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Victorian Honour Roll of Women

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The Victorian Honour Roll of Women was established in 2001 to recognise the achievements of women from the Australian state of Victoria. It was launched by The Hon. Joan Kirner AC as a joint initiative of the Centenary of Federation Victoria Committee, the Office for Women's Policy and the Women Shaping the Nation Steering Committee as part of the celebrations of Victoria's Centenary of Federation.

Public nominations for the Honour Roll open in the first half of each year and the inductees are reviewed by an independent panel of women. A short list of candidates is then sent to the Victorian Government Minister for Women for her consideration and selection.

The Honour Roll celebrates exceptional women in Victoria who have made significant and lasting contributions to their communities, the nation or the world. Women are recognised for their achievements in a broad range of fields, including science, arts, environment, law, social justice, family violence prevention, research, health, media and education.

More than 770 women have been inducted onto the Honour Roll since 2001. In previous years, the Office for Women produced commemorative booklets that contain biographical sketches of each woman on the Honour Roll. Currently, all inductees are displayed on the Women Victoria webpage.

Inductees

Name	Image	Birth–Death	Year	Area of achievement
			2020	url=https://www.vic.gov.au/victorian-honour-roll-of-women?filters%5Bfield_year%5D%5Btype%5D=term&filters%5Bfield_year%5D%5Boperator%5D=&filters%5Bfield_year%5D%5Bvalues%5D=2020	title=Victorian Honour Roll of Inductees 2020	website=www.vic.gov.au	access-date=2020-03-09}}
			2022	Girl Guides official
			2021	date=2021-11-12	title=Outstanding Victorian Women Recognised	url=https://www.miragenews.com/outstanding-victorian-women-recognised-672647/	access-date=2021-11-14	website=Mirage News	language=en-AU}}
			2025	date=2025-09-03	title=2025 Victorian Honour Roll of Women inductees announced	url=https://www.dffh.vic.gov.au/news/2025-victorian-honour-roll-women-inductees-announced	access-date=2025-10-22	website=State Government of Victoria}}
			2025	Culturally and linguistically diverse healthcare
			2010	title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2010	url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/643949/Victorian-Honour-Roll-of-Women-2010-commemorative-booklet.pdf	publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities	access-date=19 August 2012}}
	[[File:Susan Alberti 03.02.17.jpg	100px]]	(1947–)	2014	title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2014	url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-business-and-community/community-involvement/women-in-the-community/women-as-leaders/victorian-womens-honour-roll/honour-roll-of-women-2014	publisher=Department of Human Services, Victoria	access-date=16 August 2014}}
	[[File:Lilian Alexander.jpg	90px	center]]	(1862–1934)	2007	Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
		(1914–2015)	2001	Head Deaconess, and first woman priested in Melbourne
		(1958–)	2004	title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2004	url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/668979/2004-Victorian-Honour-Roll-Booklet.PDF	publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities	access-date=19 August 2012}}
			2009	title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2009	url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/668971/2009-Victorian-honour-roll-booklet.pdf	publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities	access-date=19 August 2012}}
		(1927–2021)	2001	Women's rights activist
	[[File:Lyn Allison Portrait 2010.jpg	100px]]	(1946–)	2012	title=2012 Honour Roll of Women	url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-business-and-community/community-involvement/women-in-the-community/women-as-leaders/2012-honour-roll-of-women	publisher=Department of Human Services, Victoria	access-date=19 August 2012}}
			2006	title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2006	url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/668975/2006-Victorian-Honour-Roll-Booklet.PDF	publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities	access-date=19 August 2012}}
		(1926–2017)	2013	Volunteer, philanthropist and supporter of arts and animal welfare organisations
	[[File:Alice Elizabeth Anderson.jpg	100px]]	(1897–1926)	2020
			2008	Advocate for Victoria's Deaf and Deafblind community
			2014	FAA, FTSE
	[[File:Maybanke Anderson c.1893.png	100px]]	(1845–1927)	2001	Reformer involved in women's suffrage and federation
		(1875–1956)	2001	Salvation Army Officer
			2024	Indigenous researcher and university professor
Aunty			2007	title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2007	url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/668974/2007-Victorian-Honour-Roll-Booklet.PDF	publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities	access-date=19 August 2012}}
		(1991–)	2023	Academic researcher, advocate, author and emerging community leader
		(1970–)	2004	Medical researcher
	[[File:Alice Ross-King.jpg	100px]]	(1891–1968)	2008	War heroine, nurse and humanitarian
			2017
			2025	Indigenous health
		(1948–)	2001	Singer, writer, stage and director, artistic director, and public advocate of the arts
		(1884–1971)	2001	Pioneering Sydney female police detective
			2008	Engineer
			2017
			2008	Researcher into violence against women
			2010	Biochemist and forensic scientist
	[[File:Matilda Aston.jpg	100px]]	(1873–1947)	2001	Blind writer and teacher who founded the Victorian Association of Braille Writers and the Association for the Advancement of the Blind
		(1953–)	2003	Human resources consultant
Aunty		(1952–)	2008	Koori educator
Aunty		(1937–2004)	2001	Wiradjuri and Bangerang elder involved in Aboriginal education
	[[File:Mrs. Thomas Austin.jpg	100px]]	(1821–1910)	2012	Pioneer and philanthropist during the late 19th century
Kate Austin			2024
		(1922–)	2003	title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2003	url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/668980/2003-Victorian-Honour-Roll-Booklet.PDF	publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities	access-date=19 August 2012}}
			2015
			2020	Advocate for victims of family violence
Melanie Bahlo			2024	Geneticist
			2008	Social justice activist
			2007	Community worker concerned with autism
		(1963–)	2002	Community worker and Commissioner of the Victorian Multicultural Commission
			2023	Foster care
		(1924–2011)	2001	Worked with the Association of Senior Italian Citizens Clubs of Victoria and the Italian Pensioners Club of Northcote
Aunty			2023	Bangerang, Wiradjuri and Taungurung woman, community advocate, educator, researcher and writer
			2011	Yorta Yorta indigenous leader
	[[File:Faith Bandler.jpg	100px]]	(1918–2015)	2001	Civil rights activist of South Sea Islander heritage. She is a campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians and South Sea Islanders. Bandler is best known for her leadership in the campaign for the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal Australians.
