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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. 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. Aged 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. Housed 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. Meanwhile, 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. The 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. In 1998, Tan’s contribution to community service was recognised nationally and internationally when she was awarded Young Australian of the Year. In 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. Published resources Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Author Details Barbara Lemon Created 1 February 2006 Last modified 25 September 2015 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

MS Acc07/94 comprises correspondence, manuscripts, research material, reviews and other promotional material for various publications and editions including Too many men (1999), You gotta have balls (2005), New York (2001), and Between Mexico and Poland (2002); notebooks; notes and drafts of poems; and, professional ephemera (81 boxes, 2 cartons, 1 small box, 2 fol. Boxes). Author Details Alannah Croom Created 24 April 2018 Last modified 24 April 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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. 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, ‘…usually when the team I coached had won.’ Gill 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. Published resources Newspaper Article She's the coach, man, Critchley, Cheryl, 2005 Videorecording Game Girls, Cannell, Mirriam, 1997 Site Exhibition She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2007, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Author Details Nikki Henningham Created 10 April 2007 Last modified 5 September 2012 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Aine Ranke is a committed environmentalist who represented the Australian Greens in the following elections: House of Representatives, Paterson 2001, 2004 New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Maitland, 2003. 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. Aine 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. In 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. Published resources Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Site Exhibition Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html Author Details Annette Alafaci Created 2 February 2006 Last modified 20 November 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

There is a separate folder with four letters from her amongst a huge volume of missionary correspondence some of which is from Frieda Strehlow and other missionary wives. The letters are in the process of being individually indexed. Author Details Anne Heywood Created 29 January 2004 Last modified 29 January 2004 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Athletes including Marlene Mathews from Australia competing in the track and field events held at the M.C.G. Author Details Barbara Lemon Created 24 January 2007 Last modified 4 January 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Photographs mounted for exhibitions, 1926-1988 (20 boards). ?Minutes of the ACT Local Association, 18 Dec. 1930-20 Aug. 1943 (1 vol.). ?Official diary of territorial commissioner Patricia Tillyard, 1935-1936, 1938-1943 (1 vol.). ?Collected records of guide and brownie units, 1936-1963 (7 bundles). ?Log book of First Canberra Ranger Unit, Aug. 1944 (1 vol.). ?Log book of Third NSW Lone Guides Unit which became the 1st ACT Lone Guide Unit from Dec. 1945, kept by Lucy Wheatley, 1944-1947 (1 vol.). ?Notebook written by Lucy Wheatley about camping and camps, 1946-1949 (2 vols). ?Collected records of ranger units, 1947-1966 (1 small box). ?Records of the Mount Majura Guide District, 1957-1983 (1 bundle). ?Notes, documents and photographs, 1961-1987 (1 bundle). ?Correspondence, finance documents, training documents, historical notes, 1964-1985 (3 boxes). ?Master set of local journal, Guiders Gas, 1976-1988 (1 bundle). ?Programs for special occasions, 1977-1988 (5 items).??Historical note:?The Girl Guides Association began in Canberra with the formation of a lone company in 1927 under New South Wales headquarters. The company was replaced by a local association in December 1930 which became a district of New South Wales in 1931 with Mrs C.S. Daley as district commissioner. The ACT Division, formed in 1935, was commanded by Patricia Tillyard as divisional commissioner until 1943. Region 14 (Australian Capital Territory and the Southern Tablelands) was formed in June 1968 and divided in 1975 into three autonomous zones which work through region headquarters to New South Wales headquarters. Author Details Jane Carey Created 15 June 2004 Last modified 15 June 2004 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

1 sound tape reel (ca. 18 min)??Lahey speaks of her childhood and schooling in Queensland; changes that occurred in her life due to World War I; travelling overseas in 1915; her interest in landscape painting; her method of work when painting from nature. Author Details Helen Morgan Created 21 November 2002 Last modified 21 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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. 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. Published resources Site Exhibition Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Author Details Annette Alafaci Created 25 August 2005 Last modified 16 September 2013 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Letter and manuscript of the book ‘Brightening landscape- the world of Ruby Hammond’, by Margaret Forte. 212 pages. Author Details Alannah Croom Created 5 June 2018 Last modified 5 June 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Knight, Myra, ‘Necia Mocatta AM AIMM’, typescript biographical note, in the possession of Marian Quartly and Judith Smart Author Details Elizabeth Daniels Created 12 September 2013 Last modified 13 September 2013 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

26 minutes??Winifred Wall was fourteen years old and attending Adelaide High School at the outbreak of the First World War. Winifred went on to study medicine at Adelaide University in 1918 and she speaks of the example of older women doctors. She discusses her unquestioning response to the war as well as its positive impact on attitudes to working women. Author Details Anne Heywood Created 5 April 2004 Last modified 28 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Writing in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Rosa Praed covered many genres in her extensive bibliography, including books for children as well as adults. Rosa Murray-Prior began writing in her teens, contributing résumés and stories to the family’s handwritten Marroon Magazine. She married Englishman Arthur Campbell Bulkley Praed, and four years later Rosa and her husband returned to England, where she continued to write. Praed revisited Australia only once, however she continued to rework her memories, and published her autobiography My Australian Girlhood in 1902. Other biographical work included Australian Life; Black and White (1885). She maintained contacts with relations and friends in Australia until her death. Writing as Mrs Campbell Praed, she produced more than forty-five books over the next four decades, approximately half of which deal with Australian material. Praed was the third child of Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior and Matilda Harpur, niece of poet Charles Harpur. Murray-Prior established a pastoral station in Queensland where he became a member of the Legislative Council and served as Post-Master General to three Prime Ministers during the latter half of the 19th century. Her father’s political career in Queensland exposed Rosa to political discourses and the social world of the colony. These experiences were often reflected in her later books. She was educated at home by her mother and private tutors. She married on 29 October 1872 at St John’s Church of England, Brisbane. Within a few weeks of their marriage, Arthur Praed took Rosa to his cattle station, Monte Christo, situated on Curtis Island, off the Queensland coast between Gladstone and Rockhampton. Rosa was glad to leave behind the lonely existence on Curtis Island to travel to England with her husband. In 1882 Praed published Nadine, an intense psychological study drawing on the life of Olga Novikoff. She collaborated on four books with the Irish politician Justin McCarthy, who wrote voluminously to her on the progress of the Home Rule debate of the 1880s. She edited these letters as Our Book of Memories (1912). Her talents also extended to writing a dramatic play, Ariane, based on her novel, The Bond of Wedlock (1887). This ran for 100 performances in London’s West End in 1888. Rosa separated from her husband in 1897 and began living with a psychic medium, Nancy Harward. Much of her later fiction, some of which was written with Harward, reflects her devout belief in the supernatural. Her work includes acute analyses of the colonial mentality, especially of society women, whilst historical events and personages often supply background and characters for her novels. Rosa moved to Devon with Harward in the early 1920s and lived there until her death. Published resources Book Rosa Praed (Mrs. Campbell Praed), 1851-1935 : a bibliography, Tiffin, Chris, 1989 Ada Cambridge, Tasma and Rosa Praed, Beilby, R and Hadgraft, C., 1979 In mortal bondage : the strange life of Rosa Praed, Roderick, C., 1948 Rosa! Rosa!: a life of Rosa Praed, novelist and spiritualist, Clarke, Patricia, 1999 Resource Section Praed, Rosa Caroline (1851 - 1935), Tiffin, Chris, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110282b.htm Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Archival resources John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection OM78-58/15 Rosa Caroline Praed Letter ca. 1886 OM64-01 Rosa Caroline Praed Papers ca. 1885 - ca. 1930 TR 1921 Rosa Campbell Praed Correspondence 1909 National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection Letters 1901 [manuscript] Papers of Patricia Clarke, 1887-2010 [manuscript] National Library of Australia, Pictures Collection Mrs. Campbell Praed [picture] / photo, Elliot and Fry Author Details Lee Butterworth Created 22 June 2009 Last modified 11 June 2009 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Papers of Jessie Katherine March, missionary teacher, comprising letters from New Britain, including letters from former students in Kuanua language, letters from past pupils of Croker Island Methodist Mission, letters written at Otford, New South Wales, letters from Brachina, diary extracts, reminiscences and photographs of New Britain, children evacuated from Croker Island, Flinders Ranges and Ukurumpa, Eastern Highlands Papua New Guinea, together with transcriptions and biographical notes by Heather Graham. Author Details Anne Heywood Created 2 April 2004 Last modified 28 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Elizabeth Brentnall was state president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in Queensland from 1886 to 1899 and afterwards an honorary life president until her death in 1909. She first called for women’s suffrage in her presidential address to the WCTU annual convention in 1888. The WCTU formed a separate suffrage department in 1891. Forceful, eminently capable and with fine organisational ability, Elizabeth Brentnall had been mistress of a large girl’s school before her marriage. She was the daughter of a storekeeper in Mansfield, Nottingham. In 1867 she left her position as headmistress of the Wesleyan day school for girls at Bacup, Lancashire, and followed Frederick Thomas Brentnall to Sydney where they married. Frederick Brentnall, a moral extremist, opposed votes for women, except with the property qualification, which placed him in direct opposition to his wife’s political ideology. Elizabeth and Frederick had two daughters; Flora, who in 1893 married Edgar Bridal Harris, a well established shipping agent, and Charlotte Amelia. Like her mother, Flora, was a confirmed suffragist and ‘Y’ organiser for the WCTU. Published resources Book A Journalist's Memories, Browne, Spencer, 1927 Resource Who's Who in Brisbane 1900?, Centenary of Queensland Women's Suffrage 2005, 2005, http://www.emsah.uq.edu.au/awsr/Act_Centenary/whoiswho.htm Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Site Exhibition The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Smart, Judith and Swain, Shurlee (eds.), 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders Author Details Lee Butterworth Created 22 June 2009 Last modified 21 November 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The albums include newscuttings, memorabilia and photographic prints. Author Details Alannah Croom Created 26 June 2018 Last modified 26 June 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Correspondence and copies of minutes of various meetings relating mainly to National Council of Women, Launceston, and their relationship with National Council of Women of Tasmania. Author Details Helen Morgan Created 18 October 2013 Last modified 18 October 2013 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Established in 1922, The Queensland Country Women’s Association was declared by letters patent to be a Body Corporate on the 13th July, 1926. It is a non-sectarian, non-party-political, non-profit lobby group and service association working in the interests of women and children in rural areas. Although ostensibly non-party-political, in practice the group has tended to bolster conservative politics and has supported traditional family roles for women. Historically, it was, however, also a progressive force in many ways, particularly in its encouragement of country women to take an active part in public affairs, and also in its lobby for and provision of services to rural areas. Given its size and scope, it was arguably the most influential women’s organisation in Queensland in the twentieth century. As of 2004 membership was open to all women over 16 years of age are welcome. (Younger Set and Associate Members from birth). Its website described its role and activities thus: ‘The role of the QCWA has been to improve education, health and welfare for, and to enrich the lives of women and children and hence the family, particularly in the isolated areas of Queensland … QCWA activities: – Providing training programs at live-in Summer Schools, Younger Set Leadership Schools, Rural Computer Workshops, Health and Literacy Seminars Awarding Bursaries to primary / secondary / tertiary students Providing crisis, disaster and emergency help Giving assistance through the Rural Crisis Trust Fund to families in need due to prolonged drought Special interest groups including Handcraft, Music & Drama, Public Speaking, Dressmaking, Cookery, Knitting & Crochet, Floral Art and International involvement through Country of Study A Social Issues Fact Finding Team which continually monitors issues of concern affecting rural, regional and remote Queensland QCWA facilities for the public include: – Student Hostels in Brisbane and Country centres – tertiary, secondary and primary levels Aged Care Facilities – affordable long term accommodation Accommodation, Ruth Fairfax House, Brisbane – close to hospitals for Patient Transport Support Holiday, Respite and Emergency Accommodation from Gold Coast to Cairns Child Care Centres, Kindergartens, Playgrounds, waiting Mothers rooms Hospital Haven – Tea Rooms Halls – Restrooms Royal Flying Doctor Service Clinic Room The Queensland Countrywoman – QCWA publishes its own magazine “The Queensland Countrywoman” – 10 copies per year posted to every member. QCWA’s National Involvement – affiliation with Country Women’s Association of Australia (CWA of A), with consultative status to the Australian Government of the day, but remaining autonomous. QCWA’s International Involvement – affiliation with Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW), the World’s largest organisation of rural women and home-makers, with consultative status to several United Nations humanitarian committees such as UNESCO, WHO, UNICEF. ACWW strives to improve the standard of living for all women and their families.’ Published resources Book Country women : [history of the first seventy five years : the Queensland Country Women's Association], Pagliano, Muriel, 1998 The Many Hats of Country Women: The Jubilee History of the Country Women's Association of Australia, Stevens-Chambers, Brenda, 1997 Getting things done : the Country Women's Association of Australia, Country Women's Association of Australia, 1986 Fifty years: 1922-1972, 1972 Resource Section Berry, Dame Alice Miriam (1900 - 1978), Taylor, Helen, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130202b.htm Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Archival resources Australian Historic Records Register Country Women's Association of Australia (Queensland), Emu Park Branch Country Women's Association, Qld, Blackwater Branch John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection 3282 Queensland Country Women's Association Records 1923-2002 OMGL Queensland Country Women's Association, Rosewood Branch Records 1926-1984 The Queensland Country Women's Association, Burnett Division The Queensland Country Women's Association 5465 Queensland Country Womens Association Records 7984 Queensland Country Women's Association Records 1926-2008 5813 Queensland Country Women's Association Minute Books 1924-2013 28574 Queensland Country Women's Association Records 1923-2010 National Archives of Australia, National Office, Canberra Address of welcome - Queensland Country Women's Association and National Council of Women in Queensland Author Details Jane Carey and Anne Heywood Created 19 March 2004 Last modified 29 October 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Mabel Dowling Taylor, nee Woods studied physiotherapy at the time when its practitioners were referred to as masseurs. In 1906 the Australasian Massage Association (later the Massage Registration Board) was formed, initially offering a two-year course which extended to three years in 1933. Melbourne students attended classes run through the University’s Department of Physiology. Mabel Woods received her diploma of Massage, Medical Electricity & Medical Gymnastics in 1935. The Association was renamed the Australian Physiotherapy Association during the Second World War, but the University of Melbourne Department of Physiotherapy was not established until 1991. Mabel Woods married Geoffrey Edward Acteson Taylor (1902-1981), a Ballarat pharmacist, in 1938.[1] She remained in practice in Ballarat, where she brought up their three children, for over thirty years. The University of Melbourne Archives holds not only her annotated student notebook and framed diploma, but also tennis trophies awarded in 1929 and 1934 as well as a photograph of the man she was to marry with Colin McKenzie Henry, a future Air Commodore. Mabel Taylor’s papers, held in the State Library of Victoria, reveal an enterprising and enthusiastic traveller and diarist. She kept not only daily journals and trip books, but mementoes such as the certificates awarded to people who crossed the Equator on ocean liners, together with menus from trips in the Concorde as well as on ships and a short autobiographical note. Her copy of a souvenir album of the trip to Canberra by the Victorian Branch of the English Speaking Union, which she herself does not appear to have taken, provides some fascinating views of the capital city under construction.[2] Mabel Taylor was involved with the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship, was a donor member of the Ballarat Historical Park Association, and had a keen interest in Ballarat and its history. She was awarded a posthumous Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1999 for service to the community of Ballarat. [1] ‘Weddings of Widespread Interest’. Argus. 2 May 1938: 7. [2] ‘English Speaking Union Victorian Branch Inspection of National City’. Canberra Times. 10 September 1926:1, 6. Published resources Book 40 Years 40 Women: Biographies of University of Melbourne Women, Published to Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the International Year of Women, Flesch, Juliet, 2015, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/4040/ Archival resources State Library of Victoria Papers, ca. 1948-1995 [manuscript]. Author Details Juliet Flesch Created 31 July 2017 Last modified 8 August 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The North Hobart screenings featured the films: Me and My Little Girl (Linda Blagg) — Monster (Sally Trevena) — Maidens (Jenny Thornley) — Cinemandrew (Barbara Levy) — Paralysis (Barbara Levy) — A Handful of Jellybabies (Sophia Turkewicz) — Turning (Cynthia Connop) — Come On (Elizabeth McCrae) — Time Changes (Sue Ford) — Linda’s Film (Linda Forster) — Aah (Doreen) — Dialogue (Rosalind Gillespie) — The Selling of the Female Image (Carole Kostanich) — We Aim to Please (Robyn Laurie and Margot Nash) — Ladies Rooms (Susan Lambert, Pat Fiske, Sarah Gibson, Jan McKay) — Ailsa – A Woman Sculptor (Sarah Gibson) — Fresh Ruins (Claire Jager) — Apartments (Megan McMurchy) — Katie (Daro Gunzberg) — The Carolina Chisel Show? — Gentle Birth (Barbara Chobocky) — Getting it On (Gilly Coote) — Charlene Does Med at Uni (Margot Oliver) — Not Take it anymore (Vicki Molloy) — All in the same boat (Debbie Kingsland) — Elsie (Liz Rust) — Super Duper — My Friend Jo (Rosalind Gillespie). Author Details Nikki Henningham Created 23 December 2010 Last modified 1 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Information in file S279 c1913-50. Author Details Gavan McCarthy Created 15 October 1993 Last modified 16 September 2002 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

