debbie)", "Entry ID": "AWE2306", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bowman-sullivan-deborah-debbie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boyd, Carla", "Entry ID": "AWE2307", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boyd-carla\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wynyard, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bradley, Amber", "Entry ID": "AWE2308", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bradley-amber\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wickham, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Rower", "Events": "Women's Quadruple Scull (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bradtke, Nicole", "Entry ID": "AWE2309", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bradtke-nicole\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Tennis player", "Events": "Women's Doubles (With Rachel McQuillan) (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McQuillan, Rachel", "Entry ID": "AWE2310", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcquillan-rachel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Tennis player", "Events": "Women's Doubles (With Nicole Bradtke) (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Young, Marilyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2311", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/young-marilyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - Member of the 4 x 100 Medley Team (1960 - 1960)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Yeo, Gail", "Entry ID": "AWE2312", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yeo-gail\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 200m Butterfly (1972 - 1972)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wylie, Wilhelmina", "Entry ID": "AWE2313", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wylie-wilhelmina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Randwick, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m freestyle (1912 - 1912)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wyborn, Kerry", "Entry ID": "AWE2314", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wyborn-kerry\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Auburn, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Woodward, Danielle", "Entry ID": "AWE2315", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woodward-danielle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Canoe\/Kayaker, Olympian", "Events": "Participated in the Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games (1996 - 2000) \nWomen's K-1 (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Woods, Taryn Nadine", "Entry ID": "AWE2316", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woods-taryn-nadine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Water Polo Player", "Events": "Awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia 'for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games' (2001 - 2001) \nAwarded and Australian Sports Medal (2001 - 2001) \nMember of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Woodhouse, Danielle", "Entry ID": "AWE2317", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woodhouse-danielle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Water Polo Player", "Events": "Member of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wood, Anna", "Entry ID": "AWE2318", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wood-anna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Roermond, Netherlands", "Occupations": "Canoe\/Kayaker, Olympian", "Events": "K-2 500m (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilkins, Brooke", "Entry ID": "AWE2319", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilkins-brooke\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Australian Softball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Australian Softball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Australian Softball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Whittle, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE2320", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whittle-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Whitfield, Beverley Joy", "Entry ID": "AWE2321", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whitfield-beverley-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m and 200m Breaststroke, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1970 - 1970) \nSwimming - 100m Breaststroke (1972 - 1972) \nSwimming - 200m Breaststroke (1972 - 1972)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "White, Tarnee", "Entry ID": "AWE2322", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-tarnee\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - Member of the 4 x 100m medley relay team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wenham, Fleur", "Entry ID": "AWE2323", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wenham-fleur\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Member of the 4 x 100 Relay Team (1956 - 1956)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Welch, Beatrice (Nancy)", "Entry ID": "AWE2324", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/welch-beatrice-nancy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Details": "Queensland's Swim Queen \nA young Nancy Lyons would catch a tram across Brisbane three days a week after school to train in the Fortitude Valley Baths. \"In those days, the 1930s and 40s, the pool was open only in summer and entry was two shillings,\" recalls Nancy. \"There were no lanes, so I had to zigzag to avoid frolicking, dive-bombing kids.\"\nNancy won her first junior state championship as a 9-year-old and triumphed in numerous state and national competitions. \"I won all my races. No one could catch me as I was unusually fast!\" says Nancy with a smile. So fast that she represented Australia at the 1948 London Olympics, 1950 Auckland British Empire Games and 1952 Helsinki Olympics after which she bid farewell to competitive swimming.\nWater babe\n\"Our family always loved the water. When I was four, mum and dad would go swimming at Townsville's foreshore; I'd be in a tyre tube frog-leg kicking away, an instinctive thing for a child to do. I believe that's why my breaststroke kick was strong and came so naturally to me,\" says Nancy.\n\"We moved to Coorparoo, Brisbane and summer holidays were spent at a Surfers Paradise house on the bank of the Nerang River. We would walk to Northcliffe Beach and body surf for hours. There were no surf lifesavers there in those days. Afterwards, we'd swim, canoe and play in the river.\"\nSilver streak\nTwo 18-year-olds, Nancy and Denise Spencer from Roma, were two Queenslanders selected to represent Australia in the 1948 London Summer Olympics, the first games since 1936 because of the war. The community proudly supported them with fundraisers and donations to cover their airfares. Australia had nine female competitors - four swimmers and five athletes.\n\"It was an eye-opener to see bombed-out London. We stayed in a West End hotel; the two top floors were renovated, but the rest was rubble,\" remembers Nancy. \"It's unbelievable how the Brits managed to put on the Olympics.\"\nIn the 200-metre breaststroke, Nancy blitzed through the Empire Pool in 2 minutes 57.7 seconds, winning silver and breaking the Olympic record. She was Australia's only female silver medal swimmer in a tally of thirteen medals for Australia - two gold, six silver, and five bronze.\nFlying boats, silver and gold\nTwo years later, three Queensland swimmers - Nancy, Denise and Jeanette Holle - were chosen for the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland. Again, the community raised funds to support them.\nNancy recollects the trip to Auckland, which should have taken about seven hours: \"We left Rose Bay, Sydney at midnight in a flying boat. When I woke up, I noticed that the sun was behind instead of in front and realised we were heading back to Sydney. Engine trouble! Thankfully, we departed the next night.\"\nNancy seized silver in the 220-yard breaststroke (3m 3.6s) and won glorious gold in the 3\u00d7110 yards medley relay with teammates Judy Joy Davies and Marjorie McQuade (3m 53.8s).\nSwim queen\nThe University of Queensland acknowledges Nancy Lyons (Welch) as their first Olympian and, in 2009 she was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. Leading up to the Commonwealth Games, Nancy joins other legends as a baton bearer in the Queen's Baton Relay. \"We will be watching the Games, especially the swimming, but in the comfort of home,\" she says.\n", "Events": "Participant at the Helsinki Olympic Games (1952 - 1952) \nSwimming - 200m backstroke (1948 - 1948) \nSwimming - 3 x 110y Medley Relay (1950 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Weekes, Elizabeth Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE2325", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/weekes-elizabeth-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Water Polo Player", "Events": "Awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) 'for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games' (2001 - 2001) \nAwarded an Australian Sports Medal (2001 - 2001) \nMember of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Watt, Kathy", "Entry ID": "AWE2326", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/watt-kathy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Warragul, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Cyclist, Olympian", "Summary": "Kathy Watt became Australia's first female cycling gold medallist when she won the 181 kilometer road race at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona\n", "Events": "Cycling (Road) - 181km Road Race (1992 - 1992) \nCycling (Road) - 72k Road Race (1990 - 1990) \nCycling (Road) - Team Time Trial (1994 - 1994) \nCycling (Track) - Individual Pursuit (3000m) (1992 - 1992) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women. (2019 - 2019) \nParticipated in the Atlanta Olympic Games (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Watson, Lynne", "Entry ID": "AWE2327", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/watson-lynne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m and 200m Backstroke, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1970 - 1970) \nSwimming - Member of the 4 x 100m Medley Relay Team (1968 - 1968)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Watson, Deborah", "Entry ID": "AWE2328", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/watson-deborah\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Water Polo Player", "Events": "Member of the Australian Women's Water Polo team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ward, Natalie", "Entry ID": "AWE2329", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ward-natalie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Summary": "Natalie Ward is one of only three women to win an Olympic medal and four games; the other two being softball teammates Tanya Harding and Lenaie Roche. She began her international career as a teenager, joining her sister Linda on the national team. She went on to become the first woman to play more than 400 games for Australia, and served as captain of the team. Ward regards the silver medal won in Athens as her proudest moment in sport.\n", "Events": "Member of the Australian Softball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Australian Softball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Australian Softball Team (2004 - 2004) \nMember of the Australian Softball Team (2008 - 2008)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walker, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2330", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walker-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - Member of the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Team (1956 - 1956)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vassella, Marilyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2331", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vassella-marilyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 200m Sprint event (1964 - 1964)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Van Lint, Jacinta", "Entry ID": "AWE2332", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/van-lint-jacinta\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Albury, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - Member of the 4 x 200m freestyle relay team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tyler-Sharman, Lucy", "Entry ID": "AWE2333", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tyler-sharman-lucy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Louisville, United States", "Occupations": "Cyclist, Olympian", "Events": "Cycliing - Women's Points Race (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Turnbull, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE2334", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turnbull-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Tennis player", "Events": "Tennis - Women's Double (with (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smylie, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2335", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smylie-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Tennis player", "Events": "Tennis - Women's Doubles (with Wendy Turnbull) (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shelley, Gerganyia", "Entry ID": "AWE2336", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shelley-gerganyia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - Member of the 4 x 100 Medley Relay team (1960 - 1960)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taylor, Rachael", "Entry ID": "AWE2337", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taylor-rachael\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Coxless Pairs (with Kate Slatter) (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tranquilli, Allison", "Entry ID": "AWE2338", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tranquilli-allison\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tuckwell, Kim", "Entry ID": "AWE2339", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tuckwell-kim\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brogan, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2340", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brogan-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brondello, Sandra", "Entry ID": "AWE2341", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brondello-sandra\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Eton, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2004 - 2004) \nParticipated at the Olympic Games in Seoul (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burns, Lauren Chantel", "Entry ID": "AWE2342", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burns-lauren-chantel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Taekwondo", "Events": "For services to sport (2001 - 2001) \nOlympic squad member (2000 - 2000) \nTaekwondo - 49kg Class (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brosnan, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE2343", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brosnan-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Coxed Four (with Susan Chapman-Popa, Margot Foster, Robyn Grey-Gardner and Karen Pollock) (1984 - 1984)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chapman-Popa, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE2344", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chapman-popa-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Coxed Fours (1984 - 1984) \nRowing - Eights (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pollock, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE2345", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pollock-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Coxed Four (1984 - 1984)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buchanan, Sharon Lee", "Entry ID": "AWE2346", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buchanan-sharon-lee\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Captain of the Hockeyroos (1992 - 1992) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1984 - 1984) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988) \nServices to Hockey (1989 - 1989)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Capes, Lee", "Entry ID": "AWE2347", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/capes-lee\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "In recognition of service to the sport of hockey (1989 - 1989) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carbon, Sally May", "Entry ID": "AWE2348", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carbon-sally-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carruthers, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE2349", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carruthers-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1992 - 1992) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Denning, Elspeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2350", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/denning-elspeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dobson, Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE2351", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dobson-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Shepparton, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dorman, Loretta", "Entry ID": "AWE2352", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dorman-loretta\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1984 - 1984) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fish, Maree", "Entry ID": "AWE2353", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fish-maree\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Garard, Renita", "Entry ID": "AWE2354", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/garard-renita\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Townsville, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Haslam, Juliet", "Entry ID": "AWE2355", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/haslam-juliet\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1992 - 1992) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hillas, Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE2356", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hillas-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1984 - 1984) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hudson, Nicole", "Entry ID": "AWE2357", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hudson-nicole\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Imison, Rachel", "Entry ID": "AWE2358", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/imison-rachel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Palmerston North, New Zealand", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Competed in Athens (2004 - 2004) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lambert, Angela", "Entry ID": "AWE2359", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lambert-angela\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maitland, Clover", "Entry ID": "AWE2360", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maitland-clover\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Maryborough, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marsden, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE2361", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marsden-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mitchell-Taverner, Claire", "Entry ID": "AWE2362", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mitchell-taverner-claire\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morris, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE2363", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morris-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Maryborough, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Partridge, Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE2364", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/partridge-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Peek, Alison", "Entry ID": "AWE2365", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peek-alison\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Competed at Barcelona (1992 - 1992) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pisani, Sandra", "Entry ID": "AWE2367", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pisani-sandra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1984 - 1984) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Powell, Katrina", "Entry ID": "AWE2368", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/powell-katrina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richardson, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE2369", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Taree, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roche, Danielle", "Entry ID": "AWE2370", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roche-danielle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Starre, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE2371", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/starre-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1992 - 1992) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tooth, Liane", "Entry ID": "AWE2372", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tooth-liane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1984 - 1984) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1992 - 1992) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burgess, Annie", "Entry ID": "AWE2373", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burgess-annie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Teams (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chandler, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2374", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chandler-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Geelong, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cheeseman, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE2375", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cheeseman-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Although she was not in a gold medal winning team, Cheeseman was a very important figure in the development of Australian women's basketball (1984 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fallon, Trish", "Entry ID": "AWE2376", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fallon-trish\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hannan, Fiona", "Entry ID": "AWE2377", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hannan-fiona\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Handball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (1996 - 1996) \nRepresented Australia in Handball (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harrower, Kristi", "Entry ID": "AWE2378", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harrower-kristi\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bendigo, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hill, Joanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2379", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hill-joanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackson, Lauren", "Entry ID": "AWE2380", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-lauren\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Albury, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Summary": "Lauren Jackson is widely regarded as Australia's greatest female basketball player ever. She has led the nation's team, the Opals, to three silver medals at successive Olympic Games in Sydney (2000), Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008) and a much cherished bronze in London in 2012. She was chosen to carry flag for the Australian Olympic team in London in 2012, which was, she says, 'the proudest moment of my sporting career'.\n", "Details": "Lauren Jackson is widely regarded as Australia's greatest female basketball player ever. She has led the nation's team, the Opals, to three silver medals at successive Olympic Games in Sydney (2000), Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008) and a much cherished bronze in London in 2012. She was chosen to carry flag for the Australian Olympic team in London in 2012, which was, she says, 'the proudest moment of my sporting career'.\nBorn in Albury, New South Wales, in 1981, Lauren Jackson says that at the age of four she had already hatched the plan that would take her to representing the Australia at the Olympics. While there is no doubt she had the genetic pedigree and family support to make the plan a reality (both her mother and father had represented Australia in basketball) it was her mental strength and determination combined with a deep love of the game that made the difference. By the time she was in Year 7 she knew she loved the game enough to want to leave home and attend the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). In 1997 at the age of 16 Jackson was awarded a scholarship to in 1997. In 1998, she led the AIS side that won the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) championship. In 2000, she was playing for the national team, the Opals, at the Olympic Games in Sydney.\nFor the self-confessed homebody, the pathway early in her career was not always an easy one; she missed her home and family keenly. She also had a little bit of a chip on her shoulder about always being the youngest member in the team, that might have made her more aggressive at times than she needed to be. But the influence of her teammates helped her to settle in and to settle down. 'The team back then was full of beautiful souls,' she says. She was lucky to have 'good hearted people like Rachel Sporn, and Sandy Bondello around her. Strong personalities like Michelle Timms and Robyn Maher were also very important to her development as well. Robin Maher, in particular was very strong willed and challenged her to be the best she could be. 'My early days and the support I received from my teammates made my early years very, very special.'\nJackson joined the AIS in the same year that the U.S. Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) began competition (1997) so she knew that if she worked hard and the breaks fell her way, there was a professional pathway for her. She made herself available for the WNBA draft in 2001 and was an automatic first choice for Seattle Storm. She has been named as winner of the WNBA's Most Valuable Player award for the Storm three times (2003, 2007 and 2010) and has helped them to victory in the national Championships in 2004 and 2010. She has also played in Spanish and Russian leagues throughout the course of her career, while remaining committed to the national team, always making herself available (when fit) for Olympic Games and World Championships. While never being able to claim the ultimate prize at the Olympic Games, in 2006 Jackson led the Opals to victory over Russia for the 2006 World Championship crown.\nIn 2012 Jackson become the youngest person ever to score 6000 points in the WNBA, needing 32 games fewer than any others who have achieved the milestone. She claims that although she is proud of the achievement, it's probably more meaningful to people other than herself, after all she was younger than most when she started playing. Christina Keneally, the CEO of Basketball Australia, thinks Jackson is selling her achievements short. 'She's the greatest player in the American league and the fact that she wants to play in Australia speaks volumes about her commitment to her country. It's a great show of leadership'.\nKeneally was referring to Jackson's decision to return to play for the Canberra Capitals in 2009 when discussing this commitment. Jackson returned to Australia to play out the 2009\/10 season, a season that saw the Capitals win the National WNBL title and Jackson announced the Grand Final MVP. It was a very meaningful victory, one that she has not been able to replicate since, due to commitments overseas and frustrating injury problems. In an interview conducted in 2012, Jackson expressed her frustration: 'Canberra has been my second home since she was 15. I want to be part of the community and help the team. I am looking forward to playing for a team I love in a city I love.'\nJackson admits that there have been sacrifices along the way, particularly in the area of her personal life. 'True love and a family' are hard to establish and sustain if you are a professional sportswoman playing a global sport. Thus far, she has chosen basketball over her personal life, but she has no regrets and believes there will still be time for her to pay attention to what she has missed out on, personally.\nAlthough hardly preparing to throw in the towel yet, Jackson is preparing for life after sport. Whilst on the playing circuit, she began a gender studies degree and found that the content just clicked with her, as she began working through how feminism informs her own decisions and how she can make a difference in life after basketball. She discovered that she wants to assist women suffering from domestic and sexual violence and is now a patron of the New South Wales Rape Crisis Centre. She wants to play a part in empowering women who need to make the decision to leave violent and abusive relationships, and hopes that associating her name with the organisation is an early, first step in that process.\nLauren Jackson is arguably Australia's greatest ever basketballer, although she would never accept the title without sharing the spoils with those who have supported her, especially her parents. 'My mother gave up a lot for me,' she says. 'She was a real pioneer in the game as well.' In her view, her central role in putting Australian basketball on the map globally would not have been visible without the talented players who have already surrounded her and nurtured her. To achieve any success, as an individual and as a leader, she says, 'you have to have great people around you'.\n", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2004 - 2004) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2008 - 2008) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2012 - 2012)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/angela-pulvirenti-interviews-australian-opal-lauren-jackson-about-her-life-in-basketball-and-her-experiences-in-and-out-of-competition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lauren-jackson\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maher, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2381", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maher-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Competed at Los Angeles and Seoul (1984 - 1988) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Porter, Natalie", "Entry ID": "AWE2382", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/porter-natalie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Poto, Alicia", "Entry ID": "AWE2383", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/poto-alicia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sandie, Shelley", "Entry ID": "AWE2384", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sandie-shelley\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Competed at Seoul (1988 - 1988) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Snell, Belinda", "Entry ID": "AWE2385", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/snell-belinda\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Basketball Team (2018 - 2018) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sporn, Rachel", "Entry ID": "AWE2386", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sporn-rachel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Murrayville, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Summerton, Laura", "Entry ID": "AWE2387", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/summerton-laura\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taylor, Penelope", "Entry ID": "AWE2388", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taylor-penelope\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Timms, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2389", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/timms-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Competed in Seoul (1988 - 1988) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Opals, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Castle, Naomi", "Entry ID": "AWE2390", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/castle-naomi\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Water Polo Player", "Events": "Competed at Athens (2004 - 2004) \nMember of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fox, Joanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2391", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fox-joanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Water Polo Player", "Events": "Competed in Athens (2004 - 2004) \nMember of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hankin, Simone", "Entry ID": "AWE2392", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hankin-simone\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Water Polo Player", "Events": "Member of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Higgins, Yvette", "Entry ID": "AWE2393", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/higgins-yvette\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Water Polo Player", "Events": "Member of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hooper, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE2394", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hooper-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Auckland, New Zealand", "Occupations": "Olympian, Water Polo Player", "Events": "Member of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ireland, Bridgette", "Entry ID": "AWE2395", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ireland-bridgette\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Water Polo Player", "Events": "Member of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mayer, Bronwyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2396", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mayer-bronwyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Water Polo Player", "Events": "Member of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Miller, Gail", "Entry ID": "AWE2397", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miller-gail\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Water Polo Player", "Events": "Member of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mills, Melissa", "Entry ID": "AWE2398", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mills-melissa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Water Polo Player", "Events": "Member of the Australian Women's Water Polo Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Titcume, Natalie", "Entry ID": "AWE2399", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/titcume-natalie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Softball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morrow, Simmone", "Entry ID": "AWE2400", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morrow-simmone\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cowell, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Softball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cook, Natalie", "Entry ID": "AWE2401", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cook-natalie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Townsville, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Beach Volleyball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Beach Volleyball - with Kerri-Ann Pottharst (1996 - 1996) \nBeach Volleyball - with Kerri-Ann Pottharst (2000 - 2000) \nCompeted in Athens (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pottharst, Kerri-Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE2402", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pottharst-kerri-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Beach Volleyball Player, Olympian", "Events": "Beach Volleyball - With Natalie Cook (1996 - 1996) \nBeach Volleyball - with Natalie Cook (2000 - 2000) \nCompeted in Athens (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Michele", "Entry ID": "AWE2403", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-michele\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - High Jump (1958 - 1958) \nAthletics - High Jump (1964 - 1964) \nAthletics - High Jump (1966 - 1966)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Joanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2404", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-joanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Softball Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Dyana", "Entry ID": "AWE2405", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-dyana\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bourke, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 50m Backstroke, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2002 - 2002) \nSwimming - Member of the 4 x 100m Medley Relay Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carpadios, Marissa", "Entry ID": "AWE2406", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carpadios-marissa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cooper, Kim", "Entry ID": "AWE2407", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cooper-kim\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crawford, Fiona", "Entry ID": "AWE2408", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crawford-fiona\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Softball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crudgington, Carolyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2409", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crudgington-carolyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dienelt, Kerry", "Entry ID": "AWE2410", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dienelt-kerry\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Darwin, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Softball Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Doman, Amanda", "Entry ID": "AWE2411", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/doman-amanda\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Edebone, Peta", "Entry ID": "AWE2412", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edebone-peta\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Softball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Softball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fairhurst, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE2413", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fairhurst-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Manchester, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Follas, Selina", "Entry ID": "AWE2414", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/follas-selina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hardie, Kelly", "Entry ID": "AWE2415", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hardie-kelly\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harding, Tanya", "Entry ID": "AWE2416", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harding-tanya\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Summary": "Tanya Harding has won a medal at every Olympic softball tournament since the sport made its debut in 1996. She is one of only three Australian women to win medals at four Olympic Games, the other two being teammates Melanie Roche and Natalie Ward. Harding is regarded as one of the greatest pitchers ever to represent Australia, and has played an important role in some of the team's most exciting games.\n", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Softball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Softball Team (2004 - 2004) \nMember of the Softball Team (2008 - 2008)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hodgskin, Natalie", "Entry ID": "AWE2417", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hodgskin-natalie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Holliday, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE2418", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/holliday-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lester, Jocelyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2419", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lester-jocelyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCreedy, Sally", "Entry ID": "AWE2420", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccreedy-sally\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mytholmroyd, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Softball Team (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McRae, Francine", "Entry ID": "AWE2421", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcrae-francine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mosley, Tracey", "Entry ID": "AWE2422", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mosley-tracey\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Petrie, Haylea", "Entry ID": "AWE2423", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/petrie-haylea\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wee Waa, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Porter, Stacey", "Entry ID": "AWE2424", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/porter-stacey\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richardson, Nicole", "Entry ID": "AWE2425", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-nicole\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roche, Melanie", "Entry ID": "AWE2426", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roche-melanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Softball Player", "Summary": "A Softball pitcher, Melanie Roche's ability to frustrate hitters and limit scoring made her one of the most feared players in international competition. She was trusted with pitching duties in many of Australia's finest wins. Roche has also enjoyed an excellent professional career with teams in Europe and Asia.\n", "Events": "Member of the Softball Team (1996 - 1996) \nMember of the Softball Team (2000 - 2000) \nMember of the Softball Team (2004 - 2004) \nMember of the Softball Team (2008 - 2008)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carr, Brenda", "Entry ID": "AWE2427", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carr-brenda\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Leongatha, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 800m (1960 - 1960)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carrigan, Sara", "Entry ID": "AWE2428", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrigan-sara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Cyclist, Olympian", "Events": "Cycling (Track) - Individual (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chipchase, Lynette", "Entry ID": "AWE2429", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chipchase-lynette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle relay (1964 - 1964) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Medley relay (1968 - 1968)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Colquhoun, Alva", "Entry ID": "AWE2430", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/colquhoun-alva\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - Member of the 4 x 100m freestyle relay team (1960 - 1960) \nSwimming - Member of the 4 x 110y Freestyle Relay Team (1958 - 1958)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Costian, Daniela", "Entry ID": "AWE2431", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/costian-daniela\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Braila, Romania", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Discus Throw (1990 - 1990) \nAthletics - Discus Throw (1992 - 1992) \nCompeted at Atlanta and Sydney (1996 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crapp, Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE2432", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crapp-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m Freestyle (1956 - 1956) \nSwimming - 110y Freestyle; 440y Freestyle (1954 - 1954) \nSwimming - 400m Freestyle and 4 x100m Freestyle Relay (1956 - 1956) \nSwimming - Member of the 4 x 100m Freestyle relay team (1960 - 1960) \nSwimming - Member of the 4 x 110y Freestyle Relay Team (1958 - 1958)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Currey, Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE2433", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/currey-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Javelin Throw (1996 - 1996) \nCompeted in Barcelona and Sydney (1992 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davies, Judy Joy", "Entry ID": "AWE2434", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davies-judy-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Summary": "Judith Joy Davies was an Australian Olympian who won a bronze medal in the 100-metre backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and followed up with three gold medals at the 1950 Empire Games in Auckland. She won seventeen Australian championships in freestyle, backstroke and medley swimming. After finishing her swimming career she worked as a sporting journalist for the Melbourne newspapers The Argus and The Sun-News Pictorial.\nDavies was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2011 as a General Member for her contribution as a sportswriter. She was one of the first women journalists to break into covering all sports when she started working with the Melbourne newspaper The Argus, in an era when women sports writers were normally confined to covering women's sport. Her Argus experience included covering the 1954 Commonwealth Games in Vancouver and then the 1956 Olympics in her home town of Melbourne.\nWhen the Argus ceased publication in 1957 she joined the rival Sun News Pictorial where she was to cover local and international sport for the next 31 years. She was widely respected by both editors and athletes and in 1982 was awarded the National Press Club Award for Sports Journalism.\n", "Events": "Competed in Helsinki (1952 - 1952) \nSwimming - 100m Backstroke (1948 - 1948) \nSwimming - 110y Backstroke; 4 x 110y Freestyle Relay; 3 x 110y Medley Relay (1950 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/record-breaking-swimmer-became-champion-sports-writer\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/judy-joy-davies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/half-the-race-a-history-of-australian-women-in-sport\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dench, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE2435", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dench-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - 25m Pistol (1984 - 1984)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Denman, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE2436", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/denman-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m Breaststroke, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1998 - 1998) \nSwimming - Member of the 4 x 100m Medley relay team (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dill-Macky, Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2437", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dill-macky-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 400m Individual Medley (1984 - 1984)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Everuss, Ruth", "Entry ID": "AWE2438", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/everuss-ruth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (1960 - 1960) \nSwimming - 4 x 110y Freestyle Relay (1962 - 1962)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Faletic, Dana", "Entry ID": "AWE2439", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faletic-dana\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Quadruple Scull (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ferguson, June Elaine", "Entry ID": "AWE2440", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ferguson-june-elaine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x100m relay (1948 - 1948)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/junes-great-feats\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ferris, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2441", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ferris-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Cyclist, Olympian", "Events": "Cycling (Track) - Sprint (1996 - 1996) \nCycling (Track)- 500m Time Trial (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fleming, Norma", "Entry ID": "AWE2442", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fleming-norma\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Member of the 4 x 100m Relay Team (1956 - 1956) \nCompeted in Rome (1960 - 1960)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ford-Eriksson, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2443", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ford-eriksson-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 200m Butterfly (1978 - 1978) \nSwimming - 200m Butterfly (1980 - 1980) \nSwimming - 200m Butterfly (1982 - 1982) \nSwimming - 800m Freestyle (1980 - 1980)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Forder, Annemarie", "Entry ID": "AWE2444", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forder-annemarie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Shooting champion", "Events": "Competed in Atlanta (1996 - 1996) \nShooting - 10m Air Pistol (2000 - 2000) \nShooting - Air Pistol Singles and Air Pistol Pairs (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Foster, Margot", "Entry ID": "AWE2445", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/foster-margot\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Coxed Four (1984 - 1984) \nRowing - Eights (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Graham, Elka", "Entry ID": "AWE2446", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/graham-elka\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Competed in Athens (2004 - 2004) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Greville, Julia", "Entry ID": "AWE2447", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/greville-julia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 200m freestyle relay (1996 - 1996) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grigorieva, Tatiana", "Entry ID": "AWE2448", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grigorieva-tatiana\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "St Petersburg, Russia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Pole Vault (2000 - 2000) \nAthletics - Pole Vault (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hanson, Brooke", "Entry ID": "AWE2449", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hanson-brooke\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m Breaststroke (2004 - 2004) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harrop, Loretta", "Entry ID": "AWE2450", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harrop-loretta\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Triathlete", "Events": "Competed in Sydney (2000 - 2000) \nTriathlon (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Henry, Jodie", "Entry ID": "AWE2451", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henry-jodie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m Freestyle, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2002 - 2002) \nSwimming - 100m Freestyle, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2004 - 2004) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Higgison, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE2452", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/higgison-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 200m Butterfly (1984 - 1984)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johnson, Emma", "Entry ID": "AWE2453", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnson-emma\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mealing, Philomena", "Entry ID": "AWE2454", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mealing-philomena\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Summary": "Philomena \"Bonnie\" Mealing was an Australian freestyle and backstroke swimmer of the 1920s and 1930s, who won a silver medal in the 100m backstroke at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the first Australian to win a medal in backstroke.\nAt the age of 14 or 15, she was selected for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam after only a year of competing at national level. After a long three month sea voyage, and a bout of homesickness, she gained weight during the voyage, finishing third and fourth in her heat of the 100m freestyle and backstroke respectively, and was eliminated. This brought condemnation from Australian journalists, who obviously had little appreciation of the difficulties associated with the long trip from Australia to Europe. As Mealing later noted, the only training they could do while on board the ship was in a canvas pool that could only take a maximum of two strokes. 'When the ship rolled, so did we!'\nAfter the Olympics, Mealing abandoned the freestyle events to concentrate on the backstroke, and in February 1930, she set a world record of 1m 20.6s in the 100m backstroke. However, the Australian authorities decided against sending any female swimmers to the inaugural 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Canada, she was unable to test herself against the best swimmers from Canada and England. By the time the 1932 Summer Olympics arrived, the 18 year old American swimmer Eleanor Holm had already cut 2s off her world record, and Holm easily defeated Mealing by 2s to claim the gold.\nIn 1933, Mealing set a world record in the 200m backstroke, but then retired from swimming, foregoing an opportunity to win gold at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.\n", "Events": "Swimming - 100m Backstroke (1932 - 1932)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-proper-spectacle-women-olympians-1900-1936\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Leisel", "Entry ID": "AWE2455", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-leisel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Katherine, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m and 200m Breaststroke, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2002 - 2002) \nSwimming - 100m Breaststroke (2004 - 2004) \nSwimming - 100m Breaststroke (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 100m Breaststroke; 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2000 - 2000) \nSwimming - 200m Breaststroke (2004 - 2004) \nSwimming - 200m Breaststroke (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Medley (2004 - 2004) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 4x100m medley relay (2012 - 2012) \nSwimming - 50m, 100m and 200m Breaststroke, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Maureen", "Entry ID": "AWE2456", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-maureen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 80m Hurdles (1968 - 1968) \nCompeted at Munich (1972 - 1972)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Michellie", "Entry ID": "AWE2457", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-michellie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Triathlete", "Summary": "In 2017, Michellie Jones was made a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia 'for significant service to athletes who are blind or have low vision, as a gold medallist at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, where she served as a guide to para-triathlete Katie Kelly, and to sport as a triathlete'.\n", "Events": "Triathlon (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Joyce, Rebecca", "Entry ID": "AWE2458", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joyce-rebecca\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Lightweight Double Scull (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kennedy, Angela", "Entry ID": "AWE2459", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kennedy-angela\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Nambour, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimmer - 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "King, Joyce", "Entry ID": "AWE2460", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/king-joyce\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x 100m Relay (1948 - 1948)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Konrads, Ilsa", "Entry ID": "AWE2461", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/konrads-ilsa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle; 4 x 100m Medley (1960 - 1960) \nSwimming - 440y Freestyle; 4 x 110y Freestyle Relay (1958 - 1958)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schipper, Jessicah", "Entry ID": "AWE2462", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schipper-jessicah\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m and 200m Butterfly, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2006 - 2006) \nSwimming - 100m Butterfly (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 200m Butterfly (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 4 x100m Medley Relay (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schaeffer, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE2463", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schaeffer-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Afghanistan", "Occupations": "Equestrian, Olympian", "Events": "Equestrian - Three Day Event (Team) (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Saville, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE2464", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/saville-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Race walker", "Events": "Athletics - 10 km Road Walk (1998 - 1998) \nAthletics - 20k Walk (2002 - 2002) \nAthletics - 20k Walk (2006 - 2006) \nAthletics - 20km Road Walk (2004 - 2004) \nCompeted in Atlanta and Sydney (1996 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sattin, Rebecca", "Entry ID": "AWE2465", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sattin-rebecca\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Honiara, Solomon Islands", "Occupations": "Olympian, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Quadruple Scull (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rooney, Giaan", "Entry ID": "AWE2467", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rooney-giaan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m Backstroke, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1998 - 1998) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2004 - 2004) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay; 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Riley, Samantha", "Entry ID": "AWE2468", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/riley-samantha\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m and 200m Breaststroke, 4 x 100 Medley Relay (1994 - 1994) \nSwimming - 100m Breaststroke (1992 - 1992) \nSwimming - 100m Breaststroke (1996 - 1996) \nSwimming - 200m Breaststroke (1998 - 1998) \nSwimming - 4 x 100 m medley relay (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Playfair, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE2469", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/playfair-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1968 - 1968)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pekli, Maria", "Entry ID": "AWE2470", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pekli-maria\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Baja, Hungary", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Jodoka, Olympian", "Events": "Competed in Athens (2004 - 2004) \nJudo - 52-57 kg Class (2000 - 2000) \nJudo - 52-57kg class (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pearson, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2471", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pearson-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Competed in Moscow (1980 - 1980) \nSwimming - 200m Individual Medley (1984 - 1984) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ondieki, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE2472", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ondieki-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gawler, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Marathon (1988 - 1988) \nAthletics - Marathon (1990 - 1990) \nCompeted Los Angeles, Barcelona, Atlanta (1984 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nock, Robyn Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE2473", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nock-robyn-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle (1964 - 1964)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tourky, Loudy", "Entry ID": "AWE2474", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tourky-loudy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Haifa, Israel", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Diver, Olympian", "Events": "Competed in Atlanta (1996 - 1996) \nDiving - 10m Highboard (2002 - 2002) \nDiving - 10m Platform (2004 - 2004) \nDiving - 10m Platform, 10m Platform Synchronized (2006 - 2006) \nDiving - Synchronised Diving 10m Platform (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Newbery, Chantelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2475", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newbery-chantelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Diver, Olympian", "Summary": "Chantelle Newbury has retired from competitive diving and is one of Australia's most successful international competitors in the sport. She won gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria and in so doing proved that pregnancy is not necessarily an obstacle to success in competitive sport.\nAfter competing in her last event she took a home pregnancy test and discovered she was pregnant just minutes before being called to her medal presentation. 'I'm the only diver to compete and win at a major event while pregnant yet if I had known for sure and informed team doctors they would have banned me from competition,' she said.\n", "Events": "Competed in Sydney (2000 - 2000) \nDiving - 10m Platform (2004 - 2004) \nDiving - 10m Platform Synchronized (2006 - 2006) \nDiving - 1m Springboard (1998 - 1998) \nDiving - Synchronised Diving 3m Springboard (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newbury-secret-revealed\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Murray, Janet", "Entry ID": "AWE2476", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murray-janet\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m medley relay (1968 - 1968)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Murphy, Janice Gabrielle", "Entry ID": "AWE2477", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murphy-janice-gabrielle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "For service to swimming, particularly as a coach (posthumous) (2019 - 2019) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle (1964 - 1964)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morgan-Beavis, Sandra", "Entry ID": "AWE2478", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morgan-beavis-sandra\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle (1956 - 1956) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle (1960 - 1960)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moras-Stephenson, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE2479", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moras-stephenson-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ryde, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Competed in Munich (1972 - 1972) \nSwimming - 200m, 400m and 800m Freestyle (1970 - 1970) \nSwimming - 400m Freestyle (1968 - 1968)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Molik, Alicia", "Entry ID": "AWE2480", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/molik-alicia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Tennis player", "Events": "Competed in Sydney (2000 - 2000) \nTennis - Women's Singles (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mills, Alice", "Entry ID": "AWE2481", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mills-alice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (2002 - 2002) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m freestyle relay (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Medley Relay, 4 X 100m Freestyle Relay (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Messenger, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE2482", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/messenger-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (1956 - 1956)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Meares, Anna Maree Devenish", "Entry ID": "AWE2483", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meares-anna-maree-devenish\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Blackwater, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Cyclist, Olympian", "Summary": "In 2001 Anna Meares was awarded the Australian Junior Women's Track Cyclist of the Year. Since then, she has added an enormous array of trophies to her cabinet.\nMeares made an astonishing come back from a very bad cycling accident at the World Cup in January 2008 when she broke her neck. But she fought her way back and qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, eventually winning a silver medal in the women's sprint event.\nIn London in 2012, she rode a brilliant tactical race to win a gold medal in the sprint.\nShe was the flag-bearer and captain for the Australian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in keirin. This made her the first Australian to win individual medals in four consecutive Olympics.\nOn 16 October 2016 Meares announced her official retirement from her competitive cycling career.\n", "Events": "Cycling (Track) - 500m Time Trial (2004 - 2004) \nCycling (Track) - 500m Time Trial (2006 - 2006) \nCycling (Track) - 500m Time Trial (2010 - 2010) \nCycling (Track) - Keirin (2016 - 2016) \nCycling (Track) - Sprint (2004 - 2004) \nCycling (Track) - Sprint (2008 - 2008) \nCycling (Track) - Sprint (2010 - 2010) \nCycling (Track) - Sprint (2012 - 2012) \nCycling (Track) - Team Sprint (2010 - 2010) \nCycling (Track) - Team Sprint (2012 - 2012) \nCycling (Track)- 500m Time Trial (2014 - 2014)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McKinnon, Elizabeth Lindsay (Betty)", "Entry ID": "AWE2484", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mckinnon-elizabeth-lindsay-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x 100m Relay (1948 - 1948)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McKenzie, Lynette Valma", "Entry ID": "AWE2485", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mckenzie-lynette-valma\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m Butterfly (1968 - 1968) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Medley (1968 - 1968)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McDonald, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE2486", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcdonald-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Competed at Barcelona (1992 - 1992) \nSwimming - 800m Freestlye, 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (1990 - 1990) \nSwimming - 800m freestyle (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Martin, Gael", "Entry ID": "AWE2487", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martin-gael\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Shot put (1984 - 1984) \nCompeted in Moscow (1980 - 1980)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marcks, Megan", "Entry ID": "AWE2488", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marcks-megan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Rower", "Events": "Competed in Barcelona (1992 - 1992) \nRowing - Pairs (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Manuel, Rebecca", "Entry ID": "AWE2489", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manuel-rebecca\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Diver, Olympian", "Events": "Diving - Synchronised Diving 10m Platform (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mactier, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE2490", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mactier-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Cyclist, Olympian", "Events": "Cycling (Track) - Individual Pursuit (2004 - 2004) \nCycling (Track) - Individual Pursuit (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mackie, Lise", "Entry ID": "AWE2491", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mackie-lise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Te Kuiti, New Zealand", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Competed in Barcelona (1992 - 1992) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lluka, Rosemary", "Entry ID": "AWE2492", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lluka-rosemary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1960 - 1960)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Livingstone, Nicole", "Entry ID": "AWE2493", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/livingston-nicole\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Summary": "Livingstone retired from competitive swimming in 1996 after representing Australia in three Summer Olympics, moving to a career as a television sports reporter, media presenter and sports administrator, including being elected to the boards of Swimming Australia, the Australian Sports Drugs Agency and the Australian Olympic Committee. She was appointed chief executive officer of the Victorian Institute of Sport in September 2024. Following her mother's death from ovarian cancer in 2001, Livingstone started the organisation Ovarian Cancer Australia.\nLivingstone was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1997 for service to swimming as a representative at state, national and international levels.\u00a0 She was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2006 and appointed an\u00a0 Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in June 2025 for distinguished service to sports development and administration, to the promotion of women in sport, and to community health.\n", "Events": "Competed at Seoul (1988 - 1988) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2006 - 2006) \nSwimming - 100m and 200m Backstroke; 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay; 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1994 - 1994) \nSwimming - 100m Backstroke, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1990 - 1990) \nSwimming - 200m Backstroke (1992 - 1992) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Medley relay (1996 - 1996) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle relay (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lewis, Hayley", "Entry ID": "AWE2494", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lewis-hayley\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Competed in Atlanta and Sydney (1996 - 2000) \nSwimming - 200m and 400m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly, 4 x 200m Relay (1990 - 1990) \nSwimming - 400m Freestyle (1992 - 1992) \nSwimming - 400m Freestyle (1994 - 1994) \nSwimming - 800m Freestyle (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leech, Faith", "Entry ID": "AWE2496", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leech-faith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m Freestyle (1956 - 1956) \nSwimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (1956 - 1956)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lee, Virginia", "Entry ID": "AWE2497", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-virginia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Olympian, Rower", "Events": "Competed in Sydney (2000 - 2000) \nRowing - Lightweight Double Scull (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lamy, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE2498", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lamy-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 200m event (1968 - 1968) \nAthletics - 4 x 100m Relay (1970 - 1970) \nAthletics - 4 x 100m Relay (1974 - 1974) \nAthletics - 4 x110y Relay (1966 - 1966)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Anderson, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE2500", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anderson-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 5000m (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Turland, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE2501", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turland-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Marathon (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "George, Emma", "Entry ID": "AWE2502", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/george-emma\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Pole Vault (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sosimenko, Deborah (Debbie)", "Entry ID": "AWE2503", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sosimenko-deborah-debbie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New South Wales", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Hammer Throw (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Paul, Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE2504", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/paul-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Javelin Throw (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harris, Rachel Amanda", "Entry ID": "AWE2505", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harris-rachel-amanda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 800m Freestyle (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Trefry, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE2508", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trefry-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - Air Pistol Pairs; Sport Pistol Singles and Pairs (1994 - 1994) \nShooting - Air Pistol Pairs; Sport Pistol Singles, Sport Pistol Pairs (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Woodward, Annette", "Entry ID": "AWE2509", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woodward-annette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - Air Pistol Pairs; Sport Pistol Pairs (1994 - 1994) \nShooting - Sport Pistol Pairs (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCready, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE2510", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccready-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sunbury, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - Sport Rifle 3 Positions Singles (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Frazer, Kim", "Entry ID": "AWE2511", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/frazer-kim\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - 50m Rifle Prone (2002 - 2002) \nShooting - Smallbore Rifle Prone (Pairs) (1994 - 1994) \nShooting - Sport Rifle Prone Pairs (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Quigley, Carolyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2512", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/quigley-carolyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - Sport Rifle Prone Pairs (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Martin, Michelle Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE2513", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martin-michelle-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Squash player", "Events": "For her contribution to the sport of squash (2001 - 2001) \nSquash - Singles and Mixed Dounbles (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Arlow, Vyninka", "Entry ID": "AWE2514", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/arlow-vyninka\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Diver", "Events": "Diving - Platform (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nable, Maxine", "Entry ID": "AWE2515", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nable-maxine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Tenpin Bowler", "Events": "Ten Pin Bowling - Doubles (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coleman, Jean Victory", "Entry ID": "AWE2516", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coleman-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Boggabri, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Springwood, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Nurse, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 440y Medley Relay; 660y Medley Relay (1938 - 1938)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Peake, Thelma", "Entry ID": "AWE2517", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peake-thelma\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 660y Medley Relay (1938 - 1938)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Woodland, Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE2518", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woodland-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 660y Medley Relay (1938 - 1938)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "de Lacy, Evelyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2519", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/de-lacy-evelyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 110y Freestyle (1938 - 1938)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Green, Dorothy", "Entry ID": "AWE2520", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/green-dorothy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sunderland, Durham, England", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Literary critic, Poet, Political activist, Swimmer", "Summary": "In the 1950s Dorothy Green wrote to a friend, 'I am now rising forty two and looking back on my life, I find have spent the greater proportion of it doing things I didn't want to do at all.' Nearly thirty years later she felt 'nothing has changed'. Yet during the course of her long life, Dorothy Green produced poetry, literary criticism and journalism and taught and shaped the lives of many students. With a Bachelor of Arts in English, French and Philosophy and an Master of Arts with Honours in English, she worked as a journalist in New South Wales and Queensland, was the principal of a girls' private school, before moving in to tertiary education, holding positions at Monash University in Melbourne and the Australian National University and Australian Defence Forces Academy in Canberra. Married to Henry Green, journalist, librarian and literary historian, with whom she had two children, she was also politically active, especially later in her life, when she was a founding member of Writers Against Nuclear Arms and an ardent environmentalist. She wrote a study of the work of Henry Handel Richardson as well as updating her husband's History of Australian Literature and publishing several books of poetry and numerous works of literary criticism.\n", "Details": "Literature is 'the great conversation of mankind', said Dorothy Green in an interview towards the end of her life. A small woman, immaculately dressed, Green presented an indomitable face to the world. Terminally ill with cancer, she began the interview with a quiet but forceful remark suggesting that the Australia Council should have commissioned the interview earlier, when she had been well. It is a stilted interview and Green comes across as serious and contemplative, happy to allow silences to extend rather than filling them up with chatter. She does not make jokes; instead the occasional acerbic remark pointing to what she perceives as one of life's idiocies.\nDorothy Auchterlonie was born and spent the early years of her life in Sunderland, to which place she ascribed 'the origins of British culture'. Her mother was born in Rockhampton in Queensland but had migrated back to family in the north of England after the early death of her own mother. Dorothy enjoyed what she called an 'uninhibited' childhood, with the freedom to explore her environment while her mother was 'careful to provide books' and sent her to a good school. Her father died of Spanish flu when she was five and after her mother's remarriage they emigrated to Australia in 1928. 'I thought we had come to hell', she said of Far North Queensland , which was at the end of a three-year drought, and as always with an ear for the literary turn of phrase, she explained that it was 'so different from the green and pleasant land' she had left.\nThe family quickly moved south to Sydney, where Dorothy attended North Sydney Girls School and had 'a splendid time' with 'highly dedicated staff', who issued ' a silent appeal to girls to achieve excellence in as many fields as possible'. With the encouragement and assistance of the principal of the small girls' private school at which she was teaching, she managed to get an assisted place at Sydney University, where she studied English, French and Philosophy during the evenings. Decades later she remembered it as an exhilarating experience, which 'set [her] mind free', lecturers such as John Anderson encouraging her to consider ideas 'she had never considered before'. She said that she never departed from his rule of 'free, open, disinterested discussion'.\nDorothy published poetry in the Sydney Morning Herald and was co-editor of the journal Hermes with R W Rutledge in 1938. She told the interviewer in 1990 that she suspected that she had been appointed to rein in Robert Rutledge and encourage a more literary bent to the journal, but instead she revelled in the 'revolutionary discussion of issues' that they published. In 1940 she was one of the first four authors published by Bessie Mitchell with her fledgling Viking Press. Kaleidoscope was a poem about Sydney, in which she described the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a 'steel excrescence' and used a children's nursery rhyme to make her point:\nTwinkle, twinkle little stars\nOn a million motor-cars,\nAlong the Harbour bridge so high,\nLike a coat-hanger in the sky.\nNevertheless she told the interviewer that she was 'a very invisible poet', and was 'not very fond' of talking about her writing process, save that it 'comes out of my fingers'.\nWorking for the Daily Telegraph newspaper during the early years of World War Two, she appreciated the fact that while the men were fighting women were 'thrown into the water' - there was 'no graduating through the social columns'. Nevertheless she did not enjoy having to cold-call the families of war casualties and resigned from the paper in 1941. 'I'm a great resigner', she said. She worked for the ABC, proud to have been the first woman journalist appointed to handle the news, sent to Brisbane in 1942 to start the first independent news service there, 'much earlier than the history books tell it'.\nShe married Henry M Green, thirty-five years her senior, in 1944. Henry Green was librarian at the Fisher Library at the University of Sydney and controversially divorced his wife to marry her. She described him as a 'remarkable man, very handsome, [with] a sharp and lively mind'. Her friends were concerned about the marriage but they were 'intellectually extremely compatible', she remembered. They had two children, seven years apart, and she went to work for the ABC when they were old enough to leave in her husband's care. Henry Green worked from home, in a freezing little shed, his feet in a sleeping bag and wearing mittens while he typed to keep warm. His wife commented drily in 1990 that 'all this feather bedding of modern academics amuses me'. When she was unable to leave home to work, Dorothy Green was a freelance journalist, writing for the Australian Women's Weekly. The family lived for ten years in the Blue Mountains before Dorothy Green took a job teaching at Presbyterian Girls' College in Warwick, Queensland in 1955. It was a 'dull area' but the school was not dull. Green and fellow teacher Betty Crombie became co-principals until 1960, when the 'great resigner' resigned yet again, finding the job exhausting.\nDorothy Green finally broke into academia, moving to Melbourne to take up a position lecturing English at the new Monash University. She also found herself a widow with a seventeen-year-old daughter and ten-year-old son to support. In 1964 she moved to the Australian National University in Canberra as a lecturer in her friend A D Hope's English Department. During her years there she championed Australian literature becoming increasingly disillusioned with what she saw as the disregard with which it was viewed amongst her colleagues. Resigning in 1972 she received a Literary Board Grant to write her book about Henry Handel Richardson.\nGreen confided that had 'never felt really at home in Australian society', something she felt she shared with Henry Handel Richardson and Patrick White. She felt an affinity with Richardson in particular, noting that Richardson's work had been underrated by male critics because she wrote in domestic terms. Green's contribution was to 'see the great things she says through the veil of the domestic environment'. According to Green, White and Richardson articulated a universal problem: the contradiction between the 'nostalgia of permanence' and the desire for change. She commented in 1990 that 'we seem to worship novelty for novelty's sake'. This was 'not a healthy sign'.\nIn 1976 Green joined the staff at the Royal Military College at Duntroon (now the Australian Defence Forces Academy, University of New South Wales). She thoroughly enjoyed her time here, particularly as she found herself among colleagues who were also interested in Australian literature and 'very enjoyable' students.\nIn her later years Green was known for her political activism, particularly in the anti-nuclear movement. By 1990 she was also highlighting environmental causes, bemoaning the fact that people appeared to be 'deaf to the sounds of the natural world', preferring rock music to ' the songs of the bird, the sigh of the wind, the lap of the water'. She exhorted people to widen their horizons to encompass an awareness of the world around them. She was a founding member of Writers for an Ecologically Sustainable Population in 1989 and cofounded Writers Against Nuclear Arms with David Headon in 1986.\nShe was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1984 and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1998 for her services to literature, teaching and writing. She lived in Canberra from 1964 until her death in 1991. Not yet the subject of a major biography, her political activism has been discussed by Willa Macdonald in Warrior for Peace and, more recently, Susan Sheridan has included her in her study of postwar women writers, Nine Lives.\n", "Events": "Swimming - 440y Freestyle (1938 - 1938)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-dolphin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-poetry-1968-selected-by-dorothy-auchterlonie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/something-to-someone-poems\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kaleidoscope\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/literary-sydney-a-walking-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-poetry-of-dorothy-auchterlonie-green\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/introduction-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-music-of-love-critical-essays-on-literature-and-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ulysses-bound-a-study-of-henry-handel-richardson-and-her-fiction\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/imagining-the-real-australian-writing-in-the-nuclear-age\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/descent-of-spirit-writings-of-e-l-grant-watson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/writer-reader-critic\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fourteen-minutes-short-sketches-of-australian-poets-and-their-works-from-harpur-to-the-present-day\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-australian-literature-pure-and-applied-a-critical-review-of-all-forms-of-literature-produced-in-australia-from-the-first-fleet-until-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/green-henry-mackenzie-1881-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/warrior-for-peace-dorothy-auchterlonie-green\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nine-lives-postwar-women-writers-making-their-mark\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-writers-2-dorothy-green\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-judith-wright-1944-2000-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dorothy-green-manuscript-collection-1918-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/literary-papers-1969-1981-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Norton, Patricia (Pat)", "Entry ID": "AWE2521", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/norton-patricia-pat\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 110y Backstroke (1938 - 1938)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Donnet, Irene Pearl", "Entry ID": "AWE2522", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/donnet-irene-pearl\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Diver", "Events": "Diving - Springboard (1938 - 1938)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irene-donnet-an-unassuming-champion\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hook, Lurline Elsie", "Entry ID": "AWE2523", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hook-lurline-elsie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hay, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Ballina, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Diver", "Events": "Diving - Platform (1938 - 1938)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/diver-lurline-hook-diving-backwards-off-a-diving-board-into-the-water-new-south-wales-ca-1930s-picture\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johnston, Verna", "Entry ID": "AWE2524", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnston-verna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 440y Medley Relay; 660y Medley Relay (1950 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "MacGibbon-Weeks, Charlotte Cecilia", "Entry ID": "AWE2525", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macgibbon-weeks-charlotte-cecilia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Charlotte McGibbon was unlucky to reach her peak in the early 1940s when there was no international competition due to World War II.\nSpecialising in the javelin, she was the first Australian woman to beat 40 metres and won every national championships from 1940 to 1952.\nShe was unlucky to miss Olympic selection in 1948 but, in the Empire Games of 1950, became Australia's first international throws medallist with her gold medal in the javelin.\n", "Events": "Athletics - Javelin Throw (1950 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shanley, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE2526", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shanley-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 660y Medley Relay (1950 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McQuade, Marjorie", "Entry ID": "AWE2527", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcquade-marjorie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Summary": "Marjorie McQuade represented Australia in the Olympic Games in London in 1948 and in Helsinki in 1952. At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, McQuade won three gold medals: in the women's 110-yard freestyle, the 4\u00d7110-yard freestyle relay and the 3\u00d7110-yard medley relay.\n", "Events": "Swimming - 110y Freestyle; 4 x 110y Freestyle Relay; 3 x 110y Medley Relay (1950 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Norton, Denise", "Entry ID": "AWE2528", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/norton-denise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Summary": "Denise Norton was the first female Olympian from South Australia.\n", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 110y Freestyle Relay (1950 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Spencer, Denise Dowling", "Entry ID": "AWE2529", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spencer-denise-dowling\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Roma, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Tugan, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 110y Freestyle Relay (1950 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilson, Rebecca (Betty)", "Entry ID": "AWE2530", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-rebecca-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Collingwood, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Cricketer, Sportswoman", "Summary": "Betty Wilson was the first test cricketer, male or female, to complete the match double of 100 runs and ten wickets in a test match.\n", "Details": "The daughter of a Hoddle Street, Collingwood, bootmaker, Betty Wilson was a talented, natural athlete who could 'run like a hare'. She began playing club cricket at the age of ten when, after impressing with her ability to return the ball from the boundary, she was recruited from the crowd to play for the Collingwood Women's Cricket Club. In her first season, she was voted the club's 'most improved player'. Some members of the local community were concerned about her safety, as a child playing amongst adults, especially after she was hit by a ball while batting. Her parents, however, continued to support her involvement, confident that a player with her natural ability would learn from the experience. 'She has been hit once\u2026.she won't be hit again', they said.\nTiming mitigated against Wilson enjoying an extensive international career. She only played eleven tests because the Second World War prevented her from playing internationally before 1948. She made the most of her opportunities in those eleven tests, however, amassing 862 runs at an average of 57.47, putting her on a par with the current Australian Captain, Ricky Ponting (as of August 2006 it was 58.86 ) and ahead of a previous Australian test captain Greg Chappell (53.86). Her bowling figures were equally, if not more impressive; in that period she took 68 wickets for an average of 11.81 (in August 2006, Australian champion bowler, Shane Warne, had an average of 25.25). In one match against England, in 1958, she created a record for the number of wickets in an innings (she took 7 for 7 runs). In this match, she was the first test cricketer, male or female, to complete the match double of 100 runs and ten wickets in a test match.\nBetty Wilson was successful because she had natural talent and worked hard to exploit it. She trained everyday, unlike most of her team mates, who trained once a week. She left nothing to chance; she even starched her hat so it wouldn't flop around while she batted. In an age of amateurs, she was ahead of her time in terms of the professional approach she took to her preparation.\nIn honour of her significant achievements and contributions to women's cricket, Betty Wilson was admitted to the Australian Sporting Hall of Fame in 1985, the first women's cricketer to be so honoured. In 2006, she was the first Australian women to be awarded Honorary Membership of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Her name is memorialized in the trophy that Australian Under 21 women cricketers compete for, the Betty Wilson Shield.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wicket-women-cricket-and-women-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-cricketing-great-dead-at-88\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/betty-wilson-interviewed-by-nicola-henningham-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Francis, Bev", "Entry ID": "AWE2531", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/francis-bev\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Geelong, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Bodybuilder", "Summary": "As a teenager, Bev Francis was an accomplished shot-putter in track and field. She began powerlifting, winning six world titles from 1980 to 1985 and earning the accolade of \"Strongest Woman in History\". In 1983 Francis was invited to attend the Caesar's World Cup in Las Vegas, representing the 'muscular extreme' and sparking a debate within the bodybuilding community on 'how much muscle is too much?'\nAt the contest Francis met IFBB judge and powerlifter Steve Weinberger, whom she later married. She relocated to Weinberger's Long Island abode and entered her first IFBB Ms. Olympia contest in 1986, where she was placed 10th. The next year, she won the IFBB Women's World Pro Championships and was third in that year's IFBB Ms. Olympia. She was third again in 1988 and 1989, and runner-up in 1990. In the 1991 contest she presented the most muscular female physique ever seen and finished, controversially, as runner-up to Lenda Murray. Once again, Francis' extreme muscular form sparked debate and led to an attempt to overhaul procedure.\nToday Francis and Weinberger live in Syosset, Long Island, as co-owners of Bev Francis Gold's Gym.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sams, Jess", "Entry ID": "AWE2533", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sams-jess\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Milton, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Fishing Champion", "Summary": "In 1938 Jess Sams won a nationwide fishing contest for heaviest catch with a 330lb striped marlin.\n", "Details": "Daughter of Dan and Mary Ann Millard, pioneers of the Ulladulla region, Jess Sams moved to Sydney as a young woman to work as a seamstress and milliner. She married Captain Archie Sams in 1926, and was an active member of the Ulladulla Ambulance Service, the Country Women's Association and the Hospital ladies' ancillary.\nIn 1938 she took part in a nationwide fishing contest as part of Australia's 150th celebrations, sailing in a 30 foot double-ended carvel fishing launch with two brothers, Michael and Salvatore Puglisi. Over 580 anglers entered the competition to win a series of valuable trophies. Sams and the Puglisi brothers were aiming for the \u00a3500 trophy for the heaviest catch. On 27 February 1938 found herself hanging on with all of her might to a stout split cane rod, eventually pulling in an enormous striped marlin.\nBack at the Ulladulla wharf consternation ensued as it was discovered that there was no provision in the rules for women anglers to win the competition's major trophy. Officials in Sydney soon backed down after angry phone calls from the townspeople. Working on the telephone exchange, Sams' niece overheard discussions implying that the fish would be disqualified as it had not been weighed on the official scales. Sams and her husband responded by driving straight to Jervis Bay, arriving at 4am for a weigh-in. The fish turned the scales at 330 lbs - standing today as the Australian 130lb line class women's record for a striped marlin.\nA supporter of Game Fishing, Sams' donated her trophy to the Australian Fishing Museum. Today the annual Game Fishing Tournament is held at Ulladulla and named in Sams' honour.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robertson, Denise", "Entry ID": "AWE2534", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robertson-denise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 200m (1978 - 1978) \nAthletics - 4 x 100m Relay (1974 - 1974)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Peckham, Judith (Judy)", "Entry ID": "AWE2535", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peckham-judith-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 800m (1978 - 1978)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mulhall, Gael Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE2536", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mulhall-gael-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Shot Put (1978 - 1978) \nAthletics - Shot Put and Discus Throw (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Forster, Debra", "Entry ID": "AWE2537", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forster-debra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m Backstroke (1978 - 1978)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cripps, Winsome", "Entry ID": "AWE2538", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cripps-winsome\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x 110y Relay (1954 - 1954)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fogarty, Nancy Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2539", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fogarty-nancy-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x 110y Relay (1954 - 1954)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wallace, Gwen Leticia", "Entry ID": "AWE2540", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wallace-gwen-leticia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x 110y Relay (1954 - 1954)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bocson, Anna", "Entry ID": "AWE2542", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bocson-anna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Krzanowice, Poland", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Javelin Throw (1958 - 1958)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thrower, Norma Claire", "Entry ID": "AWE2543", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thrower-norma-claire\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 80m Hurdles (1958 - 1958)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bainbridge, Beverley", "Entry ID": "AWE2544", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bainbridge-beverley\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 110y Butterfly (1958 - 1958)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beasley, Glenys Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2545", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beasley-glenys-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x 110y Relay (1962 - 1962)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bennett, Joyce", "Entry ID": "AWE2546", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bennett-joyce\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x 110y Relay (1962 - 1962) \nAthletics - 4 x 110y Relay (1966 - 1966)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cox, Brenda Joyce", "Entry ID": "AWE2547", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cox-brenda-joyce\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x 110y Relay (1962 - 1962)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kilborn, Pamela", "Entry ID": "AWE2548", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kilborn-pamela\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Track and Field Athlete", "Summary": "Pamela Kilborn was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1971 and a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2008.\n", "Events": "Edinburgh Commonwealth Games - Athletics - Gold medal in 100m Hurdles, 4 x 100m Relay (1970 - 1970) \nKingston Commonwealth Games - Athletics - Gold medal in 80m Hurdles, 4 x 110y Relay (1966 - 1966) \nPerth Commonwealth Games - Athletics - Gold medal in 80m Hurdles, Long Jump (1962 - 1962) \nTokyo Olympic Games - Athletics - Bronze medal in 80m Hurdles (1964 - 1964) \nMexico City Olympic Games - Athletics - Silver medal in 80m Hurdles (1968 - 1968) \nCompeted in Munich Olympic Games (1972 - 1972)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Willis, Dixie Isabel", "Entry ID": "AWE2549", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/willis-dixie-isabel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 880 yards (1962 - 1962)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Woodhouse, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2550", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woodhouse-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - High Jump (1962 - 1962)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bell, Lynette", "Entry ID": "AWE2551", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bell-lynette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 110y Freestyle Relay (1962 - 1962)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McGill, Linda", "Entry ID": "AWE2552", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcgill-linda\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Summary": "Linda McGill was one of the Olympic stars banned by the amateur swimming authorities as punishment for alleged misbehaviour in 1964 at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Five months after being suspended, she became the first Australian to swim the English Channel. In 1967, she set a women's record for the swim of 9 hours 59 minutes and 57 seconds, a time that came very close to beating the men's record (9 hours and 35 minutes) as well. Three months later, she became the first person to swim across Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia. She swam the twenty-five miles from Portarlington to Frankston in 13 hours.\n", "Events": "Broke the women's record for the English Channel Swim (1967 - 1967) \nFirst Australian to swim across Port Phillip Bay (1968 - 1968) \nFirst Australian to swim the English Channel (1965 - 1965) \nSwimming - 4 x 110y Medley Relay (1962 - 1962)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-sport-through-time-the-history-of-sport-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/linda-mcgill-collection\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ruygrok, Marguerite Isabelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2553", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ruygrok-marguerite-isabelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 110y Medley Relay (1962 - 1962)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sergeant, Pamela Fay", "Entry ID": "AWE2554", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sergeant-pamela-fay\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 110y Medley Relay (1962 - 1962)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thorn, Robin Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE2555", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thorn-robin-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 110y Freestyle Relay (1962 - 1962)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parker, Margaret Adele", "Entry ID": "AWE2556", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parker-margaret-adele\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Javelin Throw (1966 - 1966)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wainwright, Kathryn Knight", "Entry ID": "AWE2557", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wainwright-kathryn-knight\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 440y Freestyle (1966 - 1966)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hoffman, Marion", "Entry ID": "AWE2558", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hoffman-marion\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x 100m Relay (1970 - 1970)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rivers, Petra Janina", "Entry ID": "AWE2559", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rivers-petra-janina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Javelin Throw (1970 - 1970) \nAthletics - Javelin Throw (1974 - 1974)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cain, Debra", "Entry ID": "AWE2560", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cain-debra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (1970 - 1970)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Langford, Denise June", "Entry ID": "AWE2561", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/langford-denise-june\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 200m and 400m Individial Medley, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1970 - 1970)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mabb, Allyson Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE2562", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mabb-allyson-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m Medley Relay (1970 - 1970)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robinson, Maree", "Entry ID": "AWE2563", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robinson-maree\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 200m Butterfly (1970 - 1970)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Watts, Jennifer Alice", "Entry ID": "AWE2564", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/watts-jennifer-alice\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (1970 - 1970)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boak, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2565", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boak-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x 100m Relay (1974 - 1974)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rendina, Charlene", "Entry ID": "AWE2566", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rendina-charlene\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 800m (1974 - 1974)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gowland, Yvonne", "Entry ID": "AWE2567", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gowland-yvonne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - Smallbore Rifle (1974 - 1974)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gray, Sonya", "Entry ID": "AWE2568", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gray-sonya\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m and 200m Freestyle (1974 - 1974)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Turrall, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE2569", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turrall-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 400m Freestyle (1974 - 1974)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Yost, Sandra", "Entry ID": "AWE2570", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yost-sandra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 200m Butterfly (1974 - 1974)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Howland, Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2571", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/howland-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Javelin Throw (1982 - 1982)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Forrest, Lisa Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE2572", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forrest-lisa-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 100m and 200m Backstroke (1982 - 1982)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beddoe, Valerie", "Entry ID": "AWE2573", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beddoe-valerie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Diver", "Events": "Diving - Platform (1982 - 1982)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stanton, Christine Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE2574", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stanton-christine-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - High Jump (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tuckey, Audrey", "Entry ID": "AWE2575", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tuckey-audrey\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Badminton Player, Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist", "Events": "Badminton - Mixed Doubles with Michael Scandolera (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bassett, Deborah", "Entry ID": "AWE2576", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bassett-deborah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Eights (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fry, Kaylynn Maree", "Entry ID": "AWE2577", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fry-kaylynn-maree\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Eights (cox) (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grey-Gardner, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2578", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grey-gardner-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Eights (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kay, Urszula Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2579", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kay-urszula-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Eights (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kidd, Marilyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2580", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kidd-marilyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Eights (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Spooner, Vicki Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2581", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spooner-vicki-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Eights (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Voorthuis, Annelies", "Entry ID": "AWE2582", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/voorthuis-annelies\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Rower", "Events": "Rowing - Eights (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baumer, Suzy", "Entry ID": "AWE2583", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baumer-suzy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 200m Freestyle, 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burke, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE2584", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burke-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Landells, Suzanne Ciscele", "Entry ID": "AWE2585", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/landells-suzanne-ciscele\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 200m and 400m Individual Medley (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parkes, Georgina", "Entry ID": "AWE2586", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parkes-georgina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Summary": "Georgie is currently the owner and manager of the Georgie Parkes Swim School in St Lucia.\n", "Events": "Swimming - 200m Backstroke (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thorpe, Sarah Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE2587", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thorpe-sarah-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Flemming, Jane Christina", "Entry ID": "AWE2588", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flemming-jane-christina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Long Jump, Heptathlon (1990 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dunstan, Monique Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE2589", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dunstan-monique-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x 100m Relay (1990 - 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Sprint, 500m Time Trial (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Croak, Alexandra Lindsay", "Entry ID": "AWE2635", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/croak-alexandra-lindsay\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Diver, Gymnast", "Events": "Gymnastics - Team All Around (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dunn, Jacqueline Grace", "Entry ID": "AWE2636", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dunn-jacqueline-grace\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Gymnast", "Events": "Gymnastics - Team All Around (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lauren, Sarah Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2637", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lauren-sarah-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Gymnast", "Events": "Gymnastics - Floor, Team All Around (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jenkins, Nessa", "Entry ID": "AWE2638", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jenkins-nessa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ararat, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - Trap Pairs (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rahman, Natalia", "Entry ID": "AWE2639", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rahman-natalia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - Skeet Pairs (2002 - 2002) \nShooting - Skeet Pairs (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reeves, Diane", "Entry ID": "AWE2640", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reeves-diane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cairns, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - Trap Pairs (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ryan, Linda", "Entry ID": "AWE2641", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ryan-linda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - 25m Pistol (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Yauhleuskaya, Lalita", "Entry ID": "AWE2642", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yauhleuskaya-lalita\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sokol, Belarus", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - 10m Air Pistol Singles and Pairs, 25m Pistol Singles (2006 - 2006) \nShooting - 10m Air Pistol Singles, 25m Pistol Singles and Pairs (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fitz-Gerald, Sarah Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2643", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fitz-gerald-sarah-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Squash player", "Events": "Squash - Singles (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reilly, Jennifer Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE2644", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reilly-jennifer-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 400m Individual Medley (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lashko, Irina", "Entry ID": "AWE2645", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lashko-irina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Diver", "Events": "Diving - 1m and 3m Springboard (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pileggi, Caroline", "Entry ID": "AWE2646", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pileggi-caroline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Weightlifter", "Events": "Weightlifting - Over 75k, Snatch (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hayward, Rosemary Katherine", "Entry ID": "AWE2647", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hayward-rosemary-katherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x 400m Relay (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Howe, Kym Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2648", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/howe-kym-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Pole Vault (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Krueger-Billett, Brooke Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2649", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/krueger-billett-brooke-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Hammer Throw (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McIntosh, Elizabeth (Lisa)", "Entry ID": "AWE2650", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcintosh-elizabeth-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - EAD 200m T37 (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thompson, Bronwyn Lee", "Entry ID": "AWE2651", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thompson-bronwyn-lee\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - Long Jump (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Willis, Caitlin Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE2652", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/willis-caitlin-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Track and Field Athlete", "Events": "Athletics - 4 x 400m Relay (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bates, Natalie Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2654", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bates-natalie-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Cyclist", "Events": "Cycling (Road) - Road Race (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wood, Oenone Lee", "Entry ID": "AWE2655", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wood-oenone-lee\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Cyclist", "Events": "Cycling (Road) - Time Trial (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brennan, Ashleigh Jade", "Entry ID": "AWE2656", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brennan-ashleigh-jade\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Gymnast", "Events": "Gymnastics (Artistic) - Team All Round (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dykes, Hollie Johnston", "Entry ID": "AWE2657", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dykes-hollie-johnston\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Gymnast", "Events": "Gymnastics (Artistic) - Floor, Team All Around (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Russell, Naomi Rebecca", "Entry ID": "AWE2658", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/russell-naomi-rebecca\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Gymnast", "Events": "Gymnastics (Artistic) - Team All Around (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Russo, Monette Simone", "Entry ID": "AWE2659", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/russo-monette-simone\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Gymnast", "Events": "Gymnastics (Artistic) - Team All Around (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Simms, Chloe Leigh", "Entry ID": "AWE2660", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/simms-chloe-leigh\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Gymnast", "Events": "Gymnastics (Artistic) - Team All Around, Individual All Around (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Armitage, Lynsey Reeve", "Entry ID": "AWE2661", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/armitage-lynsey-reeve\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Lawn Bowler", "Events": "Lawn Bowls - Pairs (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Murphy, Karen Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2662", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murphy-karen-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Lawn Bowler", "Events": "Lawn Bowls - Pairs (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Aspandiyarova, Dina", "Entry ID": "AWE2663", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aspandiyarova-dina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Shooting champion", "Events": "Shooting - 10m Air Pistol Pairs (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grinham, Natalie Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE2664", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grinham-natalie-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Squash player", "Events": "Squash - Singles, Doubles (with Rachael Grinham) amd Mixed Doubles (with Joseph Kneipp) (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grinham, Rachael Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE2665", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grinham-rachael-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Squash player", "Summary": "In the 2026 Australia Day Honours she was appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) 'for significant service to squash as an athlete and administrator.'\n", "Events": "Squash - Doubles (With Natalie Grinham) (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barratt, Bronte Amelia", "Entry ID": "AWE2666", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barratt-bronte-amelia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Summary": "Bronte Barratt began swimming when she was three years old. In 2009, she received a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to sport, having won a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.\n", "Events": "For services to Sport (2009 - 2009) \nSwimming - 200m Freestyle (2012 - 2012) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (2006 - 2006) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (2012 - 2012) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (2014 - 2014) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (2016 - 2016)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Edington, Sophie Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE2667", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edington-sophie-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 50m and 100m Backstroke, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fargus, Joanna Lindsay", "Entry ID": "AWE2668", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fargus-joanna-lindsay\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 200m Backstroke (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "MacKenzie, Linda June", "Entry ID": "AWE2669", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mackenzie-linda-june\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Queensland", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (2006 - 2006) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (2008 - 2008)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Miatke, Danni Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE2670", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miatke-danni-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 50m Butterfly (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reese, Shayne Leanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2671", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reese-shayne-leanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rice, Stephanie", "Entry ID": "AWE2672", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rice-stephanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 200m and 400m Individual Medley (2006 - 2006) \nSwimming - 200m Individual Medley (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (2008 - 2008) \nSwimming - 400m Individual Medley (2008 - 2008)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stubbins, Kelly Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE2673", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stubbins-kelly-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Swimmer", "Events": "Swimming - 4 x 200m Relay (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cole, Briony Chastine", "Entry ID": "AWE2674", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cole-briony-chastine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Diver, Olympian", "Summary": "In the synchronised platform diving at Beijing in 2008, Briony Cole teamed with the 16-year-old Melissa Wu to win the silver medal.