Victorian Honour Roll of Women

{{Short description|none}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

The Victorian Honour Roll of Women was established in 2001 to recognise the achievements of women from the Australian state of Victoria. It was launched by The Hon. Joan Kirner AC as a joint initiative of the Centenary of Federation Victoria Committee, the Office for Women's Policy and the Women Shaping the Nation Steering Committee as part of the celebrations of Victoria's Centenary of Federation.{{cite news|last=Kizilos|first=Katherine|title=Laughing in the face of struggle|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/laughing-in-the-face-of-struggle/2006/03/08/1141701576126.html|work=The Age|date=9 March 2006}}{{cite web|title=Women Shaping the Nation Honour Roll of Women Volume 1 2001{{!}} Her Place Museum|url=https://herplacemuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2001-Honour-Roll-Booklet.pdflanguage=en|work=Centenary of Federation Victoria|date=2001}}

Public nominations for the Honour Roll open in the second half of each year and the inductees are reviewed by an independent panel of women.{{cite news|last=Cooke|first=Dewi|title=Life, work an honour for community-minded women|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Life-work-an-honour-for-communityminded-women/2005/03/08/1110160827012.html|work=The Age|date=9 March 2005}} A short list of candidates is then sent to the Victorian Government Minister for Women for her consideration and selection.{{Cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women Program {{!}} Victorian Government|url=http://www.vic.gov.au/honour-roll-women|access-date=2024-10-02|website=www.vic.gov.au|date=6 May 2024 |language=en}}

The Honour Roll celebrates exceptional women in Victoria who have made significant and lasting contributions to their communities, the nation or the world.{{Cite web|title=Women's Honour Roll Receives New Inductees {{!}} Premier of Victoria|url=https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/womens-honour-roll-receives-new-inductees/|access-date=2021-10-25|website=www.vic.gov.au|language=en}} Women are recognised for their achievements in a broad range of fields, including science, arts, environment, law, social justice, family violence prevention, research, health, media and education.

More than 730 women have been inducted onto the Honour Roll since 2001.{{Cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women inductees{{!}} Victorian Government|url=https://www.vic.gov.au/victorian-honour-roll-of-women-inductees|access-date=2024-10-02|website=www.vic.gov.au|language=en}} In previous years, the Office for Women produced commemorative booklets that contain biographical sketches of each woman on the Honour Roll.{{cite web|title=2002-2011 Victorian Honour Roll of Women Booklets|url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-business-and-community/community-involvement/women-in-the-community/women-as-leaders/victorian-womens-honour-roll/2002-2011-victorian-honour-roll-of-women-booklets|publisher=Department of Human Services, Victoria|access-date=19 August 2012}} Currently, all inductees are displayed on the Women Victoria webpage. {{Cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women inductees{{!}} Victorian Government|url=https://www.vic.gov.au/victorian-honour-roll-of-women-inductees|access-date=2024-10-02|website=www.vic.gov.au|language=en}}

Inductees

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:98%"

|+|Victorian Honour Roll of Women

width = 15% | Name

! width = 8% class="unsortable" | Image

! width = 10% | Birth–Death

! width = 5% | Year

! class="unsortable" |Area of achievement

{{sortname|Diana R.|Abruzzi}}2020Founder and International Chairman of the International Women's Federation of Commerce and Industry (IWFCI){{Cite web|url=https://www.vic.gov.au/victorian-honour-roll-of-women?filters%5Bfield_year%5D%5Btype%5D=term&filters%5Bfield_year%5D%5Boperator%5D=&filters%5Bfield_year%5D%5Bvalues%5D=2020|title=Victorian Honour Roll of Inductees 2020|website=www.vic.gov.au|access-date=2020-03-09}}
{{sortname|Elizabeth|Adnams}}2022Girl Guides official
{{sortname|Mary|Agostino}}2021Leadership in health during COVID-19 pandemic{{Cite web|date=2021-11-12|title=Outstanding Victorian Women Recognised|url=https://www.miragenews.com/outstanding-victorian-women-recognised-672647/|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Mirage News|language=en-AU}}
{{sortname|Doreen|Akkerman}}2010Director at Cancer Council Victoria{{cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2010|url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/643949/Victorian-Honour-Roll-of-Women-2010-commemorative-booklet.pdf|publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities|access-date=19 August 2012}}
{{sortname|Susan|Alberti}}100px(1947–)2014Businesswoman, philanthropist and Vice President of the Western Bulldogs Football Club{{cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2014|url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-business-and-community/community-involvement/women-in-the-community/women-as-leaders/victorian-womens-honour-roll/honour-roll-of-women-2014|publisher=Department of Human Services, Victoria|access-date=16 August 2014}}
{{sortname|Lilian Helen|Alexander}}File:Lilian Alexander.jpg(1862–1934)2007Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
{{sortname|Elizabeth|Alfred}}(1914–2015)2001Head Deaconess, and first woman priested in Melbourne{{Cite web|url=http://www.melbourneanglican.org.au/NewsAndViews/NewsArchive/Melbourne-Diocese-celebrates-20-years-of-women-priests,-1992-%E2%80%93-2012-000349.aspx|title=Melbourne Diocese celebrates 20 years of women priests, 1992 – 2012|website=www.melbourneanglican.org.au|access-date=2019-05-04}}
{{sortname|Beth|Allen|Beth Allen (nurse)}}(1958–)2004Rural community nurse{{cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2004|url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/668979/2004-Victorian-Honour-Roll-Booklet.PDF|publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities|access-date=19 August 2012}}
{{sortname|Rowena|Allen}}2009Advocate for GLBTI communities, refugees, youth and single parents{{cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2009|url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/668971/2009-Victorian-honour-roll-booklet.pdf|publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities|access-date=19 August 2012}}
{{sortname|Diane|Alley}}(1927–2021)2001Women's rights activist
{{sortname|Lyn|Allison}}100px(1946–)2012Member of the Australian Senate from 1996 to 2008{{cite web|title=2012 Honour Roll of Women|url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-business-and-community/community-involvement/women-in-the-community/women-as-leaders/2012-honour-roll-of-women|publisher=Department of Human Services, Victoria|access-date=19 August 2012}}
{{sortname|Leila|Alloush}}2006Founding member of the Islamic Women's Welfare Council of Victoria{{cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2006|url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/668975/2006-Victorian-Honour-Roll-Booklet.PDF|publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities|access-date=19 August 2012}}
{{sortname|Betty|Amsden}}(1926–2017)2013Volunteer, philanthropist and supporter of arts and animal welfare organisations
{{sortname|Alice Elizabeth Foley|Anderson|Alice Elizabeth Anderson}}100px(1897–1926)2020Mechanic, and owner of Alice Anderson Motor Service
{{sortname|Carla|Anderson}}2008Advocate for Victoria's Deaf and Deafblind community{{cite web|url=https://herplacemuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2008-Honour-Roll-Booklet-1.pdf|title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2008|publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities|access-date=19 August 2012}}
{{sortname|Marilyn|Anderson}}2014FAA, FTSE
{{sortname|Maybanke|Anderson}}100px(1845–1927)2001Reformer involved in women's suffrage and federation
{{sortname|Mary|Anderson|Mary Anderson (Salvation Army)}}(1875–1956)2001Salvation Army Officer{{cite web|title=Mary Anderson|url=http://www.sawiki.net/index.php?title=Mary_Anderson&oldid=31879|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608150940/http://www.sawiki.net/index.php?title=Mary_Anderson&oldid=31879|url-status=usurped|archive-date=8 June 2023|publisher=SAWiki|access-date=18 August 2012}}
{{sortname|Julie|Andrews|Julie Andrews (academic)}}2024Indigenous researcher and university professor{{cite news|last=Torre|first=Gio|date=18 October 2024|url=https://nit.com.au/18-10-2024/14344/professor-julie-andrews-honour-roll-victoria|title=Yorta Yorta Professor Julie Andrews inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women|work=National Indigenous Times|access-date=26 April 2025}}
Aunty {{sortname|Phyllis|Andy}}2007Indigenous community leader{{cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2007|url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/668974/2007-Victorian-Honour-Roll-Booklet.PDF|publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities|access-date=19 August 2012}}
{{sortname|Akuch Kuol|Anyieth}}(1991–)2023Academic researcher, advocate, author and emerging community leader
{{sortname|Vasso|Apostolopoulos}}(1970–)2004Medical researcher
{{sortname|Alice|Appleford}}100px(1891–1968)2008War heroine, nurse and humanitarian
{{sortname|Brenda|Appleton}}2017
{{sortname|Robyn|Archer}}(1948–)2001Singer, writer, stage and director, artistic director, and public advocate of the arts
{{sortname|Lillian May|Armfield}}(1884–1971)2001Pioneering Sydney female police detective
{{sortname|Jean|Armstrong}}2008Engineer
{{sortname|Hana|Assafiri}}2017
{{sortname|Jill|Astbury}}2008Researcher into violence against women
{{sortname|Anne|Astin}}2010Biochemist and forensic scientist
{{sortname|Tilly|Aston}}100px(1873–1947)2001Blind writer and teacher who founded the Victorian Association of Braille Writers and the Association for the Advancement of the Blind
{{sortname|Varvara|Athanasiou-Ioannou}}(1953–)2003Human resources consultant
Aunty {{sortname|Geraldine|Atkinson}}(1952–)2008Koori educator
Aunty {{sortname|Mary|Atkinson|Mary Atkinson (Victoria Roll of Honour)}}(1937–2004)2001Wiradjuri and Bangerang elder involved in Aboriginal education{{cite web | url=https://www.vic.gov.au/dr-mary-atkinson | title=Dr Mary Atkinson | date=27 May 2022 }}
{{sortname|Elizabeth|Austin|Elizabeth Austin (Australian pioneer)}}100px(1821–1910)2012Pioneer and philanthropist during the late 19th century
Kate Austin

|

|

|2024

|

{{sortname|Ruth|Austin}}(1922–)2003Provider of welfare for infants{{cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2003|url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/668980/2003-Victorian-Honour-Roll-Booklet.PDF|publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities|access-date=19 August 2012}}
{{sortname|Wendy|Austin|Wendy Austin (Victoria)}}2015
{{sortname|Maya|Avdibegovic}}2020Advocate for victims of family violence
Melanie Bahlo

