Coffs Harbour, the first fully equipped women’s surf life saving competition team in the world, 1931 / photographed by Sam Hood. |
First woman Presbyterian cleric in Australia, 1930s / photographed by Sam Hood. |
Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie were Australia’s first women Olympians, winning gold and silver in the 100 metres freestyle, Stockholm, 1912. |
Lady Mary Elizabeth Windeyer, 1st President of the Womanhood Suffrage League, c.1890s / by Madame Praeger. |
Enid Lyons by the Lodge fireplace, 1934. Enid Lyons was the first woman elected to the Australian Federal Parliament, in 1943, and the first woman in Federal Cabinet. |
Dr Beryl Nashar, 1955 / by unknown photographer. Dr Beryl Nashar (1923- ), a geologist, was the first female Dean of Science at an Australian university. |
Mina Wylie, Coogee, 1913. Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie were Australia’s first women Olympians, winning gold and silver in the 100 metres freestyle, Stockholm, 1912. |
Ida Leeson, 1933, photographer unknown. Ida Leeson, after being promoted to Mitchell Librarian in 1932. She was second ever Mitchell Librarian and first female Mitchell Librarian. |
Louise Carbasse ca. 1913 / photographed by Rudolph Buchner. Louise Carbasse, also known as Louise Lovely, was Australia’s first Hollywood star of the silent era. |