One of Australia's great opera stars of the two decades following the Second World War was Joan Hammond (1912–1996).

Rosalie Gascoigne's (1917–1999) hauntingly evocative visual depictions of the Australian landscape propelled her

Margaret Fulton (1924–2019, born in Nairn, Scotland) was the first and greatest of the Australian celebrity cookery writers.

Zelda D'Aprano (1928–2018) spent much of her life as a working-class crusader for women's rights.

On the world stage women have been excluded from leadership roles in the Christian church.

Veronica Brady (1929–2015) became one of the first Australian nuns to teach in a university, broadcast on radio and enter public socio-political debate.

Flo Bjelke-Peterson (1920–2017) was a National Party Senator for Queensland, and was also well known as the wife of former Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen.

A fully qualified pilot by the age of 19, Nancy Bird-Walton (1915–2009) went from being the youngest commer

Faith Bandler (1920–2015) was a descendant of South Sea Islanders. She was born in Tumbulgum, NSW.

Born of Chinese parents, Lily (1917–2001) became a housemaid for a European family after leaving Darwin Public School at 14.