|

|

|2024

|Geneticist

{{sortname|Samia|Baho}}2008Social justice activist
{{sortname|Dianne|Bailey-Tribe}}2007Community worker concerned with autism
{{sortname|Rosanna|Baini}}(1963–)2002Community worker and Commissioner of the Victorian Multicultural Commission
{{sortname|Heather|Baird}}2023Foster care
{{sortname|Bianca|Baldassi}}(1924–2011)2001Worked with the Association of Senior Italian Citizens Clubs of Victoria and the Italian Pensioners Club of Northcote
Aunty {{sortname|Esmerelda|Bamblett}}2023Bangerang, Wiradjuri and Taungurung woman, community advocate, educator, researcher and writer
{{sortname|Muriel|Bamblett}}2011Yorta Yorta indigenous leader{{cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2011|url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/696989/Victorian-honour-roll-of-women-booklet-2011.pdf|publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities|access-date=19 August 2012}}
{{sortname|Faith|Bandler}}100px(1918–2015)2001Civil rights activist of South Sea Islander heritage. She is a campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians and South Sea Islanders. Bandler is best known for her leadership in the campaign for the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal Australians.
{{sortname|Nola|Barber}}100px(1901–1985)2001Mayor and community worker
{{sortname|Wanda|Bargo Braybrook}}2023Advocate for Aboriginal women and children
{{sortname|Helen|Barnacle}}(1953–)2004Legal rights and social justice activist
{{sortname|Jody|Barney}}2021Advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities
{{sortname|Catherine|Barrett|Catherine Barrett (Australia)}}2023Academic and aged care nurse, founder of Celebrate Ageing
{{sortname|Susan|Barton}}2012Founder and Director of the Lighthouse Foundation for Homeless Youth
{{sortname|Nina|Bassat}}(1939–)2003Leader in Victoria's Jewish community
{{sortname|Karen|Batt}}2001Victorian branch secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union
{{sortname|Rosemary|Batty}}100px(1962–)2015Anti-domestic violence activist
{{sortname|Gracia|Baylor}}(1929–)2003One of the first two women elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1979
{{sortname|Isabel Joy|Bear}}(1927–2021)2005Scientific researcher{{cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2005|url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/668977/2005-Victorian-Honour-Roll-Booklet.PDF|publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities|access-date=19 August 2012}}
{{sortname|Annette|Bear-Crawford}}100px(1853–1899)2007Women's suffragist and federationist
{{sortname|Rosalyn|Beaton}}2009Advocate for English as a second language students
{{sortname|Marilyn|Beaumont}}2007Executive Director of Women's Health Victoria
{{sortname|Beryl|Beaurepaire}}(1923–2018)2001Activist and politician
{{sortname|Linda|Beilharz}}(1960–)2006First Australian woman to reach the South Pole
{{sortname|Jane|Bell|Jane Bell (nurse)}}100px(1873–1959)2013Nursing advocate and pioneer
Aunty {{sortname|Laura|Bell|Laura Bell (educator)}}(1936–)2001Gunditjmara educator who chairs the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated (VAEAI) and founded the Winda-Mara Aboriginal Co-operative{{cite web|title=Voices of Lake Condah|url=http://www.abc.net.au/missionvoices/lake_condah/voices_of_lake_condah/default.htm|publisher=Koorie Heritage Trust|access-date=18 August 2012}}
{{sortname|Lisa|Bellear}}(1961–2006)2008Indigenous Australian poet, photographer, activist, spokeswoman, dramatist, comedian and broadcaster.{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Jen Jewel|title=An inspiring, dynamic warrior woman|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/an-inspiring-dynamic-warrior-woman/2006/07/23/1153593209243.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=24 July 2006}}
{{sortname|Carmel|Benjamin}}(1932–)2004Criminal justice advocate
{{sortname|Concetta|Benn}}(1926–2011)2002Social justice activist
{{sortname|Lou|Bennett|Lou Bennett (musician)}}2017Musician and performer {{cite news |url=http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/4513569/lou-bennett-named-in-honour-roll/ |title=Lou Bennett named in 2017 Victorian Honour Roll of Women |date=8 March 2017 |work=Bendigo Advertiser |access-date=4 September 2017}}
{{sortname|Mary|Bennett|Mary Montgomerie Bennett}}(1881–1961)2001Educator and advocate of Aboriginal rights{{cite book|last=Bolton|first=G. C.|title=Bennett, Mary Montgomerie (1881–1961)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bennett-mary-montgomerie-5212|publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|access-date=19 August 2012|author2=Gibbney, H. J. |chapter=Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881–1961) }}
{{sortname|Elleni|Bereded-Samuel}}2006Community worker and advocate for migrant women
{{sortname|Dagmar|Berne}}100px(1866–1900)2001Medical doctor and the first female student to study medicine in Australia
{{sortname|Maria|Berry|Maria Berry (footballer)}}2020Women's football player, administrator, coach and board member
{{sortname|Wilma|Beswick}}2013Clinical educator
{{sortname|Gulghotai|Bezhan}}2021Afghan community leader
{{sortname|Carrie|Bickmore}}100px(1980–)2017Radio and television presenter
{{sortname|Patricia|Bigham}}2017
{{sortname|Jocelyn|Bignold}}2009Supporter of women prisoners
{{sortname|MaryAnn|Bin-Sallik}}100px(1940–)2001Academic, Indigenous studies
{{sortname|Nancy|Bird Walton}}100px(1915–2009)2001Aviator and the founder and patron of the Australian Women Pilots' Association
{{sortname|Ruth|Bishop}}100px(1933–2022)2001Leading member of the team that discovered the human rotavirus
{{sortname|Hope|Black}}100px(1919–2018)2012Marine biologist and the first female curator at Museum Victoria{{cite news|last=Morris|first=Deborah|title=Somerville woman named on honour roll|url=http://frankston-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/somerville-woman-named-on-honour-roll/|work=Frankston Standard Leader|date=9 March 2012|access-date=19 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323154839/http://frankston-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/somerville-woman-named-on-honour-roll/|archive-date=23 March 2012|url-status=dead}}
{{sortname|Josie|Black}}(1938–2009)2007Community activist and educator
{{sortname|Elizabeth|Blackburn}}100px(1948–)2010Biological researcher who studies the telomere, a structure at the end of chromosomes that protects the chromosome. Blackburn co-discovered the enzyme telomerase and was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
{{sortname|Jean Edna|Blackburn}}(1919–2001)2002Academic, educator and policy maker{{cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2002|url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/668983/2002-Victorian-Honour-Roll-Booklet.PDF|publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities|access-date=19 August 2012}}{{dead link|date=November 2016}}
{{sortname|Margaret|Blackwood}}100px(1909–1986)2001Botanist and geneticist {{cite book|chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/blackwood-dame-margaret-12218|publisher=adb.anu.edu.au|title=Biography - Dame Margaret Blackwood - Australian Dictionary of Biography|chapter=Blackwood, Dame Margaret (1909–1986) |access-date=13 December 2016}}
{{sortname|Penny|Blazey}}2005Advocate for sustainability and East Timorese women
Aunty {{sortname|Walda|Blow}}(1941–2015)2012Yorta Yorta elder and community activist
{{sortname|Dianne|Boddy}}2014Hon FIE Aust, CPEng
{{sortname|Pamela|Bone}}(1940–2008)2001Journalist
{{sortname|Anna|Booth}}2001Business executive
{{sortname|Eleanor|Bourke}}2010Pioneering Aboriginal activist
{{sortname|Margaret|Bourke|dab=Victoria}}(1887–1979)2001
{{sortname|Jacqueline|Boyle}}2015Obstetrician and gynaecologist working to improving Aboriginal and refugee women's health
{{sortname|Terry|Bracks}}2011Advocate for youth and women and founder of Western Chances
{{sortname|Antoinette|Braybrook}}2020Campaigner against family violence, particularly in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community
{{sortname|Marie|Breen}}100px(1902–1993)2010Member of the Australian Senate representing the Liberal Party of Australia
{{sortname|Carolyn|Briggs}}100px(1948–)2005Elder of the Bunurong people
Aunty {{sortname|Geraldine|Briggs}}(1910–2005)2001
{{sortname|Ivy|Brookes}}100px(1883–1970)2001Founder of the Housewives Co-operative Association of Victoria
Aunty {{sortname|Edna|Brown|Edna Brown (Aboriginal elder)}}(1916–2006)2015Gunditjmara Elder, established the Aboriginal Funeral Benefits Fund
{{sortname|Joyce|Brown|Joyce Brown (netball)}}(1938–)2001Australian netball team coach{{cite web|title=Joyce Brown |url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/joyce-brown/|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|access-date=24 September 2020}}
{{sortname|Sally|Brown|Sally Brown (judge)}}(1950–)2003Family court judge and first woman Chief Magistrate of Victoria
{{sortname|Fanny|Brownbill}}100px(1890–1948)2003Australian Labor Party Member for Geelong, Victoria, serving from 1938 until 1948. Brownbill was the first woman to win a seat for Labor in Victoria.
{{sortname|Anne|Brunell}}100px(1970–)2007Paralympic athlete
{{sortname|Lucy Meredith|Bryce}}(1897–1968)2001Hematologist {{cite book|chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bryce-lucy-meredith-5411|publisher=adb.anu.edu.au|title=Biography - Lucy Meredith Bryce - Australian Dictionary of Biography|chapter=Bryce, Lucy Meredith (1897–1968) |access-date=13 December 2016}}
{{sortname|Dorothy|Buckland-Fuller}}(1922–2019)2001Human rights activist, migrant community advocate and sociologist
{{sortname|Vivian|Bullwinkel}}100px(1915–2000)2001Nurse, prisoner of war
{{sortname|Gina|Bundle}}2020Maternity care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
{{sortname|Eva|Burrows}}100px(1929–2015)200113th General of the Salvation Army
{{sortname|Betty|Burstall}}(1926–2013)2001Founder, La Mama{{Cite web |title=Betty Burstall |url=https://www.vic.gov.au/betty-burstall |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Victorian Government: Honour Roll of Women}}
{{sortname|Muriel|Bush}}(1897–1981)2001
{{sortname|Betty|Butcher}}(1925–1999)2006Cricketer
{{sortname|Ita|Buttrose}}100px(1942–)2001Journalist and businesswoman. She was the founding editor of the women's magazine Cleo and served as the editor of The Australian Women's Weekly
{{sortname|Sheila|Byard}}2017Services to women
{{sortname|Val|Byth}}(1930–2021)2001
{{sortname|Karen|Cain}}2023Community leadership
{{sortname|Helen|Caldicott}}100px(1938–)2001Physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate who founded several associations dedicated to opposing the use of nuclear power, depleted uranium munitions, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons proliferation, war and military action in general.
{{sortname|Kate Isabel|Campbell}}100px(1899–1986)2001Physician and paediatrician
{{sortname|Louise Margaret|Cannon}}2009Melbourne's first woman fire station officer
{{sortname|Elaine|Canty}}2006First female sports broadcaster on ABC radio and television
{{sortname|Eileen|Capocchi}}(1925–2019)2010Advocate for migrant and working women's rights
{{sortname|Carol|Carey}}2020International resuscitation educator
{{sortname|Simone|Carson}}2016Sustainable food security{{Cite web|date=2016-03-07|title=Outstanding women inducted into 2016 Victorian Honour Roll|url=https://www.dvrcv.org.au/knowledge-centre/our-blog/outstanding-women-inducted-2016-victorian-honour-roll|access-date=2021-01-07|website=Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria|language=en}}
{{sortname|Fay|Carter}}(1935–2024)2004Aboriginal community leader
{{sortname|Sarah|Carter|Sarah Carter (politician)}}(1979-2024)2024politician and humanitarian{{cite news |last=Lucas|first=Cade|date=17 October 2024|title=Sarah Carter honoured posthumously |url=https://maribyrnonghobsonsbay.starweekly.com.au/news/sarah-carter-honoured-posthumously|work=Star Weekly|access-date=18 May 2025}}
{{sortname|Rebecca|Casson}}2021First woman CEO of Master Builders Victoria
{{sortname|Marie Elizabeth Amy|Castilla}}100px(1868–1898)2007Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
{{sortname|Evonne|Cawley|Evonne Goolagong}}100px(1951–)2001Tennis player
{{sortname|Hilary|Charlesworth}}(1955–)2001Pioneer in feminist international law scholarship
{{sortname|Deborah|Cheetham}}(1964–)2015Aboriginal opera singer, actor, and playwright
{{sortname|Wesa Wai-Sum|Chau}}2012Community organiser and advocate for cultural diversity
{{sortname|Jean|Cheshire}}(1920–2015)2006Religious educator
Ada Cheung

