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Tankard Reist, Melinda
(1963 – )

Social commentator, Writer

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Teague, Cynthia
(1907 – 2007)

Architect, Public servant

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Theobald, Marjorie Rose
(1941 – )

Historian

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Sinclair, Amanda
(1953 – )

Academic, Teacher

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Sluga, Glenda Anna
(1962 – )

Historian

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Smart, Judith
(1950 – )

Historian

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Stamp, Isla May
(1906 – 1991)

Kindergarten director, Public servant

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Sargood, Katherine Isobel
(1879 – 1970)

Rural leader

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Schwartz, Carol Judith
(1955 – )

Businesswoman, Lawyer, Philanthropist, Property developer

Carol Schwartz is a Melbourne business woman who has been a leading figure in the Victorian not-for-profit and corporate sectors for roughly twenty-five years. She holds one of the country’s most diverse portfolios of board appointments. Schwartz studied law/arts at Monash University.

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Sharp, Jan
(1946 – )

Filmmaker

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Shineberg, Dorothy Lois
(1927 – 2004)

Historian

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Reddy, Helen Maxine Lamond
(1941 – 2020)

Feminist, Singer

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Reiger, Kerreen M
(1946 – )

Sociologist

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Richardson, Susan (Sue)
(1946 – )

Economist

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Richmond, Catherine (Katy)
(1938 – )

Feminist, Sociologist

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Roberts, Shirley Dallas
(1927 – 2011)

Medical practitioner, Radiologist, Writer

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Roper, Lyndal
(1956 – )

Historian

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Rubenstein, Kim
(1965 – )

Academic, Lawyer, Legal academic, Legal practitioner

Kim Rubenstein (pronounced Ruben-steen), a leading legal academic, practitioner and professor at the Australian National University, is Professor and Director of the Centre for International and Public Law at the Australian National University, a position she has held since 2006. In addition she was the inaugural Convenor (2011-2012) of the ANU Gender Institute. She is Australia’s citizenship law expert and was one of the early instigators of feminist scholarly approaches to Australian constitutional law.

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Rossi, Daisy Mary
(1879 – 1974)

Artist, Designer, Writer

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Russell, Lynette Wendy
(1960 – )

Historian

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O’Shannassy, Kelly-Ann
(1970 – )

Environmentalist, Policy maker, Scientist

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Patrick, Alison Mary Houston
(1921 – 2006)

Historian

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Phillips, Maggi
(1944 – )

Dance educator, Scholar

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Phillips, Marion
(1881 – 1932)

Labour movement activist, Politician

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Pung, Alice
(1981 – )

Lawyer, Writer

Alice Pung was born in 1981 in Footscray, Victoria to Cambodian refugee parents. Her first book, the memoir Unpolished Gem, was published in 2006. In 2008, she edited Growing up Asian in Australia and in 2011 published her third book, Her Father’s Daughter. Pung is a lawyer and works as a legal researcher in the area of minimum wages and pay equity.

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Mulcahy, Ellen
(1859 – 1920)

Political and industrial organiser, Political candidate, Teacher

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Murphy, Phyllis
(1924 – )

Architect

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