	[[File:Nola Barber.png	100px]]	(1901–1985)	2001	Mayor and community worker
	[[File:Mother-barry.jpg	144x144px]]		2025	Education for girls
			2023	Advocate for Aboriginal women and children
		(1953–)	2004	Legal rights and social justice activist
			2021	Advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities
			2023	Academic and aged care nurse, founder of Celebrate Ageing
			2012	Founder and Director of the Lighthouse Foundation for Homeless Youth
		(1939–)	2003	Leader in Victoria's Jewish community
			2001	Victorian branch secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union
	[[File:Rosie Batty 2015.jpg	100px]]	(1962–)	2015	Anti-domestic violence activist
		(1929–2025)	2003	One of the first two women elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1979
		(1927–2021)	2005	title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2005	url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/668977/2005-Victorian-Honour-Roll-Booklet.PDF	publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities	access-date=19 August 2012}}
	[[File:Annette Bear-Crawford.png	100px]]	(1853–1899)	2007	Women's suffragist and federationist
			2009	Advocate for English as a second language students
			2007	Executive Director of Women's Health Victoria
		(1923–2018)	2001	Activist and politician
		(1960–)	2006	First Australian woman to reach the South Pole
	[[File:Jane Bell Nurse.jpg	100px]]	(1873–1959)	2013	Nursing advocate and pioneer
Aunty		(1936–)	2001	Gunditjmara educator who chairs the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated (VAEAI) and founded the Winda-Mara Aboriginal Co-operative
		(1961–2006)	2008	last=Brown	first=Jen Jewel	title=An inspiring, dynamic warrior woman	url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/an-inspiring-dynamic-warrior-woman/2006/07/23/1153593209243.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1	work=The Sydney Morning Herald	date=24 July 2006}}
		(1932–)	2004	Criminal justice advocate
		(1926–2011)	2002	Social justice activist
			2017	Musician and performer
		(1881–1961)	2001	Educator and advocate of Aboriginal rights
			2006	Community worker and advocate for migrant women
	[[File:Dagmar Berne.jpg	100px]]	(1866–1900)	2001	Medical doctor and the first female student to study medicine in Australia
			2020	Women's football player, administrator, coach and board member
			2013	Clinical educator
			2021	Afghan community leader
	[[File:Carrie Bickmore.jpg	100px]]	(1980–)	2017	Radio and television presenter
			2017
			2009	Supporter of women prisoners
	[[File:MaryAnn Bin-Sallik in 1962.jpg	100px]]	(1940–)	2001	Academic, Indigenous studies
	[[File:Nancy Bird, London, 1939.jpg	100px]]	(1915–2009)	2001	Aviator and the founder and patron of the Australian Women Pilots' Association
	[[File:Ruth Bishop, October 2013.jpg	100px]]	(1933–2022)	2001	Leading member of the team that discovered the human rotavirus
	[[File:Photograph-hope-macpherson-colour-portrait-by-vincent-barclay-552670-large.jpg	100px]]	(1919–2018)	2012	last=Morris	first=Deborah	title=Somerville woman named on honour roll	url=http://frankston-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/somerville-woman-named-on-honour-roll/	work=Frankston Standard Leader	date=9 March 2012	access-date=19 August 2012	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323154839/http://frankston-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/somerville-woman-named-on-honour-roll/	archive-date=23 March 2012	url-status=dead}}
		(1938–2009)	2007	Community activist and educator
	[[File:Elizabeth Blackburn 2009-01.JPG	100px]]	(1948–)	2010	Biological researcher who studies the telomere, a structure at the end of chromosomes that protects the chromosome. Blackburn co-discovered the enzyme telomerase and was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
		(1919–2001)	2002	title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2002	url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/668983/2002-Victorian-Honour-Roll-Booklet.PDF	publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities	access-date=19 August 2012}}
	[[File:Margaret Blackwood.png	100px]]	(1909–1986)	2001	chapter-url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/blackwood-dame-margaret-12218	publisher=adb.anu.edu.au	title=Biography - Dame Margaret Blackwood - Australian Dictionary of Biography	chapter=Blackwood, Dame Margaret (1909–1986)	access-date=13 December 2016}}
			2005	Advocate for sustainability and East Timorese women
Aunty		(1941–2015)	2012	Yorta Yorta elder and community activist
			2014	Hon FIE Aust, CPEng
		(1940–2008)	2001	Journalist
			2001	Business executive
			2010	Pioneering Aboriginal activist
		(1887–1979)	2001
			2015	Obstetrician and gynaecologist working to improving Aboriginal and refugee women's health
			2011	Advocate for youth and women and founder of Western Chances
			2020	Campaigner against family violence, particularly in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community
	[[File:Marie Freda Breen.jpg	100px]]	(1902–1993)	2010	Member of the Australian Senate representing the Liberal Party of Australia
	[[File:Patron and Boon Wurrong elder Carolyn Briggs does welcome to Country - Commemoration of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheener - IMG 2784.jpg	100px]]	(1948–)	2005	Elder of the Bunurong people
Aunty		(1910–2005)	2001
		(1956–)	2025	politician
	[[File:Ivy Brookes (cropped).jpg	100px]]	(1883–1970)	2001	Founder of the Housewives Co-operative Association of Victoria
Aunty		(1916–2006)	2015	Gunditjmara Elder, established the Aboriginal Funeral Benefits Fund
		(1938–)	2001	Australian netball team coach
		(1950–2025)	2003	Family court judge and first woman Chief Magistrate of Victoria
	[[File:Fanny Brownbill c1938.png	100px]]	(1890–1948)	2003	Australian Labor Party Member for Geelong, Victoria, serving from 1938 until 1948. Brownbill was the first woman to win a seat for Labor in Victoria.
	[[File:Xx0684 - Anne Currie medal ceremony 100m free 1984 Paralympics - 3b - Scan cropped.jpg	100px]]	(1970–)	2007	Paralympic athlete
		(1897–1968)	2001	chapter-url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bryce-lucy-meredith-5411	publisher=adb.anu.edu.au	title=Biography - Lucy Meredith Bryce - Australian Dictionary of Biography	chapter=Bryce, Lucy Meredith (1897–1968)	access-date=13 December 2016}}
		(1922–2019)	2001	Human rights activist, migrant community advocate and sociologist
	[[File:Vivian Bullwinkel.jpg	100px]]	(1915–2000)	2001	Nurse, prisoner of war
			2020	Maternity care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
	[[File:GeneralEvaBurrows.jpg	100px]]	(1929–2015)	2001	13th General of the Salvation Army
		(1926–2013)	2001	Founder, La Mama
		(1897–1981)	2001
		(1925–1999)	2006	Cricketer
	[[File:Ita Buttrose.jpg	100px]]	(1942–)	2001	Journalist and businesswoman. She was the founding editor of the women's magazine Cleo and served as the editor of The Australian Women's Weekly
			2017	Services to women
		(1930–2021)	2001
			2023	Community leadership
	[[File:DrHelenCaldicott.jpg	100px]]	(1938–)	2001	Physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate who founded several associations dedicated to opposing the use of nuclear power, depleted uranium munitions, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons proliferation, war and military action in general.