|

|

|2024

|Endocrinologist

{{sortname|Joan|Child}}100px(1921–2013)2001First woman Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
{{sortname|Caroline|Chisholm}}100px(1808–1877)2001Progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia
{{sortname|Betty|Churcher}}(1931–2015)2001Artist and director of the National Gallery of Australia from 1990 to 1997
{{sortname|Catherine|Cini}}2019CEO of GriefLine Family and Community Services{{Cite web|url=https://www.vic.gov.au/victorian-honour-roll-of-women?page=1&filters%5Bfield_year%5D=2019|title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women - 2019 Inductees|website=www.vic.gov.au|access-date=2019-03-13}}
{{sortname|Vicki|Clark}}2001
{{sortname|Adrienne|Clarke}}(1938–)2001Professor of Botany at University of Melbourne
{{sortname|Billi|Clarke}}(1958–)2004Campaigner against family violence
{{sortname|Sally|Cockburn|Sally Cockburn (physician}}(1958–)2010Medical practitioner, activist and radio personality
{{sortname|Judith|Cohen|Judith Cohen (lawyer)}}(1926–)2002Lawyer, Commissioner of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission and founding member of the National Council of Jewish Women's Foundation
{{sortname|Carola|Cohn|Ola Cohn}}100px(1892–1964)2007Artist, author and philanthropist best known for her work in sculpture in a modernist style and famous for her Fairies Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne
{{sortname|Marie|Coleman}}(1933–)2001Activist, public servant and journalist
{{sortname|Colleen Mary|Condliffe}}2009Advocate for rural farmers
{{sortname|Zoe|Condliffe}}2021Crowd founder and advocate to end gender-based violence
{{sortname|Margaret (Madge)|Connor|Madge Connor}}100px(c. 1874–1952)2019Advocate for policewomen's rights
{{sortname|Cecilia|Conroy}}2011Educator of special needs children
{{sortname|Bev|Cook}}2010Community leader from Mallee
{{sortname|Lynn|Corcoran}}2013Laboratory head Molecular Immunology Division Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne{{cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll Booklet 2013|url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/758890/Victorian-Honour-Roll-booklet-2013-bookmarked.pdf|publisher=Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities|access-date=9 May 2013}}
{{sortname|Edwina|Cornish}}2013Professor at Monash University
{{sortname|Suzanne|Cory}}(1942–)2001Biologist and President of the Australian Academy of Science
{{sortname|Kay|Cottee}}(1954–)2001First female sailor to perform a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world. She performed this feat in 1988 in her 37 feet (11 m) yacht Blackmore's First Lady, taking 189 days
{{sortname|Lynne|Coulson Barr}}2014
{{sortname|Margaret|Court}}100px(1942–)2001Tennis player
{{sortname|Edith|Cowan}}100px(1861–1932)2001Politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
{{sortname|Dorothy|Crawford}}(1911–1988)2004Pioneer in Australian television drama
{{sortname|Joanne|Crawford}}2021Gender equality, sustainable development and anti-poverty work
{{sortname|Susan|Crennan}}100px(1945–)2013Judge and lawyer
{{sortname|Catherine|Crock}}2013Pioneer of patient-centred care
{{sortname|Mary|Crooks}}(1950–)2001
{{sortname|Ruth Hope|Crow}}(1916–1999)2008Community activist
{{sortname|Elizabeth|Crowther|Elizabeth Crowther (executive)}}2012Chief Executive of the Mental Illness Fellowship of Victoria
{{sortname|Merna|Curnow}}2014
{{sortname|Pamela|Curr}}2009Human rights campaigner
{{sortname|Betty|Cuthbert}}100px(1938–2017)2001Olympic athlete
{{sortname|Margaret|Cuthberston}}(1864–1944)2001
{{sortname|Marg|D’Arcy}}(1950–)2003Campaigner against violence directed towards women
{{sortname|Janice Margaret|Dale}}2005Nurse and mentor to women
{{sortname|Zelda|D'Aprano}}(1928–2018)2001Unionist and women's equal pay activist, best known for chaining herself to the Commonwealth Building in Melbourne when a court case failed to secure equal pay for women in the meat industry.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/australian-biography-zelda-daprano|title=Australian Biography: Zelda D'Aprano|publisher=National Film and Sound Archive|access-date=19 February 2022}}
{{sortname|Dur-e|Dara|Dur-e Najaf Dara}}(1945–)2001Philanthropist and restaurateur
{{sortname|Lisa|Darmanin|Lisa Darmanin (sailor)}}(1991–)2016Competitive sailor and activist for women's equality
{{sortname|Jamice Valma|Davey}}(1941–2021)2022Brass band leader
{{sortname|Louise|Davidson|Louise Davidson (fundraiser)}}2008Fundraiser for breast cancer research
{{sortname|Anne|Davie}}2005Community worker in southwest Gippsland
{{sortname|Sandie|de Wolf}}2011Children's welfare activist
{{sortname|Linda|Dessau}}100px(1953–)201829th Governor of Victoria and first female{{cite web|title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women|url=https://www.vic.gov.au/women/women-s-leadership/victorian-honour-roll-of-women.html|website=Women Victoria - vic.gov.au|access-date=10 March 2018}}
{{sortname|Maria|Dimopoulos}}(1965–)2012Women's rights activist
{{sortname|Noeleen|Dix}}2016Netball administration
{{sortname|Maria|Dudycz}}2018Human rights for people with disabilities
{{sortname|Henrietta|Dugdale}}100px(1827–1918)2001Feminist who initiated the first female suffrage society in Australasia. Her campaigning resulted in breakthroughs for women's rights in Australia.
{{sortname|Fay|Duncan}}(1935–2016)2014
{{sortname|Trisha|Dunning}}(1947–2021)2014AM
{{sortname|Fanny|Durack}}100px(1889–1956)2001Swimmer
{{sortname|Helen|Durham}}100px(1968–)2014
{{sortname|Ella|Ebery}}(1915–2019)2004Journalist and community advocate
{{sortname|Eva|Eden}}(1924–2014)2015Veterinary science, agricultural science and pharmacy educator
{{sortname|Patricia|Edgar}}100px(1937–)2001Author, television producer and educator, best known as the founding director of the Australian Children's Television Foundation
{{sortname|Diana|Egerton-Warburton}}(1965–)2018Emergency medicine and public health
{{sortname|Mary Jeevaranee|Eliezer}}2001
{{sortname|Lorraine|Elliott}}(1943–2014)2015Member of Parliament Victoria and Parliamentary Secretary for the Arts
{{sortname|Liz|Ellis}}100px(1973–)2006Netball player
{{sortname|Ngaire|Elwood}}2022Advancing regenerative medicine, cord blood, stem cells and cancer research.
{{sortname|Mary|Evans|Mary Evans (Australia)}}(1915–2004)2001
{{sortname|Yvonne|Evans}}2009Community worker
{{sortname|Marguerite|Evans-Galea}}100px2017Scientist and advocate and mentor for women in STEMM
{{sortname|Elizabeth|Evatt}}(1933–)2001Reformist lawyer and jurist who sat on numerous national and international tribunals and commissions, was the first Chief Judge of the Family Court of Australia, the first female judge of an Australian federal court, and the first Australian to be elected to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
{{sortname|June|Factor}}(1936–)2001Children's author
Fartun Farah

|

|

|2024

|

{{sortname|Beatrice|Faust}}(1939–2019)2001Author and women's activist. She was a co-founder of Women's Electoral Lobby and President of the Victorian Abortion Law Repeal Association.
{{sortname|Lynette|Fearn-Wannan}}2009Pioneer in child care and community services
{{sortname|Linda|Fenton}}(1956–2000)2003Aboriginal community leader
{{sortname|Doseena|Fergie}}2016Aboriginal wellbeing
{{sortname|Dale|Fisher|Dale Fisher (Victoria)}}2011First woman to be Chief Executive of the Royal Women's Hospital
{{sortname|Marilyn|Fleer}}100px2022Director of the Monash PlayLab and foundation chair in Early Childhood Education and Development at Monash University
{{sortname|Julia|Flynn}}(1878–1947)2001Educationist
{{sortname|Christine|Forster}}(1939–)2004Conservationist and natural resource manager
{{sortname|Maria|Forsyth}}2020Chemistry researcher making Australia environmentally sustainable
{{sortname|Lilian|Fowler}}100px(1886–1954)2001Australia's first female mayor
{{sortname|Irene|Frangioudaki}}2013Journalist in Victoria's Hellenic community
{{sortname|Miles|Franklin}}100px(1879–1954)2001Writer and feminist who is best known for her novel My Brilliant Career, published in 1901
{{sortname|Dawn|Fraser}}100px(1937–)2001Swimmer and politician
{{sortname|Cathy|Freeman}}100px(1973–)2001Sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres event
Lyndie Freestone

|

|

|2024

|

{{sortname|Phyllis|Frost}}(1917–2004)2001Welfare worker and philanthropist who chaired the Victorian Women's Prisons Council, established the Keep Australia Beautiful movement, and worked for Freedom from Hunger, raising millions of dollars for charity
{{sortname|Jan|Fullerton}}2001First female Director General of the National Library of Australia
{{sortname|Belinda|Gabbe}}2018
{{sortname|Raffaela|Galati-Brown}}2001Principal of the Northern College of the Arts & Technology
{{sortname|Rhonda Louise|Galbally|Rhonda Galbally}}100px(1948–)2005Founding CEO of Our Community Pty.
{{sortname|Mary|Galea}}(1951–)2014
{{sortname|Jessica|Gallagher}}100px(1986–)2018Board Director Vision 2020 Australia
{{sortname|Jill|Gallagher}}(1955–)2009Community activist
{{sortname|Michelle|Gallaher}}2018Life sciences and health sector advocatea
{{sortname|Elfreda Hilda|Gamble}}(1871–1947)2007Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
{{sortname|Sherryl|Garbutt}}(1948–)2016Labor politician
{{sortname|Helen|Garner}}100px(1942–)2001Novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist
{{sortname|Mary|Gaudron}}100px(1943–)2001Lawyer and judge who was the first female Justice of the High Court of Australia
{{sortname|Mary|Gaunt}}100px(1861–1942)2002Novelist
{{sortname|Virginia|Geddes}}2016
{{sortname|Sylvia|Gelman}}(1919–2018)2012Jewish community elder; Life Governor and President of the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia
{{sortname|Amanda|George}}2001Community lawyer
{{sortname|Jennie|George}}100px(1947–)2001Former President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2001 to 2010
{{sortname|Sandra|George}}2005Community leader and educator
{{sortname|Paula|Gerber}}2011Academic specialising in Construction Law and International Human Rights Law
{{sortname|Sahar|Gholizadeh}}2022Nurse and Australian Iranian community activist
{{sortname|Pearl|Gibbs}}100px(1901–1983)2001Indigenous Australian activist, and the most prominent female activist within the Aboriginal movement in the early 20th century. She was a member of the Aborigines Progressive Association (APA), and was involved with various protest events such as the 1938 Day of Mourning.
{{sortname|Lynda|Gibson}}(1956–2004)2007Comedian
{{sortname|Hetty|Gilbert}}(1885–1959)2001First female President of the Victorian Teachers' Union
{{sortname|Mary|Gilmore}}100px(1865–1962)2001Socialist poet and journalist
{{sortname|Mary|Glowrey}}100px(1887–1957)2015Victorian born and educated doctor who spent 37 years in India, where she set up healthcare facilities, services and systems. She is believed to be the first Catholic religious sister to practise as a doctor
{{sortname|Gwenyth Marie|Goedecke}}(1922–2016)2009Councillor and advocate for women
{{sortname|Sally|Goldner}}2016LGBTI rights
{{sortname|Vida|Goldstein}}100px(1869–1949)2001Feminist politician who campaigned for women's suffrage and social reform
Libbi Gorr

