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    Amazing Australian Women: Twelve Women Who Shaped History

    Pamela Freeman

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    Meet twelve amazing Australian women who have changed the world, in small ways and large.

    Some of them are world famous, like Annette Kellerman and Nellie Melba.

    Some of them are famous in Australia, like Mary Reibey and Edith Cowan.

    All of them deserve to be famous and admired.

    These women are the warriors who paved the way for the artists, business owners, scientists, singers, politicians, actors, sports champions, adventurers, activists and innovators of Australia today.

    The featured women are:

    Mary Reibey, convict and businesswoman

    Tarenore, Indigenous resistance fighter

    Mary Lee, suffragist

    Nellie Melba, opera singer

    Edith Cowan, politician

    Tilly Aston, teacher, writer and disability activist

    Rose Quong, actress, lecturer and writer

    Elizabeth Kenny, nurse and medical innovator

    Annette Kellerman, swimmer and movie star

    Lores Bonney, aviation pioneer

    Emily Kame Kngwarreye, artist

    Ruby Payne-Scott, scientist

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    Pamela Freeman is an award-winning author for adults and children. She has a Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney. Her historical novel THE BLACK DRESS won the NSW Premier's History Prize in 2006 and her non-fiction book DESERT LAKE: THE STORY OF KATI THANDA-LAKE EYRE, illustrated by Liz Anelli, was shortlisted for the 2017 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and the Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Literature, and was a Notable Book in two categories in the 2017 Children's Book Council of Australia Book Awards. Pamela lives in Sydney with her husband and their son, and teaches at the Australian Writers' Centre.

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