1996; National Council of Women of NSW Centenary Stamp Issue : Program for the launch of the stamps, 8 August 1996; complete set of the issue comprising 1 first day cover, 2 maximum cards, 1 post office pack, and 2 gutter strips of 10 stamps of each of the two stamps Author Details Alannah Croom Created 31 October 2017 Last modified 31 October 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Minutes, cash and correspondence books of various Taggerty organizations, comprising: Country Women’s Association, Taggerty Branch, cashbooks, 1947-1952, 1952-1967 and 1967-1968; Taggerty Rural Fire Brigade, correspondence and minute book, 1928-1969; Returned Soldiers’ Comfort Fund, Taggerty Branch, minute book, 1939-1940; and Taggerty School Centenary Committee, minute book, June-December 1975. Author Details Jane Carey Created 14 May 2004 Last modified 29 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Marmburra Wananumba Banduk Marika has been an active member of the Aboriginal arts scene since 1980, working with prints and film. On 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’. 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. Marika 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. In 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. Events 2019 - 2019 Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) Published resources Edited Book The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture, Horton, David, 1994 Book Women of the sun, Maris, Hyllus and Sonia Borg, 1985 Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Author Details Leonarda Kovacic and Barbara Lemon Created 18 May 2005 Last modified 14 February 2019 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Persons photographed: Back row, L-R: Jean Bartman, Isabel Flick, Cyril Knox Bill McGrady, Eric Craigie, Jean Macintosh, Alan Knox, Delma Wright, Mr & Mrs Robins (missionaries); Middle row, L-R: Betty Armstrong, Vivian Knox, Carrie Knox, John Knox, Roy Knox, Ada McGrady, Betty Binge, Liz Ellis, Bobby Clevens (partially hidden behind Kathy Haynes), Billy Bartman, Rex McGrady, Kim Binge; Front Row, L-R: Ursula Lansbrough, unidentified baby, ? Binge, Anna Haynes, Ursula Haynes, Kathy Haynes (with hat), unidentified, George Cubby. Author Details Anne Heywood Created 18 May 2004 Last modified 6 January 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

R. Francis, C. Carter and A. Tundern-Smith Created 1 July 2004 Last modified 10 April 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Booth papers 1899-1957 including correspondence and related records 1899-1957 (these include records relating to Booth’s early professional career and her involvement in the Anthropometric Committee of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science); records relating to the Centre for Soldiers, Wives and Mothers (Letterbook) 1917-17; documents concerned with the Anzac Fellowship of Women 1921-57; newspaper cuttings 1933-1937 (mainly re ANZAC Festival). See also publishing file from Angus and Robertson Archives 1922 [ML MSS 314/12 pp581-3]. Author Details Gavan McCarthy Created 15 October 1993 Last modified 27 November 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Collection of working papers and printed material (both published and unpublished) relating to the work of campaigners Ruth and Maurie Crow, including Ruth Crow’s work with women and children in Brunswick during WWII, and Maurie Crow’s in the Clerk’s Union, and the pioneering work they did from the 1960’s onwards in relation to public participation in urban planning, building neighbourhood communities and creating a sustainable future. Author Details Clare Land Created 9 September 2002 Last modified 17 November 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Susan Mitchell holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Adelaide, a Master of Arts (Drama and Film) from Flinders University, and a PhD in Creative Arts from the University of Western Sydney. She worked as a high school teacher in Adelaide and London before becoming a lecturer in literary studies at the South Australian College of Advanced Education. Later, Susan took up the position of senior lecturer in communications and creative writing at the University of South Australia. She is also an Emeritus Professor at Flinders University. Susan has worked as a screenwriter and editor and was Australia’s first television critic on Today at One. As a radio broadcaster, Susan worked in Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney, and she has hosted her own series of interview programs. Throughout her career, Susan has written for numerous major newspapers and magazines in the United States and Australia, including The Australian, The Bulletin, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. She is also the author of fourteen best-selling and highly-acclaimed books. Susan has been a Director on the Literature Board of The Australia Council, on the Board of Film Australia and the Board of The South Australian Tourism Commission. Archival resources National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection Papers of Susan Mitchell, circa 1987-circa 2002 [manuscript] State Library of South Australia Radio tribute to Barbara Hanrahan by Susan Mitchell [sound recording] National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection Susan Mitchell collection [sound recording] National Library of Australia [Biographical cuttings on Susan Mitchell, author, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals] Academy Library, UNSW Canberra General correspondence, July-December 1993 Author Details Alannah Croom Created 5 April 2018 Last modified 5 April 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

3 hours 30 minutes??A recording of a forum presented by the State Library of South Australian in conjunction with the South Australian Centre for Australian Studies and the Constitutional Centenary Foundation in which South Australian women from government and politics speak about the historical perspective of women in parliament; a pioneer woman in politics; the inside story of South Australian politics; women presidents of political parties; and a survival guide for women in politics. The forum was held in the lecture theatre of the Institute Building, North Terrace, Adelaide. Author Details Anne Heywood Created 30 January 2002 Last modified 28 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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. 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. On 15 November 1953 she married John Alexander Chambers, a soldier settler farmer. They had six children, two daughters and four sons. Her 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. Published resources Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Site Exhibition Carrying on the Fight: Women Candidates in Victorian Parliamentary Elections, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cws/home.html Author Details Rosemary Francis Created 27 May 2005 Last modified 15 July 2020 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Jeannie Ferris was elected as a Senator for South Australia to the Senate of the Parliament of Australia in 1996. She died in office in Canberra from ovarian cancer in 2007. During her parliamentary career she was appointed Government Whip in 2002. Using her parliamentary position to increase awareness of ovarian cancer, in 2006 Ferris formed a parliamentary inquiry into gynaecological cancers with Senators Lyn Allison and Claire Moore. The outcome of this inquiry resulted in a unanimous report across party lines calling for increased research and awareness of the cancers. The Commonwealth Government later agreed to the report’s recommendations. Ferris succumbed to the disease in Canberra, on 2 April 2007. Following her death, a DVD produced by Kay Stammers with support from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing was dedicated in her memory. Originally from New Zealand, she settled in Canberra in 1967 where she worked on The Canberra Times. She moved to the ABC later, working in the parliamentary gallery. She worked for Liberal Party Senator Nick Minchin before entering the Australian Parliament. Published resources Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Book So Many Firsts: Liberal Women from Enid Lyons to the Turnbull Era, Fitzherbert, Margaret, 2009 Resource Section A strong voice for women's health (Jeannie Ferris 1941-2007) - obituary, 2007, http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-strong-voice-for-womens-health/2007/04/03/1175366237688.html Site Exhibition From Lady Denman to Katy Gallagher: A Century of Women's Contributions to Canberra, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2013, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/ldkg Author Details Rosemary Francis Created 24 February 2009 Last modified 12 February 2013 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

MS Acc11.023 comprises papers that reflect Audrey Drechsler’s long involvement as an activist in the Women in Agriculture movement. The collection includes papers relating to early conferences; programs and papers relating to annual Women on Farms Gatherings, the first of which was held in 1991; and papers relating to the Central Victorian Women in Agriculture Group, which was set up after the first International Women in Agriculture Conference held in 1994 (1 box). Author Details Janet Butler Created 18 March 2010 Last modified 5 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Emilia Baeyertz conducted evangelical missions throughout Australia (Victoria, South Australia and Queensland), New Zealand, Britain and North America. The daughter of wealthy Jewish parents, Emilia left school at thirteen. When her first fiancé died, she suffered a breakdown and was sent to Australia with her brother to recover her health. Living with her sister in Melbourne, Emilia met Anglican bank manager Charles Baeyertz and married him in October 1865 without informing her family. With Charles, she settled in Colac and had two children. In 1871, Charles was killed in a gun accident and Emilia converted to Christianity shortly thereafter. She began jail and hospital visits, Sunday School teaching, and door to door evangelism in the Jewish community of Melbourne. She was an active member of the Young Women’s Christian Association and undertook evangelical missions to Sandhurst (Bendigo) and Ballarat. From 1880 she was conducting missions throughout South Australia, and the Baptists reported over 100 conversions as a result. Emilia moved her campaign to Victoria, Queensland, New Zealand, and finally Britain and North America. Published resources Edited Book Australian Dictionary of Evangelical Biography, Dickey, Brian, 1994 Thesis The Baptists in South Australia, 1863 to 1914, Walker, J.S., 1990 Book Emilia Baeyertz, Evangelist: Her Career in Australia and Great Britain: An Historical Study and a Compilation of Sources, Evans, Robert, 2007 Six New Addresses: Delivered by Mrs Baeyertz, Baeyertz, Mrs, 1904 Popular Revivalism in South Australia, Hilliard, David, 1982 Resource Section Cartoon of a woman preaching, 2006, http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=462 Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Author Details Barbara Lemon Created 20 February 2009 Last modified 7 May 2019 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Her artistic life, influence on French impressionists. Author Details Lisa MacKinney Created 25 November 2009 Last modified 7 November 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

This series consists of the personal papers of Dame Zara Holt, wife of former Prime Minister Harold Edward Holt. These mainly cover the period 1946 to 1989,?although several items were accumulated subsequently by her eldest son Nicholas.??Correspondence, newspapers, press cuttings and magazines account for most of the records in the series. Many of these items relate to the death of Holt in December 1967 and his memorial services in Melbourne a few days later and in Westminster Abbey, London in January 1968. Some include complete issues of major daily Australian newspapers and press cuttings from US newspapers, collected by the Australian News and Information Bureau in New York. The correspondence includes two files of condolences addressed to Nicholas Holt, one relating to Holt’s death and the other to Dame Zara’s death in June 1989. Another file includes a list of Holt’s personal papers deposited in the National Archives by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1968 and an inventory of his personal effects.??Other items in the series relate to an overseas visit the Holts made in 1957, social engagements, fashion (including Dame Zara’s fashion business ‘Magg’) and to members of the Holt family in more recent years. Author Details Alannah Croom Created 5 September 2002 Last modified 21 November 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

