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Dorothy Jean HAILES
Born 22 June 1926, Died 27 November 1988
Also known as: Dr Jean Hailes
“Dr Jean Hailes was a pioneer in women’s health in Australia. In 1971 she established the first clinic in Australia dedicated to the management of menopause.” [Aleeza Zohar]
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Janine HAINES
Born 1945, Died 2004
The first Australian Democrat to be elected to the Senate from 1977 – 1978, she became the first woman (and what was to be the first of five women) in Australia to head a parliamentary…
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Monica Augustine HAINES
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).
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Irene M. HALL
Also known as: Irene Shackcloth
Pioneer of radio writing for children. Her first work was broadcast on ABC in 1936. Her radio serial play “The Fakamagangees” was on the air with 3DB Jean Lawson’s children’s session…
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Kathleen Audrey HALL
Born 1915, Died 2007
Pioneer of ballroom dancing in Adelaide, South Australia.
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Margaret Elizabeth HALL
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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Diane Patricia HAMILTON
Born 11 July 1953
First female General Secretary Union of Postal Clerks and Telegraphists.
1986 — Branch Assistant Secretary, Union of Postal Clerks & Telegraphs.
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Mary Addison HAMILTON
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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Elinor Catherine HAMLIN
Born 24 January 1924, Died 18 March 2020
Also known as: née Nicholson, Catherine
“Hamlin has been recognised by the United Nations agency UNFPA as a pioneer in fistula surgery for her development of techniques and procedures for obstetric fistula…
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Julie HAMMER
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.
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Joan HAMMOND
Also known as: Dame Joan Hammond
First Soprano ever invited from Britain to sing opera in Russia and in Russian.
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Zoe HANCOCK
1993 — Founded, with Marie Louise Uhr, the lobby group Ordination of Catholic Women, fighting for women to enter the traditionally male-led stronghold.
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Pauline Lee HANSON
Born 1954
First Australian woman to form a Political Party (One Nation). She was also Head of One Nation
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Lynne HANTON
Born 7 March
Also known as: née Kerr
18 April 1984 — Started Alice Springs Ballet Company (since renamed Duprada Dance Company).
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Dallis Ann HARDWICK
Born 26 June 1950, Died 5 January 2014
Also known as: née Hardwick
1977 — First female PhD Metallurgy at University of New South Wales, with honours.
Chairmanship of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).
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Barbara Rosemary HARDY
Born 31 March 1927
Also known as: née Begg
1981 – 82 — First female board member of South Australian Board of Advice, AMP Society.
26 January 1987 — Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia, for service to conservation and the… -
Margaret Gwen HARDY
Born 5 August 1926, Died 7 December 2001
Also known as: née Sutcliffe
First woman shire president of Lilydale, Victoria.
First and only woman commissioner of the then Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works, Victoria.
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Wendy Lloyd HARE
1963 — First women to hold Senior Commercial Licence and youngest person to become an A Grade Flight Instructor.
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Mary HARGRAVE
Born 27 January 1916, Died 24 January 1987
Also known as: née Minto
Written on the back of the drawing: Husband a solicitor.
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Mandy HARGREAVES
2008 — Northern Territory’s Volunteer of the Year, for her contribution to cycling.
2014 — Received NT Sports Volunteer of the Year.
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Shelley HARKIN
Born 1967
2004 — First Registered Nurse trained in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
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Enid HARLAND
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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Eliza HARRIS
Also known as: née Deed
Wife of an Alice Springs Telegraph Station telegraph operator.
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Elsie Magdalene HARRIS
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…
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Winsome HARRISON
One of South Australia’s first women “Surfies.” The State’s first women surfies surfaced in 1915.
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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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Edythe Ellison HARVIE
Born 1902, Died 1984
Also known as: Ellison
Seen in the photo at the rear drawing board, she was the first woman to graduate from the University of Melbourne’s Architectural Atelier, after completing the course in 1928. The…
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Natalie HARWOOD
2003 — A recipient of the Tribute to Northern Territory.
Vice-President Bagot [Darwin, Northern Territory] Community Council.Established the Bagot Breakfast Program for… -
Robin HASKELL
1973 — She, and Pam Bowers, were the Churches of Christ first women ministers, ordained in Melbourne.
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Kathryn Isobel HAY
Born 24 November 1975
2002 — First Indigenous woman elected to State and Territory Parliaments.
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Ann Jane HAYES
Also known as: née Doolan, Jane
Pastoralist Undoolya Station. Pioneer of Central Australia.Daughter and step-daughter of Lizzie and Sam NICKER. Wife of Ted HAYES Snr (Pastoralist — Undoolya Station).
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Ann Jane HAYES
Born 25 June 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…
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Gertrude HAYES
Born 28 August 1912, Died 28 September 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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Mary HAYES
Born 25 November 1838, Died December 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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Del HAYMAN
1956 — Appointed first Australian Girl Guide International Commissioner.
1960 — Awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Guiding.
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Muriel Agnes HEAGNEY
Born 31 December 1885, Died 14 May 1974
1906 — Member of the Richmond branch of the Political Labor Council (P.L.C.).1909 — Delegate to the Women’s Central Organizing Committee.1909 — Attended the first Victorian Labor…
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Janice Eileen HEASLIP
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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Eileen HEATH
1991 — Joint Centralian of The Year (with Sue RIDE).
1968 — Awarded MBE for services to the welfare of Aboriginals.
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Ruth (Sr) HEATHCOCK
First white woman to be taken by the aborigines into ‘Ruined City ‘in Arnhem Land
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Ruth HEGARTY
Born 1929
1929 — First Aboriginal baby born at Mitchell Hospital, Mitchell, Queensland.
Now an author, her first book, Is That You, Ruthie? (1999), was an autobiography. Her second book is… -
Freida Ruth HEIGHWAY
Born 2 June 1907, Died 30 December 1963
Also known as: née Heighway, Dr Ruth Heighway, Freda Abbie
First Australian woman member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London, she was admitted by examination in 1934, later becoming the first woman to graduate…
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Hilda Florence HEINRICH
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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Dorothy Jane Adele HELMRICH
Born 25 July 1889, Died 1 September 1984
Also known as: Dorothy Jane Adele Hellmrich, Jane
Late 1930s — Founder of the Arts Council of Australia.
Musician and singer.Studied at the Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, under its first Director, Henri Verbruggen. Studied…