\n", "Events": "Diving - 10m Platform synchronized (2008 - 2008) \nDiving - 3m Springboard Synchronized (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-at-the-games\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stratton, Sharleen Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE2675", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stratton-sharleen-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Diver", "Events": "Diving - 3m Springboard Synchronized (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Snowsill, Emma Laura", "Entry ID": "AWE2676", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/snowsill-emma-laura\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympian, Triathlete", "Events": "Athletics - Triathlon (2006 - 2006) \nAthletics - Triathlon (2008 - 2008)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lovely, Deborah Esther Ainslie", "Entry ID": "AWE2677", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lovely-deborah-esther-ainslie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Weightlifter", "Events": "Weightlifting - 75kg class (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gill, Leeann", "Entry ID": "AWE2678", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gill-leeann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Australian Rules Football Coach", "Summary": "Leeann Gill is the only woman in Victoria, quite possibly Australia, qualified to coach Australian Rules Football at Victorian Football League Level. A Level Two accredited coach, she coaches the under-16 boys at the Rowville Junior Football Club, where she has been a coach for eleven years. Working her way up through the ranks, she is now the club's most qualified coach. In 2005 she won the 2005 Australian Football Coaches Association Female Coach of the Year award.\n", "Details": "Leeann Gill's experience as a coach of a sport played mainly by boys and men has not always been easy. Some parents have withdrawn their children from the team, rather than have them be coached by a woman. When she took over the under-9s, another coach declared that she would not be able to do the job properly because she hadn't played the game. When her team made the finals and his didn't, she proved him wrong. 'I've had coaches turn their backs on me and walk away when I went to shake their hand after the game,' she recalls, '\u2026usually when the team I coached had won.'\nGill believes she has the skill and knowledge base to coach at the senior level, but notes that the greatest barrier to her doing so is a psychological one. What would prevent her is the level of acceptance by the players. 'I don't think they're quite there'. She does think, however, that women could take on roles at an Australian Football League Level, as assistants or in the recruitment area.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-the-coach-man\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/game-girls\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Musselwhite, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2679", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/musselwhite-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Basketball Player", "Events": "Member of the Australian Opals (2005 - ) \nMember of the Sydney University Flames Basketball Team (2003 - ) \nNational Indigenous Sportswoman of the Year (2005 - 2005)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dalton, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE2680", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dalton-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Basketball Player", "Summary": "One of the most famous women to come out of Sydney University, Karen Dalton represented Australia in basketball 252 times and was made a life member of the Women's National Basketball League. She now (2006) coaches the Sydney University Flames.\n", "Events": "Competed at the Basketball World Championships (1983 - 1983) \nCompeted at the Basketball World Championships (1986 - 1986) \nCompeted at the Basketball World Championships (1990 - 1990) \nCompeted at the Basketball World Championships (1994 - 1994) \nCompeted at the Los Angeles Olympic Games (1984 - 1984) \nCompeted at the Seoul Olympic Games (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lee, Debbie", "Entry ID": "AWE2688", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-debbie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Australian Rules Football Coach, Australian Rules Football Player, Sports administrator, Sportswoman", "Summary": "No Australian Rules football player, male or female, is more decorated than Debbie Lee. Currently (2007) the president of the Victorian Women's Football League, Debbie is an All-Australian, a five time winner of the Helen Lambert medal (the equivalent to the Brownlow medal in the men's game), a premiership captain, the captain of Victoria on four occasions (winning the E.J Whitten medal for best afield in an interstate game on two occasions) and a five time club best and fairest winner. As a player and an administrator she has worked hard to promote the women's game off the field.\nOne of her more public efforts in promoting the game happened in 2002. Given the opportunity to participate in a reality TV show The Club, which followed the trials and tribulations of grass roots footy in the Western Region Football League (WRFL), Debbie seized the opportunity to promote women's footy. Over the course of the series, Debbie Lee publicly challenged the rules of the WRFL and Football Victoria by raising the controversial question: 'Should women be able to play against men in Aussie Rules Footy?' The outcome was expected and the possibility of Debbie Lee running onto the field as a Hammerhead was thwarted. Her involvement with the Hammerheads (the team that the show focussed on) continued, however, when the coaching staff appointed her as assistant coach to Carlton Champion David Rhys-Jones. She was actively involved in the decision-making, selections and the match day preparation; she was an integral part of the 'Hammerheads' success in winning the 2002 WRFL Premiership.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/game-girls\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kieft, Edie", "Entry ID": "AWE2692", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kieft-edie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Sportswoman, Surf Lifesaver", "Summary": "Edie Kieft was possibly the first woman to qualify for the Surf Bronze Medallion in Australia. Although she passed the test with Tweed Heads and Coolangatta SLSC in 1923, and was given a bronze number, she was not awarded a medal because she was female.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crosswhite, Janice", "Entry ID": "AWE2694", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crosswhite-janice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Basketball Player, Hockey player, Shooting champion, Softball Player, Sports administrator, Sportswoman, Track and Field Athlete, Volunteer", "Summary": "Janice Crosswhite has experience in sport and recreation at a local, state and federal level, having taught physical education, been a sports administrator and a sport and recreation consultant. Janice was the founding president of Womensport and Recreation New South Wales and is now a board member of Womensport & Recreation Victoria. She is also on the Executive Board of the International Association for Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women. She is the founding and current (2007) president of the Australian Womensport and Recreation Association. Her OAM recognizes her services to the community and women's sport.\n", "Details": "Janice Crosswhite has a long history of involvement in sport as a participant. She represented Victoria in softball, basketball and hockey and the University of Melbourne in track and field. She competed in women's open and Master's basketball tournaments. In 1994 she won a gold medal for foul shooting at the World Masters Championships and her masters team has won a number of Australian Championships.\nJanice also has extensive experience in the sports administration. She has been a physical education teacher, adviser and lecturer in Victoria. In the ACT she worked for ACHPER (Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation), the Australian Sports Commission and the ACT Government. In NSW she has been employed by local governments, sporting associations, clubs and companies. As a volunteer Janice has made a considerable contribution to sport as a coach, an administrator and on various educational and sporting boards and committees.\nShe was awarded an Australian Sports Medal 2000 for services to basketball (past President of Manly Warringah Basketball Association and Life Member) and in 2002 was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to the community (Company Secretary of the Northern Beaches Indoor Centre project, etc) and women's sport.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reichstein, Jill", "Entry ID": "AWE2701", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reichstein-jill\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community advocate, Philanthropist", "Summary": "Jill Reichstein is Chair of the Reichstein Foundation and an advocate of social change philanthropy. Mentor to many Australian women philanthropists, she is a member of the Committee of Management for Changemakers Australia and has served on the boards of the Melbourne Community Foundation, the Foundation for Young Australians, the Community Support Fund Community Advisory Council, the Trust for Young Australians, the Mietta Foundation, the Koori Heritage Trust, and Philanthropy Australia.\n", "Details": "The only child of industrialist Lance Reichstein, Jill grew up in Toorak, self-conscious about her family's wealth. She was never taught skills in money management by her father, who distrusted the political groups with which she was involved. Jill took part in the anti-Vietnam War and anti-apartheid movements. She studied Liberal Arts in the United Kingdom, and was in Paris during the manifestation of 1968. Back in Melbourne, she completed studies in sociology and anthropology at Monash University. She worked at a women's refuge in Kew - the first community-based halfway house - and was greatly influenced by the women's liberation movement. She also worked in community-based childcare for the Brunswick Community Group, and for the Brunswick City Council.\nOn his death, Lance Reichstein left the majority of his substantial fortune to establish the Lance Reichstein Foundation. Jill, then twenty-five years old, was appointed to the otherwise all-male board of trustees. Frustrated by the board's preoccupation with the investment of funds, as opposed to their distribution, she instigated a change of personnel. Over the next eight years she replaced board members with experienced women passionate about social change, and became Chair at the age of thirty-five. Lance Reichstein's own philanthropy had been traditional in style, with donations to established charities and hospitals. His trust deed stipulated that funding should go to welfare and educational endeavours. It was sufficiently broad to allow Jill and her new board to undertake some more ambitious projects.\nJill established the Social Change Network in the 1980s. In part, the group was made up of people with 'a strong belief that society should be more equitable. Others have just felt a discomfort at having too much'. She set out to change the public perception of philanthropy and philanthropists, insisting that traditional charities were addressing the symptoms rather than the causes of society's problems. She was quoted in the Good Weekend in February 1989: 'I think a lot of women who inherit wealth have never been taught the modes of managing their money or ways of dealing with solicitors and accountants'. Jill was also involved in Women in Philanthropy, which began as a support group for women who felt uncomfortable with their wealth or were seeking ideas for philanthropic activity. Inspired by an American publication, Robin Hood was Right, she arranged for donor activist and philanthropist Tracy Gary to visit Australia and speak to the group.\nFrom the outset, Reichstein has specialised in funding programs deemed high risk. Of her training scheme through the Aboriginal Health Service in 1989 she noted 'the Health Commission wouldn't touch it', but the program successfully trained 27 people per year. Four years later, the Good Weekend was writing about the Reichstein Foundation again, discussing its funding for a support group for truckies' wives; a sports program for Aboriginal youth; the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture; and a theatre group of former women prisoners (Somebody's Daughter).\nToday the Reichstein Foundation is worth $12 million. Jill Reichstein speaks regularly about her work at seminars and conferences (see conference proceedings from Philanthropy Australia) and her daughter Lucy and son Tom are members of the board, which is comprised of four women and two men. Priority funding areas are Indigenous people; people with a disability; refugees and asylum seekers; environment; human rights; and the criminal justice system.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-great-form-of-love-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/big-hearted-australians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-1975-2001-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gervay, Susanne Julia", "Entry ID": "AWE2702", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gervay-susanne-julia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Author, Consultant, Hotelier", "Summary": "Author Susanne Gervay specialises in children's fiction and is national co-head and New South Wales Assistant Regional Advisor of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). As a mentor, entrepreneur and networker-extraordinaire, Gervay has used her charm, compassion and intellect to benefit the world of children's literature.\n", "Details": "Gervay's published books include Butterflies, a story about burns disability; The Cave, a rite of passage novel for boys; and I am Jack, which deals with bullying in schools. Her books are endorsed and used by organizations including the Children's Hospital Sydney, Life Education Australia, the NSW Cancer Council, Better Buddies (The Alannah and Madeline Foundation), and the Cancer Council. They have also been highly commended in Children's Literature Prizes for Peace and the Family Therapists' Award for Children. Formerly a consultant and anti-drug educator, Gervay is qualified to speak on children's development and has spoken voluntarily in Outreach programs for the Westmead Children's Hospital's Burn Unit, as well as providing free anti-bullying consultancy services for Life Education Australia.\nAn entrepreneur, Gervay owns The Hughenden Hotel in Sydney, and readily offers it as a venue for writers, illustrators, librarians and teachers. The Hughenden houses a permanent exhibition of Australian illustrators, and here Gervay has hosted exhibitions, book launches and international authors, usually at her own expense, as a way of showcasing and supporting new talent. She belongs to 'Network', a creative arts group, and acts as a mentor, reviewer and interviewer of less experienced authors. She promotes Network authors and illustrators by listing them on The Hughenden's website. Equipped with a double Masters degree, Gervay is frequently drawn upon as a key note speaker at conferences for librarians, writers, teachers and parents alike. She was a finalist in the AWG\/Film Commission Mentorship scheme and the recipient of a Literature Board Fellowship at Varuna.\nOther works by Gervay include Superjack (2003); Victoria's a Star (1996); Shadows of Olive Trees (1996); Next Stop the Moon (1995); and Jamie's a Hero (1994). In 2007 she released That's Why I Wrote This Song, a story with music, in collaboration with her daughter. She was nominated for the Nan Chauncy Award in 2006 by Hazel Edwards (National Literacy Champion 2006), Krista Bell and Jen McVeity.\n", "Events": "Awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) 'for service to children's literature, and to professional organisations.' (2011 - 2011)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/butterflies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-cave\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/i-am-jack\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thats-why-i-wrote-this-song\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fagan, Audrey Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE2703", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fagan-audrey-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dublin, Ireland", "Death Place": "Hayman Island, Australia", "Occupations": "Policewoman", "Summary": "In 2005, Audrey Fagan was Canberra's chief police officer, an assistant commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australia's second-highest ranking policewoman. She took her own life in 2007.\n", "Details": "Audrey Fagan was nine when she emigrated to South Australia with her parents, Arthur and Jenny, in 1971. Aged 18 she travelled to Canberra to try out as a police recruit. She spent five years there on the beat, including stints in the areas of juvenile crime and fraud, before working on Christmas Island for a further two. Fagan was highly accomplished, and began training detectives and investigating internal corruption. She served as a liaison officer to government. In 2004, she was awarded the Australian Police Medal for her work helping to coordinate counter-terrorism capabilities and for enhancing and promoting the role of women in law enforcement. Fagan became chief of staff to Australian Federal Police chief, Mick Keelty.\nWhen John Davies resigned as Canberra police chief, Fagan stepped into the role, bringing 'vigour to the challenges of organisational rust' in a force that had lost many of its better officers to international postings. Soon, though, she became the subject of sustained attacks by journalists at The Canberra Times, who felt that there were serious flaws in the AFP's media management, and that Canberra police kept Canberrans in the dark on matters of public safety. No journalist predicted the disastrous effect of such constant criticism. Fagan turned to professional support to relieve job stress, and took a holiday to Hayman Island where her husband, Chris Rowell, was attending a conference. There, Fagan hanged herself in her hotel room, leaving two suicide notes for her family. Fagan was 44 years old. She is survived by her husband, her daughter Clair, and two stepchildren.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Marjorie Irene", "Entry ID": "AWE2704", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-marjorie-irene\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "North Curl Curl, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Sportswoman, Swimmer, Swimming Coach", "Summary": "Marjorie Smith is an icon of the swimming world and greatly admired for her dedication to the community and particularly children and young people. She was the first woman to surf at Dee Why beach, Australia, and was the heart and soul of the Dee Why Ladies' Amateur Swimming Club for many years. Over a 70 year period she taught hundreds of thousands of children how to swim on a voluntary basis across New South Wales. In honour of her many years devoted service to the community she was awarded the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1991. She was awarded Life Membership of the Dee Why Ladies' Amateur Swimming Club (the oldest ladies swimming club in Australia) in 1961, Warringah Amateur Swimming Association in 1980, the New South Wales Swimming Association's Merit Service Award in 1985, the Australian Union of Old Swimmers Life Membership in 1976 and Dee Why Beach Netball Club in 1980.\n", "Details": "Marjorie Smith OAM (n\u00e9e Shade) was a much loved figure in the Manly Warringah area on Sydney's northern beaches after devoting all her life to others, particularly children. An icon of the swimming world, Marj was born in Drummoyne in 1911. She soon developed a love of swimming and surfing that dominated her life until her passing in 1996.\nMarjorie's family had a weekender at Dee Why on the northern beaches. She was the first woman to surf on Dee Why beach and was also a great body surfer. The 80 Years On: Dee Why Ladies' Amateur Swimming Club history book states that 'even though young ladies were not permitted to join the Surf Club her ability in the surf was the envy of many of the local lads'.\nIn 1922 she swam in one of the first ever invitational races of the Dee Why Ladies' Amateur Swimming Club, which is the oldest ladies swimming club in Australia. She would later become the heart and soul of the club, serving on its Management Committee from 1950 to 1996 and 18 years as the Club's Honorary Secretary. She was awarded Life Membership of the Dee Why Ladies' Amateur Swimming Club in 1961.\nFor over 70 years Marj taught hundreds of thousands of children on a voluntary basis how to swim. Marj taught kids at Dee Why rock pool and also went into schools across New South Wales and to remote country areas teaching swimming for free. As a qualified swimming referee, Marj officiated at the National Championships, State Championships and various other championship events and school carnivals. She had a particular love of children and also assisted with the Disabled Games.\nMarj was a driving force behind the administration of swimming in New South Wales. She helped bring together the New South Wales Men's' Amateur Swimming Association with the New South Wales Women's' Amateur Swimming Association in 1964, worked in the Association's Office and served as an official for many years. In 1985 she was awarded the New South Wales Swimming Association's Service Merit Award in recognition of her outstanding service.\nIn 1965, she was a foundation member of the Warringah Amateur Swimming Association and served on its Executive Committee for many years including as Honorary Secretary, Vice President and as a member of its Technical Committee. For many years she campaigned for an Olympic indoor pool to be built on the northern beaches. In 1979 the Warringah Aquatic Centre was finally opened while Marj was the association's Honorary Secretary. She was awarded Life Membership of the Warringah Amateur Swimming Association in 1980. In 1985 she was awarded the Warringah Shire Council Outstanding Community Service Award.\nShe was awarded Life Membership of the Australian Union of Old Swimmers in 1976 and awarded the Natatorial Award in 1991. Also in 1991, she was awarded the Order of Australia (OAM) for her outstanding service to swimming.\nHer generosity of spirit is greatly remembered, she would always provide a helping hand to anyone. During World War II, she was an integral part of the community, supporting local families whose loved ones were at war. This was no mean feat as her own husband was at war and she was raising three young daughters.\nMarj was the foundation President of the Dee Why Beach Netball Club in 1975, serving for over 20 years on its Executive Committee. In 1980 she was awarded Life Membership.\nTestimonials\nFrom letters supporting Marjorie Smith's nomination for an Award in the Order of Australia:\nSenator the Honourable Kerry Sibraa, President of the Australian Senate, 7 May 1990\n'Mrs Smith is a wonderful woman. Mrs Smith always gave her time freely and willingly and has been outstanding in her dedication to the betterment of swimming.'\nJJ Seddon, Executive Director, New South Wales Swimming Association, 23 August 1989\n'She is a highly regarded member of this Association with years of active and arduous service to the community in Learn to Swim Free and in supporting the youth of the community.'\nMrs Joan Somerville, Past President Warringah Amateur Swimming Association, 1989\n'Many have benefited by her years of service and the hours so willingly given could never be evaluated.'\nMrs Sunny Bidner, Life Member, Warringah Amateur Swimming Association, 1989\n'Marj's attitude & wonderful sense of humour plus her dedication & commitment to swimming endear her to all who know her & her cheery presence has enlivened many a carnival. She has given unselfishly of her time & expertise for many, many years & this honour would be a fitting gesture to wonderful lady.'\nFor the 80th Anniversary of Dee Why Ladies' Amateur Swimming Club, past members and present were asked to write about their most precious recollections:\nMyee Foster (nee Steele), Australian representative to the British Empire Games and Australian Champion\n'I used to watch a lady swimming, and tried to cop how she breathed at the side! The lady turned out to be champion swimmer, Marjorie Smith (n\u00e9e Shade) who later became a stalwart of the Dee Why Ladies' Amateur Swimming Club for many years.'\nLisa Forrest, Australian representative to the Olympics, World Championships and Australian Champion\n'But it's people that make any organization - and we had some of the greatest. Of course it was led by our indomitable Mrs Smith'\nThis entry was provided by Vincent De Luca OAM.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/80-years-on-dee-why-ladies-amateur-swimming-club-1922-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Alexander, Goldie", "Entry ID": "AWE2706", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alexander-goldie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author", "Summary": "Goldie Alexander was an author of books, short stories and articles for adults and children of all ages. Her book Mavis Road Medley (1991) was chosen by the State Library of Victoria and the Australian Centre for Youth Literature as one of their 150 'treasures' to celebrate 150 years of the library.\n", "Details": "Goldie was born in Melbourne just before the 2nd World War. Her parents had migrated from Poland in the late 1920s, and when she was small, she hardly spoke any English. Her earliest memories are of a time when young children were allowed to wander the streets without anyone worrying too much about them getting into trouble.\nHer first four Young Adult books were 'Dolly Fiction' novels published under the pseudonym of Gerri Lapin. Her first book under her own name, Mavis Road Medley, is a time travel fiction exploring the world of Princes Hill and her parents' struggles to survive the Depression. Goldie wrote more than 90 books, and many short stories and articles.\nShe was a co-winner in the 2000 and 2001 Mary Grant Bruce Award for two long short stories, and is also known for her historical, science fiction and mystery novels, plus her short stories and non fiction work.\nPublications not listed below include Unkind Cut, Transported, Killer Virus (2002), Easternport Bay, Cowpat$, Starship Q, Trapeze, The Little Big School, 6788, Seawall, Astronet (1996), Shape-Shifters, Captain Gallant, A Hairy Story, An Interview with Cindy Centipede, Children's Rights, Australia's National Identity, The Importance of Technology in People's Lives, The History of Bread. Slim Pickings, Understanding Jack, Everything Changes, and Working It Out were written under the pseudonym of Gerri Lapin. With Hazel Edwards, Alexander co-wrote Excuse Me! Outrageous Plays, Right and Wrong (5 plays), Email Murder Mystery and The Primary Drama Resource Book. She also co-wrote Thrills and Spills with Allan Baillie and Michael Hyde.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/body-and-soul\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-business-of-writing-for-young-people\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mavis-road-medley\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/unjust-desserts\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/surviving-sydney-cove-the-diary-of-elizabeth-harvey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Le Messurier, Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE2708", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/le-messurier-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Sportswoman, Tennis player", "Summary": "Kathleen Le Messurier played tennis for Methodist Ladies College, Semaphore and East Torrens Tennis Clubs, represented South Australia from 1919 and was the State's best woman player for many years. She ranked in the top 10 women players in the Commonwealth and in 1930 played at Wimbledon. She was a runner up in the Australian Open, to Coral Buttsworth, in 1932.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kathleen-le-messurier-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McKinna, Cheryl", "Entry ID": "AWE2710", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mckinna-cheryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Sports administrator", "Summary": "Cheryl McKinna was elected President of the University of Melbourne Sports Union in 1978 and then selected as Director of Sport and Physical Recreation in 1980. Having completed a Diploma in Physical Education and being actively engaged in sport at the university, she was concerned about issues of equity and regarded her step into sporting administration as part of an on-going process. She wanted people of all abilities to include sport in their experience of university life and hoped to encourage women to use the sporting facilities more regularly. 'There is still the attitude that it is unfeminine for women to participate in sport and to sweat,' she observed in 1978. The first woman to take on the role, she was more qualified in sports administration than any of the previous five holders of the office.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-ties-that-bind-a-history-of-sport-at-the-university-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-university-of-melbourne-sports-union-records\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allpress, Val", "Entry ID": "AWE2712", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allpress-val\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Australian football club administrator, Sports administrator", "Summary": "Val Allpress was appointed secretary of the University of Melbourne Australian football club, University Blues, in 1983. Her husband was an umpire and in 1982, after coming home from umpiring a grand final in which the Blues had been beaten again, she remarked that 'What they need is a good woman to organise them'. Shortly afterwards, she was asked to accept the job as secretary.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-ties-that-bind-a-history-of-sport-at-the-university-of-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Randell, Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE2713", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/randell-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Coach, Rower", "Summary": "Formerly an elite rower who represented Australia in 1983 and 1984, Ellen Randell has been coaching women's rowing since 1986.\n", "Details": "Ellen Randell first represented her country as a rowing coach in 1987, and continued to coach national crews almost every year until 2000. In 1989, after years of domination by the Eastern Block Nations, she coached the first women's four crew from the West to win a World Championship. Her performance won her the ACC's Young Coach of the Year (Female) award. In 1991 she began coaching at the UTS Rowing Club in Haberfield. From 1993 she coached in the Australian women's sculling program and achieved podium results at multiple international regattas. She coached Rebecca Joyce to win a World Championship title in the Lightweight Women's Single Scull in 1995, and became the first female rowing coach selected for the Australian Olympic Team, coaching crews for Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000). Randell's crews finished fourth in the Double Scull and eighth in the Quad Scull events in Atlanta; in Sydney, her Women's Double Scull placed sixth in the final.\nEllen had her first daughter in 2000; a second was born in 2002. Coaching locally at a girls' school, Ellen continued to coach elite rowers voluntarily when she could find time outside of family and school commitments. She returned to full-time elite coaching in 2005.\nIn 2006 Ellen was nominated for the Women in Sport Award by one of her athletes, Georgia Koutts. Describing her coach as 'always encouraging and positive', Koutts wrote that she and others 'think of Ellen not just as a coach, but as a friend'. She noted:\nThe rowing 'fraternity' has never really considered the difficulties facing women in trying to return to elite rowing coaching after having children, or ways in which it could be done. Ellen's ability as a coach provided an incentive for the governing body to encourage her return. Despite this, many members of the elite rowing community believed Ellen, and in fact women in general, could not possibly combine the commitment of elite rowing coaching with motherhood. By returning to elite coaching as successfully as she has, Ellen has not only proved many people wrong but has hopefully opened the minds up of others to see that it is possible.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davidson, Eileen", "Entry ID": "AWE2714", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davidson-eileen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Wemberley, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Social worker", "Summary": "Catholic social worker Eileen Davidson worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's child search operation, and for the International Refugee Organisation, after the Second World War. She raised \u20a470,000 for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.\n", "Details": "Born in Perth to Robert Alexander and Mary Ellen (n\u00e9e McBreen) Davidson, Mary Eileen Davidson was the eldest of six children. She completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Western Australia in 1931, before winning a scholarship to study Social Work at the Catholic University of American in Washington. She graduated in 1935 with a Master of Arts and Diploma in Social Services, and took on work at a children's aid society in Baltimore and at the New York Foundling Hospital. In 1936 she travelled to England, where she completed an almoner's certificate and worked at St Thomas' Hospital, London.\nBack home in 1937, Davidson set up a Department of Social Work at Lewisham Hospital. One of Australia's first qualified social workers, she guided the development of the profession in this country and helped to establish the Catholic Trained Social Workers Association in Sydney in 1940. She later taught at St Vincent's and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals in Sydney, and was the inaugural secretary of the NSW Association for Mental Health.\nIn 1945 Davidson was recruited to join the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's child search operation, helping children of Eastern occupied territories who were displaced, orphaned or had survived concentration camps, to find their families. On her return to Australia she raised \u20a470,000 for the United Nations International Children's Fund with public speeches about postwar European children. She later worked for the World Health Organisation in Germany and Thailand.\nDavidson was awarded a Papal Cross in 1992, and became a Member in the Order of Australia (AM) in 2001. Never married, she outlived her five siblings and died at the age of 97 in Perth.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chronological-history-of-the-medical-benevolent-association-of-n-s-w\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-voice-for-lost-children-of-war-eileen-davidson-1909-2007\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-professionalisation-of-australian-catholic-social-welfare-1920-1985\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/seven-social-workers-from-asia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dybka, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2715", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dybka-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Havant, Hampshire, England", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist", "Summary": "Anne Dybka was an internationally renowned glass engraver. A fellow of London's Guild of Glass Engravers, she engraved crystal for Orrefors, Baccaret and Lalique.\n", "Details": "The daughter of a submariner and Royal Navy commander, Anne Dybka studied painting and drawing with Martin Bloch in London and graphic arts at the London Polytechnic. She was married at the age of 19 to Peter Thompson and had four children. The family moved to Australia in 1956, where Dybka took up studies at the National Gallery Art School and with George Bell in Melbourne. She worked for Guy Boyd, Old Chelsea Glassware, and later Crown Crystal Glass in Sydney.\nHer second marriage was to Rudolf Dybka, an Austrian ceramic artist with whom she ran a studio in Parramatta in the 1970s. In Sydney she worked on large mosaic murals. Her life-size sculpture of a miniature schnauzer sits in Atherden Street, The Rocks. Dybka was awarded an Australia Council Emeritus Fellowship Award in 1995. Over the course of her career she held solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Adelaide. Her work is held by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria; Parliament House, Canberra; Powerhouse Museum, Sydney; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW; and the Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark.\nA nature lover and advocate for environmental groups, Dybka spent the last 25 years of her life with her partner Eddy Mills, a London engraver. She was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 2003. Dybka is survived by her four children, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ball, Magdalena (Maggie)", "Entry ID": "AWE2716", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ball-magdalena-maggie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New York, United States of America", "Occupations": "Author, Poet", "Summary": "Author, poet and editor Magdalena Ball runs The Compulsive Reader (http:\/\/www.compulsivereader.com\/html). Her short stories, editorials, poetry, reviews and articles have appeared in a wide number of printed anthologies and journals, and have won local and international awards for poetry and fiction.\n", "Details": "Magdalena Ball grew up in New York City where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from CCNY. After completing her BA, she moved to Oxford England to do an M.Litt on \"The Articulation of Silence: Joyce, Yeats, and Woolf,\" which ultimately ended in absolute silence and wasn't completed, although she did pass her qualifying exam, including a lively and enjoyable VIVA on the thesis with author John Bailey. After that Magdalena migrated, with her husband Martin, to Australia, where she set down permanent roots, completed an MBA from Charles Sturt University, and took on a satisfyingly left brain job as an information manager with Orica. She also works as a manuscript assessor for Manuscripts Online, is a member of the BookConnector Advisory Board, an Evaluative Reader for Catchfire Press, and mother to three gorgeous children (not always in that order). She is the author of a non-fiction book The Art of Assessment (Mountain Mist Productions 2003), an award winning poetry chapbook Quark Soup (Picaro Press, 2006), and Sleep Before Evening, her debut novel which was released by BeWrite books in July 2007.\nMagdalena's publications include:\nRepulsion Thrust, BeWrite Books, 2009 (poetry)\nSleep Before Evening, BeWrite Books, 2007 (novel)\nQuark Soup, Picaro Press, 2006 (poetry chapbook)\nThe Art of Assessment: How to Review Anything, Mountain Mist Productions, 2003.\nCherished Pulse, Compulsive Reader Publications, 2006 (poetry chapbook - collaboration with Carolyn Howard-Johnson)\n\"Loosen Your Belt\": Global Delights: A feast of stories and poetry and recipes, 2003, Ethnic Communities Council and The Hunter Writer's Centre\n\"The Last Bet\" Commendation Prize, Roland Robinson 2005 Short Story Award. Published in Fifth Branch Down (print anthology, 2005, ed. Jean Kent)\n\"The Fall\" Skive Magazine: 'Next Stop: the best of Skive Magazine, 2004-2003' (print publication), and online at http:\/\/www.skivemagazine.mockfrog.com.au\/stories0204\/thefall.html, the story shortlisted in the Glen Eira \"My Brother Jack\" short story awards 2002\n\"Whiz Kid\" Skive Magazine: http:\/\/www.skivemagazine.mockfrog.com.au\/stories0704\/whizkid.html\n\"The Clarity Centre\" Skive Magazine: http:\/\/www.skivemagazine.mockfrog.com.au\/stories1204\/theclarity.html\n\"The Haunting\" Mocha Memoirs, http:\/\/www.mochamemoirs.com\/archives\/issue14c.shtml\n2004 Newcastle Poetry Prize, shortlisted, \"Betelgeuse\" (multimedia section), published in 'The Cool Breath Burn': Anthology\nRoland Robinson Literary Award, 2006 Commendation Award (\"Oceanic\"), 2005 Commendation Award (\"The Last Bet\"), 2004 Commendation Prize (\"Exile\"); 2000 Commendation Certificate (\"Whorl\")\nBinnacle Ultra Short Competition, shortlist, \"In the aftermath\"\nPoetry has been published in A Painted Summer (print anthology, 2004, ed. Jean Kent), Beneath the Valley (print anthology June 2005, reprinted 2006, Catchfire Press), The Uncontained Sea (Print Anthology, 2000, ed Jean Kent), Bird Before Landing (print anthology 2002), The Harpweaver (print anthology Volume 9, Autumn 2001), In Our Own Words Volume 4 and Volume 5 (Print anthology, MW Enterprises), The Pedestal Magazine, Thylazine (Ten Australian Poets, Series 9), Long Story Short, Artemis, The Golden Thread, The Green Tricycle, Niederngasse, Mocha Memoirs, OzPoet, Perigree (one year anniversary issue), The Flying Corn Press (Aug 2004, Poet of the Month), Poetically Speaking (2005), Void Magazine (June & September 2005), The Australian Reader (2005), Gunch Press: Poultry Broadside (print publication, November 2005), Mothering Magazine (print publication, Jan 2006), Haiku for Writers, Poetry Canada Magazine (print publication, June-Sept 2006), Totem Triptychs collaborative art project with Don Swartzentruber, Granola Mama, Blue Pepper, Escape Velocity magazine, Goodwill to All Men (print anthology, Anchor Books, 2006), The Westerly (Roland Robinson Literary Awards 2006, edited by Jean Kent and Judy Johnson), Stories for A Long Summer (Print Anthology, Catchfire Press, 2006), Cezanne's Carrot, Australian Poetic Society, PeachPublishing, Cerebral Catalyst, Arabesques, Astropoetica.\nReviews\/Interviews have been published in Cordite, Imago, Coppertales, Drexel Online Journal, Midwest Book Reviews (regular reviewer), MC Reviews, Relix Magazine, AussieReviews, Mommylinks, Shorncliss, Phillymama, RealLifeSolutions, Local LIT, E2K (staff writer), Thylazine, NewPages, and Media-Culture Reviews.\nEssays\/articles have been published in Aribella, Parenting Magazine, Kidz on the Coast magazine, Net author (staff writer), Inscriptions, Scriptorium, Absolute Write, Sell Writing Online, The e-Writer's Place, Write to inspire, The Writer Gazette, Performance Poetry, Beyond Fertility, RaisingOurKids, Ripe Lifestyle Magazine, T-Zero: The Writer's Ezine, The Writer magazine, and the 2005 edition of The Writer's Handbook (69th Edition) (The Writer Books), Long Story Short, Thylazine, Writing Now, Writer's Best Friend, The Verb, The Complete Writer's Journal (Red Engine Press, 2006), and Poetry Canada (print magazine, Oct 2006)\nMagdalena Ball is listed in the Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-art-of-assessment-how-to-review-anything\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/quark-soup\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Romano, Bruna", "Entry ID": "AWE2717", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/romano-bruna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Motticella, Reggio Calabria, Italy", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Barrister, Lawyer, Solicitor", "Summary": "Bruna Romano migrated to Australia from Italy with her family in 1956. In 1967 she was awarded a Council of Legal Education Certificate from the Legal Education Committee of Victoria and was admitted as a solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of Victoria in May 1968. In mid-1968 she became the first woman to establish a law practice in the ACT, and remained head of the firm Romano & Co. until 2003. She was active in a number of community organisations in Canberra until the 1990s and continued to practise as a family law consultant.\n", "Details": "The fifth of nine children of Giuseppina Raco and Bartolo Verduci, Bruna Romano migrated with her family to Melbourne at the age of 13 and completed the Higher School Certificate at McRobertson Girls High, Melbourne, in 1961. In 1967 she was awarded a Council of Legal Education Certificate from the Legal Education Committee of Victoria, and became a solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of Victoria in May 1968. She married a Public Servant, Domenico Romano in December 1967 and became the first woman to establish a legal firm in the ACT in mid-1968 when she established the firm of Romano-Verduci, the ACT's first non Anglo-Celtic law firm in the Canberra region. Her husband completed a law degree at the Australian National University and joined the firm in the mid-1970s. Bruna remained head of the firm Romano and Co. until 2003. In 1986 she was appointed Honorary lawyer for the Embassy of Italy, and in 1999 graduated from the University of Adelaide and the Australian National University with an Advanced Certificate of Arbitration and Mediation. From 1968 until the 1990s she was an active member of a number of community organisations such as the Good Neighbour Council (1968-80), the Council of Social Security, the Italo-Australian Women's Committee, the Business and Professional Women's Club, the Law Society's Free Legal Service, the Women's Legal Service and she was a founding member of the organising committee of Villaggio Italiano (San Antonio Retirement Village), Page, ACT. She and Domenico have two children, one of whom is now a partner in the firm.\nBruna Romano died in December 2009, after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour about 14 months earlier.\nIn 2023 the ACT Government named a street after Bruna in Denman Prospect, a new suburb where the street names commemorate people associated with activism and reform.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/domenico-romano-interviewed-by-ann-mari-jordens-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCue, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE2718", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccue-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory", "Occupations": "Educator, Nurse, Refugee Advocate, Researcher", "Summary": "Helen McCue is best known as a co-founder of Rural Australians for Refugees (2001). A trained nurse educator she worked with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the Middle East in 1981, was then seconded to the United Nations Relief and Works Organisation (UNRWA) in Lebanon, and subsequently worked as a volunteer in refugee camps in Beirut 1982-83. In 1984 she co-founded the trade union aid body Australian People for Health Education and Development Abroad (APHEDA), and was its first Executive Director and regional adviser in South Africa and the Middle East until early 1994. She founded the Women Refugee Education Network (1996) and the Wingecarribee Community Foundation (2001), and was involved in the establishment of Wingecarribee Reconciliation Group (1997).\n", "Details": "The daughter of Phyllis ne\u00e9 O'Connor, a typist in the public service, and John Burns, a hairdresser, Helen's family had strong links with the Canberra community. Her maternal grandfather was a bricklayer on old Parliament House, and her paternal grandfather, a linotype operator for the Canberra Times, established the printers' union in Canberra. She has two siblings. Educated at local Catholic schools she became a nurse and trade union representative at Canberra Hospital. She married Kevin McCue in 1970 (dec.1979) and travelled with him to London where she obtained further qualifications in nursing. On her return to Australia she completed a diploma in teaching and a degree in nursing education in Adelaide in 1979. She visited China in 1977 and 1978.\nAfter completing a Masters in Health Personnel Education at the University of NSW in 1981, McCue worked with the World Health Organisation in the Middle East in 1981-82, evaluating nursing services for the United Nations. She was then seconded to the United Nations Relief and Works Organisation (UNWRA) in the Bekaar Valley in Lebanon. Following the Sabra-Shatila massacre she left the UN and worked as a volunteer in refugee and other camps in 1982-83. In 1984 she initiated and co-founded with Cliff Dolan the trade union aid body, Australian People for Health Education and Development Abroad (APHEDA), to provide training for workers in refugee camps. Initially its Executive Director, she later worked for two years as its regional adviser in South Africa and the Middle East until early 1994, when she returned to work as a volunteer in refugee camps in Lebanon.\nMcCue moved to the Southern Highlands in late 1994 and in 1996 she founded the Women Refugee Education Network (WREN), an education advocacy group to bring women to Australia to talk about their work in refugee camps. In 1997 she, with others, started the 'Sorry Books' in response to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) report on the Stolen Generations and was involved in the establishment of the Wingcarribee Reconciliation Group. In 2001 she founded and was the inaugural chairperson of the Wingcarribee Community Foundation, which provides support to local youth, aged, palliative and respite care, Indigenous and environmental concerns in the Southern Highlands. In 2001 she, Susan Varga and Anne Coombs established a network of refugee support groups, Rural Australians for Refugees, which quickly spread to other rural towns across Australia.\nSince completing a PhD in political science on women in Islam at the University of New South Wales in 1999, McCue has held various academic positions including that of Visiting Honorary Associate at the University of New South Wales School of Politics and International Relations 2001-04, Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Arts, University of Wollongong 2002-03, and in 2005 she taught a course on Women in Islamic Civilisation at the ANU Centre for Continuing Education. Since August 2005 she has been a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam at Melbourne University, researching Muslim women in Australia, and has completed a book on Palestinian refugee Olfat Mahmood, Return to Tarshir, which she hopes to publish. She has received a number of awards in recognition of her work with refugees, international development and reconciliation, and was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2003.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/helen-mccue-interviewed-by-ann-mari-jordens-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Huynh, Van", "Entry ID": "AWE2719", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/huynh-van\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Binh Duong, Vietnam", "Occupations": "Public servant", "Summary": "Van Huynh was born and began school in Binh Duong, near Saigon, Vietnam. At seven she moved with her family to Saigon where she completed her education despite her family's financial and housing difficulties. She and her husband Thiet worked in the Electricity Authority until April 1979 when they fled Vietnam by boat with their two small sons Thach and Kim. After almost five months in the United Nations-run refugee camp in Pulau Bidong, Malaysia, she and her family were accepted as refugees by Australia and were helped to settle successfully in Canberra by the Ainslie Church of Christ.\n", "Details": "Van Huynh (ne\u00e9 Tran Thi The Van) was the daughter of Tran Quoc Thai and Huynh Thi Sat. She had four sisters and one brother. Before the 1939-45 War her father had worked as an overseer on a French-owned rubber plantation and subsequently operated a small cab service between Binh Duong and Saigon until the Viet Minh attacked one of his cabs and forced him to abandon the business. Years before, he had briefly fought with the Viet Minh. Two of his brothers were killed and one wounded fighting in their army.\nVan's family moved to Saigon in 1954 where she completed her year 12 certificate, despite their housing and financial difficulties. She enrolled in law but pressures of work and the need to commute daily to Binh Duong, where her family had returned in 1966, caused her to abandon her tertiary studies. Her father died of wounds suffered during the Tet Offensive in 1968. She worked for a year in a small Saigon hardware firm before finding employment in the Electricity Authority where she met her husband Thiet Huynh. They married in 1971 and their sons Thach and Kim were born in 1975 and 1977. The social and economic changes following the fall of Saigon in 1975, and the restrictions placed on public servants employed during the previous regime, caused Van and her family to flee Vietnam on an overcrowded boat in April 1979. After a journey five days without food or water during which they were attacked by several groups of pirates, they landed on a small Malaysian island with their two desperately ill little boys. After three days there they were transferred to the United Nations- run camp at Pulau Bidong in Malaysia where they lived in crowded and harsh conditions from 1 May to mid-October 1979, before being accepted as refugees by Australia. They arrived in Canberra on 21 December 1979 under the sponsorship of the Ainslie Church of Christ which welcomed them, arranged their accommodation, and helped them settle into the community. Thiet eventually found work with the ACT Electricity Authority and Van at the Royal Australian Mint. Their sons were educated in Canberra. Thach is now an actuarial consultant, and Kim, a lecturer at the Australian National University in Politics and International Relations, has written a Ph.D. and a book based on Van's experiences .\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/where-the-sea-takes-us-a-true-story-of-family-fate-and-vietnam\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/van-thi-the-huynh-interviewed-by-ann-mari-jordens-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allison, Lynette (Lyn) Fay", "Entry ID": "AWE2721", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allison-lynette-lyn-fay\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Lyn Allison was elected to the Senate for Victoria in 1996 and 2001, becoming Leader of the Australian Democrats in 2004. She was an outspoken campaigner on health, education, environment, nuclear and women's issues. She was defeated at the November 2007 election and left the Senate on 30 June 2008.\n", "Details": "Before entering politics, Allison completed a Bachelor of Education (Melb.) and worked as an administrator (1964-86) and a secondary school teacher (1987-91). She became a Councillor for the City of Port Melbourne in 1992, before being elected to the Victorian Senate in 1996.\nBetween 1998 and 2006, Lyn Allison served on the Legislation and References Committees for Environment, Recreation (later Information Technology), Communications and the Arts; and for Community Affairs. She served as Senate Select for Superannuation (1996-98); the Victorian Casino Inquiry (1996); the Lucas Heights Reactor (2000); Medicare (2003-04); and Mental Health (2005). In 2002 she was a member of the Parliamentary Delegation to New Zealand.\nFrom 2002 to 2004, Allison was Australian Democrats Whip and Deputy Leader. She became Leader of the party in December 2004.\n", "Events": "Australian Humanist of the Year (2008 - 2008) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2012 - 2012) \nSenate Select Committee on Mental Health (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Collins, Jacinta Mary Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE2722", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collins-jacinta-mary-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Jacinta Collins was chosen to represent Victoria for the Australian Labor Party in the Senate in 1995. She was elected to the same position in 1998, but defeated at the general elections in 2004. She was re-appointed in May 2008 on the resignation of Senator Robert Ray, but she had been re-elected at the 2007 general election and took her seat in the Senate for a term of six years on 1 July 2008. She held the portfolio of Health and Ageing for a short period before the 2013 election, when she was re-elected and the Labor Government was defeated.\n", "Details": "Jacinta Collins has been a member of the Australian Labor Party since 1987. She completed a Bachelor of Arts (Monash) and Bachelor of Social Work (La Trobe), before working as a Social Welfare Officer and Research Officer for the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association. In 1989, Collins joined the ALP's Administrative Committee; Status of Women Committee; and Social Justice Policy Committee. She was appointed to the Senate in 1995 following the death of Senator Olive Zakharov.\nIn the ten years from 1995 to 2005, Collins served on Senate Legislative and References Committees on Community Affairs; Economics; and Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education. She was a participating member on the References Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. Collins was a member of the Parliamentary Delegation to the 101st IPU Conference in Brussels, Belgium, April 1999; and of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Russian Federation in mid-2005. From 1998 to 2001, she was Parliamentary Secretary representing the Shadow Ministers for Industrial Relations and Employment, Training and Population in the Senate. From mid-2003 to 2004, Collins was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry, serving as Shadow Minister for Children and Youth.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bailey, Frances (Fran) Esther", "Entry ID": "AWE2723", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bailey-frances-fran-esther\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Fran Bailey was elected to the House of Representatives for the Liberal Party of Australia in the seat of McEwan, Victoria, in March 1990. She was defeated in 1993, but re-elected in 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2007. She retired at the 2010 election.\n", "Details": "Formerly a secondary school teacher, business manager, retailer, business consultant, and cashmere goat breeder, Fran Bailey served as Secretary of the Liberal Party Yarra Glen Branch from 1984 to 1988, when she became President. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1990.\nBailey has served on House of Representatives Standing Committees for Community Affairs; Legal and Constitutional Affairs; Financial Institutions and Public Administration; Industry, Science and Technology; Primary Industries, Resources and Rural and Regional Affairs. In 2004 she became Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence; Minister for Employment Services and Minister for Small Business and Tourism.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burke, Anna Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2724", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burke-anna-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Anna Burke, a member of the Australian Labor Party, was elected to the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia representing Chisholm, Victoria,between 1998 and 2016. After the 2007 election, she was elected as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and in 2012 assumed the Speaker's role until August 2013.\nOn 16 January 2017, Burke was appointed as a full-time Member of the General, Freedom of Information, and Veterans' Appeals Divisions of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, with her term to end on 15 January 2024.\nIn the 2019 Australia Day Honours Burke was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for \"distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly as Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the community\".\n", "Details": "Anna Burke completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from Monash University and a Masters in Communication (Hons) from the University of Melbourne. She was an Industrial Officer with Victorian Roads, the Victorian Institute of Technology, and the Finance Sector Union before being elected to the House of Representatives in 1998. She has served on the House of Representatives Standing Committee for Economics, Finance and Public Administration; and its Joint Statutory Committee for Corporations and Financial Services, and Public Accounts and Audit.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Corcoran, Ann Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE2725", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/corcoran-ann-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dandenong, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Ann Corcoran was elected to the House of Representatives for Isaacs, Victoria, representing the Australian Labor Party, at a by-election in August 2000. She was re-elected in 2001 and 2004. She retired before the 2007 election.\nBefore entering the Federal Parliament she stood for the Legislative Assembly seat of Sandringham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 2 March 1985.\n", "Details": "Ann Corcoran was ALP Branch Secretary from 1980-1990. She completed a Diploma of Business Studies (Swinburne), and Graduate Diploma in Business (Monash) before working as a Certified Practising Accountant. Between 1988 and 1999, she held management positions in finance at the University of Melbourne, Frankston Hospital, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Kilvington Baptist Girls' Grammar School and Woodleigh School.\nA member of the Speaker's Panel from 2002, Corcoran has served on House of Representatives Standing Committees on Environment and Heritage; Science and Innovation; Education and Vocational Training; and Publications. From 2004-06 she was Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roxon, Nicola Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE2726", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roxon-nicola-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Attorney General, Lawyer, Minister, Parliamentarian, Union organiser", "Summary": "A member of the Australian Labor Party, Nicola Roxon was elected to the House of Representatives for Gellibrand, Victoria, in 1998, and was re-elected in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010. She became Shadow Minister for Health in 2006 and on the election of the Labor Government in November 2007, she became the Minister for Health and Ageing.\nShe continued to hold that portfolio in the Gillard Labor Government until she was appointed Attorney-General on December 14, 2011; the first woman to hold the position in the Australian parliament. She resigned from the portfolio in February 2013 and retired from parliament on 5 August 2013.\nA complete record of her parliamentary service, including links to her first and valedictory speeches, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).\n", "Details": "Roxon was born in Sydney, New South Wales. She is the second of three daughters and the niece of the late Australian journalist and Sydney Push member Lillian Roxon. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish and migrated from Poland to Australia in 1937. Anglicising the family name from Ropschitz to Roxon, her grandfather worked as a GP in Gympie and Brisbane, Queensland. Her mother Lesley trained as a pharmacist, while her father Jack was a microbiologist. He was a strong influence in her life and she was devastated by his death from cancer when she was 10 years old.\nRoxon was educated at the Methodist Ladies' College in the suburb of Kew in Melbourne, Victoria. She completed a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Melbourne before working as Judge's Associate for the Hon. Justice Mary Gaudron in the High Court of Australia. She was a Union organiser for the National Union of Workers, and an Industrial Lawyer with Maurice Blackburn and Co. until 1998, when she was elected to the House of Representatives.\nA member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry from 2001, Roxon has served as Shadow Minister for Children and Youth; Shadow Minister for Population and Immigration; Shadow Attorney-General, and Assisting the Leader on the Status of Women; and Shadow Minister for Health. She has been a member of House of Representatives Standing Committees on Industry, Science and Resources; and Legal and Constitutional Affairs; and served on the Joint Select Committee on the Republic Referendum in 1999. In 2003, Roxon was a member of the Parliamentary Delegation to Syria, Lebanon and Israel.\nShe was Minister for Health and Ageing in the Rudd Government (2007-2011) and was appointed Attorney General in the Gillard Government of 2011-2013.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2014 - 2014)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nicola-roxons-valedictory-speech-in-full\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/at-home-with-nicola-roxon\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goodbye-to-all-that-why-i-resigned\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/law\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roxon-the-hon-nicola-louise\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Graley, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE2727", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/graley-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sunshine, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Judith Graley was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Narre Warren South in November 2006, representing the Australian Labor Party. In 2002 she stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mornington, but was unsuccessful on that occasion. She was re-elected to Narre Warren in November 2010 and in November 2014. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy premier in the Labor Government, which came to power in November 2014.\nGraley did not seek re-election at the 2018 state election, and retired from parliament in October 2018.\nBefore her entry into state Parliament, Judith Graley served as a local government councillor for the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council from 1997-2003 and was its mayor from 2000-2001.\n", "Details": "Judith Graley completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) at La Trobe University, and a Diploma of Education at the University of Melbourne before working as a Tutor in the Department of Politics at both institutions over a number of years. Graley also worked as a secondary teacher at Footscray High School and a Company Director for Graley Chiropractic Services. She became Mayor of Mornington Peninsula Shire Council in 2000, when she also served as a board member for Peninsula Health. In 2002, Graley worked as Electorate Officer for Alistair Harkness MLA, and in 2004 she took on the same role for The Hon. Tim Holding MLA. Graley was elected MLA for Narre Warren South in 2006.\nGraley is married with three children. Her special interest areas are health, schools and kindergartens, child care, environment, and community resources. She is a member of the Western Bulldogs Football Culb; Emily's List; Southern Women's Action Network; Union of Australian Women; National Union of Workers; Community and Public Sector Union; Friends of Los Palos, Timor Leste; and the Victorian Local Governance Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richardson, Fiona Catherine Alison", "Entry ID": "AWE2728", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-fiona-catherine-alison\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dar es Salaam, Tanzania", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Fiona Richardson was an Australian politician, who joined the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in 1991. She was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly for Northcote in the Parliament of Victoria in November 2006, was re-elected in November 2010 and again in November 2014. She served as Minister for Women and Minister for Prevention of Family Violence in the Labor Government after they were elected in November 2014. She oversaw the establishment of the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence in 2015, which tabled its report to Parliament in 2016.\nRichardson passed away at the far too young age of 50, from breast cancer.\n", "Details": "Fiona Richardson migrated to Australia with her parents and two brothers in 1969. She completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree at the University of Melbourne, majoring in Politics and Psychology. Richardson worked at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital before travelling to the United Kingdom. She returned to Australia in 1994 when she began work for the VACC, advocating on behalf of service station operators.\nFrom 1996 Richardson worked as an Electorate Officer for Mary Gillett, Julia Gillard, Gareth Evans, Martin Ferguson and Stephen Conroy. She was elected MLA for Northcote in late 2006, and became Parliamentary Secretary for Education.\nRichardson served the Victorian people as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Northcote for eleven years (2006-2017). Her important contributions to the status of women in Victoria cannot be underestimated. She oversaw the establishment of the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence in 2015, which tabled its report to Parliament in 2016.\nOn 25 June 2013, it was announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She went into remission and returned to parliament.\nOn 7 August 2017, Richardson announced she was taking medical leave from parliament.[9] On 22 August, she said she would be extending her leave after being diagnosed with several tumours and would retire at the next election,[10] but she died the next day, 23 August 2017, aged 50.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Victoria, Heidi", "Entry ID": "AWE2729", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/victoria-heidi\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Parliamentarian, Photographer", "Summary": "Heidi Victoria was elected Member for Bayswater, in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in November 2006, representing the Liberal Party. She was re-elected at the election which was held on 27 November 2010 and again in November 2014, when the Labor Party returned to power.\nIn March 2013, after serving as Parliamentary Secretary for the Arts and Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier of Victoria she was appointed Minister for the Arts, Consumer Affairs and Women's Affairs.\nOn the defeat of the Liberal Government in November 2014, she currently holds the Shadow Portfolios of Major Events; Arts and Culture and Aboriginal Affairs.\nMs Victoria was born in Melbourne, Victoria. She has been involved in community work for over 30 years with not-for profit organisations including SCOPE and the Make-A-Wish Foundation . She also served on the Australian board of the National Council of Women as company secretary.\nPassionate about fighting injustice Minister Victoria's move into politics in 2006 was a logical one.\nAs the mother of a young daughter, she became involved in a community lobbying campaign to save her local primary school's English\/German language immersion program- which had been recognised as one the State's leading bilingual education success stories for nearly three decades \u2014 from closure.\nMs Victoria has a BA in Fine Arts (Photography) and spent several years running her own photographic business, specialising in portrait and event photography.\n", "Details": "Heidi Victoria completed a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art Photography) in 1988, and became the owner and National Sales Manager of a photography business. Within the Liberal Party, she has served as Branch President, Vice-President and Secretary; State and Federal electorate council delegate; fundraiser; branch development officer; and State council and Federal conference delegate. She was elected MLA for Bayswater in 2006.\nWith interests in the arts, local sport and charity, Victoria has served as President and Director of the Make-a-Wish Foundation and Director of the National Council of Women of Australia (2003-2006). She is Patron of the Knox Raiders basketball team; Ambassador for the Victorian State Women's Basketball Team; and member of the Wantirna South Junior Football Club. She has been Secretary of the Victorian Parliament\/People's Republic of China Friendship Group and Executive Member of the First Friends of Dandenong Creek.\n", "Events": "Elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly (2006 - 2006) \nAppointed Minister for the Arts, Consumer Affairs and Women's Affairs in the Victorian Stae Government (2013 - 2013)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wooldridge, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE2730", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wooldridge-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Mary Wooldridge was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly for Doncaster in November 2006, representing the Liberal Party. She was Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Drug Abuse and Aged Care. She was re- elected in November 2010 and was a Minister in the Liberal Government, holding the portfolios of Mental Health, Women's Affairs and Community Service. Her seat was abolished in a redistribution for the 2014 election, and she was subsequently elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Eastern Metropolitan Region in November's state election. She held the Shadow portfolio of Health and was Leader of the Opposition and of the Liberal Party in the Legislative Council.\nWooldridge announced her intention to retire from state politics on 8 December 2019, using the moment to call on the Liberal Party to consider gender quotas as a way of increasing female representation in the Victorian Parliament.\n", "Details": "Mary Wooldridge completed a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) degree at the University of Melbourne and a Master of Business Administration at Harvard University. She took on employment with consultants McKinsey & Co., and became an Executive Director with media organisation Publishing & Broadcasting Limited (PBL). She was also a Senior Advisor to the Hon. Nick Minchin, Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, and was elected MLA for Doncaster in 2006.\nWooldridge has served as Chief Executive Officer of The Foundation for Young Australians, and retains a strong interest in community participation and volunteering as well as women's health. She has been a Director of the Breast Cancer Network Australia, Foundation Boroondara, Trinity College at Melbourne University and the Otis Foundation, a network of rural retreats for women with breast cancer.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hartland, Colleen", "Entry ID": "AWE2731", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hartland-colleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Morwell, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Colleen Hartland was elected Member for the Legislative Council for the Western Metropolitan Region in November 2006, representing the Australian Greens. She was re-elected in 2010 and again in 2014. Before her election to the state parliament, she stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Footscray at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Details": "Colleen Hartland completed a Diploma of Community Development (Victoria University of Technology TAFE) before working in community development with the Western Region Health Centre. For two years during the term of the Cain\/Kirner governments, Hartland was a cook at Parliament House. She became a Councillor for Sheoak Ward with the Maribyrnong City Council in 2003, and was elected MLC for Western Metropolitan in 2006.\nHartland was an activist and leader of a campaign against the storage of toxic chemicals at Coode Island in the 1990s. She was a foundation member of the Hazardous Materials Action Group (HAZMAG).\nHartland was featured on ABC Radio National's Life Matters on 22 August 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/former-parliament-cook-to-make-a-meal-out-of-spring-street\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/local-heroes-australian-crusades-from-the-environmental-frontline\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kronberg, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE2732", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kronberg-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Jan Kronberg was elected MLC for the Eastern Metropolitan Region in November 2006, representing the Liberal Party in the Victorian parliament. She was re-elected in 2010 as a member of the Liberal Government, but retired at the November 2014 election.\n", "Details": "Jan Kronberg was a marketing lecturer at Box Hill Institute before embarking upon a political career. She has worked as an advisor for various industry groups and government organisations. Jan is a member of the Lions Club, Parliament of Victoria; the National Council of Women, Victoria; Manningham Interfaith Network; and the Liberal Women's Council of Victoria. She has served in a number of party positions including Vice Chairman of the Menzies Federal Electorate Council and Convenor of the Policy Committee for Community Services and Housing.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pennicuik, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE2733", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pennicuik-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Sue Pennicuik was elected Member of the Legislative Council for the Southern Metropolitan Region in November 2006, representing the Australian Greens (Victoria). She was re-elected at both the 2010 and 2014 elections. She has held the position of Victorian Greens Whip in the Legislative Council since 2006.\n", "Details": "Sue Pennicuik holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Environmental Science from Monash University, as well as a Bachelor of Applied Science and Diploma of Education from the University of Western Australia. She worked as a fitness instructor, a secondary teacher, an Environment Officer for the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, and as Coordinator for the Occupational Health and Safety Unit of the ACTU before embarking on a political career.\nPennicuik was a founding member of the Port Phillip Branch of the Australian Greens Victoria. She was Convenor of the Victorian Electoral Campaign Committee in 2001-2003, and a candidate for the Senate in 2004. She was elected MLC for the Southern Metropolitan Region in 2006, and that year was the Victorian Greens State Spokesperson on arts & heritage; climate change; gay and lesbian rights; industrial relations; marine; party issues; and transport, ports and freight. Pennicuik is a member of Greenpeace, Earthcare St Kilda, Esplanade Alliance, the Australian East Timor Association, and Friends of the ABC.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Petrovich, Donna", "Entry ID": "AWE2734", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/petrovich-donna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bendigo, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Mayor, Parliamentarian, Sales manager", "Summary": "Donna Petrovich was elected Member for the Legislative Council for Northern Victoria in November 2006, representing the Liberal Party. She resigned from state parliament on 1 July 2013 in order to stand as a candidate for the seat of McEwen at the 2013 federal election, but was unsuccessful.\n", "Details": "Formerly Mayor of the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Donna Petrovich has particular interests in town planning, rural infrastructure, and sustainability. She is vice-president of the Woodend Sustainability Group and a member of the Woodend Lions Club; the Woodend Pony Club; Bullengarook Adult Riders; and the Hanging Rock Advisory Committee.\nQualified with an Associate Diploma of Business Administration, she was Sales Manager for Bynon Industries and Marketing Executive for the Central Victorian and Hanging Rock Racing Clubs.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pulford, Jaala", "Entry ID": "AWE2735", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pulford-jaala\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Jaala Pulford was elected Member for the Legislative Council for Western Victoria in November 2006, representing the Australian Labor Party. She was re-elected in 2010 and in 2014. She is currently serving as Minister for Agriculture, Regional Development and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council in the Labor Government, which returned to power in 2014 after its defeat in 2010.\n", "Details": "Jaala Pulford joined the Castlemaine Branch of the Labor Party at the age of 16 in 1990. She was an active Young Labor member, and was a Young Labor delegate to the ALP National Conference. Over the course of her political career, Jaala has served as State and National Conference Delegate; member of the Labor Women's Network National Executive; president of the Women's Policy Committee; and vice president of the Victorian Branch of the Labor Party.\nIn 1994 Jaala became the youngest participant in the inaugural ACTU traineeship for Union Organisers. She began working in this capacity with the National Union of Workers, Victorian Branch, in 1995. She has also worked as an Organiser for call centres, representing a predominantly female workforce, and has used her industrial relations experience to improve the working conditions of staff at her community child care centre. Pulford was elected MLC for the Western Victorian Region in 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tierney, Gayle", "Entry ID": "AWE2736", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tierney-gayle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Gayle Tierney is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since November 2006, representing the Western Victoria Region. She was re-elected in 2010 and again in 2014, when the Labor Government, which was defeated in 2010, was returned to power. She currently holds the position of Deputy President of the Legislative Council.\n", "Details": "Tierney studied politics and Asian studies at the Flinders University South Australia, before entering the trade union movement. During the early 1980s she worked for Australia Asia Worker Links (AAWL), promoting research and study tours in South Korea, The Philippines, Japan and Hong Kong, focusing on union, human, indigenous and women's rights in those countries, and encouraging Australian companies active in Asia to maintain proper standards of care.\nFollowing her period at AAWL Tierney was a Federal Industrial Officer with the Australian Public Service Association and held that position until joining the Vehicle Builders Union in 1989.\nTierney was the first woman to become State Secretary of the traditionally male-dominated Vehicle Division of the Automotive, Metals and Engineering Union (now part of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union), serving in that role from 1993 to 2006, and serving as its Federal President from 2000 to 2006. Tierney also served on the executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 2000 to 2006.\nTierney is a keen advocate for regional development and is currently Deputy Chair of the Victorian Rural and Regional Parliamentary Committee.\nApart from regional infrastructure and employment, Tierney is also a strong supporter of environmental sustainability, gender representation, social inclusion and community development.\n Tierney is married and has one adult child.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hager, Michelle Edith", "Entry ID": "AWE2737", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hager-michelle-edith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "In recognition of service to the sport of hockey (1989 - 1989) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pereira, Jackie", "Entry ID": "AWE2738", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pereira-jackie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey player, Olympian", "Events": "Member of the Hockeyroos (1988 - 1988) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1992 - 1992) \nMember of the Hockeyroos (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grimshaw, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE2739", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grimshaw-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Auckland, New Zealand", "Occupations": "Academic, Feminist, Historian", "Summary": "Pat Grimshaw has enjoyed a long and distinguished academic career. Having completed postgraduate studies in New Zealand, she joined the Department of History at the University of Melbourne in 1977. Pat is a Fellow of the Academy for Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Academy for the Humanities, and Deputy Editor of the UK journal Women's History Review. She has been a member of the editorial committees of Australian Feminist Studies, Gender and History, Journal of Women's History and Pacific Historical Review, and has supervised over 50 PhDs to completion. In her various roles as supervisor, mentor, lecturer, professor, Head of Department, Deputy Dean, and member of multiple academic and professional associations, she has made an extraordinary contribution to women's history, to the history profession, and to the wider community.\nHer extraordinary (and continuing) contribution was recognised in 2017 when she was awarded an Order of Australia for 'distinguished service to the social sciences and to the humanities through researching, documenting and preserving Australian history, and the roles of women in society'.\n", "Details": "Pat Grimshaw completed her postgraduate studies at Auckland University. Her seminal study of women's suffrage in New Zealand was published by Auckland University Press in 1972.\nIn 1977, Pat was appointed as a lecturer in women's history at the University of Melbourne. Her new course, 'Changing Concepts of Women's Place', remained central to the women's studies program for the next twenty years. The establishment of the Women's Studies Centre in 1988 owed much to her influence. Pat became renowned for her dynamism and enthusiasm as a lecturer, inspiring the hundreds of students under her tutelage.\nPat's academic work spans a wide field. Early research into American missionary wives in Hawaii sparked her ongoing interest in settler feminism, the civilizing mission, and the rights of white and indigenous women on the Pacific Rim. Later research focused on working mothers, families and social change: the co-edited Double Shift was published in 2005. Pat has co-edited several collections in women's history including Australian Women: Feminist Perspectives (1981), The Half-Open Door (1982), and Women's Rights and Human Rights (2001). Freedom Bound (1995, with Marian Quartly and Susan Janson) brought to light a large number of documents on women in colonial and modern Australia. Creating a Nation (1994, republished 2006) re-told the story of Australia's settlement history with particular focus on the place of women and of Aboriginal Australians within that history. In 1994, Pat co-edited Colonialism, Gender and Representations of Race; in 2002, Letters from Aboriginal Women in Victoria; in 2003, Equal Subjects, Unequal Rights: Indigenous Peoples in British Settler Colonies, 1830-1910; in 2006, Collisions of Cultures and Identities; and in 2007, with Kate Darian-Smith and Stuart Macintyre, Britishness Abroad.\nPat served as Head of the Department of History at the University of Melbourne for a decade (1992-2002) with just one year in respite, and became the Max Crawford Professor of History. She was Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1993 to 1996; reappointed in 2003. From 1995 to 2000 she was President of the International Federation for Research in Women's History. As a Director of the National Foundation for Australian Women, she was instrumental in obtaining an Australian Research Council linkage grant to support the Australian Women's Archives Project - one of approximately ten ARC grants awarded to her or to projects with which she has been involved.\nLoved and revered by countless students and frequently called upon for her skills in research, oratory, supervision and leadership, Pat Grimshaw's official retirement in 2006 was a mere formality.\nIn March 2008 Pat Grimshaw was inducted onto the 2008 Victorian Honour Roll of Women, a Government initiative which recognises and celebrates the achievements of women from all walks of life. In the same week the University of Melbourne announced the Patricia Grimshaw Mentor Excellence Awards, to honour her contribution as a mentor of postgraduate students and younger colleagues on their research projects and career development.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2008 - 2008) \nInternational Federation for Research in Women's History (1995 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-pursuit-of-true-anglican-womanhood-in-victoria-1880-1914\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-white-womans-suffrage\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gender-citizenship-and-race-in-the-womans-christian-temperance-union-of-australia-1890-to-the-1930s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reading-the-silences-suffrage-activists-and-race-in-nineteenth-century-settler-societies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-women-aboriginal-women-and-the-vote-in-western-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/colonising-motherhood-evangelical-social-reformers-and-koorie-women-in-victoria-australia-1880s-to-the-early-1990s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-historians-and-womens-history-kathleen-fitzpatrick-1905-1990-margaret-kiddle-1914-1958-and-the-melbourne-history-school\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-from-aboriginal-women-in-victoria-1867-1926\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/caring-for-country-yuwalaraay-women-and-attachments-to-land-on-an-australian-colonial-frontier\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-half-open-door-sixteen-modern-australian-women-look-at-professional-life-and-achievement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-feminist-perspectives\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/britishness-abroad-transnational-movements-and-imperial-cultures\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collisions-of-cultures-and-identities-settlers-and-indigenous-peoples\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/colonialism-gender-and-representations-of-race-issues-in-writing-womens-history-in-australia-and-the-pacific\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/creating-a-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/double-shift-working-mothers-and-social-change-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/equal-subjects-unequal-rights-indigenous-peoples-in-british-settler-colonies-1830-1910\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/families-in-colonial-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/freedom-bound\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-rights-and-human-rights-international-historical-perspectives\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-half-open-door\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-marilyn-lake-1964-1999-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stumm, Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE2740", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stumm-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, War Correspondent", "Summary": "Lorraine Stumm wrote her name in the history books as the first Australian female to cover the Second World War in New Guinea. Her journey into the theatres of war was most unlike that of her contemporaries. While Stumm was an incredibly motivated woman, it was her desire to follow the man she loved - Harley Stumm - that took her from university in Brisbane to London, and ultimately to India. As a war correspondent and a soldier's wife, Stumm's writing provided a rich mixture of human interest stories and hard-line battle updates. She wrote for London's Daily Mirror and Sydney's Woman magazine.\n", "Details": "Stumm's career as a journalist abroad began in London in 1936. Engaged to the love of her life and struggling to make ends meet, she secured employment with London's Daily Mirror, having 'crashed in on the night editor and managed to convince him that I was worth a month's trial. I told him that if I was no good he could sack me. He laughed at my cheek and agreed.' [1] In 1938, Harley and Lorraine enjoyed a truncated sojourn at home in Australia. Barely six weeks after their wedding, Harvey was forced to leave his new wife to answer the call of duty and embark on a vessel destined for Singapore on August 29th 1939. For the second time in her life, Stumm was grateful for her father's insistence that she become a journalist as her career choice 'enabled her to sweep away any obstacles that threatened [hers and Harvey's] happiness together.' [2]\nHaving earned the requisite funds for the boat fare, Stumm was reunited with her husband in October 1939; a time when the war was far from Asian shores. Returning to work as a journalist, she wrote for the Malaya Tribune. Such was Stumm's determination to report what she saw as she saw it that her candour almost had her deported with 24 hours notice. The contention was based on her 'defaming' of the Governor Shelton-Thomas who was in violent opposition to the 'Buy a bomber for Britain' scheme; a wartime proposal supported by the Tribune. Unwilling to accept the governor's rash decision, Stumm confronted him in a private interview. She managed to retain her tenure, with the governor's acknowledgement that the situation was a private matter between them. Stumm's writing for the Tribune continued uninterrupted until 6pm on June 22nd 1941, when she made the journey to Singapore General hospital where she gave birth to her daughter Sheridan at one minute past midnight. Such was her good fortune that Lorraine barely had time to fret over her husband's involvement in an aircraft accident whilst she had been in labour. Harvey Stumm swaggered virtually unscathed into the maternity ward just moments after his daughter's birth.\nAlmost six months later, on December 8th, Stumm found herself crouched beneath an air raid shelter, Sheridan in her arms. Singapore had become a Japanese target. The day after the air raid, Stumm received a telegram from the Daily Mirror in London reading 'Delighted to know you are safe. Can you become our accredited war correspondent and start filing stories immediately?' Stumm seized the opportunity to take an active part in the war effort and rushed to obtain her official accreditation as a war correspondent. She resigned her post at the Tribune and offered temporary services in the employ of the British Ministry of Information. The appointment was cut short when she was seen with her baby daughter in her arms and was immediately 'released from duty.' [3]\nEarly in 1942, Stumm decided that the time had come to take her daughter home to Australia. Escape from Singapore meant a smooth flight to Java where mother and baby spent the night in a dingy, bat-infested hotel room before making the long airborne trek to Brisbane, via some unfriendly accommodation in Darwin and Townsville. Back home, Stumm wrote a number of retrospective pieces illustrating the pre-war situation in Singapore which had since fallen prey to the Japanese. In August of that year, she contacted the Daily Mirror with regard to some outstanding payments. She was well-pleased by the reply which read 'All delighted you are safe. Money following. Can you represent us at General McArthur's HQ in Brisbane?' [4] Not one to refuse a golden opportunity, Stumm hurriedly made the arrangements to have herself re-accredited under the Australian licence system and thus became the only female correspondent based at General McArthur's Brisbane headquarters. This appointment inevitably led to the chance for another sojourn in the field, but not before her passage to New Guinea had been refused on two occasions. It just so happened that Stumm was present at HQ in Brisbane when General McArthur asked who was willing to cover an attack on the city of Rabaul. Lorraine's hand shot up in the air, the General smiled at her and said, 'You can go tomorrow.' [5] Stumm's arrival however, was a point of fierce contention for the Australian military authorities who had previously barred the way for her. The acting head of Public Relations, Colonel Rasmussen was shocked to hear of her travel to New Guinea and campaigned for her immediate removal from the front lines and the absolute ban of her writing from any Australian publication. Fortunately there was little that Rasmussen could do to veto the wishes of General McArthur, and Stumm spent her time in New Guinea bunking with US army nurses.\nMeanwhile, Harvey had been posted from Singapore to Sumatra then Sri Lanka and India. Making use of professional connections, Stumm was able to arrange for her employment with the British Ministry of Information in New Delhi. She was also determined to travel with Sheridan who, at the age of almost three, had not seen her father since she was six months old. Arranging for passage from Brisbane to Delhi proved problematic for Stumm, who had been warned against making the journey with a small child in tow. At a meeting prior to her departure, General McArthur gave her a final gift: 'I've trusted you absolutely since you've been with us and now I'm going to tell you highly secret information that may be of use to you in your new job.' He told Stumm 'strictly off the record' about a projected Andaman Islands campaign designed to free Burma from the Japanese. He outlined the details of the British thrust on Burma and said it was to be led by Admiral Mountbatten. I was amazed to be trusted with this information.' [6] The family were briefly reunited before Harvey was forced to relocate to Northern India, to fill a Commander's position. Shortly after he left Lorraine was overcome by a feeling of unease which threatened to swamp her at 5 o'clock one Sunday night. This anxiety did not abate as she arrived at the Ministry on Monday to find a telegram on her desk at 10am. The missive read: Deeply distressed to inform you that your husband Wing Commander Harley Stumm DFC was killed in an aircraft accident while on active service with 45 Squadron at 5pm on 13 May 1945. Years later, Stumm noted in her memoir: 'I still believe that in his last moments of consciousness Harley was trying to say \"Goodbye - I love you\"'. [7]\nFollowing the tragedy of Harley's death, Lorraine and Sherry based themselves in Sydney where Lorraine's sister Kate was living with her family. As the war came to an end, Stumm was seconded to serve as a war correspondent once more with her coverage of the Japanese surrender. Her plans encountered a significant setback when she contracted pneumonia and pleurisy. On account of her ill-health, Lorraine missed the Japanese surrender aboard the Missouri by two days. It was, she later reflected, 'the greatest disappointment of my career as a journalist.' Nevertheless, Stumm arrived in Tokyo in time to be the first Australian woman to witness the devastation of Hiroshima six weeks after the atomic bomb had been dropped.\nStumm spent a month in Tokyo, and took twice as long to return home via Japan, Okinawa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Borneo, and finally, Darwin. After the war, she met General McArthur once again when he awarded her the Asiatic Pacific Service Star for services as a war correspondent in New Guinea. As such, Stumm was one of only two women war correspondents to be decorated in the south-west.\nThis entry was researched and written by Isobel Prowse.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/i-saw-too-much\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-handful-of-hacks\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moresby-from-the-inside-i-took-part-in-an-invasion-and-other-articles\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adventurous-mum-was-first-female-war-correspondent\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Martin, Merran", "Entry ID": "AWE2741", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martin-merran\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Merran Martin has taught English to migrants and refugees in Canberra since 1985. From 1973-75 she worked in the Department of Immigration teaching English in a migrant hostel, as a shipboard education officer, and in its Migrant Education Section in Canberra. Fluent in French and German from childhood she also taught English in Europe in the early 1970s. She is currently Education, Placement and Referral Officer, Special Preparatory Program Manager and Home Tutor Scheme Coordinator in the Adult Migrant English Program at the Canberra Institute of Technology.\n", "Details": "Merran Martin was born on 6 February 1948 in Canberra, the daughter of Les Smith and Mauva Carney, whose ancestors had been pioneer settlers in the district. Her father served in the Navy during the war before joining the Commonwealth Public Service, becoming one of the founding officers of the Department of Immigration upon its formation in 1945. Merran was educated at St Patrick's primary school in Canberra before attending a French school and the International School in Geneva for three years when her father was posted to the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration in 1958. She returned to Canberra in 1961, fluent in French and German, and completed her high-school education at Canberra Catholic Girl's High School, Braddon, now know as Merici College.\nOn leaving school, Merran trained at Sydney Teachers College and taught languages in NSW high schools for three years. From 1971-72 she travelled in Europe, teaching English and learning Italian in Rome. On her return to Australia she completed a degree in modern languages at the University of New England, and joined the Department of Immigration teaching migrants and refugees at the Endeavour Hostel Coogee, NSW, before undertaking a voyage as a shipboard education officer in 1974. On her return to Canberra she worked in the Migrant Education Section of the Department of Immigration, resigning in 1975 to raise her four children.\nAfter completing further training in English as a second language at Canberra College of Advanced Education, Merran taught English to migrants at Bruce TAFE from 1985 to 1988, when she joined a commercial firm teaching English to international students. She returned to teaching at the ACT TAFE (now the Canberra Institute of Technology) in 1991 where she taught newly arrived students and initiated a program of English tutorials for traumatised refugees at TRANSACT, now known as Companion House. Merran is currently Education, Placement and Referral Officer, Special Preparatory Program Manager and Home Tutor Scheme Coordinator in the Adult Migrant English Program at the Canberra Institute of Technology, and intends to retire at the end of 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/merran-martin-interviewed-by-ann-mari-jordens-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hayter, Ellen Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE2742", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hayter-ellen-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Warra, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Nurse", "Summary": "Mary Hayter (known always more formally as Mrs. Hayter or, in wartime, as Lieutenant Hayter) was an active community worker and nursing sister who served with distinction in WWII.\n", "Details": "Mary Hayter was the daughter of English-born Thomas Edward Adams and his Australian wife, Marion Bruce Gales. Aged 18, she began nurse's training at the Tenterfield District Hospital. She worked as a nursing sister at the Glendore Private Hospital, Gympie, Queensland, before enlisting for service in WWII (Service Number QX23505 (Q70253)). During the War, as Lieutenant Hayter, she was attached to 12 units and served in England, the Gaza Ridge, and Nazareth. En route to Singapore from Nazareth, the ship carrying her unit was diverted to Colombo and Bombay as news arrived of the fall of Singapore. The nurses spent over seven weeks on the water before reaching Port Moresby, and were subsequently shunted from port to port.\nIn 1944, Mary married Eric Herbert Barnard Hayter (1900-1988) at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane. They had one daughter, Erica Mary Hayter, born 11 November 1946. Mary was heavily involved in her local community, offering her time to the All Souls' Anglican Church; the Red Cross; the R.S.L, the A&I Society, the Poultry Society, Friends of Feros, the Church Army and St Luke's Private Hospital in Sydney. In 1974 she was awarded an MBE for services to the community.\nMrs. Hayter suffered from a stroke shortly after her 90th birthday, in June 2000, and passed away in the Byron Bay Hospital in September of that year.\nInformation for this entry was provided by Harold Bruce Edmonds, son of Hayter's cousin Dorothy Ada Edmonds (n\u00e9e Greaves, 1906-1989).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ronksley-Pavia, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2743", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ronksley-pavia-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sheffield, Yorkshire, England", "Occupations": "Artist, Teacher, Writer", "Summary": "Michelle Ronksley-Pavia is one of Australia's emerging scientific artists. Born in England, she has lived in various parts of the United Kingdom and Europe. She studied for eight years in Belgium, where she attended the State-operated Ecole des Beaux Arts in Brussels. Whilst in Europe she was greatly influenced by the works of the Impressionists and the Belgian Surrealist painter, Rene Magritte.\nRonksley-Pavia emigrated and took up Australian Citizenship in 1992. She attended the University of Western Sydney and continued with postgraduate study in Visual Arts. Here she was drawn to the work of artists like James Gleeson and Brett Whiteley. Ronksley-Pavia exhibited widely and joined the National Association for the Visual Arts. The influence of the Association saw her career begin to flourish.\n", "Details": "Initially, Ronksley-Pavia's artwork delved into the human unconscious using scientific subject matter with overtones of religious and particularly ethical questions in connection with DNA cloning, inequalities and racial issues. She became increasingly interested in the mixing of science and art; in Karl Jung's archetypes of the collective unconscious; and in symbolism.\nDuring the early 21st Century she has moved to a more symbolic perspective, exploring inequalities in the new century. Her work centres on the use of bottle tops on which she paints intricate miniatures: often elements of the human body, blood cells, nerve cells and DNA structures. The human condition both internal and external feeds her paintings to produce art work which explores what makes us human. Like the viscera of painting, human bodies involve complexities of thoughts, actions and emotions mixed with chemical make-up of cells. These cells are incorporated into the bottle top images and attached using wire onto a painted canvas background. The painted bottle tops symbolise the microcosms of life within life; cells, growing and changing. The wire represents connections both internal and external, within human psyche and physical beings.\nHer recent works comment on the simplicity and complexity of the human internal form: the origin of all humans, no matter their culture, religion, skin colour or politics. Ronksley-Pavia's work is firmly entrenched in her belief that all life begins the same way; that the beginning of human life contains all of the genetic information (DNA) necessary to become a human; that genetic material may vary but the formation of cells occurs in the same way worldwide. She believes that any differentiation after birth is made by society.\nRonksley-Pavia ran into controversy in 2000 when she submitted her entry for the Archibald Prize - a portrait of NSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan - to the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The controversy centred on the amount of time the Police Commissioner was giving to having his portrait painted as opposed to solving crime problems in the notorious troubled ethnic areas of Sydney. Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph published an article questioning the Commissioner's commitment.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-title\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-title-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-title-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-title-4\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-title-5\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-whos-who-of-australian-visual-artists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-michelle-ronksley-pavia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Phillips, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE2744", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/phillips-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, England", "Occupations": "Academic, Doctor", "Summary": "Professor Christine Phillips is a general practitioner and health services researcher with interest and expertise in the health and health care of marginalised persons and populations, quality in health care and refugee and migrant health. She leads the Social Foundations of Medicine group at the ANU Medical School, where she instituted a curriculum integrating the social sciences across all four years and of medical education.\nPhillips is Medical Director of Companion House Medical Service, the ACT's refugee health care service, and has over twenty-five years of clinical experience working in primary care in the context of deep urban poverty, working in settings including drug and alcohol medicine, elder care, and prison health.\n", "Details": "Christine Phillips was born in London to Australian surgeon Peter Phillips and his wife Beatrice (n\u00e9e Benson). The eldest of nine children, she attended St Joseph's College, Echuca. She interrupted her medical studies at the University of Melbourne first to work in a medical mission in Zambia, and later to undertake research in indigenous health in Alice Springs. On graduating in 1988 she completed her internship and residency at the Royal Darwin Hospital. While living in Darwin she travelled to East Timor shortly after the border was opened, and later spent a sabbatical at a Research Institute in Gambia.\nChristine has worked as General Practitioner in Canberra since 1995. Since 2001, she has worked at the medical service associated with Companion House, Canberra's torture and trauma counselling and support service for refugees. She has had a long and ongoing attachment to the at Australian National University's Academic Unit of General Practice and Community Health.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christine-phillips-interviewed-by-ann-mari-jordens-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Byles, Marie Beuzeville", "Entry ID": "AWE2745", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/byles-marie-beuzeville\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ashton-On-Mersey, Cheshire, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Conservationist, Lawyer, Mountaineer", "Summary": "Marie Byles was the first woman to qualify to practise law in New South Wales. As Honorary Solicitor, she worked with Jessie Street to change the law regarding women's guardianship of their children. Establishing her own legal practice allowed her to devote herself to bushwalking, mountaineering and conservation of the environment. She was responsible for reserving Bouddi Natural Park north of the Hawkesbury River. A Pacifist, Byles was a devotee of Gandhi and developed an interest in Buddhism. A founding member of the Buddhist Society of New South Wales, she became an international authority on Buddhism and wrote several books on the subject.\n", "Details": "Marie Byles was born in 1900, the year of Queen Victoria's death, to Ida Unwin Byles (a cousin of publisher Sir Stanley Unwin) and Cyril Beuzeville Byles, an expert in railway signalling. Cyril was offered a position with New South Wales Railways and the family moved to Sydney in 1911. Marie was educated at Presbyterian Ladies College (PLC) Croydon, then Pymble. She was Head Prefect and Dux.\nByles studied Arts, then Law, at the University of Sydney. In 1918 an Enabling Act was passed in NSW, allowing women to practise law. Marie won the Rose Scott Prize for International Law and attracted media attention on her graduation. She worked with many women's organizations including Jessie Street's United Association of Women to help change the laws regarding women's rights in marriage and divorce, and, in particular, the guardianship of their own children.\nA bushwalker, Byles was drawn to mountaineering and travelled the world by cargo boat in 1929 to gain experience in high altitude climbing in Scotland, Norway and Canada. She climbed Mt Cook in New Zealand and returned to that country twice more to climb virgin peaks and map unexplored areas, before leading an international expedition to south China in 1938.\nOn returning to Sydney from her round-the-world voyage, Byles established her own legal practice, knowing that she would struggle to be given the respect she deserved by a patriarchal legal profession that saw women as secretaries and clerks. She employed an all-female staff, training them as highly skilled paralegals, and was committed to profit-sharing. The proficiency and loyalty of her staff allowed Byles to spend extended periods of time on overseas expeditions.\nAn early member of the Sydney Bushwalkers Club, Byles joined with others who were committed to conserving the natural environment and saving it from development. As Honorary Solicitor for the Federation of Bushwalking Clubs, she helped to get large amounts of land reserved in State Parks. In particular she wanted to reserve a stretch of coastline north of the Hawkesbury River that she had explored as a young woman. She achieved this in 1935 and became a Trustee of Bouddi Natural Park. She was notorious for organising regular working bees that saw up to a hundred people making tracks and installing water tanks etc.\nByles served as President of the Federation of Bushwalking Clubs for some years as well as editing its journal. With Paddy Pallin, the camping equipment provider, she founded The Bush Club, a specialised bushwalking club for people not interested in doing exhausting overnight bushwalks. The club attracted many European refugees who were glad for the opportunity to become acquainted with their new country but needed to report to the police every night.\nOn a bushwalking expedition to Bouddi in 1941, Byles suffered a collapsed arch and this restricted her bushwalking involvement. The failure of her attempt to reach the summit of a virgin peak in south China in 1938 shattered her and eventually inspired her interest in philosophy and Eastern spirituality. She travelled to India in 1953 and wrote about the life of the Buddha in Footsteps of Gautama Buddha. A devotee of Gandhi, she named the cottage that she had built next to Pennant Hills Reserve 'Ahimsa' after Gandhi's principle of non-violence. She wrote a book, The Lotus and the Spinning Wheel, on the comparisons between Buddha and Gandhi.\nByles learned of a form of meditation taught by Buddha, 'Vipassana', and travelled to Burma to do an intensive retreat at the Maha Bodhi centre in Mandalay. She wrote a book about her experiences, Journey Into Burmese Silence, that helped guide a new generation towards the spirituality of the East. Byles was a founding member of the Buddhist Society of NSW, the first society of Western Buddhists in Australia. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, she opened her home to Quakers and Buddhists for silent meditation and discussion groups.\nByles travelled to Japan to investigate Zen meditation and discovered the Ittoen spiritual community. She published a book on their teacher's philosophy, and wrote her own book, Paths to Inner Calm. In 1966 she was attacked while sleeping on the verandah of her home in Cheltenham. She was hospitalised and convalesced at the home of her friend, the writer Florence James, in the Blue Mountains. Suffering constant headaches, she learnt about the Alexander Technique and studied under the only teacher in Sydney. When he died Byles wrote a book on the exercises called Stand Straight Without Strain.\nIn 1974 Byles was honoured by the Women Lawyers Association for 50 years in the practice of law. Mary Gaudron and Elizabeth Evatt (recently Justices of the High Court) attended.\nSuffering from cancer, and refusing hospitalisation or painkillers, Marie Byles died at home on 21 November 1979. She bequeathed her home and the nature reserve on which it stands to the National Trust of NSW.\nThis entry was researched and written by Anne McLeod.\nExcerpted from the Dictionary of Sydney, relating to Byles' pioneering role in the law:\nIn her efforts to become an articled clerk (part of requirements for legal qualification at the time), she had some discouraging encounters with law firms - one male solicitor viewed Marie's potential as a mere typist. Eventually she was articled to Stuart Thom & Co on 6 June 1924. To obtain the requisite training with the master solicitor, her father had to pay \u00a3200 for her articles. The usual cost for male graduates was, in contrast, \u00a3100. Marie's father also had to provide her with suitable clothing for work. Unfortunately, the articles proved to be a soul - destroying experience. A change of workplace was made possible with the intervention of Sir John Peden, the Law Dean of Sydney University. Henry Davis & Co agreed to employ Marie in a role as managing clerk.\nShe was also active in the United Associations of Women and the National Council of Women of New South Wales.\nBy the 1930s, the practice employed five other women and sought to obtain the services of female barristers when they were available, including Sibyl Morrison. The legal practice dealt with matters of probate, conveyancing and debt recovery.\nIn 1952 Marie became the first female master solicitor when articled clerk Margaret Crawley joined her practice. By this time, the work premises were inappropriate and Marie created a private company to purchase land at 2A Hillview Avenue, Eastwood. Here she built the Berangie Chambers, an Aboriginal word meaning 'friend'. Marie designed the building to ensure the space was airy and filled with light. The practice moved here in 1953. In the late 1950s, she continued to consciously employ married women and promoted their professional development. Marie even offered to sponsor her law clerks to study for the Solicitors' Admission Board exams.\nIn 1970, she sold her business to Helen Larcombe, who had been the first female solicitor to practise in Newcastle in 1957.\nIn 1974, Marie celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of becoming a solicitor, and shared the occasion with two eminent judges, Judge Elizabeth Evatt and Judge Mary Gaudron.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1920 - 1960)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/byles-marie-beuzeville-1910-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-history-of-women-in-the-legal-profession-in-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Abouchar, Chantal", "Entry ID": "AWE2746", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abouchar-chantal\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "In 1997, Chantal Abouchar received the Walkley Award for Cinematography (Television Section) for her story, 'East Timor Resistance'. The program was made for ABC TV's Foreign Correspondent.\n", "Events": "Cinematography (Television), 'East Timor Resistance', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997 - 1997)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Alcorn, Gay", "Entry ID": "AWE2747", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alcorn-gay\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Journalist Gay Alcorn has won three Walkley Awards. In 1996 she won for Best Coverage of a Current Story (Print) with her article, 'Euthanasia', published in the Sydney Morning Herald. In 1999 she won for Newspaper Feature Writing with 'The Gambler' in The Age, Melbourne; and in 2004, with Malcolm Schmidtke and Liz Minchin, she won again for Newspaper Feature Writing with 'Young Latham' in The Age.\n", "Events": "Best Coverage of a Current Story,'Euthanasia', The Sydney Morning Herald - Fairfax (1996 - 1996) \nNewspaper Feature Writing, 'The Gambler', The Age Melbourne - Fairfax (1999 - 1999) \nNewspaper Feature Writing, 'Young Latham', The Age, with Malcolm Schmidtke & Liz Minchin (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Armstrong, Sarah", "Entry ID": "AWE2749", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/armstrong-sarah\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Sarah Armstrong received a Walkley Award in 1993 for Best Application of the Print Medium to Journalism (Radio Section) for her story 'Diggers Depart', aired on ABC Radio's The World Today.\n", "Events": "Best Application of the Print Medium to Journalism, 'Diggers Depart', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1993 - 1993)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Attard, Monica", "Entry ID": "AWE2750", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/attard-monica\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Monica Attard is one of Australia's most respected news and current affairs journalists. She holds five Walkley Awards including a Gold Walkley for Excellence in Journalism. Attard is best remembered, according to author Denise Leith, as 'the woman reporting astride a Russian tank in Red Square in her pyjamas as the communist regime ended'. She spent four years as Russian correspondent for the ABC, reporting on the collapse of the Soviet Union, and received the Medal of the Order of Australia for her services to Australian journalism. In 1997 she published her book, Russia: Which Way Paradise? Attard has also reported for Channel Seven News, and the ABC's Lateline and Four Corners. She has been a long-standing host of ABC Radio's PM and Sunday Profile, and in 2006 she presented ABC TV's Media Watch program.\n", "Details": "Born to Maltese parents, Monica Attard was raised in Australia. Her father's stories of Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini imbued her with some understanding of the destructive power of political dictatorships. In 1983 she visited Russia for the first time, expecting to find a workers' paradise. She was disappointed, but developed a strong attachment to the country nonetheless and resolved to spend more time there. Employed by the ABC in radio current affairs for AM, The World Today, and PM, she was finally posted to Moscow in 1990 as Russian correspondent for ABC radio.\nAttard witnessed Gorbachev's final year of power, the 1991 coup and the collapse of the Communist Party which saw a 'new' Russia under Boris Yeltsin and capitalism. She met her Russian husband, Grigori (Grisha) Klumov, in 1992, and they married in Moscow in 1993. Interviewed later for Leith's book on war correspondents, Bearing Witness, Attard reflected upon her time in Russia and upon lessons learned there on questions of journalistic objectivity and morality. A successful war correspondent, she said, is one who not only covers a story accurately, but brings passion and human feeling to that story. The journalist should not set out to provoke interviewees, but at times there is a moral obligation to speak out. Attard recalled the occupation of Moscow by Soviet Union soldiers in 1991, and her own impassioned reaction:\nI said to them, \"Do you really believe in what you are doing? You are occupying your own city! Who ordered you here? Oh, the commander. And do you know who the commander answers to? Is he one of the KGB chief's boys? You have got a mother. You have a babushka. Do you think that they are going to like seeing you on television driving through the streets of Moscow on a tank?\"\nAttard 'couldn't believe that these young kids who were all the beneficiaries of perestroika and glasnost would want to do what they were doing\u2026 At the end of the day I had taken a moral stand\u2026 I think that there are some situations where it is not moral to be objective'. As a correspondent, she witnessed terrifying scenes of war including an Armenian massacre and a protest around the Lithuanian parliament, where the foyer was manned by children 'no more than seven or eight years old' and armed with Kalashnikov rifles. War stirs passion and overwhelming cruelty, and Attard was unable to function simply as a 'human camera', blindly recording in the most horrific of circumstances. Other journalists remained detached:\nMaybe what they are seeing is so horrendous and so morally repugnant to them that the only way they can justify it is by objectifying it. I don't know. Maybe it is because they really believe that the role of the journalist is to sit there and be a human camera but I can't draw that line between humanity and journalism. I don't think journalists are gods or non-humans, or should pretend to be. You have to have some moral certitude and fortitude and stand by your beliefs. If you don't have those beliefs, if you are so morally derelict that you don't see the immorality in your behaviour then OK, you deserve to be haunted.\nOn returning to Australia in 1994, Attard hosted PM for ABC radio, and in 2002 began presenting Sunday Profile, a national interview program on ABC local radio. In 2006, she took up the gruelling role of presenter on ABC TV's Media Watch program. Attard was nervous about standing in judgement of her colleagues, but believed in the importance of a program like Media Watch to keep journalists accountable: 'You need to have a watchdog that's public and open and very effective', she said, 'I think they're a very important part of a working democracy'. She hosted Media Watch for one year before returning to Sunday Profile in 2007.