Dr Mary Atkinson
Aunty Mary Atkinson was a Wiradjuri and Bangerang elder, highly respected for her involvement in Aboriginal education and Women’s Business.
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Pamela Griffin
Aboriginal Australian community worker whose career spans welfare work, education, public service and voluntary service of her local community.
Walda Blow
Walda Blow is a prominent and respected Elder of the Yorta Yorta people and has led community development work with, and for, the Victorian Aboriginal community.
Dr Jean Youatt
Jean Youatt lectured in the Department of Chemistry at Monash University from 1962 until her retirement in 1990, when she moved to the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Mary Houston
Irish craftswoman, teacher, and author
Effie Wyllie Best
Effie Wyllie Best worked in the Zoology Department at the University of Adelaide for at least six years and then went on to teach at the Adelaide Kindergarten Training College and at Girton College.
Barbara Jane Reyes
Born in the Philippines and raised in the Bay Area, Barbara Jane Reyes has been navigating the nuances of multiple languages from an early age. Her poetry continues to navigate multiple languages, multiple cultures, and multiple meanings, offering a richly layered look into the complexities of identity.
Margaret Joyce
Irish-New Zealander Sister of Mercy and musician
Phyllis Nicol
Phyllis Nicol was a demonstrator in physics, University of Sydney 1927-1933, a tutor in physics at the Women’s College 1934-1945 and finally a lecturer in physics 1946-1964. She co-wrote the book “Physics: Fundamental Laws and Principles”.
Dr Jacqueline Jarrett Goodnow
Australian psychologist Jacqueline Goodnow’s research covered areas such as the distribution of work responsibilities in the family, the origins and outcomes of beliefs about parents, and the intergenerational transmission of social values.