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What happened on:
12 Feb 2002

Women's History Month 2002 launched

Who's this

Joice Nankivell Loch

Journalist, novelist and medical worker

NEW Women's History Month 2010

Demeter’s Daughters: women’s harvest history

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About the Australian Women's History Forum

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Women's History Month 2009

Parliamentary Women

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About Women's History Month

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National History Challenge

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March is Women's History Month - the 2010 theme is
Demeter's daughters: women's harvest history

The history of food farming in Australia is much more than the record of agricultural production. When the focus is on women, the story starts with Indigenous food harvesting and is still growing . . . Find out more ...

  • Share your interest and expertise.
     Participate in our new AWHF blog.
  • Tell us about your events. Find out what others are doing. 
    Lunches, launches, displays & exhibitions, talks and readings, market stalls and historic garden trails – many events can be held around Australia during March 2010 to celebrate this theme. Check out the Calendar.

Coming soon - our 2010 downloadable poster.

Also on Australian Women's History Forum website

Explore Australian women's history

The Australian Women's History Forum is developing this portal to help you find online resources. This portal is intended primarily to be a classroom resource for students and teachers, but it will also interest general users seeking information on women's history in Australia and beyond. You will find stories, images, documents and data.

2009 Theme: Parliamentary Women
See their stories in the  WHM 2009 Gallery.

2008 Theme: Women with a Mission 
See their stories in the WHM 2008 Gallery.