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1941-1950 Mrs Margaret Cribb (1941) First female editor of The University of Queensland's Semper Floreat Mrs Jean Wylie (1942) First woman to take the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Law from The University of Queensland

1981-1990 Ms Ann Harrap (1984)

Dr Cherrell Hirst AO (Anderssen, 1963) First woman to be appointed to Chair Brisbane Girls Grammar School's Board of Trustees and first woman appointed Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology

First female Australian High Commissioner to South Africa

Ms Tarita Botsman (1988) First Young Australian of the Year (Queensland winner) for contribution to the Arts Ms Gretchen Miller (1985) First female to complete a Bachelor of Music (Composition) at the NSW Conservatorium

Elizabeth Nosworthy (1963) First woman President of the

Queensland Law Society and first woman Chancellor at The University of Queensland Professor Cheryl Praeger AM (1965) First female to be awarded the Australian Mathematical Society's George Szckeres Medal and first female to be awarded the West Australian Scientist of the Year 1971-1980 Air Vice Marshal, Julie Hammer AM, CSC (1971) First woman to be promoted to one-star rank and two-star rank in the Australian Defence Force The Honourable Justice Margaret McMurdo AC (1971) First woman appointed as the presiding Judge of an appellate court in Australia

Margaret Mittelheuser AM (1947)

First female stockbroker in Australia

Salliann Powell (Johnson, 1986) First Australian to complete Racing the Planet’s Grand Slam Plus ultra marathon series 1991-2020 Kate Clarkson (2000) First female to win the Queen's

Daphne Pirie MBE AO (1949) First female Vice-President of Queensland Olympic Council

Professor Margaret Bullock (1950) First physiotherapist in the world to be awarded a PhD in Physiotherapy (1973) and became Australia's first Professor of Physiotherapy 1951-1960 Mrs Daphne Williams (1952) First woman to study Bachelor of Agricultural Studies at The University of Queensland 1961-1970 Professor Helene Marsh (Gould, 1962) Foundation Dean of the James Cook University Graduate Research School

Medal, Sword of Honour, and Award for Top

Sportswoman at her graduation from the Royal Military College, Duntroon

Dr Elizabeth Woods (1972) First female Rhodes Scholar from Brisbane Girls Grammar School

Dr Laura Fenlon (2007) First Australian to receive the prestigious Krieg Cortical Kudos Scholar Award for neuroscience

Mrs Dorothy Hawkins (Khfagi, 1975) First female included in the

Olympic Medical team for Australia (as a physiotherapist)

Photo credit Photo of Salliann Powell by Racing The Planet

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Brisbane Girls Grammar School