- Entry type: Family
- Entry ID: AWE5332
The McDonagh Sisters
- Occupation Business owner, Film producer
Summary
Paulette, Phyllis and Isobel were the eldest of seven children of John Michael McDonagh, the surgeon to J.C. Williamson’s theatrical companies, and his wife Annie.
These three remarkable sisters made history by becoming the first Australian women to own and run a film production company.
Read more about the McDonagh Sisters in our sister publication The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia.
Events
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2001
Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: The McDonagh Sisters, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1598809
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Site Exhibition
- The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Smart, Judith and Swain, Shurlee (eds.), 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders