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HomeWelcome To The National Centre of BiographyNCB NewsRecovered Lives: 28 Australian Women Who Disappeared From History
Recovered Lives: 28 Australian women who disappeared from history

The Cinderella Club Stall at the Annual Junior Red Cross Exhibition at Sydney Town Hall, c.1930s. Ella McFadyen, profiled by Emily Gallagher for the Recovered Lives collection, is seated on far right. 1930s. State Library of New South Wales, PXA 1165/659

Friday 8 March 2019

To celebrate International Women's Day, the National Centre of Biography, Inside Story and the Canberra Times have published obituaries of 28 Australian women whose achievements have been forgotten over the passage of time. You can read them here.