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Gillian Triggs is a lawyer and former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission. She has held the position of Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne Law School and published books about her work to advocate for human rights in Australia.

The National Library has recently digitised two letters from the collections of Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney.

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Explore the evolution of women's rights in Australia from women's suffrage to contemporary movements like #MeToo in this learning module. 

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One of the most significant events at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics was the admission of women into the Olympic swimming competition.

Read about Creative Arts Fellow Celia Craig's experience of exploring the papers of musician Miriam Hyde.

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Erika Feller is a distinguished international lawyer and humanitarian advocate who has shaped global refugee protection through her groundbreaking work with the United Nations and her commitment to upholding human rights.

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Elizabeth Broderick AO was Australia's longest-serving Sex Discrimination Commissioner, from 2007 to 2015. She was also Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination from 2007 to 2011.

1290 recordings of interviews and readings from many of Australia's poets, artists, writers, composers, actors, academics, publishers, librarians, scientists, anthropologists, public servants and some politicians

Oral history recordings by Ros Bowden for the Women of the land and Comic artists and illustrators projects.

Season two, Bold Types, is hosted by political reporter and author Amy Remekis. Based on the book by Dr Patricia Clarke, Bold Types celebrates the pioneering women who took the world of journalism by storm, with each episode featuring contemporary female journalists reflecting on their experiences and those of their forebears.

Papers, maps, photographs and other publications largely relating to Daisy Bates' research on First Australians.