|

|

|2024

|

{{sortname|Monica|Gould}}(1957–)2018
{{sortname|Nellie|Gould}}100px(1860–1941)2011WWI nurse
{{sortname|Helen|Gow}}(1949–2000)2001Community activist
{{sortname|Mary|Grant Bruce}}100px(1878–1958)2002Children's author and journalist
{{sortname|Michelle|Grattan}}100px(1944–)2001Journalist who became the first woman to become editor of an Australian metropolitan daily newspaper. Specialising in political journalism, Grattan has written and edited for many significant Australian newspapers.
{{sortname|Germaine|Greer}}100px(1939–)2001Writer, academic, journalist and scholar of early modern English literature, and a significant feminist voice of the later 20th century
{{sortname|Flos|Greig}}100px(1880–1958)2001Lawyer and the first woman to be admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor in Australia
{{sortname|Jane Stocks|Greig}}100px(1872–1939)2007Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
{{sortname|Janet Lindsay|Greig}}100px(1874–1950)2007Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
{{sortname|Diana|Gribble|Di Gribble}}(1942–2011)2001Publisher, book editor and businessperson
{{sortname|Pamela|Griffin}}(1939–)2002Koori educator and community worker
{{sortname|Doreen|Griffiths}}(1921–2003)2001Salvation Army Officer
{{sortname|Laureen|Grimes}}2020Army Reservist since 1980
{{sortname|Patricia|Grimshaw}}(1938–)2008Pioneering women's historian
{{sortname|Bella|Guerin}}100px(1858–1923)2001Feminist, women's activist women's suffragist, anti-conscriptionist, political activist and schoolteacher
{{sortname|Carmel|Guerra}}2005Founder of Ethnic Youth Issues Network and the Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues
{{sortname|Margaret|Guilfoyle}}100px(1926–2020)2001Senator for the state of Victoria from 1971 to 1987
Jane Gunn

|

|

|2024

|

{{sortname|Robyn|Guymer}}2021Macular degeneration specialist
{{sortname|Be|Ha}}2016Multiculturalism
{{sortname|Molly|Hadfield}}(1922–2012)2006Social justice activist
{{sortname|Jean|Hailes|Dorothy Jean Hailes}}(1926–1988)2012Established the first women's health clinic in Australia at Prince Henry's Hospital in 1971
{{sortname|Janine|Haines}}100px(1945–2004)2001First female federal parliamentary leader of an Australian political party
{{sortname|Edith|Hall|Edith Hall (activist)}}(1933–2011)2001Suffragist and campaigner for the disabled{{cite news|last=Prendergast|first=Helen|title=Public action, politics and a lot of patience|url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/public-action-politics-and-a-lot-of-patience-20110220-1b0xy.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=21 February 2011}}
{{sortname|Lesley|Hall}}(1954–2013)2014
{{sortname|Gertrude|Halley}}100px(1867–1939)2007Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
{{sortname|Ann|Halpen}}(1939–2009)2010Founder of Wellsprings for Women
{{sortname|Amara|Hamid}}2012Advocate for women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities
{{sortname|Julie|Hammer}}(1955–)2001First female Air Commodore in the Royal Australian Air Force
{{sortname|Felicity|Hampel}}(1955–)2001Human rights lawyer and judge of the County Court of Victoria
{{sortname|Clare|Hanlon}}2018Advocate for women in sport
{{sortname|Roz|Hansen}}2001Urban planner
{{sortname|Lisa|Happ}}2013
{{sortname|Lisa|Hardeman}}2019Policewoman and women's AFL supporter
{{sortname|Nessie Ivy|Hardy}}(1936–2007)2009Environmental campaigner
{{sortname|Shirley|Harlock}}2012Advocate for women in Victoria's dairy industry
{{sortname|Tricia|Harper}}2011Social justice activist and advocate for single mothers
{{sortname|Norasiah|Hasan}}2001Volunteer worker assisting disadvantaged Muslim women
{{sortname|Sherene|Hassan}}2018Ambassador for Muslim community
{{sortname|Joanna|Hayter}}2016Gender equality advocate{{Cite web|date=2016-03-07|title=Victoria Honours Twenty Remarkable Women|url=http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/victoria-honours-twenty-remarkable-women/|access-date=2021-01-07|website=Premier of Victoria|language=en}}
{{sortname|Karen|Hayes|Karen Hayes (organiser)}}2017
{{sortname|Muriel|Heagney|Muriel Agnes Heagney}}100px(1885–1974)2001Trade unionist and feminist
{{sortname|Karen|Heap}}2020CEO of Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative
{{sortname|Jessie|Henderson|Jessie Henderson (Victoria)}}(1866–1951)2001Social welfare worker
{{sortname|Thenu|Herath}}2023Human rights advocate, former CEO of The Oaktree Foundation
{{sortname|Helen|Herrman}}(1947–)2013Professor of Psychiatry
{{sortname|Lesley|Hewitt}}2010Advocate for sexual assault victims
{{sortname|Nora|Heysen}}100px(1911–2003)2001First woman to win the prestigious Archibald Prize in 1938 for portraiture and the first Australian woman appointed as an official war artist
{{sortname|Dorothy|Hill}}100px(1907–1997)2001Geologist who was the first female professor at an Australian university and the first female president of the Australian Academy of Science.
{{sortname|Kathy|Hilton|Kathy Hilton (youth advocate)}}2008Youth advocate
{{sortname|Yvonne|Ho}}2013
{{sortname|Barbara|Hocking}}(1947–2016)2006Barrister and advocate for Native title in Australia
{{sortname|Elizabeth|Hoffman|Elizabeth Maud Hoffman}}(1927–2009)2001Aboriginal rights activist
{{sortname|Caroline|Hogg}}(1942–)2003Politician for the Australian Labor Party who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1982 to 1996 and a minister in the governments of John Cain and Joan Kirner
{{sortname|Janet|Holmes à Court}}(1943–)2001Businesswoman and one of Australia's wealthiest women. She is the Chair of Heytesbury Pty Ltd.
{{sortname|Jane|den Hollander}}100px2019Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University and leader in higher education innovation
{{sortname|Janet|Horn}}2001
{{sortname|Shirley|Horne}}(1921–2007)2001
{{sortname|Philomena|Horsley}}2001Medical anthropologist and social inequalities advocate
{{sortname|Keran|Howe}}2010Advocate for women with disabilities
{{sortname|Josie|Howie}}2018Advocate for high risk youth
{{sortname|May|Hu}}2010Broadcaster and ambassador for Melbourne's Chinese community
{{sortname|Sian|Hughes}}2006Paediatrician
{{sortname|Jessica|Hull|Jessica Hull (Victoria)}}(1915–2000)2004Social activist for women's rights
{{sortname|Catherine|Humphreys|Catherine Humphreys (Victoria)}}2016Safety of women and children
{{sortname|Ruby|Hutchinson}}100px(1892–1974)2001Founder of Choice
{{sortname|Nellie|Ibbott}}100px(1889–1970)2001Victoria's first woman mayor
{{sortname|Nazra|Ibrahim}}(1963–)2002Community worker in the Islamic community
{{sortname|Adelaide Eliza|Ironside}}100px(1831–1867)2001Artist
{{sortname|Donna|Jackson|Donna Jackson (Australia)}}2001Founder of the Women's Circus
{{sortname|Helen|Jackson|Helen Jackson (educator)}}(1931–2021)2009Educator
{{sortname|Margaret|Jackson|dab=executive}}(1953–)2001Corporate executive
{{sortname|Marjorie|Jackson}}100px(1931–)2001Olympic athlete and former Governor of South Australia
Aunty {{sortname|Lola|James|Lola James (Victoria)}}(1941–2016)2021Yorta Yorta elder; aboriginal health, child welfare and foster care
{{sortname|Margaret Ellen|James}}(1939–)2021Advocate for women's right in universities
{{sortname|Ann|Jarvis|Ann Jarvis (farm manager)}}2005Farm manager and advocate of rural education
{{sortname|Anam|Javed}}2023Educator, founder of SistaHub
{{sortname|Sandy|Jeffs}}(1953–)2001SANE Australia ambassador
{{sortname|Mary Lou|Jelbart}}2015Radio presenter and artistic director of fortyfivedownstairs
{{sortname|Dagmar|Jenkins}}2020Providing people with cognitive and speech-related disabilities with access to tailored sexual assault response services
{{sortname|Kate|Jenkins}}100px(1968–)2023Gender equality activist
{{sortname|Misty|Jenkins}}2020Advocate for gender equity, Aboriginal health and education
{{sortname|Barbara|Jennings}}2007Community leader in women's health
{{sortname|Chris|Jennings|Chris Jennings (activist)}}2011Advocate for women with disabilities
{{sortname|Margaret|Jennings|Margaret Jennings (cricketer)}}(1949–)2009Cricketer
{{sortname|Yvonne|Jennings}}2012Community leader
{{sortname|Alana|Johnson}}2018Advocate for gender equality
{{sortname|Gertrude|Johnson}}100px(1894–1973)2005Coloratura soprano and founder of the National Theatre in Melbourne
Keeley Johnson

|

|

|2024

|

Aunty {{sortname|Melva|Johnson}}(1935–)2002Koori activist and community leader
{{sortname|Liz|Jones|Liz Jones (theatre director)}}(1946–)2002Actress and artistic director of La Mama Theatre
{{sortname|Mel|Jones}}100px(1972–)2017Cricketer and television cricket commentator
{{sortname|Jill|Joslyn}}2011Nurse, businesswoman and community services professional
{{sortname|Joy Sawiche|Juma}}2022Chair of the Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council
Kudzai Kanhutu