\n", "Events": "Best Coverage of a Current Story (Print), Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1991 - 1991) \nBest International Report, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1991 - 1991) \nBest Piece of Journalism Newspaper, Television or Radio, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1991 - 1991) \nBroadcast Interviewing, 'Kernot, Beazley, The Bishop', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2002 - 2002) \nBroadcast Interviewing, 'On The Brink', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2005 - 2005)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/russia-which-way-paradise\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bearing-witness-the-lives-of-war-correspondents-and-photojournalists\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Autio, Narelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2751", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/autio-narelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Photo Journalist, Photographer", "Summary": "Narelle Autio has received two Walkley Awards for photography: in 2000 for 'The Seventh Wave', and in 2002 for 'School of Dance', both published in The Sydney Morning Herald.\n", "Events": "Daily Life Photography, 'School of Dance', The Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax (2002 - 2002) \nFeature Photograph, 'The Seventh Wave', The Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bower, Helen Rosalie (Ros)", "Entry ID": "AWE2752", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bower-helen-rosalie-ros\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "South Yarra, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Consultant, Journalist, Print journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Freelance journalist Ros Bower wrote for the Sun, the Argus, and Woman's Day. She worked in television production and was employed as a consultant by the Australian Council for the Arts.\n", "Details": "Ros Bower worked as a cadet reporter for the Sun newspaper before moving to Melbourne to take up a position as journalist for the Australian Red Cross Society, and from 1948, the Argus. She worked as a freelance journalist in London in 1955 before returning to Melbourne, where she wrote for Woman's Day. She produced HSV-7's television panel show, Tell the Truth, in the decade from 1957.\nFrom 1969, Bower was employed by the Australian Council for the Arts, where she drafted papers on education and the arts. In 1970 she published a paper in her own right, entitled Women in Australian Society, which contributed to debates around equal pay and equal opportunity for women. In the early 1970s, Bower assisted with the establishment of the community arts and regional development committee of the Australia Council. The committee became the community arts board in 1978, with Bower as its first director.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1945 - 1970)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bower-helen-rosalie-ros-1923-1980\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bulcock, Emily Hemans", "Entry ID": "AWE2753", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bulcock-emily-hemans\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tinana, near Maryborough, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Poet, Print journalist", "Summary": "Emily Bulcock was a poet and freelance journalist. She produced several volumes of verse and contributed regularly to major metropolitan newspapers in Australia.\n", "Details": "Emily Bulcock grew up in rural Queensland and was educated by her father, Henry Burnett Palmer. Her brother was writer Vance Palmer. She worked as a teacher until 1903 when she married orchardist Robert Bulcock. In 1914 the pair moved to Caloundra, where Emily Bulcock began writing regular newspaper pieces. In 1917 they moved again, to Brisbane.\nBulcock wrote several volumes of poetry including Jacaranda Blooms (1923), From Quenchless Springs (1945), and From Australia to Britain (1961). Her verse was published in major newspapers in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. In the 1920s, Bulcock worked as a freelance journalist for the Graziers' Journal and Farmers' Gazette. She was a foundation member and vice-president of the Queensland Authors' and Artists' Association, later the Fellowship of Australian Writers (Queensland), and became a life member in 1965. She was appointed O.B.E. in 1964 for services to literature.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1914 - 1930)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/emily-bulcock\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bulcock-emily-hemans-1877-1969\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chase, Muriel Jean Eliot", "Entry ID": "AWE2754", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chase-muriel-jean-eliot\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Photographer", "Summary": "Muriel Chase ( nee Cooper) was well known for her community work, philanthropy, journalism and photography. A foundation member of the Karrakatta Club and the Women Writer's Club, she was social editress of the West Australian from 1903.\n", "Details": "Muriel Jean Eliot Cooper, later Chase, was born on 2 July 1880 in Geraldton, Western Australia. She was the eldest of four children born to John Henry Cooper and Priscilla Richenda (n\u00e9e Eliot). Cooper was educated at Amy Best's school.\nOn 5 July 1900, at the age of 20, she married Ernest Edward Chase, who was 15 years her senior. The couple moved to England where Ernest was to work as secretary to Sir Charles Rose, a conservative Member of Parliament. The couple did not stay long, returning to Australia only a year later due to Ernest's ill health. They had two daughters.\nIt is unclear when Cooper developed an interest in photography, or where she trained, but she is known to have worked at a photography studio called the Hay Street Studio in Perth during 1900s. She photographed notable community leaders, and some of these photographs were published in newspapers. Western Mail published six of her photographs of West Australian Members of the Federal Senate.\nCooper was a foundation member of Karrakatta Club and the Women Writers Club, and through her work at the Western Mail newspaper Cooper helped raise funds to establish the Silver Chain District Nursing Association in 1904.\nCooper was the social editor of The West Australian newspaper from 1903, and also wrote for the Western Mail using the pseudonym Adrienne. She also wrote a column entitled Children's Corner under the name of 'Aunt Mary'.\nMuriel Jean Cooper died of heart failure on 13 February in 1936, aged 56.\nCollections\nState Library of Western Australia\nContent added for the In Her Gift and The Women's Pages research projects, last modified 5 September 2012\nIn addition to writing for the West Australian, Chase wrote for the Western Mail under the pseudonym of Adrienne, and campaigned for more social welfare services throughout the Western Australian community. She wrote for the paper's Children's Corner as 'Aunt Mary', and recruited her younger readers as 'silver links in a chain of service'. In this way she helped to establish the Silver Chain District Nursing Association, raising enough money by 1904 to fund a district nurse who visited her patients by bicycle. The work of the district nurse raised awareness in the community of the need for hospitals and homes, both for infants and the elderly. Occasionally, Chase herself would relieve the district nurse on night duty.\n", "Events": "Active as professional photographer (1900 - ) \nCareer in journalism active (1900 - 1910)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-mechanical-eye-in-australia-photography-1841-1900\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-six-west-australian-members-of-the-federal-senate\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/weddings-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miss-coopers-studio\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elinor-elizabeth-clifton\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chase-muriel-jean-eliot-1880-1936\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clift, Charmian", "Entry ID": "AWE2755", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clift-charmian\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kiama, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Journalist Charmian Clift wrote a popular weekly column for the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Herald from 1964 to 1969. She is the author of several novels including Mermaid Singing (1956), Peel me a Lotus (1959), Walk to the Paradise Gardens (1960), and Honour's Mimic (1964).\n", "Details": "Raised in regional New South Wales, Charmian Clift moved to Sydney in 1941 after winning the New South Wales title in Pix magazine's Beach Girl Quest. In 1943 she enlisted in the Australian Women's Army Service, and served with the 15th Australian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, before moving to Melbourne to take up the position of orderly officer at Land Headquarters. There she edited an army magazine and published a number of short stories.\nClift joined the Argus in 1946, where she met war correspondent George Henry Johnston. Johnston was a married man, but the pair moved to Sydney and were married in 1947, following his divorce. They had a son and a daughter. The family moved to London in 1951 and later, in 1954, to the Greek island of Kalimnos. Between 1956 and 1964, Clift wrote several novels to great acclaim in Britain and the United States of America.\nIn 1964, Clift returned to Sydney with her family and began a weekly column for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Herald. The topical column became immensely popular, and she continued to meet her weekly deadline until her untimely death in July 1969. Depressed and under enormous strain, Clift took an overdose of sleeping tablets.\nA collection of Clift's essays, The World of Charmian Clift, was published posthumously by her husband and illustrated by her son. Trouble in Lotus Land (1990) and Being Alone with Oneself (1991) were also published posthumously.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1940 - 1969)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shameless-scribblers-australian-womens-journalism-1880-1995\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mermaid-singing\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/honours-mimic\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/being-alone-with-oneself\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peel-me-a-lotus\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walk-to-the-paradise-gardens\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-world-of-charmian-clift\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-life-and-myth-of-charmian-clift\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-sponge-divers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/high-valley\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-big-chariot\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/images-in-aspic\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clift-charmian-1923-1969\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bacon, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE2756", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bacon-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalism trainer, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Associate Professor Wendy Bacon is a widely-acclaimed investigative journalist. Her articles in the National Times on the attempted bribe and murder of Detective Michael Drury in the 1980s formed the basis of the ABC television series, Blue Murder. Bacon received a Walkley Award in 1984 for her exposure of official corruption in New South Wales. She has worked for Channel 9 (Sunday Program and Sixty Minutes), John Fairfax and Sons (National Times and Sun Herald), and SBS (Dateline).\nFrom 1991 to August 2012 Bacon was an academic at the University of Technology, Sydney, where she taught journalism at the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ). She continues to write as a freelance investigative journalist.\n", "Details": "Wendy Bacon grew up in Reservoir, Victoria, where her father set up a medical practice. Hers was, she says, a very suburban upbringing. The Bacon family had no television, but the children were given many books. Wendy was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College. Though her grandmother was a Presbyterian, her parents were agnostics, and even while she worked as a Sunday School teacher she was taught to question the existence of God and was not religious herself. Wendy's political education began early. Her grandmother was one of the founders of the League of Nations in Australia and believed, somewhat controversially at the time, that China should be included in the United Nations. Wendy's school speech to this effect created an uproar among parents and teachers.\nIn the mid-1960s, Wendy Bacon enrolled at the University of Melbourne and lived at St Hilda's College. Here she was part of the anti-Vietnam War campaign - her mother also campaigned, as part of Save Our Sons - and became strongly aligned with progressive, anti-authoritarian (including anti-Communist government) movements. By the late 1960s, Bacon had moved to the University of Sydney, where she joined the Sydney 'Push'. She was still drawn to radical social movements, and enjoyed the open enquiry and discussion in the group. At Sydney, Bacon edited the student newspaper, Tharunka. With fellow students, she was involved in distributing the Little Red Schoolbook to teenagers, offering advice on all number of matters including how to deal with teachers and how to find out about sex. The Little Red Schoolbook generated enormous controversy, and Bacon was interviewed by Mike Willessee on A Current Affair. The whole episode was marked on her record. On the grounds that she had created a furore in Australia, Bacon was not permitted to enter the United States until the mid-1980s when she was working as a journalist for Fairfax.\nOver the course of her student and professional career, Bacon has been arrested approximately eighteen times. Her willingness to critique oppression and expose corruption, and her preference for investigative journalism, has come at a price. At just 23 years old, during an anti-censorship protest, Bacon was found guilty of exhibiting an obscene publication and jailed at Mullawah Women's Prison for eight days. She was later imprisoned at Darlinghurst for a similar amount of time. Following her release, Bacon wrote an article for George Munster at Nation, based upon her experiences. She co-founded the support group, Women Behind Bars, in Sydney.\nIn prison Bacon encountered police corruption first-hand, from bribery to the raping of women prisoners. She encountered it again, specifically the link between organised crime and corrupt police, during protests against developments in Victoria Street, Sydney. One of the protest leaders simply disappeared, while Bacon herself was sent a bullet in an orchid on Valentine's Day. In later years, police corruption became the core focus of her investigative journalism.\nIn the mid-1980s, Bacon wrote a series of articles for the National Times, bringing to light allegations that Detective Sergeant Roger Rogerson had attempted to bribe Detective Michael Drury, following an attempt on Drury's life. Her stories were used in the ABC television series, Blue Murder. Bacon was also involved in publicity around the case of Lionel Murphy, the former Labor Attorney-General who was appointed to the High Court and brought to trial for perverting the cause of justice. Murphy had connections to organised crime. It was Bacon who obtained information from Murphy's friend, Jim McClelland, but her policies on confidentiality meant suppressing the information, and McClelland perjured himself. Bacon broke the story with David Marr. She also investigated the case of New South Wales Premier, Neville Wran, who faced the Street Royal Commission in 1983 over claims by the ABC's Four Corners that he tried to influence the magistracy over the 1977 committal of Kevin Humphries, charged with misappropriation of funds. Bacon received a Walkley award in 1984 for her exposure of official corruption in New South Wales.\nAs well as investigative journalism, Bacon maintained her interest in politics and activism, and produced a number of feature articles for the Australian Society journal. In March 1988, she published 'Voices of Dissent Around Sydney Harbour', expressing frustration at the lack of criticism around Australia's bicentennial celebrations and reacting with distaste to the kitsch of it all - the dressing up, the re-enactments, the plethora of Australian flags: 'When on the 27 January', wrote Bacon, 'I suggested to the editor of one newspaper that something more critical of the official line as well as a more qualitative account of the Aboriginal protests might be written, she dismissed the notion as raking over what was already history'. Later that year, Bacon wrote on private hospitals, asking 'where does the buck stop?', and discussing the corruption and tax evasion behind ownership of private hospitals.\nToday, Wendy Bacon teaches investigative journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has a special interest in the reporting of humanitarian and environmental issues. Bacon teaches freedom of information law for John Fairfax and Sons. She is a board member of the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, and a contributing editor with the Pacific Journalism Review.\n", "Events": "Best Feature (newspaper or magazine): ' The Briese Affair: Neville Wran's Crisis Deepens', Published in the National Times (1984 - 1984)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/journalism-as-research\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-case-in-ethical-failure-twenty-years-of-media-coverage-of-aboriginal-deaths-in-custody\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/private-hospitals-where-does-the-buck-stop\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/voices-of-dissent-around-sydney-harbour\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bacon-wendy-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Belbin, Amelia", "Entry ID": "AWE2757", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/belbin-amelia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Provincial Newspaper Story - published in the The Beenleigh and Logan Reporter (1989 - 1989)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Berry, Rebecca", "Entry ID": "AWE2758", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/berry-rebecca\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Provincial Newspaper Story - Published in the Maitland Mercury (1990 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Biggins, Felicity", "Entry ID": "AWE2759", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biggins-felicity\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Felicity Biggins is an experienced journalist who paints a picture of life in the New South Wales Hunter Valley by examining multiculturalism, the environment, welfare, relationships, politics, the economy, international affairs, the national arts scene, health and indigenous affairs. In 2008 she was working for radio 2NUR in Newcastle.\n", "Events": "Best application of the print medium to journalism - Australian Broadcasting Commission (1991 - 1991)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Binks, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE2760", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/binks-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Local government councillor, Print journalist", "Summary": "Mary Binks won a Walkley Award in 1987 for Best Story in a Provincial Newspaper. The Burnie Advocate ran a series of articles about the Tasmanian logging industry between October 22 1986 and February 2, 1987.\nBinks has gone on to play an important role in local government in Tasmania. She served as Mayor of the Devonport council in 2000.\n", "Events": "Best provincial newspaper story - Published in the Burnie Advocate (1987 - 1987)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-into-local-government-you-can-make-a-difference\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blackburn, Estelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2761", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blackburn-estelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Winner in 2001 of the Walkley Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism, Estelle Blackburn spent six years researching and investigating the cases of two men convicted of killing women in Perth in the 1960s. As a result of the fresh evidence she gained and her book on the case Broken Lives the State Attorney-General agreed to reopen the two separate cases of the convicted killers.\n", "Details": "Estelle Blackburn spent six years (and the proceeds of the sale of her house) researching and investigating the cases of Darryl Beamish and John Button, convicted killers who always maintained their innocence, and who exhausted every avenue available to them in their quest to prove it. A chance meeting with John Button's brother in 1992 determined Blackburn's course for the next ten years. Her research and investigation uncovered serious police blunders which led to the reopening of their cases and, eventually, in 2005, the quashing of their convictions.\nInitially an unsuccessful applicant for a cadetship with West Australian Newspapers Blackburn was offered a position with the company as a clerk in the newspaper library . She worked there for three months in 1968 before enrolling at the University of Western Australia as a full-time student with the help of a scholarship. She succeeded in entering the journalism cadetship program in 1969 and, while working for the paper, completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree part time, with a double major in Psychology and Anthropology. She continued working with West Australian Newspapers, progressing from general news and minor features to coverage of the proceedings of the Western Australian State Parliament. In 1974 she travelled to Europe and did a little freelance work although she mainly supported herself by teaching English and secretarial work.\nIn 1980 she returned to Perth and joined the ABC as a radio and television reporter. In 1985 she was invited to apply for a position in the Media Office of the Western Australian Government. She began work as the media advisor to the Minister for Police and Local Government, and worked for other ministries along the way. In 1990 she became Junior Media Advisor in the office of the Premier of Western Australia, Carmen Lawrence. After the defeat of the Lawrence government in 1993, Blackburn received continuing casual employment in government media relations, but at this point, her mind was focused on the case that would eventually become her book Broken Lives.\n", "Events": "For service to the community through investigative journalism in Western Australia (2002 - 2002) \nGreatest contribution to journalism (1999 - 1999) \nMost outstanding contribution (2001 - 2001) \nResearching research Innocence Projects and other organisations helping the wrongfully convicted in USA\/Canada and the UK. (2007 - 2007) \nSustained excellence in journalism (1999 - 1999) \nWiiner for Broken Lives (2001 - 2001) \nWinner of the Historical & Critical Studies for Broken Lives (1999 - 1999)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/broken-lives\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-end-of-innocence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brockie, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE2762", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brockie-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Jenny Brockie is a multi-award winning journalist with over twenty years experience in the industry. In 1992, she won several awards, including the Gold Walkley award, for her television documentary Cop It Sweet, a revealing portrait of police culture in Sydney's Redfern district.\n", "Events": "Best application of television medium to journalism - 'Cop It Sweet', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1992 - 1992) \nBest piece of journalism -'Cop It Sweet' - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1992 - 1992) \nBest television current affairs report - 'The Devil You Know', for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990 - 1990) \nBest Television Documentary (1992 - 1992) \nInterview - 'Young Mob', Insight (SBS TV) (2013 - 2013)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cop-it-sweet\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE2763", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best feature writing (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bailey, Cate", "Entry ID": "AWE2764", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bailey-cate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Three Headings - Published in The Australian (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2765", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Events": "Radio News Reporting - Waterfall Train Crash - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shock-and-grief-reporter-reflects-on-the-waterfall-train-derailment\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walsh, Nonee", "Entry ID": "AWE2766", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walsh-nonee\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "In 2003, Nonee Walsh was a passenger on a train that derailed at Waterfall near Sydney, New South Wales. Suffering personal injuries she was trapped in the train. After her rescue, guided by her colleague Michelle Brown, she still managed to report on the news that was unfolding around her. That lead to them jointly winning a Walkley Award (Radio) for news reporting in 2003. Her colleague wrote about the events when they were featured in a play produced for the tenth anniversary of the crash in 2013.\nWalsh is currently (2017) the website reporter and editor for the International Association of Women in Radio and Television, a NGO supporting women in media on gender issues and women's rights.\n", "Details": "Nonee Walsh was a journalist with ABC radio for 29 years, working in radio news, current affairs rural, and Radio National. She began her radio career in university public radio 5UV, by turning her Anthropology study into a radio series; 'Prostitution in Adelaide'. From the 1980's she was based in the ABC's Sydney Newsroom, and covered the Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and Chamberlain Royal Commissions and the NSW 'Independent Commission Against Corruption' before turning towards science and environment journalism. She has conducted journalist training and coordinated the ABC's Science media fellows programme.\nFrom 2001 onward, she reported for ABC radio and online on two prominent business corruption inquiries, the James Hardie asbestos compensation funding issue, and the 2006 Inquiry into AWB and the UN Oil for Programme. In 2015 she was awarded a Master of Arts (Research) from the University of Sydney for a thesis on that inquiry, 'Mediating justice: investigating the media framing of the 2006 Cole inquiry.'\nShe ceased broadcasting on the ABC in 2014, and began working for IAWRT in 2015.\n", "Events": "Radio News Reporting - Waterfall Train Crash - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shock-and-grief-reporter-reflects-on-the-waterfall-train-derailment\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mediating-justice-investigating-the-framing-of-the-2006-cole-inquiry\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Adams, Glenda Emilie", "Entry ID": "AWE2767", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adams-glenda-emilie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ryde, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "East Redfern, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Author, Novelist, Teacher", "Summary": "Glenda Adams was a Sydney-born and educated novelist and short-story writer. She studied journalism at Columbia University in New York, where she subsequently taught creative writing. During the 1980s she was writer-in-residence at a number of Australian universities before returning to Australia in 1990 to teach creative writing at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her MA writing program there became the model for successful postgraduate writing programs across Australia. Her novels Dancing on Coral (1987) and Longleg (1990) won a number of major Australian literary prizes. She died in Sydney in 2007.\n", "Details": "Glenda Emilie Adams was born at Ryde, NSW, daughter of Elvie and Leonard Felton. Educated at Fort Street Primary School and Sydney Girl's High, she became the first B.A. Honours graduate from the University of Sydney's newly-established Department of Indonesian and Malayan Studies in 1962. After two years travelling in Indonesia as a graduate student on a small scholarship, she returned to the University of Sydney to teach Indonesian. In 1964 she studied journalism at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, New York, graduating with a Masters degree in 1965. She subsequently worked as an Associate Director of the Teachers and Writers Collaborative, New York, a non profit organization that sent writers into New York City public schools to work with teachers to help improve children's writing skills through creative work. She also became a news writer on the radio desk at Associated Press, New York, Press Officer at the United Nations, a freelance writer and editor in Brussels and New York, and from 1976 taught part-time fiction writing workshops at Columbia University, New York City, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY and at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.\nGlenda married Californian political scientist, Gordon Adams, in 1967. They subsequently divorced. Her first short story collection, Lies and Stories, was published in 1976 and her first novel, Games of the Strong, in 1982. In the 1980s she made periodic visits to Australia during which she was writer-in-residence at the University of Adelaide (1980), the University of Western Australia (1980), Macquarie University, Sydney, (1981 and 1988) and the University of Western Sydney (1988). She returned to live in Sydney in 1990 to teach fiction writing full time at the University of Technology, Sydney, where her MA writing program became the model for successful postgraduate writing programs across Australia. She established the first Australian Association of Writing Programs conference in 1996 and was a member of the Australian Society of Authors and the Australian Writers Guild. Her publications include short stories, novels and plays, and she has also written for television.\nGlenda Adams received a number of Australia Council Grants and a Literature Board Fellowship in 1994. She won the Miles Franklin Award and a NSW State Premier's Award in 1987 for her novel Dancing on Coral, and the Age Book of the Year Award and the National Book Council Award for fiction for her 1990 novel Longleg. In 1998 her first play, The Monkey Trap, was commissioned and performed in Sydney at the Griffin Theatre.\nAdams retired as Associate Professor at the UTS in 2003 to devote herself to writing. She died in Sydney on 11 July 2007 and is survived by her daughter Caitlin.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/glenda-adams-manuscript-collection-1965-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portraits-of-glenda-adams-1990-picture-alec-bolton\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/glenda-adams-author-of-dancing-on-coral-guest-speaker-at-literary-luncheon\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-glenda-adams-1982-1999\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-glenda-adams-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-drusilla-modjeska-1959-2006-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/5775-brisbane-writers-centre-records-1995-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-rosemary-dobson-1923-2004-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carmel-bird-manuscript-collection-1983-1997\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hmss-0131-word-festival-canberra-records\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-peter-porter-circa-1947-2010-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cottrell, Ida Dorothy Ottley", "Entry ID": "AWE2768", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cottrell-ida-dorothy-ottley\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Picton, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Florida, United States", "Occupations": "Author, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Dorothy Cottrell moved from New South Wales to Ballarat, Victoria, with her parents while still an infant. She contracted infantile paralysis and was confined to a wheelchair from the age of 5. Cottrell's parents separated and she was raised by her grandmother, her aunt and her uncles, in various parts of New South Wales. She was educated by governesses and attended the Royal Art Society of New South Wales.\nFrom 1920, Cottrell lived at Ularunda, Queensland, where she was active in hunting, swimming, rowing and driving. In 1922 she married Walter Mackenzie Cottrell, and the newlyweds eloped to Dunk Island. They later moved to Sydney and travelled around New South Wales before returning to Ularunda, where Dorothy began to write fiction. Her novel The Singing Gold was published in London and Boston in 1929 after appearing as a serial in the American Ladies' Home Journal and later, the Sydney Mail and the English Women's Journal.\nThe Cottrell's moved to California in 1928, and two years later Dorothy published Earth Battle. In 1942 they moved to Florida, where Dorothy worked as a journalist and writer of short stories. In 1953 she published The Silent Reefs - the story was serialised in the Saturday Evening Post and made into a film.\nDorothy died of heart disease in June 1957, survived by her husband and adopted son.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1940 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cottrell-ida-dorothy-ottley-1902-1957\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-dorothy-cottrell-1929-1970-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burger, Angela", "Entry ID": "AWE2769", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burger-angela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Angela Burger won a Walkley Award in 1978 for a series of articles run over a week in the Queensland Times. The series 'What is wrong with our school system?' took a long look at the problems confronting the Queensland state school system. It run the week beginning July 17 1978.\n", "Events": "Best provincial newspaper story - The Queensland Times, Ipswich (1978 - 1978)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cafagna, Josephine", "Entry ID": "AWE2770", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cafagna-josephine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "TV Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary Or Special, Public Safety in Victoria - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carabine, Alison", "Entry ID": "AWE2771", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carabine-alison\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Events": "Radio News Reporting, September 11 - Washington, Southern Cross Radio Network (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chambers, Verity", "Entry ID": "AWE2772", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chambers-verity\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Photo Journalist", "Events": "Best Feature Photograph (1992 - 1992) \nBest News Photograph (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Connolly, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2773", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/connolly-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Anne Connolly started her career as a cadet journalist for The Australian. She completed a three-year traineeship on the newspaper and later worked as a freelance journalist in Dublin, sending articles back to Australia about the IRA ceasefire and peace process. She also did a course for foreign journalists based in Paris for eight months, only moving into TV when she returned to Australia. She then went on to work as a producer and journalist for the ABC's Four Corners.\n", "Events": "Current Affairs Reporting -Less that 10 Minutes (with Richard Ackland, Deborah Richards) - 'Cash for Comment', Media Watch - ABC TV (1999 - 1999) \nGold Walkley (with Richard Ackland, Deborah Richards) - 'Cash for Comment', Media Watch - ABC TV (1999 - 1999)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richards, Deborah", "Entry ID": "AWE2774", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richards-deborah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "Current Affairs Reporting -Less that 10 Minutes (with Richard Ackland, Anne Connolly) - 'Cash for Comment', Media Watch - ABC TV (1999 - 1999) \nGold Walkley (with Richard Ackland, Anne Connolly) - 'Cash for Comment', Media Watch - ABC TV (1999 - 1999)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williams, Pamela", "Entry ID": "AWE2775", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-pamela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Business Report - 'Revealed: Allens Gave $100.000 Annuity to ASC Boss', Australian Financial Review, Fairfax (1994 - 1994) \nGold Walkely - 'The Plan To Smash A Union', Australian Financial Review, Fairfax (1998 - 1998) \nInvestigative Reporting - 'The Plan To Smash A Union', Australian Financial Review, Fairfax (1998 - 1998) \nNewspaper Feature Writing - 'Labor's trial', Australian Financial Review (2010 - 2010) \nNewspaper Feature Writing - 'The Fall of the House of Howard', Australian Financial Review (2008 - 2008) \nWalkley Book Award - Killing Fairfax, Harper Collins (2013 - 2013)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Trioli, Virginia", "Entry ID": "AWE2776", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trioli-virginia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bendigo, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "Best Business Report - 'The Bet Bardas Lost', The Age, Melbourne, Fairfax (1995 - 1995) \nBest Columnist (1998 - 1998) \nRadio Current Affairs Reporting (on behalf of the ABC 774 Drive Team) - 'Minister Overboard', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tremain, Cathryn", "Entry ID": "AWE2777", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tremain-cathryn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Photo Journalist", "Events": "Best Feature Photograph in a Newspaper - 'Little Rays of Sunshine' - The Age, Melbourne, Fairfax (1994 - 1994)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tweedie, Penny", "Entry ID": "AWE2778", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tweedie-penny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Photo Journalist, Photographer", "Events": "Feature Photograph - 'Spirit of Arnhem Land' - Good Weekend, Fairfax (1999 - 1999)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/penny-tweedie-archive-1958-2010\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Virgoe, Sally", "Entry ID": "AWE2779", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/virgoe-sally\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "TV Current Affairs Reporting (Less Than 20 Minutes), with David Marr and Peter McEvoy - 'Cash for Comment II and Professor Flint's Fan Mail', Media Watch, ABC TV (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilkinson, Marian", "Entry ID": "AWE2780", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilkinson-marian\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Marian Wilkinson won a Walkley Award in 1989 for Best TV Current Affairs reporting, while working for the program Four Corners. In True Believers she interviewed four Liberal Party MPs after the Andrew Peacock leadership 'coup' that removed John Howard from the Liberal leadership. The judges commented in 1989 that she provided a 'new angle on the story\u2026it was well presented\u2026with unbelievable interviews. The impact of this programme is still being felt on the national political scene'.\n", "Details": "Marian Wilkinson was brought up in Brisbane and graduated from Queensland University. She helped set up Brisbane's first alternative FM Radio Station, 4ZZZ-FM, and helped run its first newsroom. She was hired by The National Times in Sydney covering politics and organised crime before becoming the paper's Washington Correspondent. On her return to Australia she joined ABC Television's Four Corners as a reporter and later became the program's executive producer. Since then she has worked at The Australian and the Sydney Morning Herald in reporting and editing roles. In 2002 she was appointed Washington Correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Age and reported the 2004 presidential campaign. She returned to the Herald in Sydney as a senior reporter covering national security and Cole inquiry into the Oil for Food scandal.\nShe is the author of several books on Australian politics including: The Fixer, the Unauthorised Biography of Graham Richardson and Dark Victory with David Marr. She has received numerous awards for her journalism including a Walkley and a Logie.\n", "Events": "Best Television Current Affairs Report - 'True Believers', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1989 - 1989)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Whitmont, Debbie", "Entry ID": "AWE2781", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whitmont-debbie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Lawyer, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Debbie Whitmont graduated in Arts and Law from Sydney University and practised as a lawyer in legal aid and then for government.\nShe joined ABC television's Four Corners as a researcher in 1986 and was later awarded a cadetship at the ABC. She worked in ABC News before spending a short time in commercial TV, as both a reporter and a producer.\nReturning to Four Corners in 1989, she was a producer, reporter and later an Associate Producer. As a producer she won the Gold Medal at the New York Film Festival and was nominated for an Emmy Award for \"The Forgotten Famine\" (with Mark Colvin). She also won a Logie for \"Other People's Money\" (with Paul Barry).\nFrom 1993 to 1996 Debbie was ABC TV's Middle East Correspondent, based in Jordan and then in Jerusalem; reporting from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Pakistan among others; filing stories for News, Foreign Correspondent, Lateline and The 7.30 Report.\nSince 1998, Debbie has been a Four Corners reporter. She is the author of the book \"An Extreme Event\", about the fatal 1998 Sydney to Hobart yacht race.\nIn 2003 she won a Walkley award for her Four Corners' report \"About Woomera\".\nFor two consecutive years Debbie has won the Human Rights Commission Award for Journalism: in 2002 for \"Inside Story\", about the Villawood Detention Centre; and for her report \"About Woomera\" in 2003.\n", "Events": "Televsion Current Affairs, feature, documentary or Special (More than Twenty Minutes) with Morag Ramsay, 'The Newman Case', Four Corners ABC Television (2008 - 2008) \nTV Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary Or Special (More Than 20 Minutes), with Jo Puccini - 'About Woomera', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cross, Zora Bernice May", "Entry ID": "AWE2782", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cross-zora-bernice-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Author, Journalist, Poet, Print journalist, Teacher", "Summary": "Zora Cross was, among other things, a poet and author of children's verse. She wrote for the Brisbane Daily Mail as a freelance journalist, and was drama critic for the magazines Green Room and the Lone Hand.\n", "Details": "The daughter of Australian-born parents, accountant Ernest William Cross and his wife Mary Louisa Eliza Ann (n\u00e9e Skyring), Zora Cross was educated in Sydney from 1905. She began work as a primary school teacher, but left the profession to give birth to a daughter who died as an infant. She married actor Stuart Smith in 1911, but insisted upon living separately. The marriage was dissolved in 1922. Zora gave birth to a son, Norman Garvin, in 1914, after a 'mysterious love affair' (ADB), and later had two daughters - Davidina and April - to her de facto husband, Bulletin 'Red Page' editor David McKee Wright. The eldest, Davidina, predeceased her mother in 1941.\nZora's first book of poems, A Song of Mother Love, was published in Brisbane in 1916. That same year she attempted publication of her first novel, on an Aboriginal theme, but was unsuccessful. In 1917 she published a second collection of poetry, Songs of Love and Life, comprising sixty love sonnets: 'the first sustained expression in Australian poetry of erotic experience from a woman's point of view' (ADB). A number of poems were published in the Bulletin. The Lilt of Life, published in 1918, ran along similar lines, but the inspiration behind the poems - Zora's relationship with David Wright, who had four sons to Margaret Fane - was the stuff of scandal. Zora also wrote verse for children, including The City of Riddle-mee-ree in 1918, and Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy, in memory of her soldier brother, in 1921.\nWhen David Wright died suddenly in 1928, Zora supported herself and her three children by working as a freelance journalist (particularly for the Brisbane Daily Mail), teacher of elocution, actor and drama critic. She attempted to write a trilogy of novels on a Roman theme, but never completed the work. She died of heart disease in the home she had shared with Wright at Glenbrook, in the Blue Mountains, and was buried at Emu Plains.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1930 - 1960)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-city-of-riddle-me-ree\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daughters-of-the-seven-mile-the-love-story-of-an-australian-woman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elegy-on-an-australian-schoolboy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-lilt-of-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/songs-of-love-and-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hectic-age\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cross-zora-bernice-may-1890-1964\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1800-1936-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dolling, Dorothy Eleanor Ethel Victoria Georgina Barber", "Entry ID": "AWE2783", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dolling-dorothy-eleanor-ethel-victoria-georgina-barber\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Woodhaugh, Dunedin, New Zealand", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Trained mathematician Dorothy Dolling devoted much of her life to the work of the South Australian Country Women's Association. During wartime she worked with the Allied Forces Information Bureau. Dolling also enjoyed a long career in journalism, writing for the Adelaide Advertiser from 1936.\n", "Details": "Daughter of English-born parents, Edgar Scott Clarke and his wife Alice Jane (n\u00e9e Barber), Dorothy Dolling was educated at Otago Girls' High School and the University of Otago. She completed a Bachelor of Science in 1918 and Master of Science in 1919. After two years teaching mathematics and physics at the University of Leeds, England, she returned to study advanced mathematics in New Zealand and married medical practitioner Charles Edward Dolling.\nIn the years before the Second World War, particularly during the Depression, Dorothy occupied herself with the activities of the South Australian Country Women's Association (C.W.A.), organising handicraft classes, fundraising for bushfire and flood relief, and distributing blankets and necessities. She became a member of the Women's Centenary Council of South Australia and, during wartime, initiated a register of volunteer personnel. She served with the Allied Forces Information Bureau and Women's Air Training Corps, and chaired the central welfare committee of the Women's Land Army. After the war, Dorothy established leadership schools for C.W.A. officers in the interests of developing their education.\nFrom 1936, Dorothy had also begun work as a journalist, editing the women's pages of the Advertiser as 'Marian March', and editing its weekly rural newspaper, the Chronicle, as 'Eleanor Barbour'. She retired from the Chronicle in 1966.\nDorothy Dolling died of hypertensive heart disease in 1967, survived by a daughter and a son. Her son founded the Dorothy Dolling memorial trust, assisting country women and their children to obtain further education.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1936 - 1966)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dolling-dorothy-eleanor-ethel-victoria-georgina-barber-1897-1967\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dreyer, Marien", "Entry ID": "AWE2784", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dreyer-marien\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mornington, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Darlinghurst Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Journalist, Playwright, Print journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Marien Dreyer wrote numerous scripts for the Australian Broadcasting Commission from the 1940s to the 1960s, and was author of the popular New Idea column 'This Week with Marien Dreyer' from 1955 to 1962.\n", "Details": "Daughter of a New Zealand-born journalist, Joseph Dreyer, and his Australian wife Mary Oulton (n\u00e9e Rosson), Marien was educated at a convent school until the age of 14. She worked as a stenographer and took on a number of jobs in Sydney before returning to Melbourne in 1940, where she worked as telephonist for the Australian Imperial Force. Marien married Rodney Beaumont Lovell Cooper, and the pair settled in Sydney in the 1940s. They were to have two sons.\nIn Sydney, Dreyer produced a large number of stories and plays for magazines and radio broadcasts with scripts including 'The Windows of Heaven', 'The Big Wind', and the autobiographical 'Story of a Lame Duck' (Dreyer lost a leg while still a child). From 1955 to 1962, she wrote the popular New Idea column, 'This Week with Marien Dreyer'. She won the Walkley Award in 1959 as co-writer of a non-fiction magazine article for New Idea entitled 'The Day I Wiggled My Big Toe'. Dreyer's satirical play, Bandicoot on a Burnt Ridge, won her the Journalists' Club \u00a31,000 award for 1962-63. In 1966, she assisted stipendiary magistrate Arthur Debenham with the authorship of his memoirs, Without Fear or Favour. She was a prolific writer of letters to the editor, many of which were published in the Sydney Morning Herald.\n", "Events": "Best Magazine Feature Story (Non-Fiction), 'The Day I Wiggled My Big Toe' (with Harry Cox), New Idea and People (1959 - 1959)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dreyer-marien-oulton-1911-1980\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fenston, Esm\u00e9", "Entry ID": "AWE2785", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fenston-esme\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Esm\u00e9 Fenston served for 22 years as editor of the Australian Women's Weekly. She was appointed O.B.E. for services to journalism in 1967.\n", "Details": "Esm\u00e9 Fenston was educated at Sydney Girls' High School before taking a job as a reporter for Triad magazine at the age of 17. From there she began work on the women's pages of the Daily Guardian and Daily Telegraph Pictorial. In 1930, she was married to Jack Fenston, who became circulation manager of the Land newspaper. She was soon editing the women's pages of the Land, and in 1933 joined the staff of the Sydney Mail, becoming social editor.\nIn 1938, Fenston was seduced by a lucrative offer from the Australian Women's Weekly, switching from the Fairfax to the Packer media empire. She became sub-editor of the magazine, and in 1950, succeeded Alice Jackson as editor. The magazine was already enjoying a circulation of 750,000. Fenston had an excellent feel for its readership, and aimed to reflect public taste rather than lead it. In the 1960s, issues on controversial subjects such as the contraceptive pill and women's knowledge of sex attracted 800,000 readers. Fenston worked very closely with Frank Packer, who admired her judgement. In later years he bought a car and a large home for the Fenston's near the Lane Cove River, closer to the Weekly office, and funded a trip to England.\nEsm\u00e9 Fenston was appointed O.B.E. for services to journalism in 1967. She died in 1972 after 22 successful years as editor of the Australian Women's Weekly.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fenston-esme-ezzie-1908-1972\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cooper, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE2786", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cooper-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Piece of News Reporting - The Australian - News Ltd (1990 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cooke, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE2787", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cooke-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Feature - Either in a Newspaper or Magazine - Notable Mention - The Sydney Morning Herald - Fairfax (1987 - 1987)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coopes, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE2788", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coopes-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Artist, Cartoonist, Journalist", "Summary": "Jenny Coopes worked as a political cartoonist for the Fairfax organisation for 20 year. She has won three Walkley Awards and was highly commended on another occasion. In 2006 she was an MA student in animation at the University of Technology in Sydney.\n", "Events": "Best Cartoon - 'Mates' - The Sun - Herald (1999 - 1999) \nBest Cartoon - The Sun Herald (1989 - 1989) \nBest Illustration - 'His Honour. The Prisoner' - The National Times Sydney (1985 - 1985) \nBest Illustration - Highly Commended - the Sun Herald (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cartoons-for-the-cause-cartooning-for-equality-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Corcoran, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE2789", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/corcoran-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Helen Corcoran won a Walkley Award in 1983 for Best story in a Provincial Newspaper for a series published in the Tamworth Northern Daily Leader. The series ran for four months and led to a New South Wales state government investigation into the ownership and financial management of Tamworth's Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.\n", "Events": "Best Story in a Provincial Newspaper - The Northern Daily Leader. Tamworth (1983 - 1983)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Couch, Shelli-Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2790", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/couch-shelli-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Publicist", "Summary": "Shelli-Anne Couch started her journalism career on the Albury Border Mail and now works as a fashion publicist in Los Angeles.\n", "Events": "Best Coverage of a Current Story (Print) - Highly Commended - The Border Mail Albury (1991 - 1991)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Craig, Ailsa", "Entry ID": "AWE2791", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/craig-ailsa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Ailsa Craig wrote for the magazine Woman's Day in the 1950s and 60s.\n", "Events": "Best Magazine Feature Story (Non-Fiction) - Woman's Day, Sydney (1966 - 1966)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crisp, Lyndall", "Entry ID": "AWE2792", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crisp-lyndall\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Print journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Lyndall Crisp I did her cadetship on the Sydney Daily Mirror before spending nearly four years travelling overseas and working at odd jobs. When she returned to Australia, she worked for The Australian for six years, ending up in the London bureau. Eighteen months later she joined the Nine Network's Sunday program as a researcher\/producer before joining The National Times as a feature writer. When it closed she moved to The Bulletin, first as a writer then editor. After nearly five years as editor (the first woman to be appointed to the role) she worked on Channel Seven's Witness program for a year before joining the Sun-Herald as assistant editor and then the Australian Financial Review as features editor then senior writer. She returned to News Limited in August to edit a new business magazine to be launched in October 2008, the deal.\n", "Events": "Best Feature - Either in a Newspaper or Magazine - Notable Mention - Nine Network (1987 - 1987)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-media-report-women-in-the-media\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cronin, Katy", "Entry ID": "AWE2793", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cronin-katy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Events": "Radio News Reporting - NATO's War on Yugoslavia - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1999 - 1999)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davey, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE2794", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davey-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Provincial Newspaper Story - Northern Daily Leader, Tamworth (1971 - 1971)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davies, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2795", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davies-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "IN 2008, Anne Davies is the Washington correspondent for the Melbourne Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. She will be covering the run up to the US presidential election in November 2008 and the first years of the new presidency. Previously, Anne was state political editor of The Sydney Morning Herald. Prior to that she was Urban Affairs editor, covering the development industry and local politics. During this time she and Kate McClymont won a Gold Walkley for their coverage of the Canterbury Bulldogs rugby league salary cap scandal. Anne also spent ten years covering Federal politics in Canberra and specialised in a number of policy areas including media, transport, industry policy and trade.\n", "Events": "Gold Walkley - Bulldogs Salary Cap Scandal - The Sydney Morning Herald - Fairfax (with Kate McClymont) (2002 - 2002) \nInvestigative Journalism - Bulldogs Salary Cap Scandal - The Sydney Morning Herald - Fairfax (with Kate McClymont) (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McClymont, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE2796", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcclymont-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "Best Coverage of a Current Story (Print) - 'Spot of Bother Over at A' - The Sydney Morning Herald - Fairfax (with Colleen Ryan) (1993 - 1993) \nFor significant service to the print media, and to investigative journalism. (2020 - 2020) \nGold Walkley - Bulldogs Salary Cap Scandal - Sydney Morning Herald - Fairfax (with Anne Davies) (2002 - 2002) \nInvestigative Journalism - 'Exposed: Obeid's secret harbour deal', The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald (with Linton Besser) (2012 - 2012) \nInvestigative Journalism - Bulldogs Salary Cap Scandal - Sydney Morning Herald - Fairfax (with Anne Davies) (2002 - 2002) \nPrint News Report - 'Thomson: New credit card claims', The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald (2012 - 2012)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/criminals-and-other-smelly-business\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ryan, Colleen", "Entry ID": "AWE2797", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ryan-colleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Colleen is a former Washington correspondent for the Australian Financial Review (1996-1998) and was editor of the newspaper from 1998-2002. After completing a Bachelor of Economics at the University of Sydney, Colleen joined Arthur Andersen as an accountant. However, she was clearly destined for a life in the media and joined the AFR as a business writer just one year later. This marked the beginning of a distinguished media career stretching over three decades.\n", "Details": "Collen Ryan has achieved a number of remarkable positions throughout her career including: Papua New Guinea correspondent of the AFR (1976-1978); assistant editor of 8 Days Magazine, London (1979-1980); editor of the AFR's Weekend Review (1980-1982); business editor of the National Times (1982-1986); and associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald (1986-1996). Colleen's work has been recognised with numerous industry awards including: Gold Walkley Award for Journalism (2004); Walkley Award for Best Business Report (2004); Centenary Medal for Services to Journalism and Publishing (2003); Australian Journalist of the Year (1992); and the Walkley Award for Best News Report (1992). Colleen has also published one book Corporate Cannibals: The Taking of Fairfax (1992), co-authored with Glenn Burge.\n", "Events": "Best Coverage of a Current Story (Print) - 'Spot of Bother Over at A' - The Sydney Morning Herald - Fairfax (withKate McClymont) (1993 - 1993) \nBest Feature, 'The Secret Society which sank Australia' - Highly Commended - The Sydney Morning Herald - Fairfax (with Deborah Light and Paul McGeogh) (1990 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Light, Deborah", "Entry ID": "AWE2798", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/light-deborah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Deborah Light has an illustrious career in print journalism. She is a former business, features and news editor at the Sydney Morning Herald, and was the first woman in Australia to head a major newspaper, in the form of the Australian Financial Review. She has also written for the Bulletin.\n", "Events": "Best Feature, 'The Secret Society which sank Australia' - Highly Commended - The Sydney Morning Herald - Fairfax (with Colleen Ryan and Paul McGeogh) (1990 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tingle, Laura", "Entry ID": "AWE2799", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tingle-laura\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Laura Tingle has worked in the federal parliamentary press gallery for more than twenty years, reporting on politics and economics, including stints as political correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald , and as chief political correspondent for both The Australian and The Age newspapers. She has also worked as chief political correspondent of the Australian Financial Review .\nLaura moved into political reporting from economics, following a long period covering financial markets and deregulation for the Australian Financial Review and as economics correspondent for The Australian . She is also the author of Chasing the Future - a book documenting how the recession of the early 1990s changed Australia's political and economic debate.\nIn June 2004, Laura won the Paul Lyneham Award for Excellence in Press Gallery Journalism. She won Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism in 2005 and 2011 and in 2010 she was shortlisted for the John Button prize for political writing.\n", "Events": "Best Coverage of a Current Story - Highly Commended (with David Ikin, Miranda Devine, Les Mennedy and Mark Jones) (1992 - 1992) \nCommentary, analysis, opinion and critique (Winner) - Liars, clunkheads, rent seekers and gamblers: federal politics 2010-2011 (2011 - 2011) \nCoverage of Indigenous Affairs - 'Cabinet Leaks' - Australian Financial Review - Fairfax (2005 - 2005)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/great-expectations-government-entitlement-and-an-angry-nation-quarterly-essay-46\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chasing-the-future-recession-recovery-and-the-new-politics-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Devine, Miranda", "Entry ID": "AWE2800", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/devine-miranda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Miranda Devine is a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald noted for her conservative stance on a range of social and political issues.\n", "Events": "Best Coverage of a Current Story - Highly Commended (with David Ikin, Miranda Devine, Les Mennedy and Laura Tingle) (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davis, Sharon", "Entry ID": "AWE2801", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davis-sharon\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "For more than 20 years Sharon has reported on important stories both locally and internationally for ABC Radio. One of her documentaries prompted an Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry into the use of prison informers. She covered the first democratic election in South Africa for Radio National, and was present in the refugee camps in Macedonia when Kosovars streamed across the border to escape the war.\n", "Details": "Sharon has won numerous awards for her work, including three Walkley awards, the Human Rights Award, the George Munster Award for Independent Journalism, and the International Women in Film and Radio Award. In 2000 she was awarded an International Reuters Scholarship to study at Oxford University.\nIn 1995 Sharon took leave from the ABC to work as a media trainer with disadvantaged groups in South Africa. She lived and worked there for three years.\n", "Events": "Best Investigative Report - 'Playing With Fire' - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1993 - 1993) \nBest Investigative Report -Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1991 - 1991) \nRadio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special - 'Crime and Punishment' - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Nick Franklin) (2003 - 2003) \nRadio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 'The Search for Edna Lavilla', with Eurydice Aroney (2007 - 2007)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Duncan, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE2802", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/duncan-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Launceston, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Journalism trainer, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Julie Duncan was a highly regarded journalist and journalism educator who developed some of Australia's earliest journalism courses.\n", "Details": "Julie Duncan was born Julie Mary Badock in Launceston, Tasmania. Her career in journalism began at The Mercury in Hobart, where she won the Montague Grover Award for cadet journalists as well as the Alan Cane cadet award. She went on to work as a news reporter, features writer and public affairs journalist. In 1979, Julie married South Australian Attorney-General for the Labor Government, Peter Duncan, and moved to Adelaide, where she began lecturing in journalism at the South Australian College of Advanced Education (now the University of South Australia). Here she developed some of Australia's earliest journalism courses.\nFrom 1986 to 1990, Julie Duncan was editorial training and development manager at The Advertiser in Adelaide. Under her management, the paper's cadet training scheme enjoyed an excellent reputation as one of Australia's best. Duncan promoted the hiring of The Advertiser's first indigenous cadet, whom she trained, and she worked closely with indigenous students and with Reconciliation Australia. She also championed the employment of the paper's first female photographer. In 1987, Duncan convened and chaired the first national journalism education and training conference. She designed a three year training course, The Front Page and Beyond, which has since formed the basis of much journalism training in Australia. Those who knew Duncan noted that her passion for good journalism was unwavering. She was an active member of the Australian Journalists Association\/Media Alliance, and served on state, federal, professional and judiciary committees. She had an excellent rapport with her students and relished teaching them.\nIn 2003, Duncan received the Walkley Award for the most outstanding contribution to journalism. By then, having been diagnosed with cancer, she had returned to Tasmania to live with her parents. Her husband Peter was living in Lombok, Indonesia, following failed business dealings in Adelaide, but the pair were in daily contact. Julie Duncan died in February 2005, aged 52, survived by her husband Peter, her daughter Georgia, and her stepsons Macgregor and Jock. Memorial services were held in Hobart, Adelaide and Sydney - 300 people attended the Adelaide service alone. Today, the Julie Duncan Memorial Award for the best journalism student is offered as part of the South Australia Media Awards. The award is open to students of the University of South Australia's journalism program whose published or broadcast projects reflect outstanding initiative and\/or newsworthiness and technical skill, and adhere to ethical and legal standards.\n", "Events": "Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism - Journalism Trainer and Educator (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/south-australia-new-club-and-technology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dupree, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2803", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dupree-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best story published in an Australian magazine - Woman's Day (1967 - 1967) \nBest story published in an Australian magazine - Woman's Day (1972 - 1972)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dear-mamma-lena\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Elen, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE2804", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elen-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "With an academic background in literature, Judith Elen has been deputy editor of The Australian's Review of Books for three years and has also been that newspaper' letters editor. She has also been Deputy Editor of it's 'Taste and Indulgence' section.\n", "Events": "Best Section Or Special (with Shelley Gare, Jeff Allan & Marina Skinner) The Australian's Review of Books (1997 - 1997)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gare, Shelley", "Entry ID": "AWE2805", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gare-shelley\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Shelley Gare has been an editor of both Good Weekend and Sunday Life, was a consultant editor on the start-up of WHO magazine, and was the first woman deputy editor appointed to The Australian newspaper, after working for The Sunday Times in London. At The Australian, she ran all the newspaper's features area. She has been managing and motivating staff since she was appointed as editor of Cleo magazine in her early 20s.\nAs founding editor of The Australian's Review of Books, she won a Walkley, and now writes regularly for The Weekend Australian, as well as a variety of overseas publications.\n", "Events": "Best Section Or Special (with Judith Elen, Jeff Allan & Marina Skinner) The Australian's Review of Books (1997 - 1997)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-nene-gare-1939-1994-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Skinner, Marina", "Entry ID": "AWE2806", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/skinner-marina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Section Or Special (with Shelley Gare, Jeff Allan & Judith Elen) The Australian's Review of Books (1997 - 1997)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2807", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Suzanne Smith is a broadcast journalist with extensive experience in radio and television. She has won two Walkley Awards, one in 2005 for 'Television Current Affairs' and another in 1999 for investigative radio documentary. She was also awarded European Union Journalist of the Year award in 1998 and was a Walkley Award finalist in 1994. Suzanne was awarded a highly commended notation at the 2004 Human Rights Awards in Sydney.\n", "Events": "Daily Current Affairs - 'The Tipping Point', Lateline (ABC TV) (with Tony Jones, John Bruce, Michael Doyle and Brant Cumming) (2013 - 2013) \nRadio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special, 'Push Your Vote My Way', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1999 - 1999) \nTV Current Affairs Reporting (Less Than 20 Mintues), 'Kids Club', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2005 - 2005)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Snow, Deborah", "Entry ID": "AWE2808", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/snow-deborah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "In 1991 Deborah Snow and Murray McLaughlin won a Walkley Award for their report 'Blood on the Bougainvillea'. The programme focused on the uprising in Bougainville and featured an interview with Papua New Guinea's Bougainville commander, Colonel Leo Nuia, admitting that helicopters provided by Australia had been used to dump rebels' bodies at sea.\nShe is currently (2008) a senior reporter for the Fairfax group.\n", "Events": "Best International Report, 'Moscow Uprising', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1994 - 1994) \nBest Investigative Report (Television), Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1991 - 1991)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sommer, Eva", "Entry ID": "AWE2809", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sommer-eva\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Eva Sommer was an inaugural Walkley award winner in 1956 when she was a cadet on the Sydney Sun newspaper. A mystery stowaway had been travelling with other migrants on ships between Europe and Australia but had been unable to land because he could not remember his identity. Sommer, who spoke French and German, interviewed him and helped establish his identity, winning the best news story in the first year of the Walkley award.\n", "Events": "Best Piece Of Newspaper Reporting, 'The Mystery Stowaway', The Sun (Sydney) (1956 - 1956)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Martin, Di", "Entry ID": "AWE2810", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martin-di\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Events": "Radio Current Affairs Reporting, 'The Leaving and the Returning', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Martin, Katherine", "Entry ID": "AWE2811", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martin-katherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Newspaper Feature Story, The Australian (1973 - 1973)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mason, Bonita", "Entry ID": "AWE2812", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mason-bonita\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalism trainer, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Bonita Mason is a Western Australian based writer who works for Aboriginal organisations and is a part-time journalism lecturer and freelance journalist.\n", "Events": "Magazine Feature Writing, 'The Girl in Cell 4', HQ (1997 - 1997)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Masters, Deb", "Entry ID": "AWE2813", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/masters-deb\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "Gold Walkley - 'Banking Bad', Four Corners (ABC TV) and Fairfax Media (with Adele Ferguson and Mario Christodoulou) (2014 - 2014) \nTV Current Affairs Reporting (Less Than 20 Minutes), 'Lucien Leech-Larkin and the Jesuit Conversion', Australian Broadcasting Corporation, with David Hardaker (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mayman, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE2814", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mayman-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Documentary filmmaker, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Jan Mayman is an independent journalist based in Perth, Western Australia. She has worked as an investigative reporter in Australia and the United Kingdom for over 20 years, writing for The Sunday Times Insight team as well as The Age in Melbourne, The Canberra Times, and The Guardian and The Independent in London. In 1984, Mayman won the Gold Walkley, the highest honour in Australian journalism, and the Bronze Walkley for best newspaper report for her investigation into the deaths of several Aborigines who were in the custody of West Australian police. Human rights groups supported her investigation's claims of human rights abuses, and her reports helped prompt a two-year Royal Commission inquiry into the deaths, leading to reforms within the Australian police and prison systems. Mayman also co-produced and wrote a documentary film about the neo-Nazi movement in Perth, Western Australia, which was a finalist for a 1993 Walkley Award for best television journalism.\n", "Details": "Throughout her career, Jan Mayman has taken a special interest in Aboriginal affairs. In the late 1980s she was writing frequently for the political journal, Australian Society, and produced a number of feature articles that tackled highly controversial subject matter including Aboriginal deaths in custody, and government corruption.\nAn article by Mayman in January 1988 - 'Why Joan Winch Needs $650,000' - profiled Winch, then chair of Curtin University's Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Aborigine of the Year and winner of the Sasakawa Prize from the World Health Organisation for her work in Aboriginal health. According to Winch, Western medical systems weren't working in Aboriginal communities. Aboriginal people responded best to health care administered by other Aboriginal people. Winch, who had previously operated a mobile medical unit which she drove around the Swan Valley fringe-dweller's camps, hoped to set up an Aboriginal health college offering education in trachoma, diabetes, pneumonia, ear and eye infections, alcoholism, and gastroenteritis.\nIn April 1988 Mayman reported on the upcoming Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody under the leadership of Justice Muirhead. The Commission was set up partly in response to the Vincent report, produced by a committee of representatives from Aboriginal affairs, police and corrective services departments. It was 'packed with disturbing statistics and vivid graphs', said Mayman, but was largely shelved by the government, with 26 of its 32 recommendations set aside indefinitely. The report noted that 35.6% of all sentenced prisoners in Western Australia were Aboriginal, as were 91.7% of sentenced and default prisoners held in police lockups. Mayman noted carefully: 'With a WA state election due early next year, cynics suggest the WA government has decided the risk of a few more black deaths is less electorally dangerous in a deeply conservative state than a full-blooded attack on the social, economic and cultural factors behind the West's extraordinary black incarceration rate'. By December 1988, Mayman was noting with frustration that the West Australian Premier, Police Minister, and Police Union Society, were all united in their criticism of the Muirhead inquiry.\nMayman didn't shy from criticism of the government, and in October 1988 wrote a damning report - again in Australian Society - on the corruption inherent in government deals with big corporations. West Australian entrepreneurs were making fortunes from gold, nickel, iron ore, bauxite and diamonds, but the billion dollar Petrochemical Deal, driven by the infamous Alan Bond and Bond Corp, was Mayman's particular focus. As part of the 'Petro Deal', the WA government would support and invest in the building of a new petroleum plant, while Bond Corp would take over responsibility for a government pledge to rescue Rothwells merchant bank to the tune of $150 million. Environmental problems including the potential leakage of cancer-causing chemicals were not being considered, and Mayman observed that many former conservation leaders were now working in government jobs or as part of lucrative consultancies. She reminded readers of the sale of Robert Holmes a Court's Bell Group, when the Bond Corporation and WA government each bought an equal number of shares for a total of $340 million, and when the National Companies and Securities Commission was prevented from making a full investigation by 'the shield of the Crown', disallowing inquiry into government decisions. A second article, 'You take the profit, we'll keep the waste', examined the environmental cost of the lucrative sand-mining industry in response to a proposal by French company Rhone-Pouenc Chimie Australia to build a plant producing the rare earths phosphate, monazite. The mineral resource would bring $300 million per year to the state in exports but projects like these, warned Mayman, were threatening some of the state's most spectacular wilderness areas, and environmentalists were being oppressed by politically powerful mining companies.\nMayman worked at Channel Seven for a time, but was dismayed by the network's racist approach to news, and found that it was generally uninterested in reporting on Aboriginal affairs. On one occasion, she notified the newsroom of a violent police raid on an Aboriginal community in the Swan Valley. Rather than visiting the camp to interview residents who were willing and ready to tell their story, reporters went to a nearby park where they found a group of Aboriginal mourners who had been to a funeral, and conducted interviews there instead. The mourners had been drinking, and reporters came away with inflammatory material threatening violence to the police that only served to exacerbate the situation. Mayman left the network in disgust.\nIn 1984, Jan Mayman won the Gold Walkley award for her news reporting on Aboriginal deaths in custody. Nearly a decade later, in 1993, her documentary film Nazi Supergrass was a finalist for the Walkley award for best television journalism. The documentary traced the development of the Australian Nationalist Movement, which conducted a violent campaign of racial hatred in Perth from 1986 to 1989, targeting Asians, Jews and Blacks. The group was arrested and convicted based on the evidence of one of its members, Russell Willey, who talked in exchange for immunity. Willey was interviewed for the film in secret locations and disguised his appearance. Nazi Supergrass was narrated by Mayman and Steve Bisley, directed by David Bradbury, and produced by Anthony Buckley (copy held at the National Film and Sound Archive).\n", "Events": "Best Piece of Journalism Newspaper, Television or Radio, Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Freelance (1984 - 1984) \nBest Piece of News Reporting, Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Freelance (1984 - 1984)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/why-joan-winch-needs-650000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-issues-wa-still-wont-face\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/behind-closed-doors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wa-resists-reform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/you-take-the-profit-well-keep-the-waste\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/if-only-we-are-prepared-to-listen-aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-in-western-australia-and-proposals-by-the-perth-city-coroner-david-mccann-for-reform-of-the-colonial-inquests-system\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nazi-supergrass\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-indigenous-public-sphere-the-reporting-and-reception-of-indigenous-issues-in-the-australian-media-1994-1997\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McKew, Maxine", "Entry ID": "AWE2815", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mckew-maxine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Parliamentarian, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Prior to her election to the House of Representatives as the member for Bennelong in 2007, Maxine McKew was an award-winning journalist with thirty years experience. She hosted a number of programmes on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television and radio, including\u00a0Lateline and The 7.30 Report. In 2000 Maxine took up a position with the Bulletin Magazine as a regular contributor of feature interviews with prominent political business and arts\/entertainment figures. She is the winner of both a Walkley and a Logie award and is the recipient of a Centenary Medal for services to broadcasting. She remained in the federal Parliament for only one term, as she was defeated at the 2010 election.\nA complete record of her parliamentary service, including a link to her first speech, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).\n", "Details": "Maxine McKew was only five years old when her mother died. Her father had a drinking problem and was ill-equipped to take care of her so, after her mother's death, she lived with her grandparents, who ran a corner shop in the Brisbane beachside suburb of Scarborough. Her grandmother - who McKew regards as the main influence on her life - did most of the work, rising at five to take deliveries, doing the washing in a big old copper, cooking for the family and spending her evenings keeping the books. After three years with her grandparents, McKew's father remarried. Maxine moved back with her father and had to adjust to living with a stepmother and an increasingly 'unwell' father. It was not a happy time. Her stepmother, now a good friend, kept the household together. 'She ran a very tight ship. As I get older, I am more and more like her,' says Maxine.\nMaxine was educated by the Sisters of Mercy at All Hallows' School, where she was known to be a very good student. She began a degree at the University of Queensland but dropped out. Says McKew, 'I was bursting to get out there and make enough money to fly away from Brisbane, and I did.' She travelled to London and worked as a typist with the BBC. From there, her career in journalism developed. She returned to Australia and started with the ABC in Brisbane in 1976 as a cadet reporter for the original This Day Tonight programme. She worked in Adelaide and in Canberra on Nationwide in the 1980s and was also news anchor and reporter on the Carleton\/Walsh Report. She was then appointed to the Washington Bureau in 1986. The early nineties saw McKew take up a position as chief political correspondent in Canberra for ABC Radio on the AM and PM programmes.\nMcKew moved to Sydney in 1993 and worked on the business programme The Bottom Line. When the host, Kerry O'Brien, moved into the anchor spot for the 7.30 Report, McKew in turn became Lateline presenter. In that capacity, she interviewed a host of national and international figures, including Tony Blair, Shimon Peres, Chris Patten, Fidel Ramos, B.J. Habibe and Aung Sang Suu Kyi. In the late 1990s, McKew branched out into print journalism and combined her successful 'Lunch with Maxine McKew' column for The Bulletin magazine with stand-in anchor duties on both the 7.30 Report and Lateline. McKew was also part of the ABC's federal election commentary team, along with Kerry O'Brien and Antony Green.\nIn 2006, McKew resigned from the ABC in order to seek out 'new challenges'. Chief amongst them was winning ALP pre-selection and then election for the Sydney seat of Bennelong in the Federal House of Representatives in November 2007. This she did, and on 29 November, 2007, newly elected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that McKew would be his Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Child Care. Maxine McKew delivered her first speech in the House of Representatives on 14 February 2008.\nShe was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2023 for significant service to journalism, to higher education, and to the Parliament of Australia.\n", "Events": "Broadcast Presenting - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/agent-of-influence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-battle-for-bennelong-the-adventures-of-maxine-mckew-aged-50something\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beyond-the-disconnect-practical-ethics-interview-with-maxine-mckew\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mckew-the-hon-maxine-margaret-am\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Minchin, Liz", "Entry ID": "AWE2816", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/minchin-liz\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Liz Minchin is a multi-award-winning journalist, whose news-breaking coverage of climate change for The Age newspaper has been cited worldwide, including by the BBC, The New York Times and Time magazine. In 2007, Liz won the national prize for best environmental reporting at the United Nations Association of Australia's World Environment Day awards. She has interviewed world leaders on climate change, including Nobel Peace Prize winners Dr Rajendra Pachauri, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and former Soviet leader and Green Cross International founder Mikhail Gorbachev. In 2004, Liz and two colleagues won a Walkley award for best newspaper feature and in 2006 she and Age colleague Royce Millar won a Melbourne Press Club Quill award for an investigative series exposing secret cash donations to local politicians. Liz is currently co-writing a book with scientist Dr Donna Green on the big picture solutions to Australia's climate change challenge, which is due for release in 2009.\n", "Events": "Newspaper Feature Writing, 'Young Latham', The Age, with Malcolm Schmidtke & Gay Alcorn (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/digging-in-the-dirt-investigative-journalism-in-australia-from-the-1950s-to-2000\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moffat, Felicity", "Entry ID": "AWE2817", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moffat-felicity\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Events": "Best Radio Current Affairs Report - Radio 2GB Macquarie. Sydney (1986 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mohr, Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE2818", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mohr-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "Best Television Current Affairs Report - Anne Hamilton-Burn - The Family - Nine Network (1990 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mottram, Linda", "Entry ID": "AWE2819", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mottram-linda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Linda Mottram is an ABC radio journalist with a career spanning over 15 years. She has experience in newspapers and television but has spent most of her working life with ABC Radio.\nLinda's achievements include a Walkley Award for radio current affairs journalism for her coverage of the Kosovo conflict. She has worked as a federal parliamentary reporter, a reporter on Australian affairs for Radio Australia and a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, in Russia and in the Balkans.\n", "Events": "Radio Current Affairs Reporting - Kosovo Corpses - The Meja Massacre - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1999 - 1999)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Neales, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE2820", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/neales-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Sue Neales won a Walkley Award in 1985 for the Best Story in a Rural Newspaper. She reported on the Mudginberri Abattoir Dispute for The National Farmer on July 25, 1985\n", "Events": "Best Feature (Highly Commended) 'Perils of Perestroika', Australian Financial Review - Fairfax (1989 - 1989) \nBest Story in a Rural Newspaper - The National Farmer (1985 - 1985)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Neighbour, Sally", "Entry ID": "AWE2821", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/neighbour-sally\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "Best Investigative Report (Television), with Mark Malley, 'The Crown Deals, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1996 - 1996) \nCoverage of Indigenous Affairs, with Morag Ramsay, 'Catch me if you Can', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2001 - 2001) \nInternational Journalism, with Lin Buckfield and Jo Puccini, 'The Kilwa Incident', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2005 - 2005)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ramsay, Morag", "Entry ID": "AWE2822", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ramsay-morag\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "of Indigenous Affairs, with Sally Neighbour, 'Catch me if you Can', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2001 - 2001) \nSocial Equity Journalism - Highly Commended, with Liz Jackson and Jo Puccini, 'Putting The Children At Risk', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2002 - 2002) \nTelevsion Current Affairs, feature, documentary or Special (More than Twenty Minutes) with Debbie Whitmont, 'The Newman Case', Four Corners ABC Television (2008 - 2008)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Puccini, Jo", "Entry ID": "AWE2823", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/puccini-jo\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Jo Puccini started out as a researcher\/producer with the Seven Network on shows like Today Tonight, The Times and Witness, before joining the ABC's Media Watch as a researcher in 2000.\nShe moved from Media Watch to Four Corners in 2001, where she became the program's associate producer.\nWhile at Four Corners Puccini was joint winner of three Walkley awards for excellence in journalism.\n", "Events": "International Journalism, with Sally Neighbour and Lin Buckfield, 'The Kilwa Incident', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2005 - 2005) \nSocial Equity Journalism - Highly Commended, with Liz Jackson and Morag Ramsay, 'Putting The Children At Risk', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2002 - 2002) \nTV Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary Or Special (More Than 20 Minutes) with Debbie Whitmont - 'About Woomera', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "White, Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2824", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Artist, Illustrator, Journalist", "Summary": "Suzanne White is a caricaturist and cartoonist who grew up in Queensland but now lives in Sydney. She studied at University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts. She won the 'Artist of the Year' Stanley Award in 1990; one of the first women to feature in this award since it was established in 1985.\nWhite resigned from the Daily Telegraph-Mirror in 1994 and moved to the Sydney Morning Herald [SMH]. She won her first Walkley award in 1996 for her cartoon of Prime Minister John Howard and Treasurer Peter Costello as butchers.\n", "Events": "Best Illustration, 'Costello and Howard Butchery', The Sydney Morning Herald - Fairfax (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dictionary-of-australian-artists-online\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/suzanne-white\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Whinnett, Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE2825", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whinnett-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "News Report, 'Richard Butler', The Mercury, Hobart (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Warren, Agnes", "Entry ID": "AWE2826", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/warren-agnes\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Agnes Warren won a Walkley award for her reporting of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia in 1992. She reported from the frontline in Serbia and from a Bosnian refugee centre. She was also sent to report on the treatment of Palestinians after the 1991 Gulf War as well as nationalist demonstrations in Northern Ireland. Prior to taking on her overseas postings, she was the ABCs Industrial Relations reporter.\n", "Details": "While reporting on the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Warren worked in very difficult conditions. In Vukovar, for instance, she would go out and collect sound effects and interviews during the day and produce them by night. Her pieces to radio were packaged in blacked-out hotels that were frequently under mortar or sniper fire. She had one candle for a week and edited her pieces on two cassette recorders from its light.\n", "Events": "Best Coverage of a Current Story (Print), 'Report from Vukovar', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-media-report-women-in-the-media\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Spencer, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE2827", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spencer-sue-2\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Documentary filmmaker, Journalist, Producer, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Sue Spencer began her career in television in the mid 1980s with the ABC program, Four Corners. She left the program to make documentaries, and returned in 2007 to the post of Executive Producer. During her career she has won three Walkley Awards.\n", "Events": "Best Application of the Television Medium to Journalism, 'Labor in Power', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Phillip Chubb) (1993 - 1993) \nBest Television Current Affairs Report (Highly Recommended), An Unfortunate Experiment, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Peter Couchman) (1988 - 1988) \nGold Award - Best Piece of Journalism, 'Labor in Power', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Phillip Chubb) (1993 - 1993)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sizgoric, Viki", "Entry ID": "AWE2828", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sizgoric-viki\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Artist, Graphic designer, Illustrator, Journalist", "Events": "Information Graphics or Digital Photo Illustration, 'Black Hawk Enquiry', The Australian - News Ltd (1997 - 1997)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-first-circumnavigation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Singer, Jill", "Entry ID": "AWE2829", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/singer-jill\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Korumburra, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "A journalist with extensive experience in the print and electronic media Jill Singer has worked at all levels behind and in front of the camera and microphone across Australia for both commercial and public broadcasters. Jill has produced and presented radio programs from remote rural locations, and designed, produced and presented national television news and current affairs programs. As well as winning awards for television broadcasts on architectural and medical issues, Jill won the Walkley award in 1992 for best television investigative journalist and the Quill award for best television current affairs report in 1999.\n", "Details": "Jill Singer won the 1992 Walkley Award for best television investigative journalist for the story called 'Baby M'. The story took six weeks to prepare and was described by the judges as 'an outstanding report which investigated the circumstances surrounding very emotional issues - the death of a severely abnormal baby'.\nIt was a story of national significance because it hinged on fundamental inadequacies in Australian law regarding the rights and obligations of doctors and parents in relation to the treatment of very disabled or sick newborn babies.\nIn the course of producing the story, Singer negotiated exclusive access to doctors, specialists, Right to Life advocates and 'Baby M's' parents.\nAs a direct result of the story, the Victorian Law reform Commission drew up guidelines for parents and doctors so that the trauma endured by 'Baby M's' parents would never be repeated.\n", "Events": "Best Investigative Report (Television), 'Baby M', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1992 - 1992) \nGold Award - Best Piece of Journalism, 'Baby M', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/inspiring-reporter-and-journalism-educator-jill-singer-dead-at-60\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-media-report-women-in-the-media\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Simons, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE2830", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/simons-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "England", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Margaret Simons began her career in journalism with a cadetship at The Age newspaper in Melbourne in 1981.She spent ten years there, working as an arts reporter, feature writer, consumer affairs roundsperson, as a specialist in Freedom of Information legislation and as an investigative journalist. From 1986 to 1989 she was the newspaper's Brisbane correspondent during the years of the Fitzgerald Inquiry into police and political corruption. She now works as a freelance writer for a number of papers. She has written several books.\n", "Events": "Best Piece of News Reporting (Highly Commended), The Age Melbourne - Fairfax (with Geoff Winestock) (1990 - 1990) \nSocial Equity Journalism (Winner) - Fallen angels: The children left behind by Australian sex tourists, The Monthly (with Dave Tacon) (2015 - 2015)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-content-makers-understanding-the-media-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/now-australia-faith-money-power-what-the-religious-revival-means-for-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/agent-of-influence\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Scott, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE2831", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "TV Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary Or Special, 'Business Behind Bars' (with Pat Fiske) (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rutherford, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE2832", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rutherford-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Story in a Rural Newspaper (Highly Commended) - Freelance (1990 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ruskin, Pamela", "Entry ID": "AWE2833", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ruskin-pamela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Story Published in an Australian Magazine, 'Baldwin Spencer: Arunta Tribesman', Walkabout (1968 - 1968) \nBest Story Published in an Australian Magazine,'School for Ballet', Walkabout (1969 - 1969)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/invitation-to-the-dance\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/school-for-ballet\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baldwin-spencer-arunta-tribesman\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Riggs, Shirley Patricia (Pat)", "Entry ID": "AWE2834", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/riggs-shirley-patricia-pat\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Councillor, Editor, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Patricia Riggs became a cadet journalist on the Macleay Argus at the age of thirty-five. She went on to win two Walkley awards for provincial journalism and eventually became editor of the newspaper. She was a fighter for Aboriginal advancement long before the cause was a popular one.\nAfter retiring as editor, she became a Shire Councillor in 1983, a position she held until 1991.\n", "Details": "In 1985 Pat Riggs, former journalist for and editor of Kempsey's daily newspaper, The McLeay Argus, praised the work of the team she used to manage, and the efforts of the regional press in general, bemoaning their lack of recognition by their city colleagues. 'I would say,' she wrote in response to questions from an historian researching the history of the Walkley Awards;\n'that this community has been given better information on national stories occurring in its boundaries than any emanating from the metropolitan press. Rural press -responsible rural press - does not engage in top-of-the-head slovenliness. If the editorial team is strong, innovative, co-operative, loyal, honest, self-critical and industrious, rural journalism is a daily challenge to excellence (provided management keeps its interfering claws to itself). In fact, it puzzles me that, when it comes to assessing the role of the country journalist, his peers (read AJA) rate him nil on the Richter scale.'\nPat Riggs was a firm believer in the importance of a strong rural press that was not only relevant to the local communities it serviced but vital to the task of keeping the metropolitan dailies honest and accountable to regional interests. She spent her whole career as a journalist committed to these tasks, never leaving the regional paper she started on. This was not through want of offers; after she won her second Walkley Award for feature writing in a provincial newspaper in 1966 (she won the same award the previous year) the metropolitan papers showed a lot of interest. Pat, however, turned them down, believing, no doubt with some justification, that to accept would be to confine herself to the women's pages, or writing social notes. Men still got the meaty work in the city news rooms. She was happy to stay where she thought the work was more interesting and where she could have a greater impact. Two Prodi Awards for regional journalism (1968 and 1970) and a Rural Press Award (1980) later, along with the numerous awards the paper won when she was editor, and community recognition as the Kempsey Citizen of the Year in 1981, her retirement year, would suggest that her impact was profound.\nBorn in Sydney in 1921, Pat Riggs was a latecomer to journalism, having had a host of work experience locally, interstate and abroad before starting at the Argus at the age of 34 in 1955. Upon completing secondary school she received secretarial training and used these qualifications to get work at the Kempsey radio station 2KM. After working there for two years, in 1941 she moved to Sydney and worked in the publicity department of the American Film Company, United Artists. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbour, Pat put her age up and enlisted in the Australian Women's Army Service. By May 1942, Corporal Riggs was editing the fortnightly paper for army women 'The Weekly Whine' and the monthly army production 'Off Parade'. In August 1944 Lieutenant Riggs was appointed second in command of the army propaganda unit Number 1 Broadcasting Control Unit. As well as managing administrative duties in the unit, Pat was in charge of the women's section, which meant she collected suitable script material, conducted interviews, and wrote, edited and cast the dramatic plays for broadcast. She even acted in and narrated some of the productions. As well as infecting her with the journalism bug, her work in this unit cemented her reputation as a good media performer. After she was demobilised in 1946, she worked on radio in Perth for roughly three years, before returning to Kempsey en route to a two year working holiday in Britain and Continental Europe. Pat returned to Australia in 1953 and took over the running of a newsagency in Bowraville that was owned by her father. When this was sold she had a short stint at factory work before successfully applying for the job of looking after the women's section of the Argus in Kempsey. At 34 years of age, she was the oldest cadet on record. She rose through the ranks to become editor, retiring from this post in 1981 at the age of 60. She continued her association with the paper through a weekly column which ran well into the 1990s. Pat Riggs was nothing if not dedicated to her local paper and community.\nPat appeared to compensate for her late arrival to journalism with an almost obsessive dedication to the task at hand, an obsessiveness that she demanded, some might say unreasonably, from all those who worked with her. Her words of advice to students at Mitchell College are suggestive of the expectations she had for those around her:\n'Journalism is a laborious business, one that should be reserved only for those who regard it as a vocation. Every line of your copy, every word, sub-heading and heading and every minute spent preparing the product from the raw material should be handled with anxious loving care, for journalism is a craft and those who practice it must love it beyond all else, even a personal life.'\nNot everyone was prepared to forego everything for journalism, and according to one former colleague, Pat could be very hard on those who weren't; she was capable of reducing staff to tears with a single lash of her tongue. She was very competitive and would stop for no-one when on the scent of a story, a quality admired by editors. (She is said to have pushed a male reporter out of a helicopter just before take-off in order to get a view of flood waters one year.) She would weigh up all the available evidence before formulating her views but once they were established, she was unmovable, a characteristic that made her very unpopular with some of her readers and colleagues and nearly saw her lose her job one year. (She decided not to quit because she couldn't imagine life without work at the Argus.) She was quick tempered, did not suffer fools, could be extremely cruel to lesser intellects than her own, was an incredibly hard task master and could be incredibly difficult to get on with. Those who crossed her might well have said that those were her good qualities!\nHaving said that, Pat was also very loyal to those friends and family in her corner and she was generous to a fault to those in need. She had a wicked sense of humour, no better illustrated than by the April Fools Day joke she played (with the help of editorial staff and local radio station 2KM) on April 1, 1969. At the height of Cold War tensions, Pat wrote a story about the arrival of the ten vessels from the Russian merchant fleet taking refuge at Trial Bay, on the coast near Kempsey. Two hundred of the crew of the ship the Joker had jumped overboard, fearful that Australian authorities would shoot them as spies. Sailors from the pride of the fleet, the Looflirpa, planned to do the same. The story was accompanied by a doctored photograph that featured pictures of Titanic, the Bounty and other highly recognisable vessels crammed into Trial Bay. Unfortunately for Pat, the trick worked a too well. Concerned citizens from around the district rushed to the scene, with clothes, blankets and food, to provide comfort to the deserters, only to find themselves duped. Representatives of the Salvation Army were particularly peeved to have spent the cost of a taxi fare and demanded reimbursement from the paper. Pat was forced to lay low for a while, but the story made news around the world and was reported in Poland and several South American countries.\nPat's fanaticism may have made her difficult at times but it also produced some excellent journalism. She was the first person to win successive Walkley Awards for provincial news feature writing and, at the time, the only woman to have ever won two awards. Her winning stories 'The world seeks space-age minerals from the Macley' in 1965, and reports on flood mitigation work being undertaken in the region in 1966, focused attention on the problem of balancing environmental issues against the needs of employment in regional Australia, well before these concerns were on the national agenda. Sandmining in the area, for minerals such as rutile and zircon (used in materials developed for spaceflight) would bring extraordinary economic benefit to the community - but at what environmental impact? In a thoroughly researched article, Riggs made the needs of the space-age relevant to the local community. Pat herself said that the 'story became the first comprehensive account of beach-mining, and certainly demolished insularity in this neck of the woods.' As an editor, she continued the task of providing reliable information to the local community. The citation accompanying the 1981 Rural Bank award for leadership and involvement in community affairs claimed that 'The McLeay Argus illustrates how responsible and vocal journalism can focus attention on important issues, enabling free and reasonable debate to educate the community in the opportunities available to settle a dispute or solve a problem'.\nPat was not only a journalist who could 'do' she was one who could teach. She excelled as a trainer, a fact attested to by her peers and trainees alike. When she retired the president of the northern branch of the Australian Journalists' Association remarked that 'if all journalists were as well trained as those trained by Pat Riggs the news industry would have few problems.' Cadets who came under her tutelage were in demand and she was happy to see them leave the nest, a fact that frustrated her superiors who wanted to get value from them before they left! Tony Vermeer, now editor in chief of AAP was the final cadet she trained before retirement. 'She managed to imbue in the people who went through under her all the best qualities of journalism. She persuaded them to her view that it was a noble profession. She also really believed that the best journalism was practiced at a community level. A journalist or media outlet had to respond and live and breathe in its own community. \u2026I will remember her very fondly; she was a great influence on my career.'\nPat's journalism and personal life reveals a confusing blend of opinions and attitudes. She couldn't abide by girly-girls and secretaries, held generally conservative political views but firmly believed in a woman's right to choose when it came to abortion rights and refused to be silent about domestic violence issues. She never used the label feminist to describe herself, but she lamented that women did not play a bigger role in public life, particularly at a local government level. She was deeply concerned about the state of the local environment but had no time for environmentalists and other 'trendies'. She liked men (was engaged three times but never married) but when it came to their workplace stamina, she thought they were wimps. One thing upon which she was consistently staunch was her attitude to local Aboriginal people, who always knew that they would get a fair hearing from her, as a journalist and local councillor. She used the pages to fight for aboriginal advancement and resigned from the international women's organisation Quota for several years when admission was refused to a respected Aboriginal friend.\nPerhaps it was because Pat had always worked so hard that she didn't recognise the signs of her own mortality. Early in March 1998, after taking a walk around the coastal village of Crescent Head, where she lived, she complained that she felt a bit tired. Within days she was in hospital, having been diagnosed with aggressive leukaemia. She died within a week of being first diagnosed, on March 12th 1998. The shock of losing her was enormous to her family, a brother, twin sister and their respective families, and friends. The community mourned a person who would be happily remembered as 'a person who comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable'. A perpetual award for the best cadet journalist in the region is named in her honour.\n", "Events": "Best Provincial Newspaper Story, Macleay Argus, Kempsey (1965 - 1965) \nBest Provincial Newspaper Story, Macleay Argus, Kempsey (1966 - 1966)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/obituaries-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-walkley-awards-australias-best-journalists-in-action\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-patricia-riggs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/london-and-american-letters-womens-session-scripts\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-broadcast-scripts-incorporating-scripts-for-the-womens-session\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/broadcasting-general-australian-broadcasting-control-unit-the-service-womens-half-hour\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Riddell, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2835", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/riddell-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Napier, New Zealand", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Poet, Print journalist", "Summary": "Born in New Zealand in 1910, Elizabeth Riddell was recruited as a journalist to work in Sydney straight from school. In 1939 she started work on The Sun newspaper, during World War Two she opened and ran the Daily Mirror's New York bureau, and in the 1960s, she became senior interviewer and critic for the arts pages of The Australian. Several books of her poetry have been published over the years.\n", "Events": "Best Newspaper Feature Story, The Australian - News Limited (1968 - 1968) \nBest Newspaper Feature Story, The Australian - News Limited (1969 - 1969)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-elizabeth-riddell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-elizabeth-riddell-bondi-1984-picture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/this-difficult-island\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-untrammelled\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-the-midnight-courtyard\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-elizabeth-riddell-picture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elizabeth-riddell-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-for-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/poems-ca-1960-1994-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-elizabeth-riddell-1982-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dale-spender-papers-1972-1995\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richter-Nolan, Jodie", "Entry ID": "AWE2836", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richter-nolan-jodie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Photo Journalist, Photographer", "Events": "Sport Photography, 'Cathy', The Bundaberg News-Mail Qld (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reddan, Erina", "Entry ID": "AWE2837", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reddan-erina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Consultant, Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "As South Pacific Correspondent Erina Reddan was warded a Walkley Award for her coverage of the French resumption of nuclear testing. She was the only Australian journalist invited to the testing site, Mururoa just after the first blast.\nShe now runs her own strategic communication business 'Red River' where she teaches people to prepare and communicate for the media, presentations and in a crisis.\n", "Events": "Best Application of the Print Medium to Journalism, Tahiti Riots, Radio Australia. ABC (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lilias-secret\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rapley, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE2838", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rapley-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Judy Rapley has worked for the ABC since 1980. She has been the sound engineer for various documentary and feature programs on Radio National, as well as drama and arts programs.\n", "Events": "Best Application of the Print Medium to Journalism, 'Minor Surgery', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Peter Mcevoy) (1994 - 1994)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rankin, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE2839", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rankin-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "The three headings that Patricia Rankin won her Walkley Award for in 1982 were:\n'Bob's your uncle when it comes to fun'.\n'Bingo! Mr Price is right.'\n'Star in seventh heaven.'\n", "Events": "Best Three Headings Submitted by a Sub-Editor, Daily Mirror Sydney (1982 - 1982)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Petch, Colleen", "Entry ID": "AWE2840", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/petch-colleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Photo Journalist, Photographer", "Events": "Daily Life Photography, 'Northern Exposure', Herald Sun (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Page, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE2841", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/page-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "A latecomer to journalism, Wendy Page was 43 when she joined ABC TV's The 7.30 Reportt as a researcher and eventually a producer. She has been a reporter and a founding producer for Australian Story since 1995, and has produced many ground-breaking stories on justice issues, particularly in Western Australia.\n", "Events": "Sport Feature Coverage - ABC TV, \"Man of the Century\" (2007 - 2007) \nTV Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary Or Special (More Than 10 Minutes), 'Murder He Wrote', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (With Ian Harley) (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Neill, Margot", "Entry ID": "AWE2842", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oneill-margot\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Margot O'Neill is a senior investigative reporter with the ABC program Lateline. She has been a journalist for over 20 years, working in television, radio and newspapers.\n", "Events": "Investigative Journalism, 'Vivian Solon' , Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Hamish Fitzsimmons, Tom Iggulden & Lisa Millar) (2005 - 2005) \nTV Current Affairs Reporting (Less Than 10 Minutes), 'Curtin Tape', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Callaghan, Mary Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE2843", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ocallaghan-mary-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Mary Louise O'Callaghan is a journalist and commentator on regional Pacific affairs. She won a Gold Walkley Award in 1997 for her account of the controversial Sandline Affair on Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. In the Solomon Islands she has been closely involved with the Winds of Change team, which is the name for Initiatives of Change in that country. Amongst other things she masterminded the communications strategy for their clean-election campaign in 2006. Mary Louise is originally from Melbourne, but she has lived for over two decades in the Solomon Islands.\n", "Events": "Gold Walkley, 'Papua New Guinea', The Australian - News Ltd (1997 - 1997) \nInternational Reporting, 'Papua New Guinea', The Australian - News Ltd (1997 - 1997) \nRadio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special, 'Solomon Island Series', Late Night Live, ABC Radio National (with Phillip Adams, Chris Bullock & Paul Gough (2004 - 2004)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-louise-ocallaghan-honiaras-natural-reporter\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nowytarger, Renee", "Entry ID": "AWE2844", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nowytarger-renee\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Photo Journalist, Photographer", "Summary": "Renee Nowytarger started her photographic career as a cadet with the Cumberland Newspaper Group, then moved to The Australian newspaper in 1999. She took out the Nikon-Walkley portrait award in 2003, and is a past Walkley finalist for her coverage of the Bali bombing and of arriving refugees in Nauru.\n", "Events": "Daily Life\/Feature Photography, 'A Day in the Life of Prisoners in the Navotas Prison', The Australian - News Ltd. (2005 - 2005) \nNikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer Of The Year, The Australian - New Ltd. (2005 - 2005) \nNikon-Walkley Portrait Award (2003 - 2003) \nNikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the Year (2009 - 2009)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/renee-nowytarger-press-photographer-of-the-year-finalist-image-gallery\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-walkley-awards-website\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Neill, Rosemary", "Entry ID": "AWE2845", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/neill-rosemary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Feature Writing, 'Our Shame', The Weekend Australian (1994 - 1994)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-out-how-politics-is-killing-aboriginal-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Millar, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE2846", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/millar-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Lisa Millar is a senior journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, working in both radio and television as a journalist and presenter. She was a foreign correspondent for the ABC in Washington, D.C., for three years and has covered major stories in Asia, London and America, including the 2005 Bali bombing and the controversial hanging of an Australian drug runner in Singapore. She won a Walkley Award for investigative reporting in 2005.\n", "Events": "Investigative Journalism, 'Vivian Solon' , Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Hamish Fitzsimmons, Tom Iggulden & Margot O'Neill) (2005 - 2005)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Margo, Jill", "Entry ID": "AWE2847", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/margo-jill\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "ill Margo is one of Australia's most respected health journalist. Her work has won more than a dozen international and national awards, including a Walkley Award. She has written for The Australian Financial Review and has published bestsellers in the fields of biography and health. In 2006, she was awarded the Order of Australia for her pioneering work in journalism and for her contribution to cancer awareness. During her 30 year career in journalism, Jill Margo has worked for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian. She lives in Sydney with her three children.\n", "Events": "Newspaper Feature Writing, 'Rob Ferguson's Very Personal Odyssey', Australian Financial Review - Fairfax (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mannix, Teresa", "Entry ID": "AWE2848", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mannix-teresa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Story in a Provincial Newspaper, The Northern Daily Leader (1981 - 1981)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lewis, Megan", "Entry ID": "AWE2849", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lewis-megan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New Zealand", "Occupations": "Journalist, Photo Journalist, Photographer", "Summary": "Megan Lewis moved to Sydney from New Zealand when she was 21 years old and began her career as a photojournalist working for Reuters. In 1998 she moved to Perth to work for The Australian., covering national and international stories such as the Tampa Crisis and movements for Independence in East Timor. In 2002 she moved to the Great Sandy Desert to live with the Martu people. Work done during this five year period formed the basis of her Walkley Award winning work in 2005. Megan is back in Perth, working freelance.