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Amazing Australian Women: Twelve Women Who Shaped

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Amazing Australian Women: Twelve Women Who Shaped

A bright and colourful look at twelve incredible Australian women who helped shape our country, from politics and the arts to Indigenous culture, science and more.

Meet twelve amazing Australian women who have changed the world, in small ways and large.

Some of them are world famous, like Annette Kellerman and Nellie Melba.

Some of them are famous in Australia, like Mary Reibey and Edith Cowan.

All of them deserve to be famous and admired.

These women are the warriors who paved the way for the artists, business owners, scientists, singers, politicians, actors, sports champions, adventurers, activists and innovators of Australia today.

The featured women are:
Mary Reibey, convict and businesswoman
Tarenore, Indigenous resistance fighter
Mary Lee, suffragist
Nellie Melba, opera singer
Edith Cowan, politician
Tilly Aston, teacher, writer and disability activist
Rose Quong, actress, lecturer and writer
Elizabeth Kenny, nurse and medical innovator
Annette Kellerman, swimmer and movie star
Lores Bonney, aviation pioneer
Emily Kame Kngwarreye, artist
Ruby Payne-Scott, scientist

IllustratorSophie Beer
FormatHardback
ISBN9780734418456
Published21/06/2018
Price Per CopyRRP $26.99
1–9 copies$24.29
10–19 copies$22.94
20+ copies$21.59
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Pamela Freeman

Pamela Freeman started writing stories for children in the early 1990s while she was a scriptwriter at the ABC. Her work, which includes The Willow Tree’s Daughter, Victor’s Quest and Pole to Pole, has been shortlisted for the NSW State Literary Awards, the Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers and the Koala Awards. Pamela grew up in Sydney’s western suburbs and now lives in inner-city Ashfield with her husband and young son.

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