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.
Teaching notes
Teachers may find this printed teaching resource , which accompanies the following audio and transcripts, useful for classroom activities.
Other resources for schools are available.
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