File 1: Roneo copies of EYL education courses and constitution F2: Articles by or on EYL in general CPA literature, c.1940s-50s; F3: EYL publications: five pamphlets; F4: CPA publications on youth; F5: pamphlets on World Youth Festivals and carnivals, including Austral- ian involvement, 1950s; F6: R D Walshe ‘The Eureka Stockade 1854-1954’; F7: photocopied pamphlets by or about EYL, 1940s-1950s. Author Details Clare Land Created 19 December 2001 Last modified 30 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Examines the work of five Aboriginal artists – Bronwyn Bancroft, Arone Raymond Meeks, Jeffrey Samuels, Tracey Moffatt and Fiona Foley.??There is documentation associated with the production of the film held in the NFSA collection. Author Details Hollie Aerts Created 20 December 2010 Last modified 1 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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. 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. Published resources Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Resource Section Walsh, Adela Pankhurst (1885 - 1961), Papadopoulos, Sophie, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE1124b.htm Pankhurst, Adela Constantia Mary (1885 - 1961), Hogan, Susan, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120729b.htm Book Adela Pankhurst: The wayward suffragette 1885-1961, Coleman, Verna, 1996 After the war what?: Being papers on The Duties of labor, and, The Unity and morality of the nation, Pankhurst, Adela, 1917 Australia and the Empire, Walsh, Adela Pankhurst Book Section Feminists, food and the fair price: The cost of living demonstrations in Melbourne, August/ September 1917, Smart, Judith, 1995 Brazen hussies and God's police fighting back in the depression years. [Revised version of article published in Hecate, v.8, no.1, 1982], Stone, Janey, 1998 The Australian Women's Guild of Empire, Castle, Josie, 1980 The unwritten history of Adela Pankhurst Walsh, Summers, Anne, 1980 Newspaper The voice of the people: The people's welfare is the nation's strength, 1940 The Empire Gazette, 1929-1940 Pamphlet Conditions in Japan: Lecture, Walsh, Adela Pankhurst, 1940 Industrial co-operation: Policy speech of the Australian Women's Guild of Empire, Walsh, Adela Pankhurst, 1931 Is communism possible in Australia?: Special to " Advance! Australia", Walsh, Adela Pankhurst, 1929? Journal Article The Enthusiasms of Adela Pankhurst Walsh, Damousi, Joy, 1993 Edited Book 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Radi, Heather, 1988 Site Exhibition The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Smart, Judith and Swain, Shurlee (eds.), 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders Archival resources National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection Thomas Walsh and Adela Pankhurst Walsh papers, 1905-1961 [manuscript] Thomas Walsh and Adela Pankhurst Walsh papers, 1905-1961 [microform] National Library of Australia [Biographical cuttings on Adela Constantia Mary Pankhurst Walsh, leader of suffragette movement, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals] Author Details Jane Carey Created 15 February 2001 Last modified 13 March 2019 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The collection comprises correspondence, diaries, notebooks, speeches, drafts, articles, poetry, subject files, Ellis Rowan source material, art work, photographs and other papers relating to Maie Casey’s interests in art and family history, her books An Australian story (1962), Melba revisited (1975) and Rare encounters (1980), her involvement in the International Sculpture Competition (1953) and her role as the wife of the Governor of Bengal and Governor-General of Australia. There are also some papers of John Cotton, Theodotus John Sumner, Sir Charles Ryan and Ellis Rowan. Major correspondents include Princess Alice, Kazu Aso, Princess Marthe Bibesco, Rosemary Dobson, Donn Casey, Princess Pantip Chumbhot, Sir Paul and Alix Hasluck, Anthea Hastings, Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Hudson, Sir Charles and Natasha Johnston, Angela Limerick, Frank Logan, Peter Masefield, Shudha Mazumdar, Cynthia Nolan, John Oldham, Elizabeth Salter, Sir David Scott, Clement Semmler, Louise Walker, and Patrick White. Author Details Alannah Croom Created 23 March 2018 Last modified 23 March 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Includes reports of the Training Institute, Deaconess Sub-Committee and Deaconess Association.??Items/Issues Held: 25th (1922/1923) Author Details Nikki Henningham Created 13 May 2009 Last modified 1 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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. Daughter of James Kinning and Grace Gwendolen (née Hall) Crone. After 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. From 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. Published resources Edited Book Planting the Nation, Whitehead, Georgina, 2001 Who's Who of Australian Women, Lofthouse, Andrea, 1982 Journal Article Honouring Nina Crone, Dyson, Christina and Aitken, Richard, 2012 Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Author Details Anne Heywood Created 30 January 2002 Last modified 31 March 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Letter, 1967 Oct. 26 from Kitty McEwan to Mrs Brookes enclosing a copy of the statement of receipts and payments for 12 months ended 30th June 1967 for the Australian Women’s Land Army Ex-members Welfare Patriotic Fund. Author Details Anne Heywood Created 29 August 2003 Last modified 5 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

3 hours 4 minutes??Peg Christian grew up on a sheep property near Yass. For her, an only child, the animals, especially horses, were her friends. Peg 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. Indeed, Peg Christian speculated that her mother always thought that her daughter’ s veterinary work ‘wasn’t anything terribly important’. Peg Christian was a boarder, first at Frensham and then at Abbotsleigh independent girls schools. She reflected on the advantages of single sex schools and the Headmistress’ support for her ambition to be a vet. Peg Christian recounts in detail the veterinary science curriculum, its strengths and weaknesses, the impact of World War II and the social life at Sydney University between 1938 and 1943. 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. Peg Christian stressed the importance of treating the owners as well as their animals. When her husband took up an appointment as a government laboratory veterinarian in Alice Springs, Peg Christian opened her own private practice in the family home. For this she is featured in the Pioneer Women’s Hall of Fame, Alice Springs. In 1952, the family moved to Adelaide and again Peg Christian started her private practice in the family home. Peg 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. As a pioneer in this work, Peg Christian’s memories are a valuable record. She was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1984. Voluntary work has always been important to Peg Christian, from being a an air raid warden at Sydney University, through the 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 Christian2s 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. She reflected on modern day feminism. Author Details Anne Heywood Created 4 May 2004 Last modified 28 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Textual records, graphic materials, photographs including daguerreotypes, negatives, photo albums, photograph of a nurse in uniform, 1916, letters, school exercise book for cooking class, 1916. Author Details Helen Morgan Created 15 November 2019 Last modified 15 November 2019 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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. 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. Published resources Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Site Exhibition Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html Author Details Annette Alafaci Created 8 December 2005 Last modified 14 February 2019 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Lorna Sharp was born in Gnowangerup in 1934, the third child of George Samuel Powell and Hansina Johnson. First World War veteran, George Samuel Powell moved to Jerramungup to live on his father’s Boer War service farm. He was murdered in 1930 and the family moved to Albany, where Lorna and her two brothers Leslie and Paddy went to school. In 1948 the family moved to Kalgoorlie, where Lorna’s mother worked in hotels. Lorna continued her schooling at St Mary’s Catholic School in Kalgoorlie, working in a milk bar at night to put herself through her education. She left school to begin work at 14 as a junior office assistant at the Producers Market on Brookman Street, Kalgoorlie. She enrolled in nursing, but after a year returned to Kalgoorlie to work for HW Davidson, who owned a pickle factory and were distributors for Mills and Ware biscuits. Lorna Powell left work and married Robert Corbett (Bobby) Sharp on 4 April 1953. They have five children, Robert, Janet, Colleen, Norman and Beverley. While her children were still at school Lorna returned to the paid workforce and began her career in real estate with agent Pat Engelbrecht. After several years in real estate, she worked for a year at the offices of a drilling company, but she returned to real estate, and became a partner in Wade’s Real Estate Agency in 1970. She was the first person in the Goldfields to gain a Real Estate Licence. Lorna completed studies in accountancy and in 1975 became sole proprietor of Wade’s Real Estate Agency, which became Kalgoorlie Real Estate. Lorna is still involved with the real estate agency, now a family business, together with her daughter Colleen, her son-in law Gavin and her son Norman. Published resources Magazine Goldfields Magazine, 1992 Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Site Exhibition Karlkurla Gold: A History of the Women of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Criena Fitzgerald and National Foundation for Australian Women, 2012, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/wikb/wikb-home.html Archival resources National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection Lorna Sharp interviewed by Criena Fitzgerald [sound recording] Author Details Criena Fitzgerald Created 7 August 2012 Last modified 5 October 2012 Digital resources Title: Charlie Furia, Lina Furia and their daughter Teresa Type: Image Date: 3 May, 2023 Title: Lorna Sharp with her staff Type: Image Date: 3 May, 2023 Title: Lorna-Sharp-seated-front-middle-with-her-staff-2011.-Courtesy-Lorna-Sharp.jpg Type: Image Date: 3 May, 2023 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Approximately 160,700 photographs, negatives, slides and contact prints in colour and black and white. The archive includes Penny Tweedie’s photojournalist activities including war and conflicts in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The archive documents her interraction with Aboriginal Australia beginning in 1975 leading to a number of published works and the 1999 Walkley Award for photojournalism. Author Details Helen Morgan Created 8 August 2019 Last modified 8 August 2019 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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. 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. She 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. Gwydir 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. Published resources Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Site Exhibition Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html Author Details Annette Alafaci Created 8 December 2005 Last modified 20 November 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Left to right: Alwyn Crawford, Gladys Batty, Beryl Foll and NX76505 Alice Burns, kneeling, holding ‘Mustapha’ the camel. (Donor A. Penman) Author Details Anne Heywood Created 3 April 2003 Last modified 4 January 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

