National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame - Alice Springs, Northern Territory

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Latitude = -23.7032 Longitude = 133.8771 Lat: 23 degrees, 42.2 minutes South Long: 133 degrees, 52.6 minutes East

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OPENING TIMES: January 4 - January 31, 2010 Open 1-4 pm Daily February 1, 2010 forward Open daily 10am to 5pm

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Herstory Archive

As well as the public displays, the National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame is also collecting stories and photographs of pioneering Australian women. This information is being preserved in what has become known as the Herstory Archive. Eventually it will be catalogued and indexed and with further funding will be accessible online. Apart from preserving many often previously-untold stories, the archive will be useful for future researchers as well as inspiration for exhibitions at the Hall of Fame.

The information comes to us through many avenues. For example, our curator and volunteers research and collect information often based on names suggested by visitors. There is a book within the exhibition for people to add their suggestions of women whose stories should be recorded.

Courtesy: SACWA	Mrs Mary Jane Warnes (1877-1959) Founder of the Burra Country Women's Association in South Australia in 1926, the first of 300 State branches of the CWA. She was State President from 1929-1941.
Courtesy: RAAF	Flight Lieutenant Joanne Mein (b1971) The RAAF Roulettes' first female member and the world's first woman to fly in a military precision flying team, made her public debut over Brisbane on 6 August 1999.

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