			2025	Law reform
	[[File:Kate Isabel Campbell.png	100px]]	(1899–1986)	2001	Physician and paediatrician
			2009	Melbourne's first woman fire station officer
			2006	First female sports broadcaster on ABC radio and television
		(1925–2019)	2010	Advocate for migrant and working women's rights
			2020	International resuscitation educator
			2016	date=2016-03-07	title=Outstanding women inducted into 2016 Victorian Honour Roll	url=https://www.dvrcv.org.au/knowledge-centre/our-blog/outstanding-women-inducted-2016-victorian-honour-roll	access-date=2021-01-07	website=Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria	language=en}}
		(1935–2024)	2004	Aboriginal community leader
		(1979-2024)	2024	politician and humanitarian
			2021	First woman CEO of Master Builders Victoria
	[[File:Dr. Amy Castilla 100px.jpg	100px]]	(1868–1898)	2007	Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
	[[File:Evonne Goolagong Cawley.jpg	100px]]	(1951–)	2001	Tennis player
		(1955–)	2001	Pioneer in feminist international law scholarship
		(1964–)	2015	Aboriginal opera singer, actor, and playwright
			2012	Community organiser and advocate for cultural diversity
		(1920–2015)	2006	Religious educator
Ada Cheung			2024	Endocrinologist
	[[File:Speaker Joan Child.jpg	100px]]	(1921–2013)	2001	First woman Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
	[[File:Caroline Chisholm.jpg	100px]]	(1808–1877)	2001	Progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia
		(1931–2015)	2001	Artist and director of the National Gallery of Australia from 1990 to 1997
			2025	First woman president, National Union of Workers
			2019	url=https://www.vic.gov.au/victorian-honour-roll-of-women?page=1&filters%5Bfield_year%5D=2019	title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women - 2019 Inductees	website=www.vic.gov.au	access-date=2019-03-13}}
			2001
		(1938–)	2001	Professor of Botany at University of Melbourne
		(1958–)	2004	Campaigner against family violence
		(1953–)	2025	Family Court judge
		(1958–)	2010	Medical practitioner, activist and radio personality
		(1926–2012)	2002	Lawyer, Commissioner of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission and founding member of the National Council of Jewish Women's Foundation
	[[File:Argus - Ola Cohn (cropped).jpg	100px]]	(1892–1964)	2007	Artist, author and philanthropist best known for her work in sculpture in a modernist style and famous for her Fairies Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne
		(1933–)	2001	Activist, public servant and journalist
			2009	Advocate for rural farmers
			2021	Crowd founder and advocate to end gender-based violence
	[[File:Madge Connor.jpg	100px]]	(c. 1874–1952)	2019	Advocate for policewomen's rights
			2011	Educator of special needs children
			2010	Community leader from Mallee
			2013	title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2013	url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/758890/Victorian-Honour-Roll-booklet-2013-bookmarked.pdf	publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities	access-date=9 May 2013}}
			2013	Professor at Monash University
		(1942–)	2001	Biologist and President of the Australian Academy of Science
		(1954–)	2001	First female sailor to perform a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world. She performed this feat in 1988 in her 37 feet (11 m) yacht Blackmore's First Lady, taking 189 days
			2014
	[[File:Margaret Court.png	100px]]	(1942–)	2001	Tennis player
	[[File:Edith Cowan.jpg	100px]]	(1861–1932)	2001	Politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
		(1911–1988)	2004	Pioneer in Australian television drama
			2021	Gender equality, sustainable development and anti-poverty work
	[[File:SusanCrennan2014.jpg	100px]]	(1945–)	2013	Judge and lawyer
			2013	Pioneer of patient-centred care
		(1950–)	2001
		(1916–1999)	2008	Community activist
			2012	Chief Executive of the Mental Illness Fellowship of Victoria
			2014
			2009	Human rights campaigner
	[[File:Betty Cuthbert, c. 1950s, by Ted Hood.jpg	100px]]	(1938–2017)	2001	Olympic athlete
		(1864–1944)	2001
		(1950–)	2003	Campaigner against violence directed towards women
			2005	Nurse and mentor to women
		(1928–2018)	2001	Unionist and women's equal pay activist, best known for chaining herself to the Commonwealth Building in Melbourne when a court case failed to secure equal pay for women in the meat industry.
		(1945–)	2001	Philanthropist and restaurateur
		(1991–)	2016	Competitive sailor and activist for women's equality
		(1941–2021)	2022	Brass band leader
			2008	Fundraiser for breast cancer research
			2005	Community worker in southwest Gippsland
			2025	Fundraiser for paediatric brain cancer
			2011	Children's welfare activist
	[[File:Linda Dessau.jpg	100px]]	(1953–)	2018	title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women	url=https://www.vic.gov.au/women/women-s-leadership/victorian-honour-roll-of-women.html	website=Women Victoria - vic.gov.au	access-date=10 March 2018	archive-date=10 March 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310200656/https://www.vic.gov.au/women/women-s-leadership/victorian-honour-roll-of-women.html	url-status=dead}}
		(1965–)	2012	Women's rights activist
			2016	Netball administration
			2018	Human rights for people with disabilities
	[[File:Henrietta Dugdale.jpg	100px]]	(1827–1918)	2001	Feminist who initiated the first female suffrage society in Australasia. Her campaigning resulted in breakthroughs for women's rights in Australia.
		(1935–2016)	2014
		(1947–2021)	2014	AM
	[[File:Fanny Durack 05 State Library of New South Wales a466001u.jpg	100px]]	(1889–1956)	2001	Swimmer
	[[File:Dr Helen Durham AO 2023.jpg	100px]]	(1968–)	2014
		(1915–2019)	2004	Journalist and community advocate
		(1924–2014)	2015	Veterinary science, agricultural science and pharmacy educator
	[[File:Dr Edgar Portrait (cropped).jpg	100px]]	(1937–)	2001	Author, television producer and educator, best known as the founding director of the Australian Children's Television Foundation
		(1965–)	2018	Emergency medicine and public health
			2001
		(1943–2014)	2015	Member of Parliament Victoria and Parliamentary Secretary for the Arts
	[[File:Liz Ellis.jpg	100px]]	(1973–)	2006	Netball player
			2022	Advancing regenerative medicine, cord blood, stem cells and cancer research.
		(1915–2004)	2001
			2009	Community worker
	[[File:Marguerite Evans-Galea.jpg	100px]]		2017	Scientist and advocate and mentor for women in STEMM
		(1933–)	2001	Reformist lawyer and jurist who sat on numerous national and international tribunals and commissions, was the first Chief Judge of the Family Court of Australia, the first female judge of an Australian federal court, and the first Australian to be elected to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
		(1936–2024)	2001	Children's author
Fartun Farah			2024
		(1939–2019)	2001	Author and women's activist. She was a co-founder of Women's Electoral Lobby and President of the Victorian Abortion Law Repeal Association.
			2009	Pioneer in child care and community services
		(1956–2000)	2003	Aboriginal community leader
			2016	Aboriginal wellbeing
			2011	First woman to be Chief Executive of the Royal Women's Hospital
			2025	Preventing violence against women and children
			2025	Nursing patient ratios
	[[File:Marilyn Fleer FASSA Screenshot 2021-11-11 at 06.00.44.png	100px]]		2022	Director of the Monash PlayLab and foundation chair in Early Childhood Education and Development at Monash University
		(1878–1947)	2001	Educationist
		(1939–)	2004	Conservationist and natural resource manager
			2020	Chemistry researcher making Australia environmentally sustainable
	[[File:Lilian Fowler from Argus.jpg	100px]]	(1886–1954)	2001	Australia's first female mayor
			2013	Journalist in Victoria's Hellenic community
	[[File:Miles franklin.jpg	100px]]	(1879–1954)	2001	Writer and feminist who is best known for her novel My Brilliant Career, published in 1901
	[[File:Dawn Fraser (7215344130).jpg	100px]]	(1937–)	2001	Swimmer and politician
	[[File:Cathy Freeman (cropped).jpg	100px]]	(1973–)	2001	Sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres event
Lyndie Freestone			2024
		(1917–2004)	2001	Welfare worker and philanthropist who chaired the Victorian Women's Prisons Council, established the Keep Australia Beautiful movement, and worked for Freedom from Hunger, raising millions of dollars for charity
			2001	First female Director General of the National Library of Australia
			2018
			2001	Principal of the Northern College of the Arts & Technology
	[[File:Rhonda Galbally RCVANEPD.jpeg	100px]]	(1948–)	2005	Founding CEO of Our Community Pty.
		(1951–)	2014
	[[File:030516 - Jessica Gallagher Rio media pic - 3b.jpg	100px]]	(1986–)	2018	Board Director Vision 2020 Australia
		(1955–)	2009	Community activist
			2018	Life sciences and health sector advocatea
		(1871–1947)	2007	Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
		(1948–)	2016	Labor politician
	[[File:Helen Garner at Adelaide Writer's Week.jpg	100px]]	(1942–)	2001	Novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist
	[[File:Mary Gaudron (2011).jpg	100px]]	(1943–)	2001	Lawyer and judge who was the first female Justice of the High Court of Australia
	[[File:Mary Gaunt Australian writer - photograph.jpg	100px]]	(1861–1942)	2002	Novelist
			2016
		(1919–2018)	2012	Jewish community elder; Life Governor and President of the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia
			2001	Community lawyer
	[[File:Jenniegeorge.jpg	100px]]	(1947–)	2001	Former President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2001 to 2010
			2005	Community leader and educator
			2011	Academic specialising in Construction Law and International Human Rights Law
			2022	Nurse and Australian Iranian community activist
	[[File:Pearl Gibbs.jpg	100px]]	(1901–1983)	2001	Indigenous Australian activist, and the most prominent female activist within the Aboriginal movement in the early 20th century. She was a member of the Aborigines Progressive Association (APA), and was involved with various protest events such as the 1938 Day of Mourning.
