Pioneer Women Hall of Fame

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HAILES, Jean

Also known as: Dr Jean Hailes

Pioneer of women's health1988 - She established first clinic in Australia dedicated to management of menopause

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HAINES, Janine

Born 1945, Died 2004

1977 - First Australian Democrat Senator appointed to fill a casual Senate vacancy for South Australia
1980 - First Australian Democrat woman elected to the Senate
1986 - First…

HAINES, Monica Augustine

Born 1897, Died 1996

Also known as: née Minahan, Mona, Mona Minahan

1932 - First barmaid in Central Australia.
1959-60 - First woman to own a Hotel in Alice Springs, 'The Riverside' (now Todd Tavern).
Opened first dress shop in Alice Springs,…

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HALL, Evelyn

1968 - First Probation Officer in South Australia's Prisons' Department

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HALL, Kathleen Audrey

Born 1915, Died 2007

Pioneer of Ballroom dancing in Adelaide SA

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HALL, Margaret Elizabeth

Born 11/06/1910, Died 01/09/1993

Also known as: née Nicker

Helped set up first School of the Air in Central Australia. President of Country Women's Association (CWA). President of Royal Flying Doctor Service Women's Auxiliary…

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HAMILTON-MATTHEWS, Jane

1978 - First woman to hold position of Crown Prosecutor
1980 - First woman to be appointed Judge of District Court of NSW
1987 - First woman to be appointed a Judge of Supreme Court of…

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HAMILTON, Diane Patricia

Born 1953

First female General Secretary Union of Postal Clerks and Telegraphists 1986 - Branch Assistant Secretary, Union of Postal Clerks & Telegraphs
1988 - General Secretary Union of Postal…

HAMILTON, Ena

Written on the back of the drawing: Devoted member (dog lover).

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HAMILTON, Mary Addison

Born 1893

Also known as: Addie

First woman in Western Australia admitted to an accounting professional body. Three years later, The Accountant (UK) acknowledged Miss Hamilton as the first woman in the empire…

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HAMMER, Julie (Air Vice Marshall)

Born 1955

First woman to reach rank of one-star General in Australian Defence Forces.
First woman to attend Royal College of Defence Studies in London. Awarded Conspicuous Service Cross for…

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HAMMOND, Joan

Also known as: Dame Joan Hammond

First Soprano ever invited from Britain to sing opera in Russia and in Russian. Presented 'Lifetime Achievement Award' as part of annual presentation of Victorian Green Room…

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HANCOCK, Glenice

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HANDLEY, Leah

First Lighting Technician to train in the Northern Territory

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HANSON, Pauline Lee

Born 1954

First Australian woman to form a Political Party (One Nation). She was also Head of One Nation

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HANTON, Lynne

Started Alice Springs Dance School

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HARDWICK, Dallis Ann

First female PhD Metallurgy at University of New South Wales

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HARDY, Barbara Rosemary

Born 1927

1981-82 - First female Board Member of South Australian Board of Advice, AMP Society

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HARE, Wendy Lloyd

1963 - First women to hold Senior Commercial Licence and youngest person to become an A Grade Flight Instructor
1979 - By this year she was fling jet aircraft for Stillwell Aviation,…

HARGRAVE, Mary

Also known as: née Minto

Written on the back of the drawing: Husband a solicitor.

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HARGREAVES, Mandy

2008 - Northern Territory's Volunteer of the Year

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HARKIN, Shelley

2004 - First Registered Nurse trained in Alice Springs

HARLAND, Enid

Also known as: née Batchelor

Enid Harland has been a tireless worker for over twenty years, working with families of prisoners in Alice Springs and helping prisoners stay connected to their families. She…

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HARRIS, Eliza

Also known as: née Deed

Wife of an Alice Springs Telegraph Station telegraph operator.