18 hours 35 minutes (approx. to date)??A series of interviews with 10 South Australian women who are recent recipients of Australia Day and Queen’s Birthday honours. The interviewing program is funded by the Minister for the Arts and the Status of Women, the Hon. Diana Laidlaw, to celebrate the contribution of women to South Australia. The project is supervised by the Oral History Officer, J.D. Somerville Oral History Collection, Mortlock Library of South Australiana and the interviews have similar themes to those explored in the State Library’s Oral History of Women’s Political Activity, 1993-1994, held at OH 250. Author Details Anne Heywood Created 4 May 2004 Last modified 28 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Professor Carole Pateman is a British-born political scientist and academic who is internationally renowned for her contribution to feminist political theory and democratic theory. Carole taught in Australia from 1972 to 1990, during which time she played a central role in introducing feminist critique to Australian political science. In 1979, she and Marian Sawer co-founded the Women’s Caucus of the Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA) to improve the status of women in the profession of political science and make women visible in the political system. Carole Pateman was born in Sussex in south-eastern England to Beatrice Kate (nee Horscroft) and Ronald Bennett, who had both left school at 14, but encouraged their daughter’s education. At the age of 11 Pateman passed the Eleven Plus examination required for entry to the academically-selective Lewes County Grammar School for Girls, which she left at 16. She worked in clerical positions for several years before attending Ruskin College, an independent adult educational institution in Oxford for working class students. From Ruskin, Pateman won entry to Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) for a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (1967) and then a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) (1971). In 1972 Pateman moved to Australia where she was Lecturer (1972-75), then Senior Lecturer (1976-79), in the Department of Government at the University of Sydney, and Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University (1975). From 1980 to 1989 she taught at the University of Sydney as a Reader in Government, in addition to taking a series of visiting positions at Stanford University, Princeton University, and the Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. When Pateman arrived in Australia she had an established international reputation in political science through the publication of her book Participation and Democratic Theory (1970) based on her DPhil thesis. Since published in four languages in addition to English editions, the book promotes a participatory vision of democracy and criticises the theory of democratic elitism. Pateman argued that elitist theories by the likes of Schumpeter, Berelson, Sartori, Dahl and Eckstein are based on an inadequate understanding of the early writings of democratic theory and that much sociological evidence has been ignored. The book is considered a major contribution to political theory, along with The Problem of Political Obligation: A Critical Analysis of Liberal Theory (1979, 1985), and The Disorder of Women: Democracy, Feminism, and Political Theory (1989). Her 1988 book, The Sexual Contract, which challenged the liberal idea that the power of the state does not contradict the freedom of individuals because it is founded upon their consent, has been credited with bringing feminism into mainstream political theory. APSA awarded Pateman the Benjamin Lippincott Award for the book in 2005, and it has since been translated into 10 languages. In total, Pateman has written, co-written and edited 17 books. In 1979, Pateman co-founded the Women’s Caucus of the Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA) with Marian Sawer. In 1980, she was elected to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and in 1981 she delivered a landmark presidential address to the Australasian Political Studies Association about the failure of the discipline to construct the status of women as a political problem. Pateman continued to publish works challenging the masculinist tradition of political theory and despite being the most cited social science academic in Australia by a wide margin, her applications for political science chairs at Australian universities were unsuccessful and in 1990 she moved to the United States of America to take up the role of Professor of Political Science at University of California, Los Angeles. In 1993, in recognition of her major contribution to political science, Pateman was elevated to the rank of Distinguished Professor. From 1993 to 2000 she was Adjunct Professor at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; and from 2006 to 2008 Research Professor at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Professor Pateman has held fellowships at several esteemed research institutes, including Stanford, Princeton, and Uppsala. She was president of both the Australasian Political Studies Association and the International Political Science Association. In 1991, she was elected President of the American Political Science Association, the first woman to occupy that position. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2007 was named a Fellow of the British Academy. Her scholarship has been recognized with many prestigious honours and awards, including the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (2012). In honour of Carole’s contribution to political science in Australia, APSA presents the biennial Carole Pateman Gender and Politics prize to an APSA member who publishes the best book on gender and politics. Following many years living in the United States, Professor Pateman moved back to the United Kingdom in 2017 where she continues to research and write. This entry was sponsored by a generous donation from the late Dr Thelma Hunter. Events 2015 - 2015 Fellow, Learned Society of Wales 2013 - 2013 UK Political Studies Association Special Recognition Award 2012 - 2012 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science 2010 - Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, UK 2007 - Fellow, British Academy 2006 - 2006 DSocSci Honoris Causa, Helsinki University 2005 - 2005 DLitt Honoris Causa, National University of Ireland 2004 - 2004 UK Political Studies Association, Lifetime Achievement Award 1998 - 1998 DLitt Honoris Causa, Australian National University 1996 - Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1993 - 1994 Guggenheim Fellow 1988 - 1989 Kerstin Hesselgren Professor, Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences 1980 - Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences in Australia 1986 - 1987 Member, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 1984 - 1985 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Published resources Edited Book Australian Women and the Political System, Simms, Marian, 1984 Who's Who in Australia 1996, Sharpe, Neill (Researcher), 1995 Book A Woman's Place: Women and Politics in Australia, Sawer, Marian and Simms, Marian, 1993 Participation and Democratic Theory, Pateman, Carole, 1970 The Problem of Political Obligation: A Critique of Liberal Theory, Pateman, Carole, 1985 The Sexual Contract, Pateman, Carole, 1988 Resource Section Political Science, Grey, Madeline, 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0178b.htm Fellows in the Australian Learned Academies, 1954-2010, Grimshaw, Patricia and Francis, Rosemary, 2015, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0451b.htm Journal Article The Impact of Feminist Scholarship on Australian Political Science, Sawer, Marian, 2004 Resource Carole Pateman winner of the Johan Skytte Prize 2012, Uppsala Universitet, Medfarm Play, 2012, http://media.medfarm.uu.se/play/video/2931 Department History, Department of Government and International Relations, 2014, http://sydney.edu.au/arts/government_international_relations/about/history.shtml Site Exhibition Women Who Caucus: Feminist Political Scientists, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2017, http://womenaustralia.info/exhib/caucus/ Archival resources National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection Records of the Australasian Political Studies Association, 1956-1996 [manuscript] Australian National University Archives Pateman, C Pateman, C Author Details Niki Francis Created 1 May 2017 Last modified 5 December 2017 Digital resources Title: Carole Pateman Type: Image Date: 3 May, 2023 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Includes minutes 1882-1949; receipts 1921-1943; expenditures 1919-1943; visitors’ book 1903-1948 (includes records of baptisms 1931-1938 and marriages 1936-1937); annual reports 1944-1945 and 1948; and insurance policies 1875-1943. The collection is of an administrative nature and does not include personal case files. Author Details Rosemary Francis Created 21 August 2003 Last modified 28 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The correspondence consists of reports from unions and other labor organisations to J. F. Neill, A. J. Edwards, H. J. Hawkins, and George Waite of the I.W.W. Club, Sydney. There is also some general non-I.W.W. correspondence, including letters to/from Frank Anstey, F. G. Tudor, Tom Mann, W. M. Hughes, Robert Hogg, Henry Dobson, Tom Baker, Harry Cook, Josiah Thomas, J. Sinclair, J. W. Bilson, J. C. Watson, W. G. Higgs, Ben Willett, Charles M. Barlow, Tom Tunnecliffe, F. J. Riley, John Barnes, H. Scott Bennett, J. R. Wilson, and E. J. Holloway. A further set of correspondence written to R. S. Ross and the Victorian Socialist Party, includes letters from C. J. Cough, Maurice Blackburn, W. Maloney, James Mathews, John Mullan, Frank Brennan, “Jack” Curtin, Charles Gray, Cecilia John, Vida Goldstein, and Albert Blakey. The organisations represented in the correspondence include the Sydney Labor Council, the Russian Association, Qld., the Trades Hall Council, Melb., the Women’s Political Association of Victoria, the Australian Peace Alliance, the Socialist Federation of Australia, the International Socialist Club, and several anti-conscription groups. Author Details Clare Land Created 9 December 2001 Last modified 9 January 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

On 9 June 1938, Isabella Younger Ross was awarded the Order of the British Empire for her services as secretary to the Baby Health Centre Association of Victoria. Born at Warrnambool Victoria, Isabella was educated at the universities of Melbourne and Glasgow. In 1916 she married John Ross and they were to have one son who died on active service in New Guinea. Isabella worked as a Clinical Assistant at the Queen Victoria, Royal Women’s and Children’s hospitals. Actively involved with infant welfare she helped establish the first Victorian baby clinic at Richmond in June 1917 and became a central figure in the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association. A member of the Melbourne Lyceum, Isabella Ross was president from 1938 until 1940. A plaque commemorating her can be found at the Queen Elizabeth Maternal and Child Welfare Centre, Carlton. Published resources Edited Book Who's Who in Australia 1944, Alexander, Joseph A, 1944 Who's Who in Australia 1950, Alexander, Joseph A, 1950 Book Australian nurses since Nightingale 1860-1990, Burchill, Elizabeth, 1992 'This Mad Folly!': The History of Australia's Pioneer Women Doctors, Hutton Neve, Marjorie, 1980 Site Exhibition Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Author Details Anne Heywood Created 8 October 2002 Last modified 1 May 2009 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Microfilm : CY 3703, frames 66-108??Item 1?Manuscript report, accounts of meetings of National Council of Women of New South Wales, 7 November 1895??Item 2?Manuscript report, accounts of meetings of National Council of Women of New South Wales, 26 June 1896??Item 3?Manuscript draft of constitution of National Council of Women of New South Wales??Item 4?Bills and receipts (5) for printing pamphlets and cards for the National Council of Women from Samuel E. Lees, printers, stationers, 1895-1896??Item 5?Papers of Margaret Windeyer, 1895-1897 including holograph letters and incomplete manuscript notes of a speech made at the inaugural meeting of the Council Author Details Alannah Croom Created 31 October 2017 Last modified 31 October 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

2 hr. Oral history.??Discussing pre-war employment; joining the Women’s Emergency Signalling Corp; enlisting in the Navy; training at Navy Office, Melbourne; posting to HMAS Harman; leisure in Queanbeyan and Canberra; meeting and marrying during her naval service and the nature of war time romance and a war time, “true navy” wedding; separation during the war and divorce afterwards; working with Y Section; security; disparity in pay between male and female members of the Australian Navy; uniforms; changes to HMAS Harman after 1944; demobilisation; post-demobilisation retraining; adjustment to civilian life. Author Details Anne Heywood Created 21 July 2003 Last modified 4 January 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Lily Addison competed in the All England Tennis Championships at Wimbledon in 1919. She served with the Australian Army Nursing Service 1917-19 in Greece and England. Known as Lily, Marion Lillian Addison had moved from Adelaide to Melbourne by 1910. In 1906 she first won the Victorian Ladies’ Tennis Championship. As a tennis player she had significant success in Australia and often played doubles with her brother J. J. Addison. She was the South Australian Ladies Tennis Champion in 1906, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911. She was holder of the Victorian Ladies’ singles championship and mixed doubles title in 1909. In 1910 she won all three events in the New South Wales Tennis Championships – the ladies’ singles, ladies’ doubles and challenge pairs. In 1911 she was both Victorian and New South Wales State Ladies Tennis Champion. In late 1913, at the age of twenty seven, she commenced nursing training at the Melbourne Hospital, graduating in early 1917. She enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service in August 1917 and was posted to a number of British military hospitals in Salonika, Greece. In 1918 she suffered lung trouble. After the Armistice, in February 1919 she transferred to the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Dartford, England. In June 1919 she played in the All England Tennis Championships at Wimbledon. She defeated Mrs Tucker, 6-3, 6-1 in the first round. She was beaten by Mrs McNair in the second round 12-10, 6-2. She also competed in the mixed doubles with Max Decagis and beat Mrs L. Mauser-Doust, 6-3, 11-9. She returned to Australia in July 1919 and by November that year had returned to local tennis, being selected in the Victorian team to play against New South Wales. In 1921 she was again nursing at the Melbourne Hospital but still managed to win the Victorian title for the fifth time. In 1925, Lily Addison held a position as Sister with the Australian Army Nursing Service Reserve. It appears she did not marry. In 1937 she was a Sister at the Adelaide Hospital but in 1940 is recorded as living in Mont Albert, Melbourne. In 1972 she lived in Kew. Published resources Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Thesis Not just 'routine nursing': the roles and skills of the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War I, Harris, Kirsty, 2007 Journal UNA, 1903-76, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19124337 Newspaper Article N.S.W. Tennis Championships - Miss Addison wins three events, 1910, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15160351 Trained Nurses' Association, 1916, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1623647 Lawn Tennis, 1919, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20370689 Lawn Tennis - All England Championships, 1919, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20370878 Lawn Tennis - All England Championships, 1919, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12384231 Victorian Championships, 1921, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15990440 Letters to the Editor - Played the Game, 1940, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11309498 Article Using the online community to 'create' history, Henningham, Nikki; Morgan, Helen; Harris, Kirsty and Thomas, Graham, 2010, http://www.womenaustralia.info/blog/2010/06/22/using-the-online-community-to-create-history/ Archival resources National Archives of Australia, National Office, Canberra Addison Marion Lilian : SERN S/NURSE : POB Adelaide SA : POE Adelaide SA : NOK M Addison Marion L Author Details Kirsty Harris Created 23 June 2010 Last modified 16 September 2013 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