		(1956–2004)	2007	Comedian
		(1885–1959)	2001	First female President of the Victorian Teachers' Union
	[[File:StateLibQld 1 100448.jpg	100px]]	(1865–1962)	2001	Socialist poet and journalist
	[[File:Mary Glowrey (1887-1957) circa 1926.webp	100px]]	(1887–1957)	2015	Victorian born and educated doctor who spent 37 years in India, where she set up healthcare facilities, services and systems. She is believed to be the first Catholic religious sister to practise as a doctor
		(1922–2016)	2009	Councillor and advocate for women
			2016	LGBTI rights
	[[File:VidaGoldstein.jpg	100px]]	(1869–1949)	2001	Feminist politician who campaigned for women's suffrage and social reform
Libbi Gorr			2024
		(1957–)	2018
	[[File:Matron Ellen Julia Gould, c1900.png	100px]]	(1860–1941)	2011	WWI nurse
		(1949–2000)	2001	Community activist
	[[File:Mary Grant Bruce 1912.png	100px]]	(1878–1958)	2002	Children's author and journalist
	[[File:Michellegrattan.JPG	100px]]	(1944–)	2001	Journalist who became the first woman to become editor of an Australian metropolitan daily newspaper. Specialising in political journalism, Grattan has written and edited for many significant Australian newspapers.
	[[File:Germaine Greer.jpg	100px]]	(1939–)	2001	Writer, academic, journalist and scholar of early modern English literature, and a significant feminist voice of the later 20th century
	[[File:Grata Flos Greig, LL.B.png	100px]]	(1880–1958)	2001	Lawyer and the first woman to be admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor in Australia
	[[File:Jean Greig.png	100px]]	(1872–1939)	2007	Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
	[[File:Janet Greig.jpg	100px]]	(1874–1950)	2007	Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
		(1942–2011)	2001	Publisher, book editor and businessperson
		(1939–)	2002	Koori educator and community worker
		(1921–2003)	2001	Salvation Army Officer
			2020	Army Reservist since 1980
		(1938–)	2008	Pioneering women's historian
	[[File:Bella Guerin.jpg	100px]]	(1858–1923)	2001	Feminist, women's activist women's suffragist, anti-conscriptionist, political activist and schoolteacher
			2005	Founder of Ethnic Youth Issues Network and the Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues
	[[File:Margaret Guilfoyle 1974 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	(1926–2020)	2001	Senator for the state of Victoria from 1971 to 1987
Jane Gunn			2024
			2021	Macular degeneration specialist
			2016	Multiculturalism
		(1922–2012)	2006	Social justice activist
		(1926–1988)	2012	Established the first women's health clinic in Australia at Prince Henry's Hospital in 1971
	[[File:Haines Janine (KN12-8-81-1) BANNER.jpg	100px]]	(1945–2004)	2001	First female federal parliamentary leader of an Australian political party
		(1933–2011)	2001	Suffragist and campaigner for the disabled
		(1954–2013)	2014
	[[File:Gertrude Halley.png	100px]]	(1867–1939)	2007	Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
		(1939–2009)	2010	Founder of Wellsprings for Women
			2012	Advocate for women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities
		(1955–)	2001	First female Air Commodore in the Royal Australian Air Force
		(1955–)	2001	Human rights lawyer and judge of the County Court of Victoria
			2018	Advocate for women in sport
			2001	Urban planner
			2013
			2019	Policewoman and women's AFL supporter
		(1936–2007)	2009	Environmental campaigner
			2012	Advocate for women in Victoria's dairy industry
			2011	Social justice activist and advocate for single mothers
			2025	Founder of the Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival
			2001	Volunteer worker assisting disadvantaged Muslim women
			2018	Ambassador for Muslim community
			2016	date=2016-03-07	title=Victoria Honours Twenty Remarkable Women	url=http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/victoria-honours-twenty-remarkable-women/	access-date=2021-01-07	website=Premier of Victoria	language=en}}
			2017
	[[File:Muriel Heagney 1933.png	100px]]	(1885–1974)	2001	Trade unionist and feminist
			2020	CEO of Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative
		(1866–1951)	2001	Social welfare worker
			2023	Human rights advocate, former CEO of The Oaktree Foundation
		(1947–)	2013	Professor of Psychiatry
			2010	Advocate for sexual assault victims
	[[File:Captain Nora Heysen.jpg	100px]]	(1911–2003)	2001	First woman to win the prestigious Archibald Prize in 1938 for portraiture and the first Australian woman appointed as an official war artist
	[[File:Dorothy Hill, later in life, standing before a sandstone wall.jpg	100px]]	(1907–1997)	2001	Geologist who was the first female professor at an Australian university and the first female president of the Australian Academy of Science.
			2008	Youth advocate
			2013
		(1947–2016)	2006	Barrister and advocate for Native title in Australia
		(1927–2009)	2001	Aboriginal rights activist
		(1942–)	2003	Politician for the Australian Labor Party who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1982 to 1996 and a minister in the governments of John Cain and Joan Kirner
		(1943–)	2001	Businesswoman and one of Australia's wealthiest women. She is the Chair of Heytesbury Pty Ltd.
	[[File:Jane den Hollander, 2015.jpg	100px]]		2019	Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University and leader in higher education innovation
			2025	Founder, Pets Of The Homeless
			2001
		(1921–2007)	2001
			2001	Medical anthropologist and social inequalities advocate
			2010	Advocate for women with disabilities
			2018	Advocate for high risk youth
			2010	Broadcaster and ambassador for Melbourne's Chinese community
			2006	Paediatrician
		(1915–2000)	2004	Social activist for women's rights
			2016	Safety of women and children
	[[File:Ruby Hutchison c1954.png	100px]]	(1892–1974)	2001	Founder of Choice
	[[File:Nellie Grace Ibbott.jpg	100px]]	(1889–1970)	2001	Victoria's first woman mayor
		(1963–)	2002	Community worker in the Islamic community
	[[File:Adelaide Ironside.jpg	100px]]	(1831–1867)	2001	Artist
			2001	Founder of the Women's Circus
		(1931–2021)	2009	Educator
		(1953–)	2001	Corporate executive
	[[File:Marjorie Jackson.jpg	100px]]	(1931–)	2001	Olympic athlete and former Governor of South Australia
Aunty		(1941–2016)	2021	Yorta Yorta elder; aboriginal health, child welfare and foster care
		(1939–)	2021	Advocate for women's right in universities
			2005	Farm manager and advocate of rural education
			2023	Educator, founder of SistaHub
		(1953–)	2001	SANE Australia ambassador
			2015	Radio presenter and artistic director of fortyfivedownstairs
			2020	Providing people with cognitive and speech-related disabilities with access to tailored sexual assault response services
	[[File:Kate Jenkins.jpg	100px]]	(1968–)	2023	Gender equality activist
			2020	Advocate for gender equity, Aboriginal health and education
			2007	Community leader in women's health
			2011	Advocate for women with disabilities
		(1949–)	2009	Cricketer
			2012	Community leader
			2018	Advocate for gender equality
	[[File:Gertrude Johnson.png	100px]]	(1894–1973)	2005	Coloratura soprano and founder of the National Theatre in Melbourne
Keeley Johnson			2024
Aunty		(1935–)	2002	Koori activist and community leader
		(1946–)	2002	Actress and artistic director of La Mama Theatre
	[[File:Melanie Jones.jpg	100px]]	(1972–)	2017	Cricketer and television cricket commentator
			2011	Nurse, businesswoman and community services professional
			2022	Chair of the Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council
Kudzai Kanhutu			2024
			2015	Retired nurse specialising in transcultural health care issues
			2022	Automation professional
			2001	Councillor; first Greek-born Australian woman to become a mayor
			2023	Senior human rights lawyer, advocate for family and sexual violence victim-survivors, and leader in police accountability reform
			2025	Advocate for family violence victim-survivors and the homeless
		(1893–1970)	2008	Veterinary science pioneer
			2006	Director at Australian Catholic University
	[[File:Annette Kellerman1.jpg	100px]]	(1886–1975)	2001	Professional swimmer, vaudeville and film star, and writer. She was one of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, instead of the then accepted pantaloons, and inspired others to follow her example.
