The Australian Women's Register

Jules Bastable ran as the Australian Greens candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Maroubra in 1999. The following year she also tried for the Randwick Municipal Council, but was again not elected.

Norma Florence Boyle was a Democratic Labor Party candidate at the following elections:
House of Representatives for Barton in 1963 and 1966.
House of Representatives for Sydney in 1969.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ku-ring-gai in 1973.

Cheryl Baxter was an Independent in the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Lismore.

Margaret Brock was a Liberal Party candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (Liverpool) in 1988.

Lillian Beckett was an Independent candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Moorebank in 1991.

Wendy Broderick stood as an Independent candidate at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Penrith in 1999.

Deidrei Bedwell stood as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for George’s River in 1999.

Sharyn Brooks was a One Nation Party Candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Newcastle in 1999.

A member and candidate of the Australian Democrats, Gillian Frances Bennan tried but failed to win election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bass Hill (1978).

Vicki Kearney was a frequent Australian Greens candidate:
New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Camden 1995.
House of Representatives, Macarthur, 1996.
House of Representatives, Blaxland, By election, 1996.
House of Representatives, Werriwa, 1998.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Campbelltown, 1999.

A community activist with a strong belief in a multicultural society, Ariel Marguin stood for the Unity Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bligh in 1999.

Dianne Lesley Allen was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wollondilly in 1973 and in the NSW Senate in 1974.

Doris Mary Allison was a Democratic Labor Party candidate for the House of Representatives for St. George in 1972 and for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Earlwood in 1973.

Rachel Alterator, an Australian Greens candidate, ran for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for The Entrance in 1999.

Jane Anderson nominated for election in to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Illawarra in 1999. She ran as an Australian Greens candidate.

Margaret Anderson ran for Australians Against Further Immigration in the 1999 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Blue Mountains.

Bridget Gilling was a lifelong activist and fighter for social justice. She ran as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bligh in 1971, but the following year she joined the Australia Party. She then stood as their candidate for election into the House of Representatives for Warringah (1972) and for the New South Wales Senate in 1974.

Lorraine Andersons was a once only candidate who ran for the Australian Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Port Macquarie in 1999. In 2004 she was a member of the Greater Taree Bush Fire Management Committee.

Diana Gould was an early woman candidate who ran as an Independent for both State (New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Phillip, 1941) and Federal Parliaments (New South Wales Legislative Assembly, East Sydney, 1940). She was married to Harry Gould and they had two children.

Kim Appleby is a successful local councillor, having been elected, to the Auburn Council from 1999 to 2003. She was however unsuccessful in her one attempt to enter State parliament. She was an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Auburn by-election of 2001.

Pauline Graham was a once only candidate, running for the Liberal Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Waratah in 1981. She was educated in the United Kingdom and has worked in television and as a private secretary. She was married, and has two children.

Jennifer Aukim was an Earthsave candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Willoughby in 1999.

Lee Grant ran for election once only, but was active in her community. She stood for the Australian Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Cabramatta in 2003.

In 1973 Jennifer Elizabeth Baker ran as an Australia Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for the seat of Phillip. The following year she tried for and again missed out on election to the House of Representatives for Robertson.

Jane Gray only ran for election once, spurred by her belief in free, secular, state education. She ran as a candidate for the Council for the Defence of Government Schools in the New South Wales (State) Legislative Assembly for Northcott.

Mollie Gray only ran for election once: a Democratic Labor Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Lane Cove in 1959.

Colleen Green is a long-term local government councillor, having served on the Quirindi Municipal Council (1970-79) and Quirindi Shire Council (1979-91) where she was also Deputy Shire President from 1983 to 1991. Colleen failed to enter State politics where she stood as an ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Upper Hunter in 1984 and 1988.