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First Indigenous Australian male to represent Australia in hockey: Baeden Choppy. [93] First Indigenous Australian to be appointed a judge: Bob Bellear. [113] First Indigenous Australian woman to complete a Sydney to Hobart race. Kathy Collingridge. Yacht - One Time Sidewinder. 1997
William Cooper (c.1861 - 1941) political activist and community leader, first to lead a recognised national Aboriginal movement; Joseph (Joe) Croft (c. 1925 - 1996) was a Gurindji and Mudburra man who was a member of the Stolen Generations and went on to become the first Aboriginal person to attend and Australian university
Norfolk Island is a part of Australia, formerly occupied briefly by Polynesian seafarers. [6] [7] Ernie Bridge was the first Indigenous Australian to become a minister in a government. Neville Bonner was the first Indigenous man to become a member of the Federal Parliament, when he was appointed to fill a casual Senate vacancy in 1971. In 1972 ...
1945: Ruth Handler, first female president of a major toy company. 1961: Katherine Graham, first female to lead a Fortune 500 company. [56] 1992: Alice Walton, first female decabillionaire. [57] 1999: Andrea Jung, first female CEO of a MLM company. [58] 1999: Carly Fiorina, first female head of a Fortune 20 company.
The first female to lead a state or territory government was Rosemary Follett serving in 1989 and again between 1991 and 1995 as chief minister of the ACT. The first female premier was Carmen Lawrence, leading Western Australia for three years until 1993. Joan Kirner was the first
The prime minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian Government and the Cabinet of Australia, with the support of the majority of the House of Representatives. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901. [ 3 ]
Women would not go on to lead a state or territory until Rosemary Follett was elected Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory in 1989. [36] Australia's first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard was appointed in 2010. [41] [42] Since the 1970s, women have received increasing representation in the parliament.
List of first African-American U.S. state legislators; List of first ascents of mountain summits; List of first black players for European national football teams; List of first horror films by country; List of First Lady of Colombia firsts; List of First Lady of the United States firsts; List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the ...