\n", "Events": "Photographic Essay, 'The Martu Mob', Freelance (2005 - 2005)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/conversations-with-the-mob\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Legge, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE2850", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/legge-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Print journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Kate Legge is an award-winning journalist who has covered politics and social affairs in Australia and the United States. She edited The Australian's Review of Books in 1997 and now writes for The Weekend Australian Magazine.\n", "Events": "Best Piece Of Newspaper Reporting (Notable Mention), Times on Sunday (1987 - 1987) \nMagazine Feature Writing, 'Patrick: A case in the life of a family court judge', The Australian - News Ltd (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-unexpected-elements-of-love\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lawrence, Fiona", "Entry ID": "AWE2851", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawrence-fiona\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Artist, Journalist", "Events": "Artwork, 'Grannie Coolwell', Sunday Herald Sun (1999 - 1999)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lampe, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2852", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lampe-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Anne Lampe won a Walkley Award in 1991 for her coverage of the so-called 'Westpac letters'. She has been a business journalist with V since 1983. Before that Anne was the London correspondent for the Australian Financial Review.She has written about property, banking, insurance, superannuation, tax, commercial litigation and fraud. Anne is particularly interested in focusing on consumer issues and how policy changes affect consumer interests.\n", "Details": "Anne Lampe's own statement of support for her application explained the story as follows:\n'The marketing of foreign currency loans and subsequent litigation by off-shore borrowers against major banks as their loan losses mounted has been aired in courts since 1988, with the banks vehemently denying that they were in any way negligent or incompetent in handling their borrowers' foreign currency loans exposure and transactions. The Pacific Partnership\/Westpac letters exploded one bank's defence.\n'The letters showed mismanagement, staff incompetence and customer rip-offs on a large scale, involving millions of dollars of customer losses, illegal deal switching and secret commission taking on a big scale by dealers.\n'The lawyers' findings in the letters were explosive, showing culpability of PPL as well as containing advice on how Westpac could control the damage.\n'It was to change the shape of foreign currency litigation, as well as focusing the attention of the Banking inquiry on the vexed question of who was to blame for the forex loan debacle.\n", "Events": "Best Coverage of a Current Story (Print), The Sydney Morning Herald - Fairfax (1991 - 1991)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kristovskis, Vita", "Entry ID": "AWE2853", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kristovskis-vita\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Vita Kristovskis (Kristovska) is Head of the Latvian Language Program at SBS radio. She has been actively involved with SBS Radio since 1975. Vita is a qualified teacher and has worked in Australia and Germany.\n", "Events": "Radio News Reporting, 'War Crimes: Suspect Speaks', SBS Radio News (with Mark Henderson) (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Emtage, Sophie", "Entry ID": "AWE2854", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/emtage-sophie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "TV Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary Or Special, 'Valentine's Day', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Ben Cheshire) (1997 - 1997)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fleming, Deborah", "Entry ID": "AWE2855", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fleming-deborah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Producer, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Deborah Fleming is the executive producer of ABC television's Australian Story. She won a Walkley Award in 2005 for Journalism Leadership for her work on the program. Her citation described her as a 'visionary' and a 'consummate newshound', who 'fosters creativity and a willingness to take risks' amongst the people who work with her. She has \"a rare talent for team-building and the loyalty and support she gives her staff are near legendary.' Prior to working with Australian Story since it began broadcasting in 1996, Fleming worked as an executive producer on The 7:30 Report in Brisbane and Sydney.\n", "Events": "Journalistic Leadership, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2005 - 2005)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Flynn, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE2856", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flynn-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Media executive, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Julie Flynn is the Chief Executive Officer of Free TV Australia, the industry body that represents Australia's commercial television licences. In her time as CEO, Free TV has been at the forefront of the transition to digital television services and has developed an industry voice to market the strengths of free-to-air television in an increasingly competitive market.\nJulie joined Free TV after a distinguished career as a journalist and media executive. She was a senior executive at Radio 2UE, however she is also known for her work as a reporter and commentator in the Canberra Press Gallery with the ABC, the National Times and 2GB.\nJulie has won a Walkley award for Radio News reporting and was President of the Canberra Press Gallery.\nJulie has been a member of the Public Service Medal Committee, the Walkley Awards Advisory Panel and the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Advisory Board. She serves on the Board of Directors of the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre.\n", "Events": "Best Radio Current Affairs Report (Highly Commended), Radio 2GB, Sydney (1983 - 1983) \nBest Radio News Report, Radio 2GB Sydney (1984 - 1984)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Freeman, Daphne", "Entry ID": "AWE2857", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/freeman-daphne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Daphne Freeman won a Walkley Award in 1987 for Best Story in a Rural Newspaper. Published in The Port Lincoln Times on March 3, 1987, the story was about the rural crisis on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.\n", "Events": "Best Story in a Rural Newspaper, Port Lincoln Times, South Australia (1987 - 1987)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fussell, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2858", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fussell-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Anne Fussell is an Executive with News Limited, based in Sydney, having spent time in Brisbane working for the Courier Mail.\n", "Events": "Best Application of the Print Medium to Journalism, 'Creating the Future', The Australian - News Ltd (1992 - 1992)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Garner, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE2859", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/garner-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Geelong, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Scriptwriter, Writer", "Summary": "Helen Garner is an award-winning Australian novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and journalist. After graduating from the University of Melbourne in 1965 she worked as a high school teacher. While teaching, she contributed to journals and worked in theatre. Her first novel Monkey Grip was published in 1977. It was an instant success, winning a National Book Council award in 1978 and being filmed in 1982.\nGarner has successfully written both fiction and non-fiction. Considerable controversy attended the 1995 publication of The First Stone: Some Questions about Sex and Power, an examination of allegations of misconduct in a University college. In 1993, she won a Walkley award for her feature article on the sad death of a small child, Daniel Valerio.\nGarner has written three scripts for Australian films: Monkey Grip (Cameron, 1982), Two Friends (Campion, 1986) and The Last Days Of Chez Nous (Armstrong, 1992). Along with her novels, short stories and journalism, these films have cast Garner as a central figure in the history of Australian film and literature.\nShe has written three true-crime books: first with The First Stone, about the aftermath of a sexual-harassment scandal at a university, followed by Joe Cinque's Consolation, a journalistic novel about the court proceedings involving a young man who died at the hands of his girlfriend, which won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Book, and again in 2014 with This House of Grief, about Robert Farquharson, a man who drove his children into a dam.\n", "Details": "Garner was born in Geelong in 1942. She attended the Manifold Heights State School, Ocean Grove State School and The Hermitage. She graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English and French. She then worked as a high school teacher between 1966 and 1972. In 1968 she married Bill Garner and was divorced in 1971.\nIn 1972, Garner was fired by the Victorian Department of Education for her publications in the magazine, The Digger. Throughout the 1970s, Garner also published in the Women's Liberation journal Vashti's Voice.\nHer first novel, Monkey Grip, was published in 1977. The book was very successful, winning the National Book Council Award in 1978. In 1982, garner wrote the script for the feature film Monkey Grip (Cameron, 1982). The film followed the lives of a small group of inner city people and how sex and drugs impacted their lives.\nIn 1980, she married Jean-Jacques Portail and divorced in 1985. She has also married and divorced Australian writer Murray Bail.\nIn 1986, her collection of short stories, Postcards from Surfers, won the 1986 NSW Premier's Literary Award and her novel The Children's Bach won the 1986 SA Premier's Literary Award. Also in 1986, Garner wrote the script for Two Friends (Campion, 1986).\nIn 1991, Garner wrote the script for the dramatic comedy The Last Days of Chez Nous (Armstrong, 1992). Produced by Jan Chapman, the film explored the relationship between two very different daughters and their father.\nIn 1993, her novel Cosmo Cosmolino was nominated for a Miles Franklin Award.\nIn 1995, her non-fiction The First Stone: Some Questions About Sex and Power, caused intense uproar amongst feminists.\n", "Events": "Best Feature Writing, ' Why Did Daniel Have To Die?', Time Australia (1993 - 1993) \nFeature Writing Long - 'Why she broke: The woman, her children and the lake' - The Monthly (2017 - 2017) \nInducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001) \nNon-Fiction Book, 'Joe Cinque's Consolation', Pan Macmillan (2005 - 2005)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/why-did-daniel-haveto-die\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-garner-1942\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-manning-clark-1907-1992-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/garner-helen-interviewed-by-steve-stockwell\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-last-days-of-chez-nous-original-release\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/monkey-grip-original-release\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/two-friends-original-release\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-film-commission-documentation-australian-film-commission-script-laboratory-womens-programme-group-shot-of-participants\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-garner-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-helen-garner-author-sound-recording-interviewer-sara-dowse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-helen-garner-1990-2005-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-redress-press-book-files-1976-1996-including-correspondence-contracts-readers-reports-reviews-and-photographs\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Garrett, Kirsten", "Entry ID": "AWE2860", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/garrett-kirsten\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Kristen Garrett is a journalist who won a Walkley Award for radio journalism in 1995. She served on the board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1996 and 2000, as a staff elected director.\n", "Events": "Best Investigative Report (Radio), 'The Money or the Dam - BHP in PNG', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1995 - 1995)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Goodwin, Bridget", "Entry ID": "AWE2861", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goodwin-bridget\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Documentary filmmaker, Historian, Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Bridget Goodwin is an historian and film-maker with a special interest in making historical documentaries. Her Walkley Award winning documentary, 'Keen as Mustard' was a special study of chemical warfare trials that were held in north Queensland during WWII. This research has taken her to science archives in Britain, the United States and Australia.\n", "Events": "Best Television Current Affairs Report, 'Keen as Mustard', Freelance (1989 - 1989)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/science-archives-humanising-and-popularising-the-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maegraith, Donna", "Entry ID": "AWE2862", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maegraith-donna\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Poet, Print journalist", "Summary": "Donna Maegrith is a poet and writer who has also worked as a journalist. She has also worked as a sub-editor at the Bulletin. She won a Walkley for her work at there.\n", "Events": "Three Headings 'Merchants of Venom. Insufficient Megawattage. Petro Chemistry', The Bulletin (1999 - 1999)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kerr, Carole", "Entry ID": "AWE2863", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kerr-carole\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Carole Kerr began her journalism career in 1985 as a reporter\/producer for the Golden West Network in Bunbury and later Kalgoorlie. In 1987 she moved to Channel 9 Perth as a reporter for the main evening news and producer of \"Nightline\" and the 11.30 morning news. She then joined the newly established Channel 10 Perth where she was a general reporter and weekend news producer.\nIn 1992 she returned to Channel 9 to join the reporting team on the news magazine programme \"Perth Extra\". Two years later, she became the station's documentary producer, heading a newly formed unit, which has produced award-winning programmes including the highly acclaimed \"They Said Don't Worry - the Deborah Maybury Story\". This documentary won many state and national awards, including the Walkley, and was a finalist in the Logie Awards.\nCarole has worked in all forms of media at a national level.\n", "Events": "Best Application of the Television Medium to Journalism - 'They Said Don't Worry - The Deborah Maybury Story', Channel 9. Perth (1994 - 1994)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Keavney, Kay", "Entry ID": "AWE2864", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/keavney-kay\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Born in Sydney, Kay Keavney completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney before being employed by the ABC. She was both the youngest person and the first woman to be hired as a scriptwriter by the national broadcaster. In the late 1940s she wrote serials and plays for various networks and production companies but unfortunately most of the scripts of these shows were not preserved. Keavney also adapted many plays for the Macquarie Radio Theatre, and books for the Library of the Air. She won two Walkley Awards for articles published in the Australian Women's Weekly and was a regular columnist for that magazine.\n", "Events": "Best Story Published in an Australian Magazine, The Australian Women's Weekly (1968 - 1968) \nBest Story Published in an Australian Magazine, The Australian Women's Weekly (1970 - 1970)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austlit-the-australian-literature-resource\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Goodyer, Paula", "Entry ID": "AWE2865", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goodyer-paula\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Paula Goodyer is a journalist who writes prolifically about health issues. She was the former health editor of Cleo magazine.\n", "Events": "Best Magazine Story, Cleo Magazine (1977 - 1977)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gorman, Rebecca", "Entry ID": "AWE2866", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gorman-rebecca\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Rebecca Gorman is an award winning Social Affairs journalist of more than twenty years experience, most recently working on Life Matters on ABC Radio National.\n", "Details": "After graduating from the Radio Course at Australian Film Television and Radio School in 1984, Rebecca Gorman joined 2AY in Albury as a copywriter, newsreader, weekend announcer. She then moved to Brisbane to 4BK as a journalist & news reader, then to 2WS in Sydney, before joining Triple M (Sydney) as the network's NSW Parliamentary reporter.\nThree years later she left for South America and a two year adventure freelancing there and in the UK during the Gulf War. She came home again to take up a series of casual jobs throughout ABC Radio and TV before starting full time with radio Current Affairs AM, PM & The World Today. She then moved to Life Matters as a producer and fill-in presenter.\n", "Events": "Best Application of the Print Medium to Journalism (Highly Commended) (1993 - 1993)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grasswill, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE2867", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grasswill-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Producer, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Helen Grasswill has more than thirty years of experience as a journalist, author, editor and television program-maker. She was part of the foundation team to produce the Australian Broadcasting Corporation series Australian Story.\nIn 2005 she won an award for the story 'The Gathering Storm'. The story documented the involvement between a priest and a schoolgirl and his rise to become Australia's most senior Anglican bishop. The case notoriously led to the resignation of Governor-General Peter Hollingworth. Grasswill spent years sourcing documents to verify every claim made by the victim, most of which were not on the public record.\n", "Events": "TV Feature, Documentary Or Broadcast Special (More than 20 minutes), 'The Gathering Storm', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2005 - 2005)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-gathering-storm\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gray, Joanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2868", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gray-joanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Piece of News Reporting (Highly Commended), The Age newspaper, Fairfax (1990 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Haxton, Nance", "Entry ID": "AWE2869", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/haxton-nance\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Broadcaster, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Nance Haxton is a Walkley Award winning journalist who impressed the judges in 2001 with her coverage of the riots at the Woomera Detention Centre in outback South Australia. She has worked across a variety of media in both metropolitan and regional locations.\n", "Details": "Nance Haxton has little time for recent Australian feature films that represent the Australian outback as a place of fear and menace, a place where women are routinely snatched by psychopaths only to disappear into a vast, unfriendly landscape. Given her own positive experience of living and working in regional and remote locations, she is frustrated by cultural images that serve to deter women and girls from doing the same. Not a country girl herself, (Nance was born in Brisbane in 1971) she gathered many personal and professional rewards when she took on these imagined bush psychopaths in 1999 by taking the posting of ABC radio's sole reporter in Port Augusta, South Australia. Tempting fate as she drove her four wheel drive around her patch (almost three quarters of the state of South Australia) she encountered no serial killers, just plenty of stories about people in remote and regional communities who she is proud to have given a voice. A journalist with a keen sense of social justice and the power of journalism to promote it, Nance Haxton's award-winning career vindicates the efforts of many rural and regional based reporters whose ground-breaking work often goes unrecognised.\nNance's childhood and family life in Brisbane were happy and stable, although her brother's intellectual disability created particular challenges for her and her parents, challenges that she has written about as a contributor to the book Siblings. Attracted to drama and performance as a youngster, she nevertheless decided she wanted to be a journalist at the age of ten and her secondary and tertiary education was geared towards achieving that aim. After completing her secondary education at Brisbane's Somerville House in 1988, she completed a Bachelor of Business in Communications with a major in Journalism at Queensland University of Technology in 1991. She went on in 1992 to complete Honours in Communications, the first person to be chosen to do so at QUT, and graduated with a Masters in Journalism in 2001. Beginning with a cadetship with Quest Newspapers in Brisbane in 1992, Nance has worked in print and electronic media, at a local and national level, while dabbling in the arts. An accomplished vocalist and actor, Nance has also combined her career in journalism with one in the performing arts. The lead vocalist in a local jazz band, she sang the national anthem at Port Augusta's official Australia Day ceremonies in 2000 and 2001, the same years her journalism was recognized by the Walkley judging panel.\nThe quality of Nance's work was first recognized while she was working for Quest Media in Brisbane when her investigation of cults on campus at the University of Queensland was recognized by the judging panel of the Queensland Media's Hinchliffe award for suburban and regional reporting. Deciding she wanted to expand her horizons and move into the electronic media, she wrote to a number of women with national profiles seeking advice on how to implement such a move. Only one of them wrote back. Sandra Sully, a television newsreader at the time, graciously provided some advice and remains a mentor in an industry where female friendships appear to be difficult to cement and maintain.\nNance successfully made the move to the electronic media when she took up the position of the ABC's reporter in Port Augusta in 1999. Working in a one woman bureau without supervision, writing stories for television, radio and the internet, she overcame logistical issues that reporters working in metropolitan contexts could barely imagine. Despite the challenges that working independently in remote areas threw up, including the occasional bout of loneliness, Nance thrived personally and professionally in the environment. She established strong relationships with local people, indigenous and non-indigenous, and has used her position with the national broadcaster to bring their local stories to a broader audience.\nHer effectiveness in so doing is reflected in the range of media awards across a variety of subject matter that she has won over the last ten years. In 2000 her story about possible mining in the Gammon Ranges National Park was highly commended by the Walkley judging panel. In 2001 she was awarded a Walkley for Best Radio News Story for her coverage of the riots at Woomera Detention Centre. She received a United Nations Media Peace Award for Promotion of Aboriginal Reconciliation in 2003 for a report on the Northern Flinders ranges Aboriginal Community of Iga Warta. She received a South Australian Media Award in 2004 for the same story and another one in 2005 for the best coverage of Social Equity Affairs for a story about the fiftieth anniversary of nuclear tests at Emu Field in South Australia's far north; the South Australian Institute of Justice also recognized this story in 2004. In the same year, the South Australian Law Society acknowledged her work as best radio reporter of the year with the Des Colquhorn Media Award. Most recently, she received awards for Best Sporting Coverage and Best Radio News and Current Affairs Reporting at the 2008 South Australian Media Awards. She was a Walkley finalist again in 2007 in the Best Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special. She is a finalist in the United Nations Peace Awards again in 2008 in the section Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Children's Rights and Issues for her coverage of the Mullighan report into the abuse of children in state care in South Australia.\nGiven the size of her patch, the range of stories Nance has covered is hardly surprising. She has reported on tragedies such as the Whyalla Airlines disaster and subsequent enquiry into the crash, and good news stories such as the initiative of one South Australian woman to coordinate a project that sees Australians donating bras to the help the women of Fiji. When asked to nominate her 'favourites' within her repertoire, the Woomera Detention Centre story rates highly because she was forced to draw upon all her resources to make it happen. Good local knowledge alerted her to the fact something was happening and where to go to find out; working independently enabled her to move quickly; a good grasp of the technology she had at hand facilitated her speedy response and the ability to accurately describe what she observes combined to produce a great scoop. The judges were impressed by Nance's ability to not only sniff out the story but to respond with speed in such a remote location and to hit the ground running once she was there. Fifteen minutes after arriving at Woomera she had her first live cross, telling a national audience that:\n'I'm looking at the detention centre now and reports are filtering out that 80 rioters have destroyed four buildings, including the recreation building, dining room, school and ablution block, and have set fire to more. As well, they are using slingshots and spears made from fence pickets in an attempt to repel the guards. Detention centre guards have used a water cannon in an attempt to break up the group, however they are continuing to storm the perimeter fence which has a number of holes'.\nNance painted a vivid picture of what was happening to detainees in the middle of the Australian desert, at a time when border and national security were staples of the Australian news diet.\nIt is hardly surprising that a journalist should list such a news gathering and reporting tour de force as the Woomera story amongst her favourites. Another choice of favourites is perhaps a little more surprising. In 2007, Nance reported on the rise of the community 'men's shed' in Australia. Her report focused specifically on the shed in Salisbury in Adelaide's northern suburbs as a place where men might connect and 'potter' but was reported to a national audience via the ABC's P.M. program. The audience response to the story was extraordinary as men and women contacted the station to determine the location of their nearest shed, or give information about the sheds in their own community. For Nance, the story was proof positive of the power of radio to bring meaningful, local stories to a national audience.\nNance has moved beyond radio (she had a stint in ABC television as a researcher for Australian Story) and South Australia (moving to Broken Hill and Sydney for a period) in the course of her career. The fact that she has returned to both of them indicates the extent of her commitment to both, a commitment that is unlikely to waver. What is likely, however, is that if a young woman working on a suburban newspaper asks for her advice on how best to further her career, she will a) reply; and b) tell her to pack her bags and go remote. It has worked for her.\n", "Events": "Radio News and Current Affairs Reporting - 'Justice system fails disabled victims of sexual abuse', AM, PM and The World Today, ABC Radio Current Affairs (2012 - 2012) \nRadio News Reporting, 'Woomera Detention Centre Riots', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/inspiring-women-in-journalism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/police-battle-to-contain-detainees-at-woomera-detention-centre\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coroner-overturns-previous-whyalla-airlines-crash-findings\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/all-australian-boys-need-a-shed\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bra-charity-giving-fiji-women-a-lift\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/siblings-brothers-and-sisters-of-children-with-special-needs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abc-radio-news-2001-woomera-detention-centre-riots\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abc-radio-2001-woomera-detention-centre\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hannon, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE2870", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hannon-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "In 2008, Kate Hannon is a senior journalist for The Canberra Times.\n", "Events": "News Report, ' Kerosene Baths', Herald Sun (2000 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harris, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE2871", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harris-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Investigative Writing (Highly Commended), The Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax (1991 - 1991)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hawkins, Belinda", "Entry ID": "AWE2872", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hawkins-belinda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "TV Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary Or Special, 'Kicking the Dust: The Wik People', Insight, SBS TV (1998 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fortune, Mary Helena", "Entry ID": "AWE2873", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fortune-mary-helena\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Belfast, Antrim, Ireland", "Death Place": "Windsor Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Writer", "Summary": "For over fifty years from the 1850s, Mary Fortune worked as a journalist and author of serialised fiction. The vast majority of her work was published in the popular magazine, the Australian Journal, under the pseudonym of 'W.W.' or 'Waif Wander'. Fortune's particular interest was in writing crime stories, and, over the course of her writing career, she produced no less than 500. According to New Zealand-born writer and academic Lucy Sussex, no other woman, with the exception of the American Anna Katharine Green, wrote so much crime fiction in the nineteenth century. What is more, Fortune was the first woman to write crime fiction centred on the detective as 'the narrator and hero of her stories': 'In this aspect, as in many others such as her realism, her reliance on police procedures and almost forensic depiction of violence, she anticipates much of the later crime fiction produced in the nineteenth century'.\n", "Details": "Mary Fortune was born Mary Helena Wilson in Belfast, Ireland, the daughter of Scots-Irish Protestant parents, civil engineer George Wilson and his wife Eleanor (nee Atkinson). Eleanor Wilson died in Mary's infancy, and father and daughter immigrated to Montreal, Canada. As a teenager, Mary married surveyor Joseph Fortune, and gave birth to a son - Joseph George, or 'Georgie' - in 1852. In 1855, Mary's father George Wilson left Canada for the goldfields of Australia. She followed him shortly afterward, arriving in Melbourne with her young son on the Briseis on 3 October 1855. Passenger lists show no record of her husband travelling with or after her, and Joseph Fortune died in Canada in 1861. Nonetheless, when Mary gave birth to a second son in Australia in November 1856, she registered his father's name as Joseph Fortune.\nMary joined her father - then working as a store-keeper - on the goldfields of Kangaroo Flat, and moved with the tide of hopeful diggers to Buninyong, Chinaman's Flat and Inkerman. On leaving Canada, she had been commissioned to write a series of articles on the goldfields for The Ladies' Companion magazine, but she soon abandoned the idea as economically unviable: 'Who would write pages at fifteen shillings', she asked, 'when one paid nine shillings per day for milk, and for a \"woman's\" magazine, too! Nay, there was nothing of the namby-pamby elegance of ladies' literature in our stirring, hardy, and eventful life on the early goldfields'. Instead, Fortune published sketches in the Buninyong Advertiser and poetry in the regional goldfields paper, The Mount Alexander Mail, under the acronym 'M.H.F.' Her work impressed the editor of the Mail sufficiently for him to offer Fortune a job as reporter and sub-editor, but he retracted the offer upon discovering her gender.\nIn January 1858, Fortune's son Georgie died, most probably from viral meningitis caused by poor living conditions on the goldfields. In October that same year, she married Percy Rollo Brett, a mounted police constable. The marriage was a failure and Brett moved to New South Wales, where in 1866 he married (apparently without obtaining a divorce) Mary Ann Leek, but his occupation triggered Fortune's switch to crime writing. Already she had been sending poetry and short romance fiction to the Australian Journal from her home in Jericho (later Wehla), a gold-crushing settlement in the Avoca district of Victoria. Now forced to provide for herself and her young son, she moved to the township of Oxley and began writing in earnest, producing a number of serialised novels for the Australian Journal in 1866: Bertha's Legacy, Dora Carleton, The Secrets of Balbrooke and Clyzia the Dwarf. This last can best be regarded, says Sussex, as 'a late and extreme flowering of the Gothic, with Clyzia a deformed witch-gypsy, possessed of a snake necklace which on command comes alive and bites her victims'. It was a departure from Fortune's usual style - the first novel centres on a defrauded heir; the second on a heroine whose raffish husband redeems himself by catching a bushranger - and by 1867 she had settled firmly into crime writing. Her detective stories were 'realistic, gritty, and considerably removed from the excesses of \"Clyzia\".' Increasingly they centred on the character of detective Mark Sinclair, who became the narrator of the longest-running series in early crime fiction. The Detective's Album, 'a collection of mug-shots' whose stories were compiled and recounted by Sinclair, ran for forty years. In 1871, seven of the stories were published as a book, also called The Detective's Album.\nIn 1868, Fortune moved to Melbourne and branched into journalism for the Australian Journal. Her trip from Oxley to Melbourne in a carrier's wagon (she paid \u00a33 for the privilege) was the basis of her article, 'Fourteen Days on the Roads', published in November of that year. Fortune wrote with a light and humorous style. The trip, she confessed to her readers, had taken eleven days, but fourteen sounded better for the article. She described her conditions:\nTake three coils of heavy rope, a broken box of Epps' cocoa, two brass-knobbed trunks of unequal height, one butter-keg and a patent churn. Having procured these articles, carry them one hundred and fifty miles in a carrier's wagon, at every township requiring something to deliver which happens to be directly at the bottom of the wagon. When all this has been accomplished, and you have delivered all the articles save those enumerated, take the remainder as a resting place for your mattress, and you will have some idea of the comfort I enjoyed on my first night on the roads.\nA second article, published January 1869, was 'Down Bourke Street'. Here Fortune brought to life the sights and sounds and smells of Bourke Street, Melbourne, on a Saturday night. There were confectioners with their treats, fruiterers, jewellers' window displays, drapers, pie-sellers, and bonnet shops brimming with lace, ribbon, flowers and feathers. The street was a feast for the senses, and flooded with light: 'Stretching away down in brilliant star-like rows, and sweeping up the distant acclivity where Bourke Street West leaves the noble Post Office behind\u2026 those brilliant lamps stand like dusky soldiers with radiant helmets guarding the wide thoroughfare, and the wealth-full emporiums that line its sides'. Fortune had a talent for character description, and a keen eye for the peculiar modes of conversation and mannerisms of various social groups: 'I wish I could write down some resemblance to that so frequently heard sniff of disdain which cannot be written', she said, 'I should take out a patent for it'.\nIn the early 1880s, Fortune dug out the notes she had taken all those years ago on the goldfields for the Ladies' Companion articles that were never written. With these she produced a memoir, Twenty-Six Years Ago; or, the Diggings from '55, later reprinted by Sussex as The Fortunes of Mary Fortune. It was a detailed account of her first years in the colony: 'a blending of genres, part travelogue, part fictionalised\u2026 memoir, and part crime melodrama'. Fortune's foray into journalism was sporadic - she published approximately 17 articles over eight years - and in the last twenty years of her writing life she produced only short fiction. Her career was brought to an end by failing eyesight. Fortune suffered from alcoholism, her second son was a habitual criminal, and she never stopped struggling for financial survival. Despite her prolific output, she remained anonymous to her readers: not until the 1950s was the name behind the pseudonyms revealed by book collector J.K. Moir. The Australian Journal provided Fortune with an annuity in the last year of her life, and, upon her death, paid for her burial - but in another person's grave. Where and when she died remains unknown.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1850 - 1900)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fortune-mary-helena-1833-1911\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-fortunes-of-mary-fortune\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-helena-fortune-waif-wander-w-w-c-1833-1910-a-bibliography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coee-and-other-poems\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-detectives-album-tales-of-the-australian-police\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hawley, Janet", "Entry ID": "AWE2874", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hawley-janet\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Janet Hawley has been a senior feature writer with Good Weekend for seventeen years. Completing an arts degree at Sydney University, Janet began her journalism career at the Daily Telegraph. After her cadetship Janet moved to The Australian, where she remained for ten years, and was intrinsic in developing 'page three profiles'. Janet joined The Age, where she was feature-writer-at-large for eight years, travelling throughout Australia and overseas and covering a range of topics including Indonesian politics and society, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Aboriginal culture, environmental issues, royal tours and sport. Janet has won many major awards for her arts features and profiles (including two Walkleys and the Gold Walkley) and her medical stories have also won several major awards.\n", "Events": "Best Feature - Either in a Newspaper or Magazine (Highly Commended), 'Midnight Rock', The Age Melbourne - Fairfax (1986 - 1986) \nBest Feature - Either in a Newspaper or Magazine (Highly Commended), 'White Heat', The Age Melbourne - Fairfax (1983 - 1983) \nBest Feature - Either in a Newspaper or Magazine (Notable Mention), The Age Melbourne - Fairfax (1987 - 1987) \nBest Feature, Good Weekend, Fairfax (1989 - 1989) \nBest Feature, Good Weekend, Fairfax (1990 - 1990) \nBest Piece of Journalism Newspaper, Television or Radio, Good Weekend, Fairfax (1990 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Henderson, Sarah Moya", "Entry ID": "AWE2875", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henderson-sarah-moya\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Geelong, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Sarah Henderson was elected Member for Corangamite representing the Liberal Party in the House of Representatives of the Australian Parliament at the September 2013 election.\nBefore her election to Parliament she worked as a broadcast journalist and lawyer.\n", "Events": "Best Coverage of a Current Story (Television), 'Lynne's Story', Australian Broadcasting Corporation, (with Mike Swinson) (1996 - 1996)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hinton, Phoebe", "Entry ID": "AWE2876", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hinton-phoebe\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "Best Application of the Television Medium to Journalism (Highly Commended), Countrywide, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1991 - 1991)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Horin, Adele", "Entry ID": "AWE2877", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/horin-adele\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Adele Horin was an opinion writer and journalist at the Sydney broadsheet paper, The Sydney Morning Herald. She had a Saturday column on the paper's \"comment\" page. Horin's writings usually dealt with social issues.\n", "Events": "Best Feature, either in a Newspaper or Magazine, The National Times, Sydney (1981 - 1981)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adele-marilyn-horin-1951-2015\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hosking, Janine", "Entry ID": "AWE2878", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hosking-janine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Documentary filmmaker, Journalist, Producer, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Janine Hosking is a documentary film maker who won a Walkley award in 1997. Her films include Mademoiselle and the Doctor a documentary that explores euthanasia through the story of the suicide of a healthy 79-year-old woman and My Khmer Heart, the story of Geraldine Cox, a 56-year-old former Australian nurse and the fifty-three children living under her care in an orphanage outside Phnom Penh.\n", "Events": "TV Current Affairs Report (Less Than 15 Minutes), 'Tjandamurra', Witness, Channel 7 (1997 - 1997)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mademoiselle-and-the-doctor\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-khmer-heart\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackson, Liz", "Entry ID": "AWE2879", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-liz\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Greece", "Occupations": "Bureaucrat, Journalist, Lawyer, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Liz Jackson was a multi-award winning journalist who came relatively late to the profession. After working as a lawyer, and then as a 'femocrat' in the New South Wales Public Service, at the age of thirty-three she turned her hand to journalism. In 2005 she became the first female host of ABC Television's Media Watch program. She left the ABC in 2013.\nJackson passed away in 2018, having struggled with Parkinson's Disease since she was diagnosed in 2014.\n", "Details": "Liz Jackson grew up in Parkville, near the University of Melbourne. In the 1970s, after completing an arts degree, she travelled to London where she studied to be a barrister. On her return to Australia she worked for the New South Wales Government.\nIt was during this time that Liz Jackson moved into a home full of journalists, eventually shifting into journalism herself. 'My life as a public servant seemed a lot less interesting than theirs as journalists,' she said. 'No one seemed to want to know what I did that day.'\nJackson joined the ABC in 1987. After spending seven years in radio, at Radio National and 2JJJ, she joined Four Corners as a reporter. In 2005 she became host of Media Watch and was also known for her work on 4 Corners.\n", "Events": "'A Sense of Self' - ABC TV (with Martin Butler, Bentley Dean and Tania Nehme) (2017 - 2017) \n'Stoking the Fires', 4 Corners, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Lin Buckfield and Peter Cronau) (2006 - 2006) \nBest Application of the Television Medium to Journalism, 'Telling His Story' Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Ashley Smith) (1996 - 1996) \nBest International Report, 'Somalia. Dying for Relief', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1993 - 1993) \nCoverage of Indigenous Affairs, 'Go to Jail', Australian Broadcasting Corporation, (with Lin Buckfield) (2000 - 2000) \nCoverage of Sport, 'Fixing Cricket', Australian Broadcasting Corporation, (with Lin Buckfield & Peter Cronau) (2000 - 2000) \nCoverage of the Asia-Pacific Region, 'Stoking the Fires', 4 Corners, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Lin Buckfield) (2006 - 2006) \nSocial Equity Journalism (Highly Commended), 'Putting The Children At Risk', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Morag Ramsay & Jo Puccini) (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liz-jackson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buckfield, Lin", "Entry ID": "AWE2880", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buckfield-lin\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Producer, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Lin Buckfield ended a successful music career to join Channel 9 as a researcher in 1990. She worked on programs such as Street Stories and special projects. In 1994, Lin joined Channel 7 as a reporter for the satirical news program The Times. When the program folded she worked on the Peter Manning led Witness program fronted by Jana Wendt. In 2000 she joined the ABCs Four Corners as a producer. During her career she has covered breaking stories all over the world. Lin is a previous recipient of five Walkley Awards.\n", "Events": "'Stoking the Fires', 4 Corners, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Liz Jackson and Peter Cronau) (2006 - 2006) \nCoverage of Indigenous Affairs, 'Go to Jail', Australian Broadcasting Corporation, (with Liz Jackson) (2000 - 2000) \nCoverage of Sport, 'Fixing Cricket', Australian Broadcasting Corporation, (with Liz Jackson & Peter Cronau) (2000 - 2000) \nCoverage of the Asia-Pacific Region, 'Stoking the Fires', 4 Corners, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Liz Jackson) (2006 - 2006) \nInternational Journalism 'The Kilwa Incident', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Sally Neighbour and Jo Puccini) (2005 - 2005)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johnstone, Carol", "Entry ID": "AWE2881", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnstone-carol\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Best Story in a Provincial Newspaper (Commended), Illawarra Mercury (1987 - 1987)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Auld, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2882", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/auld-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Marryatville, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Elizabeth Auld was born into a South Australian family that pioneered winegrowing in that state. As a child, she claimed that she wanted to be a spy: she spent her fifty year career working as a journalist for the Murdoch press instead.\nShe left school (St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School) in 1918 and with the encouragement of her godfather, Lionel Gee, she began work on The Register. Within a year, she had joined the reporting staff off that paper. With the help of Sir Trent De Crespigny, a leading physician, she compiled and edited one of the first medical columns in Australian journalism.\nFrom Adelaide, Auld moved to Melbourne, and had a stint on Fleet Street when the Second World War ended. She returned from London to Melbourne, where she worked on the Woman's Day.\nIn 1952 she went to Woomera, the only woman journalist to get to the Rocket Range at this time. The article she wrote on this was published on the front page of the London Daily Mail. She later worked on the Martin Collins column of The Australian, and retired in 1974. At age 94 she published a children's detective novel.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1920 - 1974)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austlit-the-australian-literature-resource\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Masters, Olga", "Entry ID": "AWE2883", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/masters-olga\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Pambula, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Olga Masters began work as a journalist aged fifteen. Her passion was for human interest stories over and above the drama of front page news. Over the course of her thirty-year career in journalism, Masters also produced three novels, several unpublished plays, and two collections of short fiction. She won nine prizes for her short fiction including the prestigious award of the South Pacific Association for the Study of Language and Literature, shared with Elizabeth Jolley. Masters' first collection of stories, The Home Girls, was published in 1982 when she was 63 years old, and won a National Book Council award.\n", "Details": "Olga Masters was raised on the southern coast of New South Wales, between Bega and Moruya. She left school early to help at home, and took on a cadetship with the Cobargo Chronicle. In 1937 she moved to Sydney, where she worked as a shorthand typist and copywriter in advertising for radio. She married schoolteacher Charles Masters in 1940, and, while raising her seven children, lived in a number of small towns in New South Wales. In Lismore she worked as district correspondent for the Northern Star. In the mid-1960s, Masters returned to Sydney. With her children grown, she recommenced her journalistic work in earnest, writing for the St George and Southerland Shire Leader (1966-1969), Liverpool-Fairfield Champion (1968-1971), Land (1969-1971), Manly Daily (1971-1977, then 1979-1983), and Sydney Morning Herald (1984-1986). In 1983, she received a grant from the Literature Board of the Australia Council which allowed her to venture further into fiction writing in the last years of her life.\nMasters was fascinated by the study of human nature and derived most enjoyment from writing about people and organisations: weddings, births, deaths, fundraising events, sports days, community groups, concerts. Her biographer, Deirdre Coleman, notes that Masters lived through a time of dramatic change in the structure and dynamic of the Australian family: 'the lives of women past and present, within the home and outside it, form the principal subject matter of much of her journalism and fiction'.\nAt the Herald, Masters was employed to write the regular 'Style' column for women. Here she broadened her scope, discussing everything from writing, reading, art, housekeeping, fashion, etiquette, domestic economy and family dynamics, to the role of women in wartime. Masters used the column to observe, to reflect, and to provoke. With her trademark irony and dry humour she produced a number of pieces on the unjust lot of women including 'Never fear, housewives - he's here', and 'Don't forget, mothers are human beings too': 'If you read every book on child bearing and rearing from any that came out with the First Fleet through Doctor Spock to the new ones like Making Love After Birth', wrote Masters in September 1985, 'nowhere will you find it stated that part of a woman's brain comes away with the afterbirth'. In her August 1985 column, 'War gave women a first taste of liberation', Masters noted: 'It is true that war shapes our lives. Perhaps truer to say it reshapes them. Truer perhaps of women than men'. She reflected on the change in women since the Second World War:\nNot only were we [women] na\u00efve by today's standards, but downright ignorant. Jogging was something we did when the butcher was selling sausages without asking for meat coupons. Heroin would have sounded like the name of a bird. We never knew of a child dying of cancer. The pill was taken for constipation. Gay was the way we felt most of the time, even while twenty-two thousand Australian men and women were prisoners of the Japanese.\nOlga Masters' reporting displayed a sympathy with the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people. According to her son, Chris Masters, her career began 'not when her first book was published, but when she started taking an interest in her neighbours'. She died in 1986, aged 67.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1934 - 1986)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/olga-masters-reporting-home-her-writings-as-a-journalist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mitchell, Janet Charlotte", "Entry ID": "AWE2884", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mitchell-janet-charlotte\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Banker, Journalist, Print journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Janet Mitchell was born in Melbourne and grew up in Victoria. She studied music at the Royal Academy of Music in London during WWI, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of London in 1922. After returning to Australia, she held a senior position in the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) from 1924-1926.\nShe began working for the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales in 1926, where she worked until 1931. She was the first woman to hold an executive position in a big Australian bank. Later, as a journalist in Mukden, she witnessed the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, an experience which inspired her only novel, Tempest in Paradise written in 1935. In 1933 she was acting Principal of University Women's College (Sydney) and then spent the years 1934 to 1940 in England. During this six year period Mitchell spent time working as a journalist She also published her autobiography, Spoils of Opportunity. \n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1934 - 1940)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mitchell-janet-charlotte-1896-1957\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spoils-of-opportunity-an-autobiography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tempest-in-paradise\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austlit-the-australian-literature-resource\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kenihan, Kerry", "Entry ID": "AWE2885", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kenihan-kerry\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Mildura, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Teacher, Writer", "Summary": "Kerry Kenihan worked as a primary school teacher before turning to journalism, a career she has followed for over thirty years. She was at one time women's editor of the Melbourne Sunday Observer and chief sub-editor of New Idea. In the 1970s Kenihan was a prolific writer of short stories, many of them romances, which she published under various pseudonyms. Since then she has worked freelance, writing both general news and features on topics including medicine, food and wine, and women's issues.\nHer second son, Quentin, was born in 1975 with severe osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), which meant that his bones were as brittle as eggshell. With her husband Kenihan founded the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation to assist families afflicted with this condition. Their experiences in caring for Quentin and helping him to overcome the difficulties resulting from his OI led her to write the bookHow to be the Parents of a Handicapped Child - and Survive (1981), and in 1985 when Quentin was ten she wrote his story.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1960 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/quentin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/how-to-be-the-parents-of-a-handicapped-child-and-survive\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austlit-the-australian-literature-resource\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williamson, Ada Jean Hounsell (Jean)", "Entry ID": "AWE2886", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williamson-ada-jean-hounsell-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Belmont, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist", "Summary": "Jean Williamson was a journalist who succeeded Florence Baverstock as social editor of the Sydney Morning Herald in 1918. In 1933 she moved to the Women's Weekly and by 1934, she edited a page entitled 'New Books'. She recalled: 'I didn't like it at first but there came an upsurge of excitement when country women began writing such intimate letters saying how The Weekly enriched their lives-revealing unconsciously their loneliness. I began to think of the shortage of lighter-type reading matter in my family home in the country and my ideas changed'.\nIn 1936 she went to the revamped Daily Telegraph where she was appointed as one of its 'Ten Brilliant Editors'. She was one of the best-known women journalists at the time, one who combined 'a rare understanding of women's interests with a polished newspaper technique'.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christina-stead-tells-of-her-latest-book\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williamson-ada-jean-hounsell-1891-1977\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Murphy, Agnes G.", "Entry ID": "AWE2887", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murphy-agnes-g\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ireland", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Agnes G. Murphy was a journalist and one of the founders of the Austral Salon of Music, Literature and the Arts in Melbourne, Victoria, an organisation founded in 1890 by a small group of women journalists as a club for women writers. It developed into a club for artistic and intellectual women interested in any of the fine arts and provided an important entr\u00e9e for many aspiring women musicians. Murphy was also social editor of Melbourne Punch for some time during the 1890s.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1890 - 1900)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austlit-the-australian-literature-resource\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fisher, Mary Lucy (Lala)", "Entry ID": "AWE2888", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fisher-mary-lucy-lala\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Poet, Print journalist", "Summary": "Lala Fisher lived in London and worked as a journalist between 1897-1901. On her return to Australia she lived in Charters Towers and worked for various papers, including the radical New Eagle and Steele Rudd's Magazine. Later, in Sydney, she became the owner\/editor of Theatre Magazine from 1909 to 1918.\nFisher published several volumes of poetry. She was a founding member of the Society of Women Writers.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1897 - 1920)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fisher-mary-lucy-lala-1872-1929\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/by-creek-and-gully-stories-and-sketches-mostly-of-bush-life-told-in-prose-and-rhyme-by-australian-writers-in-england\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lala-fisher-obituary\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/earth-spiritual-verses\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McGowan, Henrietta Celeste", "Entry ID": "AWE2889", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcgowan-henrietta-celeste\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Henrietta McGowan was a pioneer woman journalist who edited a women's page for The Age newspaper in Melbourne for seventeen years. She had a keen interest in issues affecting women, especially working women. In 1913 she collaborated with Margaret Cuthbertson, the first female factory inspector in Victoria, to publish Woman's Work, a guide to the nature, terms and conditions of many kinds of work for women.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1900 - 1920)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womans-work\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cuthbertson-margaret-gardiner-1864-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcgowan-samuel-walker-1829-1887\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morsy, Nagat", "Entry ID": "AWE2890", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morsy-nagat\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lebanon", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Nagat Morsy arrived in Australia in 1969. She has worked as a journalist for Arabic papers in Australia and as an editor in Melbourne for many years. Her work was broadcast on Radio 3EA in 1982 and 1985. She has published works on Arab migration to Australia and women's position within Arabic societies.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1970 - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-arab-migrants-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parker, Kirstie", "Entry ID": "AWE2891", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parker-kirstie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Kirstie Parker is a Yuwallarai woman from New South Wales with more than twenty years experience in journalism and communications, which has included stints on ABC Radio, the West Australian newspaper and a weekly regional newspaper in far north Queensland.\nAs well as working for media outlets, she has:\n\nbeen Media and Communications Manager at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) in Canberra\nrun the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre (AILC)\nbeen the Director of the National Aboriginal Cultural Institute - Tandanya in Adelaide\nbeen the Director of Public Affairs for ATSIC\nbeen the media adviser to a Federal Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs\n\nSince July 2006, she has been the Editor of the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander newspaper, the Koori Mail.\n", "Events": "For contributions to the Indigenous community and Australian Life (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/on-the-record-with-kirstie-parker\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Honey, Ennis Josephine", "Entry ID": "AWE2892", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/honey-ennis-josephine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Ennis Josephine Honey was a freelance writer, music teacher and journalist. She was a sub-editor for Australian Women's Weekly from 1965 to 1975, and contributed to several Australian newspapers and magazines, including the Daily Mirror, New Idea, and the Sydney Morning Herald.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1965 - 1975)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nymphs-and-goddesses-the-story-of-a-girlhood\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austlit-the-australian-literature-resource\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Veitch, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE2893", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/veitch-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Kate Veitch was born in Adelaide in 1955. She left home and school at fifteen and has published, along the way, a non-fiction exploration of parenting, as well as journalism and book reviews for the Sydney Morning Herald and Vogue amongst others. She also produced 'Their Brilliant Careers', a series of programs on women writers for Radio National. Kate is based in Melbourne, where her brothers and adult son live, but spends half the year in New York with her partner. Listen, her first novel, was published in 2007\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1980 - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/listen\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moore, Winifred", "Entry ID": "AWE2894", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moore-winifred\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "England", "Death Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Winifred Moore was a prominent Brisbane journalist in the early twentieth century. She edited the women's section of The Brisbane Courier (later Courier-Mail), from the early 1920s through to the 1940s, and remained with the newspaper as a columnist until the early 1950s. In addition to her literary and arts interests, Moore was a founding member of the National Parks Association of Queensland. Although generally politically conservative, she had a keen interest in women's affairs and a range of social welfare issues of the day.\n", "Details": "Winifred Moore was born in England but moved to Queensland (probably after both her parents died) to be raised by her elder sister in Ingham, North Queensland. She was a teacher of music, and travelled to her students by sulky. During the First World War, Moore joined the staff of the Daily Mail. In 1921, she was appointed Social Editress of the Brisbane Courier (later the Brisbane Courier-Mail). For two decades, Moore edited the women's section for the paper, contributing her own anecdotes and observations in her column, 'Between Ourselves', under the pseudonym 'Verity'. She remained a columnist for the paper until the early 1950s, and was responsible for the expansion of the Courier-Mail Christmas Toy Fund.\nUnder Moore in the 1920s, the weekly women's section of the Brisbane Courier - 'Home Circle' - combined London gossip, Paris fashion, recipes, poems and riddles, serialised novels, cartoons, domestic tips, news of Australians abroad, a children's section, and a 'how-to' column with instructions for making everything from knitted slippers to 'a pretty cretonne work-box which can be used also as a seat'. The section also included a political column of sorts, profiling prominent public personalities - from statesmen to sportsmen - in Australia and overseas. In November 1922, Sir Walter Edward Davidson, governor of New South Wales, was listed alongside the 'picturesque and romantic figure' of the Maharajah of Jaipur.\nMoore used her own column to discuss topical questions around women in parliament, women and marriage, and women's organisations, or to offer personal anecdotes and tips in domestic economy. An early column discussed the proposed introduction of a League of Skilled Housecraft in England which, if successful, might be emulated in Queensland. Women could sit for an examination to demonstrate elementary knowledge of general housework skills (cooking, needlework etc), and go on to sit an advanced exam to receive a diploma, and full membership of the League: 'It is believed that such a hallmark of efficiency will go far towards giving such women the status of their sisters who are certificated teachers or district nurses', wrote Moore.\nBy the 1950s, the Courier-Mail's 'Women's Interests' section was a far more splashy affair, dominated by photographs of women engaged, married or going abroad. Its editor complained that 'the ranks of Brisbane's society girls are thinning out so quickly with the steady stream making for England, that soon it will be necessary to go overseas just to find out what Brisbane people are doing'. Pages were dedicated, magazine-style, to society gossip and fashion. A caption in February 1950 described the 'unusual fashion accessory' of one Mrs. John Down, who arrived at a supper party wearing a 'fascinating cloche hat, complete with a full-size bird draped under her chin'. By this time Moore was no longer heading the section, but she continued to submit a weekly column on Wednesdays entitled 'Speaking for Women'. Again, her discussion was wide-ranging. One week Moore was writing about the shortage of trained nurses, or the need for women to assert themselves in the workplace, and the next, she was illuminating her readers on the subject of vice-regal etiquette and how to present oneself.\nAccording to historian Patience Thoms, Winifred Moore 'wrote as a woman, not a feminist, but as one conscious of the contribution women could make if they had the will'.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1920 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/they-wrote-as-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austlit-the-australian-literature-resource\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tom, Emma", "Entry ID": "AWE2896", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tom-emma\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Emma Tom was born in Victoria but grew up in Sydney and the northern New South Wales town of Lismore. After finishing high school, she worked as a cadet reporter for a Lismore newspaper, then moved to Sydney to work for the Sydney Morning Herald. After eight years at the Sydney Morning Herald she became a regular columnist for the Australian. Tom's columns focus on women's issues, particularly sexual issues, with language that tests the limits of a broadsheet's tolerance. This has led to criticism from other journalists, but, nevertheless, her journalism has attracted several awards.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1990 - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austlit-the-australian-literature-resource\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fotheringhame, Pattie", "Entry ID": "AWE2897", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fotheringhame-pattie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Escrick, Yorkshire East Riding, England", "Death Place": "Dee Why, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Newspaper Proprietor, Print journalist", "Summary": "Pattie Fotheringhame was Sydney's first female journalist and the pioneer of photo-engraving in Sydney. She was 'discovered' by her brother-in-law, W.H Traill, editor of the Sydney Mail, in 1878 when he heard her telling a story to a group of children. He learned that the story was her own creation and so employed Fotheringhame to write a weekly piece for the paper. Following Traill to the Bulletin she wrote the Woman's Letter as 'Mab' for almost seven years until she married James Fotheringhame.\nFotheringhame bought Young Australia from Louisa Lawson and she continued it for thirty years with her sister-in-law Josephine Fotheringhame. She also owned the weekly Splashes, and edited the monthly paper The Sphere for six years. She also contributed lighter pieces to The Soldier and The Commonwealth Home. At her busiest, she was writing for six newspapers simultaneously\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1880 - 1920)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austlit-the-australian-literature-resource\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Osborn, Annie", "Entry ID": "AWE2898", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/osborn-annie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "New York City, New York, United States", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Annie Osborn was a dutiful, Christian wife and daughter and the mother of eight children. As a journalist in Australia she edited the woman's pages of the Age and the Leader : a weekly journal of news, politics, literature, and art in Melbourne, Victoria. She also edited the children's page of the Leader using the pseudonym of 'Cinderella'. Osborn also wrote regularly for the Presbyterian journal, The Messenger, and for the Australian Christian World. Her column in The Messenger was written under the pseudonym of 'The Minister's Wife' and greatly advanced religious journalism in Australia.\nOsborn wrote children's readers that became so popular they were adopted in Australian schools and adapted for radio broadcasts. She left Australia in 1927 when her husband decided to peruse clerical opportunities in North America. While in the United States, Annie Osborn was President of the Mount Vernon Federation of Christian Women.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1900 - 1930)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/austlit-the-australian-literature-resource\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grover, Jessie", "Entry ID": "AWE2899", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grover-jessie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "St Kilda, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Sericulturalist", "Summary": "The daughter of inn-keepers, Jessie Grover dabbled in sericulture before turning to journalism. In 1873 Jessie and her friend Mrs Sara Florentia Bladen-Neill thought that the silk production industry would be a fit one for women, and so formed the Victorian Ladies' Sericultural Co. Ltd, with Jessie as managing director. The company articles specified that 'No person but a woman shall be eligible as a Director'. Prominent Melbourne women took up most of the \u00a34 shares. The government made a grant of 600 acres (242.8 ha) of hilly land at Harcourt, near the Mount Alexander diggings, where bluestone buildings were erected and thousands of mulberry trees planted. The surveyor had fixed on the wrong location, however, and the enterprise collapsed after several years of intensive effort.\nWhen her mother died in 1879 she left the bulk of her estate to her daughters. This meant that Jessie and her husband, Harry, were now able to buy a large house at St Kilda and live mainly from their investments. Harry contributed humorous items to Melbourne Punch. Jessie was social editor of the Melbourne Bulletin in 1880-86, and Australian correspondent for the Queen (London). She covered events at Government House, garden parties, charity bazaars and a few scandals in a human and personal style. She wrote under various pseudonyms such as 'Gladys', 'Iris', 'Humming Bee' and 'Queen Bee'. Her son, Montague continued the journalist tradition she established.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1880 - 1900)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grover-jessie-1843-1916\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-montague-grover-circa-1810-1980-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Holman, Ada Augusta", "Entry ID": "AWE2900", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/holman-ada-augusta\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Journalist, Novelist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Before she married W.A Holman in 1901, Ada Kidgell had established herself as an intelligent and energetic journalist. By 1896 she was publishing short stories, reviews and political and literary items, using her own name, 'Marcus Malcolm' and 'Nardoo'. As 'Myee' she sent 'Our Sydney letter' to Melbourne Punch. She was a frequent contributor to the Sydney Mail, Sydney Morning Herald and the Freeman's Journal. She edited and wrote most of the copy for the Co-operator, a trade journal for rural producers. She continued journalism after marriage, sometimes ghosting items which appeared under her husband's name. The Labor Party benefited from her ability to place items sympathetic to its programme in the non-Labor press.\nAda Holman's political views were well formed before her marriage to her New South Wales Labor politician husband. She was republican and a critic of the Constitution, of the South African War and of inequality, whether related to class or sex. She enjoyed writing on these topics, but found that once her husband was installed in the NSW cabinet in 1910, her output was restricted; her short stories continued to appear but little else.\nAda Holman resented both the limitations to her own work consequent on being married to a prominent politician, and the demands on women to conform to notions of middle class femininity that restricted women's experience to that of only wife and mother. Women would be free, she wrote to Australian author Dowell O'Reilly, when motherhood affected woman's life 'only to the same degree as parenthood does a man'.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1895 - 1910)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/holman-ada-augusta-1869-1949\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ada-a-holman-papers-1866-1936-together-with-papers-of-william-arthur-holman-1912-1932\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ada-a-holman-papers-1856-ca-1890-1946\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-w-a-holman-1917-painted-by-john-samuel-watkins\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Azel, Lesleyanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2901", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/azel-lesleyanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lesleyanne Azel stood as a candidate for the residents' group Save Our Suburbs in the seat of Rockdale in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beattie, Linda Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE2902", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beattie-linda-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Linda Beattie stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Willoughby in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Armstrong, Hilda", "Entry ID": "AWE2903", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/armstrong-hilda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Advocate, Political candidate", "Summary": "Hilda Armstrong stood as an Independent candidate in the seat of Newcastle in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bible, Vanessa", "Entry ID": "AWE2904", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bible-vanessa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Vanessa Bible stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Northern Tablelands in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bolt, Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE2905", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bolt-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Therese Bolt stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Kogorah in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boyd, Flora", "Entry ID": "AWE2906", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boyd-flora\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Flora Boyd stood as a candidate for Australians Against Further Immigration in the seat of Ballina in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boyd, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE2907", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boyd-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Julie Boyd stood as an Independent candidate in the seat of Tweed in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Giles, Boronia Lucy (Bonnie)", "Entry ID": "AWE2908", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/giles-boronia-lucy-bonnie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Collie, Western Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Maylands, Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Bonnie Giles studied journalism in Western Australia in the 1920s but struggled to balance study, work and family and failed to complete her diploma. This did not, however, stop her from establishing an enduring career. She wrote under a variety of pseudonyms for the Perth Daily Mail the best known of which - 'Mary Ferber' - became a household name. For twenty years her column, which was essentially a 'Dorothy Dix' column, was a 'Monday must for her admirers'. Giles also used her column and considerable community standing to advance philanthropic causes that were close to her heart. She retired from journalism in 1969.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1930 - 1969)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/giles-boronia-lucy-bonnie-1919-1978\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wildman, Alexina Maude", "Entry ID": "AWE2909", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wildman-alexina-maude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Paddington, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Waverley, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Satirist", "Summary": "Alexina Wildman spent all of her short but successful career in journalism working as a columnist on the Bulletin. Her weekly column, written under the pseudonym of 'Sappho Smith' and headed by a Phil May cartoon, appeared from 28 April 1888 to 22 August 1896. It was Sydney's first gossip column: an acerbic, heavily satirical and bitingly funny account of society's comings and goings in the form of a letter from the fictitious Sappho to her 'dear Moorabinda'. The segment became one of the most popular in the Bulletin and appeared without interruption for over eight years, ending only with the premature death of its author. Wildman died of nephritis in November 1896, aged 29.\nOften referred to as 'the incomparable Ina Wildman', she was celebrated by her colleagues as a brilliant writer and a good comrade. Her brief, bright career was an encouragement to many women journalists.\n", "Details": "Alexina Wildman was the eleventh child of English parents Edwin Wildman, clerk, and Elizabeth (nee Stevens). She began writing as a schoolgirl, and regularly contributed poetry and prose to the Bulletin. In April 1888, at the age of 19, the precocious Wildman began to write her weekly column for the journal.\nSappho's first letter, published 28 April 1888, ranged in subject matter from Lord and Lady Carington's Norfolk Island visit, to the very wealthy Sydney family who had appropriated an ancient coat of arms, the rightful owner of which was 'considerably astonished and highly exasperated in a well-bred way at what he considered a piece of consummate impertinence'. As part of her commentary on the latest in women's fashion, she noted that 'the regime terrible of the d\u00e9collet\u00e9 toilette is likely to continue, the next fashion for full evening dress being the old-fashioned Bertha, and that reveals more bony back - scraggy 'salt-cellars' - and pipe-stem arms than the present style. A woman in a Bertha looks like cold fowl - it gives quite a 'garnished' effect to feminine loveliness'. She ended the letter with 'a medley made up of all sorts of things that are running through my head': the marriage of a Sydney literary man 'of faintly poetic and dramatic tendencies' to the daughter of a newspaper proprietor; the preference of 'all the Melbourne girls who have hair' to wear it loose, copying Lady Loch's daughters; the popularity of opaline as a tint; the opening of a butter shop in London by the Duchess of Hamilton, and the frightening possibility of the ladies of Potts Point following suit by running colonial wine stores ('if so, some of the leaders of fashion will be by no means maladroit at bottle-opening'); and the new fad for taking tea, not from a teapot but from perforated silver balls filled with tea leaves and 'attached to a chain like an infinitesimal dog-fastener'.\nThe following month, Sappho was offering fresh gossip ('I hear that a resplendent youth with much money and possessed of an ancestral hall on the confines of Woolloomooloo, has gone and married a nymph of the pavement'), and commentary on social events, past and future. She noted that the annual St. Vincent's Hospital ball would be held on June 13th: 'To dance anyhow is to do well, but to dance in aid of human suffering is to do better, therefore I always go'. She recounted a visit to the theatre:\nIf the theory that whenever one gets into a 'wax' an unseen influence snips ten years off one's life is true, your own Sappho hasn't much longer to meander across this paper, for the other night I got into quite a rage at the theatre (I won't use a more distinguishing adjective!) and over what do you think? Why our national nuisance, the tyro in music of the sex that does its hair up. I was unfortunate enough to be placed immediately behind one of these. In her bony, ungloved left hand she carried the vocal score - with her bony right forefinger she one, two there'd, one, two there'd in time to the orchestra till I thought I'd either go mad or stab her with a hairpin\u2026 I'm perfectly positive that that woman (she's by no means singular, though!) has no more real harmony in her soul than has a tram-motor!\nSappho's most vicious remarks were often directed toward women, and those involved in the suffrage movement bore the brunt of her jokes more than once. She aimed fire at those 'lady writers' in the newspapers who sent word to England that the colony required more governesses ('we are squeaking out for feminine manual labour if we are squeaking at all, but we don't want any more semi-educated beings called \"nursery governesses\"'); also, those women who followed the trend to have risqu\u00e9 posture-photographs taken (the images, she said, adorned the walls of galleries where 'strangers steal in and ogle the revealed charms or scrag of Adeline de Toorak or Maude de Potts Point'); and she particularly disdained women who refused to eat for the sake of appearances:\nAnd now that balls are to be once more set a-rolling, I would warn those girls who think to captivate men by the display of an appetite the size of a sickly butterfly's, that the average man doesn't approve of a girl who takes a spoonful of jelly and a sip of liquid and is ready to be taken back to the ball-room again. No, they don't. The men want time to refresh themselves, too. They like a girl who negotiates something tangible with a knife and fork, and gives them time to surround a due and proper amount of cold fowl and champagne. Speaking of ball suppers: At a Wagga hop the other week one of the M.C.'s attacked a calves foot jelly with a knife and fork, after he had copiously peppered and salted it! What do you think of that, now? That Wagga man almost outdoes the Frenchman whom I once saw mix rhubarb with mashed potatoes.\nSuffragists and so-called 'new women' were frequently in her sights. She warned them, for instance, against the dangers of bike riding, because it advertised how women were configured below the waste:\nEven if it doesn't hurt the woman herself it checks the possible innocence of hobbledehoys here and there who might think that women tapered off into mermaid's tails if they did not seek to violently prove the contrary. If the New Woman could only be got to see it, one of the Old Woman's very strongest points was that she (in the Queen of Sheba sense) had no legs! The New Woman should think hard ere she finally decides to let the world know that she is supported on forks.\nSappho was, of course, equally capable of satirizing men. A letter on May 19, 1888, read:\nThe hunting season was opened last Saturday by the members of the Sydney Hunt Club, the run commencing at Ermington and finishing at Ryde. One equestrienne and nine equestrians showed up, and only one accident occurred, and it didn't happen to the lady (Miss Smith) but to Mr Simpson, a visitor, who was in such a hurry to negotiate a rather stiff fence that he went over ahead of his horse and left that animal with a pained expression on its face on the wrong side. The Club intend proceeding to Bathurst at an early date to hunt a real live stag which they are carefully tending up there to allow of its being chased as soon as possible. The Sydney H. Club want to give the Western sportsmen the joy of a day with the hounds as a slight return for the quarry. Bathurst 'sports' ought to be good riders, for it has just struck me that if they are genuine Bathurst burrs they should be able to stick to anything.\nShe followed this in June, with:\nEverybody is asking why men don't marry. Not being a man, I can't answer this knotty question, but I think the reason why the girls who went to a certain suburban Amateur Athletic Club's sports on the 19th isn't don't marry is because they aren't brave enough to link themselves to so invalid and declining a generation. When these noble athletics stripped for the fray, a sorry scene of pipe-stem legs, 'champagne' shoulders, faces pale as pie-crust, and hollow coughs, prefaced most of the events. A man requires muscle to be married. If you don't think so, ask a certain newspaper-man who took his wife to a recent ball. At this whirl of gladness a total stranger of the sex that shaves behaved to Mrs. Newspaper Man in a manner which failed to meet the approbation of her hubby, who, having inveigled the clownish one by soft words and gentle wiles into a private room, then and there administered what has been described to me as 'a grandfather of a licking'.\nThe Sappho Smith column often ran to a full page of the Bulletin, and kept its sassy style right through to the end. A letter on 8 August 1896 recounted a display of diamonds at the Masonic ball that was 'simply paralysing. One lady in ruby plush must have been worth half Coolgardie, if all her stones were genuine; and a prominent bookie's wife, in pink silk, sported a really glorious diamond necklace - every stone in it an eloquent sermon to punters'. The final letter was published on 22 August that year. There was no mention of it being Sappho's last gasp, and there was no note to readers the following week. Wildman and her Sappho Smith simply disappeared.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1888 - 1896)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wildman-alexina-maude-1867-1896\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pen-portraits-women-writers-and-journalists-in-nineteenth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-journalistic-javelin-an-illustrated-history-of-the-bulletin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dowell-oreilly-papers-1884-1923-with-additional-family-papers-1877-1944\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wallace, Theodosia Ada", "Entry ID": "AWE2910", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wallace-theodosia-ada\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Educated at the University of Sydney, (she received her B.A. in 1891) Theodosia Wallace tried teaching before she swiftly moved into journalism. Coming from a family of journalists, perhaps this was hardly surprising.\nAt the age of 20 she wrote a social column for the Melbourne Argus and Australasian as 'Biddy B.A.' She also contributed to the Sydney Morning Herald and later joined its staff, writing mainly on temperance and feminist subjects, such as the passing of the Married Women's Property Act, free kindergartens and changes to the laws on prostitution. The Herald started a weekly feature, 'A Page for Women', in September 1905 and Theodosia was appointed editor for the page.\nTheodosia Wallace also established a presence in regional newspapers. She wrote syndicated letters for the Orange Leader and a Dubbo newspaper. In the Newcastle Herald, under the pseudonym 'INO', her weekly column 'An Idle Woman's Diary' ran from 1920. She was the first head of the Country Press Association's press-cutting service, working there for about thirty years. She was a founding member of the Society of Women Writers.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1892 - 1930)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wallace-theodosia-ada-1872-1953\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pen-portraits-women-writers-and-journalists-in-nineteenth-century-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Todd, Ellen Joy", "Entry ID": "AWE2911", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/todd-ellen-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, Australia", "Death Place": "Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Ellen Todd migrated to Australia with her husband, Robert Henry Todd, in 1887. They eventually settled in Sydney, where Ellen established a solid career in journalism. In a period spanning over thirty years, she contributed to the Echo, Illustrated Sydney News and to Louisa Lawson's Dawn. She supplied book reviews and theatrical and musical critiques to the Australian Town and Country Journal, as well as the obligatory social notes.\nFrom January 1906 until 1923, Todd was foundation editor of the weekly Woman's Budget, a journal which claimed to be 'WRITTEN by WOMEN for WOMEN'. The magazine featured items on cookery, dressmaking and fashion, as well as articles of wider interest and provided an outlet for women writers. Circulation under Todd's editorship was estimated to have reached 150,000 weekly.\nFrom 1933 until 1940 Ellen Todd worked in an honorary capacity for the Empire Gazette, edited by Adela Pankhurst Walsh. Ellen's recollections of social and artistic life in Sydney were published under the title of Looking Back in 1938.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1906 - 1940)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/todd-ellen-joy-1861-1948\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/looking-back-some-early-recollections-of-mrs-r-h-todd\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boydell, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE2912", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boydell-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Patricia Boydell stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Pittwater in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brandreth, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE2913", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brandreth-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kate Brandbreth stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Keira in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Byrne, Fiona", "Entry ID": "AWE2914", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/byrne-fiona\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Fiona Byrne stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Marrickville in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Campbell, Nicole", "Entry ID": "AWE2915", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/campbell-nicole\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Nicole Campbell stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Epping in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chen, Grace", "Entry ID": "AWE2916", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chen-grace\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Grace Chen stood as a candidate for the Unity Party in the seat of Marrickville in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chijoff, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE2917", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chijoff-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Karen Chijoff stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the seat of Mulgoa in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Copas, Stacey", "Entry ID": "AWE2918", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/copas-stacey\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Stacey Copas stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the seat of Campbelltown in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Donayre, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE2919", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/donayre-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Donayre stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Canterbury in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Donnelly, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE2920", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/donnelly-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judy Donnelly stood as an Australian Greens candidate in the seat of Myall Lakes in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Doriean, Melanie", "Entry ID": "AWE2921", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/doriean-melanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Melanie Doriean stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Ballina in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Eve-Macleod, Martine", "Entry ID": "AWE2922", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eve-macleod-martine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Martine Eve-Macleod stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats in the seat of Marrickville in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 January 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Feinbier, Samantha", "Entry ID": "AWE2923", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feinbier-samantha\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Samantha Feinbier stood as a candidate for the Australians Against Further Immigration Party in the seat of Miranda in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Findley, Amanda", "Entry ID": "AWE2924", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/findley-amanda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Amanda Findley stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of South Coast in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Firth, Verity Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE2925", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/firth-verity-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Local government councillor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A councillor for the City of Sydney, Verity Firth stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Balmain at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007. She was elected and held the ministerial portfolios of Women, Science and Medical research. In addition she was Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer) and Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change Environment and Water (Environment). She was defeated at the 2011 election.\nVerity Firth was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2023 for significant service to the Parliament of NSW, and to social inclusion.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Flanagan, Carol", "Entry ID": "AWE2926", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flanagan-carol\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Carol Flanagan stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Castle Hill in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Forde, Jessica", "Entry ID": "AWE2927", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forde-jessica\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jessica Forde stood as a candidate for the Country Labor Party in the seat of Burrinjuck in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gebilagin, Lizza", "Entry ID": "AWE2928", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gebilagin-lizza\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lizza Gebilagin stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Fairfield in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gestakovska, Lili", "Entry ID": "AWE2929", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gestakovska-lili\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lili Gestakovska stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the seat of Rockdale in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Giles, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE2930", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/giles-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Patricia Giles, a Pittwater city councillor, stood as a candidate for the Christian Democratic Party ( Fred Nile Group), for the seat of Pittwater in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hall, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE2931", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hall-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Elizabeth Hall stood as a candidate for the Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) in the seat of Liverpool in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hayes, Kay", "Entry ID": "AWE2932", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hayes-kay\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kay Hayes stood as a candidate for the Australians Against Further Immigration Party in the seat of Terrigal in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hayes, Monica", "Entry ID": "AWE2933", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hayes-monica\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Monica Hayes stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Port Macquarie in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 September 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Heng, Esther", "Entry ID": "AWE2934", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heng-esther\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Esther Heng stood as a candidate for the Christian Democratic Party ( Fred Nile Group), in the seat of Willoughby in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Higgins, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE2935", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/higgins-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Higgins stood as a candidate for the Christian Democrat Party ( Fred Nile Group) in the seat of Port Stephens in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hilton, Sharryn", "Entry ID": "AWE2936", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hilton-sharryn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sharryn Hilton stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the seat of Wollondilly in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hitchen, Tricia", "Entry ID": "AWE2937", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hitchen-tricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Tricia Hitchen stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the seat of Penrith in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hornery, Sonia Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE2938", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hornery-sonia-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "A Newcastle city councillor, Sonia Hornery stood successfully as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Wallsend in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007. She was Parliamentary Secretary in the state Labor Government from 2007-2009. On her re-election in 2011, she held the position of Temporary Speaker from 2011-2014. She was re-elected in 2015.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hyde, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE2939", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hyde-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jane Hyde stood as an Independent candidate in the seat of Balmain at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 January 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johanson, Georgina", "Entry ID": "AWE2940", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johanson-georgina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Georgina Johanson stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats in the seat of Wakehurst in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kam, Cherie", "Entry ID": "AWE2941", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kam-cherie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cherie Kam stood as a candidate for the Unity Party in the seat of Willoughby in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lions, Deborah", "Entry ID": "AWE2942", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lions-deborah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Deborah Lions stood as a candidate for the Christian Democratic Party ( Fred Nile Group) in the seat of Coffs Harbour in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ljubicic, Liliana", "Entry ID": "AWE2943", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ljubicic-liliana\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Liliana Ljubicic stood as an Independent candidate in the seat of Liverpool in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lloyd, Kirsty", "Entry ID": "AWE2944", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lloyd-kirsty\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kirsty Lloyd stood as candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the seat of Toongabbie in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kelly, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE2945", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kelly-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Kelly stood as a candidate for the Australians Against Further Immigration Party in the seat of Heathcote in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kuniansky, Joanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2946", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kuniansky-joanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joanne Kuniansky stood as an Independent candidate in the seat of Lakemba in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lecky, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE2947", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lecky-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jennifer Lecky stood as a candidate for the Country Labor Party in the seat of Upper Hunter in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marks, Kelly", "Entry ID": "AWE2948", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marks-kelly\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kelly Marks stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens party in the seat of Coogee in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Merrin, Jill", "Entry ID": "AWE2949", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/merrin-jill\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jill Merrin stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Heathcote in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Metlikovec, Christina", "Entry ID": "AWE2950", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/metlikovec-christina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christina Metlikovec stood as an Independent candidate for the seat of Epping in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Miran, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2951", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miran-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Michelle Miran stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of South Coast in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moore, Jess", "Entry ID": "AWE2952", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moore-jess\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jess Moore stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance Party in the seat of Wollongong in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morris, Hillary", "Entry ID": "AWE2953", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morris-hillary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Hillary Morris stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Gosford in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morris, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE2954", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morris-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judy Morris stood as a candidate for the Christian Democratic Party ( Fred Nile Group) in the seat of Camden in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCosker, Alicia", "Entry ID": "AWE2955", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccosker-alicia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alicia McCosker stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Hawkesbury in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McDonald, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE2956", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcdonald-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jan McDonald stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Dubbo in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McHugh, Denise", "Entry ID": "AWE2957", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mchugh-denise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Denise McHugh stood as a candidate for the Country Labor Party in the seat of Tamworth in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/siobhan-mchugh-interviews-and-papers-relating-to-her-book-cottoning-on-stories-of-australian-cotton-growing-1990-1996\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McIntosh, Janelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2958", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcintosh-janelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Janelle McIntosh stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Hornsby in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McKay, Jodi Leyanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2959", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mckay-jodi-leyanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Jodi McKay stood as the candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Newcastle in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007 and was successful. She held a number of ministerial portfolios from 2007-2011, but was defeated at the 2011 election when the Labor Government was defeated as well. She returned to parliament in 2015 as the Member for Strathfield.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ms-jodi-leyanne-mckay-mpa-syd-gaicd-mp\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McMahon, Lylea Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE2960", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcmahon-lylea-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Lylea McMahon stood as the Australian Labor Party candidate for the seat of Shellharbour in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007. She was elected as the member for Shellharbour and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources. She did not contest the 2011 election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Patakfalvy, Maria", "Entry ID": "AWE2961", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patakfalvy-maria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maria Patakfalvy stood as a candidate for the Australians Against Further Immigration Party in the seat of Keira in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Perger, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE2962", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/perger-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community activist, Public servant, Teacher", "Summary": "Margaret Perger stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Bega in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Porteous, Rochelle", "Entry ID": "AWE2963", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/porteous-rochelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor", "Summary": "Rochelle Porteous stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Balmain in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Events": "Mayor of Leichhardt (2011 - 2012) \nMayor of Leichhardt (2014 - 2015)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pritchard, Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE2964", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pritchard-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Suzanne Pritchard stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Lake Macquarie in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rahill, Alison", "Entry ID": "AWE2965", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rahill-alison\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alison Rahill stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Vaucluse in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Renner, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE2966", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/renner-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judy Renner stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Murray-Darling in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roberts, Madeleine", "Entry ID": "AWE2967", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roberts-madeleine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Madeleine Roberts stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats in the seat of Wollongong in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robertson, Debbie", "Entry ID": "AWE2968", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robertson-debbie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Debbie Robertson stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Mount Druitt in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rogers, Lynette", "Entry ID": "AWE2969", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rogers-lynette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lynette Rogers stood as a candidate for the Australians Against Further Immigration Party in the seat of Bankstown in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sacco, Michele", "Entry ID": "AWE2970", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sacco-michele\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Michele Sacco stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Strathfield in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sammut, Josephine", "Entry ID": "AWE2971", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sammut-josephine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Josephine Sammut stood as a candidate for the Christian Democratic Party ( Fred Nile Group) in the seat of Lakemba in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Saville, Lynne", "Entry ID": "AWE2972", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/saville-lynne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Councillor", "Summary": "Lynne Saville stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of North Shore in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Scott, Linda", "Entry ID": "AWE2973", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-linda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Psychologist, Researcher", "Summary": "Linda Scott stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Sydney in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smiles, Bev", "Entry ID": "AWE2974", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smiles-bev\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Environmentalist", "Summary": "Bev Smiles stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Upper Hunter in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE2975", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jane Smith stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Charlestown in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stumm, Sherry", "Entry ID": "AWE2976", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stumm-sherry\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sherry Stumm stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the seat of Oxley in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Su, Lily", "Entry ID": "AWE2977", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/su-lily\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lily Su stood as a candidate for the Unity Party in the seat of Granville in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thirup, Katryna", "Entry ID": "AWE2978", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thirup-katryna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Katryna Thirup stood as an Independent candidate in the seat of Camden in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tillotson, Nicole", "Entry ID": "AWE2979", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tillotson-nicole\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Nicole Tillotson stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the seat of Coogee in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tranter, Kellie", "Entry ID": "AWE2980", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tranter-kellie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Lawyer, Solicitor", "Summary": "Kellie Tranter stood as an Independent candidate in the seat of Maitland in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tsoulos, Jeannette", "Entry ID": "AWE2981", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tsoulos-jeannette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jeannette Tsoulos stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the seat of Ku-Ring-Gai in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Turner, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE2982", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turner-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Pharmacy assistant", "Summary": "Catherine Turner stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Hornsby in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Waizer, Naomi", "Entry ID": "AWE2983", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waizer-naomi\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Naomi Waizer stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Cronulla in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tyrrell, Pauline", "Entry ID": "AWE2984", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tyrrell-pauline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pauline Tyrrell stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Granville in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Weate, Sarah", "Entry ID": "AWE2985", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/weate-sarah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sarah Weate stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Manly in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williams, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE2986", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susan Williams stood as a candidate for the National Party in the seat of Bathurst in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wong, Ada", "Entry ID": "AWE2987", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wong-ada\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ada Wong stood as a candidate for the Unity Party in the seat of Parramatta in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wood, Jill", "Entry ID": "AWE2988", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wood-jill\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jill Wood stood as a candidate for the Christian Democratic Party ( Fred Nile Group) in the seat of Swansea in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wright, Suzie", "Entry ID": "AWE2989", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wright-suzie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Suzie Wright stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Penrith in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wynn, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE2990", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wynn-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Teacher", "Summary": "Sue Wynn stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the seat of Swansea in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wynne, Penelope", "Entry ID": "AWE2991", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wynne-penelope\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Penelope Wynne stood as an Independent candidate in the seat of Manly in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Adams, Donna", "Entry ID": "AWE2992", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adams-donna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Donna Adams stood as a candidate for the Restore the Workers Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Aggett, Lina", "Entry ID": "AWE2993", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aggett-lina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lina Aggett stood for election as an Independent candidate to the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Alchin, Tegan", "Entry ID": "AWE2994", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alchin-tegan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Tegan Alchin stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Alexeeff, Teresa", "Entry ID": "AWE2995", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alexeeff-teresa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Teresa Alexeeff stood as a candidate for the Shooters Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allen, Lyn", "Entry ID": "AWE2996", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allen-lyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lyn Allen stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Aquino, Marta", "Entry ID": "AWE2997", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aquino-marta\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marta Aquino stood as a candidate for the Unity Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Aslan, Emine", "Entry ID": "AWE2998", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aslan-emine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Emine Aslan stood as a candidate for the Unity Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Avis, Debra", "Entry ID": "AWE2999", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/avis-debra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Debra Avis stood as a candidate for the Horse Riders Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Badger, Stephanie", "Entry ID": "AWE3000", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/badger-stephanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Stephanie Badger stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bateman, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE3001", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bateman-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Patricia Bateman stood as a candidate for the Australians Against Further Immigration Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bellchambers, Joyce", "Entry ID": "AWE3002", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bellchambers-joyce\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Disability rights activist, Volunteer", "Summary": "Joyce Bellchambers stood as an Independent candidate in Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007. Her volunteer work in the disability field was acknowledged in the year 2000 when she was awarded a Wall of Achievement in the category of Community Services at the Penrith City Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bourke, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3003", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bourke-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyn Bourke stood as a candidate for the Shooters Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Breen, Maree", "Entry ID": "AWE3004", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/breen-maree\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maree Breen stood as a candidate for the Human Rights Party in the Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Nell Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE3005", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-nell-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Nell Brown stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buckwalter, Maree", "Entry ID": "AWE3006", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buckwalter-maree\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Carer", "Summary": "Maree Buckwalter stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Byrne, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE3007", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/byrne-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Catherine Byrne stood as a candidate for the Human Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Campbell, Alicia", "Entry ID": "AWE3008", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/campbell-alicia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alicia Campbell stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carter, Marylou", "Entry ID": "AWE3009", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carter-marylou\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marylou Carter stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chapman, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3010", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chapman-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyn Chapman stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clayton, Tricia", "Entry ID": "AWE3011", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clayton-tricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Tricia Clayton stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clifford, Pamela", "Entry ID": "AWE3012", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clifford-pamela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pamela Clifford stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coleman, Jodie", "Entry ID": "AWE3013", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coleman-jodie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jodie Coleman stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Divjak, Carol", "Entry ID": "AWE3015", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/divjak-carol\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Carol Divjak stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dally-Watkins, June", "Entry ID": "AWE3016", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dally-watkins-june\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Political candidate", "Summary": "June Dally-Watkins stood as a candidate for the Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\nA former fashion model, she is the owner of the June Dally-Watkins School of Professional and Personal Development, a business she has run since 1950.