Constance Ellis
Constance Ellis was the first women to graduate with a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Melbourne (1903).
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Ann Marshall
Ann Marshall lectured in geography at the University of Adelaide for over thirty years. She was heavily involved in successful campaigns against inner-city freeways in Adelaide.
Ruth Wilkinson
In 1917 she began a pharmaceutical apprenticeship with Frank Brooks, studying by correspondence. Long hours worked during the 1918 influenza epidemic meant that her studies were put on hold until the emergency was over. In 1921 Ruth Webb passed her final examinations, reputedly achieving the top marks in New Zealand. Unable to register as a pharmacist until aged 21, she had to wait until March 1922 before she could officially use the letters MPS after her name.
Theo Clemens Hall
Physician Theo Hall’s exceptional personality, capacity for work, professional competence, teaching skills and regard for patients’ needs earned her the respect and affection of all who knew her.
Thistle Yolette Harris
Through her teaching and writing, she did a great deal to popularize knowledge about Australian flora, to encourage domestic gardeners to include native plants in their gardens and to persuade a wider audience of the need for conservation measures. She published twelve books about Australian plants and teaching nature studies between 1938 and 1980, and contributed widely to scientific journals and reference books including The Australian Naturalist, Australian Wild Life, Australian Encyclopaedia and Science Wonders of Australia. She was also editor, at various times, of New Horizons in Education, Australian Wildlife and Wildlife Research News.
Dr Margaret Chattaway
Dr. Margaret Chattaway was a senior member of the research staff of the CSIRO Division of Forest Products.
Dr Megan Clark
Dr Megan Clark was appointed to the Board of Rio Tinto and stepped down as Chief Executive of CSIRO 20 November 2014.
Dr Mildred Barnard
Australian statistician
Dr Liz Dennis
Australian plant molecular biologist and a chief scientist at the plant division of CSIRO Canberra.
Oya Sevimli
She was the Science Leader for Millimetre Wave and Microwave Technologies with the CSIRO ICT Centre, Sydney, Australia. Her research highlights include the development of novel integrated circuits such as InP HEMT oscillators, InP HEMT bidirectional amplifiers, GaAs HEMT low noise amplifiers, GaAs Schottky diode mixers (all at 50 and 100 GHz) and GaAs HEMT voltage-controlled oscillators from 12.5 to 30 GHz.