|

|

|2024

|

{{sortname|Olga|Kanitsaki}}2015Retired nurse specialising in transcultural health care issues
{{sortname|Aishwarya|Kansakar}}2022Automation professional
{{sortname|Stella|Kariofyllidis}}2001Councillor; first Greek-born Australian woman to become a mayor
{{sortname|Jana|Katerinskaja}}2023Senior human rights lawyer, advocate for family and sexual violence victim-survivors, and leader in police accountability reform
{{sortname|Margaret|Keats}}(1893–1970)2008Veterinary science pioneer
{{sortname|Marie|Kehoe}}2006Director at Australian Catholic University
{{sortname|Annette|Kellerman}}100px(1886–1975)2001Professional swimmer, vaudeville and film star, and writer. She was one of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, instead of the then accepted pantaloons, and inspired others to follow her example.
{{sortname|Catherine Mary|Kelly}}(–2015)2016Marginalised students
{{sortname|Moira|Kelly|Moira Kelly (humanitarian)}}(1964–)2014Humanitarian
{{sortname|Gaby|Kennard}}(1944–)2001First Australian woman to circumnavigate the globe by airplane
{{sortname|Mary|Kenneally}}2016Women in the arts and comedy
{{sortname|Kate|Kennedy|Kate Kennedy (Victoria)}}2021Human rights advocate
{{sortname|Elizabeth|Kenny}}100px(1880–1952)2001Nurse who promoted a controversial new approach to the treatment of poliomyelitis in the era before mass vaccination eradicated the disease in most countries. Her findings ran counter to conventional medical wisdom; they demonstrated the need to exercise muscles affected by polio instead of immobilizing them. Kenny's principles of muscle rehabilitation became the foundation of physical therapy, or physiotherapy.
{{sortname|Jill|Ker Conway}}(1934–2018)2001Academic and author
{{sortname|Nerida|Kerr}}2013
{{sortname|Sika|Kerry}}2008Advocate for women and migrants and the first woman councillor in Footscray
{{sortname|Zuleyha|Keskin}}2020Advocate for the Australian-Muslim community
Aayushi Khillan

|

|

|2024

|Health educator

{{sortname|Winifred|Kiek}}100px(1884–1975)2001In 1927 first woman ordained to Protestant Christian church in Australia
{{sortname|Lynne|Killeen}}2019Advocate for Aboriginal women in custody
{{sortname|Christine|Kilpatrick}}2014
{{sortname|Priscilla|Kincaid-Smith}}(1926–2015)2001Physician and researcher, specializing in nephrology
{{sortname|Skye|Kinder}}2021Health equality advocate
{{sortname|Bronwyn|King}}2018Anti-tobacco campaigner{{Cite web|url=http://www.vic.gov.au/dr-bronwyn-king|title=Dr Bronwyn King AO|website=www.vic.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2019-11-19}}
{{sortname|Donna|King|Donna King (prisoner advocate)}}2006Advocate for prisoners
{{sortname|Ethleen|King}}(1906–1999)2006Lawyer and founder of organisations
{{sortname|Ingeborg|King|Inge King}}100px(1915–2016)2016Sculptor
{{sortname|Rosanne|King}}2021Advocate for gender equality in sport
{{sortname|Rae|Kingsbury}}2017Former Mayor of Darebin
{{sortname|Aviva|Kipen}}(c. 1950–)2001Rabbi
{{sortname|Maria|Kirk}}(1855–1928)2001Temperance advocate and social reformer
{{sortname|Joan|Kirner}}100px(1938–2015)200142nd Premier of Victoria, the first woman to hold the position
{{sortname|Betty|Kitchener}}100px(1951–)2011Mental health educator who founded mental health first aid training
{{sortname|Leah|Kloot}}(1886–1962)2001
{{sortname|Emily|Kngwarreye}}(1910–1996)2001Aboriginal artist from the Utopia community in the Northern Territory. She is one of the most prominent and successful artists in the history of contemporary Indigenous Australian art
{{sortname|Licia|Kokocinski}}(1951–)2007Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1988 to 1996, representing Melbourne West Province. She was the first woman from a non-English speaking background to be elected to the Victorian parliament.
{{sortname|Ayse|Köksüz}}2006Turkish community leader
{{sortname|Kim|Koop}}2017Mental health advocate
{{sortname|Ellen|Koshland}}2018
{{sortname|Margo|Koskelainen}}2006Softball umpire
{{sortname|Lynne|Kosky}}100px(1958–2014)2015Member of Parliament and government minister
{{sortname|Jayashri|Kulkarni}}(c. 1958–)2011Mental health researcher
{{sortname|Ngarla|Kunoth-Monks|Rosalie Kunoth-Monks}}100px(1937–2022)2001
{{sortname|Louise|Kurczycki}}(1961–2014)2015Clinical nurse and researcher
{{sortname|Tamara|Kwarteng}}2020Advocate for equitable access to effective sexual and reproductive health programs in the Pacific
{{sortname|Jean|Laby}}(1915–2008)2009Pioneer atmospherics physicist
{{sortname|Marilyn|Lake}}(1949–)2006Historian known for her work on the effects of the military and war on Australian civil society, the political history of Australian women and Australian racism including the White Australia Policy and the movement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander human rights
{{sortname|Cuc|Lam}}2007Councillor active in the migrant community
{{sortname|Mary|Lambe}}(1912–2000)2001Guiding and social work
{{sortname|Toni|Lamond}}100px(1932–)2001Cabaret singer, stage and television actor, dancer and comedian
{{sortname|Taryn|Lane}}2021Community energy and community-led climate activist
{{sortname|Marcia|Langton}}100px(1951–)2001Leading Aboriginal scholar who holds the Foundation Chair in Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne
{{sortname|Eleanor|Latham}}100px(1878–1964)2001Charity worker
{{sortname|Carmen|Lawrence}}100px(1948–)2001Former Premier of Western Australia and the first woman to become Premier of a State of the Commonwealth of Australia
{{sortname|Marion|Lau}}2011Advocate for migrant women
{{sortname|Anna|Lavelle}}2022Chair of Medicines Australia
{{sortname|Deborah|Lawrie}}(1953–)2001Pilot
{{sortname|Louisa|Lawson}}100px(1848–1920)2001Poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist. She was the mother of the poet and author Henry Lawson.
{{sortname|Betty|Lawson}}(1920–)2003First woman President of the Technical Teachers Association of Victoria
{{sortname|Judith|Lazarus}}2013
{{sortname|Mary|Lee|Mary Lee (suffragist)}}100px(1821–1909)2001Irish-Australian suffragist and social reformer in South Australia
{{sortname|Ilma|Lever}}(1912–2003)2001Founding member of Disabled Motorists Australia
{{sortname|Sharon|Lewin}}100px(c. 1962–)2019Infectious disease physician and researcher
{{sortname|Pranee|Liamputtong}}2007Advocate for migrant women
{{sortname|Celeste|Liddle}}100px(1978–)2017Indigenous feminist and unionist
Belle W. X. Lim

|

|

|2024

|Youth leader

{{sortname|Joan|Lindros}}2001Environmentalist
{{sortname|Beryl|Lindsay}}2001Teacher
{{sortname|Nicole|Livingstone}}(1971–)2006Olympic swimmer, television sports commentator, and radio presenter
{{sortname|Jenny|Lloyd}}2021Bushfire recovery work
{{sortname|Lorna|Lloyd-Green}}(1910–2002)2001Obstetrician and gynecologist
{{sortname|Susan|Lockwood}}(–2009)2005Advocate for breast cancer survivors
{{sortname|Morag|Loh}}(1935–2019)2008Writer, historian and teacher
{{sortname|Sherene|Loi}}2022Oncologist
{{sortname|Rafaela|Lopez}}2017Historian, social researcher and advocate for refugees
Aunty {{sortname|Iris|Lovett-Gardiner}}(1926–2004)2001Founder of Aboriginal Community Elders Services (ACES)
{{sortname|Selba-Gondoza|Luka}}2021Youth mental health of African-Australians
{{sortname|Margaret|Lusink}}(1922–)2004Leader in law, women's health and education
{{sortname|Lottie|Lyell}}100px(1890–1925)2001Actress, screenwriter, editor and filmmaker. Lyell is regarded as Australia's first film star, and also contributed to the local industry during the silent era with her collaborations with Raymond Longford.
{{sortname|Helen|Lynch|Helen Lynch (Australia)}}(1943–)2001First female chief general manager of a bank in Australia
{{sortname|Enid|Lyons}}100px(1897–1981)2001First woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives as well as the first woman appointed to the federal Cabinet. Prior to these achievements, she was best known as the wife of the Premier of Tasmania and later Prime Minister of Australia, Joseph Lyons.
{{sortname|Elizabeth|Macarthur}}100px(1766–1850)2001The first soldier's wife to arrive in New South Wales, Macarthur held court amongst officers of the New South Wales Corps, naval officers and members of the colonial administration.
{{sortname|Natalie|MacDonald}}2020Public sector policy reformer
{{sortname|Maryclare|Machen}}2015Executive Officer of the Eastern Domestic Violence Service
{{sortname|Jean|Macnamara}}(1899–1968)2001Australian medical doctor and scientist, best known for her contributions to children's health and welfare
{{sortname|Jessica|Macpherson}}2017
{{sortname|Helen|Macrae}}2008Advocate for adult and community education
{{sortname|Judy|Maddigan}}(1948–)2001Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2003 to 2005. She was the member for the seat of Essendon from 1996 to 2010, representing the Australian Labor Party.
{{sortname|Eve|Mahlab}}(1937–)2001Co-founder and convener of the Australian Women Donors Network
{{sortname|Gloria|Mahoney}}2009Promoter of volunteerism
{{sortname|Bertha|Main}}(1873–1957)2007Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
{{sortname|Malvina|Malinek}}(1937–)2015Women and migrant women's rights activist
{{sortname|Rosemary|Malone}}2015Activist for the disabled and disadvantaged
{{sortname|Tricia|Malowney}}2013
{{sortname|Ida|Mann}}(1893–1983)2001Ophthalmologist who diagnosed a trachoma epidemic amongst Indigenous people in the Kimberleys and traveled extensively in Western Australia in order to examine and treat Indigenous Australians.
{{sortname|Kerryn|Manning}}(1976–)2006Harness racer
{{sortname|Patti|Manolis}}2016Librarianship
{{sortname|Helen|Marcou}}2017Activist and advocate for Victorian music industry
{{sortname|Betty|Marginson}}(1923–2015)2001Councillor, teacher and community activist
{{sortname|Melba|Marginson}}2001Commissioner, Filipino women's activist
{{sortname|Hyllus|Maris}}(1933–1986)2001
{{sortname|Ivy|Marks}}2005Leader in the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Community
{{sortname|Fay|Marles}}(1926–2024)2010First Equal Opportunity Commissioner and the first woman Chancellor at the University of Melbourne
{{sortname|Felicity|Marlowe}}2019Campaigner for the rights of diverse families and the LGBTIQ community
{{sortname|Carol|Martin|Carol Martin (politician)}}(1957–)2001Member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Kimberley for the Australian Labor Party, having first been elected to that position in 2001 following the retirement of Ernie Bridge. She was the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to any Australian Federal, State or Territory Parliament.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/Memblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Martin,+Carol+Anne?opendocument|publisher=parliament.wa.gov.au|title=Member List | Western Australian Parliament Website |access-date=13 December 2016}}
{{sortname|Sue|Maslin}}2018
{{sortname|Bernice|Masterson}}2001First Australian female assistant commissioner of police
Aunty {{sortname|Frances|Mathyssen-Briggs}}(1929–2023)2001Yorta Yorta elder and Aboriginal community leader
{{sortname|Helen|Mayo}}100px(1878–1967)2001Medical doctor and medical educator
{{sortname|Danielle|Mazza}}2020Improving the lives of women, particularly the most disadvantaged, through access to better sexual and reproductive health care
{{sortname|Janice|McCarthy}}2010Military nursing leader
{{sortname|Lorna|McConchie}}(1914–2001)2004Physical educator and netball administrator
{{sortname|Isabella|McDonagh|Marie Lorraine}}100px(1899–1982)2001Actor
{{sortname|Paulette|McDonagh}}100px(1901–1978)2001Film director
{{sortname|Phyllis|McDonagh}}100px(1900–1978)2001Film producer and production designer
{{sortname|Carol|McDonough}}2008Community activist
{{sortname|Mary|McGowan|Mary McGowan (nurse)}}2019Paediatric oncology nurse
{{sortname|Lee|McIntosh}}2001
{{sortname|Heather|McKay}}(1941–)2001Squash player
{{sortname|Kristy|McKellar}}2017
{{sortname|Florence|McKenzie}}100px(1890–1982)2001Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC) and lifelong promoter for technical education for women.{{cite web |url= http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/mckenzie_violet |title = McKenzie, Violet | author = Catherine Freyne | year = 2010 |work = Dictionary of Sydney |publisher = Dictionary of Sydney Trust |access-date = 5 January 2012}}
{{sortname|Shirley|McKerrow}}(1933–2023)2001
{{sortname|Mary|MacKillop}}100px(1842–1909)2001Australian nun who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross. She was a co-founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (the Josephites), a congregation of religious sisters that established a number of schools and welfare institutions throughout Australia and New Zealand, with an emphasis on education for the rural poor.
Catriona McLean

