MORWELL LIBRARY

63-65 ELGIN STREET, MORWELL

1 – 20 OCTOBER, 2018

MONDAY TO FRIDAY: 10am – 6pm

SATURDAY: 9am – 12noon

 

This FREE exhibition honours the lives and contributions of women throughout Victoria.

Presented for the first time in Morwell, Her Place tells the stories of ten women from across Victoria who have contributed to Australian society in a broad range of ways.

It celebrates the work, achievements and historical significance through video interviews, biographical accounts and personal artefacts.

Many of the women featured in the exhibition have been inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.

 

THURSDAY 4 OCTOBER 4 – 6 pm

Official launch by Harriet Shing, Member for Eastern Victoria Region

RSVP: Tuesday 2 October 2018 

 

 

THURSDAY 11 OCTOBER 4.30 - 5.30 pm

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

FREE Professional Development workshop for Primary and Secondary Teachers, Educators, Students and Parents/ Carers of students.

This workshop will focus on:

    • Respectful Relationships Education
    • Integration of Gender Equality strategies into your classroom and curriculum

TO BOOK

 

EDUCATION RESOURCES

Accompanying the exhibition are FREE curriculum-linked education resources:

Primary Exhibition Activities

Primary Post-Exhibition Activities

Secondary Exhibition Activities

 

WOMEN PROFILED IN THE EXHIBITION

Susan Alberti AC
Businesswoman and philanthropist

Pat Bigham AFSM
CFA Volunteer

Sallie Jones

Dairy farmer

The Hon Joan Kirner AC
Former premier of Victoria

Deborah Lawrie FRAeS Map
Australia's first female commercial airline pilot

Halima Mohamed
Somali community leader

Alice Pung
Writer and lawyer

Peta Searle
Assistant Coach, St Kilda Football Club

Alma Thorpe
Gunditjmara woman and Aboriginal activist

Aunty Bess Yarram

Noongar Elder, nurse and community justice advocate