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Great Queensland women from our past

Are you interested in the lives of great Queensland women from our past?

Award-winning author, former Queensland University of Technology lecturer and Member of the Order of Australia Susanna de Vries gave an inspiring speech about eleven remarkable women as part of our 2005 Centenary of Suffrage celebrations.

You can hear her moving presentation about each of these women (as separate audio files), or read transcripts (in PDF format) here.

Audio files are quite large. Tips on downloading audio files are available.

Teaching notes

Teachers may find this printed teaching resource (PDF 657 Kb), which accompanies the following audio and transcripts, useful for classroom activities.

Other resources for schools are available.

Introduction

• Introduction (MP3 3'20" 1.1 MB)
• Transcript of introduction (PDF 70 KB)

Great Queensland Women

Annette Kellerman

• Annette Kellerman (MP3 2'25" 1.6 MB)
• Transcript of Annette Kellerman (PDF 74 KB)

Emma Miller

• Emma Miller (MP3 3'16" 1.6 MB)
• Transcript of Emma Miller (PDF 71 KB)

Evelyn Maunsell

• Evelyn Maunsell (MP3 1'54" 900 KB)
• Transcript of Evelyn Maunsell (PDF 70 KB)

Irene Longman

• Irene Longman (MP3 1'51" 874 KB)
• Transcript of Irene Longman (PDF 70 KB)

Joyce Tweddell and Sylvia Muir

• Joyce Tweddell and Sylvia Muir (MP3 4'20" 2 MB)
• Transcript of Joyce Tweddell and Sylvia Muir (PDF 74 KB)

Lilian Cooper

• Lilian Cooper (MP3 6'59" 3.3 MB)
• Transcript of Lilian Cooper (PDF 77 KB)

Margaret Ogg

• Margaret Ogg (MP3 4'14" 2 MB)
• Transcript of Margaret Ogg (PDF 73 KB)

Mary McConnel

• Mary McConnel (MP3 3'00" 1.4 MB)
• Transcript of Mary McConnel (PDF 71 KB)

Oodgeroo Noonuccal

• Oodgeroo Noonuccal (MP3 3'18" 1.5 MB)
• Transcript of Oodgeroo Noonuccal (PDF 71 KB)

Sr Elizabeth Kenny

• Elizabeth Kenny (MP3 4'00" 1.8 MB)
• Transcript of Elizabeth Kenny (PDF 74 KB)