About

Australian Women's History Forum
incorporating Women's History Month

The Australian Women's History Forum (AWHF) was formed to enhance understanding of the role of women in the history of Australia.  

The AWHF website provides resources for teachers, students and others keen to know more about women's history. A key activity of AWHF is the celebration each March of Women's History Month, originally an initiative of Helen Leonard and Mary Sexton

The AWHF website is a gateway to information about women who have shaped Australian history.  Designed for both a national and an international audience, the AWHF website is a resource for teachers, students, media professionals, travellers, professional historians, family and local historians, writers and filmmakers, librarians, archivists, curators and collectors.

The AWHF's work is supported by a reference group of historians and educators who provide specialist advice on website content.

AWHF Patrons

The Hon. Margaret Reid
Ms Mary Sexton.

AWHF Committee

Convener: Dr Lenore Coltheart
Treasurer: Pamela Harris
Administrative Officer: Di Johnstone
Liaison: Ms Sylvia Marchant


AWHF Reference Group 

Dr Pat Clarke
Dr Caroline V Jones
Dr Janet Ramsay
Ms Ros Russell
Professor Marian Sawer
Dr Anne Summers
Dr Clare Wright

AWHF Sponsors
Dr Romaine Rutnam