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Evans, Rachel", "Entry ID": "AWE3017", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/evans-rachel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rachel Evans stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Frances, Maureen", "Entry ID": "AWE3018", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/frances-maureen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maureen Frances stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Franklin, Noeline", "Entry ID": "AWE3019", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/franklin-noeline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Noeline Franklin stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gartrell, Glenda", "Entry ID": "AWE3020", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gartrell-glenda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Glenda Gartrell stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gavagna, Leanne", "Entry ID": "AWE3021", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gavagna-leanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Leanne Gavagna stood as a candidate for the Save Our Suburbs group in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gibbs, Eleanor", "Entry ID": "AWE3022", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibbs-eleanor\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Eleanor Gibbs stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council at the new South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gissell, Jody", "Entry ID": "AWE3023", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gissell-jody\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jody Gissell stood as a candidate for the Restore the Workers' Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gomme, Babette", "Entry ID": "AWE3024", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gomme-babette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Babette Gomme stood as a candidate for the Horse Riders Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grindon-Ekins, Vanessa", "Entry ID": "AWE3025", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grindon-ekins-vanessa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Vanessa Grindon-Ekins stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hadaway, Rosemary", "Entry ID": "AWE3026", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hadaway-rosemary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rosemary Hadaway stood as a candidate for the Save Our Suburbs group in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hanson, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE3027", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hanson-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jennifer Hanson stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harris, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE3028", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harris-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jennifer Harris stood as a candidate for the Outdoor Recreation Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Heilpern, Sandra", "Entry ID": "AWE3029", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heilpern-sandra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sandra Heilpern stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Heinrichs, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE3030", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heinrichs-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jane Heinrichs stood as a candidate for the Australians Against Further Immigration Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hood, Beryl", "Entry ID": "AWE3031", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hood-beryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Beryl Hood stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hopperdietzel, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE3032", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hopperdietzel-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Karen Hopperdietzel stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Innes, Liz", "Entry ID": "AWE3033", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/innes-liz\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Liz Innes stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jacovou, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE3034", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jacovou-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jennifer Jacovou stood as a candidate for the Unity Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "James, Pauline", "Entry ID": "AWE3035", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/james-pauline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pauline James stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johnson, Caroline", "Entry ID": "AWE3036", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnson-caroline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Caroline Johnson stood as a candidate for the Restore the Workers' Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "King, Yvonne", "Entry ID": "AWE3037", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/king-yvonne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Yvonne King stood as a candidate for the Restore the Workers' Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kitson, Janine", "Entry ID": "AWE3038", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kitson-janine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor", "Summary": "Janine Kitson stood as a candidate for the Save Our Suburbs Group in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007. She is a director of the National Trust of Australia ( NSW) and served as a councillor on the Ku-ring-ai Council from 2000-2004.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kontellis, Marika", "Entry ID": "AWE3039", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kontellis-marika\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Disability rights activist", "Summary": "Marika Kontellis stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Le-Dang, Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE3040", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/le-dang-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community worker", "Summary": "Therese Le-Dang stood as a candidate for the Unity Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 September 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lohr, Regina", "Entry ID": "AWE3041", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lohr-regina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Regina Lohr stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 September 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "MacDonald, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE3042", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macdonald-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lisa MacDonald stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held in 24 March 2007. She stood for the House of Representatives seat of Reid in federal election which was held in November 2004.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mammone, Angela", "Entry ID": "AWE3043", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mammone-angela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Angela Mammone stood as a candidate for the Human Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 September 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maraldo, Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE3044", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maraldo-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joan Moraldo stood as a candidate for the Shooters Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 September 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mason, Samone", "Entry ID": "AWE3045", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mason-samone\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Samone Mason stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 September 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCaffery, Genia", "Entry ID": "AWE3046", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccaffery-genia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Mayor", "Summary": "Genia McCaffery stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 September 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McDonald, Marjorie Octavia", "Entry ID": "AWE3047", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcdonald-marjorie-octavia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Human rights activist, Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, War Correspondent", "Summary": "Marjorie McDonald was an Australian accredited war correspondent. After graduating from Melbourne University, Marjorie worked as a journalist for Radio Australia, The Sun, and other newspapers. She wrote from Berlin, Malaya, and London, where she continued to work for The Star (London) after WWII. Her final assignments were in Papua New Guinea and Bougainville. She was a human rights activist, and campaigned against young women being sent to Pentridge Prison. She was married for a short time to WWII Commander Ian McDonald.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1930 - 1960)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scrapbook-of-marjorie-mcdonald-1943-1949-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Webb, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE3048", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webb-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Elizabeth Webb was an Australian household name in the 1940s. She began her career in journalism in Sydney in 1932 on radio station 2FC where she launched a series of talks entitled 'The Women of the Outback' and 'Sidelights on Amateur Jackarooing.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1932 - 1940)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mockler, Luisa", "Entry ID": "AWE3049", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mockler-luisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Luisa Mockler, stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mockler, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3050", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mockler-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Carer", "Summary": "Mary Mockler stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morphett, Alexandra", "Entry ID": "AWE3051", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morphett-alexandra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alexandra Morphett stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007. A resident of the Hunter Valley region, she is also a member of the Climate Change Coalition.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Murphy, Valery", "Entry ID": "AWE3052", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murphy-valery\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Valery Murphy stood as a candidate for the Human Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-of-the-land-oral-history-project\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCartney, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE3053", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccartney-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jean McCartney stood as an Independent candidate for the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McKern, Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE3054", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mckern-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marie McKern stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Newbery, Alison", "Entry ID": "AWE3055", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newbery-alison\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alison Newbery stood as a candidate for the Shooters' Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Newell, Patrice", "Entry ID": "AWE3056", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newell-patrice\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Author, Farmer", "Summary": "Patrice Newell stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007. She is a member of the Climate Change Coalition.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Padwick, Tracey", "Entry ID": "AWE3057", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/padwick-tracey\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Tracey Padwick stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the new South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Palmer, Claudette", "Entry ID": "AWE3058", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/palmer-claudette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Claudette Palmer stood as a candidate for the Human Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Panovska, Suzana", "Entry ID": "AWE3059", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/panovska-suzana\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Suzana Panovska stood as a candidate for the Human Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parsons, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE3060", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parsons-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Julie Parsons stood as a candidate for the Restore the Workers Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pearson, Tamara", "Entry ID": "AWE3061", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pearson-tamara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Tamara Pearson stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pidcock, Caroline", "Entry ID": "AWE3062", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pidcock-caroline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Architect", "Summary": "Caroline Pidcock stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007. She is a member of the Climate Change Coalition.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pike, Amber", "Entry ID": "AWE3063", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pike-amber\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Amber Pike stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Posen, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE3064", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/posen-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jean Posen stood as a candidate for the Save Our Suburbs party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pratt, Audrey", "Entry ID": "AWE3065", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pratt-audrey\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Audrey Pratt stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Price, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE3066", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/price-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susan Price stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ricketson, Ella", "Entry ID": "AWE3067", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ricketson-ella\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ella Ricketson stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shepherd, Deanne", "Entry ID": "AWE3068", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shepherd-deanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Deanne Shepherd stood as a candidate for the Fishing Party in the Legislative Council at the new South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shields, Estelle", "Entry ID": "AWE3069", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shields-estelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Carer", "Summary": "Estelle Shields stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shumack, Lyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3070", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shumack-lyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Psychologist", "Summary": "Lyn Shumack stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smallwood, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE3071", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smallwood-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Wendy Smallwood stood as a candidate for the Horse Riders' Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Janelle", "Entry ID": "AWE3072", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-janelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Janelle Smith stood as a candidate for the Restore the Workers' Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stepkovitch, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE3073", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stepkovitch-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Wendy Stepkovitch stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stocker, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE3074", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stocker-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Elizabeth Stocker stood as a candidate for the Fishing Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taylor, Gai", "Entry ID": "AWE3075", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taylor-gai\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gai Taylor stood as a candidate for the Restore the Workers' Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thomas, Diane", "Entry ID": "AWE3076", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thomas-diane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Diane Thomas stood as a candidate for the Human Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tsang, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE3077", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tsang-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Patricia Tsang stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Upton, Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE3078", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/upton-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Editor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Louise Upton stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007. She is a member of the Climate Change Coalition.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Van Gennip, Marga", "Entry ID": "AWE3079", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/van-gennip-marga\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marga Van Gennip stood as a candidate for the Save Our Suburbs Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walford, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3080", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walford-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyn Walford stood as a candidate for the Restore the Workers' Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walker, Gloria", "Entry ID": "AWE3081", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walker-gloria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gloria Walker stood as a candidate for the Restore the Workers' Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Warby, Janette", "Entry ID": "AWE3082", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/warby-janette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Janette Warby stood as a candidate for the Human Rights Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Waters, Bernadette", "Entry ID": "AWE3083", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waters-bernadette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Bernadette Waters stood as a candidate for the Unity Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Webster, Lynette", "Entry ID": "AWE3084", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webster-lynette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lynette Webster stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Westwood, Helen Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3085", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/westwood-helen-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Accounting machinist, Local government councillor, Mayor, Parliamentarian, Political candidate", "Summary": "Helen Westwood stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007 and was elected. She served until 2015. Before her election to the State Parliament, she served as a councillor for Bankstown City Council and was Mayor from 2002-2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "White, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE3086", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Wendy White stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Woods, Sandra", "Entry ID": "AWE3087", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woods-sandra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sandra Woods stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Younger, Vicki", "Entry ID": "AWE3088", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/younger-vicki\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Vicki Younger stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007. She is a member of the Climate Change Coalition.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Zabala, Gabriela", "Entry ID": "AWE3089", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/zabala-gabriela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gabriela Zabala stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/putting-skirts-on-the-sacred-benches-women-candidates-for-the-new-south-wales-parliament-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Littlejohn, Emma Linda Palmer", "Entry ID": "AWE3090", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/littlejohn-emma-linda-palmer\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Paddington, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Journalist, Radio Broadcaster, Radio Journalist, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Linda Littlejohn was an ardent feminist who developed an international profile. A daughter of privilege, she began moving in philanthropic circles early, as a member of the Ascham School Old Girls' Union. A well respected figure in the New South Wales women's movement, in 1926 she became an executive-member of the National Council of Women of New South Wales and the Feminist Club. Two years later she launched the League of Women Voters to support female candidates for public office and to press for feminist reforms.\nLittlejohn broadcast for the British Broadcasting Corporation and for 2UW and 2UE in Sydney. She reported for the Australian Women's Weekly on the campaigns of the United Associations and the Australian Federation of Women Voters. She belonged to the New South Wales Institute of Journalists (1933-41) and the Business and Professional Women's club of Sydney. In her novel Life and Lucille (1933) she dramatized the need for women in parliament, divorce reform and the introduction of adequate training to enable women to be economically independent of their fathers and husbands.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1910 - 1920)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/littlejohn-emma-linda-palmer-1883-1949\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/50-years-of-feminist-achievement-a-history-of-the-united-associations-of-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ascham-charivari\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-nsw-program-for-the-launch-of-the-centenary-stamp-issue-and-a-complete-set-of-the-issue-1996\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-further-papers-1895-1981\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-nsw-inc-further-records-1926-1927-1937-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-relating-to-national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-1895-1897\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-further-records-1895-1997\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-records-1895-1976\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/feminist-club-of-new-south-wales-records-1928-1973\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/united-association-of-women-further-records-1930-1978\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-jessie-street-circa-1914-1968-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Geraghty, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE3091", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/geraghty-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Photo Journalist", "Summary": "Kate Geraghty started her photographic career at The Border Mail in Albury-Wodonga. After freelancing in Cambodia and Australia, she joined The Sydney Morning Herald in 2001. Since then, she has covered the 2002 Bali bombings and the arrests of Amrozi and Samudra; the Iraq war during the first two months of the 2003 invasion and again in 2004; the Australian Intervention Forces' arrival in the Solomon Islands; the aftermath of the tsunami in Aceh; Van Tuong Nguyen's execution in Singapore and, most recently, the war in Lebanon.\n", "Events": "'Surviving IS: Stories of Mosul' - The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Media (with Michael Bachelard) (2017 - 2017) \nFeature Writing Short - 'Surviving IS: Stories of Mosul' - The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Media (with Michael Bachelard and The Age Multimedia Team) (2017 - 2017) \nNikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the Year - Fairfax Media (2017 - 2017) \nNikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the Year: Photographic Essay - Sydney Morning Herald - \"John Elliott\" (2007 - 2007) \nNikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the Year: Photographic Essay - Sydney Morning Herald -\"Lebanon\" (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilcox, Cathy", "Entry ID": "AWE3092", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilcox-cathy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Cartoonist, Journalist", "Summary": "Cathy Wilcox studied Visual Communications at Sydney College of the Arts, then travelled to France where she lived for almost three years.\nOn her return to Australia she began illustrating children's books and, shortly after in 1989, drawing cartoons for the Sydney Morning Herald, and then from 1993, for The Age in Melbourne, Victoria, as well.\n", "Events": "Cartoon - 'Kevin Cleans Up', Sydney Morning Herald (2013 - 2013) \nCartoon - 'Low-cost housing, London' - The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age (2017 - 2017) \nCartoon - The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Uncovered Meat' (2007 - 2007)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wiltse, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE3093", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wiltse-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Weston, Connecticut, United States of Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Photo Journalist, Photographer", "Summary": "Lisa Wiltse was born in the United States of America and studied photography in Boston in the late 1990s. Her photographic career is intertwined with community work - in 2000-01 Wiltse taught photography for a youth outreach program in Brooklyn, New York.\nAfter that she travelled throughout Central America, Uganda, India, Bangladesh and beyond before making Sydney her home in 2005-08. Whilst in Australia, she was a photojournalist for The Sydney Morning Herald, specialising in humanitarian issues. Lisa has won several awards including first prize in PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris and the Oxfam Humanitarian Award. She moved to La Paz, Bolivia in 2009 to pursue a freelance career.\n", "Events": "Photography - Daily Life\/Feature Photography - Winner - Getty Images, 'Potosi' (2010 - 2010) \nPhotography - Daily Life\/Feature Photography - Winner; Sydney Morning Herald; \"Little Voice Dhaka, Bangladesh\" (2007 - 2007)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barker, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE3094", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barker-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "As correspondent for the Northern Territory, Anne Barker's beat includes everything from Aboriginal affairs to cyclones, crocodiles and cane toads. She has been with the ABC for nearly two decades since she joined the Melbourne newsroom as a radio cadet, straight out of university. Barker has spent time in the Canberra press gallery and has had assignments in East Timor, Indonesia and Fiji.\n", "Events": "Radio - Radio Current Affairs Reporting - Winner; Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio, \"NT Intervention\" (2007 - 2007)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Aroney, Eurydice", "Entry ID": "AWE3095", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aroney-eurydice\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalism trainer, Journalist, Producer, Radio Journalist", "Summary": "Eurydice Aroney was a radio producer and presenter for the ABC for twelve years before switching to a freelance producing role. She now (2007) lectures in radio journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney, and her radio documentaries have been awarded internationally, including a Silver World Medal at the New York Radio Festival.\n", "Events": "Radio - Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 'The Search for Edna Lavilla', with Sharon Davis (2007 - 2007)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stein, Ginny", "Entry ID": "AWE3096", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stein-ginny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Events": "International Journalism - Dateline, \"Zimbabwe\" (2008 - 2008) \nInternational Journalism - SBS TV - \"Burma - Inside the Secret City\" (2007 - 2007) \nInvestigative Journalism - SBS TV - \"Rwanda - Questions of Murder\" (2007 - 2007)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wylie, Angela", "Entry ID": "AWE3097", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wylie-angela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Photo Journalist, Photographer", "Events": "Daily life\/feature photography - The Age - 'A Windy Oaks Day' (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grattan, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE3098", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grattan-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Michelle Grattan was the first woman to become editor of an Australian metropolitan daily newspaper. Specialising in political journalism, she has written and edited for many significant Australian newspapers. Her long and distinguished career in journalism began in 1970 at the Melbourne Age, where she enjoyed a stellar career as their political editor. She left that paper (for good!) in 2013. .\n", "Details": "Michelle Grattan studied politics at the University of Melbourne, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours). She worked as a tutor in politics at Monash University before joining The Age in 1970. From 1971, Grattan was working in the Canberra press gallery for The Age, and became the newspaper's chief political correspondent in 1976. She received the Graham Perkin Award as Australian Journalist of the Year in 1988. That same year, she delivered the Arthur Norman Smith Memorial Lecture in Journalism. The lecture, 'Reporting Federal Politics', examined the difficulties of being a senior political journalist. Political journalism, said Grattan, was deadline-driven. It meant 'dealing with instant history: catching the moment, making quick judgements'. The political journalist had to learn to work in the small, insular world of the press gallery; to penetrate bureaucracy; to avoid the tactics of propagandists, including press secretaries and ministerial staff; and to maintain the delicate relationships between themselves and the politicians who could make or break their stories. Above all, they had to avoid being pulled into the fray, being coerced, or taking sides: 'objectivity is an impossible dream', Grattan admitted, but at the very least 'we should think in terms of \"fairness\"\u2026 presenting the debate in a balanced way'.\nIn 1993, Michelle Grattan left her post at The Age to take up an appointment as editor of The Canberra Times, making her the first female editor of a metropolitan daily newspaper in Australia. She remained at The Canberra Times for two years before returning to The Age as political editor in 1995. With twenty-five years of experience then behind her, Grattan had much to say in debates around the perceived impending doom of the Australian newspaper. In September 1995, she delivered the Walter Murdoch Memorial Lecture - 'Headline, Deadline, Bottom Line: The Case for Good Journalism' - in which she acknowledged that newspaper circulation rates were dropping; papers were under threat from more technologically sophisticated forms of media; the roles of editor and marketer were increasingly blurred; newspaper companies were transforming from family-owned operations to major conglomerates; and, perhaps most critically, newspapers were not necessarily producing 'first-rate' journalism, 'the kind that tells people what they would not otherwise know, tweaks the tails of the power wielders, turns over rocks to stir the dark life beneath'. Though newspaper staffs had broadened, including more women, for example, they had also become more homogeneous. Newsrooms were inclined to be 'politically and journalistically correct', said Grattan, but too much 'sameness' was a danger.\nThree years later Grattan was delivering another paper, this time to an audience at the University of Queensland's Department of Journalism, where she had accepted an honorary appointment as Adjunct Professor. Here Grattan openly criticised what she termed the 'ascendancy of commercialisation in Australian newspapers'. In contrast to the late 80s when editorial independence was 'the hot talk of Australian journalism', the late 90s were witness to a worrying degree of censorship and collusion. The country's newspapers were under the control of a small number of dominant men - most notably the Murdoch and Fairfax operations - and media companies were hand-in-hand with government and business. Of Murdoch's company, News Corp, Grattan observed: its 'national and international interests are so vast that no day can pass when one bit of the empire is not faced with the task of reporting on another section of the empire'. Large media companies had taken to employing 'high level political operatives' who held sway with the government. Meanwhile, some journalists were compromising themselves by accepting formal stakeholder status in the media companies employing them. Editors were being re-branded as publishers, responsible for appeasing advertisers, employers, and the readership: 'The modern editor thinks of his paper as a supermarket for readers, selling a guide to modern living, as much as a conveyor of news and views'. The 'journalistically brave' editor who offended a political power centre had far less protection than he once had: he could be (and frequently was) easily replaced.\nAs a respected journalist and household name, Grattan has played a significant role in influencing public opinion. She has published material on the Australian Labor Party specifically (Managing Government: Labor's Achievements and Failures, 1993), but critiques both major parties based upon policy and personal conduct (see 'Selfish cry from a man who no longer gives a damn' following Mark Latham's attack on the Labor Party, The Age, 19 June 2005), and she wrote the biographical chapter on former Prime Minister John Howard in her edited collection, Australian Prime Ministers (2000). Grattan approves of those who stand up for a worthy cause, and have the political gumption to bring it to fruition. In 1989 she co-published (with Margaret Bowman) Reformers: Shaping Australian Society from the 60s to the 80s, profiling fourteen Australian reformers from Gough Whitlam to Katharine West. The profiles, the authors hoped, would 'add a human dimension to abstractions like \"social change\" and \"reform\"'. In 2000, Grattan edited Reconciliation: Essays in Australian Reconciliation.\nGrattan joined The Australian Financial Review as a columnist and senior writer in 1996. In 1999, she was appointed chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald, but returned to The Age once again as a political columnist in 2002. In January 2004, she was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her long and distinguished service to Australian journalism, and in March of that year became political editor and bureau chief for The Age. In 2006, Michelle Grattan received the Walkley Award for Journalism Leadership.\nIn 2013 Grattan announced her resignation from The Ageto take up a position as professorial fellow at the University of Canberra. She will also be the Associate Editor (Politics) and Chief Political Correspondent of The Conversation.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001) \nJournalistic Leadership, The Age, ABC Radio National (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-prime-ministers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reporting-federal-politics\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/headline-deadline-bottom-line-the-case-for-good-journalism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/back-on-the-wool-track\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reconciliation-essays-on-australian-reconciliation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reformers-shaping-australian-society-from-the-60s-to-the-80s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/editorial-independence-an-outdated-concept\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/managing-government-labors-achievements-and-failures\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/can-ministers-cope-australian-federal-ministers-at-work\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/papers-of-michelle-grattan-on-aboriginals-and-torres-strait-islanders\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Child, Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE3101", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/child-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yackandandah, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Joan Child was the first female member of the Australian Labor Party to be elected to the federal Parliament in the House of Representatives as Member for the seat of Henty in 1974. She lost her seat in the 1975 general election, but regained it in 1980. She became the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1986, holding the position until she resigned in 1989. She remained the only female speaker of the house until October 2012, when Anna Burke was appointed to the position.\nJoan Child retired from parliament in 1990 when the seat of Henty was abolished in an electoral redistribution. She was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in June 1990.\nShe died on 23 February 2013 at the age of 91. In a statement from Prime Minister Julia Gillard, on the occasion of her death, Joan Child was remembered as a pioneer and an inspiration. 'As a confirmed true believer, Joan never forgot who had put her into politics or why. She was a powerful voice for the needs and rights of women, especially working women and women doing it tough.'\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/first-federal-woman-speaker-joan-child-dies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-hon-joan-child\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Melzer, Jean Isabel", "Entry ID": "AWE3102", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/melzer-jean-isabel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Jean Melzer served as an Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria in the Federal Parliament from 18 May 1974 until 30 June 1981. She was defeated at the 1980 election. In 1984 she stood unsuccessfully for the Senate as a representative of the Nuclear Disarmament Party.\n", "Details": "Jean Melzer continued to serve the community after she left the Federal Parliament. She participated actively in the University of the Third Age (U3A) in Victoria becoming president of the U3A Network in 2004. She is currently serving on the Committee.\nIn 2004 in recognition of her work, she was awarded both the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) and the Victorian Premier's Senior Achiever Award.\nIn 2006 her name was added to the Victorian Woman's Honour Roll for her contribution to Community Services, Government Local State and Federal.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2006 - 2006)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/farewell-to-a-great-australian-anti-nuclear-senator\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mayer, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE3103", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mayer-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kaniva, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Helen Mayer was elected to the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Australia as the Member for Chisholm in Victoria in 1983. A member of the Australian Labor Party she served until 1987 when she was defeated at the General election. She died in 2008.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Zakharov, Alice Olive", "Entry ID": "AWE3104", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/zakharov-alice-olive\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kew, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Olive Zakharov was elected to the Senate of the Parliament of Australia in 1983 as a representative for Victoria. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she served until her death in 1995.\n", "Details": "The Hansard record of the proceedings in the Australian Senate on the afternoon after the death of Alice Olive Zakharov nee Hay consists entirely of the condolences, delivered over more than two hours. The tributes delivered in the House of Representatives also filled an entire sitting.[1]\nA graduate in Arts (1971) from the University, qualified teacher and member of the Australian Psychological Society, Olive Zakharov had, during her early years worked as a pathology assistant, mail officer, shop assistant, waitress and fruit-picker. She brought up three children as a single mother from the time her youngest child began school, becoming the Student Welfare Co-ordinator at Montmorency Secondary College in 1969.\nOlive Zakharov had been active in the Australian Labor Party for many years before standing for the Senate in 1983, when she was elected, despite being placed fifth on the Party ticket. She was, until 1993, one of only two Victorian women in the Senate. The tributes paid on her death refer to her dedication not only to causes but to the individuals they affect: the Commonwealth car drivers and the staff of Members and Senators reflect this. They specifically asked for their condolences to be registered in the parliamentary record.\nSenator Zakharov's concerns were wide-ranging and consistent: they were issues concerned with social equality. She was active in initiatives on sexual discrimination, sexual harassment, domestic violence and HIV\/AIDS. She was a member of the Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament and of World Women Parliamentarians for Peace. Her longstanding commitment to peace led to her being appointed to represent Australia as a delegate to the 1987 Vienna Peace Conference. The following year in the USSR she witnessed the first destruction of a nuclear missile as the representative of Australian pacifists. She chaired a number of committees, most notably the Senate Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training, and served on many others, including the Committees on Community Affairs, Environment, Recreation and the Arts. Perhaps most ironically, in view of that organisation's interest in her own and her husband's political activities at the University, she was a member of the Joint Committee on ASIO.\nA memorial at the corner of Liardet and Lalor Streets, Port Melbourne celebrates her life.[2]\n[1] Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. 'Condolences: Zakharov, Senator Alice Olive'. Hansard. 7 March 1995: 1657-1678; Australian. Parliament. Senate. 'Condolences: Senator Alice Olive Zakharov'. Hansard. 7 March 1995: 1443-1468.\n[2] http:\/\/monumentaustralia.org.au\/search\/display\/93967-olive-zakharov\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/olive-zakharov-senator-for-victoria-alp-1983-1995\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-senator-olive-zakharov\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Powell, Janet Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE3105", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/powell-janet-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Nhill, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Political candidate", "Summary": "Janet Powell stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Rodney at the Victorian state election, which was held on 5 May 1979. She was a candidate again at the 1985 state election, when she stood for the Legislative Council province of Central Highlands.\nShe was elected to the Senate of the Parliament of Australia in 1986 as a representative for Victoria. A member of the Australian Democrats and leader from 1990-1991, she resigned from the party in 1992. She served as an Independent until 1993.\nIn 2004 she joined the Australian Greens Party and stood as a candidate in the November 2006 Victorian State election for the Eastern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council.\nAfter leaving Parliament, Ms Powell focused on volunteer leadership roles in health, women's issues and services for the disadvantaged.\nPowell passed away in September 2013, survived by four children and one grandchild.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/former-democrats-leader-janet-powell-dies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-richardson-scrapbooks-relating-to-the-womens-electoral-lobby-and-womens-events-1977-2002\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-janet-powell-1977-1993-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Synon, Karen Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3106", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/synon-karen-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gippsland, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Karen Synon served as a Senator for Victoria in the Parliament of Australia from 13 May 1997 until 30 June 1999. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, she was defeated at the 1998 federal election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mirabella, Sophie", "Entry ID": "AWE3107", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mirabella-sophie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Barrister, Lawyer, Parliamentarian", "Summary": "Sophie Mirabella was elected to the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia in 2001 as the Member for Indi. A member of the Liberal party of Australia, she was re-elected at the 2004, 2007 and 2010 federal elections. Before her election to Parliament she was a delegate to the Australian Constitutional Convention in 1998 and argued strongly against the proposal for Australia to become a republic. She was defeated at the 2013 election.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vamvakinou, Maria", "Entry ID": "AWE3108", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vamvakinou-maria\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lefkada, Greece", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Teacher", "Summary": "Maria Vamvakinou was elected to the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia as the Member for Calwell in 2001. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she was re-elected at the elections which were held in 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "King, Catherine Fiona", "Entry ID": "AWE3109", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/king-catherine-fiona\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian, Social worker", "Summary": "Catherine King was elected to the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia as the Member for Ballarat in 2001. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she was re-elected at the 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013 federal elections. She held the ministerial portfolios of Regional Australia, Local Government and Territories before the defeat of the Rudd Labor Government in 2013.\nA complete record of her parliamentary service, including a link to her first speech, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sidiropoulos, Popi", "Entry ID": "AWE3111", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sidiropoulos-popi\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Greece", "Occupations": "Hairdresser", "Summary": "Popi Sidiropoulos gained the distinction of becoming the first Greek speaking hairdresser in Melbourne in 1957. She migrated to Australia from Greece in 1957 and on gaining her Hairdressing diploma in Melbourne in the same year, she established her business at home, 'just below Collingwood railway station' and worked there for ten years.\n", "Details": "Popi Sidiropoulos worked as a hairdressing apprentice in Greece from the age of thirteen. On arrival in Australia in 1957 with husband Theo, she sat for a Hairdressing examination at the L'Or\u00e9al School of Hairdressing in Collins Street, Melbourne. She was awarded the Diploma of Hairdressing with Honours after fifteen minutes of examination in recognition of the high standard of her work. As the only Greek speaking hairdresser at the time, all the young brides travelled long distances to Collingwood to have their hair done at Popi's Hairdressing.\nHer husband Theo was elected Mayor of Collingwood on 1 September 1977. According to his daughter, Anthea, he was the first migrant to be elected to that position who spoke English as a second language. Popi became the first non-English speaking Lady Mayoress and carried out her duties with humour and courage, never losing her faith in humanity. She single-handedly catered for all the mayoral meetings, without understanding the concept of 'catering'. A member of the Australian Labor Party, Theo was elected to the Victorian parliament in the Legislative Assembly seat of Richmond in 1977 and retired in 1988. He was the first non-English speaking citizen to be elected to the state parliament.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ewart, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE3112", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ewart-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Heather Ewart was a journalist for ABC TVs '7:30 Report'. She was awarded the 2007 Golden Quill award for her story about skin cancer victim, Clare Oliver, a story that had an enormous impact and had led to tougher regulation of the solarium industry.\n", "Events": "'The 7:30 Report', ABC Television, The Clare Oliver Story (2007 - 2007)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davies, Julie-Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE3113", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davies-julie-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Events": "Social Equity Journalism, The Age, 'Broken Lives'. (2001 - 2001) \nTattersall's Gold Quill Award and Best Feature in Print , The Age, 'Suicide: Men at Risk' (with Steve Waldron) (2003 - 2003)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/suicide-men-at-risk\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Salmon, Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE3115", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/salmon-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Newport, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Randwick, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Lorraine Salmon was a successful businesswoman who worked in public relations and advertising after establishing a career as a script writer for the Australian Broadcasting Commission during the second world war. A longtime member of the Communist Party of Australia, she held the position of secretary of Actors' Equity for some years. She travelled to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) with her husband, journalist Malcolm Salmon, in the late 1950s. She freelanced and assisted local media outlets to establish a presence, working, for instance, with her husband for the English-language service of Radio Hanoi. On her return from North Vietnam she resumed a business career but continued to pursue her literary interests, regularly reviewing new theatre productions.\n", "Details": "Lorraine Salmon learnt how to write during World War 2 when she took up script writing with ABC Radio and the Victorian Commercial radio station 3UZ. On the strength of this work, she was offered a position in the Rationing Commission in the Publicity Unit. She worked there until the commission closed in 1947. She says that in her first year with the commission, she produced 'almost a million words' communicating with the Australian public about issues relating to rationing.\nWhen the Commission was closed down she began working for ICI Australia and New Zealand conducting radio sessions. ICI had just developed the raising agent 'Aerophos' and Salmon, or Marjorie Carter, as she was known to her audience, a mythical home economist, used these sessions to explain, amongst other topics, the various ways that Aerophos could be used in cooking. These sessions were broadcast to a wide and diverse audience and Marjorie Carter became a household name. She worked for ICI for six years, before taking on the position of secretary at Actors Equity.\nLorraine married her second husband, Malcom Salmon, in 1957 and travelled with him to North Vietnam. Pig Follows Dog is her account of her time there. Her aim was to portray the people of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam as something other than 'communist hoards'.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1940 - 1965)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pig-follows-dog-two-years-in-vietnam\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/salmon-family-papers-1927-1986-being-mainly-of-malcolm-and-lorraine-salmon\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vatsikopoulos, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE3116", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vatsikopoulos-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Florina, Greece", "Occupations": "Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Helen Vatsikopoulos is an Australian journalist and news presenter for the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).\nVatsikopoulos hosted the Dateline current affairs program on SBS and is currently hosting the Asia Pacific Focus program which screens on the ABC and the Australia Network.\nShe has a B.A from Adelaide University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism for the then Adelaide College of Arts and Education.\n", "Details": "Helen Vatsikopoulos describes a career highlight as deciding to drive across the northern Indian state of Punjab instead of catching the train. The train she intended to catch later made international headlines after it was ambushed by Sikh militants who boarded it and shot several passengers.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1985 - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Singleton, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE3117", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/singleton-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Company director, Journalist, Public relations professional, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Jane Singleton has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in broadcasting which has spanned public broadcasting and the commercial media in Australia (2GB, ABC and SBS). She has been a Walkley award judge and federal vice president of the Australian Journalists Association. She is currently the CEO of the Australian Reproductive Health Alliance Canberra and a director of her own public affairs consultancy, Jane Singleton Public Affairs, Pty., Ltd.\nCareer highlights include coordinating Nelson Mandela's visit to Australia before his election as President, being the inaugural comp\u00e8re of ABC TV's 7.30 Report, and working on the Maritime Union's communications during the Patrick waterfront dispute.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1980 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-media-report-women-in-the-media\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/media-entertainment-and-arts-alliance-australia-records-of-the-w-g-walkley-awards-1956-1999\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Doogue, Geraldine", "Entry ID": "AWE3118", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/doogue-geraldine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Geraldine Doogue, one of Australia's most respected journalists, has been a reporter for the West Australian, the Australian, 2UE, Channel 10 and the ABC; presenter of ABC Radio National's Life Matters, Sunday Profile and Saturday Extra; and host of ABC TV's Nationwide and Compass. She played a major role in ABC TV's coverage of the Gulf War, receiving a United Nations Media Peace Prize and two Penguin Awards.\n", "Details": "Geraldine Doogue completed a Bachelor of Arts and planned to train as a schoolteacher in Perth, but in 1972 applied on impulse for a cadetship in journalism with the West Australian instead. She went on to write for the Australian, and spent two years at the London bureau for the Murdoch group's Australian papers. While being interviewed for ABC TV's Four Corners about the boom in diamond mining in Australia in 1978, Doogue impressed executives with her on-camera presence and was offered the position of compere for ABC TV's Nationwide program in Perth. She later hosted the NSW edition of the program in Sydney, before working on commercial radio at 2UE, and commercial television as co-presenter of Channel 10's Eyewitness News with Steve Liebmann. She returned to the ABC in 1990.\nDoogue played a central role in ABC TV's coverage of the first Gulf War in 1991, and received two Penguin Awards and a United Nations Media Peace Prize for her efforts. In 1992, she began presenting Life Matters for ABC Radio National and retained the post for eleven years. Since 1998, she has been host of ABC TV's Compass program, investigating spirituality, philosophy and belief. She also hosts ABC Radio National's Saturday Extra, discussing international politics and Australia's role on the world stage.\nIn 2000, Doogue was awarded a Churchill Fellowship for social and cultural reporting. In 2003, she was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the community and to the media on issues involving ethics, values, religion and social change.\nIn recent years, Doogue has taken a particular interest in the relationship between Islam and the Western world. In 2003 she co-produced the Compass program 'Tomorrow's Islam' with Peter Kirkwood, examining the ways in which Western Muslims have been seeking solutions for some of the most pressing issues in 21st century Islam. Doogue and Kirkwood published their book, Tomorrow's Islam: Uniting Age-Old Beliefs and a Modern World (Sydney, ABC Books) in 2005.\nOn 3 November 2005, Doogue gave a presentation at the University of Wollongong on the role of the media as peacemakers. Earlier that same day, Prime Minister John Howard had announced amendments to the Government's anti-terrorist legislation in response to a specific terrorist threat. This raised the question, said Doogue, of whether freedom of speech should be sacrificed for national security. Any law that limited the capacity for good journalism was cause for concern, and the role of good journalism was to draw people into the community around them: 'Respectful public debate is the life blood of democracy', she told her audience, 'encouraging accountability and decent behaviour. Good quality journalism that doesn't dodge difficult areas, but is careful when it goes into them, encourages problem-solving'.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1972 - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Glynn, Freda", "Entry ID": "AWE3119", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/glynn-freda\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Atartinga, Northern Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Freda Glynn is co-founder of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association Group of Companies (CAAMA).\n", "Details": "Freda Glynn spent her early childhood in and around Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. She was one of forty children to be evacuated from Alice Springs during World War Two following Japanese advances into the Pacific, particularly the bombing of Darwin and Katherine. With her mother and sister, she travelled via Melbourne to a Church Missionary Society evacuee camp in the Blue Mountains.\nIn 1980, with John Macumba and Philip Batty, Freda Glynn co-founded the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association Group of Companies (CAAMA). CAAMA incorporates Imparja, the first Aboriginal commercial television station, which commenced broadcasting in 1988 in Alice Springs and was chaired by Glynn for a time. Imparja was responsible for broadcasting Urrpeye, an Aboriginal current affairs program. Freda Glynn also established the first licensed Aboriginal radio station, Radio 8KIN FM, broadcasting in regional languages. In 2002, she played Grandma Nina in the short film Shit Skin, a drama about a young man who takes his grandmother back to the place of her childhood so that she can reconnect with her surviving family. In May of that year, Glynn received the Award for Contribution to Indigenous Media at the Third Tudawali Indigenous Film and Video Awards held at the Sydney Opera House.\nGlynn was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia, in the Australia Day Honours list in 1991, for service to broadcasting and to the Aboriginal community.\n", "Events": "Award for Contribution to Indigenous Media (2002 - 2002)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/six-australians\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/satellite-dreaming\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shit-skin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-development-of-aboriginal-radio-and-television-in-central-australia-paper-presented-at-the-twelfth-general-conference-of-the-association-of-asian-social-science-research-councils-in-beijing-1997\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oral-history-interviews-in-alice-springs-wattie-creek-and-darwin-nt\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/training-agreement-with-caama-imparja\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/school-girls-from-st-marys-home-in-alice-springs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pitjantjatjara-hits-the-airwaves\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/recordings-from-the-nt-history-radio-history-ayeye-ingkerreke-arrernte-language-reels-and-traditional-stories-caama-series\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edited-transcripts-of-proceedings-of-the-media-and-indigenous-australians-conference-parkroyal-hotel-brisbane-16-and-17-february-1993\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roxon, Lillian", "Entry ID": "AWE3120", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roxon-lillian\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Alassio, Savano, Italy", "Death Place": "New York, United States", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Journalist, foreign correspondent and rock music expert Lillian Roxon enjoyed a long and varied career before her untimely death in New York at the age of 41. She was the first full-time female employee at the Sydney Morning Herald's New York office, and her Rock Encyclopedia was published in 1969.\n", "Details": "Lillian Roxon was born Liliana Ropschitz in 1932, the daughter of Polish Jewish parents Izydor and Rosa (nee Breitman). She spent her early childhood in Alassio on the Italian Riviera before emigrating with her parents and her brothers, Emanuele and Jacob, in 1940. The family fled first to Britain, following the pact between Hitler and Mussolini, before settling in Brisbane, Australia, where Izydor began work as a doctor. In November 1940, the Ropschitz family changed their name by deed poll to Roxon (though Izydor later changed again to Roxon-Ropschitz). They became known as Isadore, Rose, Milo, Lillian and Jack.\nLillian was strongly influenced by the influx of American popular culture in wartime Brisbane, particularly after troops arrived with General MacArthur in 1942. At school she demonstrated obvious intelligence and was a great story-teller, but she was rebellious and she aimed to shock. In 1944, aged twelve, she was sent to St Hilda's School at Southport, an Anglican boarding school for girls. The discipline did not find its mark with Lillian, and she completed her secondary schooling at Brisbane State High School. As a teenager, she socialized with members of the Miya Studio and the Barjai group in Brisbane, and kept up a friendship with Barbara Blackman.\nRoxon matriculated in 1948, and the following year she enrolled for a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney. Almost inevitably, she became involved with the Sydney 'Push', a socially, intellectually and sexually adventurous group which followed the philosophies of John Anderson, and of the Freethought Society co-founded by him. Essentially this meant questioning authority, particularly the authority of church and state. Lillian spent many formative hours with artists, actors, journalists, students, musicians, poets and fellow Push members at the Push hang-out, the Lincoln Inn Coffee Lounge. As an undergraduate, she contributed to the University's student newspaper, Honi Soit, including a regular gossip column called 'Postman's Knock'. She took five years to complete her degree, graduating in 1955 with majors in English and Philosophy.\nIn 1956, Roxon's father passed away, and she spent eight months in New York. From January 1957, to the chagrin of her mother, she was writing for Weekend, Frank Packer's weekly tabloid magazine in Sydney. Roxon became chief reporter and section editor under Donald Horne. Soon afterward she returned to the United States, where she was employed at the New York bureau of the Sydney Daily Mirror. A short stint in London saw her writing for the Sydney Morning Herald's Fleet Street bureau, but Roxon returned once again to New York as a freelance journalist. Her weekly column appeared in the women's pages of the Sydney Sun from 1962. She also wrote for the Sun-Herald and the TV Times, and became the first female full-time employee at the New York office of the Sydney Morning Herald. Roxon wrote for the Herald until the end of her life. On occasion, feature articles for Woman's Day brought her into contact with the big names of the era. One assignment saw her on the set of Night of the Iguana in Mexico with director John Huston and actors Richard Burton, Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr. Elizabeth Taylor was also on set, and Roxon mixed with them all.\nEvidently, Lillian Roxon was not phased by big names. By the 1960s, she was indulging a deep fascination with the new, fast and loud world of rock music and becoming well acquainted with the major rock musicians of the period. She became a central figure at the infamous New York nightclub, Max's Kansas City. Her strong friendship with rock photographer Linda Eastman ended only with Linda's marriage to Paul McCartney. Roxon was renowned for her journalism, but perhaps found greater fame with her commentary on rock music, though the two often combined. In 1969 she published her now famous Rock Encyclopedia. It was, boasted its cover, 'the most ambitious book ever written on rock and its roots, an innovative treatment of the generation's heroes - the poets and minstrels of our time'. The encyclopedia listed rock groups, their members and their instruments, and contained biographical information, discographies and statistical analysis. It covered everyone from Chuck Berry to James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Bo Diddley and the Beatles, and was written in Roxon's trademark style of prose - quick witted and full of irony. The book was republished in 1971, and again by Eddie Naha in 1980. In her author's note, Roxon explained that 'trying to get the rock world to keep still long enough for me to take its picture was one of the most difficult tasks in putting this book together. Groups split even as I wrote of their inner harmony, and got themselves together just as I had acknowledged their tragic demise. Baritones turned sopranos overnight; bands expanded and contracted their personnel like concertinas\u2026 but then, isn't this restlessness exactly what rock is all about?' In the end, said Roxon, 'the music itself has to tell the story. This book is the companion to that story'.\nBy the early 1970s Roxon had a regular column, 'The Top of Pop', with New York's Sunday News, and another, 'The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Sex' in Mademoiselle magazine. She had well and truly carved her own niche. Toward the end of her life, says biographer Robert Milliken, she 'had an influential platform in New York as a popular feminist as well as a rock expert'. Roxon never married. Troubled by asthma throughout her life, she was finally overcome by the illness and died in her New York apartment on 10 August 1973, aged 41.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1957 - 1973)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roxon-lillian-1932-1973\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rock-encyclopedia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lillian-roxon-mother-of-rock\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Osborn, Betty Olive", "Entry ID": "AWE3121", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/osborn-betty-olive\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Maryborough, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Historian, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "An accomplished journalist and local historian, Betty Osborn (then Betty Roberts) was known as the 'girl reporter' of the Argus newspaper in the 1950s.\n", "Details": "In 1951, a young Betty Roberts took herself to the Argus offices to enquire about a career in journalism. She was advised to complete her matriculation at University High School, keep up her typing and short-hand, and return the following year. Betty began work as a secretary for the Weekend Magazine at the Argus in 1952, and noted that - unusually - men and women journalists were being paid equally. That year, she wrote a report for the paper on the itinerants living at Melbourne's Dudley Flats (now the exclusive Docklands development site), who survived by scavenging from the tip. She took photographs for the feature herself, using her mother's box brownie camera.\nFeeling there was little prospect for a career in journalism, Betty enrolled to do a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Melbourne, but on the eve of her first week as a law clerk was offered a cadetship with the social pages of the Argus. She accepted, but continued at the university as a part-time Arts student. She remembers, on returning to the Argus: 'Virginia Gerrett, of Sydney, was in charge of the Social pages\u2026 She had replaced Gladys Hain much to the consternation of all the women journalists who considered Freda Irving as the heir apparent. Freda cooled her heels briefly on the Weekend Magazine where her deep voice would often have telephone callers referring to her as \"Peter Irving\". This greatly appealed to her sense of humour.'\nUnder Freda Irving, Betty worked with Kath Coyne, Grace Hutchinson, Cynthia Strachan, Elaine Young and Julie Sparrow. In addition to the usual social pages fare, Irving encouraged her young proteges to investigate stories of importance to women, and to write detailed profiles of women in the news. The cadets were expected to look the part, with hats, gloves, and appropriate evening wear when necessary. In 1955, Betty Roberts won the Australian Journalists' Association's Montague Grover Prize for cadet journalists. She was soon transferred to the general staff:\nFor a start I didn't have to worry about hats and gloves any more. Ellie Knox, the Town Hall roundswoman, and I were the only women in a sea of men, young and old. The newsroom was a vast open space with the day chief of staff Laurie Kerr's office at one end, an array of reporters' desks in the middle and the subs tables at the northern end where a door led to the printery. Once opened, the noise of the old linotype machines could be heard clattering away and in the distance the compositors could be glimpsed, quietly going about arranging their leaden trays of type. How close we all were, journalists and printers, bringing out the news of the world to the people of Melbourne.\nBetty was assigned to cover nearly every session of the Legislative Assembly as a gallery reporter in 1956 - 'competition was fierce and I can remember being absolutely appalled when I came upon the Sun political roundsman rifling through Lance [Loader]'s papers one day' - and made the most of the parliamentary library for her studies. She remembers: 'There was not one woman in the Victorian Legislative Assembly that year and the only woman I recall coming into the press gallery was Rose Kinson from the Sun'. Outside of parliament, Betty was given a number of reporting tasks, including coverage of a Coroner's Court case in which Frank Galbally was representing an Italian man whose wife had been stabbed to death.\nTo her delight, Betty Roberts was assigned to cover the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. She spent a great deal of time at the Olympic Village in Heidelberg, chasing up stories on famous (and infamous) international athletes. Just six weeks after the closing day of the Games, the Argus folded. Betty wrote for the Sun, but the Argus was the paper she truly loved. She returned to full time study at the University of Melbourne.\nAfter marrying Bruce Osborn, Betty moved to Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Here began her abiding interest in local history. By 1971 she had published A History of Holy Trinity, Bacchus Marsh (republished 1977). In 1973, she published The Bacchus Story: A History of Captain W.H. Bacchus and his Son. That same year, the Osborns moved to Maryborough with their four children: Robyn, Diana, Cathy and Philip. Betty became a member of the Midlands Historical Society, and for three years she edited the Wimmera-Mallee edition of the Country Bulletin. She was also a columnist for the Maryborough Advertiser. With local resident Trenear DuBourg, Betty was commissioned by the Maryborough City Council to produce a history of the region, and in 1985 they published Maryborough: A Social History 1854-1904. Ten years later Osborn completed its sequel, Against the Odds: Maryborough 1905-1961, again by commission from what had then become the Central Goldfields Shire Council.\nBetty Osborn was a life member of the Bacchus Marsh and District Historical Society, and a member of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1952 - 1980) \nCareer in journalism active (1952 - 1980)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maryborough-a-social-history-1854-1904\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/against-the-odds-maryborough-1905-1961\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jarrett, Patricia Irene Herschell (Pat)", "Entry ID": "AWE3122", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jarrett-patricia-irene-herschell-pat\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Albert Park, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Frankston, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "In 1958, Pat Jarrett celebrated 25 years of continuous service with the Herald and Weekly Times. She was the only woman alongside seventeen men on the staff to have served so long.\n", "Details": "As a child, Pat Jarrett had a love for sport and a love for country life. She left school at 16 and worked at her uncle's film laboratory, but an interest in writing about championship swimming led to a job on the Herald as a sports journalist. Jarrett took on a cadetship under Keith Murdoch and Sidney Deemer. In 1940, she took something of a sabbatical from journalism and took up a position as press agent for Australian ambassador Richard Casey in Washington. Casey's post there came to an end with the entry of the United States into the Second World War. Jarrett returned to Australia to work as a war correspondent for the Herald and covered, among other things, the activities of the WAAF. In December 1942, she recounted the activities of 35 women - from Russia, England, Scotland, Ireland, India, South Africa and New Zealand - who spent four days bivouacking in the mountains, learning how to make an 'Aussie Bunk' out of saplings and chaff bags, and training to deal with the possible evacuation of civilians. 'In civilian life', Jarrett noted, 'the occupations of these trainees ranged from architects to botanists, so that when the daily manoeuvres included the building of a model camp site to accommodate 100 people, with children, in summer, some varying and interesting ideas resulted'.\nJarrett was well connected, both in Australia and abroad. According to her biographer, Audrey Tate, 'she particularly enjoyed having the opportunity to meet the famous, though she always remained a trifle in awe of them'. She was friendly with Sir Hubert and Lady Opperman, and she corresponded regularly with Katharine Hepburn. In 1944 she again joined the Casey family, this time in Calcutta as secretary to Lady Maie Casey following Sir Richard's appointment as Governor of Bengal. Her duties included arranging a meeting between Ghandi and Casey, and travelling to the Front to interview Generals Slim and Merserbe on the recapture of Mandalay. Casey was decommissioned at the end of the War, and Jarrett spent the three years from 1945 working as a journalist in New York.\nIn 1948, Jarrett was employed to edit the women's pages at the Sun News-Pictorial. She retained her post until December 1973. Rejecting the title of 'Social Editoress', she called herself instead the Leader of the Women's Staff, and refused to be pushed into frivolous writing on fashion and social events. With the aim of informing and entertaining her women readers, she added commentary on broader social issues to the regular pieces on clothing, cooking and sewing. Though she did not call herself a feminist, Jarrett published stories on equal pay for women, higher education for girls, and the possibility of seeking a fulfilling career in addition to marriage.\nJarrett became famous for her lively and provocative 'Fair Comment' column, in which she tackled all manner of questions. On 5 June 1965 she was discussing the need for spontaneous affection between husband and wife to avoid divorce, citing marriage guidance expert Dr Dick Glover. Three weeks later she was giving a voice to underpaid Victorian teachers. They, not their pupils, 'appear to be the ones who got the cane this week - and women teachers in particular'. The recent pay rise offered by the Teachers' Tribunal was minimal, said Jarrett: 'I reckon that while Australia's economic wizards keep telling us that ours is now such an affluent society, teachers (and any other group of salaried workers for that matter) can't be blamed for expecting a bit of it to rub off onto them, and for feeling let down when it doesn't'. In 1967, Jarrett was able to air her thoughts and opinions on talkback radio as co-host of 3DB's 'Talk It Over'.\nIn the early 1970s, Pat elected to retire but was persuaded to stay on part-time as editorial adviser on women's affairs to the Herald and the Sun. She continued to act as a loyal friend and helper to the Caseys, right through to the death of Maie Casey in 1983. By 1985 she was exhausted, suffering from a long bout of influenza as well as osteoporosis, diverticulitis and psoriasis. She retired permanently in December that year, after fifty-two years with the Herald and Weekly Times. Pat Jarrett died in 1990, aged 79.\n", "Events": "MBE for services to journalism (1972 - 1972) \nCareer in journalism active (1930 - 1985)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fair-comment-the-life-of-pat-jarrett-1911-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/on-convoy-with-the-awas\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waaf-officers-gain-bushlore\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waafs-learn-to-use-tablet-food\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tough-training-at-raaf-commando-school\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-woman-in-burma\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-queens-smile-was-loveliest-yet\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/supremo-on-asian-front\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-pat-jarrett-journalist-sound-recording-interviewer-mark-cranfield\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-of-pat-jarrett-1955-1991-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-lord-and-lady-casey-n-d-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-sun-newspaper-1954-feb-1-mar-10-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Holmes, Pat", "Entry ID": "AWE3123", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/holmes-pat\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Photo Journalist, Photographer", "Summary": "Pat Holmes is widely recognised as the first woman to have worked as a full-time photojournalist on an Australian newspaper. Initially working as a studio portrait photographer in Sydney, Holmes took a position as press photographer for The Sun during WW2. In 1946, Holmes produced the iconic photograph New Year's Eve, Kings Cross.\n", "Details": "Pat Holmes is widely recognised as the first woman to have worked as a full-time photojournalist on an Australian newspaper.\nShe was born on 17 March 1915, in Sydney, NSW. She received her first Box Brownie camera at the age of ten and developed an interest in photography while attending Frensham School in Mittagong (Wilfred West School), where the headmistress encouraged the girls to pursue careers rather than viewing marriage as their only option.\nHolmes taught herself darkroom skills by following the instructions given on the packets of darkroom developer chemicals and using the school's darkroom. She was still at school when she first met the photographer Harold Cazneaux, who had been employed by the school's board to prepare a book entitled The Frensham Book, a pictorial record of the school's environment. She helped him carry his equipment during his stay in Mittagong and was greatly influenced by him to become a photographer. In 1931 she left school and began an apprenticeship with Cazneaux at his studio in Roseville, even though her parents wanted her to become a kindergarten teacher. Apparently she approached Cazneaux and asked him to 'rescue her' by taking her on (Hall 101). She worked in his studio for two years.\nHolmes travelled to England in 1937 as a member of the first Australian Women's Cricket team, where she played three test matches. The team returned to Australia soon after, but she elected to stay on in England, working at a variety of photography studios. She was mainly doing retouching but she was more interested in darkroom work. She eventually found a darkroom position in a London studio and remained there for eighteen months before returning to Australia. Work was difficult to come by in Sydney but she eventually secured a position, working for Monte Luke at his Castlereagh Street Studio in 1940. One year later she established her own portrait business, working from a darkroom she had established at home, becoming quite skilled at photographing children.\nIn 1943 Holmes took a job as a press photographer for The Sun. It was a position that offered her a variety of work and she continued to work there until 1948. One of her iconic photographs was taken at this time: New Year's Eve, Kings Cross, 1946. The image captured the exuberance and excitement of a group of young women gathering to celebrate New Year's Eve. She left The Sun, in 1948, just before her marriage to a Mr Stuart. She went onto have three children and six grandchildren.\nInterviewed many years later Holmes recalled her time as a female press photographer: 'I was a little hesitant at first when I went out on jobs, but I soon realised that I had to take the initiative. It was mainly the very young and older men that I worked with during the war years. Half the staff was in uniform. It was strange with all the young men away. Then the men came back and life settled down. I missed newspaper work at first when I left in 1948. It had been exciting. Life was flat without the variety. But then I became involved with my family when I married soon after leaving The Sun. That has been a wonderful time too' (Christine Gillespie, Interview; cited in Hall 269).\nPat Holmes died on 25 October 1992.\nCollections\nNational Gallery of Australia\nContent added for The Women's Pages research project, last modified 16 September 2013\nHolmes was educated at Frensham, later the Winifred West School, where she was encouraged by West to pursue a career in photography. There, in the late 1920s, she met photographer Harold Cazneaux, who was compiling a pictorial record of the school environment (The Frensham Book). When Holmes left school in 1931, she approached Cazneaux to teach her photography, and she worked in his Roseville studio for two years.\nIn 1937, Holmes became a member of the first Australian Women's Cricket team to tour England. A keen sportswoman, she scored 176 runs in the three tests played. She remained in England until 1939, working in a London printing studio. On her return to Australia, Holmes continued working on her own commissions at home. She searched for employment in Sydney photographic studios for a year before finding work with Monte Luke in Castlereagh Street. In 1943 she was offered a job by Associated Press, and joined the staff of The Sun as a press photographer. She left the paper in 1948, shortly before she married.\nHolmes died in Sydney in 1992, survived by three children and six grandchildren.\n", "Events": "Pat Holmes' work featured in Australian Women Photographers 1840-1950 (1981 - 1981) \nPat Holmes' work featured in Shades of Light (1988 - 1988)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-photographers-1840-1950\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crowded-days-ahead\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-holmes\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lessons-of-tour-will-benefit-s-a\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pat-holmes-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/photographs-show-how-image-of-australian-woman-has-changed-in-150-years\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-photographers-1840-1960\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heritage-the-national-womens-art-book-500-works-by-500-australian-women-artists-from-colonial-times-to-1955\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Katz, Alicia", "Entry ID": "AWE3124", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/katz-alicia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alicia Katz was the first female candidate to stand for the Parliament of Victoria. She stood for Barwon as a Labor candidate at the Legislative Assembly election of 26 June 1924, and gained 3,046 votes. She was defeated by the Liberal party candidate, E. Morley, on 6,954 votes.\n", "Details": "Alicia Katz was born Elisia Johannah Watkins in Canning Street, North Carlton. Her father, James Watkins, was an engineer from Montmouthshire in Wales, who had arrived in Melbourne with his parents in 1867. Her mother, Annie Farley, hailed from County Meath, Ireland. The two were married in St. James' Church, William Street, Melbourne, in 1872.\nAs a young woman, Alicia developed a passionate belief in the Socialist cause. In 1900 she married Frederick Katz, son of a German migrant, and together they spoke at Socialist gatherings at the Bijou Theatre or in Richmond, at the corner of Swan and Docker Streets. In 1901 Alicia gave birth to their only child, Olive.\nThe Katz family moved to Tasmania in 1911, but returned to Melbourne in 1914 due to Olive's ongoing health problems. Alicia Katz joined the Women's Peace Army. At its September 1915 meeting, she moved a resolution that (among other things) governments of the world put an end to bloodshed; women be granted equal political rights with men; and Australian women be given direct representation in the council appointed to consider the terms of peace. Her resolution was seconded by Amelia Pankhurst.\nFrederick Katz was a loyal member of the Federated Clerks' Union, and went on to stand for parliament several times, with limited success. He and his wife became heavily involved with the Labor Party. By 1921, Alicia was president of the party's Women's Organising Committee, working alongside Muriel Heagney and Jean Daley. On 12 May 1924, the Act allowing women to stand for Victorian parliament was passed. Somewhat unfairly, an election was called for June 26, leaving potential women candidates precious little time to prepare their campaigns. By 10 June 1924, the Herald was publishing an article headed 'On Her Own: The Woman Candidate'. Alicia Katz was the only woman to stand.\nIn those few short weeks before the June election, Katz did the rounds of the local town halls, addressing audiences on questions around free education, the welfare of women and children, and the need for women to enter politics. Her speech for the Women Citizens' Movement on 'The Status of Women in the 20th Century' was reported in the Argus on 28 May 1924. Women had bettered their position, Katz explained, by entering the labour market, and there was great scope for women's work. Katz felt that marriage laws needed reforming - when a woman is forced to adopt the nationality of her husband, 'she loses her individuality as a citizen' - and she was frustrated by the constraints placed upon women when confined to household duties. She did not shy from telling her audience that 'she would like to do something besides playing her part as a wife and mother': 'Undesirous as a man-made world had become, she did not desire a woman-made world, but wanted a world based on the attributes of both'.\nIn the final event, Katz was defeated by the Liberal candidate for Barwon, E. Morley. She and Frederick continued their involvement in politics, sometimes controversially. Frederick's anti-conscription stance led to a vicious bodily attack by a group of soldiers who tarred and feathered him, while Alicia's anti-prohibition stance, and advocacy on behalf of the Liquor Trades, saw her reprimanded by the Victorian Central Executive. Many years later, in 1947, Frederick did become a member of the Senate.\nFrederick Katz died at home in Albert Park in 1961. Alicia Katz followed three years later, in October 1964, aged 88. At the time of her death, there were no women in the Victorian parliament. Dorothy Goble was the first woman elected in twenty years when she won the seat for Mitcham in 1967.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alicia-katz-the-first-attempt\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Booth, Angela Elizabeth Josephine", "Entry ID": "AWE3125", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/booth-angela-elizabeth-josephine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Liverpool, Lancashire, England", "Death Place": "Sandringham, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Educator, Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Angela Booth served in local government while she attempted to gain a seat in the Victorian state parliament. She served as councillor for the Warrandyte Riding of the Doncaster and Templestowe shire from 1926-33. In 1927 she unsuccessfully sought Nationalist endorsement for state parliament before standing in 1929 as an Independent Nationalist candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of Brighton in the Victorian state election.\nIn 1936 she and her husband James, were founding members of the Eugenics Society of Victoria. She served as its vice president.\n", "Details": "Angela Booth was born in Liverpool, England and migrated to Australia in 1896. In 1897 she married James Booth, a medical practitioner and divorcee, at St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, Sydney.\nIn 1901 they moved to Broken Hill. While she was there she joined the Women's Political Association, emphasising the need for women to participate in political life. She remained a member until 1915, when she resigned over its pacifist stance in World War 1. She was also a member of the Liberal Education Society.\nBefore the outbreak of World War 1, the Booths settled in Melbourne where Angela became active in conservative politics, She was president of the National Federation and a prominent member of the Australian Women's National League.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/angela-booth-the-importance-of-being-well-bred\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/booth-angela-elizabeth-josephine-1869-1954\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liberal-women-federation-to-1949\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nairn, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3126", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nairn-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Armidale?, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Hockey Coach, Hockey player, Sports administrator", "Summary": "Affectionately known as \"Mrs. Hockey,\" Mary Nairn was responsible for bringing hockey to the Redcliffe district of Brisbane in the early 1930s. She was an elite player and was known to be one of the best full backs in Queensland.\nIt is, however, as a coach that she really excelled. As a testament to her coaching ability, Mary made history by becoming the first woman in Australia to coach an A grade men's team, a number of whom went on to represent Australia. Her coaching skills also extended interstate; she coached the Queensland women's team in 1955 and also acted as a selector for interstate teams.\nIn 1959 Mary was honoured with the opening of the Mary Nairn gates at the entrance to the Redcliffe hockey fields and in 1971 was named \"Woman of the Year\" by the Quota Club for her outstanding work with Redcliffe's youth. At the Redcliffe Hockey Club's fiftieth anniversary celebrations in 1982, as a testament to her hard work and passion for the game, Mary, also known as the \"Queen of Peninsula hockey,\" received a standing ovation. At the time of her death in 1989 the Redcliffe hockey club, which she had been instrumental in establishing, had grown from one women's team in 1932 to 19 men's, women's and junior teams.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rodan, Florence Victoria", "Entry ID": "AWE3127", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rodan-florence-victoria\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Epsom, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Box Hill, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Florence Rodan, a member of the League of Women Voters and its president from 1961-63, stood for the Victorian parliament three times; in 1945, 1952 and 1955. She stood as an Independent in the Legislative Assembly seat of Borung at the 1945 state election, represented the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Camberwell in 1952 and the seat of Balwyn in 1955.\n", "Details": "Florence Victoria Rodan (nee Lamb), and her brother George Hamilton Lamb, twins, were born in Epsom, Bendigo on 1 January 1900. Their parents were William Edward and Sarah Victoria Lamb (nee Irwin). William was an auctioneer and school teacher and Sarah Lamb was a teacher at Fineview, Dooen and Pomonal. The family settled in Stawell in about 1912. Florence completed her secondary education at Stawell High School and later gained a Diploma of Music and completed Drama courses. She married William James Rodan at Christchurch, South Yarra in 1928. Florence came to Horsham from Canberra when her husband was appointed town engineer in 1940. After a teaching career, her brother, George Hamilton Lamb went on to become a state Member of Parliament in the Legislative Assembly seat of Lowan for the Country Party from 1935 until his death in 1943. He joined the Australian Imperial Forces in 1940 as a private but was quickly promoted to Lieutenant, sent overseas, captured and died from malnutrition in a Prisoner of War camp in Thailand in December 1943. William Rodan died in July 1944 as a result of World War One injuries. Florence was left to rear her three children, Brian, Marie and Erskine and her brother's three, Winston, Anthony and Ainslie. The Lamb children's mother died in 1940 before Hamilton left to go overseas. Florence moved to Melbourne in 1950 for the children to continue their education. Florence's father died when she was in her 20s and her mother came to live with her during the 1940s.\nFlorence's brother Hamilton impressed upon her the importance of women being interested in politics.\nI was a busy wife and mother with three very young children - a baby and two toddlers. I had no time for outside interests, until one day my brother visited us at our little home in Canberra and gave me my first lesson in political philosophy. When he spoke of it I said that I was too busy to discuss such things as politics. He said 'If you don't think of these things, you will have no home to be busy about.' From that time onwards I read in my spare moments, listened to debates in the House, studying everything I could get hold of (in between washing clothes and cleaning up after the children ). I learned the fundamental truths. I learned why women should interest themselves in the affairs of the State and the Nation.\n She followed her brother's example even when she had the responsibility for the care of six children. She stood as an Independent candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of Borung at the 1945 state election. She also stood for Horsham Council twice, unsuccessfully. She joined the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and stood as a candidate for Camberwell at the 1952 election, with the slogan, 'Rodan is right- Cain is able'. She topped the poll, but was defeated on preferences. She was the only endorsed woman candidate for the ALP at that election. She stood again in 1955, but for the seat of Balwyn.\n An active member of the Australian Labor Party in the 1950s and 1960s, Florence was a member and president of the Labor Women's Central Organising Committee during the 1950s and stood for ALP pre-selection to the Senate in 1956. In an article in the Melbourne Sun newspaper she was reported as urging women to become active in politics. 'They'll have to come out of their kitchens and think if they want to get anywhere.' She accused women of being mentally lazy.\nShe served as president of the League of Women Voters from 1961-63, acting president in 1966 and was president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Victoria. She published a volume of her brother's writings entitled Poems and Essays in 1945. She was president of the R.S. L. Women's Auxiliary in Horsham before moving to Melbourne in 1950.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/poems-and-essays\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Laidler, Bertha May", "Entry ID": "AWE3128", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/laidler-bertha-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Richmond, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Carlton, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Political activist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Bertha Laidler stood as a candidate for the Communist Party of Australia in the seat of Richmond in the Legislative Assembly at the Victorian state election, which was held in June 1943.\n", "Details": "Bertha Laidler, daughter of Thomas Percival (Percy) Laidler and Christiane Alicia nee Goss was born into a socialist family. They lived above Will Andrade's bookshop in Bourke Street, Melbourne. She attended the Queensberry Street State school, Carlton.\nEducated in Communism and Socialism from an early age, Laidler attended Stotts Business College and later worked for the Victorian Public Service in the Motor Registration Branch. She travelled to London in 1931 where she joined the Communist Party of Great Britain. On her return to Australia in 1933 she was active in the Communist Party of Australia, and the Shop Assistants' Union of Victoria. She later worked for the Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia in Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle before travelling to New Zealand with fellow communists Judah Waten and Noel Counihan.\nShe served with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force form May 1945 until May 1946. She moved to Darwin in October 1946 and met her future husband, Joseph Walker.\nShe curtailed her involvement with the CPA after having children.\nShe was a founding member of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History.\nHer publications include: How to defeat conscription and Solidarity forever.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walker-bertha-may-1912-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/solidarity-forever-a-part-story-of-the-life-and-times-of-percy-laidler-the-first-quarter-of-a-century\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/how-to-defeat-conscription-a-story-of-the-1916-and-1917-campaigns\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-manuscript-6\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Noad, Gwendolyn Lloyd", "Entry ID": "AWE3129", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/noad-gwendolyn-lloyd\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A member of the League of Women Voters, Gwendolyn Noad stood as the Australian Labor Party candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of Burwood at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1955. She made her second attempt at the 1958 election, when she stood in the Legislative Council Province of Monash.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stratton, Grace Muriel", "Entry ID": "AWE3130", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stratton-grace-muriel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "In 1952 Grace Stratton was the first woman to stand for election to the Legislative Council in the province of Higinbotham at the Victorian state election. She stood as an Independent, but was unsuccessful. She made her second attempt in 1958 in the same province again as an Independent, but did not succeed.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Verlin, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE3131", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/verlin-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Judy Verlin, a former mayor and councillor for Ballarat in Victoria, Australia, stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ballarat West at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She was a candidate again at the state election which was held on 30 November 2002. She is a candidate in the City of Ballarat election to be held in November 2008.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Craven, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE3132", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/craven-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susan Craven stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bayswater at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. Earlier in 1993 she stood for the seat of Ashton at the federal election. She was unsuccessful on both occasions.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McLean, Lana", "Entry ID": "AWE3134", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mclean-lana\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lana McLean stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Melbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. Later in the year, on 11 December she stood again as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia at the by-election for the seat of Burwood in the Legislative Assembly.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-white-ribbon-signal-official-organ-of-the-womans-temperance-union-of-victoria\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mansell, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE3135", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mansell-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anne Mansell stood as a candidate for the National Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mildura at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "D'Angelo, Rosie", "Entry ID": "AWE3136", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dangelo-rosie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rosie D'Angelo stood as a candidate for Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mill Park at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Aubrey, Chris", "Entry ID": "AWE3137", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aubrey-chris\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Chris Aubrey stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mitcham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sairfield, Lorna", "Entry ID": "AWE3138", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sairfield-lorna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lorna Sairfield stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Monbulk at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wood, Leslie Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3139", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wood-leslie-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Leslie Wood stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Monbulk at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Holtham, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3140", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/holtham-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyn Holtham stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Monbulk at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McLeod, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3141", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcleod-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Company director, Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyn McLeod is a member of the board of Yarra Valley Water (from 2023), Austin Health (from 2022) and Clean TeQ Water Limited (from 2021), having previously served as a non-executive Director for Melbourne Water (2015-23), Monash Health (2019-22) and VicWater (2017-22). In previous positions, Robyn was Independent Commissioner for Water Security for South Australia (from 2008), Executive Director of Major Projects, Water with the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment, and Chief of Staff to the Victorian Energy Resources and Ports Minister. Robyn has also previously worked in higher education, industrial relations, and secondary teaching.\u00a0She has a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.\nRobyn McLeod stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mordialloc at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996 and again at the 1999 election, which was held on 18 September.\nRobyn was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in June 2024 for significant service to the community through social welfare and governance roles.\n\u00a0\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nicholson, Vivienne Estelle", "Entry ID": "AWE3142", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nicholson-vivienne-estelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Windsor, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Political activist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Vivienne Nicholson stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mornington at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Details": "Vivienne Nicholson moved with her family from Windsor, New South Wales to Melbourne in 1948. She was educated at Burwood State School and Canterbury Girls' High School. She was employed as a secretary before and for a period after her marriage to John Nicholson in 1973. They had two children. She lived in the Frankston- Mornington region from 1973 until her move in 2003 to Toora North in South Gippsland. As a mature aged student she completed her tertiary education at Monash University with a Bachelor of Economics, and Masters Degree in Australian Studies.\nIn the 1990s she became involved in an unsuccessful community campaign to prevent a shopping centre development in Mornington. She was a member of the Save Mornington Alliance (SMA). This activism lead her to stand for the Victorian Parliament at the 1999 election.\nIn 2009 she completed a Ph D at the University of Melbourne on the role of the SMA in the attempt to prevent the building of the shopping centre.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grassroots-activism-cost-or-benefit\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cornelius, Gwen", "Entry ID": "AWE3143", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cornelius-gwen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gwen Cornelius stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mornington at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Plunkett, Snez", "Entry ID": "AWE3144", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/plunkett-snez\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Snez Plunkett stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mornington at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hoppner, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE3145", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hoppner-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Helen Hoppner stood as a candidate for the National Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Morwell at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996. She made a second attempt to win the seat as an Independent candidate at the September 1999 election, but was unsuccessful.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robinson, Heather J.", "Entry ID": "AWE3146", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robinson-heather-j\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Heather Robinson stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Narracan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kruger, Susannah", "Entry ID": "AWE3147", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kruger-susannah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susannah Kruger stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Niddrie at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richardson, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE3148", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Elizabeth Richardson stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Northcote at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Duffy, Susanna", "Entry ID": "AWE3149", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/duffy-susanna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susanna Duffy stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Northcote at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McGregor, Stephanie", "Entry ID": "AWE3150", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcgregor-stephanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Stephanie McGregor stood as an Independent candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of Oakleigh at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Eboli, Loredana", "Entry ID": "AWE3151", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eboli-loredana\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Loredana Eboli stood as an Independent candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of Oakleigh at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walters, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE3152", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walters-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susan Walters stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Oakleigh at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Sally-Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE3153", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-sally-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sally-Anne Brown stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Polwarth in the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She was a candidate again in the Legislative Council Province by-election for Western, which was held in 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackson, Lesley Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE3154", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-lesley-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lesley Jackson stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Portland at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She was a candidate again in the Legislative Council Province of Western at the 2002 election, which was held on 30 November.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Salter, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE3155", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/salter-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Wendy Salter stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Prahran at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She was a candidate again at the by-election held in the Legislative Council Province of East Yarra in 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dawson, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3156", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dawson-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Dawson stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Frankston at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992 and again in the seat of Prahran at the 1999 election, which was held on 18 September.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Murphy, Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE3157", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murphy-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Frances Murphy stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in three Victorian state elections. She made her first attempt in the Legislative Council Province of Templestowe at the 1996 election, which was held on 30 March. Her second attempt was in the Legislative Assembly seat of Prahran at the election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She was an unsuccessful candidate again at the November 2006 election when she stood in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Padgett, Ruth", "Entry ID": "AWE3158", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/padgett-ruth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ruth Padgett stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Preston at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996 and again at the 1999 election, which was held on 18 September.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rule, Di", "Entry ID": "AWE3159", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rule-di\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Di Rule stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Seymour at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She was again a candidate for the Liberal Party in the 2002 election, but in the seat of Burwood.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boyle, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE3160", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boyle-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Wendy Boyle stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Shepparton at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Liu-Hyland, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE3161", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liu-hyland-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Barbara Liu-Hyland stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Springvale at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williams, Dallas", "Entry ID": "AWE3162", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-dallas\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Dallas Williams stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Swan Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fraser, Pat", "Entry ID": "AWE3163", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fraser-pat\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pat Fraser stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Tullamarine at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roberts, Patti", "Entry ID": "AWE3165", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roberts-patti\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Patti Roberts stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Warrandyte at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stockdale, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE3166", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stockdale-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kate Stockdale stood as a candidate for the Hope Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Warrandyte at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blair, Gillian", "Entry ID": "AWE3167", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blair-gillian\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gillian Blair stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Warrnambool at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She stood again unsuccessfully at the 2002 election in the seat of South-West Coast. She was a candidate again in the November 2006 election for the new Legislative Council Western Victoria Region.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lindop, Maggie", "Entry ID": "AWE3168", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lindop-maggie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maggie Lindop stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Warrnambool at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996. She was a candidate again at the 1999 election, which was held on 18 September.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Manson, Cynthia", "Entry ID": "AWE3169", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manson-cynthia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cynthia Manson stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Werribee at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Lynlee", "Entry ID": "AWE3170", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-lynlee\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lynlee Smith stood as an Independent candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of Yan Yean at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tivendale, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE3171", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tivendale-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Heather Tivendale stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Yan Yean at the Victorian state election, which was held om 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Erler, Kerri", "Entry ID": "AWE3172", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/erler-kerri\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Kerri Erler stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bellarine at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. Earlier she served in local government as mayor and councillor of the Borough of Queenscliff.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Murdoch, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE3173", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murdoch-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Barbara Murdoch stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Benambra at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999, and again on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hall, Anne Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE3174", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hall-anne-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anne Hall stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bendigo West at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Andrews, Meryl", "Entry ID": "AWE3175", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/andrews-meryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Meryl Andrews stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bennettswood at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maloney, Cartha", "Entry ID": "AWE3176", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maloney-cartha\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cartha Maloney stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bentleigh at the Victorian state elections, which were held in March 1996 and September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "King, Gail", "Entry ID": "AWE3177", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/king-gail\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gail King stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Higinbotham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996. She stood again at the 1999 election, which was held on 18 September, in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bentleigh.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Waters, June", "Entry ID": "AWE3178", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waters-june\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "June Waters stood as a candidate for the Hope Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Box Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thorn, Claire L.", "Entry ID": "AWE3179", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thorn-claire-l\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Claire Thorn stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Box Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dunsmuir, Irene", "Entry ID": "AWE3180", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dunsmuir-irene\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Irene Dunsmuir stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Brighton at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCabe, Carol", "Entry ID": "AWE3181", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccabe-carol\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Carol McCabe stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bundoora at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mason, Ngaire", "Entry ID": "AWE3182", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mason-ngaire\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A member of the Natural Law Party, Ngaire Mason stood as a candidate in the Legislative Council Province of Melbourne at the Victorian state elections of 1992 and 1996. At the 1999 election, held on 18 September, she stood in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bundoora.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rush, Emma", "Entry ID": "AWE3183", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rush-emma\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Emma Rush stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Coburg at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCormack, Carol", "Entry ID": "AWE3184", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccormack-carol\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Carol McCormack stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Cranbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Miller, Astrid", "Entry ID": "AWE3185", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miller-astrid\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Astrid Miller stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dandenong at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCallum, Jessie", "Entry ID": "AWE3186", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccallum-jessie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jessie McCallum stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Doncaster at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. Before her attempt to enter state parliament, she served on the Nunawading Council from 1997-2004, was mayor from 2000-2001 and again from 2003-2004. She is currently a member of the Moira Shire Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thompson, Diane", "Entry ID": "AWE3187", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thompson-diane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Diane Thompson stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dromana at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Charlwood, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE3188", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/charlwood-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jan Charlwood stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mordialloc at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992. She was a candidate again in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dromana at the Victorian state elections of 1996 and 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Engish, June", "Entry ID": "AWE3189", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/engish-june\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate, School principal", "Summary": "June Engish stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Eltham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She was a former principal of Brunswick Girls' High School.