Existing Examples
Ash Barty
Three-time grand slam tennis champion. Ashleigh Barty Tennis Court, Springfield Ipswich, 2011. Mattel role-model Barbie doll, 2025. Ash Barty Playground, 2025
Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo
Aboriginal Chef and Educator. Outdoor Mural, Regard Gallery Darlington, Sydney, 2021
Belinda Clark
Test Cricketer and Australian Captain. Bronze Statue, SCG Walk of Honour, Sydney, 2023
Britt Cox
World Champion Skier. Billboard, Falls Creek Resort, Victoria, 2017
Caroline Chisholm (1808-1877)
Social reformer. Caroline Chisholm Reserve, Kyneton, Victoria 1966
Cathy Freeman
Olympic and world 400m champion sprinter. Eastern Grandstand Accor Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, 2023
Chrissy Amphlett
Singer/songwriter. Amphlett Lane, off Little Bourke Street, Melbourne CBD, 2015
Edna Walling
Horticulturist and Landscape Designer. Memorial Garden, Buderim Forest Park. Quorn Close, Buderim, Qld, 1995
Eliza Forlonge
Merino sheep Breeder, Grazier and Champion Golfer. Bronze Sculpture, Valentine Park, Campbell Town, Tasmania, 2013
Elizabeth Kenny
Nurse and physiotherapy pioneer in the treatment of polio. Sister Kenny Memorial and Children’s Playground, Townsville
Emily Seebohm
Three-time Olympic champion swimmer and five-time world champion. Emily Seebohm Aquatic Centre, Fitzgibbon, Brisbane, 2016
Emma George
World record pole vaulter. Highway sign, entrance to Beechworth, NSW
Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney
First woman elected to the House of Representatives & first female Senator. Sculpture, National Triangle, Old Parliament House, Canberra, March 2023
Florence Taylor
Australia’s first female architect, town planner and Publisher & Editor of Building Magazine. Florence Taylor Street, Greenway, Canberra, 1986
Flos Greig
Australia’s first female lawyer. Flos Greig Street, Watson suburb of Canberra, ACT
Lady Gladys Nicholls
Aboriginal activist. Statue (with husband Pastor Doug Nicholls), Parliament Gardens, Melbourne CBD, 2007
Jane Bell
Nurse, midwife and Royal Melbourne Hospital matron who revolutionised nursing techniques, training, conditions and nurse status. Jane Bell Lane, Queen Victoria Centre, Melbourne CBD, 2003
Jessica Fox
Triple Olympic and 14-time world champion paddler. Plaque Penrith Whitewater Stadium plaque, Cranebrook, NSW, 2023
Margaret Telfer
Administrator and Australia’s first university registrar at University of Sydney 1955-67. Margaret Telfer Building, Forest Lodge, University of Sydney
Marie Bashir
Psychiatrist/NSW Governor. Professor Marie Bashir Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, 2014
Mary MacKillop (1842-1909)
Mary MacKillop College, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2007
Nancy Cato
Environmentalist and Writer. Nancy Cato Park, Noosa, Qld, 2019
PL Travers
Author and creator of Mary Poppins books. Statue, Bowral St, Glebe Park, Bowral, NSW, 2013
Roslyn Packer
Philanthropist. Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, Sydney, 2015
Sam Kerr
Matilda national football team striker and co-captain. Sam Kerr Football Centre, Perth, West Australia, 2023
Shirley Strickland
Three-time Olympic champion sprinter 80m hurdles/100m. Mural, Ring of Champions, Allianz Stadium, Sydney, 2023
Susan Ryan
Senator. Bronze sculpture, Old Parliament House, Senate Rose Gardens, Canberra, ACT, 2024
Susan Wakil
Philanthropist. Susan Wakil Health Building, Sydney University, 2021
Zelda D’Aprano
Union delegate/activist who campaigned for equal wages by chaining herself to the Arbitration Court doors in 1969. Statue, Victorian Trades Hall, Melbourne, 2023
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