Josephine Mackerras worked in the Division of Economic Entomology, CSIR, Canberra, the LHQ Medical Research Unit, Cairns during World War II, and was Senior Parasitologist at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research until 1961.
1800s Irish philanthropist, writer and promoter of children’s welfare
1600s Viscountess Ranelagh and woman of letters
Hilda Bull was a Medical Officer at the City of Melbourne Department of Health in the 1940s. She published various articles in the Australian Medical Journal in the 1930s and 1940s.
Kate Fitzherbert works for Birds Australia as a fundraiser. Her major interests are in working for habitat protection through purchase of habitat reserves, encouraging community involvement in conservation and monitoring, and growing environmental awareness in rural communities.
Mabel Theodore Hobler was an Australian collector of animals and insects, with a passion for beetles.
Margaret Keats pioneered women’s involvement in veterinary science in Australia.
Joyce Price was a trained botanist who was most well known for her contributions to the Girl Guides Association Australia and the Worldwide Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
20th century Irish republican and nurse
Julia Sewell was a plant collector in southwestern Western Australia where her family ran sheep and cattle stations. Between 1882 and 1892 she collected around Mount Caroline, the Swan River, Bunbury and Geographe Bay.