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Oodgeroo Noonuccal

Poet, Indigenous activist

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An index of women featured in Women's History Month, the National History Challenge and other projects supported by AWHF, with links to the Australian Women's Archives Project, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and other authoritative sites.


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Hilda Abbott (Harnett) [9 September 1890-26 May 1984]
Broadcaster, writer, interior designer, community worker
Jessie A Ackermann [1857?-1951]
Journalist, social reformer
Olive Anderson [21 April 1917 - 25 February 1995]
Composer
Elizabeth Anderson-Oates
Parliamentarian, Northern Territory Legislative Assembly 1974-77
Shirley Andrews [1915-2001]
Biochemist, civil rights activist, folk musician, dancer
Thea Astley [1925-2004]
Writer
Florence Austral [16 April 1892 - 16 May 1968]
Opera singer
Daisy Bates [1863-1951]
Anthropologist and journalist
Jane Beadle (Jean) [1 January 1868- 22 May 1942]
Labor leader, feminist and social worker
Annette Bear-Crawford [1853-7 June 1899]
Feminist
Lou Bennett
Indigenous singer, song writer
Emilia Martha Best (Millie) [1900- November 1979]
Parliamentarian - Tasmanian House of Assembly
Doris Blackburn [18 September 1889 - 12 December 1970]
Politician, peace activist
Margaret Blackwood [26 April 1909-1986]
Botanist, geneticist and servicewoman
Vera Bradford [1904 - 2003]
Pianist, pupil of Percy Grainger.
Ethel Brady [d. 1921]
Composer
Mary Hannah (May) Brahe [6 November 1884 - 14 August 1956]
Composer
Louisa Briggs [14 November 1836- 6 September 1925]
Indigenous activist: nurse
Florence Broadhurst [28 July 1899 - 15 October 1977]
Designer, businessswoman, singer, banjolele player
Ada Bromham [1880-1965]
Feminist and temperance worker
June Bronhill [26 June 1929 - 25 January 2005]
Soprano opera singer
Mary Ann Bugg
Bushranger
Kathleen Burns [1914 - 1999]
Dance band pianist
Ellen Cahill (Killarney Kate) [c. 1863 - 3 JAnuary 1934]
Street singer
Bessy Cameron [1851-1895]
Nyungar woman and school teacher
Caroline Carlton [? - 1874]
Lyricist
Amy Castles [25 July 1880 - 19 November 1951]
Opera singer
Margaret Catchpole
Convict, midwife
Fanny Cochrane - Smith [December 1834 - 24 February 1905]
Singer , Tasmanian Aborigine
Jessie Couvreur (Huybers) 'Tasma' [1848-1897]
Writer and lecturer
Edith Cowan [2 August 1861-9 June 1932]
Parliamentarian (Western Australia) and community worker
Camilla Cowley
Pastoralist, activist
Helen Crisp (Wighton) [26 September 1916-25 May 2002]
Academic and adminstrator
Mary Dakas (Paspalis) [1909-1984]
Pearler
Ruby Davy [22 November 1883 - 12 July 1949]
Musician and composer
Phyllis Daylight
Pastoralist, activist
Tilly Devine [8 September 1900 - 24 November 1970]
Businesswoman and gangster
Leila Doubleday [not available]
Violinist
Henrietta Dugdale [c1826 - 17 June 1918]
Suffragist and feminist
Fanny (Sarah) Durack [21 October 1889-20 March 1956]
Olympic champion swimmer
Florence Ewart [16 November 1864 - 8 November 1949 (?)]
Composer
Sarah Elizabeth Flower [c. 1823 - 20 August 1865]
Opera singer, teacher
Florrie Ford [16 August 1875 - 18 April 1940]
Music Hall artist
Joan Freeman [1918-1998]
Physicist
Lillian Frost [4 September 1870 - 22 december 1953]
Organist
Fay Gale [1932 - ]
Cultural geographer, women's rights activist
Pearl Gibbs [1901-1983]
Indigenous activist
Mary Glowrey [23 June 1887-5 May 1957]
Doctor and Missionary
Vida Goldstein [13 April 1869- 15 August 1949]
Feminist reformer, suffragist
Madge Gormley (Bratby) [1914-2003]
Rodeo rider
Irene Greenwood (Driver) [1898-1992]
Broadcaster, writer, peace activist
Dame Joan Hammond [24 May 1912 - 26 November 1996]
Singer and teacher
Ruby Hammond [1936 - 1993]
Aboriginal activist
Louise Hanson-Dyer [1884-1962]
Music publisher
Beryl Henderson [1897-1990]
Suffragette and Women's Liberationist
Marjorie Hesse [1911 - 1986]
Composer
Nora Heysen (Black) [11 January 1911-30 December 2003]
Artist
Mirrie Hill [1 December 1892 - 1 May 1986]
Margaret Hodge [8 January 1858-13 August 1938]
Feminist and educator
Dulcie Holland [1913 - 21 May 2000]
Composer
May (Mary Alice) Holman [18 July 1893-20 March 1939]
Parliamentarian
Miriam Hyde [15 January 1913 - 12 January 2005]
Composer
Roberta Jull [16 August 1872-6 March 1961]
Doctor; writer; broadcaster; reformer
Doreen Kartinyeri [1935 - ]
Senior Ngarrindjeri woman
Catherine Ada (Kate) Kelly [12 July 1863 - 6 October 1898]
Sister and confidante of Ned Kelly
Emily Kngwarreye [1910-1996]
Anmatyerre artist
Marjorie Lawrence [17 February 1909 - 13 January 1979]
Singer and soprano
Louisa Lawson [17 February 1848 - 12 August 1920]
Helen Leonard [1945-2001]
Feminist, nurse, photographer
Joice Nankivell Loch [24 January 1887 - 8 October 1982]
Journalist, novelist and medical worker
Lottie Lyell (Cox) [1890-1925]
Film actor
Georgiana McCrae [15 March 1804-24 May 1890]