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HARRIS, Elsie Magdalene

Also known as: née Bohning, Magdaline, The Little Bush Maid

Esther Bohning and her daughters, Elsie and Edith, from Helen Springs Station north of Tennent Creek, were known as “The Petticoat Drovers.” Esther and Elsie made history when they…

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HARRISON, Winsome

One of South Australia's first women “Surfies.” The State's first women surfies surfaced in 1915.

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HARVEY,

Volunteered to help Catholic nuns with 35 Bathurst Island children travel to Alice in Army convoy after the bombing of Darwin.

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HARVEY, Iris

Owner/Operator of Arunta Book and Art Supplies

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HARVIE, Edythe Ellison

Born 1902, Died 1984

Also known as: Ellison

1928 - First female graduate from University of Melbourne's Architectural Atelier
First woman offered a partnership in the architectural firm of Stephenson & Meldrum - Later…

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HARWOOD,

Aboriginal Pioneer Woman. Vice President Bagot Community Council
Established Bagot Breakfast Program for community children
Organises transport to school for remote community…

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HAY, Kathryn Isobel

Born 24/11/1975

2002 - First Indigenous woman elected to State and Territory Parliaments.

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HAYDEN, Margharet Ella

Pioneer of South Australia
An Arts and Crafts Teacher

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HAYES, Ann Jane

Also known as: Jane

Pastoralist Undoolya Station. Pioneer of Central AustraliaDaughter and Step-daughter of Lizzie and Sam NICKER. Wife of Ted HAYES Snr (Pastoralist - Undoolya Station)

HAYES, Ann Jane

Born 25/06/1893

Also known as: née Doolan, Jane

Written on the back of the drawing: Lived on Undoolya station for many years of her married life. Upon retirement of her husband, the property of Undoolya went to Mr and Mrs Ted…

HAYES, Gertrude

Born 28/8/1912, Died 28/9/2011

Also known as: nee Johannsen, Trudy

Trudy Hayes was the first woman commercial photographer in Alice Springs (1930s); produced the town's first postcard; developed photographs for anthropologist Ted Strehlow…

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HAYES, Janet

HAYES, Mary

Born 25/11/1838, Died 12/1933

Also known as: née Stratford

Mary Hayes, William and their children came to Central Australia in 1884, to work as fencing and dam sinking contractors on Mount Burrell and Owen Springs stations. Horse and bullock…

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HAYMAN, Del

1956 - Appointed first Australian Girl Guide International Commissioner 1960 - Awarded MBE for services to Guiding Pioneer of Girl Guides in Victoria1925 - Established first…

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HEAGNEY, Muriel

1937 - Founder of the Council of Action for Equal Pay

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HEARN, June

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HEASLIP, Janice Eileen

Born 03/04/1939

Also known as: née Parnell

Founding Member Alice Springs Branch and Inaugural State President of Isolated Children's Parents Association.

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HEATH, Eileen (Sr) (Deaconess)

1991 - Joint Centralian of The Year (with Sue RIDE)
1968 - Awarded MBE for services to the welfare of Aboriginals 1946 - Arrived Alice Springs as Anglican Missionary at St Marys…

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HEATHCOCK, Ruth (Sr)

First white woman to be taken by the aborigines into 'Ruined City 'in Arnhem Land 1928 - First came to the Northern Territory as one of 'Flynn's Girls' an…

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HEIGHWAY, Ruth

Born 1907, Died 1963

Also known as: Dr Ruth Heighway

1934 - First Australian woman admitted as a member of the College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
1939 - First woman Medical Doctor of Sydney University

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HEINRICH, Hilda Florence

Born 1899

Also known as: née Lutzow

Hilda Lutzow was born at Springton in the Barossa Valley in 1899, and as a young woman met Adolph (Dolph) Heinrich, the teacher at Nain Lutheran School. When the South Australian…

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HENDERSON, Sally

She is an Anthropologist from Queensland
Sally and her husband, Jeremy, established a privately funded elephant and endangered animal research program, Elefriends, and has devoted her…