A deeply personal tragedy set Liz on a new course in life.

Following the death of her beloved father on a construction site in Melbourne in 1995, Liz established Industrial Deaths, Support and Advocacy Inc (IDSA). Staffed by volunteers, this organisation provides practical assistance, support and guidance at no cost to families and workmates affected by an industrial death. IDSA is also very active as an advocate, on sites and elsewhere, doing what it can to prevent workplace deaths.

In 1998, Liz wrote ‘Til Death Us Do Part, a testament to workers killed on the job. It is currently in its fourth reprint.

Joy works tirelessly as an ambassador for her people.

An elder of the Wurundjeri, Joy is an engaging and powerful public speaker. She has worked at all levels of government in executive policy and community development, as well as being actively involved in Aboriginal Affairs for over 25 years.

Joy was Executive Producer of the documentary Flights of the Imagination and is an evocative storyteller for the Aboriginal Dreaming Stories for Aboriginal Nations.

A proud feminist, Joyce Thorpe Nicholson AM was born in 1919 and worked in publishing for 56 years. Already an established writer she took over her father’s company in 1968. Highly respected in the trade she was made a member of the Order of Australia for ‘services to writing and the book publishing industry’ and received the Lloyd O’Neil Award in 1998 for services to the entire book industry. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria she has published over thirty books which include historical novels, children’s books and several feminist books.