Valerie Goulding
Irish philanthropist and senator
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Fay Carter
Aunty Fay Carter worked for more than 30 years to support and improve living conditions for Aboriginal Australians.
Fay Patricia Richards
Fay Richards has made it her mission to affect long term and positive change in the lives of people with a disability in Victoria.
Christine de Pizan
1300s and 1400s Italian-born French writer, philosopher, composer and feminist
Barbara Moriarty
Biddy Moriarty undertook Australian Red Cross work with repatriated prisoners of war during the final years of the war, which included being a member of the Red Cross contingent assisting the 2nd POW Reception Group in Singapore.
Dr Annie Hensley
Dr Annie Hensley was appointed coordinator of the Melbourne City Council’s first campaign to combat dyptheria in 1924.
Eithne Coyle
Irish republican
Barbara Rosemary Hardy
Barbara Hardy was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia, 26 January 1987, for service to conservation and the community.
Dr Barbara York Main
Barbara Main is one of Australia’s foremost experts on the taxonomy, biogeography and ecology of spiders, particularly trapdoors and funnelwebs.
Rosamond Jacob
20th century Irish suffragist, republican, and writer