|

|

|2024

|

{{sortname|Fiona|McLeod|Fiona McLeod (barrister)}}100px(1964–)2014Barrister
{{sortname|Margaret|McLorinan}}(1887–1932)2002Founder of the Obstetrics Department at the Queen Victoria Hospital
{{sortname|Ruth|McNair}}2017
{{sortname|Elizabeth Grace|McNeill}}(1868–1946)2020First woman to serve in an executive role in any form of government administration in Victoria
{{sortname|Hilary|McPhee}}(1941–)2001Publisher, editor and businessperson
{{sortname|Doris|McRae}}(1893–1988)2001
{{sortname|Effie|Meehan}}2006Community worker with disabled migrants
{{sortname|Joy|Mein}}(1918–2015)2001First female State President of a major political party in Australia
{{sortname|Nellie|Melba}}100px(1861–1931)2001Operatic soprano who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century. She was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician.
{{sortname|Shanleigh|Meldrum}}2023Sensory disability professional and volunteer with the Victoria State Emergency Service
{{sortname|Jean|Melzer}}100px(1926–2013)2006Senator representing the Australian Labor Party and Victoria
{{sortname|Carmen|Mendez|Carmen Mendez (Australia)}}2023Founder and Managing Director of More Than Support disability services agency
{{sortname|Valli|Mendez}}2009Advocate for sex industry workers
{{sortname|Voula|Messimeri-Kianidis}}2007Advocate for migrant women
{{sortname|Janet|Michelmore}}2013
{{sortname|Maggie|Millar}}(1941–)2007Actress
Aunty {{sortname|Merle|Miller|Merle Miller (Victoria)}}2022Yorta Yorta woman, educator, community leader emotional and spiritual wellbeing support worker, and writer{{Cite news |last=Saudie |first=Yousseff |date=7 June 2022 |title=Rocked by a spate of suicides, Shepparton's Aboriginal community is using culture to turn the tide |work=National Indigenous Times |url=https://nit.com.au/07-06-2022/3207/rocked-by-a-spate-of-suicides-sheppartons-aboriginal-community-is-using-culture-to-turn-the-tide |access-date=17 October 2023}}{{Cite web |date=2023-06-14 |title=Aunty Merle Miller |url=https://www.vic.gov.au/aunty-merle-miller |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=www.vic.gov.au |language=en-AU}}
{{sortname|Leanne|Miller|Leanne Miller (activist)}}(1963–)2004Indigenous affairs activist
{{sortname|Natalie|Miller}}2017
{{sortname|Nancy|Millis}}(1922–2012)2003Microbiologist, who introduced fermentation technologies to Australia and created the first applied microbiology course taught in an Australian university.
{{sortname|Karen|Milward}}2022Aboriginal consultant
{{sortname|Noreen|Minogue}}2001Australian Red Cross volunteer
{{sortname|Anne|Mitchell|Anne Mitchell (Victoria)}}2015Community development worker and adult sexual health educator
{{sortname|Christina|Mitchell}}2015Medical research scientist and academic leader
{{sortname|Elizabeth|Mitchell|Elizabeth Mitchell (Australia)}}(1864–1948)2001
{{sortname|Heather|Mitchell|Heather Mitchell (farmer)}}(1917–1999)2001Farmer
{{sortname|Merle|Mitchell}}(1934–2021)2001
{{sortname|Roma|Mitchell}}100px(1913–2000)2001First Australian woman to be a judge, a Queen's Counsel, a chancellor of an Australian university and the Governor of an Australian state.
{{sortname|Vicki|Mitsos}}2001
{{sortname|Tracey|Moffatt}}(1960–)2001Photography and video artist
{{sortname|Halima|Mohamud}}2008Advocate for Somali women
{{sortname|Helen|Monkivitch}}(1942–)2014RSM AO
{{sortname|Joan|Montgomery}}(1925–2024)2004Leading educator
{{sortname|Anna|Moo}}2017
{{sortname|Eleanor|Moore|Eleanor Moore (activist)}}(1875–1949)2008Pacifist and women's rights activist
{{sortname|Patricia|Moore|Patricia Moore (physician)}}2020Women's health expert
{{sortname|Shorna|Moore}}2022Leader in the justice, youth and homelessness sectors{{Cite web |last=@dramitsarwal |date=2022-10-12 |title=Anjali and Aishwarya shine in Victorian Honour Roll of Women - The Australia Today |url=https://www.theaustraliatoday.com.au/anjali-and-aishwarya-shine-in-victorian-honour-roll-of-women/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |language=en-AU}}
{{sortname|Maxine|Morand}}100px(1959–)2020Advocate for women's rights, equality and healthcare
{{sortname|Barbara|Morgan|Barbara Morgan (surf lifesaver)}}2008Surf lifesaving leader
{{sortname|Leonie|Morgan}}2001
{{sortname|Edith Joyce|Morgan}}(1919–2004)2005Social and economic justice activist
{{sortname|Belinda|Morieson}}(1942–)2001Nursing leader and unionist
Jennifer Morris

|

|

|2024

|

{{sortname|Lorna|Morris}}2019Owner/editor of Numurkah Leader
{{sortname|Michal|Morris}}2022CEO of inTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence
{{sortname|May|Moss}}(1869–1948)2008Suffragist, welfare worker and women's rights activist
{{sortname|Myrtle|Muir|Myrtle Muir (Koori elder) }}(1932–2009)2002Koori elder and community worker
{{sortname|Brigitte|Muir}}(1958–)2001First Australian woman to climb Everest
{{sortname|Josie|Mullet}}2005Leader in the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Community
{{sortname|Elisabeth|Murdoch|Elisabeth Murdoch (philanthropist)}}100px(1909–2012)2001Philanthropist; widow of newspaper publisher Sir Keith Murdoch and the mother of Rupert Murdoch
{{sortname|Joy|Murphy}}2020Longest serving policewoman in Australasia
Aunty {{sortname|Joy|Murphy Wandin}}2001Indigenous Australian, Senior Wurundjeri elder of the Kulin alliance in Victoria, Australia. She has given the traditional welcome to country greeting at many Melbourne events and to many distinguished visitors
{{sortname|Brenda|Murray}}(1930–)2003Councillor and community worker in East Gippsland
{{sortname|Sue|Nattrass}}(1941–)2001First female artistic director of the Melbourne International Arts Festival
{{sortname|Marcia|Neave}}(1944–)2006Justice appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeals division in 2006
{{sortname|Deborah|Neesham}}2008Gynaecological oncologist
{{sortname|Judith|Newnham}}2001Australian Red Cross volunteer
{{sortname|Cam|Nguyen}}(1940–)2003Advocate for immigrants who helped establish the Australian Vietnamese Women's Welfare Association
{{sortname|Vivienne Vy|Nguyen}}(1971–)2002Advocate for Vietnamese youth
{{sortname|Gladys|Nicholls}}(1908–1961)2008Indigenous community leader
{{sortname|Sandra|Nicholson}}2008Victoria Police officer
{{sortname|Elizabeth|Nissen}}(1918–2016)2001
{{sortname|Christine|Nixon}}100px(1953–)2001Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 2001 to 2009
{{sortname|Mary Anne|Noone}}2010Community and legal advocate
{{sortname|Oodgeroo|Noonuccal}}100px(1920–1993)2001Poet, political activist, artist and educator. She was also a campaigner for Aboriginal rights.{{cite web | last = Land | first = Clare | title = Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993) | publisher=Australian Women's Archives Project | date = 26 August 2002 | url = http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0082b.htm | access-date =14 March 2007 }} Oodgeroo was best known for her poetry, and was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse."Oodgeroo Noonuccal." Encyclopedia of World Biography Supplement, Vol. 27. Gale, 2007
{{sortname|Ada|Norris}}(1901–1989)2001Women's rights activist and community worker. She founded the UNAA National Status of Women Network in 1974 and served as President of Australia's National Council of Women. In 1975 Norris headed the Australian International Women's Year Committee.
{{sortname|Casey|Nunn}}2019Leader in civic responsibility and emergency services
{{sortname|Margaret|Oates}}(1909–1998)2001
Julie Oberin

|

|

|2024

|

{{sortname|Elizabeth|O'Brien}}2005Educator of women prisoners
{{sortname|Ailsa|O'Connor}}(1921–1980)2001Sculptor
{{sortname|Deirdre|O'Connor}}(1941–2024)2001
Manjula Datta O’Connor

|

|

|2024

|

{{sortname|Margaret|O'Connor|Margaret O'Connor (academic)}}2023Palliative care
{{sortname|Bridie|O'Donnell}}100px(1974–)2021Gender equality in sport
{{sortname|Lowitja|O'Donoghue}}100px(1932–2024)2001Aboriginal Australian retired public administrator. She was inaugural chairperson of the now dissolved Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).
{{sortname|Robyn E.|O'Hehir}}2019Allergy and asthma researcher
{{sortname|Marjorie|Oke}}(1911–2003)2002Social justice activist and campaigner for Indigenous rights
{{sortname|Nilgun|Olcayoz}}(1951–)2004Turkish community leader
{{sortname|Clare|Oliver}}(1981–2007)2009Journalist who campaigned to ban the use of tanning beds before dying from melanoma.
{{sortname|Lecki|Ord}}2001Architect and the first woman to be Lord Mayor of Melbourne
{{sortname|Ethel|Osborne}}100px(1882–1968)2008Advocate for better working conditions for women
{{sortname|Lucy|Osburn}}(1836–1891)2001Founder of modern nursing in Australia
{{sortname|Pat|O'Shane}}(1941–)2001Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales and former head of the New South Wales Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Chancellor of the University of New England
{{sortname|Sheila|O'Sullivan}}

|

|(1944–)