		(–2015)	2016	Marginalised students
		(1964–)	2014	Humanitarian
		(1944–)	2001	First Australian woman to circumnavigate the globe by airplane
			2016	Women in the arts and comedy
			2021	Human rights advocate
	[[File:Elizabeth Kenny NYWTS.jpg	100px]]	(1880–1952)	2001	Nurse who promoted a controversial new approach to the treatment of poliomyelitis in the era before mass vaccination eradicated the disease in most countries. Her findings ran counter to conventional medical wisdom; they demonstrated the need to exercise muscles affected by polio instead of immobilizing them. Kenny's principles of muscle rehabilitation became the foundation of physical therapy, or physiotherapy.
		(1934–2018)	2001	Academic and author
			2013
			2008	Advocate for women and migrants and the first woman councillor in Footscray
			2020	Advocate for the Australian-Muslim community
Aayushi Khillan			2024	Health educator
	[[File:Reverend Winifred Kiek 1935.png	100px]]	(1884–1975)	2001	In 1927 first woman ordained to Protestant Christian church in Australia
			2019	Advocate for Aboriginal women in custody
			2014
		(1926–2015)	2001	Physician and researcher, specializing in nephrology
			2021	Health equality advocate
			2018	Anti-tobacco campaigner
			2006	Advocate for prisoners
		(1906–1999)	2006	Lawyer and founder of organisations
	[[File:Inga King 2008.jpg	100px]]	(1915–2016)	2016	Sculptor
			2021	Advocate for gender equality in sport
			2017	Former Mayor of Darebin
		(c. 1950–)	2001	Rabbi
		(1855–1928)	2001	Temperance advocate and social reformer
	[[File:Joan kirner.jpg	100px]]	(1938–2015)	2001	42nd Premier of Victoria, the first woman to hold the position
	[[File:Betty Kitchener.JPG	100px]]	(1951–)	2011	Mental health educator who founded mental health first aid training
		(1886–1962)	2001
		(1910–1996)	2001	Aboriginal artist from the Utopia community in the Northern Territory. She is one of the most prominent and successful artists in the history of contemporary Indigenous Australian art
		(1951–)	2007	Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1988 to 1996, representing Melbourne West Province. She was the first woman from a non-English speaking background to be elected to the Victorian parliament.
			2006	Turkish community leader
			2017	Mental health advocate
			2018
			2006	Softball umpire
	[[File:LynneKosky2009.jpg	100px]]	(1958–2014)	2015	Member of Parliament and government minister
		(c. 1958–)	2011	Mental health researcher
	[[File:Ngarla Kunoth (Rosalie Kunoth-Monks).jpg	100px]]	(1937–2022)	2001
		(1961–2014)	2015	Clinical nurse and researcher
			2020	Advocate for equitable access to effective sexual and reproductive health programs in the Pacific
		(1915–2008)	2009	Pioneer atmospherics physicist
		(1949–)	2006	Historian known for her work on the effects of the military and war on Australian civil society, the political history of Australian women and Australian racism including the White Australia Policy and the movement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander human rights
			2007	Councillor active in the migrant community
		(1912–2000)	2001	Guiding and social work
	[[File:Toni Lamond in The Pajama Game.jpg	100px]]	(1932–)	2001	Cabaret singer, stage and television actor, dancer and comedian
			2021	Community energy and community-led climate activist
	[[File:Marcia Langton.jpg	100px]]	(1951–)	2001	Leading Aboriginal scholar who holds the Foundation Chair in Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne
	[[File:Ella Latham 1927.jpg	100px]]	(1878–1964)	2001	Charity worker
	[[File:Carmen Lawrence 2012.JPG	100px]]	(1948–)	2001	Former Premier of Western Australia and the first woman to become Premier of a State of the Commonwealth of Australia
			2011	Advocate for migrant women
			2022	Chair of Medicines Australia
		(1953–)	2001	Pilot
	[[File:Louisa Lawson.jpg	100px]]	(1848–1920)	2001	Poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist. She was the mother of the poet and author Henry Lawson.
		(1920–2008)	2003	First woman President of the Technical Teachers Association of Victoria
			2013
			2025	Social justice and economic equity
			2025	Public health and drug and alcolhol rehabilitation
	[[File:Mary Lee.jpg	100px]]	(1821–1909)	2001	Irish-Australian suffragist and social reformer in South Australia
		(1912–2003)	2001	Founding member of Disabled Motorists Australia
	[[File:Professor Sharon Lewin.jpg	100px]]	(c. 1962–)	2019	Infectious disease physician and researcher
			2025	Ophthalmologist
			2007	Advocate for migrant women
	[[File:Celeste Liddle 2022.jpg	100px]]	(1978–)	2017	Indigenous feminist and unionist
Belle W. X. Lim			2024	Youth leader
			2001	Environmentalist
			2001	Teacher
		(1971–)	2006	Olympic swimmer, television sports commentator, and radio presenter
			2021	Bushfire recovery work
		(1910–2002)	2001	Obstetrician and gynecologist
		(–2009)	2005	Advocate for breast cancer survivors
		(1935–2019)	2008	Writer, historian and teacher
			2022	Oncologist
			2017	Historian, social researcher and advocate for refugees
Aunty		(1926–2004)	2001	Founder of Aboriginal Community Elders Services (ACES)
			2021	Youth mental health of African-Australians
		(1922–)	2004	Leader in law, women's health and education
	[[File:Lottie Lyell actress.jpg	100px]]	(1890–1925)	2001	Actress, screenwriter, editor and filmmaker. Lyell is regarded as Australia's first film star, and also contributed to the local industry during the silent era with her collaborations with Raymond Longford.
		(1943–)	2001	First female chief general manager of a bank in Australia
	[[File:Enid Lyons 1930s.jpg	100px]]	(1897–1981)	2001	First woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives as well as the first woman appointed to the federal Cabinet. Prior to these achievements, she was best known as the wife of the Premier of Tasmania and later Prime Minister of Australia, Joseph Lyons.
	[[File:ElizabethMacarthur.jpg	100px]]	(1766–1850)	2001	The first soldier's wife to arrive in New South Wales, Macarthur held court amongst officers of the New South Wales Corps, naval officers and members of the colonial administration.
			2020	Public sector policy reformer
			2015	Executive Officer of the Eastern Domestic Violence Service
		(1899–1968)	2001	Australian medical doctor and scientist, best known for her contributions to children's health and welfare
			2017
			2008	Advocate for adult and community education
		(1948–)	2001	Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2003 to 2005. She was the member for the seat of Essendon from 1996 to 2010, representing the Australian Labor Party.
		(1937–)	2001	Co-founder and convener of the Australian Women Donors Network
			2009	Promoter of volunteerism
			2025	Improving the safety and well-being of vulnerable and at-risk women and children
		(1873–1957)	2007	Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
		(1937–)	2015	Women and migrant women's rights activist
			2015	Activist for the disabled and disadvantaged
			2013
		(1893–1983)	2001	Ophthalmologist who diagnosed a trachoma epidemic amongst Indigenous people in the Kimberleys and traveled extensively in Western Australia in order to examine and treat Indigenous Australians.
