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Hazel Audrey CAHILL
Born 1904, Died 1970
Also known as: née Bassett
Pioneer of Central Australia.
Hazel and Larry Cahill were newlyweds when in 1928 he was offered a job on the construction of the new railway from Marree to Alice Springs. She loved the… -
Audrey Josephine CAHN
Born 17 October 1905, Died 1 April 2008
Also known as: née Osborne
1928 — First woman to complete the newly established agriculture degree at Melbourne University.
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Amy CAIL
Born 29 March 1833, Died 15 July 1914
Also known as: née Williams
Pioneer of Bendigo area of Victoria.
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Eunice May CAIRNS
Born 16 August 1921, Died 21 January 2010
Also known as: Teddy
Served during World War II. Worked at ‘The Truth’ newspaper, Radio 3AW, Channel 9, Channel 0, Conair Airlines, and 8CCC FM. Known as the White Witch of Alice Springs by her…
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Francesca Louise CAIRNS
Also known as: Fran
First Alice Springs, Northern Territory, woman to be employed as a grader driver.
Author of Drawing From the Well, inspired by her work “as a grader driver, a photographer and… -
Joan CAIRNS
Born 7/1932, Died 27/6/2019
Joan Cairns was Australia’s first female anaesthetic technician. Joan worked at the Alice Springs Hospital and took the opportunity to study at the Mayfield Medical Centre in…
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Margaret Cecilia CAIRNS
Born 1905
Also known as: née Egar, Margaret Sawyer
Central Australian pioneer when married to Con SAWYER (died 1947).Pioneer of Kurundi Cattle Station with second husband Bill CAIRNS.
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Daphne CALDER
Born 5 January 1924, Died 15 October 2013
Also known as: née Campbell, Daphne Calder
Pictured here at Emily Gap outside Alice Springs, she starred opposite Australian acting legend chips Rafferty in The Overlanders, a classic movie being the first to show…
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Helen CALDICOTT
Born 7/8/1938
Also known as: Dr Helen Caldicott
Helen Caldicott is the founder of the Women’s Action for Nuclear Disarmament (1982). In 1985, Helen was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, which was won by the organisation she…
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Ann CALDWELL
Born 1820, Died 1890
Also known as: née Mooney, Annie
In 1864, aged 44, widowed, with seven of her children, she travelled in a covered wagon for eight weeks 900 kilometres overland from Gumeracha (northeast of Adelaide), South Australia…
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Elizabeth CALLAGHAN
Born 1802, Died 31 Mar 1852
Also known as: Eliza, Eliza Thompson, Elizabeth Batman, Sarah Willoughby
Convict, who married John BATMAN (founder of Melbourne — died 1839⁄40). Mother of seven daughters and one son by John BATMAN. Later married John WILLOUGHBY. Known as Sarah WILLOUGHBY…
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Ada CAMBRIDGE
Born 21 November 1844, Died 19 July 1926
Also known as: née Cambridge, Ada Cross, A.C.
1889 — Newspaper novelist (The Age) under nom de plum ‘A.C.’.
Author of Up The Murray (1875) — serialised in Australian newspaper.
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Enid Mona CAMPBELL
Born 30 October 1932, Died 20 January 2010
Also known as: Neil Campbell and Mona
1959 — First female lecturer in the University of Tasmania Law School, teaching political science.
1967 — The first woman to hold a Chair in Law at any university in Australasia, when… -
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Gillian Clare CAMPBELL
Born 1967
First woman Telecom Technician in South Australia and Northern Territory. Qualified in 1988, aged 21.
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Judy CAMPBELL
1994 — First officially appointed female Town Crier in Australia.
1997 — First female Town Crier to win Runner Up World Champion (Sidney, British Columbia, Canada).
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Kate Isabel CAMPBELL
Born 1899
1930 — First person in Australia to be appointed to Lectureship in Neo-Natal Paediatrics (University of Melbourne)
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Kate Isabel CAMPBELL
Born 22 April 1899, Died 12 July 1986
Also known as: Dame Kate Campbell
1929 – — First person in Australia to be appointed to Lectureship in neonatal paediatrics (University of Melbourne).
1 January 1954 — Appointed to the Order of the British Empire -… -
Mary Ann CAMPBELL
Born 1838, Died 21/1/1916
Also known as: Mary Ann Johns
1861 — First white woman on Queensland expedition to stock property near Sorghum Downs Station with sheep.
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Jane CAMPION
Born 30 April 1954
“She is the second of five women ever nominated for the 66th Academy Award for Best Director”.
In 1993, Writer and Director Jane Campion became the first and only woman filmmaker to… -
Alisa Peta CAMPLIN
Born 10 November 1974
“Alisa Camplin is Australia’s first female Winter Olympic gold medalist, dual Olympic medalist, World Champion, World Record Holder and two times WC Grand Prix…
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Miriam Edith CANNING
First Aboriginal (and first woman) veterinary surgeon in Australia.
Born and raised at Leonora near Kalgoorlie, West Australia. Qualified for her private pilot’s licence… -
Sadie Miriam CANNING
Born 11 April 1930, Died 3 September 2008
Also known as: née Corner
One of the first trained Aboriginal nurses and matrons in Western Australia, did not start qualifying until the 1950s.