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jennings, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3190", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jennings-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Jennings stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Eltham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hanney, Pam", "Entry ID": "AWE3191", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hanney-pam\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pam Hanney stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Eltham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rosenfeldt, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE3192", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rosenfeldt-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Wendy Rosenfeldt stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Eltham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marquez-Bridger, Natasha", "Entry ID": "AWE3193", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marquez-bridger-natasha\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Natasha Marquez-Bridger stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Evelyn at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lynch, Dina", "Entry ID": "AWE3194", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lynch-dina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Dina Lynch stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Footscray at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buxton, Julie L.", "Entry ID": "AWE3195", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buxton-julie-l\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Julie Buxton stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Forest Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hardiman, Sandra", "Entry ID": "AWE3196", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hardiman-sandra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sandra Hardiman stood as a candidate for the Hope Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Forest Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McLean, Cherie", "Entry ID": "AWE3197", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mclean-cherie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cherie McLean stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Frankston East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Faris, Rosemary", "Entry ID": "AWE3198", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faris-rosemary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rosemary Faris stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Geelong at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taylor, Pauline", "Entry ID": "AWE3199", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taylor-pauline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pauline Taylor stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Sandringham at the Victorian State election, which was held on 30 March 1996. She was a candidate again for the seat of Gippsland West at the 1999 election, which was held on 18 September.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dawborn, Kerry", "Entry ID": "AWE3200", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dawborn-kerry\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kerry Dawborn stood as a candidate for the Hope Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Hawthorn at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. In the 2002 election, which was held on 30 November, she stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Doncaster. She is a strong advocate of permaculture as a means of creating a sustainable food supply.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Poynton, Lee-Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE3201", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/poynton-lee-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lee-Anne Poynton stood as a candidate for the Hope Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ivanhoe at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She stood again in the Legislative Council Province of Templestowe at the state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roberts, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3202", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roberts-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyn Roberts stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ivanhoe at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She was a candidate again in the Legislative Council province of Templestowe at the state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burns, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE3203", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burns-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Heather Burns stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Keilor at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wallace, Jude", "Entry ID": "AWE3204", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wallace-jude\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jude Wallace stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Malvern at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dickson, Lynne", "Entry ID": "AWE3205", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dickson-lynne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lynne Dickson stood for the Victorian Parliament three times. Her first attempt was as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Berwick at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992. Her second attempt was as a candidate for the Call to Australia Party in the Legislative Council Province of Eumemmerring at the 1996 election. Finally, she was a candidate for the Christian Party in Eumemmering Province again at the election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blades, Roz", "Entry ID": "AWE3206", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blades-roz\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Roz Blades stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council Province of Eumemmering at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She is currently a councillor representing the Keysborough ward on the Greater Dandenong Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hodge, Robyn Caroline", "Entry ID": "AWE3207", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hodge-robyn-caroline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyn Caroline Hodge stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats in the Legislative Council Province of Geelong at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCubbin, Jo", "Entry ID": "AWE3208", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccubbin-jo\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Paediatrician, Political candidate", "Summary": "Jo McCubbin stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats in the Legislative Council Province of Gippsland at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She was a candidate again at the 2002 election, which was held on 30 November 2002. In the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November, she stood as an Independent in the Legislative Assembly seat of South Gippsland.\n", "Details": "Jo McCubbin, a resident of the town of Sale in Gippsland, is a paediatrician who is committed to working for a healthy planet for all children. She describes herself as an environmental activist. She was a founding member of the Gippsland Women's Network, is a member of the Project Management Committee of the East Gippsland Arts Network and a member of Doctors for the Environment.\nShe is a descendent of Australian artist Frederick McCubbin.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Alesich, Simone", "Entry ID": "AWE3209", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alesich-simone\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Simone Alesich stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats in the Legislative Council Province of Koonung at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barnes, Diane", "Entry ID": "AWE3210", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barnes-diane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Diane Barnes stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats in the Legislative Council Province of Melbourne West at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Borg, Angela", "Entry ID": "AWE3211", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/borg-angela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Angela Borg stood as a candidate for the Liberal party of Australia in the Legislative Council Province of Melbourne West at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Willox, Jacki", "Entry ID": "AWE3212", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/willox-jacki\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jacki Willox stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Monash at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Peters, Julie Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE3213", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peters-julie-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Julie Peters stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats in the Legislative Council Province of Monash at the two Victorian state elections which were held on 30 March 1996 and 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Daus, Linda", "Entry ID": "AWE3214", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daus-linda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Linda Daus stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council North Eastern Province at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kidd, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE3215", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kidd-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judith Kidd stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council North Western Province at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leeper, Amanda", "Entry ID": "AWE3216", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leeper-amanda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Amanda Leeper stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats in the Legislative Council Province of Silvan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Evans, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3217", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/evans-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyn Evans stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Province of Templestowe at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She was a candidate again for the Province of Melbourne at the 2002 election, which was held on 30 November.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morgan, Polly", "Entry ID": "AWE3218", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morgan-polly\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Polly Morgan stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Council Province of Waverley at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999 and again at the 2002 election, which was held on 30 November.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clarke, Charmaine", "Entry ID": "AWE3219", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-charmaine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Charmaine Clarke stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Ballarat Province by-election for the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament, which was held in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bath, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE3220", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bath-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Helen Bath stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia at the by-election held for the Legislative Council Province of Ballarat in 1999. She was a candidate again in the same province at the 2002 general election, which was held on 30 November. She holds the position of president of the Southern Community Media Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bradshaw, Claire", "Entry ID": "AWE3221", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bradshaw-claire\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Claire Bradshaw stood as an Independent candidate in the by-election for the Melbourne North Province in the Victorian Legislative Council, which was held in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kreskov, Monique", "Entry ID": "AWE3222", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kreskov-monique\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Monique Kreskov stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia at the by-election for the Province of Melbourne North in the Victorian Legislative Council, which was held in 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "MacKenzie, Janet", "Entry ID": "AWE3223", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mackenzie-janet\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Janet MacKenzie stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party at the by-election for the seat of Benalla in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament, which was held in 2000. In 2002 she stood for the Legislative Council Province of Southern Highlands, again as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Browne, Virginia", "Entry ID": "AWE3224", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/browne-virginia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Virginia Browne stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Albert Park at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Backstrom, Faye", "Entry ID": "AWE3225", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/backstrom-faye\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Faye Backstrom stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ballarat West at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ludlow, Nikki", "Entry ID": "AWE3226", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ludlow-nikki\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Nikki Ludlow stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bass at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 September 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nesbit, Kay", "Entry ID": "AWE3227", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nesbit-kay\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kay Nesbit stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bass at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. In 1985 Kay Nesbit was shot by her flatmate's boyfriend. Since then she has endured 57 operations to reconstruct her face and jaw. In 1992, Paul Mallinder, the man convicted of shooting her was released. He had served only seven of his eleven-year sentence. Because of that experience, sentencing and victim compensation became issues of great importance to Kay and were the issues on which she stood as a candidate for the Victorian Parliament.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/face-value-the-kay-nesbit-story\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bannan, Jill", "Entry ID": "AWE3228", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bannan-jill\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jill Bannan stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council Province of Koonung at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996. She stood again as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bayswater at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE3229", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Catherine Jones stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bellarine at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 September 2002. She was a candidate again, but in the seat of Lara at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Seymour, Hannah", "Entry ID": "AWE3231", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/seymour-hannah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Hannah Seymour stood as a candidate for the Christian Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Benambra at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lucas, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE3232", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lucas-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Helen Lucas stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Benambra at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ruffell, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE3233", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ruffell-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lisa Ruffell stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bendigo East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Spiby, Tracee", "Entry ID": "AWE3234", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spiby-tracee\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Tracee Spiby stood as a candidate for the National Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bendigo East at the Victorian state election, which was held om 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mitchell, Penny", "Entry ID": "AWE3236", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mitchell-penny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Penny Mitchell stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bentleigh at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harris, Helen Doxford", "Entry ID": "AWE3237", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harris-helen-doxford\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Historian, Local government councillor, Mayor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Helen Harris stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens in the Legislative Assembly seat of Box Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. In November 2005 she stood as an endorsed Greens candidate in the Whitehorse City Council elections and was elected to represent Elgar ward. She was re-elected in November 2008 and subsequently elected mayor of the city in 2009.She currently holds the position of Secretary of the Victorian branch of the Australian Local Government Women's Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hart-helen-1842-1908\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helen-hart-founder-of-womens-suffrage-in-australasia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sapir, Rachel", "Entry ID": "AWE3238", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sapir-rachel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rachel Sapir stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Brighton at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Geradts, Karin", "Entry ID": "AWE3239", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/geradts-karin\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate, Teacher", "Summary": "Karin Geradts stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Broadmeadows at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She stood again unsuccessfully at the 2006 election as the Greens candidate in the seat of Yan Yean.\n", "Details": "Karin Geradts lives in Hurstbridge and is a primary school teacher. She is committed to conserving the natural environment and is a member of the Cottlesbridge Landcare and the Green Wedge Protection Group.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McVey, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE3240", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcvey-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judy McVey stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Brunswick at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gauci, Rebecca", "Entry ID": "AWE3241", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gauci-rebecca\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rebecca Gauci stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Brunswick at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Curr, Pamela", "Entry ID": "AWE3242", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/curr-pamela\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Human Rights Advocate, Midwife, Political candidate", "Summary": "Pamela Curr stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Brunswick at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Details": "Pamela Curr has worked at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre which is Located in North Melbourne as Campaign Co-ordinator. She is active in securing the human rights of people who arrive in Australia seeking asylum. She is active also in the Victorian Peace Network. She was involved in the Fairwear campaign for more than five years, working to ensure decent working conditions for workers in the clothing and textile industry.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2009 - 2009)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McDonald, Gayle", "Entry ID": "AWE3243", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcdonald-gayle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gayle McDonald stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bundoora at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Randall, Melanie", "Entry ID": "AWE3244", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/randall-melanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Melanie Randall stood as the candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bundoora at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lee, Josephine", "Entry ID": "AWE3245", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-josephine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Josephine Lee stood as the candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Burwood at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stanton, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE3246", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stanton-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Heather Stanton stood as a candidate for the Citizens Electoral Council in the Legislative Assembly seat of Cranbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cox, Janet", "Entry ID": "AWE3247", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cox-janet\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Janet Cox stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dandenong at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kelly, Maree", "Entry ID": "AWE3248", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kelly-maree\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maree Kelly stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dandenong at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dunn, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE3249", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dunn-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kate Dunn stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Doncaster at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gray, Merinda", "Entry ID": "AWE3250", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gray-merinda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Merinda Gray stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Eltham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Byrne, Gabriela", "Entry ID": "AWE3251", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/byrne-gabriela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gabriela Byrne stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Evelyn at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She represented the People Power Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Victoria at the subsequent election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kamprad, Justine", "Entry ID": "AWE3252", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kamprad-justine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Justine Kamprad stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Footscray at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rice, Janet", "Entry ID": "AWE3253", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rice-janet\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Altona, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Mayor, Parliamentarian, Political candidate", "Summary": "Janet Rice stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Footscray at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\nJanet was elected to the Parliament of Australia at the 2013 election. Her term began on 1 July 2014.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cumming, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE3254", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cumming-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Catherine Cumming stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Footscray at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002 and again at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November. She has been a Councillor for the City of Maribyrnong since 1997.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chapple, Carolyn Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE3255", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chapple-carolyn-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Carolyn Chapple stood as a candidate for the Citizens Electoral Council in the Legislative Assembly seat of Frankston at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Battistella, Andrea", "Entry ID": "AWE3256", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/battistella-andrea\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Andrea Battistella stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Geelong in the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Teer, Elsie", "Entry ID": "AWE3257", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/teer-elsie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Elsie Teer stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Geelong at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She stood again at the state election held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McKeown, Jacqueline", "Entry ID": "AWE3258", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mckeown-jacqueline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jacqueline McKeown stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Gippsland East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Giles, Tania", "Entry ID": "AWE3259", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/giles-tania\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Tania Giles stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Hawthorn at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She stood again in the seat of Malvern at the 2006 state election, which was held on 25 November.\n", "Details": "Tania Giles served as a Councillor for the City of Happy Valley from 1991-97 and represented Local Government on the State Revegetation Committee from 1995-97. She stood as the Australian Greens candidate for the House of representatives seat of Bruce at the Federal election, which was held in 2004.\nA piano and violin teacher, Tania enjoys bushwalking, painting and ceramic sculpture.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Morton, Anna Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE3260", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/morton-anna-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anna Morton stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ivanhoe at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clark, Cheryl", "Entry ID": "AWE3261", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clark-cheryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cheryl Clark stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Kew at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dettman, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3262", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dettman-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Dettman stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Kew at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She was an unsuccessful candidate again for the Australian Democrats in the Legislative Council region of Eastern Metropolitan at the election which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williams, Maree", "Entry ID": "AWE3263", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-maree\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maree Williams stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Kew in the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She stood again unsuccessfully at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leach, Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE3264", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leach-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lorraine Leach stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Kilsyth at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "George, Amanda", "Entry ID": "AWE3265", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/george-amanda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Amanda George stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Kororoit at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 September 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ellery, Brigitte", "Entry ID": "AWE3266", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ellery-brigitte\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Brigitte Ellery stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Lara at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kistevski, Linda", "Entry ID": "AWE3267", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kistevski-linda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Linda Kistevski stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Lara at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fensom, Maxine", "Entry ID": "AWE3268", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fensom-maxine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maxine Fensom stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Melbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bourke, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE3269", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bourke-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sue Bourke stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Melbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Turner, Liz", "Entry ID": "AWE3270", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/turner-liz\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Liz Turner stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mitcham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johnson, Paula", "Entry ID": "AWE3271", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnson-paula\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Paula Johnson stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mornington at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hammett, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE3272", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hammett-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jenny Hammett stood as a candidate for the National Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Morwell at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She stood again unsuccessfully at the November 2006 election in the Legislative Council region of Eastern Victoria\n", "Details": "Jenny Hammett holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of i-Gain Quality Learning which is located in the Latrobe region of Victoria. It provides educational and training services and oversees the Gippsland Community Leadership Program.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blackwood, Diane", "Entry ID": "AWE3273", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blackwood-diane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Diane Blackwood stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Morwell at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thompson, Catheryn", "Entry ID": "AWE3274", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thompson-catheryn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Catheryn Thompson stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Morwell at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She was a candidate again at the November 2006 election, in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Victoria.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bennett, Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE3275", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bennett-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Therese Bennett stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mount Waverley at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Neill, Lauren", "Entry ID": "AWE3276", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oneill-lauren\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lauren O'Neill stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Murray Valley at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She was a candidate again for the Australian Labor Party in the same seat at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Scott, Trisha", "Entry ID": "AWE3277", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-trisha\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Trisha Scott stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Murray Valley at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stoll, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE3278", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stoll-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Karen Stoll stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Narracan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ford, Carole", "Entry ID": "AWE3279", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ford-carole\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Carole Ford stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Nepean at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jennison, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE3280", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jennison-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susan Jennison stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Niddrie at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lynch, Jackie", "Entry ID": "AWE3281", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lynch-jackie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jackie Lynch stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Northcote at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nicholson, Sarah", "Entry ID": "AWE3282", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nicholson-sarah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sarah Nicholson stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Northcote at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Skouzis, Tina", "Entry ID": "AWE3283", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/skouzis-tina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Tina Skouzis stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Oakleigh at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Atherden, Natalie", "Entry ID": "AWE3284", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/atherden-natalie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Natalie Atherden stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Polwarth at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She stood again for the same party and in the same seat at the election which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Details": "Natalie Atherden lives outside Colac on an extended family small permaculture farm. She has two children.\nShe is a tertiary student and performing artist and is a member of Arts Colac Incorporated, Colac Kana Festival Incorporated and the Colac-Otway Soccer Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Isherwood, Noelene W.", "Entry ID": "AWE3285", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/isherwood-noelene-w\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Noelene Isherwood stood as a candidate for the Citizens Electoral Council in the Legislative Assembly seat of Preston at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She was a candidate again at the 2006 state election in the seat of Pascoe Vale.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pinnell, Gemma", "Entry ID": "AWE3286", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pinnell-gemma\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gemma Pinnell stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Richmond at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williams, Pollyanne", "Entry ID": "AWE3287", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-pollyanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pollyanne Williams stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Scoresby at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Connell, Genevieve", "Entry ID": "AWE3288", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oconnell-genevieve\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Genevieve O'Connell stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Scoresby at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McNab, Chelsea", "Entry ID": "AWE3289", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcnab-chelsea\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Chelsea McNab stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Seymour at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kelly, Jacquie", "Entry ID": "AWE3290", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kelly-jacquie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jacquie Kelly stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Swan Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tomamichel, Suellen", "Entry ID": "AWE3291", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tomamichel-suellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Suellen Tomamichel stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Swan Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002, and again at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hudson, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE3292", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hudson-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Hudson stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Tarneit at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hayes, Veronica", "Entry ID": "AWE3293", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hayes-veronica\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Veronica Hayes stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Williamstown at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She stood again unsuccessfully at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Connell, Belinda", "Entry ID": "AWE3294", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/connell-belinda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Belinda Connell stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Yuroke at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She was an unsuccessful candidate again in the same seat and for the same party at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Finn, Cathy", "Entry ID": "AWE3295", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/finn-cathy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cathy Finn stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Yuroke at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She was an unsuccessful candidate again for the same party in the same seat at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bridges, Cherie", "Entry ID": "AWE3296", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bridges-cherie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cherie Bridges stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Province of Ballarat at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Parisotto, Rozi", "Entry ID": "AWE3297", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/parisotto-rozi\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rozi Parisotto stood as a candidate for the National Party in the Legislative Council Province of Central Highlands at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2009 - 2009) \nRural City of Wangaratta (2000 - 2013) \nRural City of Wangaratta (2012 - 2013)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marriott, Cath", "Entry ID": "AWE3299", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marriott-cath\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cath Marriott stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council Province of Central Highlands at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thacker, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE3300", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thacker-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Wendy Thacker stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Council Province of Chelsea at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lao, Vanthilda", "Entry ID": "AWE3301", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lao-vanthilda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Vanthilda Lao stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council Province of Chelsea at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 September 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bray, Hilary", "Entry ID": "AWE3302", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bray-hilary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate, Teacher", "Summary": "Hilary Bray stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Province of Chelsea at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She was a candidate again for the Australian Greens in the Legislative Assembly seat of Cranbourne at the state election, which was held on 25 September 2006. She has been employed as a secondary school teacher in the state system since 1990.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tutone, Christina", "Entry ID": "AWE3303", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tutone-christina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christina Tutone stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council Province of Doutta Galla at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kay, Val", "Entry ID": "AWE3304", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kay-val\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Val Kay stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Province of Eumemmering at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Menheere-Thompson, Erica", "Entry ID": "AWE3305", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/menheere-thompson-erica\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Erica Menheere-Thompson stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bellarine at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999. She was a candidate again for the Australian Democrats in the Legislative Council Province of Geelong at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nicholls, Val", "Entry ID": "AWE3306", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nicholls-val\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Val Nicholls stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Caulfield at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992. She stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council Province of Geelong at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lane, Madelon", "Entry ID": "AWE3307", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lane-madelon\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Madelon Lane stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Province of Gippsland at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Healy, Jessica", "Entry ID": "AWE3308", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/healy-jessica\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jessica Healy stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats in the Legislative Council Province of Jika Jika at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She stood again unsuccessfully at the November 2006 election in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Metropolitan.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bhathal, Alexandra", "Entry ID": "AWE3309", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bhathal-alexandra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alexandra Bhathal stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Province of Jika Jika at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Manassa, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE3310", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manassa-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jenny Manassa stood as a candidate for the Hope Party in the Legislative Council Province of Koonung at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 September 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robertson, Penelope", "Entry ID": "AWE3311", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robertson-penelope\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Penelope Robertson stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Council Province of Melbourne North at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coric, Danielle", "Entry ID": "AWE3312", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coric-danielle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Danii Coric stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Council Province of Melbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She was an unsuccessful candidate again in the November 2006 election in the new Legislative Council Region of Western Metropolitan.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lewis, Jo", "Entry ID": "AWE3313", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lewis-jo\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jo Lewis stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Province of Monash at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pleash, Leanne", "Entry ID": "AWE3314", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pleash-leanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Leanne Pleash stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Province of North Eastern at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crotters, Jackie", "Entry ID": "AWE3315", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crotters-jackie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jackie Crotters stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of North Eastern at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lewis, Marg", "Entry ID": "AWE3317", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lewis-marg\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marg Lewis stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of North Western at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She was a candidate again at the November 2006 election, in the new Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rivendell, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE3318", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rivendell-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Julie Rivendell stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Province of North Western at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Welsh, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE3319", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/welsh-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Heather Welsh stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens in the Legislative Council Province of Waverley at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002. She stood again in the new Legislative Council Region of Southern Metropolitan at the 2006 state election, which was held on 25 November.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Spokes, Viola", "Entry ID": "AWE3320", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spokes-viola\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Viola Spokes stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Province of Western, at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 November 2002.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bailey, Grace", "Entry ID": "AWE3322", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bailey-grace\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Grace Bailey stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ballarat East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harvie, Michele", "Entry ID": "AWE3323", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harvie-michele\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Michele Harvie stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ballarat East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Details": "Michele Harvie is secretary of the Ballarat Renewable Energy and Zero Emissions Committee (BREZE) and operates a niche business selling Fair Trade coffee. She is married with two children and is a local Girl Guide Leader.\nShe lives on a ten acre property which is run on permaculture principles.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coates, Belinda", "Entry ID": "AWE3324", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coates-belinda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate, Social worker", "Summary": "Belinda Coates stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ballarat West at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Details": "A resident of Ballarat Belinda Coates has been a Social Worker for fifteen years. She is standing for election in the Central Ward at the Ballarat City Council election of 2008.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Billing-Smith, Cheryl", "Entry ID": "AWE3325", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/billing-smith-cheryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cheryl Billing-Smith stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bass at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Abbott, Jacky", "Entry ID": "AWE3326", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abbott-jacky\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jacky Abbott stood as a candidate for the National Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bass at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mortimer, Stephanie", "Entry ID": "AWE3327", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mortimer-stephanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Stephanie Mortimer stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bayswater at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hunt, Kammy Cordner", "Entry ID": "AWE3328", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hunt-kammy-cordner\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kammy Hunt stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Benalla at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mahood, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE3329", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mahood-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Mayor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Lisa Mahood stood as the candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Benambra at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robinson, Helen Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE3330", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robinson-helen-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Helen Robinson stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Benambra at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hardy, Gail", "Entry ID": "AWE3331", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hardy-gail\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gail Hardy stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bendigo East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Radford, Sue-Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE3332", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/radford-sue-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sue-Ellen Radford stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bendigo West at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harrison, Rachel", "Entry ID": "AWE3333", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harrison-rachel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rachel Harrison stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bendigo West at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cummins, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE3334", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cummins-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Cummins stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Box Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shelton, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE3335", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shelton-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jane Shelton stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Brighton at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ebejer, Marlene", "Entry ID": "AWE3336", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ebejer-marlene\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marlene Ebejer stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Broadmeadows at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taylor, Emily Katya", "Entry ID": "AWE3337", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taylor-emily-katya\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Emily Taylor stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Broadmeadows at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dawes, Cyndi", "Entry ID": "AWE3338", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dawes-cyndi\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cyndi Dawes stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Brunswick at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hearman, Vannessa", "Entry ID": "AWE3339", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hearman-vannessa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political activist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Vannessa Hearman stood as a candidate for the Brunswick Socialist Alliance in the Legislative Assembly seat of Brunswick at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Details": "Vannessa Hearman migrated to Australia from Indonesia in the 1980s and has lived in Coburg since the 1990s. She has been politically active since that time. She spent two years in East Timor as an Aid worker from 2000-02 and is a spokesperson for the Timor Sea Justice Campaign in Melbourne.\nShe is a candidate for the Socialist Alliance in the South Ward at the Moreland City Council elections in 2008.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mackenzie, Fiona", "Entry ID": "AWE3340", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mackenzie-fiona\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Fiona Mackenzie stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bulleen at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tong, Carmen", "Entry ID": "AWE3341", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tong-carmen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Carmen Tong stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bulleen at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jefford, Sarah", "Entry ID": "AWE3342", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jefford-sarah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sarah Jefford stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bundoora at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Isherwood, Siobhan", "Entry ID": "AWE3343", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/isherwood-siobhan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Siobhan Isherwood stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Clayton at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Forster, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3344", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forster-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Forster stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Derrimut at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Goonan, Irene", "Entry ID": "AWE3345", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goonan-irene\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Irene Goonan stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Doncaster at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Details": "Irene Goonan was the first female president of the Australian Retailers' Association and spent eight years on the State Minister for Small Business Advisory Council.\nShe has served for fifteen years as a Councillor for the City of Manningham and has held the position of mayor on two occasions. She has also served on the Melbourne City Council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Peak, Dot", "Entry ID": "AWE3346", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peak-dot\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Dot Peak stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Doncaster at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Indigo-Rose, Justine", "Entry ID": "AWE3347", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/indigo-rose-justine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Justine Indigo-Rose stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Windisch, Margarita", "Entry ID": "AWE3348", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/windisch-margarita\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margarita Windisch stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance in the Legislative Assembly seat of Footscray at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Collins, Stella", "Entry ID": "AWE3349", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collins-stella\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Stella Collins stood as a candidate for the Family First Party at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Wendy", "Entry ID": "AWE3350", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-wendy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Wendy Smith stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Frankston at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McArthur, Rochelle", "Entry ID": "AWE3351", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcarthur-rochelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rochelle McArthur stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Frankston at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allcock, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3352", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allcock-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyn Allcock stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Gembrook at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Heath, Clare", "Entry ID": "AWE3353", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heath-clare\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Clare Heath stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Gippsland South at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dargaville, Jackie", "Entry ID": "AWE3354", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dargaville-jackie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jackie Dargaville stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Gippsland South at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marcin, Melanie", "Entry ID": "AWE3355", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marcin-melanie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Melanie Marcin stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Hastings at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buckley, Francine Monica", "Entry ID": "AWE3356", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buckley-francine-monica\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Francine Buckley stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Hastings at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Birch, Linda", "Entry ID": "AWE3357", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/birch-linda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Linda Birch stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Hawthorn at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sidhu, Veronica", "Entry ID": "AWE3358", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sidhu-veronica\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Veronica Sidhu stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Hawthorn at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Palmer, Marisa", "Entry ID": "AWE3359", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/palmer-marisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marisa Palmer stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ivanhoe at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mulholland, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE3360", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mulholland-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Jenny Mulholland stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ivanhoe at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Details": "Elected in 2000 Jenny Mulholland is a Councillor representing the Banyule City Council and served as Mayor from 2003-04 and Deputy Mayor in 2005.\nShe is serving as a committee member of the Victorian State Executive of the Australian Local Government Women's Association from 2008-10.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Asbury, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE3361", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/asbury-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lisa Asbury stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Keilor at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Henley, Emma", "Entry ID": "AWE3362", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henley-emma\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Emma Henley stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Kew at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schwab, Gillian", "Entry ID": "AWE3363", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schwab-gillian\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gillian Schwab stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Kilsyth at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hill, Patsy", "Entry ID": "AWE3364", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hill-patsy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Patsy Hill stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Kilsyth at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walters, Tania", "Entry ID": "AWE3365", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walters-tania\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Tania Walters stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Kororoit at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006. She stood as an Independent at the By-election for the seat, which was held in June 2008.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rainsford, Katrina", "Entry ID": "AWE3366", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rainsford-katrina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community advocate, Political candidate, Veterinarian", "Summary": "Katrina Rainsford lives with her husband and four children of their farm 'Glenlea', thirty kilometers north of Hamilton near Cavendish in western Victoria. The family have a prime lamb and wool flock on their home property \"Glenlea\" and produce beef at their Wannon River block \"Balwannon\" nearby. A qualified veterinarian, Katrina runs a practice in Hamilton.\nKatrina has a history of involvement in her community, having served as a local councillor in the West Wimmera and Southern Grampians Shire Council. After cutting her teeth at a local council level she moved into state politics. She stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006. In 2010, she stood in the Federal election as the independent candidate for the electorate of Wannon.\nKatrina was a regional winner of the ABC Rural Woman of the Year award in 1995, for the Western District of Victoria.\n", "Events": "Nominated for ABC Rural Woman of the Year in Victoria (1995 - 1995)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brilliant-ideas-and-huge-visions-abc-radio-australian-rural-women-of-the-year-1994-1997\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walsh, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE3367", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walsh-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jenny Walsh stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Lyndhurst at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Head, Robyne", "Entry ID": "AWE3368", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/head-robyne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyne Head stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Macedon at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Grauer, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE3369", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grauer-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann Grauer stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Malvern at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Holmes, Deborah", "Entry ID": "AWE3370", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/holmes-deborah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Deborah Holmes stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Malvern at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Collins, Isabell", "Entry ID": "AWE3371", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collins-isabell\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Isabell Collins stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Melbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gebbing, Rebecca", "Entry ID": "AWE3372", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gebbing-rebecca\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rebecca Gebbing stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Melbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lee, Pamela", "Entry ID": "AWE3373", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-pamela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pamela Lee stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Melton at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Alison", "Entry ID": "AWE3374", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-alison\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alison Smith stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mildura at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McLeod, Carmel", "Entry ID": "AWE3375", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcleod-carmel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Carmel McLeod stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mill Park at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stow, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE3376", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stow-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Stow stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mill Park at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Partridge, Sharon L", "Entry ID": "AWE3377", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/partridge-sharon-l\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sharon Partridge stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mitcham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rawson, Miriam", "Entry ID": "AWE3378", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rawson-miriam\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Miriam Rawson stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mitcham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stride, Joanne", "Entry ID": "AWE3379", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stride-joanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joanne Stride stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Monbulk at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nerenberg, Shana", "Entry ID": "AWE3380", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nerenberg-shana\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Shana Nerenberg stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mordialloc at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Milroy, Jadah", "Entry ID": "AWE3381", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/milroy-jadah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jadah stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mordialloc at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clarke, Thea", "Entry ID": "AWE3382", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-thea\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Thea Clarke stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mornington at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Proctor, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE3383", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/proctor-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lisa Proctor stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Morwell at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Koo, Katy", "Entry ID": "AWE3384", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/koo-katy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Katy Koo stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Morwell at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Paxinos, Kali", "Entry ID": "AWE3385", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/paxinos-kali\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kali Paxinos stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mount Waverley at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Badwal, Penny", "Entry ID": "AWE3386", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/badwal-penny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Penny Badwal stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mulgrave at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kunert, Carol", "Entry ID": "AWE3387", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kunert-carol\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political activist", "Summary": "Carol Kunert stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Murray Valley at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackson, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE3388", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kate Jackson stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Narracan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taylor, Bree", "Entry ID": "AWE3389", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taylor-bree\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Bree Taylor stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Narre Warren North at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smulders, Peterine", "Entry ID": "AWE3390", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smulders-peterine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Peterine Smulders stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Narre Warren North at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tanti, Meg", "Entry ID": "AWE3391", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tanti-meg\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Meg Tanti stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Narre Warren South at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rawlins, Bronwyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3392", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rawlins-bronwyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Bronwyn Rawlins stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Narre Warren South at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Marshall, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE3393", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marshall-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anne Marshall stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Nepean at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lee, Gwen", "Entry ID": "AWE3394", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lee-gwen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gwen Lee stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Niddrie at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Khoo, Joyce", "Entry ID": "AWE3395", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/khoo-joyce\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joyce Khoo stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Oakleigh at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Seeley, Ann Bown", "Entry ID": "AWE3396", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/seeley-ann-bown\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann Seeley stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Richmond at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walkley, Maina", "Entry ID": "AWE3397", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walkley-maina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maina Walkley stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Richmond at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3398", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyn Smith stood as a candidate for the National Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ripon at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rawson, Leanne", "Entry ID": "AWE3399", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rawson-leanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Leanne Rawson stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ripon at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Castleman, Nicola", "Entry ID": "AWE3400", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/castleman-nicola\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Nicola Castleman stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Rodney at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lowe, Beck", "Entry ID": "AWE3401", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lowe-beck\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Beck Lowe stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Rodney at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Castelli, Sonia", "Entry ID": "AWE3402", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/castelli-sonia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sonia Castelli stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Sandringham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Adams, Phoebe", "Entry ID": "AWE3403", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adams-phoebe\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Phoebe Adams stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of South-West Coast at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Campbell, Trudy", "Entry ID": "AWE3404", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/campbell-trudy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Trudy Campbell stood as a candidate for the Citizens Electoral Council in the Legislative Assembly seat of Swan Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boyd, Pamela", "Entry ID": "AWE3405", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boyd-pamela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pamela Boyd stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Tarneit at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hargrave, Jen", "Entry ID": "AWE3406", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hargrave-jen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jen Hargrave stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Thomastown at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ivanovski, Aneta", "Entry ID": "AWE3407", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ivanovski-aneta\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Aneta Ivanovski stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Yan Yean at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clarkson, Belinda", "Entry ID": "AWE3408", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarkson-belinda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Belinda Clarkson stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Yan Yean at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Orpen, Karin", "Entry ID": "AWE3409", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/orpen-karin\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Karin Orpen stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in Legislative Council region of Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Aza, Rachel", "Entry ID": "AWE3410", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aza-rachel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rachel Aza stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dalarue, Coral", "Entry ID": "AWE3411", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dalarue-coral\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Coral Dalarue stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ng, May", "Entry ID": "AWE3412", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ng-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "May Ng stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bronte, Fiona", "Entry ID": "AWE3413", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bronte-fiona\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Fiona Bronte stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Liu, Gladys", "Entry ID": "AWE3414", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/liu-gladys\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gladys Liu stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Perrott, Kiera", "Entry ID": "AWE3415", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/perrott-kiera\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kiera Perrott stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Scott, Nina", "Entry ID": "AWE3416", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scott-nina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Nina Scott stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Buchanan, Wendy J.", "Entry ID": "AWE3417", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/buchanan-wendy-j\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Wendy Buchanan stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Manson, Susie", "Entry ID": "AWE3418", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/manson-susie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susie Manson stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Meredith, Sarah", "Entry ID": "AWE3419", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meredith-sarah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sarah Meredith stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hughson, Jodie", "Entry ID": "AWE3420", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hughson-jodie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jodie Hughson stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dettrick, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE3421", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dettrick-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann Dettrick stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hansen, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3422", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hansen-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Hansen stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Evelyn-Liardet, Teresa", "Entry ID": "AWE3423", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/evelyn-liardet-teresa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Teresa Evelyn-Liardet stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Redwood, Jill", "Entry ID": "AWE3424", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/redwood-jill\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Environmentalist, Political candidate", "Summary": "Jill Redwood stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\nRead more about Jill Redwood in our sister publication The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Coates, Janice", "Entry ID": "AWE3425", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/coates-janice\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Janice Coates stood as candidate for the National Party in the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Biggs, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE3426", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biggs-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Barbara Biggs stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mesaritis, Koulla", "Entry ID": "AWE3427", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mesaritis-koulla\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Koulla Mesaritis stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carey, Priya", "Entry ID": "AWE3428", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carey-priya\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Priya Carey stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ryan, Michele", "Entry ID": "AWE3429", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ryan-michele\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Michele Ryan stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Arnus, Emilia", "Entry ID": "AWE3430", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/arnus-emilia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Emilia Arnus stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bos, Liz", "Entry ID": "AWE3431", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bos-liz\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Liz Bos stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shand, Amy", "Entry ID": "AWE3432", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shand-amy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Amy Shand stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Alden, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE3433", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alden-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jennifer Alden stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Connor, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE3434", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oconnor-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jenny O'Connor stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Corboy, Mary Lou", "Entry ID": "AWE3435", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/corboy-mary-lou\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Lou Corboy stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leach, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE3436", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leach-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Helen Leach stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McAsey, Rachel", "Entry ID": "AWE3437", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcasey-rachel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rachel McAsey stood as a candidate for the National Party in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Healy, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE3438", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/healy-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Helen Healy stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lane, Sharon", "Entry ID": "AWE3439", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lane-sharon\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sharon Lane stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hermans, Ann-Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE3440", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hermans-ann-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann-Marie Hermans stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ross, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE3441", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ross-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann Ross stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Council Province of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blaze, Annette", "Entry ID": "AWE3442", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blaze-annette\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Annette Blaze stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "La Fontaine, Susanne", "Entry ID": "AWE3443", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/la-fontaine-susanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susanne La Fontaine stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hancock, Linda", "Entry ID": "AWE3444", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hancock-linda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Linda Hancock stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pazaitis, Maria", "Entry ID": "AWE3445", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pazaitis-maria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maria Pazaitis stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bailey, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE3446", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bailey-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Karen Bailey stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gonsalvez, Geraldine", "Entry ID": "AWE3447", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gonsalvez-geraldine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Geraldine Gonsalvez stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Boustead, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE3448", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boustead-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Julie Boustead stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Herrmann, Sandra", "Entry ID": "AWE3449", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/herrmann-sandra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sandra Herrmann stood as a candidate for the Christian Democratic Party ( Fred Nile Group) in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Zuiderwyk, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE3450", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/zuiderwyk-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jenny Zuiderwyk stood as a candidate for the Christian Democratic Party in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Avery, Nicole", "Entry ID": "AWE3451", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/avery-nicole\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Nicole Avery stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Yip, Shilana", "Entry ID": "AWE3452", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yip-shilana\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Shilana Yip stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "De Graaff, Denise", "Entry ID": "AWE3453", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/de-graaff-denise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Denise De Graaff stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Region of South Eastern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Voce, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE3454", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/voce-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judith Voce stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Council Region of Southern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bentley, Rita", "Entry ID": "AWE3455", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bentley-rita\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rita Bentley stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council Region of Southern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Farrow, Kaye", "Entry ID": "AWE3456", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/farrow-kaye\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kaye Farrow stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council Region of Southern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mitsakis, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3457", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mitsakis-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Mitsakis stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Council Region of Southern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pilcher, Clare", "Entry ID": "AWE3458", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pilcher-clare\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Clare Pilcher stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Region of Southern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Freeman, Shelly", "Entry ID": "AWE3459", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/freeman-shelly\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Shelly Freeman stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Region of Southern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hicks, Alexandria", "Entry ID": "AWE3460", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hicks-alexandria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alexandria Hicks stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Region of Southern Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Williams, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE3461", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/williams-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Williams stood as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Council Region of Western Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Zanatta, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE3462", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/zanatta-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lisa Zanatta stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Region of Western Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bitans, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE3463", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bitans-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann Bitans stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council Region of Western Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Spataro, Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE3464", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/spataro-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marie Spataro stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Council Region of Western Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ingham, Liz", "Entry ID": "AWE3465", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ingham-liz\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Liz Ingham stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Region of Western Metropolitan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tchekmeyan, Nora", "Entry ID": "AWE3466", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tchekmeyan-nora\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Nora Tchekmeyan stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Western Metropolitan Region at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McAloon, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE3467", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcaloon-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Karen McAloon stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Western Victoria Region at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cameron, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE3468", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cameron-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judy Cameron stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Council Western Victoria Region at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Power, Clare", "Entry ID": "AWE3469", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/power-clare\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Clare Power stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Western Victoria Region at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Casanova, Leanne", "Entry ID": "AWE3470", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/casanova-leanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Leanne Casanova stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Region of Western Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bull, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE3471", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bull-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sue Bull stood as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance Party in the Legislative Council Province of Western Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McIntosh, Samantha", "Entry ID": "AWE3472", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcintosh-samantha\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Samantha McIntosh stood as a candidate for the National Party in the Legislative Council Region of Western Victoria at the Victoria state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bullen, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE3473", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bullen-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kate Bullen stood as a candidate for the Liberal party of Australia in the Legislative Council Region of Western Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Podbury, Monique", "Entry ID": "AWE3474", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/podbury-monique\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Monique Podbury stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Council Region of Western Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jennings, Anna", "Entry ID": "AWE3475", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jennings-anna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anna Jennings stood as a candidate for the Family First Party in the Legislative Council Region of Western Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Couzens, Chris", "Entry ID": "AWE3476", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/couzens-chris\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Geelong, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Electorate Officer, Parliamentarian, Political candidate", "Summary": "Chris Couzens was elected the Labor Member for Geelong in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria at the November 2014 election. She was previously a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Region of Western Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006. She was unsuccessful on that occasion.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ester, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE3477", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ester-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Academic, Journalism trainer, Journalist, Print journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Helen Ester is a media scholar and media professional who teachers Journalism and Communication at Central Queensland University. She has enjoyed a long and varied career as a teacher and journalist that has spanned more than thirty years.\n", "Details": "As a media professional Helen Ester's experience includes:\n\nMembership of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery-7 years\nEditor and founder of the Monitor , a newsletter and news service for members of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery\nCanberra Correspondent for Nation Review and the Far Eastern Economic Review\nPolitical Journalist with the Fairfax Bureau on theSydney Sun\nWorking for the Australian Press Services Bureau on the Northern Territory News \n\nTelevision work has included working for SBS TV as a journalist\/trainer and casual desk journalist. She has also worked for Imparja\/CAAMA TV productions in Alice Springs.\nEster was a journalist member of a delegation of three women who in 1979-80 went to Vietnam, Kampuchia, and the border camps for refugees on the Thai border on a visit arranged by the Union of Vietnamese Women and the Australia Vietnam Society. Other members were economist Melanie Beresford and trade unionist Aileen Beaver. She was given transcripts of the People's Revolutionary Tribunal, held in 1979, while she was touring with the delegation. These transcripts are held with her papers in the National Library of Australia.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1979 - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/monitor\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-helen-ester-1979-1980-manuscript%e2%86%b5-1979-1980-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Mary Marcella", "Entry ID": "AWE3478", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-mary-marcella\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Seymour, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Jones stood as an Independent candidate in three Victorian state elections, which were held in 1935, 1937 and 1940. She stood in the Legislative Assembly seat of Port Melbourne in 1935 and 1937, and in Caulfield in 1940.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kloot, Leah", "Entry ID": "AWE3479", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kloot-leah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Leah Kloot stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Albert Park at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1937.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Monsbourgh, Lila Ruth Dyllis", "Entry ID": "AWE3480", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/monsbourgh-lila-ruth-dyllis\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lila Dyllis Monsbourgh stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Boroondara in 1943. She was a member of the League of Women Voters.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roberts, Gladys Maude", "Entry ID": "AWE3481", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roberts-gladys-maude\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gladys Roberts stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dandenong at the Victorian state elections of 1943 and 1945.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pace, Ethel Annie Victoria", "Entry ID": "AWE3483", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pace-ethel-annie-victoria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ethel Pace stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of St Kilda at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1943.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nankivell, Dora", "Entry ID": "AWE3484", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nankivell-dora\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Dora Nankivell stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Camberwell at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1945.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Mascotte", "Entry ID": "AWE3485", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-mascotte\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "A member of the League of Women Voters, Mascotte Brown stood as a candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Malvern at five Victorian state elections which were held in 1947, 1950, 1952, 1955 and 1958. She stood as an Independent Liberal candidate at all elections except 1955 when she represented the Victorian Liberal Party.\n", "Details": "Educated at St Gabriels' College and Riviera College, Sydney, Mascotte Brown married at the age of sixteen. By 1955 she was widowed with two grown up children. During her attempt in 1955 she vowed that she would never give up trying: 'As long as I am physically able, I'll stand for politics, just to show my fellow women that only by continually struggling will they get anywhere in Parliament'.\nShe was an accomplished musician with musical degrees gained in London. She held memberships of the following organisations: Royal Empire Society, the Business and Professional Women's Club, the League of Women Voters of Victoria and the International Alliance of Women.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richardson, Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE3486", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kathleen Richardson stood as a candidate for the Liberal Country Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mildura at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1950.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "James, Marguerite Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE3487", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/james-marguerite-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marguerite Helen James was a candidate for the Liberal Country Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Sunshine at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1950.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Larson, Claire", "Entry ID": "AWE3488", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/larson-claire\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Claire Larson stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Polwarth at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1952.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sullivan, Mabel M.", "Entry ID": "AWE3489", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sullivan-mabel-m\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mabel M. Sullivan stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Brighton at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1955.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gaston, Ailsa M.", "Entry ID": "AWE3490", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gaston-ailsa-m\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ailsa Gaston stood as a candidate for the Liberal Country Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Brunswick West at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1955.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lloyd, Leonora Emma", "Entry ID": "AWE3491", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lloyd-leonora-emma\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Leonora Lloyd stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of East Yarra at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1955. She stood again at the election, which was held in 1958, but as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Camberwell.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Yuille, Martha Eileen Lorraine", "Entry ID": "AWE3492", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/yuille-martha-eileen-lorraine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Martha Yuille stood as a candidate for the Liberal Country Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Collingwood at the Victorian state election of 1955 and in the seat of Melbourne at the election of 1958.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Little, Vida", "Entry ID": "AWE3493", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/little-vida\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Vida Little stood as an Independent Communist candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Albert Park at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1958.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Laird, Cecily Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3494", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/laird-cecily-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cecily Laird was a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Caulfield at the Victorian state election of 1958. In her second and third attempts to secure a seat in the Victorian Parliament she stood in the seat of Camberwell in 1961 and in in the seat of Caulfield in 1964.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Head, Joy I. E.", "Entry ID": "AWE3495", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/head-joy-i-e\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joy Head stood as a candidate for the Liberal Country Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Williamstown at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1958.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Garside, Toni F.", "Entry ID": "AWE3496", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/garside-toni-f\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Toni Garside stood as a candidate for the Liberal Country Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Gippsland West at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1961.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barber, Nola Isabel Constance", "Entry ID": "AWE3497", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barber-nola-isabel-constance\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Woodend, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Colac, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Mayor, Political candidate", "Summary": "A member of the League of Women Voters, Nola Barber stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mentone at the Victorian state elections of 1961 and 1967. She was active in local government and became the first female mayor of Chelsea in 1951, after her election as a councillor in 1948. In recognition of her work for the community she was appointed OBE in 1970 and in 2001 was featured in the Centenary of Federation Victorian Honour Roll of Women.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barber-nola-isabel-constance-1901-1985\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliaments-and-local-governments-past-and-present-a-survey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McKeown, Jean M.", "Entry ID": "AWE3498", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mckeown-jean-m\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jean McKeown stood as an Independent Liberal candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Oakleigh at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1964.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilder, Caroline Alberta", "Entry ID": "AWE3499", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilder-caroline-alberta\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Caroline Wilder stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Scoresby at the Victorian state elections, which were held in 1964 and 1967.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McGuiness, Rita M.", "Entry ID": "AWE3500", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcguiness-rita-m\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rita McGuiness stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Toorak at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1964.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Drechsler, Audrey Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE3501", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/drechsler-audrey-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Preston, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Farmer, Political candidate, social activist", "Summary": "Following a visit to a farm in Gippsland during a period of rehabilitation, Audrey Drechsler developed a lifetime love of farming. Audrey was heavily involved in the CWA as a regional president, but was also a leader in the movement for recognition and support for women's hands-on involvement in farming, through farmers' organisations, and the women in agriculture movement. She was a member of the steering committee which organised the 1994 First International Women in Agriculture Conference, and an organiser of the 1997 and 2010 Women on Farms Gatherings. Sharing the movements' commitment to sustainable agriculture, Audrey has been active in land conservation, occupying, amongst other positions, that of first woman president of the Grassland Society of Victoria. She still farms at Sedgwick, south of Bendigo.\nAs Audrey Walsh, she stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Evelyn at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1967.\n", "Details": "Audrey Drechsler was born Audrey Walsh, the daughter of James Walsh, who in 1928 took over the Warrandyte bakery, which she still owns. She won a scholarship to University High which she took up in 1949. Whilst recuperating from an operation in 1953, she attended the former West Melbourne Technical School for rehabilitation training in secretarial studies. It was through a friendship formed there that she was introduced to farming. She commenced secretarial work at RMIT in 1956, studying various subjects at night, including book keeping. In 1963, she went overseas, and worked briefly on farms in a number of countries, including Ireland, Denmark and the USA. In 1967 she stood for the DLP in the seat of Evelyn, and while campaigning, met Bendigo candidate Bill Drechsler, whom she subsequently married. Bill Drechsler was a sheep farmer from Sedgwick in Central Victoria, and Audrey invested money in improvements in the farm, and time and energy into learning practical farming skills, and in keeping the books.\nAudrey became involved in many community and farming organisations. She was the secretary of the Strathfieldsaye and Sutton Grange branches of the Victorian Farmers' Federation; the public relations officer, political action convenor, president, treasurer and secretary of the Bendigo Pastoral District Council, and Bendigo branch president and inaugural convenor of the Australian Farm Management Society.\nAlong with other involvement in her community's schools, church and CFA, Audrey was involved in the Country Women's Association, as secretary and president of the Sedgwick branch, and as president of the Bendigo Northern Group in 1981-3 and 2001-2003. Audrey was active in the movement to achieve recognition, a voice and education for women as farmers in their own right. She was a member of the steering committee for the 1994 First International Women in Agriculture Conference, and a constant support for the Women on Farms Gatherings, attending 17 out of the 20 held, and helping to organise the 1997 Bendigo and 2010 Inglewood gatherings. A person of forthright character, who holds the attention of those around her, Audrey is also a woman of great courage and integrity, sharing at the Bendigo gathering her story of being pack-raped at the age of 18, in Queensland, in 1951, and her steadfast appearance at five criminal trials to secure convictions, and gaol terms, for those involved. After the 1994 conference, she was a co-founder of the Central Victorian Women in Agriculture Group, and is now a member of the Victorian Branch of Australian Women in Agriculture, as well as of the national body.\nReflecting the Women in Agriculture movement's commitment to sustainable agriculture, Audrey has been involved as a leader in a number of organisations. She was the first women president of the Grassland Society of Victoria (1985), the Victorian State President and Federal Vice- President of the Soil & Water Conservation Association of Australia (1990), and a member of the Shire of Strathfieldsaye Environment Planning Advisory Committee. Later she became Chairman of the Land and Water Working Group, Bendigo Region Conservation Strategy, as well as a member of the Bendigo Region Land Protection Advisory Committee of the Department of Conservation, Forests and Land. Audrey was the convenor and inaugural president of the North Harcourt-Sedgwick Landcare Group, the 14th such group set up in Victoria, the Convenor of the Axe Creek Catchment Landcare Group, and a Victorian Committee member of the Australian Landcare Foundation. For thirty years she has been involved with departmental trials, experiments and field days.\nWhen Audrey was widowed in 1989, and the farm passed to her son, she secured 125 acres of it, did a six months farm mechanics course, borrowed on her bakery to build a mud-brick house, and still farms there today, producing prime vealers. She is concerned about the drift to the city, with encouraging young women to stay on the land, and about water policy.\n", "Events": "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM): For service to agriculture, and to the community. (2019 - 2019)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-mary-salce-1976-2007-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-laurene-dietrich-1990-1994-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-gippsland-womens-network-1994-2006-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/country-womens-association-of-victoria-inc\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-audrey-drechsler-1979-2009-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grasslands-society-of-southern-australia-inc-records\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Snow, Roslyn Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE3502", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/snow-roslyn-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Roslyn Snow stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Lowan at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1967.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Howells, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3503", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/howells-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Howells stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Monbulk at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1967.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sweetman, Norma M.", "Entry ID": "AWE3504", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sweetman-norma-m\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Norma Sweetman stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ringwood at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1967.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baldwin, Jean Winifred", "Entry ID": "AWE3505", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baldwin-jean-winifred\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jean Baldwin stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the Legislative Council Province of Melbourne North at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1970.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Downing, Jean Olive", "Entry ID": "AWE3506", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/downing-jean-olive\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Local government councillor, Political candidate, Social worker", "Summary": "Jean Downing stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Doncaster at the Victorian state election, which was held on 5 May 1979. She was also a candidate in the 1977 Federal election for the seat of Diamond Valley. In 1978 she was elected as a councillor to the Eltham Shire Council and served a three year term.\nDowning embarked on her political career after having made a significant and enduring contribution to the discipline of Social Work at the University of Melbourne. over many decades. In 2016 she was awarded the University of Melbourne's Hyslop Medal, an award that recognises alumni or staff whose outstanding contributions have been integral to the success of social work at the University.\n", "Details": "Jean Downing was educated at public primary schools in New South Wales and Victoria before completing her secondary education at Presbyterian Ladies' College (PLC) in Melbourne in 1939. In 1946 she completed her tertiary education at the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Social Studies. She was the first appointee as a Social Worker to the Children's Court Psychiatric clinic in Melbourne.\nIn 1947 she married Arthur Howard Norman and had five sons and two daughters, including two sets of twins. After Howard Norman's death in 1959 she assumed responsibility for managing the family firm, Norman Bros. Pty Ltd until 1978.\nIn 1965 she married Richard Ivan Downing Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne. They had a daughter.\nAfter 1976 she returned to Social Work with appointments at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, the International Social Service, the Austin Hospital and the Department of Social Security.\nIn 1978 she was elected to the Eltham Shire Council and served a three year term.\nHer voluntary appointments included serving on the Councils of the University of Melbourne, (1983-87) PLC, Coburg State College, College of the Arts, Eltham High School, Equal Opportunity Advisory (1983) and the Board of Social Studies at the University of Melbourne.\nShe is a member of the Lyceum Club and the Catalysts.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whos-who-in-australia-1988\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jean-downing-interviewed-by-susan-marsden-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rothwell, Jill", "Entry ID": "AWE3507", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rothwell-jill\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jill Rothwell stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Albert Park at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fahey, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE3508", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fahey-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anne Fahey stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Albert Park at two Victorian state elections, which were held on 1 October 1988 and 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hockley, Caroline", "Entry ID": "AWE3509", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hockley-caroline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Caroline Hockley stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Albert Park at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Krjutschkow, Petra", "Entry ID": "AWE3510", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/krjutschkow-petra\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Petra Krjutschkow stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ballarat East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Corr, Norma", "Entry ID": "AWE3511", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/corr-norma\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Norma Corr stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bayswater at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cox, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE3512", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cox-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anne Cox stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Benalla at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Murtagh, Rosslyn Vicki", "Entry ID": "AWE3513", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murtagh-rosslyn-vicki\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rosslyn Murtagh stood as an Independent candidate in the legislative Assembly seat of Benambra at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Joyberry, Gayle", "Entry ID": "AWE3514", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joyberry-gayle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gayle Joyberry stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bendigo East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kennedy, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE3515", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kennedy-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jan Kennedy stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bennettswood at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blundell, Lynda", "Entry ID": "AWE3516", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blundell-lynda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lynda Blundell stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Broadmeadows at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Venables, Olga Eveline", "Entry ID": "AWE3517", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/venables-olga-eveline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Olga Venables stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Frankston North at the Victorian state election, which was held on I October 1988. She stood again in the seat of Bundoora at the 1992 election, which was held on 3 October.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Merran", "Entry ID": "AWE3518", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-merran\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Merran Jones stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Carrum at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nelson, Bev", "Entry ID": "AWE3519", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nelson-bev\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Bev Nelson stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Carrum at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackson, Alice Mabel", "Entry ID": "AWE3521", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-alice-mabel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Print journalist, Teacher", "Summary": "Alice Jackson was a journalist and editor who was on the staff of the Australian Women's Weekly from its inception in 1933. Prior to working for the AWW, she enjoyed stints on Smith's Weekly and the Sydney Daily Telegraph. She was formally appointed editor of the AWW in 1939 - the first woman editor of the magazine which, by then, had an all female hierarchy. She is credited with establishing the national distribution system that made the AWW so attractive to advertisers.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1920 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-alice-mabel-1887-1974\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Irving, Freda Howy", "Entry ID": "AWE3522", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irving-freda-howy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Kilmore, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Freda Irving began her career in journalism in Melbourne in 1925, working with the Sun News Pictorial in various guises until about 1949 when she joined the Argus. She also edited Woman's Day and the Australian Women's Weekly for short periods of time. In 1978-79, she was president of the Melbourne Press Club.\nDuring the war she joined the Australian Women's Army Service as a private but before long she became Amenities Officer with the rank of captain for the three women's services \u00ad Army, Air Force and Navy.\nShe was awarded an MBE for services to Journalism in 1981.\n", "Events": "President of the Melbourne Press Club (1978 - 1979) \nMBE for services to journalism (1981 - 1981) \nCareer in journalism active (1925 - 1984)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-ca-1932-1984-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/irving-freda-mary-howy-service-number-vf398095-date-of-birth-16-sep-1903-place-of-birth-melbourne-vic-place-of-enlistment-melbourne-vic-next-of-kin-irving-sybil\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Phillips, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE3523", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/phillips-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sue Phillips stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Clayton at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992. At the March 1996 election, she stood again unsuccessfully in the Legislative Assembly seat of Broadmeadows.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Savage, Katheryne", "Entry ID": "AWE3524", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/savage-katheryne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Katheryne Savage stood as a candidate for the C. I. R. Alliance in the Legislative Assembly seat of Coburg at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Willoughby, Norma Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE3525", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/willoughby-norma-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Mayor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Norma Joan Willoughby stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Coburg at two Victorian state elections, which were held on 1 October 1988 and 3 October 1992.\nWilloughby served the people of Coburg on the Coburg City Council for seven years. She was first elected to a three year term in 1987 but only served one year when a redistribution of boundaries resulted in another election in 1988. She was elected for three year term and stood again in 1991 when she was re-elected for a final term which ended when the amalgamation of councils took place in Victoria in 1994.\nWilloughby loved serving the people of Coburg and held the position of Mayor of the City of Coburg from 1991-92. A true independent, she was nevertheless respected by Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke and his wife Hazel who, in Hawke's capacity as the Member for Wills, visited Coburg frequently during Willoughby's term on council.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-australian-parliament-and-local-government-an-updated-history-1975-1992\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fisher, Carol", "Entry ID": "AWE3526", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fisher-carol\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Carol Fisher stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Cranbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Riley, Lorelle", "Entry ID": "AWE3527", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/oriley-lorelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lorelle O'Riley stood as an Independent candidate in the legislative Assembly seat of Cranbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ware, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE3528", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ware-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Ware stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dandenong at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Orr, Joy", "Entry ID": "AWE3529", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/orr-joy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joy Orr stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dromana at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allsop, Rowena", "Entry ID": "AWE3530", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allsop-rowena\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rowena Allsop stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Essendon at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "MacMichael, Lydia", "Entry ID": "AWE3531", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macmichael-lydia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lydia MacMichael stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Evelyn at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Krepp, Libby", "Entry ID": "AWE3532", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/krepp-libby\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Libby Krepp stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Footscray at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "MacGregor, Chris", "Entry ID": "AWE3533", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macgregor-chris\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Political candidate", "Summary": "Chris MacGregor stood as candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Footscray at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992. She was a candidate again at the 1996 election, but in the Legislative Council Province of Melbourne West.