		(1976–)	2006	Harness racer
			2016	Librarianship
			2017	Activist and advocate for Victorian music industry
		(1923–2015)	2001	Councillor, teacher and community activist
			2001	Commissioner, Filipino women's activist
		(1933–1986)	2001
			2005	Leader in the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Community
		(1926–2024)	2010	First Equal Opportunity Commissioner and the first woman Chancellor at the University of Melbourne
			2019	Campaigner for the rights of diverse families and the LGBTIQ community
		(1957–)	2001	Member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Kimberley for the Australian Labor Party, having first been elected to that position in 2001 following the retirement of Ernie Bridge. She was the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to any Australian Federal, State or Territory Parliament.
			2018
			2001	First Australian female assistant commissioner of police
Aunty		(1929–2023)	2001	Yorta Yorta elder and Aboriginal community leader
	[[File:Helen Mayo 1914.jpg	100px]]	(1878–1967)	2001	Medical doctor and medical educator
			2020	Improving the lives of women, particularly the most disadvantaged, through access to better sexual and reproductive health care
			2010	Military nursing leader
		(1914–2001)	2004	Physical educator and netball administrator
	[[File:Marie Lorraine.png	100px]]	(1899–1982)	2001	Actor
	[[File:Paulette McDonagh.png	100px]]	(1901–1978)	2001	Film director
	[[File:Phyllis McDonagh, 1928.png	100px]]	(1900–1978)	2001	Film producer and production designer
			2008	Community activist
			2019	Paediatric oncology nurse
			2001
		(1941–)	2001	Squash player
			2017
	[[File:Florence Violet McKenzie in WESC uniform.jpg	100px]]	(1890–1982)	2001	url= http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/mckenzie_violet	title = McKenzie, Violet	author = Catherine Freyne	year = 2010	work = Dictionary of Sydney	publisher = Dictionary of Sydney Trust	access-date = 5 January 2012}}
		(1933–2023)	2001
	[[File:Mary mackillop.jpg	100px]]	(1842–1909)	2001	Australian nun who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross. She was a co-founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (the Josephites), a congregation of religious sisters that established a number of schools and welfare institutions throughout Australia and New Zealand, with an emphasis on education for the rural poor.
Catriona McLean			2024
	[[File:Fiona McLeod SC.jpg	100px]]	(1964–)	2014	Barrister
		(1887–1932)	2002	Founder of the Obstetrics Department at the Queen Victoria Hospital
			2017
		(1868–1946)	2020	First woman to serve in an executive role in any form of government administration in Victoria
		(1941–)	2001	Publisher, editor and businessperson
		(1893–1988)	2001
			2006	Community worker with disabled migrants
		(1918–2015)	2001	First female State President of a major political party in Australia
	[[File:Nellie Melba by Henry Walter Barnett.jpg	100px]]	(1861–1931)	2001	Operatic soprano who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century. She was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician.
			2023	Sensory disability professional and volunteer with the Victoria State Emergency Service
	[[File:Jean Melzer 1974 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	(1926–2013)	2006	Senator representing the Australian Labor Party and Victoria
			2023	Founder and Managing Director of More Than Support disability services agency
			2009	Advocate for sex industry workers
			2007	Advocate for migrant women
			2013
		(1941–)	2007	Actress
Aunty			2022	Yorta Yorta woman, educator, community leader emotional and spiritual wellbeing support worker, and writer
		(1963–)	2004	Indigenous affairs activist
			2017
		(1922–2012)	2003	Microbiologist, who introduced fermentation technologies to Australia and created the first applied microbiology course taught in an Australian university.
			2022	Aboriginal consultant
			2001	Australian Red Cross volunteer
			2015	Community development worker and adult sexual health educator
			2015	Medical research scientist and academic leader
		(1864–1948)	2001
		(1917–1999)	2001	Farmer
		(1934–2021)	2001
	[[File:Roma Mitchell 1965.jpg	100px]]	(1913–2000)	2001	First Australian woman to be a judge, a Queen's Counsel, a chancellor of an Australian university and the Governor of an Australian state.
			2001
		(1960–)	2001	Photography and video artist
			2008	Advocate for Somali women
			2025	Community of Melton
		(1942–)	2014	RSM AO
		(1925–2024)	2004	Leading educator
			2017
		(1875–1949)	2008	Pacifist and women's rights activist
			2020	Women's health expert
			2022	Leader in the justice, youth and homelessness sectors
	[[File:Maxine Morand.jpg	100px]]	(1959–)	2020	Advocate for women's rights, equality and healthcare
			2008	Surf lifesaving leader
			2001
		(1919–2004)	2005	Social and economic justice activist
		(1942–)	2001	Nursing leader and unionist
Jennifer Morris			2024
			2019	Owner/editor of Numurkah Leader
			2022	CEO of inTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence
		(1869–1948)	2008	Suffragist, welfare worker and women's rights activist
		(1932–2009)	2002	Koori elder and community worker
		(1958–)	2001	First Australian woman to climb Everest
			2005	Leader in the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Community
	[[File:Elisabethmurdoch.jpg	100px]]	(1909–2012)	2001	Philanthropist; widow of newspaper publisher Sir Keith Murdoch and the mother of Rupert Murdoch
			2020	Longest serving policewoman in Australasia
Aunty			2001	Indigenous Australian, Senior Wurundjeri elder of the Kulin alliance in Victoria, Australia. She has given the traditional welcome to country greeting at many Melbourne events and to many distinguished visitors
		(1930–)	2003	Councillor and community worker in East Gippsland
		(1941–2022)	2001	First female artistic director of the Melbourne International Arts Festival
		(1944–)	2006	Justice appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeals division in 2006
			2008	Gynaecological oncologist
			2001	Australian Red Cross volunteer
		(1940–)	2003	Advocate for immigrants who helped establish the Australian Vietnamese Women's Welfare Association
		(1971–)	2002	Advocate for Vietnamese youth
			2025	Singing scientist
		(1908–1961)	2008	Indigenous community leader
			2008	Victoria Police officer
		(1918–2016)	2001
	[[File:Christine Nixon March 2012.jpg	100px]]	(1953–)	2001	Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 2001 to 2009
			2010	Community and legal advocate
	[[File:Studio portrait of Lance Corporal Kathleen Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal), QF267190.jpg	100px]]	(1920–1993)	2001	Poet, political activist, artist and educator. She was also a campaigner for Aboriginal rights. Oodgeroo was best known for her poetry, and was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse.
		(1901–1989)	2001	Women's rights activist and community worker. She founded the UNAA National Status of Women Network in 1974 and served as President of Australia's National Council of Women. In 1975 Norris headed the Australian International Women's Year Committee.
			2019	Leader in civic responsibility and emergency services
		(1909–1998)	2001
Julie Oberin			2024
			2005	Educator of women prisoners
		(1921–1980)	2001	Sculptor
		(1941–2024)	2001
Manjula Datta O’Connor			2024
			2023	Palliative care
	[[File:Bridie O'Donnell (7394255478).jpg	100px]]	(1974–)	2021	Gender equality in sport
	[[File:Lowitja.jpg	100px]]	(1932–2024)	2001	Aboriginal Australian retired public administrator. She was inaugural chairperson of the now dissolved Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).
			2019	Allergy and asthma researcher
		(1911–2003)	2002	Social justice activist and campaigner for Indigenous rights
		(1951–)	2004	Turkish community leader
		(1981–2007)	2009	Journalist who campaigned to ban the use of tanning beds before dying from melanoma.
