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Valda Mae D'ANGRI
Also known as: Val, the flag lady
Hand made a replica of the Eureka Flag that was originally made by her great great grandmother (Anastasia Withers) and destroyed during the uprising. Replica used at 125th Anniversary…
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Constance Elizabeth D'ARCY
Born 1 June 1879, Died 25 April 1950
1914 — Appointed to University of Sydney’s Senate.
1925 – 1939 — Honorary surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney.
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June D'ROZARIO
Northern Territory’s Labor Parliamentarian. One of the few women to put up for election to the Northern Territory Parliament
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Jennifer DAETZ
Also known as: Jenny
1997 — First female to command a commissioner R.A.N. Vessel ‘HMAS Shepperton’.
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Elizabeth DALMAN
Born 1934
Elizabeth Cameron Dalman was the pioneer of contemporary dance in Australia. She was the founder of the Australian Dance Theatre, this country’s first professional modern dance…
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Mrs DANE
First white woman at Stawell, Victoria.
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Helen DANN
At 17, first woman in Victoria to get semi-trailer licence.
2015 — Inducted into Shell Rimula Hall of Fame at National Road Transport Hall of Fame.
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Anne Isabella DARCY FOWLER
Born 24 July 1911, Died 13 June 2003
Also known as: née Darcy, Ann, Annie
Annie was one of the first female drovers, and it is believed that she and her brothers photos adorn the walls at Daly Waters Pub as chararcters of the Territory.
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Zara DARE
Born 28 May 1886, Died 1 October 1965
Also known as: née Dare, Zara Wilson
1931 — First of two women police officers in Queensland.
She spent 1917 – 1921, ca 1925 – 1930 as an officer with the Salvation Army serving in China. In 1930, she began working… -
Vicki DARKEN
Born 1929, Died 3/05/2014
Also known as: née Ormond
The first Miss Northern Territory (Vicki Ormond); married (1942) to Constable Bob Darken, their tent honeymoon gave Honeymoon Gap its name; a “pioneer” who lived in rough…
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Barbara Brinsley DARLING
Also known as: Rev Canon Barbara Darling
First woman asked to be their Vicar by an Anglican Parish (Melbourne)
One of first Women Deacons elected to House of Clergy and General Synod.
1986 — First Ordained woman on Diocesan… -
Janet Patteson DARLING
Born 31 August 1913, Died December 2007
Also known as: née Gunther, Pat
Nurse. Prisoner of War in Sumatra during World War II.
1941 – “Enlisted in the 2⁄10 Australian General Hospital and sent to what was then Malaya [now Malaysia] and later joined the… -
Emily Mary DARVALL
Born 1817, Died 1909
Pioneer, Poet, Woman of the Bush and the Grandmother of AB (Banjo) Paterson
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Caroline Martha DAVID
Born 26/4/1856, Died 25/12/1951
Also known as: née Mallett, Cara, Lady, Caroline Edgeworth David, Caroline Mallett
Wife of Sir Edgeworth David, Professor of Geology.President of Women’s National Movement for Social Reform.Spearheaded campaign for Hotels 6 o’clock closing in New South…
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Robyn DAVIDSON
Born 6 September 1950
A woman pioneer in travelling alone with camels from Alice Springs, Northern Territory across the deserts to the Indian Ocean. She wrote a book on her experiences, Tracks.
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Eileen Beryl DAVIS
Born 1887, Died 16 July 1978
Also known as: née Atkinson
1920 — The first woman in Victoria to be granted a license to ride at registered race meetings.
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Jane DAVIS
Died 1800
Also known as: née Reid
Convict who arrived on “Lady Juliana” on 30 July 1790. Married and went to live on Norfolk Island.
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Christine DAVY
Born 7 August 1934
1963 — Won Australian Women Pilots’ Association (A.W.P.A.) Annual Reliability Trial and the Nancy Bird Trophy.
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Ruby Claudia Emily DAVY
Born 22 November 1883, Died 12 July 1949
Also known as: Dr Ruby Davy
1918 — Australia’s first female Doctor of Music, she received her doctorate from the University of Adelaide in 1918 but was never offered a permanent senior post at the University…
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Joyce DAWS
Born 1925, Died 2007
Also known as: Dame Joyce Dawes
First woman President of Victorian branch of Australian Medical Assoc
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Beatrice DAY
Born 1865, Died 5 September 1933
1900 — Beatrice Day is said to be the first woman in an Australian film, appearing in Australia’s, and possibly the world’s, first film (albeit silent) the Salvation…
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Nellie Josephine DE BRENNI
Born 27 April 1922, Died 20 March 2006
Pioneer of Central Australia stations and nursing.
