Dr Judith Kinnear
Australian geneticist and the first woman to lead a New Zealand university.
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Audrey Sherman
Audrey Sherman was initially drawn to science by the appeal of “cooking polymers all day and driving a sports car,” but it was her personal drive and persistent inquisitiveness that paved her way to becoming 3M’s top female patent holder.
Dr Joan Mary Woodhill
Australian dietician
Dr Frances MacCurtain
Irish speech therapist and voice coach
Dr Hilda Turnbull
Australian physician and politician
Elizabeth Deane
Elizabeth Deane has been Professor of Biology and Head of the Division of Environment and Life Sciences in the College of Science and Technology at Macquarie University, Sydney. Her research covers marsupial immunology and disease, with a particular interest in how the immune system develops and how young marsupials survive in the pouch.
Elizabeth Belmont Gasking
Elizabeth Gasking worked at the University of Melbourne as a demonstrator in Botany 1948-1950 and then as a tutor, lecturer and senior lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science until her death.
Margaret Fountaine
Margaret Elizabeth Fountaine was one of the most prolific and famous butterfly collectors of her time. She not only collected the butterflies but breed them so she could study their lifecycle. Fountaine became an expert in tropical butterfly life cycles and was a talented artist who made many detailed and beautiful watercolours of her specimens.
Margaret Wigan
Margaret Wigan, a school matron, was the first woman president of any natural history club in Australia.
Joan Stuckey
Joan Stuckey was the inventor of three separate award-winning air cushions designed for pressure relief. These are now used around the world by hospitals and by people in wheelchairs.