Ladies in the House: Gay Davidson
History Detective
English - July 22, 2021 18:00 - 5 minutes - 5.17 MBHistory Kids & Family Education for Kids teachers students history music original women song writer world war 11 australian history awesome history podcast Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This is a Museum of Australian Democracy and History Detective Collaboration.
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In this 3-part series we are going to celebrate the lives of three incredible women who worked in Old Parliament House- the building that now houses the Museum of Australian Democracy- and we will explore how these significant women contributed to Australian democracy.
Gay Davidson was the first female president of the National Press Club and the first woman to head a press bureau in Parliament House.
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Music written and performed by Kelly Chase.