|2004

|Leading public relations professional

{{sortname|Mary|Owen|Mary Owen (activist)}}(1921–2017)2001Feminist and unionist; co-founder of the Working Women's Centre in Melbourne{{Cite web|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0011b.htm|title=Owen, Mary|website=The Australian Women's Register|language=en|access-date=8 April 2016}}
{{sortname|Nettie|Palmer}}(1885–1964)2001Poet, essayist and leading literary critic
{{sortname|Rosetta|Parisotto}}2009Advocate for women councillors and multicultural communities
{{sortname|Judith|Parker|dab=academic}}(1950–)2001
{{sortname|Milly|Parker}}2014
{{sortname|Debra|Parkinson}}2022Researcher on gender and violence during disaster
{{sortname|Anne|Parton}}2023Vice President of the National Council of Women Victoria and President of the National Council of Women Geelong
{{sortname|Bruna|Pasqua}}2007Advocate for migrant communities
{{sortname|Mary|Paton}}2001Co-founder of the Nursing Mothers' Association
{{sortname|Sharon|Paton|Sharon Paton (policewoman)}}2020Gunai policewoman advocating for Aboriginal women
Rochelle Patten

|

|

|2024

|

{{sortname|Georgia|Paxton}}2016Refugees and asylum seekers
{{sortname|Michelle|Payne}}100px(1985–)2016First woman jockey to win the Melbourne Cup
{{sortname|Millie|Peacock}}100px(1870–1948)2002First woman elected to the Parliament of Victoria
{{sortname|Colleen|Pearce|Colleen Pearce (public advocate)}}2016Public advocate
{{sortname|Muriel|Peck}}(1882–1947)2001Sister and nurse in the infant welfare movement in Victoria in the first half of the 20th century{{Cite web |title=Sister Muriel Peck |url=https://www.vic.gov.au/sister-muriel-peck |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=Victorian Womens Honour Roll}}
Aunty {{sortname|Pam|Pedersen}}2018Yorta Yorta elder
{{sortname|Lois|Peeler}}2020Aboriginal educator
{{sortname|Kerryn|Pennell}}2021Youth mental health advocate
{{sortname|Nova|Peris}}100px(1971–)2001Olympic athlete
Aunty {{sortname|Dot|Peters}}(1930–2019)2011Aboriginal elder and community leader
{{sortname|Cindy|Pham}}2023Professor, creator of 'The Scholar Diaries' Instagram
{{sortname|Anushka Vandani|Phal}}2023Psychologist
{{sortname|Anne|Phelan}}(1944–2019)2008Actress and HIV activist
{{sortname|Kristine|Pierce}}2022Advocate for those with disability and rare diseases
{{sortname|Karleen|Plunkett}}2015Disability rights
{{sortname|Ann|Polis}}2020Improving justice and education in the community
{{sortname|Yasmin|Poole}}2021Writer and youth advocate
{{sortname|Muriel Lylie|Porter}}2009Campaigner for equality in the Anglican Church
{{sortname|Maureen|Postma}}2007General secretary of the Victorian Council of Churches
{{sortname|Janet|Powell}}100px(1942–2013)2001Senator for Victoria, representing the Australian Democrats and later the Australian Greens
{{sortname|Jeanne|Pratt}}2001Journalist, philanthropist, and spouse of Richard Pratt
{{sortname|Joyce|Price}}(1915–2009)2006Leader of Girl Guides Australia and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).
{{sortname|Thelma|Prior}}(1922–2012)2003Union leader and advocate for women's rights
{{sortname|Susan|Provan}}2017Director of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival[https://www.vic.gov.au/women/victorian-honour-roll-of-women/victorian-honour-roll-details-page.html?honour-roll_id=34 Susan Provan (2017)]
{{sortname|Wendy|Poussard}}2011International development worker
{{sortname|Tara|Rajkumar}}(1948–)2001
{{sortname|Asha|Rao}}2021Advocate for gender equality in mathematical sciences
{{sortname|Margaret|Ray|Margaret Ray (Australian politician)}}(1933–2017)2009Social justice advocate
{{sortname|Dorothy Jean|Reading}}(–2019)2020Cancer control and prevention activities in Victoria, Australia, and globally
{{sortname|Fanny|Reading}}100px(1884–1974)2010Social justice activist
{{sortname|Dimity|Reed}}(1942–)2003Architect and promoter of public housing and urban design
{{sortname|Mary|Reibey}}100px(1777–1855)2001Englishwoman who was transported to Australia as a convict but went on to become a successful businesswoman in Sydney
{{sortname|Jill|Reichstein}}2001
{{sortname|Belle|Reid|Belle Bruce Reid}}100px(1883–1945)2007Pioneer veterinary surgeon
{{sortname|Elizabeth Anne|Reid}}100px(1942–)2001Development practitioner, feminist and academic with a distinguished career in and significant contribution to national and international public service. She founded, established and worked with a number of pioneering and specialised United Nations institutions, government agencies and non-governmental organisations. Reid was appointed the world's first advisor on women's affairs to a head of state by the Australian Labor Government of Gough Whitlam in 1973.{{cite web|title=Reid, Elizabeth Anne (1942–)|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0023b.htm|work=The Australian Women's Register|access-date=19 August 2012}}
{{sortname|Margaret|Reid|Margaret Reid (politician)}}100px(1935–)2001First woman to be President of the Australian Senate
{{sortname|Marilyn|Renfree}}(1947–)2019Zoologist and conservationist
{{sortname|Irene|Renzenbrink}}2001Founding member of the National Association for Loss and Grief
{{sortname|Brenda|Richards}}2011Founding member of the Council of Single Mothers and their Children
{{sortname|Fay Patricia|Richards}}2016Disabilities
{{sortname|Ethel|Richardson}}100px(1870–1946)2001
{{sortname|Ngardarb Francine|Riches}}(1964–2024)2015Bardi artist
{{sortname|Bessie|Rischbieth}}100px(1874–1967)2001Influential and early Australian feminist and social activist. A leading or founding member of many social reform groups, such as the Women's Service Guilds, the Australian Federation of Women Voters and their periodical The Dawn, Rischbieth sought to establish international campaigns for social change and human rights.
{{sortname|Debra|Robertson}}2022Commander in charge of Intel Covert Support Command at Victoria Police
{{sortname|Mavis|Robertson}}(1930–2015)2001
{{sortname|Irene|Robins}}(1916–2000)2001
{{sortname|Ute|Roessner}}(1971–)2020Professor researching metabolomics
{{sortname|Mary Catherine|Rogers}}(1872–1932)2001Community and political worker{{cite web|last=Cunneen|first=Chris|title=Rogers, Mary Catherine (1872–1932)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rogers-mary-catherine-13173|publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|access-date=19 August 2012|author2=Torney, Kim }}
{{sortname|Wendy|Rose|Wendy Rose (activist)}}2012Co-founder and first President of the International Women's Development Agency
{{sortname|Doreen|Rosenthal}}(1938–)2007Researcher into sexuality and reproductive health
{{sortname|Melodie Potts|Rosevear}}2020Working to overcome educational disadvantage
{{sortname|Coral|Ross}}2019Mayor Emeritus of Boroondara Council
{{sortname|Dominica|Rossi}}(1937–2011)2001
{{sortname|Jane|Rowe}}2012Advocate for vulnerable children and founder of the Mirabel Foundation
{{sortname|Marilyn|Rowe}}(1946–)2001First graduate of the Australian Ballet School to be appointed its director, in 1999
{{sortname|Janice|Rowley}}2020Advocate for human rights of people with disabilities
{{sortname|Nicola|Roxon}}100px(1967–)2014Former Attorney-General of Australia and member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the seat of Gellibrand
{{sortname|Jodie|Ryan}}(1975–)2003Indigenous leader
{{sortname|Shabnam|Safa}}2021Afghan Hazara refugee; supporter of refugees
{{sortname|Nouria|Salehi}}100px2021Nuclear physicist and biophysicist in Afghanistan and Australia
{{sortname|Mary|Salce}}2001Dairy farmer involved in agricultural politics
{{sortname|Shirley Neta|Sampson}}(1927–2007)2009Pioneer in girls' education
{{sortname|Liberty|Sanger}}2019Advocate and change agent for gender equality, women's rights and social justice
{{sortname|Louisa Angelina|Santospirito}}(1895–1983)2001
{{sortname|Val|Sarah}}2006First female announcer on BTV6 in Ballarat
{{sortname|Delys|Sargeant}}(1927–2017)2012Educator, medical scientist, and advocate for human rights
{{sortname|Louise|Sauvage}}100px(1973–)2001Paralympic wheelchair racer
{{sortname|Susan|Sawyer}}2013
{{sortname|Vera|Scantlebury Brown}}(1889–1946)2001Medical practitioner and pediatrician
{{sortname|Jane|Scarlett}}(1940–2010)2011Teacher and leader with Girl Guides and the Salvation Army
{{sortname|Carol|Schwartz|Carol Schwartz (businesswoman)}}(1995–)2011Businesswoman, board member and community advocate
{{sortname|Evelyn|Scott|Evelyn Scott (activist)}}(1935–2017)2001Chair of the National Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and advocate for Indigenous Australians{{cite web|title=Evelyn Scott|url=http://indigenousrights.net.au/person.asp?pID=984|publisher=National Museum of Australia|access-date=19 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410181108/http://indigenousrights.net.au/person.asp?pID=984|archive-date=10 April 2013|url-status=dead}}
{{sortname|Joan|Scott|Joan Scott (Victoria)}}2019Advocate for people with disability or mental illness in the Victorian justice system
{{sortname|Margaret|Scott|Margaret Scott (dancer)}}(1922–2019)2001South African-born dancer who participated in the negotiations with the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust that led to the formation of The Australian Ballet in 1962. Scott was appointed director of the Australian Ballet School in 1964, heading the school until 1990.
{{sortname|Jocelynne|Scutt}}(1947–)2001Feminist lawyer, writer and commentator
{{sortname|Peta|Searle}}2017
{{sortname|Lorraine|Sellings}}2005Leader in the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Community
{{sortname|Frances|Separovic}}100px(c. 1954–)2018Change agent
{{sortname|Kay|Setches}}(1944–)2001
{{sortname|Hannah Mary Helen|Sexton}}(1863–1950)2007Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
{{sortname|Anne|Sgro}}2005Community activist
{{sortname|Anjali|Sharma|Anjali Sharma (climate activist)}}(2004–)2022Climate activist
{{sortname|Sylvie|Shaw}}2001Co-founder of the Working Women's Centre in Melbourne
{{sortname|Leonie|Sheedy}}2020CEO and co-founder of Care Leavers Australasia Network (CLAN)
{{sortname|Michelle|Sheppard}}2023Gender equity advocate
{{sortname|Una|Shergold}}2001Pioneer in women and children's health
{{sortname|Sunila|Shrivastava}}2021Leader of Indian community
{{sortname|Rien|Silverstein}}2008Advocate for rural women
{{sortname|Virginia|Simmons}}2011Advocate for vocational education
{{sortname|Diane|Sisely}}2011Chief Executive and Conciliator of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission
Judy Small

