In a year when women are still underrepresented in the honour roll, here are 10 women whose awards are long overdue
Of the 992 Australians recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, women make up 46 per cent of recipients in the general division.
“I’m always astonished by the ingenuity and creativity of people,” she said. “I’ve tried to encourage young astronomers and young scientists, especially young women, when given an opportunity to not hold back. Take the challenge.”Muriel Picton is in disbelief about being made a member of the Order of Australia . The women’s cricket pioneer would tell you she doesn’t deserve it despite playing for Australia from 1952 to 1970, including seven years as captain.
Being the first Aboriginal person to graduate with a PhD from Western Sydney University is among Heiss’ proudest achievements. But she is also proud of her achievements in the arts and community projects. The trailblazing plant biologist and ecologist was the first woman to spend a summer at Casey station in 1982/83 and also spent significant time researching the rare sub-Antarctic ecologies of Macquarie Island.
An expert in the moss and liverworts that have benefited from the rapid retreat of ice from the Antarctic continent, Dr Selkirk hopes her AC will draw attention to the effects of climate change on a still relatively unknown continent.Joe Armao Murphy, with her husband and two other architects, was responsible for the 1956 Olympic Swimming Pool in Melbourne, which in its time was a “new idea in construction”. She went on to work for the National Trust, restoring many of Melbourne’s heritage-listed buildings such as the Collingwood Town Hall and La Trobe’s Cottage.
“They are all getting out there, these [art organisations], and it’s wonderful to know how appreciative [regional populations] all are.” When Dissanayake began her PhD in 1984, autism was believed to be just one acute condition, and research was primarily focused on childhood intervention. Now, she says, ASD is understood as a range of conditions that are different in every person.
“I feel it’s an acknowledgement of the sector of artists that I’ve worked with for years,” she says. “I feel a great sense of satisfaction that their work is becoming integrated into the culture.”
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