Sharing the untold stories of Victorian and/or Geelong Women.
HerStory Geelong
By gender-balancing the knowledge of our local heritage and public spaces, we can shift the dial on gender equality. This trail focuses on honoring notable women at monuments and other significant locations throughout the City.
This trail seeks to explore the intersection of gender, identity, urban space and advocacy. By developing a participatory walking tour that reveals the lack of female representation in the City of Geelong monuments and or artworks.
This trail & work will contribute to the City of Greater Geelong's Gender Equity Framework and the Victorian Government’s - A Victorian Gender Equality Strategy.
Mary De Garis
Mary De Garis was born in Charlton, northern Victoria, in 1881, to Elisha De Garis and Elizabeth Buncle. She and her twin sister were the oldest of six children.
Corrina Eccles
Corrina Eccles is a proud Wadawurrung woman.
Elizabeth Austin
Elizabeth Austin was born in England in 1821. She migrated to the Port Phillip District with her brother in 1841, marrying squatter, Thomas Austin, four years later.
Fanny Brownbill
First Labor woman to win a parliamentary seat in Victoria.
Jan Mitchell
Jan Mitchell was an Australian artist, born in Melbourne 1940, known for her painted bollards and work as a television graphic artist.
Kelly Pearson
Kelly Pearson is a Geelong winemaker at Mt Moriac Wines. After graduating from Deakin in '93 Kelly pursued a career in PR/Marketing that morphed into the wine industry where she honed her passion for food and then in later years wine.
Nancy Donkers
Nancy Donkers describes herself as a feminist, environmentalist, social worker, community worker, wife, mother and now carer.
Nina Morrison
Nina Morrison was the number one draft pick in the 2018 AFLW draft, being selected by the Geelong Football Club.
Sally Walker
Professor Sally Walker studied at Warrnambool College and then received a scholarship to attend Melbourne Girls' Grammar School and subsequently earned a place in the Law School of The University of Melbourne, from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree with First Class Honours.
Tracey Gaudry
Tracey Gaudry is an Australian double Olympian and the first woman to become a Board member of the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale).
Margaret Fargie
Matriculated in 1948 and Dux of the senior class at Morongo College Geelong, Margaret Fargie graduated with a law degree from Melbourne University in 1952.
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