MS Acc11.134 comprises papers documenting Eve Mahlab’s careers as a lawyer, businesswoman, women’s rights activist and public speaker. The papers include news cuttings, particularly of letters written by Mahlab to newspaper editors and articles about Mahlab published in newspapers and journals; speech texts and notes; articles; submissions; biographical information; and, correspondence. Groups and companies with which Mahlab was associated, and which are highlighted in the papers, include the Women’s Electoral Lobby, Mahlab Recruitment, Liberal Feminist Network, Westpac and the Australian Women Donor’s Network (1 fol. box). Author Details Alannah Croom Created 6 March 2018 Last modified 6 March 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Born to English parents, and daughter of the Surveyor General, Mary Emily Twynam married wealthy pastoralist James ‘Jim’ Cunningham and became an important and formative figure in the developing pastoralist community in the Tuggeranong district. She was a compassionate, sensitive and intellectually curious woman whose capacity for friendship and kindness turned her homestead ‘Tuggranong’ into the social focal point of the community. Her early married years were taken up with raising eight children and battling with the bouts of serious depression that would shadow her for her entire life. As her children grew she found time to indulge in her love of gardening as well as pursue her passion for poetry and the written word. Cunningham was also an outspoken advocate for conscription during the two referenda in 1916 and was dedicated to fundraising for soldiers in the Great War. Mary Emily Twynam was born and grew up in the New South Wales township of Goulburn. Her family home ‘Riversdale’ was a place she always remembered fondly. Her father, Edward Twynam came to the colony in 1855 from England and prospered as a surveyor. He would eventually go on to become the Surveyor General. His wife Emily Rose was an accomplished artist who left behind many beautiful woodcarvings and etchings. She took a keen interest in the natural world and Mary Emily seems to have inherited a love of gardening and nature from her. From the archival material that exists Emily Rose appears to have been a loving and kind mother to her children. Mary Emily however, developed a close bond with her father that would be one of the cornerstones of her whole life. They shared an interest in literary pursuits and both possessed keen and inquiring intellects. As an adult Mary would often run drafts of her poems and ideas by her father. Like other young women of her class, Mary was educated at home by Governess Miss Nora Martyr. ‘Riversdale’ was to occupy a special place in Mary’s heart for her whole life indicating that she had a warm loving and happy childhood in the place she would call ‘Home’ until her death. On 24 April 1889 a 19 year old Mary Emily was married to successful pastoralist James ‘Jim’ Cunningham, who at 39 was 20 years her senior. It was a marriage partly borne of duty, but one which would become, if not passionate, stable and affectionate. After a honeymoon abroad in Europe the couple returned to Australia to settle at ‘Tuggranong’ (spelled this way to distinguish it from the surrounding Tuggeranong district). ‘Tuggranong’ was one of a number of properties owned by Jim Cunningham and his brother Andrew Jackson Cunningham. ‘Tuggranong’ like the brothers’ nearby property ‘Lanyon’ was a large sheep station on the eastern banks of the Murrumbidgee river; up to 50 000 sheep were shorn at the ‘Tuggranong’ sheds. The brothers also had properties on the western side of the river as well as holdings in the Cooma and Forbes districts. Both ‘Lanyon’ and ‘Tuggranong’ would come to occupy an important part of Mary’s heart and life with both providing her a deep sense of place and belonging. She also left her mark on both properties with her skilful and committed gardening. Mary Emily was already pregnant with the couple’s first child by the time they settled at ‘Tuggranong’ and on 2 June 1890 Jane Cynthia Cunningham was born. Seven more children would follow in the next 12 years. During this period Mary’s first documented battle with what we would now call depression or postnatal depression occurred. Mary herself never referred to these battles in her letters or notebooks, but references to her breakdown in 1902, after the birth of her son Alexander ‘Pax’, are found in her family’s letters. In October 1903 Mary’s sister, Edith wrote from ‘Riversdale’ to her friend Stella Miles Franklin and expressed relief and gratitude at Mary’s restoration ‘from the dead’. Despite her personal struggles with such darkness Mary remained a much loved, and loving, member of her community. She took to her role as a successful pastoralist’s wife with gusto attending balls, getting involved in fundraising activities for the parish church as well as other causes like raising funds for a local hospital. The homestead itself became the social hub of the district and Mary and Jim hosted many fine gatherings there. When the new military academy at Duntroon was opened in June 1911 Mary warmly welcomed the cadets. Many of them would call on ‘Tuggranong’ whenever possible, probably in part due to her teenaged daughters, and a few would keep up correspondence with Mary when they were serving overseas in the Great War a few years later. Her involvement in the community and her loyal and giving friendship were all the more admirable as in these years she lost both her eldest daughter Jane Cynthia to appendicitis and her beloved mother just a few short weeks later. By 1914 with the Great War well and truly looming large the family moved to ‘Lanyon’. The move was precipitated by the death of Andrew Jackson as well the changes afoot with the planning for the new Federal Capital. There were uncertainties about how quickly ‘Tuggranong’ would be reclaimed as Commonwealth land and so a move to ‘Lanyon’ afforded the family some stability. At this time the couple offered ‘Tuggranong’ to the Commonwealth government as a convalescent hospital for the duration of the war, but this offer was not taken up. The war also caused other shifts in the Cunningham family and in the texture of Mary’s everyday life. Always a staunch supporter of Empire, (her Empire Day bonfires for the Tuggeranong district were big affairs) Mary was unequivocally supportive of the war. Her eldest son, Andrew would go on to distinguished service with the First Light Horse Regiment, and her sister Joan served as nurse overseas for the duration of the war. Mary herself became a passionate fundraiser and like many of her class a committed advocate of conscription during the campaigns in 1916. To the disapproval of some of the conservative people in her community she took a public role in joining a local pro-conscription committee. In the winter of 1915 she threw a ball at ‘Lanyon’ to raise funds for the Red Cross, and in 1917 she took the post of president of the newly created War Chest Flower Shop. The War Chest was established in 1914 as fundraising group that aimed to support all soldiers, not just the wounded ones like the Red Cross did. The position meant Mary had to travel between Sydney and ‘Lanyon’ of which she was now involved in managing as her husband had succumbed to chronic ill-health. The Flower shop, based on Elizabeth Street in Sydney, sold fresh produce, fresh flowers and over time Mary would come to sell some of her poems in the store too; a move she relied on her father to help her make with him often acting as critic and editor of her work. The Flower Shop was a successful venture and they eventually moved to larger premises on George Street. Despite the growing pressures and gloom of her ailing husband Mary, as always, formed supportive intellectually stimulating and loyal friendships, she struck a particularly affectionate relationship with the young artist Grace Cossington-Smith during these years. After the war Mary’s life changed. Her son Andrew returned from war in 1919 but had been broken by his service and eventually descended into alcoholism. He took over ‘Lanyon’ as Mary was now based in Bondi, Sydney with Jim whose health was too poor to be in the cold southern climate. Andrew proceeded to publicly disgrace the family and mismanage ‘Lanyon’ to the point that it was publicly auctioned off in 1926, much to Mary’s dismay. ‘Tuggranong’ was also gone by this stage having been taken over by the Department of Defence in 1922; it became the Official Historian, Charles Bean’s residence for the duration of the history’s writing. Both of these losses came after a deeply felt loss of Jim, who died on 28 December 1921 after years of poorly healthy. For a woman so bound to community, place and family Mary was adrift in many ways. After Jim’s death she went ‘home’ to reside at ‘Riversdale’, but the final hurt came with the death of her father in 1923 after just a brief illness. After this latest grief she split her time between ‘Riversdale’ and ‘Fairwater’, a property near Ulladulla that she acquired in 1927 after the sale of ‘Lanyon’. Here Mary withdrew into her herself and unlike in 1902 her family was now grown and busy with their own lives and did not rally around to pull her out of her darkness. She died alone at ‘Fairvale’ (her daughter’s home) at the age 61 on 15 November 1930. Her death certificate refers to her refusal to take drink or food and of her ‘unsound mind’. Her son Andrew found her body and had her buried at the family cemetery at ‘Lanyon’ where her husband and four of her daughters also lay. With the end of her life so came the end of an era of her family’s proud pastoral heritage and deep ties with the land and people of the Tuggeranong valley. Read more about Mary Cunningham’s activities during World War I at the exhibition Canberra Women in World War 1: Community at Home, Nurses Abroad. Published resources Site Exhibition Canberra Women in World War I: Community at Home, Nurses Abroad, Clarke, Patricia and Francis, Niki, 2015, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cww1 From Lady Denman to Katy Gallagher: A Century of Women's Contributions to Canberra, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2013, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/ldkg Newspaper Article Funeral Notice. Mrs. M. Cunningham, 1930, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16731622 Marriage Notice, 1889, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page1385549 Silver Wedding, 1914, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31401528 Resource Section Cunningham, James (Jim) (1850-1921), http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/cunningham-james-jim-278 Cunningham, Mary Emily (1870 - 1930), http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/cunningham-mary-emily-1639 Lanyon Homestead, http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/lanyon/ Twynam, Edward (1832-1923), http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/twynam-edward-1648/text1756 Resource Tuggeranong Homestead, http://www.tuggeranonghomestead.com.au/ Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Book Mary Cunningham: An Australian Life, Horsfield, Jennifer, 2004 The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918: Australia during the war, Scott, Ernest, 1938 Journal Article Beautiful Colours to Arrange: Mary Cunningham, Mistress of Tuggeranong, Horsfield, Jennifer, 2003 Archival resources National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection Letters, 1910-1960 [manuscript] Letters, 1858-1931 [manuscript] Papers of Cunningham family, 1834-1902 [manuscript] Author Details Kim Doyle Created 22 June 2012 Last modified 9 February 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Clare Grant Stevenson – personal and family papers, 1927-1988?Clare Grant Stevenson – papers, 1941-1947, concerning the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force?Clare Grant Stevenson – photographs, 192–1981?Clare Grant Stevenson – miscellaneous papers, 1941-1992, of Joyce A. Thomsoon concerning Clare Grant Stevenson and the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force, including research material for and a copy of her book, The WAAAF in Wartime Australia (1992) Author Details Rosemary Francis Created 11 May 2004 Last modified 23 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Red Cross Archives series reference: V17 Comprises citations for awards conferred by the Victorian Division of the Red Cross including: Service Awards, Laurel Wreath and Gilt Rosette, Award of Merit, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Bars to the Service Award, Long Service Medals (1999-2005). This cards are arranged alphabetically and were created by Member Services Department. Additionally there are files ‘Who’s Who in Red Cross’ containing newspaper clippings and Red Cross newsletter articles regarding award recipients. These files were maintained by the Public Relations or Membership departments of the Victorian Red Cross. Researchers should note that under the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 protections govern the use of the Red Cross emblem. For further information see Archives staff. Author Details Stella Marr Created 9 August 2017 Last modified 9 August 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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). 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. Hanrahan 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. During 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. Published resources Resource Guide to the Papers of Barbara Hanrahan, National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-327774322/findingaid Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Archival resources State Library of South Australia Launch of the Barbara Hanrahan Memorial Exhibition [sound recording] [Barbara Hanrahan tributes] [videorecording] : Barbara Hanrahan Memorial Exhibition Introducing Barbara Hanrahan: Artist and Writer 1939-1991 [videorecording] : Barbara Hanrahan Memorial Exhibition Interviews with Barbara Hanrahan, Mem Fox, Colin Thiele, Christobel Mattingley and Max Fatchen [videorecording] Interview with Barbara Hanrahan [sound recording] Interviewer: Beate Ursula Josephi Radio program 'Profiles in South Australian Writing' [sound recording] Producer: Beate Ursula Josephi Compilation of recordings relating to Barbara Hanrahan [sound recording] Interview with Barbara Hanrahan [sound recording] Interviewer: Suzanne Hayes Radio interview with Barbara Hanrahan [sound recording] Interviewer: Elaine Lindsay Radio tribute to Barbara Hanrahan by Susan Mitchell [sound recording] Radio tribute to Barbara Hanrahan by Tony Baker [sound recording] Recording of a Women Writers Forum [sound recording] Addresses by Barbara Hanrahan and Max Fatchen [sound recording] Barbara Hanrahan : SUMMARY RECORD National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection Papers of Barbara Hanrahan, 1958-1992 [manuscript] Papers of Carmel Bird, 1987-2000 [manuscript] National Library of Australia [Biographical cuttings on Barbara Hanrahan, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals] State Library of New South Wales Dale Spender - papers, 1972-1995 Author Details Anne Heywood Created 7 June 2004 Last modified 16 September 2013 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Daily record of events kept by Jane Macartney, the wife of the Very Reverend Dean Hussey Burgh Macartney. These mainly relate to family life, ministerial work of her husband and the role Jane Macartney played in society: her involvement with numerous benevolent societies and institutions, committee work, Sunday school teaching, visitations to the poor and the sick, social life and general domestic existence as it was for the upper social classes during this period which gives an overall impression of a woman’s life and work in this environment., Particular reference to several well known families, and details of social activities, the place of religion in one’s daily life, the importance of public transport, suburban social visits as far as Brighton, the extent of the Macartney’s travels in Victoria; ministrations and work re early hospitals and orphanages; general references to family life includes details of births, baptisms, sickness and deaths, past-times, notion of the extended family, the belief in God and life after death and general importance placed upon family life and social relationships. Author Details Alannah Croom Created 29 August 2017 Last modified 27 March 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Jessie Hockings (nee Miller) was a child when her family migrated to Australia from England. After leaving London on 31 July 1909, they arrived in Brisbane on 20 September 1909. They then travelled to a property at Dulacca in the Western Downs region of Queensland. In February 1923, at the age of 23, Jessie Miller married Frank Hockings and almost immediately moved to Thursday Island, where Frank and his brother ran the Wanetta Pearling Co. World War 2 interrupted those operations and the family moved backed to continental Queensland to run a dairy farm at Springbrook, which they purchased in 1945. Sadly, Frank passed away in 1952, but Jessie remained on the farm for another thirteen years. She moved down to the coast at Southport in 1965. Regardless of where she lived, the Queensland Country Women’s Association (CWA) was a constant feature of Jessie Hocking’s life. She was a member for roughly sixty years, maintaining a tradition that ran in the family. Her mother, Jessie Strathearn Miller, was president of Dulacca (Qld) CWA and a younger sister was the secretary-treasurer of the same branch. Jessie was a founding member of the Springbrook CWA in 1957 and a three-time president during the 60s to 80s. She was secretary-treasurer of the Thursday Island branch during her time up there. As well as the CWA, Jessie volunteered at the Red Cross, an aged care residence, and the local hospital ladies’ auxiliary. In 1982, a British Empire Medal for Meritorious Civil Service, which she received on her 82nd birthday, acknowledged Jessie’s community work, which she continued to do until well into her 80s. Jessie Hockings passed away in 1991 and is sadly missed by her family and friends. Her legacy lives on in an educational bursary awarded every year by the Springbrook-Mudgeeraba CWA. Since 1992 the branch has presented a local primary school student with the Jessie Hockings Encouragement Award. The $200 bursary aims to help a family ease the financial burden of their child transitioning to high school. It represents her prevailing belief in the importance of a good education. The following essay was written by Avril Priem and published in the Winter 2020 edition of the CWA Queensland magazine. It is reproduced in full with permission. THE LADY AND THE LEGACY Story by Avril Priem For 27 years, Springbrook-Mudgeeraba CWA has presented a local primary school student with the Jessie Hockings Encouragement Award. “This $200 bursary aims to help a family ease the financial burden of their child transitioning to high school,” says president, Robyn Keene. Who was Jessie Hockings? Jessie Hockings was a founding member of the Springbrook CWA in 1957 and a three-time president during the 60s to 80s. Well-respected and much-loved in the district, her belief in supporting education prevails through her legacy. Jessie’s granddaughter, Lorraine Mitchell, says her grandmother did not attend school while growing up on the western Downs. “Instead, she had lessons at home because there was no money for boarding school.” Lorraine continues, “We affectionately called her Grandy. She was eloquent, well-read, an accomplished pianist and singer who held her audiences spellbound. She could quote Shakespeare, whip up a delicious strawberry mousse or make luscious brandied cumquats.” Prickly pear, pearly shells and dairying As a young girl of nine, Jessie Miller emigrated with her family from England in 1909 to the Dulacca district, west of Miles. In contrast to ‘England’s green and pleasant land’, their new country was hot, dry and peppered with prickly pear. Lorraine recollects the family story: “When they first arrived from Brisbane with a month’s supply of groceries, a 7-pound billy of golden syrup had burst over everything and there was no water to wash it off. Water had to be carted in barrels from a waterhole three miles away. The family lived in bush tents for 14 months while great-grandpa Miller built a house, a dam with pick and shovel, and tried to clear the land of prickly pear by hand – an impossible task. They eventually left that grant of land and developed Myalla, their wheat and beef property.” At 23, Jessie married Frank Hockings and moved to Thursday Island – to stay for 18 years. Frank and his brother Norman ran the Wanetta Pearling Co. When Japan entered the war in 1941, Thursday Island became an Australian military zone. The armed services requisitioned the luggers and pearling came to a standstill. Lorraine explains what happened next: “In 1942, Australian civilians were ordered to leave within 24 hours. Grandy and her three children – my mother Robin, Peg, and David – were evacuated to Brisbane. Leaving her home and life on TI was very stressful for her. Grandpa Frank joined his family later and for a time worked in the Rocklea munitions factory that made hand grenades.” In 1945, the Hockings took up a dairy farm at Springbrook in the Gold Coast hinterland, and began the hard work of milking twice a day for 20 years. Lorraine’s childhood memories are of lush paddocks, spectacular scenery, banana passionfruit growing under the verandah, and finger limes growing in tree stumps. And inside the farmhouse: “the woodstove, Grandy’s roasts and home-baked pies, a sweet cordial made from finger limes, and hot porridge for breakfast served with brown sugar and fresh cream from the dairy.” In the CWA Being in the CWA ran in the family. Jessie’s mother was president of Dulacca CWA and a younger sister, the secretary-treasurer. On Thursday Island, Jessie was the branch secretary-treasurer. “As a Springbrook CWA member, she was often on the phone organising events, or chatting with members, supporting them and their families,” remembers Lorraine. “Grandy was gifted with a wonderful kind heart. Her positive energy and enthusiasm enveloped those around her.” After Frank died of a heart attack in 1952, Jessie and family kept the farm going until 1965. She then moved from mountain to coast but continued to attend Springbrook meetings, getting a lift with her friend, Lola Hicks, who had also been a president over the years. Lola would motor up in her 1965 Humber Super Snipe. As well as the CWA, Jessie volunteered at the Red Cross, an aged care residence, and the local hospital ladies’ auxiliary. “She was a hospital ‘flower lady’ for 15 years and used to say that a bit of flower power helps cheer up the day for both patients and staff,” smiles Lorraine. Jessie was also renowned for her jams, pickles and chutneys, all made from garden produce given to her by family, friends and neighbours. A local newspaper reported that in one year she cooked up 491lbs or 222kg! Her jars of tasty home-mades were given away for fundraising or entered into shows and CWA competitions. Her Madras chutney won the CWA state final two years in a row in the 70s. In 1982, a British Empire Medal for Meritorious Civil Service acknowledged Jessie’s community work, which she continued to do until well into her 80s. “She was thrilled to receive a BEM,” says Lorraine. “It coincided with her 82nd birthday, so it was a double celebration.” Jessie Hockings passed away in 1991 at the age of 91. She was a quintessential CWA lady and true to the CWA Creed was always giving – and looking up, laughing, loving and lifting. Events 1982 - 1982 Jessie Hockings was awarded a British Empire Medal for Meritorious Civil Service in acknowledgement of her community work across several decades. Author Details Avril Priem Created 24 September 2020 Last modified 9 November 2020 Digital resources Title: Jessie Hockings celebrating on the day she was awarded a BEM Type: Image Date: 3 May, 2023 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Records relate to the Geelong Branch of the Victorian Women Graduates’ Association.?Committee and general minutes including records of dinners 13 Feb 1967 – 15 September 1981; correspondence 1977-1982; material relating to careers nights and conferences 1966-1974; A.F.U.W. constitution and by- laws as amended 20 November 1974, and as revised by 23rd conference and council, Sydney, 1976; nomination for an award in the Order of Australia. Author Details Clare Land Created 8 December 2001 Last modified 30 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The Lyceum Club (Melbourne), established in 1912, was directly modelled on the lyceum clubs of England. Membership is restricted to women graduates and other women who had distinguished themselves in art, music, literature, philanthropy or public service. A group of women interested in forming a lyceum club in Melbourne first met in 1910. Later that year, Ethel Osborne, who had been instrumental in organising this meeting, London’s Lyceum Club and reported back to the group on its operations. In 1912 Osborne was elected foundation vice-president of the new Lyceum Club (Melbourne). Its founders in Australia, as in London, hoped the Club would gain equal standing with the prestigious male clubs of the day. They were to provide a base for elite women’s influence and advancement. As reflected in its admission requirements the clubs were particularly committed to furthering women’s professional careers. They provided an arena in which elite professional women could form strong networks and cultivate useful contacts. Indeed, the Clubs were explicitly designed to provide a space for female networking – both locally and internationally. The Lyceum quickly became Melbourne’s premier women’s club, and by 1930 claimed 900 members. The Club continues today, although its influence has diminished. Founding members included: Dr Janet Lindsay Greig, Miss Jessie Webb, Miss Enid Derham, Dr Constance Ellis, Dr Georgina Sweet, Dr Jane Greig, Flos Greig, Mrs Ray Phillips, Miss Alice Michaelis, Mrs Mary Barden, Miss Dora de Beer, Miss Stella Deakin, Miss Elizabeth Lothian, Mrs Ida Latham, Mrs Eleanor Latham, Miss Mona McBurney, Miss Mary Baldwin and Mrs Jessie Nott. Published resources Book The Lyceum Club, Melbourne 1912-1962., Gillison, Joan, 1962 Memorandum and articles of association of the Lyceum Club, [Arthur Phillips, Pearce and Just], 1915 Qualifications for membership and rules for Lyceum Club, Melbourne A History of the Lyceum Club Melbourne, Gillison, Joan M, 1975 Jessie Webb, a memoir, Ridley, Ronald T, 1994 Literary Women: A checklist of work by members of the Lyceum Club, Melbourne, Stuart, Lurline, 1993 Report Annual report / Lyceum Club Melbourne, [?1912-] Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Archival resources State Library of Victoria Records, ca. 1920-1979 [manuscript] History of the Lyceum Club, and papers, 1970-1975. [manuscript]. Records, 1912-ca. 1970. [manuscript]. Records, 1910-2013. [manuscript]. Papers, 1916-1974. [manuscript]. Papers, 1975-1985. [manuscript]. Author Details Jane Carey Created 9 February 2001 Last modified 27 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Ascham is one of the oldest non-denominational girls’ schools in Sydney, established in 1886. The archives comprise the official records of the School and donations of personal papers, memorabilia and photographs given generously by former students, staff and families.??The archival collection holds the following format-based collections drawn from both the official records of the school and donations received from the school community:?- Paper records, including: the School Admission Register dating from 1902; Headmistress’ Annual Reports, dating from 1915 (digitised); Council Minutes from Ascham’s incorporation in 1937; Prize lists dating from 1900 (digitised); papers of the Old Girls’ Union, 1915 to present.?- Publications, including: Charivari, the school magazine, from April 1903 (digitised); Ascham Old Girls’ Magazine (formerly Newsheet), 1943 to present; weekly newsletters and student newspapers.?- Photographic collection, dating from 1895, in the process of being digitised.?- Book collection, including: a fine collection of early edition Victorian novels; Miss Margaret Bailey’s personal library; prize books, dating from 1887; books about Ascham and its alumni.?- Uniform collection, dating from 1920s, with replicas of the first uniform introduced in 1895.?- Memorabilia and museum artefacts, dating from the 19th century.?- Cartographic collection, including building plans dating from the 19th century.?- Audio-visual collection, including film, sound, video and digital recordings.??The Archives are open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the year. Author Details Alannah Croom Created 7 November 2017 Last modified 7 November 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Margaret Flockton is remembered for her beautiful botanic illustrations. A species of eucalypt was named in her honour. 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. A 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. (Source: Australian Garden History.) Published resources Journal Article Margaret Flockton, Payne, Christine, 1996 Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Author Details Anne Heywood Created 30 January 2002 Last modified 14 May 2019 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Helen Elizabeth Byrne graduated with an MBBS (Honours) in 1947, after which she worked at various hospitals in both Victoria and London. In 1961 she qualified as a member of the Royal Australian College of Physicians and until 1966, was appointed an honorary physician to out-patients at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital. In addition to working as a clinical assistant and an assistant physician, Helen held a university appointment as a clinical tutor at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Helen Elizabeth Byrne did not study Medicine as her first choice. She initially took her MA in French and Italian studies and, graduating in 1933, won the W.T. Mollison Scholarship, using it to travel to Perugia to undertake the course in Italian literature and art offered to foreign students at the Università per Stranieri and to Rome where studied at La Sapienza. She noted on her return that the buildings in Rome were shabby and ‘The hand of Mussolini is very much in evidence in the universities, for no criticism of the Fascist regime is tolerated.’[1] She gave a talk on 3LO ABC in 1935 on ‘Some Things We Could Learn from the Italians’.[2] In 1942 she began studies towards the MBBS she took with Honours in 1947 and worked at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital before going to London in 1950, spending two years at the Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith and various other London hospitals. After two years back at the Queen Victoria, she joined Claire Crittle (1921-2006) in general practice in Burwood. She qualified as a Member of the Royal Australian College of Physicians in 1961 and was appointed as an honorary physician to Out-patients at the Queen Victoria until 1966. She was also Clinical Assistant at St Vincent’s Hospital in 1961 and Assistant Physician at Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1963 until her retirement which coincided with the end of the honorary system in Victoria in 1975. At the Royal Melbourne she held a university appointment as clinical tutor to fourth year medical and dental students and served as Acting Honorary Physician to Outpatients in 1967 and 1968. Helen Byrne’s Italian proved a great benefit in dealing with newly arrived migrants and she learned Modern Greek to be able to communicate with others. She was a member of the Australian Medical Association, the Victorian Medical Women’s Society and the Lyceum Club, which she joined in 1932. She was also a devout Roman Catholic. The College Roll of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons tells us that ‘She made a quiet and self-effacing but significant contribution to the medical and cultural life of her era.’[3] [1] ‘Home from Italy: Miss Helen Byrne’. Argus. 4 May 1934:10. [2] Argus 2 May 1938: 15. [3] M. Henderson. ‘College Roll: Byrne, Helen Elizabeth’. https://www.racp.edu.au/page/library/college-roll/college-roll-detail&id=2 (no longer available online). Published resources Book 40 Years 40 Women: Biographies of University of Melbourne Women, Published to Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the International Year of Women, Flesch, Juliet, 2015, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/4040/ Author Details Juliet Flesch Created 31 July 2017 Last modified 7 August 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Nancy Bird Walton was Australia’s youngest female pilot. She was awarded imperial honours for her work with the Far West Children’s Health Scheme. Nancy Bird Walton was born in Sydney in 1915. In 1933, at the age of 17, she became the youngest Australian woman to gain a pilot’s licence. One year later she obtained her commercial licence. In 1937-1938 Walton operated a charter service in Queensland followed by a two year world tour studying civil aviation. In 1950 she founded the Australian Women’s Pilots’ Association. She won the Ladies Trophy in the South Australian Centenary Air Race from Brisbane to Adelaide in 1936 and came fifth in the All Women’s Transcontinental Air Race, America, in 1958. Walton was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) in 11 June 1966 for her work as pilot to the Far West Children’s Health Scheme. She was also appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1990 for ‘service to aviation, particularly the participation of women in aviation’. Events 2001 - 2001 Published resources Edited Book Who's Who of Australian Women, Lofthouse, Andrea, 1982 Book Nancy Bird [videorecording] : born 1915 : aviatrix, Hughes, Robin and Heimans, Frank, 1992 Nancy Bird, born to fly, Flynn, Randal, 1991 My God! its a woman : the autobiography of Nancy Bird, Walton, Nancy Bird, 1990 The Complete Book of Great Australian Women: Thirty-six women who changed the course of Australia, De Vries, Susanna, 2003 Resource Nancy Bird-Walton (1915-), Australian Pioneer Aviatrix, Naughton, Russell, 1999, http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/nancy_bird_walton_bio.html Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Site Exhibition Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html Archival resources State Library of South Australia Yarn spinners [sound recording] Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection Jean Fleming Arnot - personal and professional papers, 1890-1995 Shirley Anderson - papers, 1928-1997 Series 01: Nancy Bird Walton further papers, 1933-1995 Edwards and Shaw (Firm) - further records,1945-1984 Series 02: Nancy Bird Walton further photographs, ca. 1930-1991 Collection 05: Nancy Bird Walton scrapbooks, 1938, ca. 1997-2001 Nancy Bird Walton further papers, 1935-1984, including diaries and scrapbooks of press cuttings Ros Bowden - interviews conducted for radio programs and documentaries, ca.1975 - 1989 Nancy Bird Walton aggregated collection of papers and pictorial material National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection Papers of Lady Helen Blackburn, 1944-1990 [manuscript] Papers of Nancy Bird Walton, [1933?]-2005 [manuscript] Australian War Memorial, Research Centre Walton, Nancy B (Commander, Women's Air Training Corps (WATC)) Walton, Nancy-Bird (Women's Air Training Scheme) Mrs Nancy Bird-Walton with Lady Wakehurst, wife of the Governor of NSW, in front of Squadron Leader F.C. Mackillop and Gwen Stark Miss Nancy Bird, Aviatrix with Flight Lieutenant McKillop and Gwen Stark Lady Wakehurst, wife of the Governor of NSW, Squadron Leader F.C. Mackillop and Gwen Stark Miss Nancy Bird Walton, wearing the uniform of the Australian Women's Flying Club, with Squadron Leader F.C. Mackillop, Gwen Stark and Lake Wakehurst, wife of the Governor of NSW The Women's [Australian] Flying Club Author Details Clare Land Created 24 September 2002 Last modified 21 November 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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. 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. She 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. Published resources Book Biographical register of the Victorian Parliament, Browne, Geoff, 1985 Edited Book Who's Who in Australia 1983, Draper, W. J., 1983 Site Exhibition Carrying on the Fight: Women Candidates in Victorian Parliamentary Elections, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cws/home.html Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Author Details Rosemary Francis Created 10 June 2005 Last modified 31 March 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Various items.??Some items within this collection indexed separately. Author Details Jane Carey Created 7 May 2004 Last modified 7 November 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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. 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. Published resources Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Site Exhibition Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html Author Details Annette Alafaci Created 8 December 2005 Last modified 9 August 2024 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Pantjiti Mary McLean was a Ngaatjatjarra woman from the Western Desert region who grew up leading a traditional life. In the 1950s she left the desert, walking to the Warburton Ranges with her husband and son, and then on to Cosmo Newbury in the Eastern Goldfields. When her son was taken by the government and placed in the Mount Margaret Mission, she followed and worked in the area as a stock woman mustering sheep. During this time a daughter was born and was also taken from her. In c.1970 she moved to the Kalgoorlie Native Reserve, and then c.1980 to the Ninga Mia Community in Kalgoorlie, where she lived as a respected elder until 2008. She then moved into Kunkurangkalpa Aged Care. During the 1980s Mary produced craftworks and traditional paintings, but a breakthrough came when she participated in the Warta Kutju (Wama Wanti) Street Art Project and met fibre artist Nalda Searles who became her friend and collaborator in 1992. Mary preferred painting and developed a unique figurative style of her own that captured her memories and stories. A sell-out exhibition of her work in Fremantle in 1993 launched her career. Commissions came her way and her work was exhibited around Australia. Mary won many art awards, including the prestigious Telstra Indigenous Award in 1995. In 2001 she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Curtin University. Her work is represented in all major public and many private collections around Australia. Published resources Catalogue Pantjiti Mary McLean. A Big Story: Paintings and Drawings, Mclean, Pantjiti Mary, 2005 Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Site Exhibition Karlkurla Gold: A History of the Women of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Criena Fitzgerald and National Foundation for Australian Women, 2012, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/wikb/wikb-home.html Author Details Nalda Searles Created 13 August 2012 Last modified 9 August 2024 Digital resources Title: Pantiji Mary McLean Type: Image Date: 3 May, 2023 Title: Pantiji-Mary-McLean-2002-at-Nalda-Searles-home.-Photograph-courtesy-of-Nalda-Searles.jpg Type: Image Date: 3 May, 2023 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Biographical and career details on Edith Morgan, a social worker and Head of Community Services at Collingwood Council between 1972 and 1983. Author Details Helen Morgan Created 10 December 2019 Last modified 10 December 2019 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