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Zenkis, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE3534", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/zenkis-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Helen Zenkis stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Forest Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hale, Judy", "Entry ID": "AWE3535", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hale-judy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judy Hale stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Frankston North at the Victorian state election, which was held on 2 March 1985. She was a candidate again in the seat of Frankston at the election which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dunston, Mae", "Entry ID": "AWE3536", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dunston-mae\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mae Dunston stood as a candidate for the Geelong Community Alliance in the Legislative Assembly seat of Geelong North at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Scurfield, Lorna", "Entry ID": "AWE3537", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scurfield-lorna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lorna Scurfield stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Hawthorn at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992 and again at the 1996 election, which was held on 30 March.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wheeler, Vanessa", "Entry ID": "AWE3538", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wheeler-vanessa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Vanessa Wheeler stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Keilor at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mendelson, Lesley", "Entry ID": "AWE3539", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mendelson-lesley\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lesley Mendelson stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Malvern at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992. At the 1996 election, which was held on 30 March she stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Council Province of East Yarra.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nunan, Kate", "Entry ID": "AWE3540", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nunan-kate\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kate Nunan stood as a candidate for the Liberal party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Melbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Samson, Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE3541", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/samson-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Therese Samson stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Melton at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Craik, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE3542", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/craik-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Craik stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mill Park at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Saulwick, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE3543", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/saulwick-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jenny Saulwick stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Monbulk at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mitchell, Klara", "Entry ID": "AWE3544", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mitchell-klara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Klara Mitchell stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mordialloc at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Keller, Maria", "Entry ID": "AWE3545", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/keller-maria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maria Keller stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Murray Valley at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Taig, Trisha", "Entry ID": "AWE3546", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/taig-trisha\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Trisha Taig stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Narracan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ferrigno, Maria", "Entry ID": "AWE3547", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ferrigno-maria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maria Ferrigno stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Niddrie at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Costa, Dorothy Merle", "Entry ID": "AWE3548", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/costa-dorothy-merle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Dorothy Costa stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Niddrie at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Purdue, Carolyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3549", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/purdue-carolyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Carolyn Purdue stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Northcote at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Petrou, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE3551", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/petrou-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann Petrou stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Pascoe Vale at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lehmann, Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE3552", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lehmann-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Frances Lehmann stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Polwarth at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992. She stood again unsuccessfully at the 1996 election, which was held on 30 March.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sharrock, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE3553", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sharrock-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Barbara Sharrock stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Portland at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davidson, Francesca", "Entry ID": "AWE3554", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davidson-francesca\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Francesca Davidson stood as a candidate for the Australian Greens Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Prahran at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Levey, Cynthia", "Entry ID": "AWE3555", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/levey-cynthia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cynthia Levey stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Prahran at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Celestin, Rose-Marie", "Entry ID": "AWE3556", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/celestin-rose-marie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rose-Marie Celestin stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Preston at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hunt, Hilary", "Entry ID": "AWE3557", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hunt-hilary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Hilary Hunt stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ripon at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992. She was a candidate again at the 1996 election, which was held on 30 March.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allgood, Gwenda", "Entry ID": "AWE3558", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allgood-gwenda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gwenda Allgood stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ripon at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Patrick, Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE3559", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/patrick-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Frances Patrick stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of South Barwon at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dawson, Karan", "Entry ID": "AWE3560", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dawson-karan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Karan Dawson stood as a candidate for the Geelong Community Alliance in the Legislative Assembly seat of South Barwon at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stevenson, Lorna", "Entry ID": "AWE3561", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stevenson-lorna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lorna Stevenson stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Springvale at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Martin, Marion", "Entry ID": "AWE3562", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martin-marion\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marion Martin stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Sunshine at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Alcock, Vera Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE3563", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alcock-vera-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Vera Alcock stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Swan Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992. She stood again unsuccessfully at the 1996 election, which was held on 30 March.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cuni, Marianne", "Entry ID": "AWE3564", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cuni-marianne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marianne Cuni stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Thomastown at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kozanoglu, Riza", "Entry ID": "AWE3565", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kozanoglu-riza\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Riza Kozanoglu stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Thomastown at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hildebrandt, Cheryl", "Entry ID": "AWE3566", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hildebrandt-cheryl\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Cheryl Hildebrandt stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Tullamarine at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Burgess, Veronica", "Entry ID": "AWE3567", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/burgess-veronica\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Veronica Burgess stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Tullamarine at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Canterbury, Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE3568", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/canterbury-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anne Canterbury stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Werribee at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Nihill, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE3569", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nihill-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Julie Nihill stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Yan Yean at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cichello, Eleonora", "Entry ID": "AWE3570", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cichello-eleonora\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Eleonora Cichello stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Yan Yean at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maurus, Rosemary", "Entry ID": "AWE3571", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maurus-rosemary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rosemary Maurus stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Central Highlands at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kaylock, Janet", "Entry ID": "AWE3572", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kaylock-janet\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Janet Kaylock stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Central Highlands at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "O'Dwyer, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE3573", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/odwyer-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judith O'Dwyer stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council Province of Chelsea at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brook, Gloria", "Entry ID": "AWE3574", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brook-gloria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gloria Brook stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council province of Doutta Galla at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992 and again at the one held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reed, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3575", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reed-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Reed stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of East Yarra at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barker, Rosemary", "Entry ID": "AWE3576", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barker-rosemary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rosemary Barker stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of East Yarra at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Alen, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE3577", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alen-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jan Alen stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Geelong at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stone, Judith", "Entry ID": "AWE3578", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stone-judith\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judith Stone stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Gippsland at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "de Rozario, Gail", "Entry ID": "AWE3579", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/de-rozario-gail\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gail de Rozario stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Gippsland at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ellis, Sharon", "Entry ID": "AWE3580", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ellis-sharon\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Local government councillor, Mayor, Political candidate", "Summary": "Sharon Ellis stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Koonung at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992. She was subsequently elected to the Whitehorse Council in 2003 and was its mayor from 2005-06.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Collis, Alice", "Entry ID": "AWE3581", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collis-alice\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alice Collis stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council Province of Melbourne North at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vejby, Trish", "Entry ID": "AWE3582", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vejby-trish\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Trish Vejby stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council Province of Melbourne West at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992. She was a candidate again at the 1996 election, in the Legislative Assembly seat of Werribee.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "MacGibbon, Pauline", "Entry ID": "AWE3583", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macgibbon-pauline\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pauline MacGibbon stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of North Eastern at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cox, Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE3584", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cox-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ann Cox stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council Province of North Western at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCarthy, Valda", "Entry ID": "AWE3585", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccarthy-valda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Valda McCarthy stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Templestowe at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Billing, Liz", "Entry ID": "AWE3586", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/billing-liz\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Liz Billing stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Council Province of Waverley at the Victorian state election, which was held on 3 October 1992.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dodd, Christine", "Entry ID": "AWE3587", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dodd-christine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Dodd stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Western Province at two Victorian state elections, which were held on 3 October 1992 and 30 March 1996 respectively.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Thompson, Teresa", "Entry ID": "AWE3588", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/thompson-teresa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Teresa Thompson stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Altona at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mason, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3589", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mason-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyn Mason stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ballarat West at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rickard, Jodie Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE3590", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rickard-jodie-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jodie Rickard stood as a candidate for the Call to Australia Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Springvale at the Victorian state election which was held on 1 October 1988. She stood again at the 1996 election for the seat of Ballarat West.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lawrence, Maggie", "Entry ID": "AWE3591", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lawrence-maggie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Maggie Lawrence stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bayswater at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lewis, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE3592", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lewis-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Barbara Lewis stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bayswater at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johnson, Roslyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3593", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnson-roslyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Roslyn Johnson stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Benambra at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Griffith, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE3594", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/griffith-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susan Griffith stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bendigo East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Flynn, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE3595", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flynn-julie-2\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Julie Flynn stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bendigo East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Karen", "Entry ID": "AWE3596", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-karen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Karen Brown stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bendigo West at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lyon, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE3597", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lyon-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jean Lyon stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Berwick at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Susan", "Entry ID": "AWE3598", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-susan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Susan Brown stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bulleen at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Matthews, Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE3599", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/matthews-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Helen Matthews stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the legislative Assembly seat of Burwood at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brain, Bev", "Entry ID": "AWE3600", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brain-bev\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Bev Brain stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Carrum at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Arnold, Suzi", "Entry ID": "AWE3601", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/arnold-suzi\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Suzi Arnold stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Caulfield at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Blake-Lazarus, Eileen", "Entry ID": "AWE3602", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blake-lazarus-eileen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Eileen Blake-Lazarus stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Clayton at the Victorian state election, which was held om 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mantell, Liz", "Entry ID": "AWE3603", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mantell-liz\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Liz Mantell stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dandenong at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kruzycki, Mary Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE3604", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kruzycki-mary-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Anne Kruzycki stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dandenong at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Green, Simone", "Entry ID": "AWE3605", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/green-simone\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Simone Green stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Essendon at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brodie, Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE3606", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brodie-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joan Brodie stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Essendon at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moore, Di", "Entry ID": "AWE3607", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moore-di\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Di Moore stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Evelyn at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shay, Deborah", "Entry ID": "AWE3608", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shay-deborah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Deborah Shay stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Forest Hill at t he Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vanderloo, Myrna", "Entry ID": "AWE3609", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vanderloo-myrna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Myrna Vanderloo stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Frankston East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Meehan, Marianne", "Entry ID": "AWE3610", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meehan-marianne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marianne Meehan stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Frankston East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Roder, Lynne", "Entry ID": "AWE3611", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/roder-lynne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lynne Roder stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Gippsland East at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pritchard, Pam", "Entry ID": "AWE3612", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pritchard-pam\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pam Pritchard stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Glen Waverley at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Henty, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE3613", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henty-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jenny Henty stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Hawthorn at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dewan, Gabrielle", "Entry ID": "AWE3614", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dewan-gabrielle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gabrielle Dewan stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Kew at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mandylas, Leah", "Entry ID": "AWE3615", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mandylas-leah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Leah Mandylas stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Knox at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Quin, Di", "Entry ID": "AWE3616", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/quin-di\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Di Quin stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Melbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clarke, Amara", "Entry ID": "AWE3617", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-amara\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Amara Clarke stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Melbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wood, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3618", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wood-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Wood stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Melton at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Paull, Robyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3619", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/paull-robyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Robyn Paull stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mildura at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Warren, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE3620", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/warren-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Julie Warren stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mitcham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brain, Jennifer", "Entry ID": "AWE3621", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brain-jennifer\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jennifer Brain stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Monbulk at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Edwards, Suzanne", "Entry ID": "AWE3622", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/edwards-suzanne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Suzanne Edwards stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mornington at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackson, Patricia", "Entry ID": "AWE3623", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-patricia\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Patricia Jackson stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Murray Valley at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "MacDonald, Michelle", "Entry ID": "AWE3624", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macdonald-michelle\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Michelle MacDonald stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Murray Valley at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barnes, Lisa", "Entry ID": "AWE3625", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barnes-lisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lisa Barnes stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Narracan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rust, Leah", "Entry ID": "AWE3626", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rust-leah\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Leah Rust stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Polwarth at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "White, Marguerite", "Entry ID": "AWE3627", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-marguerite\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marguerite White stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Portland at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allison, Jan", "Entry ID": "AWE3628", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allison-jan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jan Allison stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Prahran at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kepert, Nicky", "Entry ID": "AWE3629", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kepert-nicky\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Nicky Kepert stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Prahran at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Griffiths, Lynett", "Entry ID": "AWE3630", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/griffiths-lynett\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Lynett Griffiths stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Rodney at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Savage, Christine L.", "Entry ID": "AWE3631", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/savage-christine-l\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christine Savage stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Sandringham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Clarke, Frances", "Entry ID": "AWE3632", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/clarke-frances\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Frances Clarke stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Seymour at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hillenga, Miriam", "Entry ID": "AWE3633", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hillenga-miriam\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Miriam Hillenga stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Springvale at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "White, Dot", "Entry ID": "AWE3634", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/white-dot\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Dot White stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Tullamarine at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Caven, Terrie", "Entry ID": "AWE3635", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/caven-terrie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Terrie Caven stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Wantirna at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Joy, Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE3636", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/joy-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Louise Joy stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Warrandyte at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\nHer political career followed an important career in social work, locally and abroad.\n", "Details": "Daughter of medical missionaries, Louise Joy completed her tertiary education at the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor Arts (Honours) in History and a Diploma in Social Studies.\nAt the conclusion of her Social Work studies at the University of Melbourne, Louise did her final three months Social Work placement at the Mental Health Centre CMC Vellore, South India. Louise and her husband Stewart, took their four children to India, spending time at Vellore and other scenes of her childhood.\nIn her Social Work life Louise worked in hospitals and family support agencies in Melbourne and London. As a Social Worker from 1952-62 she worked with women who attempted suicide at the Alfred Hospital. After her marriage in the early 1960s she worked in Central London hospitals with single, pregnant women while her husband was based in the United Kingdom.\nShe served on the Doncaster and Templestowe Council from 1990-94 after a period of establishing community services in Warrandyte. During the 1990s she spent ten years working for the Caroline Chisholm Society Pregnancy and Family Support which assisted women and young families in the western suburbs of Melbourne.\nIn her community life Louise was a Local Government Councilor and started a range of groups in Warrandyte through a Coop. Louise has always been active in recruiting people for Vellore Dinners. She joined the committee Friends of Vellore Victoria in the late 1990s holding several positions including Secretary.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stray, Jenny", "Entry ID": "AWE3637", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stray-jenny\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jenny Stray stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Warrandyte at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kendi, Juliana", "Entry ID": "AWE3638", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kendi-juliana\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Juliana Kendi stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Warrandyte at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Horsham, Yasmin", "Entry ID": "AWE3639", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/horsham-yasmin\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Yasmin Horsham stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Williamstown at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jones, Barb", "Entry ID": "AWE3640", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jones-barb\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Barb Jones stood as the candidate for the Liberal party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Yan Yean at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Laffey, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE3641", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/laffey-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Catherine Laffey stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Ballarat at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rance, Myrna", "Entry ID": "AWE3642", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rance-myrna\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Myrna Rance stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Council Province of Ballarat at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schalken, Mechelina", "Entry ID": "AWE3643", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schalken-mechelina\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mechelina Schalken stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Chelsea at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Raynor, Kaylyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3644", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/raynor-kaylyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kaylyn Raynor stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Council Province of Chelsea at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allatt, Jody", "Entry ID": "AWE3645", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allatt-jody\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Jody Allatt stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council Province of Doutta Galla at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crea, Teresa", "Entry ID": "AWE3646", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crea-teresa\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Teresa Crea stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Eumemmerring at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barry, Diane", "Entry ID": "AWE3647", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barry-diane\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Diane Barry stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Council Province of Higinbotham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beattie, Julie", "Entry ID": "AWE3648", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beattie-julie\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Julie Beattie stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Council province of Melbourne North at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stamatopoulo, Panayiota", "Entry ID": "AWE3649", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stamatopoulo-panayiota\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Panayiota Stamatopoulo stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Council Province of Melbourne West at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dickens, Joan", "Entry ID": "AWE3650", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dickens-joan\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Joan Dickens stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Council Province of Monash at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Valente, Rachelle T.", "Entry ID": "AWE3651", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/valente-rachelle-t\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rachelle Valente stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of North Eastern at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cawthorn, Sue", "Entry ID": "AWE3652", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cawthorn-sue\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Sue Cawthorn stood as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the Legislative Council Province of Silvan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jackson, Kathy", "Entry ID": "AWE3653", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jackson-kathy\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kathy Jackson stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Silvan at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Carter, Angela", "Entry ID": "AWE3654", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carter-angela\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Angela Carter stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Council Province of Templestowe at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Garth, Heather", "Entry ID": "AWE3655", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/garth-heather\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Heather Garth stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Templestowe at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilson, Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE3656", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Elizabeth Wilson stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Western at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Abbott, Gertrude", "Entry ID": "AWE3657", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abbott-gertrude\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Strawberry Hills, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Matron, Social worker", "Summary": "Born in Sydney in 1846, Mary Jane O'Brien moved with her family to South Australia when she was two years old. In February 1868, taking the name Sister Ignatius of Jesus, she entered the Order of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, the Catholic order founded at Penola two years earlier by Mary MacKillop and Julian Tenison-Woods.\nCaught up in a scandal which enveloped the order, but in which she was subsequently proven to be blameless, Sister Ignatius left the order in July 1872, only four months after she had taken final vows, and returned to Sydney. There she became known as Mrs Gertrude or 'Mother' Abbott.\nShe leased a house in the Sydney suburb of Surrey Hills and gathered about her a group of pious women. They lived by dressmaking and adopted the rule of contemplative congregation, hoping that the Roman Catholic Church would give the group the status of a religious order. After Tenison-Woods's death in her care in 1889, she inherited his estate of \u00a3609.\nIt is reputed that in 1893 Mrs Abbott took in and cared for a pregnant girl brought to her by a policeman, an event that led to her establishing the St Margaret's Maternity Home at 561 Elizabeth Street, in the area known as Strawberry Hills. She ran what would become St Margaret's Hospital for Women, the third largest obstetric hospital in Sydney, for the next forty years.\nUpon her death in 1934, she passed the Hospital into the hands of the Sisters of St Joseph.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/abbott-gertrude-1846-1934\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/st-margarets-hospital-darlinghurst-n-s-w-records-1894-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-gertrude-abbott-social-worker-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Allan, Stella", "Entry ID": "AWE3658", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allan-stella\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kaiapoi, South Island, New Zealand", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Community advocate, Journalist, Print journalist, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "Born and educated in New Zealand, Stella Allan came to Australia in 1903 when her husband was invited to join the staff of the Melbourne Argus. An intelligent, well spoken woman with a keen interest in women's affairs, she was a very important figure in the establishment and management of a number of women's organisations.\nIn 1907 the Argus commissioned her to write a series of articles on the first Australian Women's Work Exhibition held in October. They aroused much interest and next year the Argus invited her to join its full-time staff and begin a weekly section on the particular interests of women. She adopted the nom de plume 'Vesta' and called the column 'Women to Women'. Her work was unique in an Australian daily paper at that time. Her pages extended to cover every aspect of women's affairs, children's interests and community welfare, and 'Vesta' became a household word for authoritative information and advice on such matters. In 1910 she was one of three women foundation members of the Australian Journalists' Association.\n", "Details": "After arriving In Melbourne the Allans soon joined a large group of stimulating intellectuals. Alfred Deakin and his wife Pattie were close friends and the two women had a mutual interest in social welfare and women's affairs. Stella Allan continued writing for newspapers and joined the Women Writers' Club, succeeding Ada Cambridge as president. In 1912 she was a foundation member and later president of the Lyceum Club.\nShe was an original committee-member of the Victorian Association of Cr\u00e8ches and of the Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria, and had much to do with the early days of the Victorian Bush Nursing Association, the Baby Health Centres Association and the Queen Victoria Hospital. She was a member of the National Council of Women, first in New Zealand and then in Melbourne, and of the Country Women's Association from its inception.\nA meeting held in the Melbourne Town Hall in 1938 by representatives of all the main Victorian women's organizations paid special tribute to her work and influence.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1890 - 1940)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/allan-stella-may-1871-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-stella-may-allan-1907-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Anderson, Alice Elizabeth Foley", "Entry ID": "AWE3659", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anderson-alice-elizabeth-foley\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "Alice Anderson established the all-female business, Miss Anderson's Motor Service, in Kew in 1918. The garage offered driving tuition, mechanical check-ups, hire cars, motor tours and chauffeuring.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anderson-alice-elizabeth-foley-1897-1926\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-spanner-in-the-works-the-extraordinary-story-of-alice-anderson-and-australias-first-all-girl-garage-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/derham-frances-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bage-family-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Anderson, Maybanke Susannah", "Entry ID": "AWE3660", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anderson-maybanke-susannah\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kingston-on-Thames, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "St Germain-en-Laye Paris, France", "Occupations": "Activist, Feminist, Journalist", "Summary": "Author and committee member Maybanke Anderson was a vociferous advocate for women. She founded and edited the fortnightly paper, Woman's Voice.\n", "Details": "Maybanke Susannah Selfe, as she was born, married Edmund Kay Wolstenholme in 1867. They lived in Balmain, then Marrickville, before Wolstenholme deserted his wife in 1884. Maybanke established her own school, Maybanke College, and built up a solid reputation based upon the success of her pupils. She formally divorced Wolstenholme in 1892.\nFrom 1891, Maybanke Wolstenholme was a foundation vice-president of the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales, becoming president in 1893. She was also a member of the Women's Literary Society. From 1894 she began publishing and editing her own fortnightly paper, Woman's Voice. She was connected with both the Playgrounds Association and the Kindergarten Union of New South Wales.\nIn March 1899, Maybanke Wolstenholme married (Sir) Francis Anderson, professor of philosophy at the University of Sydney. She became active in the National Council of Women of New South Wales, and heavily involved with the activities of the University Women's Society.\nMaybanke Anderson published Mother Lore in 1919, a handbook on the education of young children. The following year she wrote a chapter on the position of women for M. Atkinson's book, Australia: Economic and Political Studies. From her travels in Europe, accompanied by her husband, Maybanke sent a series of articles to the Sydney Morning Herald. She died in Paris, predeceased by four children, but survived by two sons from her first marriage.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/anderson-maybanke-susannah-1845-1927\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mother-lore\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maybanke-a-womans-voice-the-collected-work-of-maybanke-selfe-wolstenholme-anderson-1845-1927\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-root-of-the-matter-social-and-economic-aspects-of-the-sex-problem\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-economic-and-political-studies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womans-suffrage-1924-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ardill Brice, Kate Louisa", "Entry ID": "AWE3661", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ardill-brice-kate-louisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Chippendale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Gynaecologist", "Summary": "Kate Ardill (nee Brice) was the first woman in New South Wales to serve as chair of the St John's Ambulance Brigade. A graduate in medicine from the University of Sydney in 1913, she lectured for the association in 1913 and joined the St John Ambulance Brigade in 1920. She was later on the association's executive committee from 1938, was deputy chair in 1947-48 before serving as chair in 1950-55.\nAfter graduating in 1913, Kate did a year's residency at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital before being appointed honorary anaesthetist and out-patients' medical officer at South Sydney Women's Hospital. On the outbreak of World War I she sought in vain to enlist, proceeded to England and, under direction of the British Red Cross Society, went to a Belgian hospital, and afterwards with the British Army to Napbury, the Dover military hospital, and the Citadel hospital, Cairo.\nIn 1920 she resumed her hospital appointment, which continued until 1950, and set up a practice in gynaecology in Macquarie Street, providing a regular free clinic for servicemen's wives and children.\nAwarded an OBE in 1941, she was admitted to the Order of St John of Jerusalem as a serving sister in 1938, and then created dame of grace of the order in 1952. In Britain in 1952 she studied methods of treatment for atomic blast.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ardill-katie-louisa-1886-1955\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baker, Mary Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE3662", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baker-mary-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Berrico outstation, Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Bushranger", "Summary": "Mary Ann Baker was the daughter of Charlotte, an Aboriginal woman, and James Bugg, a convict shepherd. It was Baker who helped the notorious Captain Thunderbolt (Fred Ward) to escape imprisonment on Cockatoo Island, and who accompanied him in his outlaw life in northern New South Wales.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barney, Elise", "Entry ID": "AWE3663", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barney-elise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lisbon, Portugal", "Death Place": "Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Postmistress", "Summary": "Elise Barney was appointed to the position of postmistress at Brisbane, following the death of her husband Leiut. John Edward Barney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barney-elise-1811-1883\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Baynton, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE3664", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baynton-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Scone, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Writer", "Summary": "Barbara Baynton was one of the first Australian short story writers to receive literary recognition abroad. She drew inspiration from her early existence in the harsh Australian bush.\nBaynton published Bush Studies in 1902; Human Toll in 1907; and Cobbers in 1917.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/baynton-barbara-jane-1857-1929\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-barbara-baynton-1907-1973-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bear-Crawford, Annette Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE3665", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bear-crawford-annette-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "London, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Feminist", "Summary": "Annette Bear-Crawford was born in Collingwood, Melbourne but trained in social work in England. There she became involved in the women's movement and the National Vigilance Committee. She returned to Melbourne in 1890 and became a leading figure in the women's movement in Australia, joining the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and forming the Victorian Women's Suffrage League.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2008 - 2008)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bear-bear-crawford-annette-ellen-1853-1899\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beeby, Doris Isabel", "Entry ID": "AWE3666", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beeby-doris-isabel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Union organiser", "Summary": "Doris Beeby joined the Australian Communist Party and worked as an organiser for the Sheetmetal Workers' Union in the 1940s. She wrote for the Tribune and the Australian Women's Digest.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beeby-sir-george-stephenson-1869-1942\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Benjamin, Sophia (Zoe)", "Entry ID": "AWE3667", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/benjamin-sophia-zoe\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Hunters Hill Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Kindergarten teacher", "Summary": "Zoe Benjamin was a kindergarten teacher who founded and edited Australian Kindergarten Magazine. She was a lecturer at the Kindergarten Training College and gave broadcasts on the ABC's Kindergarten of the Air. Benjamin's publications included Education for Parenthood (1944), Talks to Parents (1947) and The Schoolchild and His Parents (1950).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/benjamin-sophia-zoe-1882-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Birdseye, Sylvia Jessie Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE3668", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/birdseye-sylvia-jessie-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Augusta, South Australia", "Occupations": "Bus driver", "Summary": "Sylvia ran a bus service with her husband Sydney Birdseye from the early 1920s. Buses ran from Adelaide to Mannum, and by the 1930s were running to Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Streaky Bay and Ceduna.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/birdseye-sylvia-jessie-catherine-1912-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Black, Dorothea (Dorrit) Foster", "Entry ID": "AWE3669", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/black-dorothea-dorrit-foster\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Burnside, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist", "Summary": "Dorrit Black held her first solo exhibition in 1930 at the Macquarie Galleries in Sydney. She established the Modern Art Centre to promote and teach modernism, and in 1944 founded Group 9 as a forum for modernist artists.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/black-dorothea-foster-dorrit-1891-1951\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Bourne, Eleanor Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE3670", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bourne-eleanor-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Manly, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Doctor", "Summary": "Dr Eleanor Bourne was appointed first medical officer in the Department of Public Instruction in 1911. Her research on hookworm disease was used in the Rockefeller-financed hookworm survey of northern Queensland. During wartime, Dr Bourne served as a lieutenant of the Royal Army Medical Corps in London. She became medical officer to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bourne-eleanor-elizabeth-1878-1957\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cameron, Marcella Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3671", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cameron-marcella-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Warwick, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "factory manager", "Summary": "Marcella Cameron worked as secretary for Enoggera and Virginia Brick and Pipe Company in Brisbane before being transferred to Virginia, 13km from the city, to oversee the company's brick and pipe works. The works flourished under her management, and in the 1920s she secured a City Council contract for 10,000 pounds worth of pipes for the sewerage of Brisbane. Cameron was able to devise a scheme to protect the jobs of Virginia Pipe Works employees during the depression, earning her legendary status in the local community.\nThis is a summary of an article written by Lenore Coltheart in\u00a0200 Australian Women, edited by Heather Radi, Redress Press, 1988.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Campbell, Persia Gwendolen Crawford", "Entry ID": "AWE3672", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/campbell-persia-gwendolen-crawford\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Nerrigundah, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Flushing, New York, United States of America", "Occupations": "Academic, Economist", "Summary": "In 1930, Persia Campbell was awarded a Rockefeller fellowship to Harvard University to study the effects of American agricultural policy on rural standards of living. She published American Agricultural Policy in 1933. She took American citizenship in 1936. In 1940, Campbell joined the Economics Department at the City of New York University, and became professor of economics. She was leader of the American delegation to the Pan-Pacific Conference in Canberra in 1961, and in this capacity, assisted in the successful establishment of an Australian Consumers' Association.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/campbell-persia-gwendoline-crawford-1898-1974\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cashman, Ellen Imelda (Mel)", "Entry ID": "AWE3673", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cashman-ellen-imelda-mel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Gladesville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Union organiser", "Summary": "Mel Cashman joined the Women and Girls' Printing Trades Union at the cost of her job, but became union president in 1914. In 1917 the union amalgamated with the men's union to become the Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia. Cashman was organising secretary of the Women and Girls' Section. Cashman resigned from the union in 1940 and became a Commonwealth arbitration inspector.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cashman-ellen-imelda-mel-1891-1983\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Catchpole, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3674", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/catchpole-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Suffolk, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Convict, Midwife, Nurse", "Summary": "Margaret Catchpole was sentenced to transport for life, and arrived in Sydney in December 1801. She worked as a cook in the house of the commissary, John Palmer, and later as a midwife and nurse. She was granted an absolute pardon in 1814.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/catchpole-margaret-1762-1819\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-margaret-catchpole-1797-1917-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-t-a-brinkley-1953-1971-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chauvel, Elsa", "Entry ID": "AWE3675", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chauvel-elsa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Collingwood, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Filmmaker", "Summary": "Elsa Chauvel collaborated with her filmmaker husband, Charles Chauvel, on a number of feature films including Uncivilized (1936), Forty Thousand Horsemen (1941), Sons of Matthew (1949), Jedda (1955) and Heritage (1935).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chauvel-elsa-1898-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Corbin, Laura Mary Louisa", "Entry ID": "AWE3677", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/corbin-laura-mary-louisa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide", "Occupations": "Childcare worker, Creche founder", "Summary": "Laura Corbin founded the non-denominational South Adelaide Creche or Day Nursery in 1887, to care for the children of women who had to work during the day. By the end of her life, Corbin had seen over 37,000 admissions to the creche. She had ten children of her own.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/corbin-laura-mary-louisa-1841-1916\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crespin, Irene", "Entry ID": "AWE3678", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crespin-irene\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Scientist", "Summary": "Irene Crespin was a micropalaeontologist. After graduating from the University of Melbourne in 1919, she worked for the Geological Survey of Victoria, describing macro and micro-fossils found in sediment on the Mornington Peninsula. In 1927 she was appointed assistant palaeontologist to Frederick Chapman in the Geological Branch of the Department of Home Affairs. In 1936 she succeeded him as Commonwealth palaeontologist at half his salary and was located in Canberra.\n", "Details": "During her career as Commonwealth palaentologist, Irene Crespin made many field trips within Australia to collect fossils and in 1939 travelled to Java and Sumatra to consult with micro-palaentologists in the government service and industry regarding the problems of Tertiary correlation in the Indo-Pacific region. In 1951 she visited the USA where she had been invited to address the American Association of Petroleum Geologists .\nIn Canberra she was secretary and president of the Royal Society of Canberra; secretary from 1952 of the Territories Division of the Geological Society of Australia and chairman in 1955. She was a charter member of Soroptimist International of Canberra in 1957. She had to retire at age 65, but continued to work on a contract basis.\nShe received many honours including the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1956; a DSc from the University of Melbourne in 1960, honorary membership of ANZAAS 1976 and OBE 1969. The Bureau of Mineral Resources Bulletin no 192 - 'The Crespin Volume' - was published in her honour. She died on 2 January 1980.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crespin-irene-1896-1981\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memoirs-of-a-micro-palaeontologist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ramblings-of-a-micropalaeontologist\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dark, Eleanor", "Entry ID": "AWE3679", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dark-eleanor\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Novelist", "Summary": "Eleanor Dark wrote for the Australian Women's Mirror and the Bulletin under the pseudonym of 'P.O'R': Pixie O'Reilly or Patricia O'Rane. Under her married name, she published Slow Dawning (1932), Prelude to Christopher (1934), Return to Coolami (1936), Sun Across the Sky (1937), Waterway (1938), The Timeless Land (1941), The Little Company (1945), Storm of Time (1948) and No Barrier (1953).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eleanor-dark-retrospective\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-barrier\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lantana-lane\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-little-company\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/prelude-to-christopher\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/return-to-coolami\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/slow-dawning\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/storm-of-time\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sun-across-the-sky\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-timeless-land\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waterway\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dark-eleanor-1901-1985-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-eleanor-dark-1910-1974-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-hazel-de-berg-1959-1963-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-pamphlets-containing-souvenir-concert-programmes-and-australian-biographies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eleanor-dark-papers-1849-1980\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davy, Ruby", "Entry ID": "AWE3680", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davy-ruby\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Salisbury, South Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Composer", "Summary": "Ruby Davy was the first Australian woman to receive a doctorate in music and to become a fellow of Trinity College of Music, London. Among her many compositions was Australia, Fair and Free, performed in Melbourne and Adelaide in 1934. With Issy Spivakovsky, she established the Davy Conservatorium of Music in her home at South Yarra.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davy-ruby-claudia-emily-1883-1949\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dawbin, Annie Maria Baxter", "Entry ID": "AWE3681", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dawbin-annie-maria-baxter\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Exeter, Devonshire, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Diarist", "Summary": "The journal of Annie Dawbin opens in September 1834 when its author, then a 17-year-old bride, is voyaging to Australia with her new husband, Lieutenant Andrew Baxter. Over the course of her life - during which she had two marriages; worked on the land; voyaged to and from Australia several times; and raised her brother's children after the death of his wife - Dawbin filled no less than 32 journals. Her complete diaries were edited by Lucy Frost and published in 1997.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-place-for-a-nervous-lady\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memories-of-the-past-by-a-lady-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/memories-of-tasmania-and-of-the-macleay-river-and-new-england-districts-of-new-south-wales-and-of-port-fairy-in-the-western-district-of-port-phillip-1834-1848\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-face-in-the-glass-the-journal-and-life-of-annie-baxter-dawbin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-journal-of-annie-baxter-dawbin-july-1858-may-1868\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dawbin-annie-maria-1816-1915\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "de Lissa, Lillian Daphne", "Entry ID": "AWE3682", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/de-lissa-lillian-daphne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Educator", "Summary": "Lillian de Lissa was the director of the first Adelaide free kindergarten in Franklin Street. In 1917 she became foundation principal of Gipsy Hill College in Surrey. She was also a founder of the Nursery School Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/de-lissa-lillian-daphne-1885-1967\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dugdale, Henrietta Augusta", "Entry ID": "AWE3683", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dugdale-henrietta-augusta\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, Middlesex, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist", "Summary": "Henrietta Dugdale was a pioneer of the women's movement and a firm believer in equality of the sexes. She was a member of the Eclectic Society and the Australasian Secular Association, and president of the first Victorian Women's Suffrage Society. Her booklet, A Few Hours in a Far Off Age, was published in 1883 and dedicated to George Higinbotham.\nAfter the death of her first husband, Henrietta married William Dugdale and had three children. Her third marriage was to Frederick Johnson, about 1905.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-few-hours-in-a-far-off-age\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rebels-and-radicals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/they-are-but-women-the-road-to-female-suffrage-in-victoria\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dugdale-henrietta-augusta-harriet-1826-1918\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Dunlop, Eliza Hamilton", "Entry ID": "AWE3684", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dunlop-eliza-hamilton\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "County Armagh, Ireland", "Death Place": "Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Ethnographer", "Summary": "Eliza Dunlop arrived in Sydney with her family in 1838. She studied local Aboriginal language and song, and published poetry in The Australian, the Maitland Mercury and the Sydney Gazette. Dunlop's play, The Cousins of Aledo, is held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dunlop-eliza-hamilton-1796-1880\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-aboriginal-mother-and-other-poems\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/milson-family-newscuttings-and-other-miscellaneous-material-1880-1955\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/isaac-nathan-sheet-music-published-in-sydney-1842-1862\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Evans, Henrietta Matilda Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE3685", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/evans-henrietta-matilda-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Peckham Park, Surrey, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia", "Occupations": "Novelist, Teacher, Writer", "Summary": "Matilda Evans arrived in Adelaide with her family in 1851. Her first novel, Marian, or the Light of Someone's Home was completed in 1861 while Evans was working as a governess near Mt Barker. After the death of her husband, Ephraim Evans, she opened a school at Angaston and resumed writing novels. Her works, which always had religious and temperance themes, included Vermont Vale: or Home Pictures in Australia (1866), Emily's Choice: An Australian Tale (1867), Minnie's Mission: an Australian Temperance Tale (1869) and Golden Gifts (1869). Evans opened Angaston House in North Adelaide in 1868. A collected edition of her fourteen novels was republished several times.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/all-her-labours-third-women-and-labour-conference-adelaide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vermont-vale-or-home-pictures-in-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beatrice-meltons-discipline\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/emilys-choice-an-australian-tale\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/golden-gifts-an-australian-tale\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/halls-vineyard\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/into-the-light\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johns-wife\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/little-mercy-or-for-better-for-worse\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/marian-or-the-light-of-someones-home\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/minnies-mission-an-australian-temperance-tale\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/no-longer-a-child\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/silken-cords-and-iron-fetters-an-australian-tale\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/south-australian-christmas-annual-1881-containing-tales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/evans-matilda-jane-1827-1886\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Farrar, Phoebe", "Entry ID": "AWE3686", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/farrar-phoebe\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Yass, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Darwin, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Occupations": "Stockwoman", "Summary": "As a young woman, Phoebe worked with the Farrar family on various properties across New South Wales, Queensland, and the Northern Territory. She married Bob Farrar, and lived with him and their children at 'Nutwood Downs' in the Northern Territory. There she worked as a stockwoman, breaking horses and mustering cattle in the wild country. She continued working and riding until she was hospitalised at the age of 86.\nThis is a summary of an article written by Lenore Coltheart in\u00a0200 Australian Women, edited by Heather Radi, Redress Press, 1988\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/farrar-phoebe-elizabeth-1868-1960\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fewings, Eliza Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE3687", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fewings-eliza-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Headmistress, Teacher", "Summary": "Eliza Fewings was appointed Headmistress of the Brisbane Girls' Grammar School in 1896. Her dismissal from the position in 1899 after accusations of incompetence by the second mistress, Maud Sellers, led to a great deal of public protest. Fewings opened her own school, the Brisbane State High School for Girls (Somerville House), in October 1899. By 1903 it was the largest girls' school in Queensland.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/history-of-somerville-house-the-brisbane-high-school-for-girls-1899-1949\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fewings-eliza-ann-1857-1941\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Flynn, Julia Teresa", "Entry ID": "AWE3688", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flynn-julia-teresa\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "School inspector", "Summary": "A graduate of the University of Melbourne with a reputation as an outstanding mathematics teacher, Julia Flynn was appointed inspector of secondary schools in 1914. She became a senior inspector in the Victorian Department of Education in 1924, and in 1937 was appointed chief inspector of schools. Flynn was a devoted Catholic and a feminist reformer.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flynn-julia-teresa-1878-1947\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Forlong, Eliza", "Entry ID": "AWE3689", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forlong-eliza\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Scotland", "Death Place": "Euroa, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Farmer, Pastoralist", "Summary": "After searching out the best merino flocks in Germany, Eliza Forlong travelled with her husband and two sons to Launceston, arriving in 1831. Eliza managed their property, 'Kenilworth', while her husband maintained business interests in a nearby flour mill and sheep run. After the death of her husband, Eliza moved to Port Phillip and lived with her son William at his station, Seven Creeks, in Euroa.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fullerton, Mary Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE3690", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fullerton-mary-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Glenmaggie, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Sussex, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Author, Feminist, Novelist, Poet", "Summary": "Mary Fullerton was involved with the Victorian Socialist Party and Women's Political Association, and was active in the suffrage movement in Australia. She wrote stories and poems for newspapers, sometimes using the pseudonyms of Alpenstock and Austeal. In 1922 she moved to England, where she developed a strong friendship with the author Miles Franklin. Over the course of her life, Fullerton published several novels and volumes of poetry. Her novel Two Women (written under a pseudonym) won a prize when it was published in 1923. Her childhood memoir, Bark House Days, was published in 1921, and reprinted twice.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bark-house-days\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/passionate-friends-mary-fullerton-mabel-singleton-and-miles-franklin\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-juno-of-the-bush\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-people-of-the-timber-belt\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moods-and-melodies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-breaking-furrow\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-australian-bush\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moles-do-so-little-with-their-privacy\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-wonder-and-the-apple\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rufus-sterne-a-novel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-and-literary-papers-1887-1954-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-mary-e-fullerton-1920-1946-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-e-fullerton-papers-ca-1880-ca-1946\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gallagher, Kitty", "Entry ID": "AWE3691", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gallagher-kitty\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ireland", "Death Place": "Bundarra, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Drover, Farmer", "Summary": "Kitty Gallagher was transported to Australia with her husband Frank following their involvement in the 1798 Wexford Rebellion. They ran a small cattle run near Scone in the Hunter Valley. After Frank's death, Kitty worked for Henry Dangar as a drover, moving cattle between the Hunter Valley and his Myall Creek property. Gallagher dressed in men's work clothes, drove bullock teams, and hoed, reaped and ploughed fields. She is remembered by Gallagher Mountain, near Scone, and Kitty Gallagher's Swamp in the Bundarra district of New South Wales.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-wallabadah-manuscript-the-early-history-of-the-northern-districts-of-new-south-wales-recollections-of-the-early-days\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gibbs, Cecilia May", "Entry ID": "AWE3692", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibbs-cecilia-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydenham, Kent, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Illustrator", "Summary": "May Gibbs emigrated with her family to South Australia in 1881. She studied art in London, but returned to live in Perth, where she worked for the Western Mail. She moved to Sydney in 1913. Gibbs became known for her witty illustrations and her work was in demand. The first in her famous bush babies series, Gumnut Babies, was published in 1916. Snugglepot and Cuddlepie followed in 1918. Her cartoon strip, 'Bib and Bub', appeared in the Sydney Sunday News from 1925, while a second strip, 'Tiggy Touchwood', was published in the Sunday Sun under the pseudonym of Stan Cottman. May Gibbs was appointed MBE in 1955.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibbs-cecilia-may-1877-1969\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/may-gibbs-mother-of-the-gumnuts\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-interview-with-may-gibbs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-may-gibbs-collection\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/about-us-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alphabet-book\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bib-and-bub-in-gumnut-town\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bib-and-bub-their-adventures\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/boronia-babies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gumnut-babies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chucklebud-and-wunkydoo\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-adventures-of-snugglepot-and-cuddlepie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flannel-flowers-and-other-bush-babies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-further-adventures-of-bib-and-bub\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gum-blossom-babies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/little-obelia-and-further-adventures-of-ragged-blossom-snugglepot-cuddlepie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-magic-of-may-gibbs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/more-funny-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mr-and-mrs-bear-and-friends\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nuttybub-and-nittersing\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/prince-dande-lion-a-garden-whim-wham\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/scotty-in-gumnut-land\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wattle-babies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Goodisson, Lillie", "Entry ID": "AWE3693", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/goodisson-lillie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Holyhead, Wales", "Death Place": "Cremorne Point Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Campaigner, Nurse", "Summary": "Lillie Goodisson established the Myrnong Private Hospital in St Kilda in the 1890s. In 1926 she founded the Racial Hygiene Association of New South Wales (later Family Planning Association) to promote sex education and to eradicate venereal disease. The Association opened a free clinic in Sydney in 1933. A friend of Ivy Brookes, Mrs Goodisson was an executive member of the National Council of Women.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Guthrie, Bessie Jean Thompson", "Entry ID": "AWE3694", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guthrie-bessie-jean-thompson\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Designer, Feminist, Publisher", "Summary": "In 1939, Bessie Guthrie established Viking Press, publishing anti-war material and poetry, mainly by women. She completed the artwork and block designs herself. During wartime, she worked as a publicity officer for the YWCA, overseeing press and radio news reports. Guthrie became a champion for young women in need. She joined the Women's Liberation movement from 1970, and became a founder of Elsie Women's Refuge. She was a committed feminist for the whole of her life.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/guthrie-bessie-jean-thompson-1915-1977\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/creating-a-space-the-life-of-bessie-guthrie\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/elsie-womens-refuge-records-ca-1974-2014\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hackett, Deborah Vernon", "Entry ID": "AWE3695", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hackett-deborah-vernon\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Guildford, Western Australia", "Death Place": "Perth, Western Australia", "Occupations": "Charity worker, Entrepreneur", "Summary": "Deborah Hackett was the wife of Sir John Hackett, and, after his death, she married Sir Frank Moulden. It was Lady Hackett-Moulden who called a meeting in May 1920 to oversee the reestablishment of the South Australian Council of Women. She was also State Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association.\nIn 1923, Lady Moulden (as she became after her second husband was knighted) joined F.W. Young to form a syndicate to mine tantalite at Wodgina. She became Chairman of Directors of Tantalite Ltd in 1931. She also held interests in wolfram and beryl mines in the Northern Territory, and a partnership in the Minilya Pastoral Company. The University of Western Australia conferred an honorary LLD on Lady Moulden in 1932. In 1936 she married Justice Basil Buller Murphy.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hackett-deborah-vernon-1887-1965\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-attempt-to-eat-the-moon-and-other-stories-recounted-from-the-aborigines\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-australian-household-guide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hackett-patricia-1918-1963\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Halley, Ida Gertrude Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3696", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/halley-ida-gertrude-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Maylands, South Australia", "Occupations": "Doctor, Founder", "Summary": "Gertrude Halley was a founder and treasurer of the Queen Victoria Hospital for Women. An eye and ear specialist, she was an honorary surgeon at the hospital. In 1913 she established the medical branch of the Education Department in South Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/halley-ida-gertrude-margaret-1867-1939\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/children-and-their-law-makers-a-social-historical-survey-of-the-growth-and-development-from-1836-to-1950-of-south-australian-laws-relating-to-children\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Harwood, Marian Fleming", "Entry ID": "AWE3697", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harwood-marian-fleming\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland", "Death Place": "Bellevue Hill Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Peace activist, Philanthropist, Teacher", "Summary": "Marian Harwood was a committed member of the New South Wales branch of the Peace Society, becoming vice-president in 1913. She founded the journal Pax in 1912, and established a library of peace literature. Harwood funded the Sydney office of the Peace Society and offered prizes to children in state secondary schools for essays on peace. She also gave money to several Sydney hospitals and children's homes. Marian Harwood had a strong interest in feminist organisations. She wrote several monographs on subjects that ranged from the life of Rose Scott, to the success or otherwise of international peace conferences, and to the study and performance of Shakespeare's plays.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/harwood-marian-fleming-1846-1934\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-growth-and-decline-of-a-liberal-anti-war-movement-in-australia-1905-1918\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/peace-conferences-at-home-and-abroad-with-some-general-news-about-the-peace-movement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-hope-of-europe-and-some-thoughts-which-it-awakened\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shakespeare-cult-in-germany-from-the-sixteenth-century-to-the-present-time\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reminiscences-of-the-late-miss-rose-scott-as-founder-president-and-life-long-friend-of-the-peace-society-new-south-wales-branch\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hassall, Eliza Marsden", "Entry ID": "AWE3698", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hassall-eliza-marsden\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Coogee, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Missionary", "Summary": "Eliza Hassall founded the first Australian Scripture Union in 1880. In 1892, she offered her home at Ashfield as a training home for women missionaries under the Church Missionary Society. The Marsden Training Home was officially opened in 1893 with Hassall as superintendent.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Helmrich, Dorothy Jane Adele", "Entry ID": "AWE3699", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helmrich-dorothy-jane-adele\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Arts administrator, Founder, Singer", "Summary": "Dorothy Helmrich founded the Australian Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) in 1943. CEMA became the Arts Council of Australia, and Helmrich served as president.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/on-wings-of-song-dorothy-helmrich-and-the-arts-council\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Henrys, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE3700", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henrys-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "County Sligo, Ireland", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Convict", "Summary": "Catherine Henrys was sentenced to transportation for life and arrived in Hobart on the Arab on 25 April 1836. In 1841 she broke free from assigned service and lived in the bush dressed as a man and working as a timber splitter. Upon re-conviction in 1848, she escaped from the female factory but was recaptured. She was granted a conditional pardon in 1850. Various of her exploits were outlined in The Launceston Examiner.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Holman, Mary (May) Alice", "Entry ID": "AWE3701", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/holman-mary-may-alice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Western Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Parliamentarian", "Summary": "May Holman was the first Labor Party woman parliamentarian in Australia. Representing the Legislative Assembly seat of Forrest, she was also the first Labor woman MP to serve more than ten years in parliament.\n", "Details": "May Holman was the eldest of nine children of John Barkell Holman, miner, and Katherine Mary Holman (nee Rowe). The family lived at Broken Hill, New South Wales, before moving to Cue in Western Australia. May was educated at the Sacred Heart Convent in Perth. On leaving school, she found employment at the Perth Trades Hall and the Westralian Worker. In 1914 she married Peter Joseph Gardiner, a Labor Party member for the State parliament, but the marriage could not withstand their varied professional commitments and ended in divorce in 1920.\nHolman's mother was an active member of Labor women's organisations in Perth. Her father was a Labor politician and member of the Timber Workers' Union. After his death in 1925, May Holman became secretary of the Union and won preselection for her father's seat, Forrest, where timber was the dominant industry. She was instrumental in formulating the Timber Industries Regulation Act in 1926. Holman retained her seat through four elections. She was president of the Labor Women's Central Executive from 1927; secretary of the Parliamentary Labor Party from 1933; and member of the royal commission into sanitation and slum clearance in Perth in 1938.\nMay Holman was involved in a car accident on 17 May 1939, the eve of the 1939 election. She died three days later on 20 May 1939. She was buried in Karrakatta cemetery.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miss-holmans-death\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-outstanding-women-of-broken-hill-and-district\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-on-various-australian-women-19-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/holman-family-papers-1893-1965-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/interview-with-sheila-moiler-nee-holman-sound-recording-interviewed-by-jennie-carter\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hutchinson, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3702", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hutchinson-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Prison matron", "Summary": "The daughter of missionaries Francis and Rebecca Oakes, Mary Hutchinson attempted to establish a Christian mission in Tonga with her husband John Hutchinson, but the pair were forced to retreat. In 1832, John Hutchinson was appointed superintendent of the Female House of Correction (the female factory), with his wife as matron. Of their twelve children, six died in infancy. John Hutchinson's recurring illness meant that Mary was often charged with running the institution. On her husband's retirement, she became matron-in-charge of the smaller 'factory' at Launceston. She retired in 1854.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hutchison-ruby-florence-1892-1974\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-hutchinson-and-the-female-factories-of-early-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jenkins, Jemima Matcham", "Entry ID": "AWE3703", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jenkins-jemima-matcham\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Belchalwell, Dorset, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Pastoralist, Property manager", "Summary": "Jemina Jenkins emigrated to New South Wales with her mother and siblings in 1801, following the death of her father. In 1810 she married Austin Forrest, but he was killed barely a year later after being thrown from a horse. Their daughter died in infancy. Jemima's second marriage was to Robert Jenkins in 1813. She bore two sons. In 1822, Robert Jenkins, too, died after falling from his horse.\nAs a widow of two marriages, Jemima Jenkins owned property at Richmond and Lake Illawarra, and she expanded her holdings from there. She acquired over 4,444 hectares of grazing land. By the 1828 census she had 9,075 acres with 2,000 cattle and 320 sheep. Jenkins also owned property in Sydney, and supervised a store in George Street selling wine and glassware. She later sold this to buy land near Campbelltown.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jenner, Dorothy Gordon (Andrea)", "Entry ID": "AWE3704", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jenner-dorothy-gordon-andrea\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Kings Cross, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Artistic director, Journalist, Scriptwriter, War Correspondent", "Summary": "Dorothy Gordon Jenner was an Australian actress, scriptwriter, newspaper columnist and controversial radio personality.\nBiographical accounts of the early acting career of Dorothy Gordon are laden with contradictions. Due to a lack surviving archival material, what we do know about Gordon comes from her own memoirs which are criticised for being inconsistent and exaggerated. It does appear, however, that she did have a career in film, in Australia and abroad, which finished sometime in 1927. She then turned her hand to journalism.\nAfter two unsuccessful marriages, Dorothy Jenner travelled to London in 1927, where she began a column for the Sydney Sun under the name of 'Andrea'. Hers was a gossip column, keeping Australian audiences updated on celebrity comings and goings in London and New York. After 1940, she toured south-east Asia as a war correspondent. She was captured by the Japanese in Hong Kong and spent nearly four years in Stanley prisoner of war camp. From 1951, Jenner was writing for the Mirror. She later switched to broadcasting, working for 2UE, and pioneering talk-back radio on 2GB.\n", "Details": "Gordon's acting career began in 1912 as a chorus girl in the Melbourne stage production of Girl in a Train.\nIn 1915 Gordon moved to America. In Hollywood she began work as a dressmaker in a costume department. In 1916, she began to appear as an extra in Famous Players-Lasky Corporation (later Paramount).\nIn her memoir Darlings I've had a Ball! (1975), Gordon claims to have appeared in at least two Valentino films: The Sheik (Melford, 1921) and Blood and Sand (Niblo 1922). Gordon recalled a close relationship with Valentino.\nGordon's memoir also claimed she worked regularly with Houdini and W.C. Fields. Gordon made uncredited appearances in Unseen Forces (Franklin, 1920) and Wise Fool (Melford, 1921).\nIn 1925, Gordon returned to Australia and was immediately cast as the lead in Raymond Longford's Hills of Hate (1926). There are no known surviving copies of this film.\nUpon completion of Hills of Hate , Australasian Films approached Gordon and asked her to collaborate with Raymond Longford's son, Victor, on the script for the film For the Term of His Natural Life (Dawn, 1927). After the director dismantled their script their names were removed from the credits. Gordon did however continue to work on the film as an artistic director through prop and location research.\nFor the Term of His Natural Life was Gordon's last film.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1920 - 1970)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/darlings-ive-had-a-ball\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jenner-dorothy-hetty-fosbury-andrea-1891-1985\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-film-1900-1977-a-guide-to-feature-film-production\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gordon-dorothy-interviewed-by-graham-shirley\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilfrid-thomas-interviews-russell-braddon-dorothy-gordon\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hills-of-hate-documentation\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Jollie-Smith, Christian Brynhild Ochiltree", "Entry ID": "AWE3705", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jollie-smith-christian-brynhild-ochiltree\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Barrister, Communist, Lawyer, social activist, Solicitor", "Summary": "Christian Brynhild Ochiltree Jollie-Smith studied law at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1911. She was admitted as a barrister and solicitor by the Supreme Court of Victoria on 1 October 1912. She practiced as a solicitor in Melbourne from 1914, was appointed professional assistant in the Crown Solicitor's Office, Melbourne.\nJollie-Smith was a foundation committee-member of the Communist Party of Australia. A socialist and member of the Communist Party, Jollie-Smith published the Australian Communist journal. Her own work, The Japanese Labour Movement, was published in 1919. After moving to Sydney, Jollie-Smith established her own successful legal practice. In 1924 she became the second woman admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales. Jollie-Smith mainly dealt with political and industrial cases, and championed the working class. She was often employed by trade unions, or by those engaged in anti-eviction disputes during the depression years. Jollie-Smith regularly contributed to the Communist publication, Workers' Weekly, and to Tribune.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-japanese-labor-movement\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jollie-smith-christian-1885-1963\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christian-jollie-smith-a-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kelly, Ethel Knight", "Entry ID": "AWE3706", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kelly-ethel-knight\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "St John, New Brunswick, Canada", "Death Place": "Darlinghurst Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Author", "Summary": "Ethel Kelly graced the stage at St John in Canada in 1893, to great acclaim. She was married young, but widowed shortly afterward, and used her maiden name in subsequent acting work in the United States. She arrived in Sydney in 1903, and, after touring with a production of Are You a Mason?, married metal merchant Thomas Herbert Kelly. An energetic woman, Ethel Kelly organised fancy-dress balls, acted in matinee productions to raise money for hospitals, wrote her own plays, took on work as a journalist for Smith's Weekly (she conducted the woman's page from 1922-23), and wrote two novels - Why the Sphinx Smiles (1925) and Zara (1927) - and a memoir, Twelve Milestones (1929).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kelly-ethel-knight-1875-1949\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/frivolous-peeps-at-india\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/twelve-milestones-being-the-peregrinations-of-ethel-knight-kelly\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kiddle, Margaret Loch", "Entry ID": "AWE3707", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kiddle-margaret-loch\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Yarra, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Historian", "Summary": "Margaret Kiddle graduated from the University of Melbourne with a BA (1937), a Diploma of Education (1938), and an MA (1947). She joined the History Department at the University as a tutor and lecturer during wartime, and remained there until her death in 1958.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kiddle-margaret-loch-1914-1958-7\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/caroline-chisholm\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/men-of-yesterday\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moonbeam-stairs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/west-of-sunset\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-not-after-1958-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-not-after-1969-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kiddle-margaret-loch-1914-1958\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kiddle-margaret-loch-1914-1958-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kiddle-margaret-loch-1914-1958-3\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kiddle-margaret-loch-1914-1958-4\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kiddle-margaret-loch-1914-1958-5\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kiddle-margaret-loch-1914-1958-6\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/margaret-kiddle-hunting-for-australian-historical-records-in-england-feb-nov-1952-compiled-in-jan-1953\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Kiek, Winifred", "Entry ID": "AWE3708", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kiek-winifred\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Minister", "Summary": "Winifred Kiek moved to Adelaide with her family in 1920. She became the first woman to graduate BD from Melbourne College of Divinity in 1923, and began lecturing at Parkin College from 1930. In 1927 she was ordained as a minister of the Congregational Church, making her the first woman to be ordained to the ministry of any church in Australia.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kiek-winifred-1884-1975\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/we-of-one-house\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-the-pulpit-christianity-stands-for-sex-equality\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/child-nature-and-child-nurture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cartoon-of-a-woman-preaching\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rev-winifred-kiek-summary-record\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Levvy, Mary Frances Debora", "Entry ID": "AWE3710", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/levvy-mary-frances-debora\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Penrith, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "New South Wales", "Occupations": "Founder, Humanitarian", "Summary": "With her sister Emma, Frances Levvy founded the first Australian Band of Mercy in 1874, in Sydney. The organisation was aimed at young people and promoted the protection of animals. By 1920 there were 131 bands and over 60,000 members. Frances Levvy was also the founder and honorary secretary of the Women's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Between 1887 and 1923 she edited the Band of Mercy and Humane Journal of New South Wales.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Litchfield, Jessie Sinclair", "Entry ID": "AWE3711", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/litchfield-jessie-sinclair\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Richmond Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist", "Summary": "Moving around parts of the Northern Territory while her husband worked in the diamond mines, Jessie Litchfield raised her family and worked as a journalist. She published Far North Memories in 1930. After the death of her husband, she worked as editor of the Northern Territory Times and Government Gazette. In 1955 she became the first woman in the Territory to be appointed a justice of the peace.\n", "Details": "It is said that a letter Jessie Litchfield wrote in 1909, which somehow ended up in John Flynn's hands, was instrumental to his involvement in the Australian Inland Mission. Had he not seen it, might well have become 'Flynn of Korea' rather than 'Flynn of the Inland' once he had completed his training to become a Presbyterian minister.\nLitchfield's letter pleaded for the Presbyterian Church to send a married, male Presbyterian missionary to the Northern Territory, so that he and his wife might start to 'civilise' it. Her greatest concern was the extent of informal and abusive interracial relationships that had been established between indigenous women and non-indigenous men, but she was also concerned about the impact of drink and drugs on public health. The place needed a missionary 'to teach the people right from wrong'.\nFlynn used the letter to encourage women he knew in Melbourne to support initiatives to help women in remote, inland regions. The initiatives were, of course, highly racialised.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/litchfield-jessie-sinclair-1883-1956\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/flynns-outback-angels-casting-the-mantle-1901-to-world-war-ii\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/jessie-litchfield-grand-old-lady-of-the-territory\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/far-north-memories-being-the-account-of-ten-years-spent-on-the-diamond-drills-and-of-things-that-happened-in-those-days\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ntrs-3169-copies-of-historical-notes-relating-to-the-northern-territory\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Long, Retta Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE3712", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/long-retta-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Missionary", "Summary": "Retta Long was resident missionary to the La Perouse Aboriginal Settlement before establishing the Aborigines Inland Mission of Australia. The mission was inter-denominational. Retta Long launched a monthly magazine for the mission, Our AIM. A number of AIM auxiliaries were set up around the country, and by the 1930s the mission claimed to be preaching to 11,000 Aborigines.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/providential-channels\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lord, Maria", "Entry ID": "AWE3713", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lord-maria\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England", "Death Place": "Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Convict", "Summary": "Maria Lord was sentenced to seven years transportation and arrived in Sydney in 1804. In October 1808 she married Edward Lord, an officer of the marines. While Edward built up extensive land holdings, Maria acted as his agent and ran his business ventures if he was abroad. She had sharp business sense, and extended the holdings of her husband and herself. Her control was said to extend over one third of the resources of Van Diemen's Land: an impressive monopoly, but one that brought ruin to other settlers with smaller holdings.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lord-maria-1781-1859\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lorimer, Enid", "Entry ID": "AWE3714", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lorimer-enid\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Australia", "Occupations": "Actor", "Summary": "Enid Lorimer joined Herbert Tree's theatre in London, but came to Australia in 1923 after the breakdown of her marriage, which did not survive the trauma of the Great War. In Sydney, she taught speech, diction and dramatics at the Garden School run by theosophists. She later returned to professional acting on radio. When television was introduced to Australia, her face became familiar to viewers nationwide as she appeared in a series of grandmotherly roles.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/enid-lorimer-career-overview\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lovely, Louise", "Entry ID": "AWE3715", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lovely-louise\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor", "Summary": "Daughter of the Swiss born Elise Lehmann, Louise Lovely began her stage career at the age of eight, playing Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Lyceum in Sydney. She subsequently appeared in many stage and screen productions. In 1912, Louise moved to Hollywood with her husband Wilton Welch and became a star, cast in at least 24 films for Universal Studios and nearly a dozen western films for Fox Studios. She returned to Australia in 1924.\n", "Details": "Louise Lovely was an Australian actress and film maker with a career in both Australia and the United States. Sadly, few of Lovely's films have survived.\nLovely's career began as an actress in stage melodramas and vaudeville in Australia and America. In 1915, she was signed to Universal Studios. In 1917, Universal established Louise Lovely Productions, however Lovely herself had no control over the productions. In March 1918, she left Universal over contract disputes and shortly after began work with Fox Studios.\nLovely starred in her final US film in 1921. She then returned to Australia.\nUpon her return to Australia, Lovely began production on her final film Jewelled Nights (Lovely and Welch, 1925). While the extent of her contribution to this production is not certain, sources indicate she not only acted, but co-wrote the script, directed scenes, edited the film, and assisted in the design and publicity of the film. The film was produced by her company Louise Lovely Productions. The film was financially unsuccessful and Lovely subsequently retired from the film industry.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-louise-lovely-actress-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lovely-louise-documentation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lovely-louise-interviewed-by-ross-cooper-oral-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/axford-maisie-interviewed-by-david-atfield-oral-history\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lovely-louise-interviewed-by-ina-bertrand-1978-oral-history\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Lyell, Lottie Edith", "Entry ID": "AWE3716", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lyell-lottie-edith\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Balmain, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Co-Director, Producer", "Summary": "Lottie Lyell (her stage name) embarked upon an acting career in 1907. She joined Edwin Geach's Popular Dramatic Organization and toured Australia and New Zealand. She was acting in films for Spencer's Pictures from 1911. Lyell played lead roles in films including The Fatal Wedding (1911), The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole (1911) and Australia Calls (1913). In 1919 she played Doreen in Raymond Longford's adaptation of C.J. Denis' The Sentimental Bloke. Lyell and Longford were romantically involved for fourteen years, but Longford was married and the relationship was not publicly acknowledged until near the end of Lyell's life. She died from tuberculosis in 1925.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lyell-lottie-edith-1891-1925\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Macarthur-Onslow, Eliza Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE3717", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macarthur-onslow-eliza-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Menangle, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Pastoralist, Property manager", "Summary": "On the death of her father in 1867, Elizabeth Macarthur-Onslow inherited a share of his property, 'Camden Park' in Menangle, New South Wales. She also inherited city properties and land at Taralga and Sutton Forest. Having studied developments in the dairy industry overseas, Macarthur-Onslow installed twelve dairies and a creamery at Camden Park. Later she added a piggery and experimented in sericulture. She was a member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and a great local patron. She died in 1911 during a visit to England.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/some-early-records-of-the-macarthurs-of-camden\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mackerras, Mabel Josephine (Jo)", "Entry ID": "AWE3718", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mackerras-mabel-josephine-jo\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Deception Bay, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Scientist", "Summary": "Jo Mackerras was an entomologist and parasitologist who began research into fly-borne diseases in cattle and fatal epizootics in fresh-water fish in 1918, with the help of a Walter and Eliza Hall Fellowship. With her husband Ian Mackerras, she joined CSIR's Division of Economic Entomology in Canberra in 1929. From 1943 she was at the Land Headquarters Medical Research Unit in Cairns, where she led pioneering research into malaria control. Post-war, Mackerras worked again at CSIR, this time at Yeerongpilly, as a parasitologist. The lungworm, A. Mackerrasae, was named after her, and she specialised in Australian cockroaches.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mackerras-mabel-josephine-jo-1896-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-insects-of-australia-a-textbook-for-students-and-research-workers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/experimental-studies-of-ephemeral-fever-in-australian-cattle\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sheep-blowfly-investigations-the-attractiveness-of-sheep-for-lucilia-cuprina\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mackerras-mabel-josephine-1896-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "MacKillop, Mary Helen", "Entry ID": "AWE3719", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mackillop-mary-helen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Religious Sister", "Summary": "Mary Mackillop was appointed head of the Penola Catholic School in 1866. In March of that year she was formally committed into the Institute of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. In 1871, almost half the members of the Institute were dismissed by Bishop Sheil, and Mackillop was excommunicated for alleged insubordination. The excommunication was lifted as early as February 1872, when she was reinstated as superior of the Institute. She was elected superior general under the new Roman Constitutions in 1875. Mackillop founded a teacher training centre for the Institute in Sydney in 1888, enabling it to become a leader in Catholic education.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mackillop-mary-helen-1842-1919\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-mackillop-1842-1909-slide\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-mackillop-a-woman-before-her-time\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-mackillop-an-extraordinary-australian-the-authorised-biography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-and-flora-correspondence-between-mary-mackillop-and-her-mother-flora-mcdonald-mackillop\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-mackillops-sisters-a-life-unveiled\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Macleay, Frances Leonora (Fanny)", "Entry ID": "AWE3720", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macleay-frances-leonora-fanny\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Charity worker", "Summary": "Fanny Macleay arrived in Sydney with her family in 1826. There she met Lady Darling, the Governor's wife, who called upon her to look after the charitable work that was being undertaken in Lady Darling's name. In this way, Fanny became treasurer and secretary of Sydney's Industrial School for Girls. She married Thomas Cudbert Harington in June 1836, less than two months before her death.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maclurcan, Hannah", "Entry ID": "AWE3721", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maclurcan-hannah\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tambaroora, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Hotelier", "Summary": "Hannah Maclurcan took over as licensee of the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, following the death of her second husband Donald Maclurcan. Under her management, the hotel became fashionable and thrived until the depression years. It began to turn a profit once again in 1936, the year of Hannah's own death. She was survived by her son, Charles Dansie Maclurcan, her three daughters, Gertrude Moore (nee Wigham), Jean Spencer Watts (nee Wigham) and Evelyn Postle (nee Maclurcan) and her third husband, Robert Lee. Charles Maclurcan's son was Donald Charles Boulton Maclurcan. His son was John Maclurcan.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maclurcan-hannah-1861-1936\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Martyn, Nellie (Nell) Constance", "Entry ID": "AWE3722", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/martyn-nellie-nell-constance\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Charlton, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Camberwell, Victoria", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "In 1923, following the death of her father James, Nell Martyn took over as managing director of the Steel Company of Australia. The company specialised in manganese and chrome steel, and employed over 100 workers. Martyn was a popular employer and a regular speaker at YWCA gatherings. When she died of cancer at the age of 39, over 1000 mourners attended her funeral.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mayo, Lilian Daphne", "Entry ID": "AWE3724", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mayo-lilian-daphne\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Sculptor", "Summary": "Daphne Mayo studied sculpture in Sydney and London before travelling through France and Italy as a Royal Academy travelling scholar. She returned to Brisbane in 1925 and carved the Brisbane City Hall tympanum (1927-30); the Queensland Women's War Memorial, Anzac Square (1929-32); and relief panels for the chapel at Mt Thompson Crematorium (1934). With Vida Lahey she founded the Queensland Art Fund. In 1960 she was appointed the Queensland Art Gallery's first woman trustee. Her last large commission was a statue of Sir William Glasgow (1961-64).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daphne-mayo-a-tribute-to-her-work-for-art-in-queensland\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daphne-mayo-sculptor\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/two-artists-queensland-daphne-mayo-and-vida-lahey-a-brief-look-at-their-lives-and-works\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daphne-mayo-australian-art-and-artists-file\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/public-library-of-new-south-wales-the-eastern-aboriginal-doors-sculpted-by-daphne-mayo\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/daphne-mayo-papers\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McLennan, Ethel Irene", "Entry ID": "AWE3725", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mclennan-ethel-irene\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Williamstown, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Academic, Botanist, Educator", "Summary": "Ethel McLennan was awarded her Doctor of Science degree in 1921 for a study of the endophytic fungus associated with the seed of the grass Lolium. She was awarded a fellowship by the International Federation of University Women in 1926, and became a central figure in the Botany Department at the University of Melbourne. She became associate professor in 1931, and enjoyed an excellent reputation nationwide as a leading plant pathologist and mycologist.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mclennan-ethel-irene-1891-1983\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Maxwell, May (Maisie)", "Entry ID": "AWE3726", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maxwell-may-maisie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Jolimont, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Trade unionist, Women's rights activist", "Summary": "May Maxwell began her professional life as an actor but switched to journalism in 1907 when she discovered that it was a more stable career option than the theatre.\n", "Details": "Starting her career at Table Talk where she earned ten shillings a week, in 1910 Maxwell moved to edit the Melbourne Herald's weekly page for women. At the end of 1921 (Sir) Keith Murdoch asked her to make the page a daily feature.\nMaxwell was an advocate for women's issues and her journalism was characterized by initiative, plain talking and impatience with silly social niceties. Although she covered the high-society round of balls, parties and royal tours, she insisted on writing her notes openly, and on being allowed to wear evening dress and to mingle with guests at Government House. She interviewed female prisoners, campaigned to have nurses' training cut by one year, and championed those women in public life who did more than go to parties. Throughout her twenty-four years with the Herald, she was closely associated with the National Council of Women.\nIn 1911, within four months of its foundation, Maxwell joined the Australian Journalists' Association as its second female member. She served (1925-27) on the A.J.A.'s Victorian committee and became an honorary life member (1960). In 1969 she was awarded the British Empire medal for her services to journalism. She retired from the Herald in May 1934, but continued to freelance for print and radio outlets until the day before she died in 1977.\n", "Events": "Joined the Australian Journalists' Association (1911 - 1911) \nMembership of the Victorian Committee of the Australian Journalists' Association (1925 - 1927) \nCareer in journalism active (1907 - 1934) \nAwarded life membership of Australian Journalists' Association (1960 - 1960) \nOBE (1969 - 1969)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maxwell-may-maisie-1876-1977\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "MacFarlan, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3727", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/macfarlan-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Gladstone, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Newspaper Proprietor", "Summary": "Margaret Macfarlan and her daughter, Carmel took over the running of the Gladstone (Queensland) Observer in 1947 when her husband (Carmel's father), Colin Macfarlan, died. Colin had built the newspaper into an organ that reportedly 'accomplished more for the advancement of the town than all the public bodies put together'. Margaret followed in the tradition established by her husband, a fact that was acknowledged when she was awarded an MBE for services to journalism and the community in 1970.\nThe papers was sold to News Limited in 1969.\n", "Events": "Active career in journalism (1948 - 1968) \nAwarded MBE for services to journalism and the community (1970 - 1970) \nCareer in journalism active (1947 - 1968) \nMBE for services to journalism (1970 - 1970)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-central-queensland-a-study-of-three-coastal-centres-1940-1965\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Gibson, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3728", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/gibson-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Editor, Journalist, Newspaper Proprietor", "Summary": "Margaret Gibson ran theCentral Queensland News for nearly twenty years in the 1960s and 70s. Established by her mother in 1937, who convinced some local businessmen that they should become shareholders and help her to purchase the Leichhardt Weekly (to be renamed the Central Queensland News), Gibson took over the running of the paper when her mother became ill in 1963. She was the first woman to be elected President and life member of the Queensland Country Press Association in 1978\/79.\n", "Details": "Like her mother before her, Margaret Gibson was an enterprising woman who was very much involved in community affairs in Emerald, where she lived. She became the first woman to be a member of the Emerald Shire Council, serving from 1970-1979. As deputy chair of the council from 1973-79 she represented the shire at regional and state government conferences. She was very influential in the Emerald Arts Council Committee and was foundation president of the Emerald Pioneer Cottage.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1960 - 1980) \nMBE for services to the community (1980 - 1980)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-in-central-queensland-a-study-of-three-coastal-centres-1940-1965\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Meredith, Louisa Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE3729", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meredith-louisa-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Birmingham, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Collingwood, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Author, Botanical collector", "Summary": "Louisa Meredith sailed for Sydney with her husband Charles in 1839. A keen naturalist, she collected plant, insect and seaweed specimens in Tasmania and was a member of the Tasmania Royal Society. She published several volumes of poetry as well as her accounts of colonial life, and often illustrated these works herself.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meredith-louisa-ann-1812-1895\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/meredith-louisa-ann-1812-1895-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Miles, Beatrice (Bea)", "Entry ID": "AWE3730", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miles-beatrice-bea\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Randwick Sydney, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Rebel", "Summary": "Bea Miles was notorious in Sydney for her disruptive conduct in public places, and her criticism of political and social authorities. She had no fixed address, and sometimes raised money for food and transport by reciting Shakespeare: alternatively, she simply refused to pay fares. Miles claimed to have been falsely convicted by police 195 times, and fairly convicted a further 100 times. Bea Miles advocated free love and was a fervent nationalist. The 1984 musical, Better Known as Bee, was based on her life.