• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0163

Dundas, Roslyn

(1978 – )
  • Born 28 July, 1978, Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
  • Occupation Feminist, Parliamentarian

Summary

A member of the Australian Democrats, Roslyn Dundas was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) representing the electorate of Ginninderra, in 2001. She was the youngest woman ever to be elected to an Australian Parliament, but was unfortunately defeated at the 2004 election.

Details

After being educated via the public school system Dundas commenced her Bachelor of Arts degreee at the Australian National University. In 2000 she was General Secretary of the ANU student body as well as a member of the National Union of Students’ National Women’s Committee.

Dundas has worked as a trade union organiser and as a young women’s development co-ordinator at the YWCA. She was a participant in the National Youth Constitutional Forum in 2000 and was selected as a reserve for the National Youth Roundtable 2001. In 2008 she was appointed Director of the ACT Council of Social Service. Dundas was the CEO of Ausdance from January 2013 to October 2016.

 

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Archival resources

  • National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
    • Records relating to the Pamela Denoon Lecture series, 1989-2013

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