Artist, musician and rural pioneer

Beatrice (Bea) Miles [17 September 1902 - 3 December 1973]
Eccentric: original "bag lady"
Emma Miller (Holmes, Silcock, Calderwood) [26 June 1839-22 January 1917]
Labour reformer, peace activist
Varney Monk [unknown]
Composer
Lola Montez [17 February 1818 - 17 January 1861]
Dancer, actress and courtesan
Wendy Morrissey [1926 - 19 February 2005]
Associate Composer
Alice M Moyle [1908 - 9 April 2005]
Ethnomusicologist
Marie (Catherine Mary) Narelle [28 January 1870 - 26 January 1941]
Singer
Harriet Newcomb [20 May 1854 - 15 April 1942]
Feminist and educator
Oodgeroo Noonuccal [1920-1993]
Poet, Indigenous activist
Rosaleen Norton [2 October 1917 - 5 December 1979]

Known as "The Witch of Kings Cross"

Peggy O'Dea [unknown]
Danceband leader
Gladys O'Shane [1919-1965]
Indigenous activist
Katharine (Kitty) Parker [28 March 1886 - 28 March 1971]
Pianist and composer
Georgette Peterson [1863 - 19 April 1947]
Composer, pianist, portrait painter
Linda Phillips [8 June 1899 - 8 October 2002]
Composer
Pauline Pickford [1926 - ]
activist
Olive Pink [17 March 1884-6 July 1975]
Anthroplogist, botanical artist, activist for Aboriginal rights
Julia Rachel Rapke [11 February 1886 - 9 October 1959]
Feminist and civil rights activist
Elizabeth Reid [3 July 1942 - ]
Educator, public speaker, researcher
Esther Rofe [1904 - February 2000]
Composer
Edna Ryan (Nelson) [15 December 1904-10 February 1997]
Feminist and trades union activist
Rose Scott [8 October 1847-20 April 1925]
Feminist
Mary Sexton [1938 - ]
Public servant, ret'd. Campaigner for Indigenous rights.
Eugenie Seyd - Wood [8 March 1896 - 1986]
Composer
Shirley Perry Smith (Mum Shirl) [1924-1998]
Wiradjuri woman, community worker
Wilhelmina (Bill) Smith [1889-1970]
Jockey
Elsa Stralia [1 March 1881 - 31 August 1945]
Soprano
Jessie Street [1889-1970]
Feminist, peace activist
Margaret Sutherland [20 November 1897 - 1984]
Composer
Daisy Sutton [1905 - 1990]
Musician (fiddler)
Hilda Tansey [1901 - 1975]
First woman music conductor in Australia
Glenys Anne (Glen) Tomasetti [21 May 1929 - 25 June 2003]
Songwriter, poet, novelist
Truganini [1812 - May 1876]
Aboriginal spokesperson and Aboriginal leader
Jessie Webb [31 July 1980-17 February 1944]
Historian
Mary Windeyer [1837-1912]
Suffrage campaigner

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