			2001	Architect and the first woman to be Lord Mayor of Melbourne
	[[File:Ethel Osborne.png	100px]]	(1882–1968)	2008	Advocate for better working conditions for women
		(1836–1891)	2001	Founder of modern nursing in Australia
		(1941–)	2001	Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales and former head of the New South Wales Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Chancellor of the University of New England
		(1944–)	2004	Leading public relations professional
		(1921–2017)	2001	Feminist and unionist; co-founder of the Working Women's Centre in Melbourne
		(1885–1964)	2001	Poet, essayist and leading literary critic
			2009	Advocate for women councillors and multicultural communities
		(1950–)	2001	Nursing education
			2014
			2022	Researcher on gender and violence during disaster
			2023	Vice President of the National Council of Women Victoria and President of the National Council of Women Geelong
			2007	Advocate for migrant communities
			2001	Co-founder of the Nursing Mothers' Association
			2020	Gunai policewoman advocating for Aboriginal women
Rochelle Patten			2024
			2016	Refugees and asylum seekers
	[[File:Michelle Payne on Yosei.jpg	100px]]	(1985–)	2016	First woman jockey to win the Melbourne Cup
	[[File:LadyPeacock1916.jpeg	100px]]	(1870–1948)	2002	First woman elected to the Parliament of Victoria
			2016	Public advocate
		(1882–1947)	2001	Sister and nurse in the infant welfare movement in Victoria in the first half of the 20th century
Aunty			2018	Yorta Yorta elder
			2020	Aboriginal educator
			2021	Youth mental health advocate
	[[File:Nova Peris 2012 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	(1971–)	2001	Olympic athlete
Aunty		(1930–2019)	2011	Aboriginal elder and community leader
			2023	Professor, creator of 'The Scholar Diaries' Instagram
			2023	Psychologist
		(1944–2019)	2008	Actress and HIV activist
			2025	Advocate for women in medical research
			2025	Paediatric infectious diseases physician
			2022	Advocate for those with disability and rare diseases
			2015	Disability rights
			2020	Improving justice and education in the community
			2021	Writer and youth advocate
			2009	Campaigner for equality in the Anglican Church
			2007	General secretary of the Victorian Council of Churches
	[[File:JanetPowell Dec2007.jpg	100px]]	(1942–2013)	2001	Senator for Victoria, representing the Australian Democrats and later the Australian Greens
			2001	Journalist, philanthropist, and spouse of Richard Pratt
		(1915–2009)	2006	Leader of Girl Guides Australia and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).
		(1922–2012)	2003	Union leader and advocate for women's rights
			2017	Director of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
			2011	International development worker
		(1948–)	2001
			2021	Advocate for gender equality in mathematical sciences
		(1933–2017)	2009	Social justice advocate
		(–2019)	2020	Cancer control and prevention activities in Victoria, Australia, and globally
	[[File:Fanny Reading 1922.jpg	100px]]	(1884–1974)	2010	Social justice activist
		(1942–)	2003	Architect and promoter of public housing and urban design
	[[File:Mary Reibey crop.jpg	100px]]	(1777–1855)	2001	Englishwoman who was transported to Australia as a convict but went on to become a successful businesswoman in Sydney
			2001
	[[File:Belle Bruce Reed.jpg	100px]]	(1883–1945)	2007	Pioneer veterinary surgeon
	[[File:Elizabeth Reid 1973.jpg	100px]]	(1942–)	2001	Development practitioner, feminist and academic with a distinguished career in and significant contribution to national and international public service. She founded, established and worked with a number of pioneering and specialised United Nations institutions, government agencies and non-governmental organisations. Reid was appointed the world's first advisor on women's affairs to a head of state by the Australian Labor Government of Gough Whitlam in 1973.
	[[File:Margaret Reid 2021-11-28.jpg	100px]]	(1935–)	2001	First woman to be President of the Australian Senate
		(1947–)	2019	Zoologist and conservationist
			2001	Founding member of the National Association for Loss and Grief
			2011	Founding member of the Council of Single Mothers and their Children
			2016	Disabilities
	[[File:Henry Handel Richardson, author, ca. 1920-1935, photographers Elliott & Fry (6963289973) (cropped).jpg	100px]]	(1870–1946)	2001
		(1964–2024)	2015	Bardi artist
	[[File:Bessie Rischbieth 1900s.jpg	100px]]	(1874–1967)	2001	Influential and early Australian feminist and social activist. A leading or founding member of many social reform groups, such as the Women's Service Guilds, the Australian Federation of Women Voters and their periodical The Dawn, Rischbieth sought to establish international campaigns for social change and human rights.
			2022	Commander in charge of Intel Covert Support Command at Victoria Police
		(1930–2015)	2001
		(1916–2000)	2001
		(1971–)	2020	Professor researching metabolomics
		(1872–1932)	2001	Community and political worker
			2012	Co-founder and first President of the International Women's Development Agency
		(1938–)	2007	Researcher into sexuality and reproductive health
			2020	Working to overcome educational disadvantage
			2019	Mayor Emeritus of Boroondara Council
		(1937–2011)	2001
			2012	Advocate for vulnerable children and founder of the Mirabel Foundation
		(1946–)	2001	First graduate of the Australian Ballet School to be appointed its director, in 1999
			2020	Advocate for human rights of people with disabilities
	[[File:NicolaRoxon.jpg	100px]]	(1967–)	2014	Former Attorney-General of Australia and member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the seat of Gellibrand
			2025	Public housing advocate
		(1975–)	2003	Indigenous leader
			2021	Afghan Hazara refugee; supporter of refugees
	[[File:Nouria Salehi.jpg	100px]]		2021	Nuclear physicist and biophysicist in Afghanistan and Australia
			2001	Dairy farmer involved in agricultural politics
		(1927–2007)	2009	Pioneer in girls' education
			2019	Advocate and change agent for gender equality, women's rights and social justice
		(1895–1983)	2001
			2006	First female announcer on BTV6 in Ballarat
		(1927–2017)	2012	Educator, medical scientist, and advocate for human rights
	[[File:61 ACPS Atlanta 1996 Track Louise Sauvage.jpg	100px]]	(1973–)	2001	Paralympic wheelchair racer
			2013
		(1889–1946)	2001	Medical practitioner and pediatrician
		(1940–2010)	2011	Teacher and leader with Girl Guides and the Salvation Army
		(1955–)	2011	Businesswoman, board member and community advocate
		(1935–2017)	2001	Chair of the National Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and advocate for Indigenous Australians
			2019	Advocate for people with disability or mental illness in the Victorian justice system
		(1922–2019)	2001	South African-born dancer who participated in the negotiations with the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust that led to the formation of The Australian Ballet in 1962. Scott was appointed director of the Australian Ballet School in 1964, heading the school until 1990.