1964 — Queens’ Birthday Honours- Awarded a Member of the British… -
Elaine CANTY
Elaine Canty is the first woman sports broadcaster on ABC Radio and Television in Victoria. She was the only woman in the ABC team covering the 1988 Olympics and, in 1992, was the…
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Annie Florence Gillies CARDELL-OLIVER
Born 11 May 1876, Died 12 January 1965
Also known as: née Wilson, Florence, Annie Boyd, Annie Oliver, Annie Wilson, Dame Florence Cardell-Oliver
First elected to the Western Australia Lower House in 1936, she became the first woman in Australia to a cabinet or ministry when she obtained full Cabinet rank as the Minister for…
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Elna Joy Cardona CARDONA
Born 18/3/1956
Also known as: Joy Cardona
Joy Cardona is the first woman in Australian Rules to officiate a representative match. This was the Northern Territory versus Hawthorn in 1991, and she still has the score card! She…
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Alison S CARE
2009 — Recipient of Young Investigator Award, South Australia.
2004 — Graduated Bachelor of Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology with honours, University of South… -
Nellie Veir CAREY
Born 1890, Died 15/06/1973
Also known as: née Scott, Nellie Veir Scott
Only female in Victoria to become a soldier settler, in Red Cliffs, Victoria and became a successful grape grower.
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Kate CARNELL
1995 — First woman from Liberal Party elected as a State or Territory Chief Minister, for the ACT
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Jodeen CARNEY
Born 9/12/1965
2005 — First female Leader of the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party
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Janet Cameron CARR
Born 15 October 1927, Died 13 August 2006
Also known as: née Davidson, Dr Janet Davidson
1950 – Graduated as a M.D. from Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland.1958 – With her husband, moved to his home city of Sydney.Ran a general practice, immunization clinics, and was…
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Dorothy CARROLL
Born 1 February 1897, Died 18 June 1966
1957 – 1966 — First woman to be appointed to the boards of the Royal Adelaide and Queen Elizabeth hospitals.
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Gladys CARRUTH
Born 20 May 1910, Died 23 May 1979
Written on the back of the drawing: Long-standing member devoted worker.
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Elsie CARTER
Born 1905, Died 1982
Pioneer of Sydney’s Domestic Service.
Arrived in Sydney, before Christmas 1925.
Housemaid for Mrs Travers; Sydney, New South Wales. After her husband’s death, she worked for… -
Sarah Anne CARTHEW
Born 1872, Died 1951
Also known as: Bessie
Dairy farmer and dressmaker at Blackwood SA
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Judy CASSAB
Born 15 August 1920, Died 3 November 2015
Also known as: née Kaszab, Maria Koperdak, Judy Kampfner
1969 — Second woman to win the Archibald Prize, which she won twice.
1969 — Appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for her service to the visual arts.… -
Amy Eliza CASTLES
Born 25 July 1880, Died 19 November 1951
One of the greatest voices Australia has produced. Was acclaimed world wide by audiences and by royalty.16 March 1899 — She made her début in Patience, Austral Salon, Melbourne,…
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Tricia CASWELL
First female Executive Director of the Australian Conservation Foundation (1992−1995); first woman General Secretary of the Technical Teachers Union of Victoria (1979−1992); first…
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Helen Ruth CATERER
Born 14 March 1914, Died 4 November 2018
1 January 1964 — Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), for charitable services, reviving the Sunday Mail Blanket Appeal, particularly to children.
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Suzanne CAVANAGH
First woman President of Country Liberal Party (CLP) in the Northern Territory (1994−2001)
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Evonne Fay CAWLEY
Born 31/07/1951
Also known as: née Goolagong
First Aboriginal Australian to win the prestigious Wimbledon tennis singles title (1971)
Tennis — Australian Open — won 4 times. French Open — won 1. Wimbledon — won 1971… -
Cora Kate CHALMERS
Born 18 February 1885, Died 13 August 1958
Also known as: née Coventry
Pioneer of Central Australia, MacDonald Downs, sheep and cattle station.
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Muriel CHAPLIN
1998 — First woman in world to be appointed Grand Master of an Independent Order of Oddfellows Fraternity Grand Lodge.
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Wendy Jennifer CHAPMAN
Born 3 June 1942
She became the first woman Lord Mayor of an Australian state capital city when appointed in Adelaide in 1983 (until 1985).
1986 — Awarded a Member of the Order of Australia, at the… -
Yvonne Ann CHAPMAN
Born 21 January 1940
Also known as: née Yourell
31 January 1986 — 1989 — Queensland’s first female Cabinet Minister.
1994 – 2008 — Elected Mayor of the Pine Rivers Shire. She was the first (“previous leaders of the Council were… -
Martha Christina CHARMAN
Born 1849, Died 1914
Also known as: née Ward
Pioneer of Timbarra settlement, Victoria.
“Martha Charman emerges in Aunt Violets [sic] writings as the matriarch of the settlement — attending to births, sickness, accidents and the… -
Irene CHATFIELD
First woman awarded the Australian Football League’s (AFL’s) inaugural Woman of the Year (1998)