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Recovered lives

A collection of articles on Australian history’s missing women, in collaboration with the Australian Dictionary of Biography

Recovered Lives Melanie Nolan 8 March 2019 Introducing our collection of articles on Australian history’s missing women, in collaboration with the Australian Dictionary of Biography
Recovered Lives Barbara Dawson 8 March 2019 Ann Hordern (c. 1791–1871), founder of Anthony Hordern & Sons Recovered Lives Nichola Garvey 8 March 2019 Catherine Henrys (c. 1806–55) Recovered Lives Alison Alexander 8 March 2019 Mary Morton Allport (1806–95) Recovered Lives Nichola Garvey 8 March 2019 Lydia Clay (1811–58), Elizabeth Quarmby (1822–93), Mary Ann Wentworth (1824–1911) and Ruth Richardson (1817–58), transportees
Recovered Lives Julie McIntyre 8 March 2019 Mary Penfold (1816–95)
Recovered Lives Karen Fox 8 March 2019 Iza Coghlan (1868–1946), doctor Recovered Lives Peter Davies 8 March 2019 Lucy Hicks (1833–1909), administrator Recovered Lives Meg Foster 8 March 2019 Mary Ann Bugg (1834–1905), Indigenous bushranger Recovered Lives Alison Alexander 8 March 2019 Mathinna (c. 1835—?), Port Sorell woman
Recovered Lives Deborah Jordan 8 March 2019 Frances Georgina Watts Higgins (1860–1948), landscape architect and feminist
Recovered Lives Madeleine Lindsell 8 March 2019 Helen Australia (Nellie) Gregory (1863–1950) and Louisa Caroline Gregory (1865–1903), cricketers Recovered Lives Melanie Nolan 8 March 2019 Ellen Peterson/Helen Packer/Madame Pacquer/“Bondi Mary” (1870–1941) Recovered Lives Nicole McLennan 8 March 2019 Lili Sharp (1876–1964), singer Recovered Lives Alexandra McKinnon 8 March 2019 Nell Malone (1881–1963), hospital orderly and governess
Recovered Lives Emily Gallagher 8 March 2019 Ella McFadyen (1887–1976), writer and editor
Recovered Lives Alexandra McKinnon 8 March 2019 Kathleen Ussher (1891–1983), illustrator, writer, public servant Recovered Lives Anne Rees 8 March 2019 Sylvia Breamer (1897–1943) Recovered Lives Shannon Lovelady 8 March 2019 Roma Craze (1915–95), intelligence analyst Recovered Lives Kathryn Wells 8 March 2019 Katipelvild Margaret (Pinkie) Mack (1858–1954), Yaraldi-speaking Piltindjeri clanswoman
Recovered Lives Elizabeth Kwan 7 March 2019 Lim Lee See (Granny Lum Loy) (c. 1887–1980)
Recovered Lives Ross Carpenter 7 March 2019 Sadie Cambridge (1899–1968), ice-skating champion and coach Recovered Lives R.D. Lappan 7 March 2019 Jessie (“Chubbie”) Miller (1901–72) Recovered Lives Michal Bosworth and Charlie Fox 7 March 2019 Roma Catherine Gilchrist (1909–83), socialist, feminist and peace activist Recovered Lives Anne Rees 7 March 2019 A cache of letters reveals a fierce ambition and a fiery struggle