1 hour 27 minutes??A recording of the proceedings of the party held to commemorate the beginning of the redevelopment of the State Library of South Australia, held in the newly emptied chamber of the Mortlock Library (Jervois Building). The event commences with music from the Four Seasons String Quartet. Bronwyn Halliday, Director of the State Library, welcomes guests, talks about the vision for the new State Library and introduces the speakers: Geoffrey Coles, Deputy Chair of the Libraries Board; The Hon. Diana Laidlaw MLC, Minister for the Arts, who talks about the commitment of the Government to the new Library and the future of the Mortlock Chamber; Valmai Hankel, Senior Rare Books Librarian, who shares memories and anecdotes from staff and introduces the choir, Flight of Ideas. Bronwyn Halliday closes the formal proceedings. Author Details Anne Heywood Created 3 May 2004 Last modified 28 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Describes the life and work of Ellis Rowan, a painter of plant and bird life, with details of her early life at Killeen, ‘Vauclause’ in Richmond and ‘Derriweit’ in Mount Macedon; marriage to Captain Frederick Rowan: travels throughout Australia, New Zealand, America, England, Germany, West Indies and Papua New Guinea. Also includes an index to her illustrations., Overall, an interesting account of one of Victoria’s notable women artists and comments on the Australian Government’s purchase of her works., NOTE: John Cotton, the naturalist, was Ellis Rowan’s grandfather. Author Details Alannah Croom Created 27 November 2017 Last modified 27 November 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