|

|

|2024

|

Dalal Smiley

|

|

|2024

|

{{sortname|Ann|Smith|Ann Smith (Australia)}}2022Head of the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre, established the Prevention Outbreak Plan Improvement Program
{{sortname|Fiona|Smith|Fiona Smith (activist)}}2012Public interest lawyer and Chair of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission from 2003 to 2008
{{sortname|Helen|Smith|Helen Smith (fencer)}}(1953–)2010Olympic fencing champion and first Australian woman to become a qualified Fencing Master at Arms
{{sortname|Jill|Smith|Jill Smith (theatre administrator)}}(1948–)2003Theatre administrator at the Playbox Theatre
{{sortname|Catherine Helen|Spence}}100px(1825–1910)2001Author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragette
{{sortname|Nancy|Spence|Nancy Spence (Australia)}}2001
{{sortname|Melinda|Spencer}}2020Advocate for people with autism
{{sortname|Faye|Spiteri}}2019Advocate for human rights and gender equity
{{sortname|Fleur|Spitzer}}2004Philanthropist and feminist
Aunty {{sortname|Maria|Starcevic}}(1933–2011)2010Advocate for Indigenous communities
{{sortname|Cathie|Steele}}2023Improving food security for regional communities{{Cite web |date=2023-10-12 |title=Cathie Steele |url=https://www.vic.gov.au/cathie-steele |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=www.vic.gov.au |language=en-AU}}
{{sortname|Wendy|Steendam}}2017
{{sortname|Sarah|Stegley}}(1951–)2001Founder of Women in Philanthropy
{{sortname|Anna|Stewart|Anna Stewart (activist)}}100px(1947–1983)2001Trade union official and pioneering advocate for women's rights in labour law
{{sortname|Nellie|Stewart}}100px(1858–1931)2001Actress and singer, known as "Our Nell" and "Sweet Nell"
{{sortname|Fay|Stewart-Muir}}2020Aboriginal Elder and Boon Wurrung language educator
{{sortname|Lilian|Stojanovska}}(1952–)2004Macedonian community leader and international educator
{{sortname|Emily Mary Page|Stone|Mary Page Stone}}100px(1865–1910)2007Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
{{sortname|Grace Clara|Stone|Clara Stone}}129x129px(1860–1957)2007Co-founder of Queen Victoria Hospital
{{sortname|Constance|Stone}}100px(1856–1902)2001First woman to practice medicine in Australia. Stone played an important role in founding the Queen Victoria Hospital in Melbourne
{{sortname|Cecile|Storey}}100px(1933–1997)2004Feminist, human rights and equal opportunity campaigner
{{sortname|Jessie|Street}}100px(1889–1970)2001Suffragette, feminist and human rights campaigner
{{sortname|Shirley|Strickland}}100px(1925–2004)2001Athlete who won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports
{{sortname|Maha|Sukkar}}2018
{{sortname|Anne|Summers}}100px(1945–)2001Writer, columnist, feminist, editor and publisher. She was formerly Australia's First Assistant Secretary of the Office of the Status of Women.
{{sortname|Selina|Sutherland}}100px(1839–1909)2010Social justice activist and advocate for neglected children
{{sortname|Lyn|Swinburne}}100px(1952–)2002Women's advocate, inspirational speaker and founder of Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA)
{{sortname|Dorothy|Tangney}}100px(1911–1985)2001Politician and the first woman member of the Australian Senate
{{sortname|Collette|Tayler}}File:Collette Tayler.jpg(1951–2017)

| 2018

Contribution to early childhood education
{{sortname|Bronwyn|Taylor|nolink=1}}(1962–2005)2004Pre-school teacher and community volunteer
{{sortname|Jean|Taylor|Jean Taylor (activist)}}(1944–)2002Feminist and lesbian activist
{{sortname|Mavis|Taylor}}(1915–2007)2003Humanitarian who worked for the people of East Timor
{{sortname|Gwynnyth|Taylor}}(1915–1998)2001Conservationist
{{sortname|Florence|Taylor}}100px(1879–1969)2001First qualified female architect and the first woman to train as an engineer in Australia
{{sortname|Helena|Teede}}2012Professor and community health advocate
{{sortname|Judy|Tegart-Dalton}}(1937–)2019Advocate for the advancement of female tennis players
{{sortname|Katherine|Teh-White}}2003Campaigner against sexual harassment
{{sortname|Michelle|Telfer}}(1974–)2022Paediatrician and adolescent medicine physician
{{sortname|Mary|Temby}}2001
{{sortname|Ethel Mary|Temby}}(1914–2012)2001
{{sortname|Wai-Hong|Tham}}2023Malaria and infectious disease specialist
{{sortname|Doreen|Thomas}}2019Academic and advocate for women in engineering and mathematics
{{sortname|Trang|Thomas}}2005Advocate for migrant health
{{sortname|Freda|Thompson}}100px(1909–1980)2001Pioneer aviator and the first Australian woman to fly solo from the United Kingdom to Australia
{{sortname|Linda|Thompson|Linda Thompson (artistic director)}}2022Artistic director, producer, stage director and soprano
{{sortname|Christine|Tippett}}2017Obstetrician and gynaecologist improving maternal health, founder Monash Health Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit
{{sortname|Jean|Tom}}(1922–2017)2001
{{sortname|Pauline|Toner}}(1935–1989)2001First female cabinet minister in the Parliament of Victoria
{{sortname|Ann|Tonks}}2013Arts Management practitioner, academic and consultant
{{sortname|Patricia|Toop}}2016Workers' rights
{{sortname|Thanh-Kham|Tran-Dang}}2020Australian-Vietnamese community worker
{{sortname|Gaye|Tripodi}}2012Horticulture industry leader
{{sortname|Judith|Troeth}}100px(1940–)2012Member of the Australian Senate
{{sortname|Kim Thien|Truong}}2020Advocate for multiculturalism, the environment and prevention of violence against women
{{sortname|Lalisha|Thapa}}2023Vice President of the Nepalese Association of Victoria and establisher of the NAV Women's Forum
{{sortname|Marge|Tucker|Margaret Tucker}}(1904–1996)2001Indigenous activist and writer
{{sortname|Betul|Tuna}}2023Executive Officer of Point of Difference Studio
{{sortname|Elizabeth|Turnbull|Elizabeth Turnbull (Australia)}}(1920–2018)2001
{{sortname|Elda|Vaccari}}(1912–2007)2001Italian community figure
{{sortname|Jessie|Vasey}}100px(1897–1966)2001Founder and President of the War Widows' Guild of Australia. Honoured in 2001 and 2008.
{{sortname|Peggy|van Praagh}}100px(1910–1990)2011Ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, repetiteur, producer, advocate and director
{{sortname|Marisa|Vedar}}2021Filipino community leader, working on bushfire and COVID-19 pandemic relief
{{sortname|Svetha|Venkatesh}}2018
{{sortname|Claire|Vickery}}2005Campaigner against eating disorders
Aunty {{sortname|Joan Agnes|Vickery}}2016Gunditjmara elder, Aboriginal health
{{sortname|Hong|Vo}}(1957–)2001Vietnamese Australian social worker from Melbourne and member of pro-democracy organization Viet Tan who was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam in 2010 for participating in a peaceful political demonstration in Hanoi, Vietnam affirming Vietnam's sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly islands
{{sortname|Beverley|Vollenhoven}}2019Reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist
{{sortname|Kay|Vrieze}}2007Counsellor for Nursing Mothers Australia and community worker in Narre Warren
{{sortname|Manasi|Wagh}}2023Financial literacy
{{sortname|Joanne|Wainer}}(1946–)2002Health activist
{{sortname|Noel|Waite}}2001
{{sortname|Sally Ann|Walker|Sally Walker (academic)}}2014
{{sortname|Jude|Wallace}}2001
{{sortname|Therese|Walsh}}100px(1971/1972–)2013
{{sortname|Sylvia|Walton}}100px(1941–2024)2014
{{sortname|Lyn|Warren}}2019Aboriginal Elder and cultural awareness educator
{{sortname|Gai|Waterhouse}}(1954–)2001Horse trainer, businesswoman and former actress
{{sortname|Kathryn|Watt|Kathy Watt}}100px(1964–)2019Racing cyclist and photographer
{{sortname|Betty|Watson}}(–2022)2006Olympic basketball player
{{sortname|Kathleen|Watson}}2013
{{sortname|Kaele|Way}}2007City of Whitehorse Councillor and proponent of local governance
{{sortname|Ivy|Weber}}100px(1892–1976)2001First woman elected at a general election in Victoria and the first non-major party woman in Australia to win a seat
{{sortname|Rachel|Webster}}(1951–)2010Astrophysicist and researcher on climate change and alternative energy
{{sortname|Ellen|Weeks}}2001Councillor
{{sortname|Wendy|Weeks}}(1943–2004)2005Women's rights activist
{{sortname|Christine|Welsh|Christine Welsh (Australia)}}2022Unit controller of Victorian State Emergency Service Seymour Unit
{{sortname|Eva|West}}(1888–1969)2018
{{sortname|Janet|Whiting}}2015Corporate lawyer and not-for-profit director
{{sortname|Jennifer|Wills|Jennifer Wills (councillor)}}2008Fitzroy City Councillor and advocate of social planning
{{sortname|Beth|Wilson}}2008Victoria's Health Services Commissioner
{{sortname|Jan|Wilson|Jan Wilson (Australian politician)}}(1939–2010)2017Politician, chairman of Greyhound Racing Victoria, and animal welfare activist {{cite web |url=http://www.vic.gov.au/women/women-s-leadership/victorian-honour-roll-of-women/victorian-honour-roll-details-page.html?honour-roll_id=44 |title=Mrs Jan Wilson OAM (28 July 1939 – 5 March 2010) |website=State of Victoria |access-date=4 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904205323/http://www.vic.gov.au/women/women-s-leadership/victorian-honour-roll-of-women/victorian-honour-roll-details-page.html?honour-roll_id=44 |archive-date=4 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}
{{sortname|Linzi|Wilson-Wilde}}2014
{{sortname|E. Marelyn|Wintour-Coghlan}}2014Physiologist who has focused her career on the endocrinology of the pregnant mother and foetus
{{sortname|Margaret|Wirrpunda}}(1936–)2003Advocate for Indigenous Australians
{{sortname|Carolyn|Worth}}2012Social justice advocate and campaigner for victims of sexual assault
{{sortname|Diane|Wright}}2013
Aunty {{sortname|Wilma|Xiberras}}(1942–2015)2001Wurundjeri elder
Jun Yang

|

|

|2024

|

Aunty {{sortname|Bessie|Yarram}}(1938–)2008Indigenous leader
{{sortname|Barbara|Yeoh}}2015
{{sortname|Dianne|Yerbury}}(1941–)2001Academic and university administrator. Yerbury was the Vice-Chancellor of Macquarie University from 1987 to 2005.
{{sortname|Hatice|Yilmaz}}2022
{{sortname|Simone|Young}}100px(1961–)2001Conductor
{{sortname|Stella|Young}}100px(1982–2014)2017Disability rights activist
{{sortname|Wilma|Young|Wilma Oram}}File:Sister Wilma Oram, 1945.png(1916–2001)2001Nurse with the Australian Army during World War II
{{sortname|Panagiota|Zacharias}}(1940–)2002Volunteer in the Greek community
Hnin Yee Htun Win2022Burmese entrepreneur and activist

See also

References

{{reflist|35em}}