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miles-beatrice-bea-1912-1973\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Milne, Agnes Anderson", "Entry ID": "AWE3731", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/milne-agnes-anderson\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lambeth, London, United Kingdom", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia", "Occupations": "Factory inspector, Union activist", "Summary": "Agnes Milne was a foundation member of the South Australian branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and president of the Bowden Union for 26 years. She campaigned for improved working conditions for women, and wrote articles on women and work for the Journal of Agriculture and Industry. From 1906, Milne was managing the South Australian Co-operative Clothing Company, owned and run by women.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/milne-agnes-anderson-1851-1919\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Moncrieff, Gladys Lillian", "Entry ID": "AWE3732", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moncrieff-gladys-lillian\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Soprano", "Summary": "In 1921 at Melbourne's Theatre Royal, Gladys Moncrieff performed the role of Teresa in Maid of the Mountains to great popular acclaim. After travelling through America and Europe for further training, she returned to Australia to play the title role in Rio Rita. Moncrieff made numerous popular recordings and sang on radio. She was featured on the Macquarie broadcasting network in the 'Gladys Moncrieff Show'.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/moncrieff-gladys-lillian-1892-1976\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/list-of-electoral-divisions-named-after-women\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mort, Eirene", "Entry ID": "AWE3733", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mort-eirene\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Bowral, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Graphic designer", "Summary": "With her friend Nora Weston, Eirene Mort set up a graphic design studio in Sydney in 1906 where lessons were offered in craft, drawing, design, wood carving, metalwork and book-binding. The emphasis was upon Australian subject matter in design.\n", "Details": "Mort was a founder of the Society of Arts and Crafts of New South Wales. She wrote and illustrated articles for the Sydney Mail and Art and Architecture, and illustrated several books including Florence Sulman's A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales (1913), her own The Story of Architecture (1942), and her brother Selwyn Mort's Coins of the Hapsburg Emperors 1619-1919.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mort-eirene-1879-1977\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/country-cousins-presented-in-picture-and-rhyme\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/eirene-morts-australian-alphabet-from-the-collection-of-the-australian-national-gallery\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/old-canberra-a-sketchbook-of-the-1920s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-popular-guide-to-the-wild-flowers-of-new-south-wales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-eirene-mort-1856-1980-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Munro, Grace Emily", "Entry ID": "AWE3734", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/munro-grace-emily\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Warialda, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Founder, Nurse", "Summary": "Married to a grazier, Grace Munro dedicated herself to improving medical conditions for women and children in the bush. She trained as a serving sister of St John of Jerusalem, and ran first aid classes in the country. A three day conference organised by Munro in 1922 resulted in the formation of the Country Women's Association of New South Wales, and Munro was elected president. By the following year, there were 68 branches of the Association throughout New South Wales and Queensland. Munro stepped down as president in 1926 but continued her fundraising efforts. She was appointed MBE in 1935.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/munro-grace-emily-1879-1964\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Murdoch, Madoline (Nina)", "Entry ID": "AWE3735", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murdoch-madoline-nina\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "North Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Camberwell, Victoria", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Teacher, Writer", "Summary": "After winning a Bulletin prize in 1913 for a sonnet about Canberra, Nina Murdoch published a book of verse, Songs of the Open Air. She was one of the first women general reporters at the Sydney Sun, and from 1922 was working in Melbourne at the Sun News-Pictorial using the pen-name 'Manin'. She was the first woman permitted to cover Senate debates. In 1930, Murdoch published Seventh Heaven, a Joyous Discovery of Europe, based on her own travels. Another book, She Travelled Alone in Spain, followed five years later. Her last book, Portrait in Youth of Sir John Longstaff, was published in 1948.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1920 - 1940)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/murdoch-madoline-nina-1891-1976\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/songs-of-the-open-air\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/seventh-heaven\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/more-songs-of-the-open-air\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-miss-emily-a-tale-in-which-the-heroine-from-birmingham-is-invited-to-a-french-wedding-upsets-another-and-is-responsible-for-a-third\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/she-travelled-alone-in-spain\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tyrolean-june-a-summer-holiday-in-austrian-tyrol\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vagrant-in-summer-holiday-memories-of-nine-european-towns\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-in-youth-of-sir-john-longstaff\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Muscio, Florence Mildred", "Entry ID": "AWE3736", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/muscio-florence-mildred\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Copeland, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Ryde, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, School principal, University lecturer, Women's rights activist, Women's rights organiser", "Summary": "Mildred Muscio's association with the New South Wales National Council of Women began in 1922. She became press secretary of the Council before serving as president from 1927-38, including a term as federal president.\n", "Details": "Mildred Muscio was the second president of the Federal Council of the National Councils of Women of Australia. Her leadership was the crucial factor in the creation of the National Council of Women of Australia, which in 1931 succeeded FCNCWA and became the single channel for Australian representation at the International Council of Women. Possessed of a fine intellect and more progressive than her predecessors and many of her successors, Muscio also had gifts of persuasion, which she used to overcome fears of change and loss of autonomy among delegates to the Federal Council conference of 1929. She then acted as caretaker president after the NCWA formally came into being about July 1931 until elections could be held in October. Muscio's association with the New South Wales National Council of Women began in 1922. She became press secretary of the Council before her election as president of both state and Federal Councils in 1927. She remained president of NCWNSW until 1938. She was a member of many other political and welfare organisations, including the Lyceum Club and the Australian Red Cross Society. She served on the Bruce-Page government's national royal commission on child endowment in 1928, was an alternate Australian delegate to the League of Nations in 1937, and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1938.\nFlorence Mildred Muscio was born on 28 April 1882 at Copeland, New South Wales, eldest daughter of English-born Charles Fry, telegraph master, and his native-born wife Jane, n\u00e9e McLennan. Known as Mildred, she was educated at the Sydney Girls' High School and the University of Sydney, graduating BA in 1901 with first-class honours in logic and mental philosophy and MA in 1905. The following year, with her sister, Edith, she published Poems. Edith subsequently earned renown as an artist in Britain. Mildred worked as a teacher while completing her studies, and was principal of the Brighton College for Girls, Manly, from 1906 to 1912.\nPrior to the outbreak of war, Mildred travelled to England, where she taught at Crosby, Lancashire, and at Windsor, before marrying Bernard Muscio, demonstrator in experimental psychology at Caius College, Cambridge University, on 31 March 1915. She shared her husband's interests, and his university posts allowed her to continue studying and to enjoy the company of students and graduates. With Louisa McDonald (first principal of Sydney University's Women's College), she attended the first congress of the International Federation of University of Women in London in 1920. Back in Sydney permanently from 1922 after Bernard was appointed Challis professor of philosophy at the University of Sydney, she helped establish the university women's movement in Australia and was elected president of the Sydney University Women Graduates' Association (1923-26) and the Sydney University Women's Union (1927-28). She later became an executive member of the Sydney University Settlement. After her husband's death in 1926, she helped to form the Institute of Industrial Psychology in Sydney, and lectured in psychology for the University Extension Board.\nMildred Muscio's association with the National Council of Women of New South Wales began in 1922 when she was invited to help organise the Good Film League of which she became vice-president. She joined the Council's executive as press secretary in 1924 and served as president from 1927 to 1938. A woman of perspicacity and vision, she brought a modern understanding of women's roles to the Council, arguing that 'No gulf separates the interests of the professional woman from those of the non-professional woman', for 'education, science, logic and experience of the outside world' were now inseparable from 'the fundamental interests of the home and family'.\nMuscio was also the second (and final) president of the Federal Council of the National Councils of Women of Australia (predecessor to the National Council of Women of Australia) from 1927 to 1931 and led the Australian delegation to the Vienna conference of the International Council of Women in 1930. Her clear vision, logic, organisational skills and courage were the crucial factors in the decision of the Federal Council conference in 1929 to recommend to the states the formation of a fully national body to represent Australia at the ICW. In light of the states' jealous protection of their autonomy and direct links to ICW, this was a major achievement. The minutes of conference record that Muscio left the chair, taking control of the argument for a national Council and dealing effectively and firmly with all the traditional sources of opposition and fear. She remained federal president as each state debated and eventually ratified the decision (WA excepted) by July 1931, and she continued to hold the fort during the transition period before new officers were elected in October.\nDuring the Depression, she defended the right of women to employment and a fair wage, and maintained that a separate women's movement was necessary to ensure that gains hard won were not lost as was occurring in European nations. In 1931, convinced of the need to challenge conservative attitudes to women participating in Australian politics, she announced her intention to stand as a candidate for the Senate but did not proceed.\nMrs Muscio served on the Commonwealth royal commission on child endowment in 1927. The minority report she submitted with John Curtin called for the immediate introduction of federal means-tested endowment for third and subsequent children. She also served on the state government committee inquiring into the system of examinations and secondary education in 1933. Before the 1934 inquiry into the NSW Child Welfare Department, she stressed the need for welfare officers trained in psychology and advocated the establishment of counselling clinics.\nIn 1929, in the wake of the NCW's campaign to establish a university social work course, Muscio had become a founding member of the Board of Social Study and Training, which, in conjunction with the University of Sydney, issued a certificate for professional training in social work. When the two-year diploma course was taken over by the university in 1940, she continued on the supervisory board. In view of her role in social work education and her experience in the Sydney University Settlement, Muscio was also elected vice-president of the Council of Social Service of NSW from 1938 to 1943.\nAmong her many other activities, Mrs Muscio wrote occasional reviews and articles for the Australian Quarterly on politics and education and undertook radio broadcasts on topics of interest to women. She was also president of the Lyceum Club 1929-35 and chair of the women's council and vice-president of the NSW Society for Crippled Children, and worked for the Racial Hygiene Association, the Australian Red Cross Society, the NSW Bush Nursing Association, the Australian Aerial Medical Services, the Travellers' Aid Society, and various theatrical groups. She chaired the Women's Executive Advisory Committee for the NSW sesquicentenary celebrations in 1938. Active in the state branch of the League of Nations Union, she was appointed alternate delegate for Australia at the League's general assembly at Geneva in 1937. A friend of Margaret Bailey, for many years she served on the council of Bailey's Ascham School where her sister, Eva, was senior mathematics mistress from 1917 to 1945.\nMildred Muscio was appointed OBE in 1938. As her ADB biographers write, she was a gifted speaker, fluent, logical and persuasive, and was also admired for her organising ability, generosity, impartiality and 'sympathetic spirit'. She died in hospital at Ryde on 17 August 1964.\nPrepared by: Jan Hipgrave, Marian Quartly and Judith Smart\n", "Events": "Lyceum Club (Sydney) (1929 - 1935)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/muscio-florence-mildred-1882-1964\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stirrers-with-style-presidents-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-and-its-predecessors\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/education-paper-read-before-the-australian-federation-of-university-women-hobart-january-1930\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/review-thoughts-that-breathe-by-p-board\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-nsw-program-for-the-launch-of-the-centenary-stamp-issue-and-a-complete-set-of-the-issue-1996\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-further-papers-1895-1981\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-nsw-inc-further-records-1926-1927-1937-1990\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-relating-to-national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-1895-1897\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-further-records-1895-1997\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-the-national-council-of-women-of-australia-1924-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/national-council-of-women-of-new-south-wales-records-1895-1976\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Neville-Rolfe, Harriet Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE3737", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/neville-rolfe-harriet-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sedgeford Hall, Norfolk, England", "Death Place": "Sedgeford, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Artist", "Summary": "Jane Neville-Rolfe travelled to Queensland to join her brother and other family members on their station. There she produced many sketches and watercolour paintings. She returned to England in 1886, where she married and had two children. A selection of Neville-Rolfe's paintings were presented to the Queensland Art Gallery by her son in 1964.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Octoman, Janette Hannum", "Entry ID": "AWE3738", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/octoman-janette-hannum\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia", "Death Place": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Occupations": "Farmer's wife, Justice of the Peace, Political candidate", "Summary": "Janette Octoman became a justice of the peace in Adelaide in 1927. She was elected to the state executive of the merged Liberal and Country League in 1932. In 1937 she stood for the seat of Flinders but was defeated by a local farmer. Octoman was a founding member of the Tumby Bay branch of the Country Women's Association. She stood for party endorsement three times at state level after the 1937 defeat, and once for the Senate, but was unable to win selection.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/octoman-janette-hannum-1879-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-first-fifty-years-golden-jubilee-history-of-the-south-australian-country-womens-association\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Osburn, Lucy", "Entry ID": "AWE3739", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/osburn-lucy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Leeds, Yorkshire, England", "Death Place": "Harrogate, England", "Occupations": "Nurse, Superintendent", "Summary": "Lucy Osburn was appointed lady superintendent of the Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary in 1868. After years of conflict and sectarianism among the staff and board members of the Infirmary, she resigned in 1884 and returned to London.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/osburn-lucy-1835-1891\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/windeyer-family-papers-1829-1943\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Palmer, Janet Gertrude (Nettie)", "Entry ID": "AWE3740", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/palmer-janet-gertrude-nettie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bendigo, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Critic, Editor, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Nettie Palmer became involved in the suffrage movement and the socialist movement while she was completing her tertiary studies in London. It was there that she met her husband, Vance Palmer, and by 1917 the couple had returned to Australia with their first daughter, Aileen. A second daughter, Helen, was born that year. The family lived at Emerald, Victoria. Both Vance and Nettie were opponents of censorship and conscription, and Nettie had a regular column in the Argus. She also wrote for the Illustrated Tasmanian Mail and the Bulletin Red Page. Her essay on Modern Australian Literature 1900-1923 was published in 1924. Nettie Palmer became editor of the anti-fascist journal for women, Women Today, and edited memoirs, published short stories and poetry anthologies, made translations, and lectured to young writers.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/palmer-janet-gertrude-nettie-1885-1964\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/an-australian-story-book\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australians-in-spain-our-pioneers-against-fascism\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fourteen-years-extracts-from-a-private-journal-1925-1939\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henry-handel-richardson-a-study\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-of-vance-and-nettie-palmer-1915-1963\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/modern-australian-literature-1900-1923\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shadowy-paths\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-south-wind\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/talking-it-over\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miles-franklin-papers-1841-1954\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-eleanor-dark-1910-1974-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dowell-oreilly-papers-1884-1923-with-additional-family-papers-1877-1944\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-pamphlets-containing-souvenir-concert-programmes-and-australian-biographies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-vance-and-nettie-palmer-1889-1964-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-and-articles-by-nettie-palmer-1928-1937-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/notebook-of-nettie-palmer-1911-january-25-march-4-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/commonplace-book-of-nettie-palmer-1907-1936-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-ca-1930-1987-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Petersen, Alicia Teresa Jane O'Shea", "Entry ID": "AWE3741", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/petersen-alicia-teresa-jane-oshea\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Broadmarsh, Tasmania, Australia", "Death Place": "Tasmania", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alicia Petersen grew up in a small rural community in Tasmania, and worked in the clothing industry. She was a speaker for the Citizens' Social and Moral Reform League in 1906, and a member of the Women's Political Association, but maintained a non-party stance. Petersen was a founder and life-president of the Australian Women's Association, and the first woman in Tasmania to stand as a political candidate. In 1913 she contested the federal seat of Denison but her campaign was sabotaged by the press. She stood again, unsuccessfully, in 1922.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Pottie, Eliza", "Entry ID": "AWE3742", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pottie-eliza\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Belfast, Ireland", "Death Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Evangelist, Social reformer", "Summary": "Eliza Pottie emigrated with her family in the 1840s, and settled in New South Wales. Pottie was a founder and committee member of the Sydney Female Mission Home for unmarried mothers. She was also involved with the Home of Hope for destitute women, and the Lisgar Servants' Training Home for orphanage girls. She served on the ladies' committee of the Society for the Relief of Destitute Children, and in 1886 was appointed to the Government Asylums Inquiry Board ladies' committee. Pottie also became president of the Ladies' Sanitary Association, and joined the YWCA.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/pottie-eliza-1837-1917\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reibey, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3743", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reibey-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bury, England", "Death Place": "Newtown Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Businesswoman, Convict", "Summary": "Mary Reibey was orphaned as a girl and arrested in 1791 after disguising herself as a male, James Burrow, and attempting to sell a stolen horse. As James Burrow she was sentenced to seven years transportation and arrived in the colony on 7 October 1792. Through marriage to her husband Thomas Raby, with whom she had seven children, Mary grew wealthy. She continued to accumulate property after his death, though the family fortune was strained by the misadventures of two of her sons-in-law.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reibey-mary-1777-1855\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mary-reibey-molly-incognita-a-biography-of-mary-reibey\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dear-cousin-the-reibey-letters-twenty-two-letters-of-mary-reibey-her-children-and-their-descendants-1792-1901\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Richardson, Ethel Florence Lindesay (Henry Handel)", "Entry ID": "AWE3744", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-ethel-florence-lindesay-henry-handel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "London, United Kingdom", "Occupations": "Author", "Summary": "Ethel Richardson was educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College in Melbourne, and the Royal Conservatorium at Leipzig. As Henry Handel Richardson, she became one of Australia's best-known and best-loved novelists, finding fame with Maurice Guest (1908) and The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (published in three parts between 1917 and 1929).\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-ethel-florence-lindesay-henry-handel-1871-1946\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henry-handel-richardson\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/myself-when-laura-fact-and-fiction-in-henry-handel-richardsons-school-career\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henry-handel-richardson-a-study\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henry-handel-richardson-1870-1946-a-bibliography-to-honour-the-centenary-of-her-birth\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-end-of-a-childhood-and-other-stories\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-fortunes-of-richard-mahony\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-getting-of-wisdom\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/maurice-guest\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-young-cosima\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henry-handel-richardson-a-life\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/henry-handel-richardson-and-her-fiction\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/richardson-ethel-tracy-1877-1942\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-manuscript-5\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-and-correspondence-of-henry-handel-richardson-1852-1983-microform\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-bruce-steele-relating-to-henry-handel-richardson-between-approximately-1930-and-2003\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robinson, Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE3745", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robinson-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Producer", "Summary": "Kathleen Robinson trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. With Lewis Casson and Dame Sybil Thorndike's Australian tour, she played minor parts in Media, St Joan, Madame Plays Nap and Macbeth. From 1932-35, Robinson ran the Westminster Theatre in London with Osmond Daltry. In 1940 she returned to Australia and formed Whitehall Productions at the Minerva Theatre in Kings Cross, Sydney. She opened an academy for dramatic art in 1944.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rooke, Jessie Spink", "Entry ID": "AWE3746", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rooke-jessie-spink\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, Middlesex, England", "Death Place": "Burnie, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Social reformer", "Summary": "Jessie Rooke was heavily involved with the British Women's Bible and Prayer Union in Sydney before she joined the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Moving to Tasmania in the 1890s with her family, she formed the Burnie branch of the WCTU and became president in 1894. Rooke also played a vital role in the development of the Tasmania Women's Suffrage League.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ryan, Mary Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3747", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ryan-mary-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "St Johns Wood, Timaru, New Zealand", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Community worker, Justice of the Peace, Political party organiser", "Summary": "A justice of the peace, Mary Ryan worked unofficially as a social worker in Portland, New South Wales, throughout the depression of the 1930s. She became president of her local Labor Party branch and was active in the Country Women's Association. In 1943, Ryan was appointed by Chifley to the Commonwealth Housing Commission.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ryan-mary-margaret-1886-1968\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sargent, Daisy Charlotte", "Entry ID": "AWE3748", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sargent-daisy-charlotte\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "New South Wales", "Occupations": "Businesswoman", "Summary": "With her husband George, Charlotte Sargent opened a pastry cook shop at 390 Oxford Street in Paddington, Sydney, in 1890. Business prospered and the pair later entered into partnership with their son, Hartley. By 1915 their company had 36 catering outlets in Sydney and Melbourne.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schauer, Amy", "Entry ID": "AWE3749", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schauer-amy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Cookery teacher", "Summary": "Amy Schauer taught cookery at the Brisbane Technical College from 1895 until 1922, when she was appointed senior instructress in the Domestic Science Branch, Department of Women's Work. With her sister, she wrote Cookery for Invalids (1908), Fruit Preserving and Confectionary (1908) and Theory of Cookery (1909).\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schauer-amy-1871-1956\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-good-plain-cook-an-edible-history-of-queensland\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-schauer-australian-cookery-book\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fruit-preserving-and-confectionary\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Payne-Scott, Ruby Violet", "Entry ID": "AWE3750", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/payne-scott-ruby-violet\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Grafton, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Physicist, Teacher", "Summary": "Ruby Scott was assistant physicist in the Physics Department at the University of Sydney, then a teacher at Woodlands Church of England Grammar School, before the outbreak of WWII. Post-war, she worked as a radio engineer with Amalgamated Wireless Australasia. After the birth of her son she became a science teacher at Danebank Anglican School for Girls, where she established a Science Department.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Shelley, Cecilia Moore", "Entry ID": "AWE3751", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shelley-cecilia-moore\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Adelaide, South Australia", "Death Place": "Perth, Western Australia", "Occupations": "Union activist", "Summary": "After working in the hotel and catering industry, Cecilia Shelley took on an active role in the Hotel, Club, Caterers, Tearooms and Restaurant Employees Union (HCCT&REU). She became secretary in 1920 and under her influence the HCCT&REU became one of the largest predominantly female unions in the country. Shelley was also an active member of the Australian Labor Party.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/nothing-to-spare-recollections-of-australian-pioneering-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smith, Grace Cossington", "Entry ID": "AWE3752", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-grace-cossington\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist", "Summary": "Grace Cossington Smith had her first solo exhibition in 1928, and her work was reproduced in Art in Australia. She painted landscapes, streetscapes, and native flowers as well as interior paintings. Between 1932 and 1977, she held eighteen solo exhibitions, and in 1973 the Art Gallery of New South Wales held a retrospective exhibition of her work.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smith-grace-cossington-1892-1984\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/grace-cossington-smith-a-life-from-drawings-in-the-collection-of-the-national-gallery-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Smyth, Brettena", "Entry ID": "AWE3753", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smyth-brettena\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Kyneton, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Advocate, Suffragist", "Summary": "Brettena was a mature woman of 43 when she became involved in politics - by then a widow, a business owner, and the mother of several children. In 1888 she formed the Australian Women's Suffrage Society, later enveloped by the Victorian Women's Franchise League. A freethinker, Smyth was opposed to orthodox religion and strongly advocated the use of birth control. In 1893 she published The Limitation of Offspring, and she sold rubber pessaries at her grocery shop. Smyth was a competent public speaker and a respected Melbourne identity in the 1890s.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/they-are-but-women-the-road-to-female-suffrage-in-victoria\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/smyth-bridgetena-brettena-1840c-1898\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mrs-j-b-smyth-of-oxley-road\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stead, Christina Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE3754", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stead-christina-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rockdale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Novelist, Writer", "Summary": "After a short teaching career, Christina Stead travelled to Paris for study, then to London. She returned to Australia in 1969 after many years abroad to take up a fellowship at the Australian National University. In 1974 she returned to live in Australia permanently.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-beauties-and-furies\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/christina-stead-selected-fiction-and-nonfiction\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cotters-england\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dark-places-of-the-heart\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/dearest-munx-the-letters-of-christina-stead-and-william-j-blake\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/for-love-alone\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/great-stories-of-the-south-sea-islands\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/house-of-all-nations-a-novel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/im-dying-laughing-the-humourist\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letty-fox-her-luck\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-little-hotel-a-novel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-little-tea-a-little-chat\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miss-herbert-the-suburban-wife\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ocean-of-story-the-uncollected-stories-of-christina-stead\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-people-with-the-dogs\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-salzburg-tales\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/seven-poor-men-of-sydney\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-dorothy-green-1943-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-christina-stead-1937-1988-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-christina-stead-1919-1996-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-by-christina-stead-to-margaret-hanks-1938-1982-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/literary-manuscript-1973-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-christina-stead-1916-1990-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/notebook-and-letter-by-christina-stead-to-edith-anderson-circa-1949-1951-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/correspondence-with-christina-stead-1969-1983-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/letters-and-typescript-of-christina-stead-1969-1970-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-oliver-stallybrass-1965-1981-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stewart Towzey, Eleanor (Nellie)", "Entry ID": "AWE3755", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stewart-towzey-eleanor-nellie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Wolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Actor, Singer", "Summary": "The child of actor parents Theodosia Stewart and Richard Towzey, Nellie Stewart travelled with the Royal Comic Opera Company, and later in George Musgrove's productions including Faust, Dorothy, Paul Jones, and several Gilbert and Sullivan plays. She performed throughout Australia and in London to great popular acclaim.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sweet-nell-of-old-sydney-the-first-biography-of-nellie-stewart-actress-and-humanitarian\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/my-lifes-story\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tarenorerer (Walyer)", "Entry ID": "AWE3756", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tarenorerer-walyer\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Near St Valentine's Peak, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Aboriginal leader", "Summary": "Tarenorerer was a Plairherehillerplue, of the north tribe. As a teenager, she was abducted by Aboriginal men and sold to sealers living on the Bass Strait Islands. She had returned to mainland Tasmania by 1830, where she led a small group of Aborigines comprised largely of men. Her warrior mob was greatly feared by Aborigines and whites alike.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vernon, Barbara Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3757", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vernon-barbara-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Inverell, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Scriptwriter", "Summary": "Barbara Vernon worked for 2NZ radio and for the ABC, first in radio drama, and then in television. At 2NZ she ran a radio pen club for children, and hosted children's hour. Her radio serial on Georges Sand was broadcast by ABC radio. Vernon was the author of Bellbird, a long-running television series in the 1960s.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vernon-barbara-mary-1916-1978\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/bellbird-the-story-of-a-country-town\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/plays-of-the-50s\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Vickery, Joyce Winifred", "Entry ID": "AWE3758", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vickery-joyce-winifred\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "New South Wales", "Occupations": "Botanist", "Summary": "Joyce Vickery conducted postgraduate research at the University of Sydney into insectivorous plants and seed germination in grass. She was appointed assistant botanist at the National Herbarium of New South Wales in 1936, and completed her PhD in 1959. Dr Vickery helped to solve the Graeme Thorne kidnapping case with forensic work. She was appointed senior botanist at the Herbarium in 1964.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vickery-joyce-winifred-1918-1979\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Whitty, Ellen", "Entry ID": "AWE3759", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whitty-ellen\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Near Oilgate, County Wexford, Ireland", "Death Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Religious Sister", "Summary": "Ellen Whitty, best known as Mother Vincent, joined the Catholic Order of the Sisters of Mercy in Ireland in 1831. She was elected as Reverend Mother in 1849. Mother Vincent was invited with five Sisters to join the newly formed diocese of Queensland, and arrived there in 1861. She returned to Ireland in 1870 to recruit nuns and take up the position of assistant to the Queensland head of the Order.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/whitty-ellen-1819-1892\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Waterworth, Edith Alice", "Entry ID": "AWE3760", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waterworth-edith-alice\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lancashire, England", "Death Place": "Sandy Bay Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Advocate, Welfare worker", "Summary": "Mrs Waterworth arrived in Tasmania with her husband at the age of 30. She became actively involved in the women's movement in her forties, after the birth of three sons. Waterworth stood for parliament twice (though unsuccessfully) and was active in the National Council of Women, the Child Welfare Association, the Free Kindergarten Association, and the Board of Censors of Moving Pictures, among other groups.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/waterworth-edith-alice-1873-1957\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-encyclopedia-of-women-and-leadership-in-twentieth-century-australia\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mercury-clippings-on-status-of-women-and-child-welfare\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/newspaper-clipping-books-kept-by-edith-a-waterworth\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Webster, Eliza Martha", "Entry ID": "AWE3761", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/webster-eliza-martha\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "London, England", "Death Place": "St Kilda Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Preacher, Suffragist", "Summary": "Martha Webster came to Australia to assist her brother, Henry Gyles Turner, in his role as a leading member of the Melbourne Unitarian Church. She was herself elected a regular minister in October 1873. In May 1884, Webster was present at the meeting which resolved to form the Victorian Women's Suffrage Society, and she became active in the Australian Women's Suffrage Society in later years.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "West, Winifred May", "Entry ID": "AWE3762", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/west-winifred-may\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Frensham, Surrey, England", "Death Place": "Bowral, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Headmistress", "Summary": "Winifred West arrived in Sydney in 1907 and took up work as an illustrator for the Australian Museum. In 1913 she founded the Frensham boarding school for girls at Mittagong, 120km out of Sydney. She remained there as headmistress until 1938. West built up a solid reputation based upon the philosophy of Frensham with its experimental curriculum and emphasis on the arts and physical education. She was a great inspiration to many of her students.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/portrait-of-winifred-west\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/faith-hope-and-charity-australian-women-and-imperial-honours-1901-1989\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/west-winifred-mary-1881-1971\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Woodcock, Lucy", "Entry ID": "AWE3763", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woodcock-lucy\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New South Wales", "Death Place": "New South Wales", "Occupations": "Feminist, Teacher, Trade unionist, Welfare worker", "Summary": "Lucy Woodcock was a founding member of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation in 1919, and became president of the Australian Teachers' Federation in 1932. A trade unionist and a feminist, she also gained a favourable reputation as a humanitarian worker during the depression years. Woodcock helped to found the Australia-China Society and hosted a meeting in April 1956 that led to the establishment of the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/50-years-of-feminist-achievement-a-history-of-the-united-associations-of-women\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/200-australian-women-a-redress-anthology\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/woodcock-lucy-godiva-1889-1968\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Leschen, Zuvele", "Entry ID": "AWE3764", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/leschen-zuvele\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Zuvele Leschen stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Murray Valley at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Aghajani, Valentine", "Entry ID": "AWE3765", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/aghajani-valentine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Valentine Aghajani stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Pascoe Vale at the Victorian state election, which was held on 18 September 1999.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cox, Martha Caldwell", "Entry ID": "AWE3766", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cox-martha-caldwell\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "South Australia", "Death Place": "Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Pastoralist, Pioneer", "Summary": "Martha Cox married selector David Cox, and lived and worked with him on their property in the Condobolin (western) district of New South Wales. Under harsh and isolated conditions, she cooked for workers, carried out household chores and farm work, and made her own butter, cheese, jam and soap. Toward the end of her life, she composed a detailed journal of her days on the land.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Berne, Dagmar", "Entry ID": "AWE3767", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/berne-dagmar\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Sydney, New South Wales", "Occupations": "Doctor", "Summary": "Dr Dagmar Berne was the first woman to study medicine in Australia. She gained entry to Sydney University in 1885, but was failed repeatedly by male lecturers who did not wish to see her graduate. In exasperation, she moved to London to continue her studies. Berne finally qualified as a doctor in 1893 and returned to Sydney two years later, setting up a practice in Macquarie Street. The London years took their toll on Berne, who had been forced to live in damp accommodation, subsisting on very little food. She died of tuberculosis in 1900, her thirty-fifth year.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Loch, Joice Mary NanKivell", "Entry ID": "AWE3768", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/loch-joice-mary-nankivell\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Farnham, Queensland, Australia", "Death Place": "Ouranouolis, Greece", "Occupations": "Author, Humanitarian, Journalist, Print journalist, Welfare worker", "Summary": "While working as an author and journalist, Joice NanKivell Loch became a volunteer medical orderly with Quaker Famine Relief worldwide. In memory of her brother Geoff, who died in France during World War I, she wrote The Solitary Pedestrian. She reviewed books for the Sun-Herald in Melbourne, and worked as secretary to the Professor of Classics at Melbourne University. After the war, with her husband Sydney Loch, Joice travelled to London, then Dublin. Together they wrote Ireland in Travail. In later years, Joice and Sydney developed a strong connection with Greece, where they made their home. At the American Farm School near Thessaloniki, Joyce worked throughout the Greek refugee crisis following the massacre of Greeks at Smyrna.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1910 - 1930)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/blue-ribbons-bitter-bread-the-life-of-joice-nankivell-loch\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-fringe-of-blue-an-autobiography\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tales-of-christophilos\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-cobweb-ladder\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-fourteen-thumbs-of-st-peter\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ireland-in-travail\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-river-of-a-hundred-ways\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-solitary-pedestrian\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collected-poems-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rosanove, Joan Mavis", "Entry ID": "AWE3769", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rosanove-joan-mavis\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Frankston, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Barrister, Lawyer, Queen's Counsel, Solicitor", "Summary": "Joan Rosanove completed her legal studies at the University of Melbourne, and was admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor in June 1919. In 1923 she became the first woman in Victoria to sign the Victorian Bar roll. The bulk of her work was in criminal and matrimonial cases. Rosanove was appointed Q.C. in 1965, and took silk in New South Wales two years later. She made a significant contribution to legal reform, particularly as it concerned the status of women.\n", "Events": "Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001 - 2001)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rosanove-joan-mavis-1896-1974\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/women-barristers-in-victoria-then-and-now\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/law\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australian-women-lawyers-as-active-citizens\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Penfold, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3770", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/penfold-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "England", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Winemaker", "Summary": "Mary Penfold founded and ran the business that became Penfolds Wines in South Australia.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McConnel, Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3771", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcconnel-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland", "Death Place": "London, England", "Occupations": "Founder", "Summary": "Mary McConnel founded the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Sutherland, Jane", "Entry ID": "AWE3772", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sutherland-jane\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "New York, United States", "Death Place": "Kew Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Teacher", "Summary": "Jane Sutherland arrived in Sydney with her family in 1864. She studied at the National Gallery School of Design, and held a number of exhibitions from 1878. Sutherland was a leader in the movement away from the nineteenth-century tradition of studio art, and toward the plein-air style, sketching directly from nature.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/sutherland-jane-1853-1928\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/1891-womens-suffrage-petition\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/womens-suffrage-petition-1891\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hanson-Dyer, Louise Berta Mosson", "Entry ID": "AWE3773", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hanson-dyer-louise-berta-mosson\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Monaco, France", "Occupations": "Musician, Patron, Publisher", "Summary": "A talented pianist, Louise Hanson-Dyer founded the music publishing company, Editions de l'Oiseau-Lyre, in Paris in 1928. With her first husband, James Dyer, she donated \u00a310,000 to establish a permanent orchestra in Melbourne. Upon her death, she bequeathed over \u00a3200,000 to the University of Melbourne. The Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library at the University is named in her honour.\n", "Details": "Born Louise Berta Mosson Smith, Hanson-Dyer was the daughter of Louis Lawrence Smith, son of Edward Tyrrell Smith and Magdeleine Nanette Gengoult. L.L. Smith came to Australia to search for gold, but his medical studies led him instead to produce medical almanacs and a variety of less than bona fide medical products. By 1880 he was earning \u00a310,000 per year, and the Bulletin was referring to him as \u00a3.\u00a3. Smith. He became a member of parliament, representing South Bourke. In 1883, after the death of his first wife, Sarah Ann, Smith married Marion Jane 'Polly' Higgins. Their first child was Louise, followed by Louis, Harold and Gladys. The family lived in Collins St, Melbourne, where they entertained lavishly and moved in fashionable circles.\nLouise was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, and was later president of its Old Collegians' Association. She attended the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise, and took private piano lessons, becoming an accomplished player. In 1905, she enrolled at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and went on to win the gold medal of the Royal College of Music, London. At home she worked with the British Music Society of Victoria to support performers and composers, encouraging the publication of musical works.\nIn 1911, Louise Smith married 54-year-old Jimmy Dyer - the 'linoleum king'. In 1927, before moving to Paris, the Dyers donated \u00a310,000 to support a permanent orchestra in Melbourne. In Paris, Louise established her musical publishing company, Editions de l'Oiseau Lyre, with the intention of publishing the works of Couperin le Grand. The first twelve-volume edition was immensely popular and the company grew quickly, later expanding business to include long-play recordings.\nJames Dyer died in 1938 and the following year Louise married 30-year-old Joseph Birch Hanson, 24 years her junior. The pair left Paris to live in Monaco, where the publishing business continued. Despite her years abroad, Louise Hanson-Dyer retained a distinct attachment to the country of her birth. When she died in 1962, she left the majority of her \u00a3241,380 estate to the University of Melbourne. University papers record a bequest of $464,430 in 1988; by 1994 the value of the bequest had risen to over $3 million. This figure comprises the original bequest of Louise Hanson-Dyer together with that of her husband Joseph Hanson on his death nine years later. The bequest was to go toward the publication of a music series.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lyrebird-rising-louise-hanson-dyer-of-oiseau-lyre-1884-1962\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/catalogue-de-la-collection-musicale-hanson-dyer-universite-de-melbourne\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-activism-and-altruism-in-australian-womens-philanthropy-1880-2005\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/in-her-gift-women-philanthropists-in-australian-history\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-1926-1971-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/book-of-autographs-of-visitors-to-louise-hanson-dyer-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Tennant, Kylie", "Entry ID": "AWE3774", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tennant-kylie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Manly, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Author, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "As a young woman, Kylie Tennant worked as an assistant producer for ABC radio before returning to study at Sydney University. She cut short her studies to travel and write, and in 1932 married a former fellow-student, Lewis Rodd. They had two children.\nTennant's journalistic career began with several articles and short stories published in Smith's Weekly and The Bulletin. She worked variously as a novelist, playwright, short-story writer, critic, biographer and historian. Two of her novels were made into television mini-series.\nKylie Tennant's bibliography is extensive. A selection of publications are listed below.\nFor more information, see also http:\/\/www.burnetsbooks.com.au\/bibliographies\/tennant.htm\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1930 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/australia-her-story-notes-on-a-nation\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-battlers\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-bushrangers-christmas-eve-and-other-plays\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-development-of-the-australian-novel\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/evatt-politics-and-justice\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/foveaux\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-honey-flow\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-joyful-condemned\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/lost-haven\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-missing-heir-the-autobiography-of-kylie-tennant\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ride-on-stranger\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/speak-you-so-gently\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tantavallon\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tell-morning-this\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tether-a-dragon\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/tiburon\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/time-enough-later\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/records-of-curtis-brown-australia-pty-ltd-1962-2002-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-eleanor-dark-1910-1974-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/julia-trubridge-freebury-further-papers-1960s-2004\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-kylie-tennant-1891-1989-bulk-1933-1988-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kylie-tennant-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-for-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/kylie-tennant-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/papers-of-doris-chadwick-1942-1960-manuscript\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/literary-papers-1969-1981-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hamlin, Catherine", "Entry ID": "AWE3775", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hamlin-catherine\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death Place": "Addis Ababa, Oromia, Ethiopia", "Occupations": "Doctor", "Summary": "Catherine Hamlin boarded at Frensham School near Mittagong before gaining entry to the medical school at the University of Sydney. She worked at Sydney's Crown Street Women's Hospital, where she met her husband, Reginald Hamlin, and the two accepted a post to Ethiopia to set up a School of Midwifery. The Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund has since been established to continue the work of Catherine and Reginald.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-complete-book-of-great-australian-women-thirty-six-women-who-changed-the-course-of-australia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wilson, Caroline", "Entry ID": "AWE3777", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wilson-caroline\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Sports Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Caroline Wilson has been chief football writer for The Age newspaper since 1999. She was the first woman to cover Australian Rules football on a full-time basis and is a multiple winner of Australian Football Media Association awards, including most outstanding football writer and most outstanding feature writer (2000, 2003, 2005). Wilson was also voted the AFL Players' Association's football writer of the year in 1999.\n", "Details": "Prior to working for the age, Caroline Wilson worked for the Melbourne Herald for 12 years, spending three years working in the UK and Europe where she covered four Wimbledons and three British Opens, the FA Cup final and the British soccer riots.\nIn 1982 at The Herald she became the first woman to cover Australian Rules Football and in 1989 she became the first woman to win the AFL's gold media award. Caroline has also worked in radio hosting the afternoon program for 3AW between 1994 and 1996 (winning the national RAWARD in 1995 as best current affairs commentator). She had five years with the Sunday Age between 1989 and 1994 and was voted that newspaper's journalist of the year in 1993.\n", "Events": "ALF BROWN TROPHY for the football media's most outstanding performer. (2008 - 2008) \nCommentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique - 'Would you want your son playing AFL? Right thing for Hird to do is step down, Blind pride drove couch's denial and the bodies piled up, The Age (2013 - 2013) \nCoverage of a Major News Event or Issue - Essendon drug scandal (with Richard Baker, Nick Mckenzie, John Silvester, Jake Niall and The Age team, The Age (2013 - 2013) \nWINNER MOST OUTSTANDING COLUMNIST (2008 - 2008) \nWINNER MOST OUTSTANDING NEWS REPORTER (PRINT) (2008 - 2008)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Quayle, Emma", "Entry ID": "AWE3778", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/quayle-emma\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Sports Journalist", "Summary": "Emma Quayle started as a trainee at The Age in 1999 and has been stationed in the sports department since 2001. She has covered the past five Australian Open tennis tournaments and also writes on hockey, which she covered for the paper at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. Most of her time, she writes about A.F.L. football. In recent years, she has tracked the country's best junior footballers through the under-18 national championships and to the annual draft camp, knowing everything about them by national draft day. In 2005, Emma won an AFL Media Association award for a feature article on the 10th anniversary of the under-18 carnival, tracking down all 22 members of the 1996 All-Australian team.\n", "Events": "Winner - Best Feature Article (Print) (2005 - 2005)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-draft-inside-the-afls-search-for-talent\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/shes-game-women-making-australian-sporting-history-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hassett, Denise Lesley", "Entry ID": "AWE3779", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hassett-denise-lesley\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Lewisham, England", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Denise Hassett stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of South Eastern at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1988. She stood as the ALP candidate for Flinders in the federal election of 1987.\n", "Details": "Denise Hassett and her family migrated to Australia from England in 1951. They settled in Mornington and Denise has spent her life in the region.\nShe was educated at Mornington Primary and Mornington High School.\nHer first employment was with the Commonwealth Bank where she remained until her marriage in 1969 to David Hassett. They had two children.\nShe joined the Australian Labor Party in 1975 after the dismissal of the Prime Minister at the time, Gough Whitlam.\nHer community involvement has included assisting in the establishment of the Community Health Centre in Mornington in 1985, serving on the Frankston Hospital Board from 1982-88 and the Frankston Drug and Alcohol Committee. She was a member of the Mount Eliza Association for Environmental Care and is currently a member of the Mornington Peninsula Foreshore Committee.\nShe has been a Justice of the Peace since 1990.\nShe is the proprietor of a bed and breakfast establishment in Mornington.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "James, Barbara", "Entry ID": "AWE3780", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/james-barbara\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Holdrege, Nebraska, United States of America", "Death Place": "Darwin, Northern Teritory, Australia", "Occupations": "Historian, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Barbara James was born in Nebraska, USA, in 1943, and came to Australia in 1966. She began her working life in the Northern Territory in 1967 as a journalist, an occupation which later led to her work as an author, historian and research consultant. Her particular interests and areas of research were women and history\/heritage issues.\n", "Details": "In July 1967, Barbara James, based in Canberra at the time, took a two week holiday to Darwin and never went back. When her car broke down on the return trip she came back to Darwin, found a job as a journalist with the Northern Territory News, and eventually married a Darwin lawyer, Geoff James, whom she had met while living in Canberra. She lived in Darwin until she passed away in 2003 when she lost her battle with cancer.\nAs well as being an accomplished writer, James was also an active member of an extraordinary variety of community groups and had a strong background n political work as a result of serving as an adviser to Bob Collins when he was Leader of the Opposition in the Northern Territory (1982-1985) and when he was a Minister in the Federal Labor government and as a Shadow Minister.\nBarbara is the author or co-author of several published social history works, including No Man's Land: Women of the Northern Territory.\nShe was in Darwin in 1974 when Cyclone Tracy devastated the city. She was eventually evacuated, and while away became involved in citizen's groups, taking part in many meetings of evacuees very concerned at media reports about events back home, and at the extreme nature of new town plan provisions. She actively liaised with Darwinians, the then Department of Urban and Regional Development, ACOSS and the Cities Commission, and with the Environment Centre in Darwin.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1967 - 2000)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fit-for-the-gentler-sex-a-social-and-site-history-of-the-settlement-of-port-darwin-and-its-environs-a-commemoration-of-the-contribution-women-have-made-to-the-territory\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/occupation-citizen-the-story-of-northern-territory-women-and-the-vote-1894-96\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/james-barbara-ntrs-226-ts-581\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/james-barbara-copyprints-of-darwin-after-cyclone-tracy-including-evacuation-and-emergency-centres-1974-1975\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Cullen, Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE3781", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/cullen-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Death Place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupations": "Cartoonist, Illustrator, Journalist", "Summary": "Jean Cullen was an illustrator and humorous artist who worked for Smith's Weekly in the period 1941-1950. She also created the teenage cartoon character 'Pam' for the Brisbane Courier Mail , a character that Marie Horseman continued to develop after Cullen took her own life in 1950.\nIn 1945, Cullen published an adult illustrated book that was quickly banned called Hold that Halo, or, How to lose it in ten easy lessons. The comic narrated the trials and tribulations of a young woman during the second word war and was a stark commentary on the sexual double-standard as it applied to women.\n", "Details": "Hold that Halo, or, How to lose it in ten easy lessons\n(On the frontispiece)\n\"Breathes there a girl with soul so dead,\nWho never to herself hath said:\nThis is my halo, all my own,\nBut how I wish the thing were flown.\"\n (with apologies to Sir Walter Scott)\nAdam and Eve have caused these rhymes\nTwo souls in Heav'n, with what good times!\nThey frolicked round thru' every hour.\nEve's halo drop't, with apples sour.\nThen Cleo, Egypt's pride of all\nToo saw her halo take its fall.\nThis Nile-ish gal with men galore\nLoved many, yet she wanted more.\nAn' this is how it all began\nAs old-time girls from halos ran.\nPerchance 'tis said the story's old\nThat halos drop if girls be bold.\nBut let's tell on 'ere you condemn\nWhat halos mean to modern femme.\nThis halo's lass took Ma's advice\n\"Beware of men with tinge of vice!\"\nThis lovely girl was a halo's sort\nAnd \"Nay'd\" men's curious thoughts of sport.\nShe stayed home nights all full of wonder\nWhy saucyer girls oft stole her thunder.\nThis halo'd charmente oh! was poor\nTill a gay bold wolf knocked at her door.\nShe yielded, made the bad wolf pay\nHer halo's gone: she's rich that way.\nThis halo'd heiress found wealth a bore\nMen liked her cash: that made her sore\nThey passed her halo ashine without sin\nThey used her coupons to drink her gin.\nAnother with halo, alas! without vim, (A picture of a school marm reading books called 'Say yes and like it' and 'How to have it' accompanies this verse)\nWith past all dopey - her future looks dim.\nShe's booked to be spinster's of virtuous bed,\nWith halo intacta, the burglar's worst dread.\nThis girl had a halo but not for long,\nShe lost it a'wrestling, the guy was strong.\nShe' wasn't upset when it went off fast,\nHer moto: \"Why worry? They're not meant to last.'\nI've told you solme secrets of gals good and bad,\nOf rich girls and poor gals, of gay femmes and sad.\nAnd last but not least of the girl who will bawl:\nBut whay all this fuss about halos and all?\nSo the moral is written for all girls to see:\n\"Ah, don't trust your halo where it oughtn't to be.\"\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1940 - 1950)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/artists-and-cartoonists-in-black-and-white-the-most-public-art\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/black-and-white-exhibition-fifty-years-of-australian-cartooning\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hold-that-halo-or-how-to-lose-it-in-ten-easy-lessons\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/horseman-marie-compston-mollie-1911-1974\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/selection-of-cartoon-drawings-from-smiths-weekly-ca-1930-1950\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Paterson, Elizabeth Deans (Betty)", "Entry ID": "AWE3782", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/paterson-elizabeth-deans-betty\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Cartoonist, Illustrator, Journalist", "Summary": "Betty Paterson and her sister Esther were prodigies born into the elite of Melbourne's bohemian set. Father (Hugh) and uncle (John Ford) were both artists and her first playmates were her neighbours, the children of Frederick McCubbin.\nArt impinged upon every facet of her life throughout its entire course. Her Art Deco cartoons were published regularly in magazines such as The Bulletin and Aussie. Her illustrated interpretations of 'permissive' 1920s society resonated with those she depicted - she became artist-by-appointment to the flappers.\nBetty Paterson married twice, and had one child, a daughter, Barbara.\n", "Events": "Kenneth Newman (later divorced) (1923 - ) \nMarried the painter Albion Wiltshire (1952 - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heritage-the-national-womens-art-book-500-works-by-500-australian-women-artists-from-colonial-times-to-1955\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/esther-paterson-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-betty-paterson-portrait-artist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Paterson, Esther", "Entry ID": "AWE3783", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/paterson-esther\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Carlton, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Middle Park, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Artist, Cartoonist", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/paterson-esther-1892-1971\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heritage-the-national-womens-art-book-500-works-by-500-australian-women-artists-from-colonial-times-to-1955\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/esther-paterson-interviewed-by-hazel-de-berg-in-the-hazel-de-berg-collection-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Johnson, Florence Ethel", "Entry ID": "AWE3784", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnson-florence-ethel\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Malvern, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Feminist, Political candidate, Teacher, Unionist", "Summary": "Florence Johnson, a teacher and active unionist, stood as an Independent Labor candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of St Kilda at the Victorian state election, which was held on 9 April 1927.\n", "Details": "Florence Johnson began her teaching career as a pupil teacher at the South Preston State School in 1900. An excellent teacher, she was appointed head of Arcadia South State School in 1906. An active unionist she joined the Victorian Lady Teachers' Association in 1908, helped form the Victorian Women Teachers' Association in 1917 and was elected president. When the Lady Teachers' Association merged with the Women Teachers' Association in December of that year, she was elected vice-president.\nHer organisational skills were acknowledged when she left her teaching position to become became secretary of the Victorian State Service Federation and campaigned for equal pay for women teachers in addition to improved conditions for members of the Mental Hospital Nurses' Association and for female typists and clerks in the public service. In March 1921 she resigned to become Assistant secretary of the Victorian State Teachers' Union and remained in that position until March 1924 when she became paid secretary of the reformed Women Teachers' Association.\nIn 1927 with a colleague she formed the Victorian Federation of Mothers' Clubs. After her unsuccessful attempt to stand for parliament she resumed her teaching career.\nShe died in Malvern of mitral valve disease in November 1934.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/johnson-florence-ethel-1884-1934\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/florence-ethel-johnson-the-forgotten-feminist\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brown, Gladys Bronwen", "Entry ID": "AWE3785", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brown-gladys-bronwen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gladys Brown stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the Legislative Council Province of Melbourne North at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1958.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mann, Genevieve Elizabeth Kathleen", "Entry ID": "AWE3786", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mann-genevieve-elizabeth-kathleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Genevieve Mann stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Higinbotham at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1958.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Adams, Gabriel Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3787", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/adams-gabriel-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Gabriel Adams stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the Legislative Council Province of Doutta Galla at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1967.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Best, Doris Evelyn", "Entry ID": "AWE3788", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/best-doris-evelyn\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Doris Best stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Rodney at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1970.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crouch, Alma Ruby", "Entry ID": "AWE3789", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crouch-alma-ruby\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alma Crouch stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dundas at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1970.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Frost, Dorothy Lottie Emma", "Entry ID": "AWE3790", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/frost-dorothy-lottie-emma\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Dorothy Frost stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Greensborough at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1970.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Graham, Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3791", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/graham-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Graham stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Sandringham at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1970. She was a candidate again at the election which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Brack, Dulcie Johns", "Entry ID": "AWE3792", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/brack-dulcie-johns\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Dulcie Brack stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Benalla at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1970.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fowler, Pamela Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3793", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fowler-pamela-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Pamela Fowler stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of North Western at two Victorian state elections, which were held in 1970 and 1979.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McGeoch, Monica Agnes", "Entry ID": "AWE3794", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcgeoch-monica-agnes\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Monica McGeoch stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Albert Park at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1970. She stood again unsuccessfully at the 1973 election, which was held on 19 May.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Mitchell, Heather Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3795", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mitchell-heather-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Heather Mitchell stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the Legislative Council Province of North Western at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1970. She made a second attempt at the state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ovenden, Mary Alice", "Entry ID": "AWE3796", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ovenden-mary-alice\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Ovenden stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bentleigh at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1970.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Reid, Valda Colleen", "Entry ID": "AWE3797", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/reid-valda-colleen\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Valda Reid stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Murray Valley at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1970.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Uebergang, Alma Jean", "Entry ID": "AWE3798", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/uebergang-alma-jean\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Alma Uebergang stood as a candidate for the Country Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Portland at the Victorian state election, which was held in 1970.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schubert, Misha", "Entry ID": "AWE3799", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schubert-misha\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Community advocate, Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Misha Schubert's career in journalism began in 1998 at the Australian as a general news reporter, going on to become its Victorian political reporter. In 2001-02 she moved to New York, acquiring a masters degree from Columbia University's journalism school to complement her BA from RMIT. She moved to Canberra in 2002 where she covered indigenous affairs and health for two years before joining The Age as a federal political correspondent. On parliamentary sitting days, she writes a political gossip column, House on the Hill. She is also a regular panellist on ABC television's Insiders program.\nMisha has also developed a profile in the community sector. She was a founding chairperson of Girlstorey, a drop-in centre for young women in Melbourne, and is a life member and former president of YWCA Victoria. She was a republican delegate at the 1998 Constitutional Convention in Canberra.\nFrom September 2012 until August 2015 Misha was the Director of Communications for Recognise, the movement to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our Constitution. In September 2015, Misha took up the position of Director of Strategic Communications for Universities Australia.\n", "Events": "Nation Wide News - The Australian Newspaper (1998 - 2004) \nRecognise (2012 - 2015) \nThe Age (2004 - 2011) \nThe Sunday Age (2011 - 2012) \nUniversities Australia (2015 - 2015)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \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\/papers-of-misha-schubert-1997-1998-manuscript\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Walsh, Kerry-Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE3800", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/walsh-kerry-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Kerry-Anne Walsh has twenty-three years experience in the Canberra press gallery. She joined the Fairfax group in 2003 as federal political writer for the Sydney Sun-Herald, but prior to that had experience in television production - as a producer for Kerry O'Brien when he anchored Channel Ten's Face to Face program (now long defunct) on national politics in the late '80s, in radio as Pru Goward's producer on ABC's Radio National in the early '90s and at the Bulletin where she spent six years writing national affairs. She was also with the Sydney Telegraph group, both daily and Sunday.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1980 - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Haussegger, Virginia", "Entry ID": "AWE3801", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/haussegger-virginia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Virginia Haussegger is an award-winning television journalist, writer and commentator, whose extensive media career spans more than 25 years. She began work as a cadet journalist with the ABC in 1986 andbegan presenting ABC Canberra News in 2001. She won the United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Prize for her coverage of Indigenous Affairs in 1996.\nIn late 2016 Virginia was appointed to head a new gender equality initiative, the 50\/50 by 2030 Foundation, at the University of Canberra's Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis (IGPA), where she is an Adjunct Professor. With a singular focus on improving the representation of women in leadership and key decision making roles across all levels of government and public administration, the Foundation is the first of its kind in Australia.\nIn 2014 Virginia was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to the community, as an advocate for women's rights and gender equity, and to the media.\n", "Details": "Virginia Haussegger is the daughter of K\u00e1lm\u00e0n Haussegger, an engineer whose own father migrated to Australia from Germany in 1901. Her parents met and married in Melbourne. Virginia was educated in Burwood, then Bulleen, and finally Eltham, at the Catholic Ladies' College. She spent a year on exchange in Mexico in 1981, where she developed a fascination with Pre-Columbian art. She undertook tertiary studies at the University of Melbourne, majoring in English and Fine Arts.\nIn 1986, Haussegger successfully applied for a cadetship with the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), and began in television news. At that time, she remembers, there were no more than five senior women in senior reporting or presenting positions on television. After a term in the Victorian Press Gallery as a political reporter for ABC News, Haussegger joined the 7.30 Report in Melbourne. By 1987 she was presenting the program's Darwin edition, but returned to Melbourne two years later to be with her husband. A brief stint on Channel 7 with Steve Vizard ended in conflict and a legal battle, and she returned to the ABC.\nIn 1992, Haussegger joined Channel 9 as a reporter on A Current Affair, working with Mike Willesee, Jana Wendt and Ray Martin. In this role, she broke a story on The Children of God, a sect now referred to as The Family. The story resulted in a raid on sect houses by Victoria Police, after which 60 children were taken into protective custody.\nHaussegger left Channel 9 in 1994 and moved to Adelaide the following year, where she presented the South Australian edition of the 7.30 Report. When the program was centralised, Haussegger joined the new team in Sydney as national 'social affairs' reporter. In 1996, one of her stories - documenting the work of Magistrate Stephen Scarlett at the Bidura Children's Court in Glebe, as he attempted to curb high rates of incarceration of Indigenous juvenile offenders - won the United Nations Association's Media Peace Prize.\nIn 1996, Haussegger was poached by Channel 7's Witness program. She travelled widely, reporting from Iraq in the lead-up to war, and from Washington during the Clinton\/Lewinsky sex scandal. As a reporter for Witness, Haussegger spent just four months per year at home in Sydney. The relentless pace continued until the show was axed in 1998.\nFor a time, Haussegger worked as a freelance print journalist, and later, a consultant in financial communications. By 2001, she was ready for a return to the news world, and joined the ABC once again, this time as presenter of ABC TV News in Canberra.\nIn 2002, Haussegger learned that she had problems with age-related infertility, and would be unable to have children. Her opinion piece in the Age, expressing her disappointment with the feminist claim that women could 'have it all', sparked enormous controversy. The result was the publication of Haussegger's book, Wonder Woman: The Myth of 'Having It All' in 2005. It was launched by Julia Gillard at the National Press Club.\nVirginia Haussegger married Mark Kenny, political editor for the Adelaide Advertiser, in October 2005. Since 2006, she has been writing a weekly column for the Canberra Times. She is an active member of the journalists' union, the MEAA (Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance) and the National Press Club, and has been a judge for the Walkley Awards several times.\nInterviewed in 2008, Haussegger remarked that 'I am fearful for the future of TV reporting in Australia. Quality television journalism takes time and time is money. It seems Australia just doesn't have a big enough audience market to justify big expenditures. I am very worried that we are taking an increasing amount of international news and current affairs product'.\nSpeaking to 200 members of the Golden Key International Society at the Australian National University, though, Haussegger 'came away feeling tremendously uplifted and energized about this young generation of Australians':\n'One of the themes in my speech to them', she said, 'was about confronting failure. I wanted to impress upon them an understanding that all successful careers must - and will - involve moments or periods of what feels like failure. I wanted them to know that what matters most is how they handle it. And I wanted them to know that no matter how hard they work, they will occasionally stumble and maybe even fall over. But it's all about the getting up.'\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1986 - )", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wonder-woman-the-myth-of-having-it-all\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/from-lady-denman-to-katy-gallagher-a-century-of-womens-contributions-to-canberra\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Rappolt, Pat", "Entry ID": "AWE3802", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/rappolt-pat\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Frome, Somerset, England", "Death Place": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "In light of her future career as a journalist and literary editor, Pat Rappolt's early education was somewhat remarkable. Living in the Cooktown region in Far Northern Queensland in the early twentieth century limited one's options - she never received a formal education and was home schooled with her brother and two sisters by her parents. This did not stop her from enjoying a lengthy career in journalism, one which extended across four decades and four states and territories in Australia. Pat's first journalist posting was on a Queensland provincial paper; her last was as the literary editor for the Canberra Times. Her importance in this role was acknowledged when a prize for young short story writers was named in her honour - The Canberra Times Pat Rappolt Literary Award.\n", "Details": "Pat Francis was born in Frome (Somerset, UK) in 1905, and migrated with her family in 1909 to the Cooktown region in Far North Queensland. Her father was advised, for health reasons, to move from England to a warmer climate, so the family moved to the jungles of North Queensland to join his brothers, who had established a tin mining venture there. Pat's mother, Nancy, was a writer who wrote many poems and articles about life on Cape York Peninsula, several of which were published in the Cairns Post, the Bulletin, the Brisbane Courier Mail and the Melbourne Argus some of which were collected and published in 1947 under the title, Feet in the Night. Nancy encouraged her children to write and it appears that Pat's talent was recognised at an early age. She had her first poem published in the Bulletin at the age of thirteen.\nPat was still a teenager when she took the boat from Cooktown to Cairns, travelling inland and up the mountains to settle in Atherton, where she was a secretary with the Maize Board until 1942. In this time she continued to write short stories, articles and poems for Australian publications. She married, had two children, and was the main breadwinner during the Depression.\nWriting, however, was in her blood, and it was what Pat wanted to do. Indeed, her family history suggests she was destined for the job. Her mother, father and a sister were country correspondents for Queensland newspapers for many years after 1930. (Indeed, one of her granddaughters, whose father was a journalist, Juliet Middleton, has worked as a reporter and sub-editor on provincial newspapers in Queensland and New South Wales.) Pat's chance came in 1942, when her application as a general reporter was accepted by the Daily Mercury, Mackay. A by-product of the Second World War was that in the absence of the men, who had joined the armed forces, women filled their positions - Pat was one such woman. Under these conditions, it became apparent to editors and newspaper proprietors that women, too, were capable journalists who were able to report on news beyond the women's or social pages. They could cover court cases and important meetings, conduct interviews and review plays. Pat very quickly gained an excellent reputation for accurate and precise reporting. She was never interested in contributing to the social pages, and made this known to her employers. Pat became a sub-editor before 1948.\nIn 1956 she decided it was time for a change and, with her family now living in the south, Pat obtained a sub-editorship with the Wangaratta Chronicle, where she stayed for two years before moving to newspapers in Sale, Horsham and Mount Gambier. As a writer for provincial papers she had occasion to set the agenda for the metropolitan papers. In 1957, as acting editor of the Wangaratta Chronicle she authorised a story which about animal cruelty at the Wangaratta stock sale yards, and wrote the accompanying editorial. Under the title 'Are we really civilised?', Pat called for greater monitoring of the handling of cows and calves as they were penned and then transported, many of which suffered enormously from dehydration, mal-nourishment and appalling injuries as a result of the conditions there. She argued that any society that mistreats the vulnerable is not entitled to call itself civilised. ( Wangaratta Chronicle, 12 August 1957). The article and editorial hit a raw nerve with the local community and letters of support began to come in. two days later, on August 14, the Melbourne Herald made the story its front page lead. The Melbourne police responded by sending several officers to the Melbourne markets to meet the trucks from Wangaratta, where they found dead calves, inspected the dying and injured, along with the starving and under-aged.\nBy 1961 Pat was in Adelaide, where she was Associate Editor with News Review Publications and Young Modern (Australia's magazine for the younger set, according to its banner). Later she was a sub-editor on the Adelaide Advertiser, her first break on to a metropolitan newspaper. She eventually became the paper's literary editor. Early in 1971 it was time for yet another move, to Canberra, where she had family, and where the Canberra Times offered her the position of Literary Editor. She enjoyed this job until her sudden death in 1978.\nPat Rappolt was an all-round journalist, reporter, sub-editor, feature writer, theatre critic and book reviewer, highly respected by her editors and colleagues.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1942 - 1978)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-pat-rappolt-journalist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Schaefer, Moya Ann", "Entry ID": "AWE3803", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/schaefer-moya-ann\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Moya Schaefer stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ballarat North at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barton, Elizabeth Aldegonda", "Entry ID": "AWE3804", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barton-elizabeth-aldegonda\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Elizabeth Barton stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dromana at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Forster, Kathleen Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3805", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/forster-kathleen-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Kathleen Forster stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Glenhuntly at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Miller, Flora Isabel", "Entry ID": "AWE3806", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/miller-flora-isabel\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Flora Miller stood as a candidate for the Australia Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Greensborough at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973. She was a candidate again as an Independent for the seat at the by-election, which was held on 13 October in the same year.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Robinson, Patricia May Elizabeth", "Entry ID": "AWE3807", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/robinson-patricia-may-elizabeth\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Patricia Robinson stood as a candidate for the Australia Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Ivanhoe at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Linard, Anna Maria", "Entry ID": "AWE3808", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/linard-anna-maria\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Anna Linard stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Melbourne at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Beaumont, Ethel Anne", "Entry ID": "AWE3809", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/beaumont-ethel-anne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Ethel Beaumont stood as a candidate for the Australia Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mitcham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Crowe, Marianne", "Entry ID": "AWE3810", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/crowe-marianne\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Marianne Crowe stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mitcham at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Silvester, Diana Henty", "Entry ID": "AWE3811", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/silvester-diana-henty\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Diana Silvester stood as a candidate for the Country Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Portland at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/council-for-the-encouragement-of-music-and-the-arts-portland-vic-australian-gallery-file\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McDonnell, Elizabeth Josephine", "Entry ID": "AWE3812", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mcdonnell-elizabeth-josephine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Elizabeth McDonnell stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Legislative Assembly seat of Reservoir at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Broadbent, Beverley", "Entry ID": "AWE3813", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/broadbent-beverley\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Beverley Broadbent stood as a candidate for the Australia Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of St Kilda at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973. She stood again as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the seat of Caulfield at the 1982 election, which was held on 3 April.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Barnes, Mary Josephine", "Entry ID": "AWE3814", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/barnes-mary-josephine\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Mary Barnes stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Sunshine at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Fraser, Patricia Margaret", "Entry ID": "AWE3815", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/fraser-patricia-margaret\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Patricia Fraser stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Swan Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Ives, Rosslyn Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3816", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ives-rosslyn-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Rosslyn Ives stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the Legislative Assembly seat of Kew at the by-election, which was held on 17 April 1973. She stood again for the ALP in the Legislative Council Province of East Yarra at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Hart, Helen Mary", "Entry ID": "AWE3817", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/hart-helen-mary\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Helen Hart stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of East Yarra at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973. She stood again in the Legislative Assembly seat of Coburg at the state election, which was held on 20 March 1976.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Staunton, Christina Therese", "Entry ID": "AWE3818", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/staunton-christina-therese\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Christina Staunton stood as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of Melbourne North at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Davies, Margaret Randall", "Entry ID": "AWE3819", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/davies-margaret-randall\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Margaret Davies stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council Province of North Western at the Victorian state election, which was held on 19 May 1973.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wallace, Judith Gytha", "Entry ID": "AWE3820", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wallace-judith-gytha\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Political candidate", "Summary": "Judith Wallace stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Berwick at two Victorian state elections, which were held in 1976 and 1979.\n", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/carrying-on-the-fight-women-candidates-in-victorian-parliamentary-elections\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Horseman, Marie Compston (Mollie)", "Entry ID": "AWE3821", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/horseman-marie-compston-mollie\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Rochester, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Cartoonist, Journalist", "Summary": "Mollie Horseman worked professionally as a cartoonist and illustrator for over forty years. In 1963 Everybody's Magazine called her 'Australia's only woman cartoonist'. While this was obviously not the case, she was probably the most visible woman working in the field. At their annual ball in 1956, her colleagues in the Australian Black and White Artists' Club 'smocked' her (presented her with an artist's smock decorated by fellow members) and she was later voted Sydney Savage Club 'Cartoonist of the Year'. In 1964 she was the only woman in a group photograph of forty-three professional cartoonists and one of nine women among 140 cartoonists in the survey exhibition Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning.\nAlthough she was always able to draw, she was propelled forwards when she came to the attention of Norman Lindsay . Rose and Norman employed the teenage Mollie to be their children's governess. So impressed was he, recommended her to the National Art School. For financial reasons, she did not complete the course, but it was enough to sharpen her skills to ensure that she received regular employment. She worked regularly for Smith's Weekly and the Bulletin and her humorous cartoons made her a household name in the 1930s. Perhaps her best known characters were 'The Tipple Twins' two secretaries who regularly created office havoc in the pages of the Rydge's Business Journal, for which she freelanced in the 1940s. Many of her drawings may be found in the Mitchell Library, at the State Library of New South Wales.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1928 - 1968)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/horseman-marie-compston-mollie-1911-1974\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heritage-the-national-womens-art-book-500-works-by-500-australian-women-artists-from-colonial-times-to-1955\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/collection-of-cartoons-and-caricatures-by-various-artists-1890-1917-1980-together-with-placemats-and-posters-for-journalists-functions-and-dinners-1978-1998\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mollie-horseman-cartoon-drawings-and-photograph-ca-1955-1965%e2%86%b5mollie-horseman-cartoon-drawings-and-photograph-ca-1955-1965\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/selection-of-cartoon-drawings-from-smiths-weekly-ca-1930-1950\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "McCrae, Marjorie (Mahdi)", "Entry ID": "AWE3822", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/mccrae-marjorie-mahdi\/", "Type": "Person", "Occupations": "Cartoonist, Illustrator, Journalist", "Summary": "Mahdi McCrae, great-granddaughter of Georgina McCrae, was a painter, cartoonist and commercial artist of some renown who had a keen eye for critiquing Sydney society. Norman Lindsay, a close friend of her parents, taught her how to draw. He admired her work greatly, stating that her teenage efforts, many of which were published in Aussie magazine, showed an 'extraordinary delicacy of line and virility of form.' As her reputation grew, her work became more widely published. Throughout the 20s and 30s her drawings were reproduced in Home, Woman, Melbourne Punch and the Bulletin.\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1920 - 1940)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/heritage-the-national-womens-art-book-500-works-by-500-australian-women-artists-from-colonial-times-to-1955\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Wright, Claudia", "Entry ID": "AWE3823", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/wright-claudia\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Bendigo, Victoria, Australia", "Death Place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist", "Summary": "Claudia Wright was a trailblazer for talkback radio in Melbourne, Victoria, in the 1970s. A committed feminist and fighter for social justice, she worked in print, radio and television journalism throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s until she was affected by the early onset of Alzheimer's disease. Even when ill, she allowed herself to be the subject of documentaries that brought attention to the impact of the disease on patients and their carers.\n", "Details": "Claudia Wright resigned from Melbourne Radio Station 3AW, during an on-air broadcast, in February 1977, when she was at the peak of the Melbourne media ratings, and one of the two most widely listened-to radio broadcasters in Australia. (The other was John Laws of Sydney.) She announced there had been a campaign to sack her, and that she would rather resign in protest than tolerate the lack of support from the Macquarie network.\nThe clash which led to her resignation began in late 1976, after a fiery run-in with the Macquarie network's advertisers, ethnic and religious lobby groups, and a change of station manager, who was fearful of her role in controversial broadcasts relating to Catholic Church doctrine, the Arab-Israeli conflict, language acceptable for public broadcast, and other issues.\nIn response to Bishop Fox of Sale's denunciation of divorce, contraception, abortion and other 'moral perversions' at a Catholic women's conference, Wright urged women in her radio and television broadcasts to fight back, criticising the 'narrow views of the 'antique Catholics'. The church fought back and Claudia, in particular, was targeted for special criticism due to what Father Patrick Murray of Drouin described as her use of 'coarse speech and emotional screeching to talk down her opponents'. Pulpit sermons were ordered by the Church, calling on Catholic advertisers to withdraw their advertisements from 3AW.\nFollowing an on-air debate between Father Murray and Wright, mediated by John Tingle, which the station promoted to the hilt and which was one of the most highly rated broadcasts of the time, various sponsors threatened to withdraw their advertising. A number of controversial broadcasts followed, including one where she made satirical comments about Governor-general Sir John Kerr's wife. She had broadcast and written acerbically about the \"constitutional putsch\" of November 1975, in which Kerr had dismissed the Labour Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.\nWhitlam was one of Claudia's long-time supporters, and he and many others joined the public protests that ensued, after the February 1977 resignation. Wright told the station manager to \"fuck off\" as she left the station-door. She wore her sacking as a badge of honour, later telling a journalist from the Melbourne Age that she regarded it as '\u2026a compliment\u2026a perverse recognition of my talent.' Broadcasting in order to tell people how to 'bake cakes and cut their chook's toenails' was simply not Claudia Wright's scene.\nSo what was Claudia Wright's scene? The statement issued after her sacking by the Women's Liberation Movement gives us more than a subtle hint. Calling for her reinstatement, the spokeswoman for the movement alleged that she was:\n 'the latest in a long list of articulate women who had been robbed of their livelihood because they spoke the truth about women in society\u2026for women everywhere who had not voice, Claudia was that voice.'\nClaudia Wright's 'scene' was to provide a platform for 'the underdog' to have her day. Whether it was convincing the Macquarie network management to broadcast live for twelve hours from the 1975 Women and Politics Conference in Canberra, highlighting concerns about East Timor in the mid 1970s, discussing such taboo subjects as incest and rape on prime-time radio, or using the word 'cunt' on air in a poetry reading and interview with Anne Summers about her new feminist history 'Damned Whores and God's Police' ( an utterance ruled permissible by the broadcasting authority because it was 'in context'), Claudia Wright was committed to creating radical news, in a responsible fashion. Off air, and without public fanfare, she met regularly with prisoners at Melbourne's Pentridge prison; helped publicize women's health and self-help organizations to deal with breast and cervical cancer, and marital violence; assisted the campaign for the \"disappeared\", victims of the military junta in Argentina; supported the East Timorese refugee organizations; and assisted her home-town and its Chinese community.\nA product of her times, her journalism reflected the enormous social changes of the 1960s and 70s, especially as they impacted feminism and political life in Australia. And, as her good friend and former radio producer, Julie Copeland, said after her death in 2005:\n'There was no-one else quite like her - we got away with probably doing the most radical programs ever heard on commercial radio - I don't think we'll see her like again'.\nClaudia Wright was born in Bendigo in 1934. Of poor, multicultural stock (her grandmother was Chinese), she attended school in Bendigo and worked her way up the journalist ladder, her first foothold being a job with the local Bendigo paper. From there, she moved to the Melbourne Herald, and worked on the paper's fashion and social pages, eventually taking on the role of editor of the Women's Section. New to Melbourne society, she took great delight in critiquing the conduct, hypocrisies and corruption of some its members, especially the vice-regal pretensions of the Government House set. She hobnobbed with them at the Melbourne Cup, was great friends with some of the most influential among them, making writers as well as friends of some like Lilian Frank, despite their political differences.\nAfter creating a profile and public following at the Herald, she was ousted by Rupert Murdoch, the newspaper proprietor, after there were complaints that she was giving voice to causes that had not been publicized in the Melbourne media before. Murdoch then asked her to serve as a special reporter for the London wedding of the Prince of Wales and Princess Diana. She told Murdoch no, and excoriated him in public print for years. She remained on friendly terms, however, with Prince Charles. Thirty years later, she returned to attack Murdoch, and in one of the last acts of her life, as she was dying, she authorized a defamation suit against Murdoch's paper, the London Times, for reporting, falsely, that she had been a Soviet spy.\nAfter leaving the Herald, she moved to join Melbourne radio station 3AW. One of a team of morning presenters that included radio stalwarts Ormsby Wilkins and Norman Banks, Claudia (or Claws as she was widely nicknamed) contributed to a program that consistently topped the morning ratings for many years. Listeners loved Claudia, or loved to hate her. In particular, they loved to tune in at 8:30 am to conversations\/arguments between Norman Banks and Claudia. Although Banks did not conceal his public and personal animosity, Claudia did not reciprocate, and acknowledged privately that she felt sorry for Banks. Radio was never boring when Claudia was involved, because Claudia herself got bored easily, a characteristic that made her a challenge to produce for at times.\nClaudia asserted her feminist politics loudly and proudly; as indicated by the protests against her sacking, her position at the pulpit was greatly appreciated by the majority of feminists. There were some in the movement, however, who didn't entirely approve of her because, despite her feminist credentials, Claudia committed the cardinal sin of attending to her appearance. Claudia was attractive, stylish and glamorous - she wore make-up, jewellery, and couture clothes. She saw no reason why maintaining appearance conflicted with feminist aims, and this sat uncomfortably with some feminists of the time. She was a career-long friend of Germaine Greer, and of US and UK leaders of the feminist movements of the 1970s and 1980s.\nBetween her run-in with the Catholics and her resignation in 1977, Claudia travelled to the Middle East, where she reported sympathetically on the Palestinian position and interviewed Arab leaders, including Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, Yasser Arafat of the PLO, and leaders of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Oman, becoming one of the first western journalists to do so. She also interviewed prominent Israelis, such as General Moshe Dayan.\nAt the time of her exit from 3AW in 1977, she was living with her husband, John Helmer, with whom she had a son, Catullus. She had two other children with first husband, journalist Geoffrey Wright. She moved to the United States, settling in Washington D.C., where she broadcast occasionally on National Public Radio, and was the Washington correspondent for New Statesman, for the French Catholic weekly, Temoignage Chretien, and for the leading Greek newspaper, Ta Nea. Her work was published in many of the leading US newspapers, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post, as well as in the leading foreign policy journals of the US, including Foreign Affairs. She was honoured with the award of a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship at the US Smithsonian Institution.\nIn 1983, although she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, she delayed a life-saving operation, in order to return to Melbourne at the invitation of 3AW, and present a series of 4-hour morning radio programs during the six-week summer season. She replaced presenter Derryn Hinch, who, out-rated, tried to sabotage her return. Her last active journalistic link with Australia was as Washington correspondent for Vogue.\nHer radical journalism resulted in her being accused of treason in the Australian Senate in the early 1980s, and then, in later years, in bizarre accusations about her being a spy for the Soviets. Her accuser, a KGB major, who was dismissed from his service for alcoholism, had been incensed when his superiors listened to tape-recordings, in which Claudia had told her husband of the agent's attempt to grope her sexually at a restaurant in Moscow. On the tape, Claudia was heard to say that she had told the agent to \"get that little thing out of me\".\nPublished retractions and apologies in the UK and London put an end to the claims, until they were resurrected in the Times in January of 2005, when the newspaper was promoting a new book by one of its correspondents, and believed Claudia was dead, and therefore safe to libel.\nThe two rounds of allegations came at a time when her ability to speak for herself about them was limited. In 1988, Claudia Wright was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease; she was just 54 at the time. Her treatment was aided by experimental drugs provided by her friend, the Prime Minister of Greece, Andreas Papandreou.\nShe lived with the illness for another seventeen years. During that time, she was, characteristically, far from silent. Through the \"Sixty Minutes\" television programme, she organized the first ever-television documentaries in Australia to show what impact the disease was having on her, launching thereby a national campaign for funds to aid Alzheimer's Disease research. That fund is ongoing at the Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria.\nShe also fought against the conditions of her hospitalization, and for the rights of institutional patients, taking to tribunal hearings the Presbyterian Church, which operated the centre where she spent her last decade, as well as the Victorian state Office of Public Advocate and the Guardianship and Administration Board, for mistreatment. Her claims were all dismissed.\nIt was an unfair and unfitting last chapter for an incredibly fit woman with a powerful commitment to giving the unvoiced a voice.\nHer grave is in the village cemetery of White Hills, where her Chinese relatives also lie, outside Bendigo. A memorial service was held the week after her death, on February 5, 2005, at Como House, which was across the street from Claudia's last Australian home, and over-looked the park where she would jog every morning. A film compilation by her son Catullus, including excerpts of the famous 1976 radio debate with the Catholic priest, was presented. Eulogies were given by London writers Greer and Scarthe Flett; Helmer; Copeland; and Frank.\nA death notice placed in the New York Times on February 3rd 2005 in a few well chosen words told the world exactly what Claudia Wright's scene was: 'She wrote, she fought, she loved.'\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1960 - 1990)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/vale-claudia-wright\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/alzheimers-and-claudia-wright\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/claudia\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/claudia-wright-interviewing-mr-john-kaputin-port-moresby-new-guinea-picture\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/a-current-affair-1975-09-19\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/biographical-cuttings-on-claudia-wright-journalist-containing-one-or-more-cuttings-from-newspapers-or-journals\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Chung, Helene", "Entry ID": "AWE3824", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/chung-helene\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Radio Journalist, Television Journalist, Writer", "Summary": "Helene Chung is an Australian Chinese, fourth generation Tasmanian who, in 1974, became the first non-white reporter on Australian television. A former Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Beijing correspondent, she was also the first female posted abroad by the ABC.\n", "Details": "The product of a less than conventional childhood (except, perhaps, the bit where she attended St Mary's Catholic School for girls in Hobart) Helene Chung's career in journalism began when she covered what it might be said is the quintessentially Tasmanian story, the alleged sighting of a Tasmanian Tiger. A post graduate student in history at the time, luck and family contacts led to her October 1968 appointment to interview a Sandy Bay butcher, taxi vouchers and tape reorder in hand. The following morning, the interview was broadcast on ABC radio's national program, AM. 'A new world opened up,' she said. 'Like a stray pup, I'd been tossed a ball by a stranger, caught it in my jaw and now, with tail wagging, I wanted to run with it.' She ran with it for thirty years, retiring formally from the ABC in 1998. In between times she worked in radio and television; she freelanced and did bureau work in Australia and abroad; for the BBC, CBS, Hong Kong radio, NPR and NZBC;\nin Europe, Asia and Egypt. She has been witness to, and part of, some of the major changes that have transformed Australian culture and society, from the age of assimilation to the era of multiculturalism.\nHelene Chung's childhood, for better or worse, has made her what she is today. It was hard enough growing up Chinese in Hobart in the 1950s, let alone growing up the child of the first Chinese divorce in Tasmania (according to Truth Magazine). Compound that with the embarrassment of having a mother who earned a living through nude modelling for art students at the local technical college and who also lived with a partner who she was not married to, and one can begin to appreciate the challenges. She developed a relatively thick outer skin and dealt with her difference through performance- life at the University of Tasmania for her was as much about acting and directing for the Old Nick Theatre group as it was about her studies, a BA (Hons) in history. She was rarely confronted by the 'limitations' created by her Asian face whilst on the stage; although they were rather rudely rammed home one year when she wasn't cast as Queen Elizabeth in the revue Vote No. And her Chinese identity created troubles for her as well, at times. Relatives warned her that other Asian students complained because she didn't mix with them. University days were a time when the conflict between her inner and outer selves was, perhaps, at its most pronounced.\nUpon completing her undergraduate degree, Helene began an MA in history, because she was not quite sure what else it was that she wanted to do. She had a beautiful speaking voice and the capacity to teach, but was told by someone that Australian's don't want to be taught English by a Chinese person. The suggestion that she should learn Chinese in order to enhance her career opportunities was regarded as a sign of madness in the family friend who offered it. So dusty volumes of Punch and Hansard dominated her life until the Sandy Bay butcher emerged on the scene. The rest, as they say, is history.\nOnce she metaphorically picked up that journalists ball, she worked as a freelancer for the ABC, three mornings a week, while she completed her MA. She then worked freelance for three years overseas, in Singapore, Hong Kong, London and Cairo, and thus commenced a career characterised by a lot of firsts. In 1971 she made headlines with the first radio interview granted by Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne. (The Melbourne Herald account of the interview entitled it 'She Put Anne on Tape'.) Back with the ABC, she made them again in 1974 when she switched from radio to television (much to the annoyance of her then manager) and joined This Day Tonight, so becoming the first non-white reporter on Australian television. In 1978, she appeared on the cover of truth when a story broke about the ABC's intention to remove her from her television post, because she looked too Chinese. The plan to remove her (dubbed the 'White' plan, after Derek White, the ABC executive responsible) proved unsuccessful, as the Australian Journalists' Association and the Commissioner for Community Relations, Al Grassby, 'rattled their sabres'.\nShe weathered that storm and then went on to be the first woman posted abroad by the ABC, as Beijing correspondent 1983-1986. The ABC had employed women overseas before as freelancers, but they had never actually appointed someone to perform the task and the significance of this was never lost on Helene. During a whirlwind briefing in Sydney, a worried news chief warned, 'There's a lot riding on your appointment.' It was clear that if I failed, it would be a long time before another woman would be given a chance overseas.' Clearly she did a good enough job for them risk sending other women overseas in later years.\nThe China posting, as well as throwing up extraordinary work opportunities, required Helene to once again confront the identity issues that had troubled her in the past, in an entirely new context. 'I arrived in China not feeling Chinese but conscious of my Chinese heritage,' she wrote some years later:\n 'However, my role as ABC correspondent almost obliterated any identity I may have felt with the motherland of my ancestors. I never felt more Australia - and less Chinese -than when living in China: I was an alien in the motherland.'\nShe was a foreigner, she and her husband lived as foreigners, and they were treated as foreigners. She didn't even make the category of 'overseas Chinese'. The experience made her conscious of how little she knew about her ancestry; this in turn made her realise how little she really knew about the land of her birth, and how her ancestry fitted into its history. When she returned to Australia, she and her husband spent much time tracing these roots, and the family members she had never met. She also published Shouting From China, which tells of her adventures and tribulations as a foreign correspondent. A 1989 edition includes her coverage of the democracy demonstrations.\nIn 1993, the love of her life, John Martin, died after a battle with cancer. Helene published Gentle John My Love My Loss in 1995 as a private memoir to help her deal with her loss. In 2004 she published an edited collection of his letters home from China, written while she was foreign correspondent, entitled, Lazy man in China. Since losing John and leaving journalism formally, Helene Chung has continued to write and engage with ideas and, very importantly, family. Her most recent publication, Ching Chong China Girl: From fruit shop to foreign correspondent is her most recent, public expression of this engagement. But be careful if you choose to read it. As Helene Chung Martin says , the book should not be read by convent girls not wearing their gloves!\n", "Events": "Career in journalism active (1968 - 1998)", "Published Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/ching-chong-china-girl-from-fruitshop-to-foreign-correspondent\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/the-womens-pages-australian-women-and-journalism-since-1850-2\/ \nhttps:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/trove\/", "Archival Resources": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/helene-chung-martin-journalist-and-author-interviewed-by-diana-giese-in-the-chinese-australian-oral-history-partnership-collection-sound-recording\/" }, { "Title\/Name": "Stott Despoja, Shirley", "Entry ID": "AWE3825", "Entry URL": "https:\/\/www.womenaustralia.info\/entries\/stott-despoja-shirley\/", "Type": "Person", "Birth Place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupations": "Journalist, Print journalist", "Summary": "Shirley Stott Despoja was the first woman to be employed in the general news room at the Adelaide Advertiser. She was that paper's first ever Arts Editor, appointed at a time when the arts were of enormous political and economic significance in South Australia. She brought the arts to the front pages of the newspaper in a manner that had not been achieved before.\nIn 2010, Shirley Stott Despoja was the inaugural winner of the Mary MacKillop Award at the twentieth annual Catholic Archbishop's Media Citations. She was nominated for her regular column, The Third Age, published in The Adelaide Review.\nAccording to Archbishop Wilson who presented the award, it was a pleasure to honour such an esteemed writer and champion of equality and social justice.\n\"Mary MacKillop herself was a great correspondent and also challenged the social norms of the day,\" he said.\n\"Ms Stott Despoja's efforts to break the stereotypes of ageing and challenge her peers to be feisty and opinionated would undoubtedly be applauded by Mary.\"\nStott Despoja also won a United Nations Associat