1 sound file (ca. 105 min.) Author Details Alannah Croom Created 23 March 2018 Last modified 23 March 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

1 sound tape reel (ca. 72 min.)??Lorna Hayter (nee Byrne) speaks of her family background; her studies; the problems of being accepted in an all male environment at the School of Agriculture, University of Sydney; working for the Department of Agriculture; joining the Australian Women’s Army Service; hosting a radio program for the ABC; taking up the editorship on the ‘Land Newspaper’; Hayter gives her views on Australia as a primary producing country. Author Details Anne Heywood Created 14 August 2003 Last modified 21 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Lillian Frank was a high profile Toorak (Victoria) hairdresser who built up her own business as well as undertaking fundraising for charity. On 11 June 1977, Frank was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her involvement with charities, including the Royal Children’s Hospital and Odyssey House in Melbourne. On 10 June 1991 she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her service to the community. Lillian Frank settled in Melbourne during the 1950s. Originally from Burma, her family fled upon the Japanese invasion, leaving behind all their processions. After spending the rest of the war in a refugee camp in Calcutta, at the war’s end she and her family went to London. During the 1950s she came to Melbourne to visit her sister, and stayed. She married restaurateur Richard Frank in 1956 and they had two daughters. Setting up her own hairdressing salon in the 1960s, Lillian Frank was the hair stylist for Jean Shrimpton when the latter wore a mini skirt at the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Frank’s involvement with the carnival continues as a judge of the Fashions on the Field at Caulfield Racecourse, and on the final panel at the Melbourne Cup. A society columnist for the Herald-Sun for many years, Lillian Frank has held committee positions and organised society gatherings especially to fundraise for Victorian charities. Published resources Edited Book Who's Who in Australia 2002, Herd, Margaret, 2002 Newspaper Article The 5th fashion season, McManus, Bridget, 2002 Resource Section Lillian Frank - A Short Biography, http://www.achievers-odds.com.au/topachiever/lfrankfull.htm Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Site Exhibition Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html Author Details Anne Heywood Created 14 October 2002 Last modified 14 May 2019 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Centenary Memorial Book; Letters and compliments slip (within the book). Author Details Clare Land Created 8 December 2001 Last modified 30 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Contain newscuttings and other material relating to Australia and Australasian writers. Manuscript, typescript, printed. Author Details Alannah Croom Created 7 November 2017 Last modified 7 November 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Minutes of meetings, 1929-1990; cash book and record of subscriptions, 1914-1974; cash book of receipts and expenditure, 1948-1977; miscellaneous newsletters and history of The Mothers’ Union, 1971, 1974-1976, 1987-1989; prayer; scrapbook, 1985-1989; Mama Mia: the official organ of the Mothers’ Union in Australia and Tasmania, Aug 1989. Author Details Alannah Croom Created 21 September 2017 Last modified 27 November 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Edith Morgan was the first social worker appointed by the Collingwood Council (1972), and worked to improve services such as childcare, community health and housing. She received the Order of Australia medal for service to the community in 1989 and was later recognised for her service as an advocate for social justice, women and the disadvantaged. Edith Morgan was born in 1919 in Essendon to John Donald Coldicutt and Edith Gertrude Rowe, and grew up part of a large family. She left Melbourne (‘ran away’ in her own words) for Adelaide and married William George Morgan there when she was 22. Later in life, in conversation with Geraldine Robertson, she carried the memory of her childhood as one of disadvantage towards girls in relation to education (‘I was always bitter about the fact that the girls in my family could not go on.’) She and her husband moved to Sydney, where their four children were born. In Sydney she became involved with the Communist Party and was a member of the Union of Australian Women from its beginning. The family returned to Melbourne in 1956 and Edith enrolled in a social work degree at the University of Melbourne. Of this she remarked, ‘It was a conservative degree I did at Melbourne University, aimed at controlling the population, but aren’t all those things aimed at controlling the population? Whether we call it community development or whatever it is, you are trying to turn a population a certain way. I disagreed with this. I wanted to work for change.’ Edith worked for change for the rest of her life. In 1972 she became the first social worker appointed by the Collingwood Council and worked to improve services such as childcare, community health and housing. In her view, ‘if you give a service for ‘poor’ people, you’ll give a poor service. You’ve got to be saying ‘This service will be for all people, including the poor’ (Robertson interview). She became an advocate for the rights of older people and helped found the Older Persons Action Centre and Housing for the Aged Action Group. In 1989 she received the Order of Australia medal for service to the community. As Chairperson for the Victorian Consumer Forum for the Aged, Edith was awarded Victorian Senior Citizen of the Year in 1991, followed by a Centenary Medal in 2001, for service as an advocate for social justice, women and the disadvantaged. She was posthumously inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2005, and left bequests in her will to the Older Person Action Centre and the Union of Australian Women. Archival resources City of Yarra Libraries Edith Morgan Edith Morgan [audio book CD]: a service for the poor, or a poor service? Author Details Helen Morgan and Geraldine Robertson Created 10 December 2019 Last modified 10 December 2019 Digital resources Title: Terry Scheikowski and Edith Morgan Type: Image Date: 16 May, 2023 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) Author Details Anne Heywood Created 10 May 2004 Last modified 28 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Tasmania is primarily dedicated to promoting total abstinence from alcohol and other harmful drugs and all members sign a pledge to this effect. Under its broader agenda of ‘home protection’ and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle, however, it has been involved in wide range of social and political reform activities mostly relating to the welfare of women and children. Importantly, influenced by its sister organisation in the United States, the WCTU became a major supporter of the campaign for women’s suffrage in Tasmania as it was believed that power at the ballot box was the only way to achieve their goals. While at its most influential in the years up to WWI, the movement continues today. The first branch of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in Tasmania was formed in Hobart in 1885, but was very short lived. Influenced by the visit of the World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union missionary Mary Leavitt in 1886, three new branches were established. By 1894 there were 14 local Unions in Tasmania with a membership of 280. In the 1890s the Hobart Branch worked with the Chinese community and prisoners and advocated broad ranging social and political reforms including women’s suffrage. During World War I they fought for early closing and distributed literature on venereal disease. For the state body, departments of work in the 1890s included scientific temperance instruction, hygiene and heredity, the franchise, legislation and petitions. They also fought for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Act. From the 1950s, the Union retreated from broader reform goals and concentrated their efforts directly on alcohol and drug related issues. Record notes: The records of individual branches are listed here. Some are contained with the records of the state body, others are separately located. Published resources Conference Paper A few viragos on a stump : the womanhood suffrage campaign in Tasmania 1880-1920, Pearce, Vicki, 1985 Conference Proceedings Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Tasmania ... annual convention, 1893- Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Archival resources Archives Office of Tasmania Records of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Tasmania Minutes of convention meetings, annual and committee reports of the Womans Christian Temperance Union of Tasmania The University of Melbourne Archives Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Victoria Author Details Jane Carey Created 31 May 2004 Last modified 9 November 2004 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Red Cross Archives series reference: V93 Meeting minutes of the Red Cross Victorian Division Council Finance Sub-Committee. Minutes of the first meetings are incomplete and do not represent all meetings from 1939. From late 1939 until 1987 meeting minutes have been typed and signed before being pasted into large volumes. In 2006-2007 this sub-committee became the Australian Red Cross Victorian (ARCV) Audit & Risk Committee. Researchers should note that under the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 protections govern the use of the Red Cross emblem. For further information see Archives staff. Author Details Stella Marr Created 9 August 2017 Last modified 9 August 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Ivy Verna Peace Bennett, who trained with the London Institute, was the first ‘lay’ psychoanalyst in Australia. She practiced In Australia from 1952 to 1958. Ivy Bennett was born in Wagin, Western Australia, in 1919, the second youngest of six children born to Mary and Ern Bennett. She grew up at Lake Grace, in Ballardong boodja country some thirty kilometes away. With a small population of several families in 1920, Lake Grace a Western Australian Wheat Belt town, is 345 kilometres from Perth along State Route 107. It is the main town in the Shire of Lake Grace. Her first school was the local one teacher school. At the age of twelve she won a scholarship to Albany High School where she became a boarder. She matriculated to the University of Western Australia and subsequent scholarships funded her degree in Modern Literature. A chance encounter with Experimental Psychology when she was employed in a summer job as a Reader for the University of Western Australia’s Professor of Education, Robert Cameron, changed her career direction. In 1943 she completed her Master’s degree, ‘Some Aspects of the A Social Behaviour of Pre School Children’ under the supervision of Dr Lionel Fowler, head of the Department of Psychology. Simultaneously she was appointed as a lecturer on Dr Fowler’s staff. She became involved in the Department’s Child Guidance Clinic supervised by a Scottish Psychiatrist, Dr Murdoch from the Heathcote Mental Hospital. She gathered experience in vocational psychology work for the RAAF, participated in a research project examining the effects of Rubella in pregnancy on unborn children and worked with returning War Veterans at Western Command General Hospital. In 1943 she was awarded a Hackett Scholarship and intended to study Child Psychology with Florence Goodenough at the University of Minnesota. However, the monetary exchange rate during wartime rendered that plan unviable. Her first application for a British Council Scholarship in 1944 was rejected because she was too young. She reapplied successfully the following year and, on 1 January 1946, departed for Britain. Her plans to find a venue for further study were hampered by post war conditions. However, Anna Freud, to whom Bennett was introduced by another Australian expat psychologist, Ruth Thomas, included Bennett in her first training program at the Hampstead Clinic in 1947. Under the supervison of Kate Friedlander, a follower of Anna Freud, Bennett commenced research for her doctorate, later published as Neurotic and Delinquent Children. Bennett worked with children who had come to Anna Freud’s Clinic from Belsen and Thereisenstadt after the War and was a regular attendee of Anna Freud’s “Wednesday Meetings”. Bennett also commenced training at the London Institute of Psychoanalysis and in 1951 gained Associate Membership of the British Psychoanalytical Society. In 1952 Bennett fulfilled her goal of returning to Australia and established her psychoanalytic practice at 32 Bellevue Terrace near Kings Park, thus becoming the first BPAS accredited lay analyst in Australia. She attended and presented at meetings of the Melbourne and Sydney Institutes of Psychoanalysis. Bennett also became a founding Member of the Australian Association of Psychoanalysts, which was established in December 1952. In Perth, Bennett conducted reading groups and seminars for members of the medical and psychology professions. Nancy Stewart, a local psychologist, travelled to England, with Bennett’s support, to train with Anna Freud. However isolation from the Melbourne and Sydney centres, and it appears, lack of support from medically qualified colleagues led to her decision to return to Britain for further training. Her plans were also changed by her decision to marry and emigrate to the United States of America in 1962. Her husband, Eric H. Gwynne-Thomas (1917-2008), was an English-born educational scientist. Three years later she moved with him and their daughter, Elizabeth, to Kansas, where her husband became Professor of Education at the University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC). Ivy Bennett Gwynne-Thomas became a member of the Topeka Psychoanalytic Society, and in 1965 she was a founding member of the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Society. From 1968 to 1980 she taught at the UMKC Medical School. Retired since 1993, Ivy Bennett died from leukaemia at the age of 92 on 2 December 2011. Author Details Christine Brett Vickers Created 20 November 2019 Last modified 20 November 2019 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Hope Hewitt was born in Sydney on 30 October 1915, the third of four daughters of Robin and Pattie Tillyard. The family lived in New Zealand from 1920 to 1928 before moving to Red Hill, Canberra following Dr Robin Tillyard’s appointment as first head of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) entomology division. With their striking looks and academic and sporting abilities the sisters (Patience, Faith, Hope and Honour) became well-known identities in the new capital city. All played sport; Hope excelled at tennis and hockey. In 1934 she caused some angst for tennis officials by wearing shorts, then a ‘new fashion’. Hope was an outstanding student at Nelson Girls’ College, New Zealand and at Telopea Park High and St Gabriel’s in Canberra. She won a scholarship to study arts at Sydney University and then fine arts at Sydney Technical College. She graduated Bachelor of Arts with first class honours and Master of Arts. Early in 1937 she was involved in an accident while driving her father from Canberra to Sydney in which Robin Tillyard was killed and Hope seriously injured. In May she and her mother left for England where they spent nine months. Late in 1938 Hope returned to Europe to study painting in Paris under Jacques Ernotte, a distinguished artist and set designer, but the outbreak of World War II forced her to flee to London leaving behind canvasses selected for showing at the prestigious Salon d’automne. In London she and her older sister Pat drove ambulances before returning to Australia on S.S. Rotorua which carried children evacuated from Britain. During the voyage one of the ships in the convoy was sunk by a torpedo fired from a German U-boat. In 1942 Hope married public servant, Lenox Hewitt (later knighted) at Scotch College Chapel, Melbourne and accompanied him to London when he was posted to the Australian High Commission. After they returned to Canberra in 1953 she studied at Canberra University College (subsequently part of the Australian National University) graduating Bachelor of Commerce from the parent body, the University of Melbourne. She began teaching in the English department at the College and after holding temporary positions was appointed to the new position of Lecturer in 1958. Under Professor A D Hope she specialised in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama and the 18th and 19th-century English novel, inspiring students with her love of literature and theatre. From 1960 she was a member of the Commonwealth Literature Censorship Board and in 1968 was appointed deputy chair of the National Literature Board of Review which succeeded the Censorship Board. On sabbatical leave from Australia’s National University (ANU) in 1964, Hope studied with the renowned Shakespearean scholar Lionel Knights in Bristol. Then, and on later visits to London, she attended performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and other British theatre troupes and, years later, could recall the productions in astonishing, colourful detail. She was an enthusiastic supporter of Canberra Repertory Theatre attending performances and reviewing their productions for the Canberra Times. She was the first woman appointed to the board of the new Canberra Theatre serving from 1968 to 1976. At a time when it was unusual for married women to work, she combined a demanding, full-time career with raising four children, supporting her husband’s career and helping to care for her mother, Pattie Tillyard. For many years she contributed theatre reviews, book reviews and poetry to the Canberra Times. In her large and beautiful garden, she raised chickens and grew vegetables and fruit that she cooked, preserved and gave away to friends and good causes. She sewed, knitted and did patchwork and weaving often sitting on winter evenings in front of an open fire knitting a sweater while she marked students’ essays or prepared her next lecture. Hope also served on the council of Garran College at the ANU and contributed to the Canberra community as a hospital volunteer, English teacher to new arrivals, and supporter of several charities. Like her mother, she was a feminist, believing that women needed to earn their own living and take a lead in their community. She had extraordinary energy and willpower. She enthusiastically supported her children’s multiple activities and was delighted with their varied careers: Patricia as a social activist and cabinet minister in the Blair Labour government in Britain (Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 2001-5 and Health Secretary 2005-7); Antonia (died 1990) as an interpreter with the European Commission in Brussels; Hilary, an architect, one of whose designs was her aunt Pat Wardle’s house in Garran; and Andrew, a captain with Qantas and a farmer near Hall. Hope Hewitt died at Brindabella Gardens nursing home in Canberra, aged 95. Published resources Newspaper Article Obituary, Hewitt, Patricia and Hewitt, Hilary, 2011 Magazine Who's Who in Canberra, 1989 Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Site Exhibition From Lady Denman to Katy Gallagher: A Century of Women's Contributions to Canberra, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2013, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/ldkg Archival resources Canberra & District Historical Society The Papers of Patience Australie Wardle National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection Lady Hope Hewitt interviewed by Mark Cranfield [sound recording] Author Details Patricia Clarke Created 21 June 2012 Last modified 20 September 2012 Digital resources Title: Hope Hewitt and C. L. S Hewitt (later Sir Lenox Hewitt) married at Scotch College Chapel, Melbourne, in 1942 Type: Image Date: 3 May, 2023 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Deborah Shnookal was a student activist who ran for election once in New South Wales, before building a career in writing and editing. She represented the Socialist Workers Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Phillip in 1976. Deborah Shnookal was active in the Melbourne Women’s Liberation Movement for some years before moving to live in Sydney. She was Chairperson and one of the organisers of the Melbourne International Women’s Day rallies in 1975 and 1975 and during 1975 worked full-time for the Women’s Abortion Action campaign in Melbourne. At the time of her candidacy, she was a staff writer for Direct Action, the paper published by the Socialist Workers party. In 2002 she was Latrobe University in and she has subsequently edited several books for Ocean Press in its Radical History and Radical Lives series. Published resources Resource Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Site Exhibition Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html Author Details Annette Alafaci Created 14 December 2005 Last modified 6 February 2006 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

