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Alice Chisholm
Dame Alice Isabel Chisholm DBE (3 July 1856 – 31 May 1954), also known as "Mother Chisholm", née Alice Isabel Morphy, was an Australian woman who provided canteen services for ...
Dame Alice Isabel Chisholm DBE (3 July 1856 – 31 May 1954), also known as "Mother Chisholm", née Alice Isabel Morphy, was an Australian woman who provided canteen services for ...
Bridget Ogilvie
Dame Bridget Margaret Ogilvie, AC, DBE, FRS (born 24 March 1938) is an Australian and British scientist.
Dame Bridget Margaret Ogilvie, AC, DBE, FRS (born 24 March 1938) is an Australian and British scientist.
Geraldine Cox
Geraldine Cox (born 1945) is president and operator of the Sunrise Children's Village orphanage in the province of Kandal, in Cambodia.
Geraldine Cox (born 1945) is president and operator of the Sunrise Children's Village orphanage in the province of Kandal, in Cambodia.
Helen Blaxland
Dame Helen Frances Blaxland, DBE (21 June 1907 – 17 December 1989) was an Australian non-fiction writer.
Dame Helen Frances Blaxland, DBE (21 June 1907 – 17 December 1989) was an Australian non-fiction writer.
Ida Mann
Dame Ida Caroline Mann, DBE, FRCS (6 February 1893, West Hampstead, London November 1983) was a distinguished English-reared ophthalmologist whose long-term association with Australia began when...
Dame Ida Caroline Mann, DBE, FRCS (6 February 1893, West Hampstead, London November 1983) was a distinguished English-reared ophthalmologist whose long-term association with Australia began when...
Joan Evans (charity worker)
Sister Joan Evans, PBVM is a retired Australian religious sister born in 1931 and now based in the Klong Toei slums in Bangkok, Thailand.
Sister Joan Evans, PBVM is a retired Australian religious sister born in 1931 and now based in the Klong Toei slums in Bangkok, Thailand.
Joice NanKivell Loch
Joice NanKivell Loch was an Australian author, journalist and humanitarian worker who worked with refugees in Poland, Greece and Romania after World War I and World War II.
Joice NanKivell Loch was an Australian author, journalist and humanitarian worker who worked with refugees in Poland, Greece and Romania after World War I and World War II.
Mabel Brookes
Dame Mabel Brookes, DBE was an Australian community worker, activist, socialite, writer, memoirist and humanitarian.
Dame Mabel Brookes, DBE was an Australian community worker, activist, socialite, writer, memoirist and humanitarian.
Mary Daly (Australian writer)
Dame Mary Daly, DBE (born 24 August 1896, Cootamundra, New South Wales — died 11 June 1983, Fitzroy, Victoria) was an Australian author, humanitarian and charity worker.
Dame Mary Daly, DBE (born 24 August 1896, Cootamundra, New South Wales — died 11 June 1983, Fitzroy, Victoria) was an Australian author, humanitarian and charity worker.
Mavis Taylor
Mavis Taylor (1915 – 14 March 2007) was an Australian who was named an Australian Living Treasure for her humanitarian work for the people of East Timor in her later years.
Mavis Taylor (1915 – 14 March 2007) was an Australian who was named an Australian Living Treasure for her humanitarian work for the people of East Timor in her later years.
Rachel Cleland
Dame Rachel Cleland, DBE, born Rachel Evans, was an Australian expatriate community and social welfare worker in Papua New Guinea.
Dame Rachel Cleland, DBE, born Rachel Evans, was an Australian expatriate community and social welfare worker in Papua New Guinea.
Robert Menli Lyon
Robert Menli Lyon (1789 – after 1863) was a pioneering Western Australian settler who became one of the earliest outspoken advocates for Indigenous Australian rights and welfare in the colony.
Robert Menli Lyon (1789 – after 1863) was a pioneering Western Australian settler who became one of the earliest outspoken advocates for Indigenous Australian rights and welfare in the colony.
Stanislawa Dabrowski
Stanislawa Dabrowski is an Australian humanitarian.
Stanislawa Dabrowski is an Australian humanitarian.