Famous Australians - Internet Research Sheet

Name ...............................                                                        Class ...........

Caroline Chisholm

1. What Australian bank note carried her picture for 20 years?

2. What did Caroline see as she walked around the streets of Sydney?

 

3. What building was she given to help get the women off the streets?

4. Who was the governor at the time?

5. What condition was the building in?

 

6. Within two years Caroline had found jobs and homes for how many women?

 


Edith Cowan

1. Edith Cowan was the first first woman to be elected to .......................................................?
2. What Australian state did she live in?
3. How old was she when she married?
4. What job did her husband do?
5. When did women gain the right to vote?
6. What hospital was built because of her hard work?
7. In what year was she elected to parliament?
8. What Australian bank note carries her picture?