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Sanu Sharma, Nepalese-Australian novelist, story writer, poet and lyricist; Tracy Sorensen, novelist and academic; Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910), novelist, journalist and social reformer; Eleanor Spence (1928–2008), children's author; Dale Spender (1943–2023), feminist scholar, writer and consultant
Gibbs is seen as one of Australia's first resident professional woman cartoonists and caricaturists and the first Australian woman known to have drawn local political cartoons. "May Gibbs was a pioneer for female cartoonists, especially since she was successful," noted renowned Australian cartoonist Lindsay Foyle. [ 24 ]
A satirical, sometimes dark look at Australian life as seen through the omnipresent lens of the Television Lifestyle Show. The series' lifestyle experts included Sigourney, a home economics guru who always wore a fresh frock and was a firm believer in the doctrine of "pleasing your man"; Todd, a DIY expert; Rudi, a South African general practitioner; and young person Penne.
Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.
Mary Coustas (born 16 September 1964) is an Australian actress, comedian and television personality and writer. Originally from Melbourne, Coustas often performs as the character "Effie", a stereotypical second-generation Greek Australian prone to malapropisms. She completed a Bachelor of Arts at Deakin University in Melbourne, majoring in ...
On her 80th birthday, in 1905, a public gathering was held and South Australia's chief justice, Sir Samuel James Way said that Spence was "the most distinguished woman they had in Australia". [2] There are numerous memorials to Spence around the Adelaide city centre, including: a bronze statue in Light Square
Nancy Bird Walton, AO, OBE (16 October 1915 – 13 January 2009) was a pioneering Australian aviator, known as "The Angel of the Outback", [2] and the founder and patron of the Australian Women Pilots' Association. [3] In the 1930s, she became a fully qualified pilot at the age of 19 to become the youngest Australian woman to gain a pilot's ...
In 1991, she was the second Australian to receive the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. [6] She was involved in the Poets Union. [9] For the last three decades of her life, Wright lived near the New South Wales town of Braidwood. [10] She moved to the Braidwood area to be closer to H. C. "Nugget" Coombs, her lover of 25 years, who was based in ...