What is past is not dead
Christa Wolf’s maxim exhorts us not only to know as much as we can about our history; but to also understand that our present existence holds so much of our past.
1st August, 17 Read more
Dr. Clare Wright: Making Waves, Making History
"Just because you didn’t learn about it in schools, doesn’t mean that it didn’t happen.”
27th July, 17 Read more
Australia’s farming women have not been absent, but unrecognised
Top image: Sallie Jones and cows, Jindivick, Victoria, 23 Nov 2016 Photographer: Catherine Forge Source: Museums Victoria An old riddle goes: a father and son are in an accident, killing the father and sending the son to intensive care. When the doctor comes to see the boy, the doctor says, "oh my god, that’s my son!”. Who is the doctor? Some are quick to suggest that the doctor is the boy’s other father, adoptive father or biological father, before it dawns that the doctor could be the boy’s mother. It is in the same...
10th July, 17 Read more
10 times Gillian Triggs made us proud
With her 5-year term as President of the Australian Human Rights Commission coming to a close, here are 10 times Gillian made us proud.
29th June, 17 Read more
Small grants that honour the big legacies of women
We have established nine Sub-Funds to honour women who have made a valuable contribution to the lives of women and girls in our state.
27th June, 17 Read more
The wonderful Mary Owen
Mary and I met at twelve years ago at a Footscray writing workshop organised by her daughter Wendy. Mary was the oldest person in our group, but had the uninhibited enthusiasm of a school child - the sort that was bursting to share their work, but instead of raising their hand, couldn’t help but blurt out what they needed to say. When Arnold Zable asked us to write about an object of special significance to us, Mary wrote about a hand-cranked sewing machine she called ‘The wonderful Withers Werthiem.’
5th June, 17 Read more
Remembering Jean Tom AO (1922-2017) Founding VWT Trustee
Committed to increasing opportunities for women, particularly for rural women, Jean played a key role in the final deliberations to set up the Victorian Women's Trust. Part of the formal minutes of a meeting in January 1985 records that Jean had to hurriedly leave the meeting after a telephone call to inform her that her Kyneton farm was ablaze.
2nd June, 17 Read more
Reflections on Extraordinary Women
Out of the blue some months ago, a woman unknown to me rang with the news that her mother had passed away and that she was preparing a eulogy for the funeral.
26th May, 17 Read more
Reading lists and Playlists: On Lisa Bellear and Laura Mvula
As the exhibition opening of 'Close to you: The Lisa Bellear Picture Show' draws near, guest writer Ellen van Neerven muses on the influential figures, like Bellear, who have shaped her identity as a Murri woman, as a queer woman, as a feminist.
3rd April, 17 Read more
Vale Mary Owen OAM 1921-2017
Feminist, activist and trail blazer Mary Owen passed away on 23 March, aged 96. A lifelong advocate for the empowerment of women, Mary made a substantial impact on the road to achieving gender equality. A celebration of Mary’s life will be held on Thursday 27 April.
3rd April, 17 Read more