A Kaurna woman, Gladys Elphick was born in Adelaide and brought up on the Point Pearce Reserve. Elphick’s life long work against discrimination and exploitation of Aboriginal people included her formation of the Aboriginal Women’s Council and, with others, a legal aid service, medical service and the Aboriginal Community Centre in Adelaide. Also well known as ‘Aunty Glad’, Elphick was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 1 January 1971 for services to the Aboriginal community. In 1984, during National Aborigines Week, Elphick was named South Australian Aboriginal of the Year. Horton (ed) (1994), Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia; Healey (2001), S.A.’s Greats. Published resources Edited Book The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture, Horton, David, 1994 A Question of choice : an Australian Aboriginal dilemma; A collection of papers Advancement of Science Congress, Adelaide, 1969., Berndt, Ronald M., 1971 S.A.'s greats: the men and women of the North Terrace plaques, Healey, John, 2001 Book Living black: blacks talk to Kevin Gilbert, Gilbert, Kevin, 1977 Aboriginal people and their communities today, Years 5-7., 1988 The Kaurna people : Aboriginal people of the Adelaide Plains : an Aboriginal studies course for secondary students in years 8-10., 1989 Survival in our own land : 'Aboriginal' experiences in "South Australia' since 1836; told by Nungas and others, Mattingley, Christobel and Hampton, Ken, 1988 Turning the tide : a personal history of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, Bandler, Faith, 1989 As we've known it : 1911 to the present, Graham, Doris May; Graham, Cecil Wallace, 1987 Living in South Australia : a social history, Elizabeth Kwan, 1987 Race relations in Australia : the Aborigines, Gale, Fay; Brookman, Alison, 1975 Sketches of outstanding Aborigines; Extracts from an Australia Day address at Maughan Methodist Church P.S.A., Adelaide, on Sunday, January 29th, 1956., Rowe, Gordon, 1956 Some Aboriginal women pathfinders : their difficulties and their achievements, Beeson, Margaret J (compiled by), [1980] Journal Article Current problems of Aborigines, Elphick, Gladys, 1970 The role played by Aboriginal women in South Australia, particularly among urban Aborigines, since 1945, Jackson, Russ, 1986 Newspaper Article Gladys battles for her people., 1981 Aboriginal Honour for Glad, Hirst, C., 1984 Everybody knows her as Auntie Glad, 1979 Permit system keeps people on reserves : changed attitude must come from whites, Elphick, Gladys, 1969 Nunkuwarrin Yunti celebrates 30 years. SA, Brown, Christine, 2002 High-flyers at Wilto Yerlo / Students soar at Wilto Yerlo. Koori Mail Education, Brown, Christine, 1999 Honours for Aborigines, 1972 Archival resources

Press cuttings book “presented to Edith How Martyn for Women’s Service Library, London, by Vida?Goldstein, Melbourne Australia 1943.” Author Details Clare Land Created 9 December 2001 Last modified 29 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Contains records of: the United British Women’s Emigration Association, 1888-1901 ; the British Women’s Emigration Association, 1901-19 : Colonial Intelligence League, 1910-19 ; and the Women’s Migration and Overseas Appointment Society, 1919-67. Also contains personal papers of: Mary Billinghurst, 1891 ; Teresa Billington-Greig, 1942-54 ; Elsie Bowerman, 1948 ; Josephine Butler, 1885-1902 ; Kathleen Courtney, 1937-54 ; Vida Goldstein, 1902-19 ; Edith How-Martyn, 1872-1951 ; Norman Mackenzie, 1945-60 ; Helen Nutting, 1947-59 ; Agnes Maude Royden, 1928-53 ; Patricia Shaw, 1948 and Louisa Twining, 1858-61. Also includes an autograph collection of correspondence relating to suffrage, 1906-56 ; general women’s movement, 1862-1949 ; emancipation, 1888-1951 ; general/personal, 1862-1972 and industry, 1957-58 Author Details Alannah Croom Created 31 October 2017 Last modified 27 November 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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). Hill was Research Professor of Geology at the University of Queensland from 1959-1972 and published widely on palaeontology, stratigraphy and geology. She was awarded the CBE in 1971 for services to geology and palaeontology, and received an AC in 1993. Events 2001 - 2001 Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women Published resources Journal Article Dorothy Hill 1907-1997, Campbell, K.S.W. and Jell, J.S., 1998 Article Dorothy Hill 1907-1997, Campbell, K.S.W. and Jell, J.S., 1998, http://www.science.org.au/academy/memoirs/hill.htm Finding Life in Ancient Corals: Dorothy Hill, Sherratt, Tim, 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_hill.htm Resource Section Hill, Dorothy (1907 - 1997), Biographical Entry, 2002, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000494b.htm HILL, DOROTHY, Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=N&VeteranID=1191187 Resource Where are the Women in Australian science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009 Site Exhibition Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html Archival resources John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection Dorothy Hill - Records Fryer Library, The University of Queensland Dorothy Hill Papers Author Details Elle Morrell Created 9 February 2001 Last modified 29 October 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Essie Coffey, Aboriginal activist and musician, discusses her life and career. Author Details Hollie Aerts Created 21 December 2010 Last modified 1 December 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

This series consists of about 195 photographs, four sound recordings and four films relating to Prime Minister Harold Edward Holt and his wife, Mrs Zara Holt (later Dame Zara). The material mainly covers the period when Holt was Prime Minister (1966-1967), although many of the photographs relate to his earlier career, particularly as Minister for Immigration (1949-1956). Several items relate specifically to Mrs Holt.??The photographs include official portraits, family photographs, Australian News and Information Bureau and other official photographs covering a wide range of Holt’s official engagements both in Australia and overseas. A number of the photographs relate to Mrs Zara Holt as wife of a senior political figure, both before and after Holt’s death. A few relate to the first year of her subsequent marriage to another politician, H J P (Jeff) Bate and to her fashion business ‘Magg’.??Two of the sound recordings relate to Holt. One of these includes the speeches made at the historic Commonwealth Parliamentary Association luncheon given in Westminster Hall, London in May 1953, when Holt was Chairman of the Association, and the other is a recording of the speech he gave at the 36th Session of the International Labour Conference the same year. The other two recordings are the song ‘Dame Zara’, by the group ‘The Wheelbarrow’, and a cassette tape of Mrs Holt responding to ‘Dorothy Dix’ questions. Author Details Alannah Croom Created 5 September 2002 Last modified 21 November 2017 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Council minutes of the Australian Trained Nurses Association 1904, 1922-44 and Annual Reports 1922-35. Author Details Gavan McCarthy Created 15 October 1993 Last modified 1 October 2002 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Interviews with four Indigenous women talking about native title issues – Mary Lou Buck (Dhan-gaddi native title claim), Elizabeth Hoffman (Yorta Yorta, Cummeragunja), Matilda House (Ngunnawal) and Angelina Stuart (Adnyamathanha)??Field tape number(s): 1 – 4; Field tape description(s): 1 x C60, 3 x C90 cassettes; Field tape speed(s) 4.75; Mono Author Details Anne Heywood Created 20 May 2004 Last modified 6 January 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Photocopies of letters written to Anton Lucas by Herbert and Betty Feith. Anton Lucas is Head of the School of Political and International Studies at Flinders University, Adelaide. Includes copies of Nonia Community Newsletter (1978-1979).??Originals are in private ownership. Author Details Alannah Croom Created 26 October 2017 Last modified 4 January 2018 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)