Dame Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba
A sailing ship appears on the polymer Australian Twenty Dollar note on the side featuring Mary Reiby. Mary Reiby was transported to Australia as a convict and, after her release, married and became a pioneer business woman.
The name of the lady is Edith Cowan - the first woman elected to the Australian parliament.
Sacagawea was a Native American woman who assisted and translated for some explorers. Appears on the uncommon golden dollar.
Woman - Australian magazine - ended in 1954.
Woman - Australian magazine - was created in 1934.
Australia puts famous or historically significant Australian identities on its banknotes. The original paper Australian Twenty Dollar note (1966-1993) had Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (aviator) on the front and Lawrence Hargrave (aeronautical pioneer) is on the reverse. The current polymer Australian Twenty Dollar note (1994-present) has Mary Reibey (ex-convict & pioneer business woman) on the front and Rev John Flynn (pioneer of world's first aerial medical service) is on the reverse.
not you
It is unknown who the first woman to vote was.
Yes
Carolyn Chisholm has never been on a coin but was on the five dollar note when decimal currency began. She was the first woman other than the Queen to be represented on Australian currency.
Katie Sarah. On 25 May 2010, 38-year-old Katie Sarah became the first South Australian woman and the seventh Australian woman to reach the summit of Mt Everest.