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Lillian Daphne DE LISSA
Born 25 October 1885, Died 16 October 1967
Also known as: née de Lissa, Lillian Daphne Turner-Thompson
1906 — Founder of South Australia’s first kindergarten in Franklin Street.
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Margaret Augusta DE MESTRE
Born 16 November 1915, Died 19 February 1942
Also known as: Sister Margaret DeMestre
First Australian woman to lose her life in Australia while on active service. She was 26 years of age.
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Fanny Elizabeth DE MOLE
Born 1 March 1835, Died 26 December 1866
1861 — First woman in South Australia to write and illustrate a book on the flora of South Australia, Wild Flowers of SA.
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Rosemary Mina De PIERRES
Born 28/05/1926
Also known as: née Vincent
Rosemary was a good friend of Robin Miller and often helped her with her vaccine flights. She was the state president of the Australian Women Pilots Association and then went on to be…
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Irene Selina DEAN-WILLIAMS
Born 12/7/1903, Died 3/7/1946
Also known as: née Schmidt, Selina Irene Schmidt, Rene
1932 — Flew her Gipsy Moth from Perth to Sydney via Adelaide and Melbourne, and returned to Perth, becoming the first aviatrix to fly across Australia East to West. She set the…
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Amanda DEAN
First female plumber’s apprentice/graduate of Frankston, Victoria, Technical and Further Education (TAFE).
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Rosalie DEANE
First Australian woman to be recorded in Wisden.
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Di DEANS
2007 — Founder of the Alice Springs Hospital Drovers.2009 — Named Centralian of the Year.
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Joan Mary DEANS
Born 10 February 1920, Died 29 December 2006
Also known as: née Learoyd
Joan was an English nurse “in the Queen Alexandria Army Nursing Service on loan from the Royal Navy, and worked in military hospitals at Bonegilla and other military hospitals in” New…
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Emma Emilie DECKERT
… women who make up the complete European female population of the town of Stuart and the Alice Springs Telegraph Station in June 1901. Stuart then consisted of one hotel, two…
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Carol DEHN
Carol is a captain for Qantas Link based in Melbourne. She has won many Australian Women Pilots Association trophies. One of her most satisfying jobs has been flying for the Air…
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Jessica DEMPSEY
2000 — One of two first female research scientists to work at the South Pole in a University of New South Wales led expedition.
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Edith Ellen DEMPSTER
Born 31 January 1884, Died 28 May 1967
Also known as: née McLellan, E. E.
Pioneer on cattle stations in South Australia and Northern Territory.Top End pioneers and South Australian pioneers.Pioneer pastoralist on Victoria River Downs.
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Marjory Florence DEMPSTER
Born 1915, Died 09 November 1985
Also known as: née Walker, Marj, Marjorie
Wife of a Kidman stockman, Mick Dempster. Victoria River Downs. They were Top End pioneers.
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Clara DENNIS
Born 7 March 1916, Died 4 June 1971
Also known as: née Dennis, Clare, Clara Golding
Clare Dennis was the first Australian woman to compete in the Empire Games (1934, London) winning gold in the 200 yards breaststroke.
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Sarah DENNIS
Born 24/12/1841, Died 9/8/1910
Also known as: née Marks
Pioneer of Bendigo area of Victoria.
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Lorrae DESMOND
Born 2 October 1932
Also known as: née Beryl Hunt, Sheila Hunt, Beryl Gorshenin, Lorrae Gorshenin
1962 — First female Gold Logie award winner, for her music variety show The Lorrae Desmond Show.
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Anne Barbara DEVESON
Born 19/6/1930, Died 12/2016
Writer, broadcaster, documentary maker, film maker and advocate of social justice. Wrote the story of her son’s life and death with schizophrenia, Tell Me I’m Here, which won…
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Caroline DEXTER
Born 6 January 1819, Died 19 August 1884
Also known as: née Harper, Caroline Lynch
Harriet Clisby and Caroline Dexter published just two editions of the Interpreter in 1861; said to be the first magazine published by women in Australia.
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Dianne DIANO
Also known as: née Gleeson
First police women attached to Alice Springs Police Station.
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Kerry DIENELT
Born 25 February 1969
First Northern Territory woman to skipper a national team — softball.
1998 — Northern Territory Sportswoman of the Year.
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Mary DILLON
In 1843, Mary Dillon, daughter of a publican from Bathurst, New South Wales, was granted a license to open her pub in Brisbane, then a rather rough and ready frontier town. In her…
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Collette DINNIGAN
First Australian to be invited to show her clothes as part of the Paris Pret-A-Porter Collection.