8 April – 2 July 2022

In 2020 EMILY’s List Australia and Her Place committed to collaborating on an exhibition that acknowledged and celebrated ELA’s twenty-five-year anniversary in 2021. Through the two organisation’s collective efforts, funding for the project was raised through the generous contributions of ELA members, Her Place supporters, and those who support gender equality.

Her Story: Celebrating 25 years of EMILY’s List Australia was a timely and important exhibition that illustrated how nearly 300 women have been supported to be elected leaders in Australian parliaments over the last 25 years and the difference they have has made.

Following a confronting year of truths and the federal election, the role of women at the decision-making table had never been more important. Featuring the Hon Linda Burney MP, Sharon Claydon MP, Helen Creed, Hon Cheryl Davenport AM, Hon Julia Gillard AC, Hutch Hussein, Tanja Kovac, Leonie Morgan AM and the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, HERSTORY told the story of a ‘for women by women’ network that provides political, financial, and personal support to progressive Labor women candidates and politicians in Australia. Exploring themes of leadership, overcoming resistance, having more women at the decision-making table and what equal representation means for our parliaments and nation, coupled with ELA’s most successful campaigns, Abortion Law Reform, HERSTORY was able to educate the wider public of the significant contribution women have made to the Australian political and cultural landscape.