			2025	Goulburn Valley Health Foundation Ambassador and cancer fundraiser
		(1947–)	2001	Feminist lawyer, writer and commentator
			2017
			2005	Leader in the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Community
	[[File:Frances Separovic.jpg	100px]]	(c. 1954–)	2018	Change agent
		(1944–)	2001
		(1863–1950)	2007	Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
			2005	Community activist
		(2004–)	2022	Climate activist
			2001	Co-founder of the Working Women's Centre in Melbourne
			2020	CEO and co-founder of Care Leavers Australasia Network (CLAN)
			2023	Gender equity advocate
			2001	Pioneer in women and children's health
			2021	Leader of Indian community
			2008	Advocate for rural women
			2011	Advocate for vocational education
			2011	Chief Executive and Conciliator of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission
Judy Small			2024
Dalal Smiley			2024
			2022	Head of the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre, established the Prevention Outbreak Plan Improvement Program
			2012	Public interest lawyer and Chair of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission from 2003 to 2008
		(1953–)	2010	Olympic fencing champion and first Australian woman to become a qualified Fencing Master at Arms
		(1948–)	2003	Theatre administrator at the Playbox Theatre
	[[File:Catherine Helen Spence.jpg	100px]]	(1825–1910)	2001	Author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragette
			2001
			2020	Advocate for people with autism
			2019	Advocate for human rights and gender equity
			2004	Philanthropist and feminist
Aunty		(1933–2011)	2010	Advocate for Indigenous communities
			2023	Improving food security for regional communities
			2017
		(1951–)	2001	Founder of Women in Philanthropy
	[[File:AnnaStewart.png	100px]]	(1947–1983)	2001	Trade union official and pioneering advocate for women's rights in labour law
	[[File:NellieStewart.jpg	100px]]	(1858–1931)	2001	Actress and singer, known as "Our Nell" and "Sweet Nell"
			2020	Aboriginal Elder and Boon Wurrung language educator
		(1952–)	2004	Macedonian community leader and international educator
	[[File:Mary Stone.png	100px]]	(1865–1910)	2007	Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
	[[File:Grace Clara Stone.png	129x129px]]	(1860–1957)	2007	Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
	[[File:Dr Constance Stone, 1890.png	100px]]	(1856–1902)	2001	First woman to practice medicine in Australia. Stone played an important role in founding the Queen Victoria Hospital in Melbourne
	[[File:Cecile Storey 1979.jpg	100px]]	(1933–1997)	2004	Feminist, human rights and equal opportunity campaigner
	[[File:Jessie Street.jpg	100px]]	(1889–1970)	2001	Suffragette, feminist and human rights campaigner
	[[File:Shirley Strickland 1948.jpg	100px]]	(1925–2004)	2001	Athlete who won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports
			2018
	[[File:Anne Summers presenting Griffith Lecture 2018.jpg	100px]]	(1945–)	2001	Writer, columnist, feminist, editor and publisher. She was formerly Australia's First Assistant Secretary of the Office of the Status of Women.
	[[File:Selina Sutherland.png	100px]]	(1839–1909)	2010	Social justice activist and advocate for neglected children
	[[File:Lyn Swinburne.jpg	100px]]	(1952–)	2002	Women's advocate, inspirational speaker and founder of Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA)
	[[File:Dorothy Tangney 1940s.jpg	100px]]	(1911–1985)	2001	Politician and the first woman member of the Australian Senate
	[[File:Collette Tayler.jpg	90px	center]]	(1951–2017)	2018	Contribution to early childhood education
		(1962–2005)	2004	Pre-school teacher and community volunteer
		(1944–)	2002	Feminist and lesbian activist
		(1915–2007)	2003	Humanitarian who worked for the people of East Timor
		(1915–1998)	2001	Conservationist
	[[File:Florencetaylor.jpg	100px]]	(1879–1969)	2001	First qualified female architect and the first woman to train as an engineer in Australia
			2012	Professor and community health advocate
		(1937–)	2019	Advocate for the advancement of female tennis players
			2003	Campaigner against sexual harassment
		(1974–)	2022	Paediatrician and adolescent medicine physician
			2001
		(1914–2012)	2001
			2023	Malaria and infectious disease specialist
			2019	Academic and advocate for women in engineering and mathematics
			2005	Advocate for migrant health
	[[File:Freda Thompson sitting in the cockpit of a de Havilland DH.60G-III Moth Major, ca 1935 (15667323864).jpg	100px]]	(1909–1980)	2001	Pioneer aviator and the first Australian woman to fly solo from the United Kingdom to Australia
			2022	Artistic director, producer, stage director and soprano
			2017	Obstetrician and gynaecologist improving maternal health, founder Monash Health Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit
		(1922–2017)	2001
		(1935–1989)	2001	First female cabinet minister in the Parliament of Victoria
			2013	Arts Management practitioner, academic and consultant
			2016	Workers' rights
			2020	Australian-Vietnamese community worker
			2012	Horticulture industry leader
	[[File:Judith Troeth.jpg	100px]]	(1940–)	2012	Member of the Australian Senate
			2020	Advocate for multiculturalism, the environment and prevention of violence against women
			2023	Vice President of the Nepalese Association of Victoria and establisher of the NAV Women's Forum
		(1904–1996)	2001	Indigenous activist and writer
			2023	Executive Officer of Point of Difference Studio
		(1920–2018)	2001
		(1912–2007)	2001	Italian community figure
	[[File:Jessie Vasey AWM121946.jpg	100px]]	(1897–1966)	2001	Founder and President of the War Widows' Guild of Australia. Honoured in 2001 and 2008.
	[[File:Dance scene, Peggy van Praagh, ca. 1918 (15933162131).jpg	100px]]	(1910–1990)	2011	Ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, repetiteur, producer, advocate and director
			2021	Filipino community leader, working on bushfire and COVID-19 pandemic relief
			2018
			2005	Campaigner against eating disorders
Aunty			2016	Gunditjmara elder, Aboriginal health
		(1957–)	2001	Vietnamese Australian social worker from Melbourne and member of pro-democracy organization Viet Tan who was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam in 2010 for participating in a peaceful political demonstration in Hanoi, Vietnam affirming Vietnam's sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly islands
			2019	Reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist
			2007	Counsellor for Nursing Mothers Australia and community worker in Narre Warren
			2023	Financial literacy
		(1946–)	2002	Health activist
			2001
			2014
			2001
	[[File:Therese Walsh DNZM (cropped).jpg	100px]]	(1971/1972–)	2013
	[[File:Sylvia Walton.jpg	100px]]	(1941–2024)	2014
			2019	Aboriginal Elder and cultural awareness educator
		(1954–)	2001	Horse trainer, businesswoman and former actress
	[[File:Watt9906 598.jpg	100px]]	(1964–)	2019	Racing cyclist and photographer
		(–2022)	2006	Olympic basketball player
			2013
			2007	City of Whitehorse Councillor and proponent of local governance
	[[File:WomansWeeklyIvyWeber.jpeg	100px]]	(1892–1976)	2001	First woman elected at a general election in Victoria and the first non-major party woman in Australia to win a seat
		(1951–)	2010	Astrophysicist and researcher on climate change and alternative energy
			2001	Councillor
		(1943–2004)	2005	Women's rights activist
			2022	Unit controller of Victorian State Emergency Service Seymour Unit
		(1888–1969)	2018
			2015	Corporate lawyer and not-for-profit director
			2008	Fitzroy City Councillor and advocate of social planning
			2008	Victoria's Health Services Commissioner
		(1939–2010)	2017	Politician, chairman of Greyhound Racing Victoria, and animal welfare activist
			2014
			2014	Physiologist who has focused her career on the endocrinology of the pregnant mother and foetus
		(1936–2013)	2003	Advocate for Indigenous Australians
			2012	Social justice advocate and campaigner for victims of sexual assault
			2013
Aunty		(1942–2015)	2001	Wurundjeri elder
Jun Yang			2024
Aunty		(1938–)	2008	Indigenous leader
			2015
		(1941–)	2001	Academic and university administrator. Yerbury was the Vice-Chancellor of Macquarie University from 1987 to 2005.
			2022
	[[File:Simone Young 2010 - Portrait by Bertold Fabricius.jpg	100px]]	(1961–)	2001	Conductor
	[[File:Stella Young.jpg	100px]]	(1982–2014)	2017	Disability rights activist
	[[File:Sister Wilma Oram, 1945.png	90px	center]]	(1916–2001)	2001	Nurse with the Australian Army during World War II
		(1940–)	2002	Volunteer in the Greek community
Hnin Yee Htun Win			2022	Burmese entrepreneur and activist

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