The State Government of Tasmania in Australia established the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women in 2005 to recognise Tasmanian women who have been distinguished in their contributions to the State. In 2021 Martine Delaney became the first openly transgender woman into the Honour Roll.[1]
The Honour Roll is generated from community involvement in the discovery of women's historical and contemporary contributions to Tasmania, to honour them and to ensure their memory is not lost.
Inductees are listed below by year, and for other formats and biographies of the individual inductees see the Tasmanian State Government Honour Roll of Women website.[2]
2023
Alexander, Alison (Inducted for service to cultural heritage; literature)
Barwick, Heather JP (Inducted for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; government and public services)
Bovill, Jane (Inducted for service to education and training)
Baker, Barbara (Barb) (Inducted for service to health, community, advocacy and inclusion)
Cowle, Gertrude (Inducted for service to business; community advocacy and inclusion)
Cairns, Virginia (Inducted for service to arts; education; sport and recreation; community service)
Cross, Carolyn (Inducted for service to arts; education)
Duniam, Dr Mary (Inducted for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; government and public service)
Dawkins, Andrea (Inducted for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; government and public services)
Doddridge, Elizabeth (Libby) (Inducted for service to education and training; community)
Escott, Ros (Inducted for service to volunteering and health)
Fordyce, Kathryn (Inducted for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; volunteering)
Gates, Dr Genevieve (Inducted for service to education and training; environment; science and research)
Green, Hyacinth (Inducted for service to community, advocacy and inclusion)
Holmdahl, Christina (Inducted for service to arts and media; community, advocacy and inclusion; literature; government, public services and politics; volunteering)
Harris, Dr Rebecca (Inducted for service to education; science and research; environment)
Hesketh, Gwendoline (Gwen) MBE (Inducted for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; health; human rights, justice; volunteering)
Little, Elizabeth (Liz) (Inducted for service to community, advocacy and inclusion, government, public services; human rights; justice; prevention of family violence)
Machen, Mary (Inducted for service to arts and media; community advocacy and inclusion; literature; volunteering)
Maxwell, May MBE (Inducted for service to arts; community, advocacy and inclusion; government and public service; volunteering)
Munday, Jessica (Inducted for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; human rights and justice)
Mountney, Glenda (Inducted for service to volunteering)
McAlpine, Colette (Inducted for service to cultural heritage; arts and media; community advocacy and inclusion; volunteering)
Nolan, Susan (Inducted for service to childcare; education and training; government and public services; volunteering)
Payne, Barbara OBEAM (Inducted for service to community; advocacy and inclusion; education; government and public services)
Pockett, Teresa (Inducted for service to education and training; community advocacy and inclusion)
Rooke, Jessie (Inducted for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; government, public services and politics; human rights)
Rodway, Florence (Inducted for service to arts and cultural heritage)
Ritchie, Allison (Inducted for service to community, advocacy, and inclusion; government and public services; human rights; sport and recreation)
Selby, Jill (Inducted for service to childcare; community advocacy and inclusion; education and training; volunteering)
Soroptimist International of Launceston (Inducted for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; education; environment; health; human rights; prevention of family violence; volunteering)
Wriedt, Paula (Inducted for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; education and training; government, public services and politics)
Wylie, Kristen (Inducted for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; education; government and public services; human rights; prevention of family violence)
Young, Patricia (Inducted for service to volunteering)
2021
Cox, Suzanne Gertrude AM (for service to health, volunteering, arts and media, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs)
Delaney, Martine (for service to human rights, justice and corrections, community advocacy and inclusion, and sport and recreation)
Dean, Mary Clarrissa (for service to business, industry and workplace relations, community advocacy and inclusion, education and training, environment, and volunteering)
Eldridge, Margaret Ursula AM (for service to multicultural affairs, community advocacy and inclusion, education and training, and volunteering)
Fahlborg, Honora (Maud) (for service to community advocacy and inclusion, education and training, health, and human rights, Justice and Corrections)
Goodwin, Dr Vanessa (for service to Public Services and Politics, human rights, Justice, and Corrections, community advocacy and inclusion, arts and media)
Healey, Janine (for service to arts and media, Business, Industry and Workplace Relations, community advocacy and inclusion, human rights, Justice and Corrections, agriculture/Primary Industries, Tourism, and Volunteering)
Heyward, Roseanne (for service to Public Services and Politics, community advocacy and inclusion, environment, and Volunteering)
Holman, Beverley Helen (for service to community advocacy and inclusion)
Kennedy, Lorna Doone Pleasance AO (for service to community advocacy and inclusion, Public Services and Politics, Tourism, Volunteering, health, and arts and media)
Lewis, Rosalind Mary (for service to community advocacy and inclusion, education and training, Multicultural Affairs, human rights, and the environment)
Merridew, Sarah (for service to Business, Industry and Workplace Relations, community advocacy and inclusion)
Pennicott, Edna Florence OAM (for service to community advocacy and inclusion)
Tasmanian Women's Amateur Athletics Association (for service to Sport and Recreation)
Walker, Lorraine Faye (for service to community advocacy and inclusion)
Zonta International District 23, Area 5 (for service to volunteering, arts and media, human rights, justice and corrections, prevention of domestic and family violence, community advocacy and inclusion)
2019
Adams, Donna Louise (for service to the community, police, emergency services and defence)
Denne, Josephine (for service to the community)
Duncombe, Kathy (for service to the community)
Durrani, Hina (for service to multicultural affairs)
Edwards, Carole Jacqueline (for service to community, environment, local government and planning, architecture and engineering)
Ellis, Neroli (for service to health and community)
Flower, Glynis (for service to community)
Gale, Jenny (for service to Government)
Gaskell, Siobhan (for service to community, education and training and government)
Giudici, Rossalyn (for service to community)
Holderness-Roddam, Myrtle (Georgie) (for service to education and training)
Jackson, Frances Isabel (for service to sport and recreation)
Kelly, Diane Lesley OAM (for service to the community, sport and recreation)
Kerslake, Marjory (for service to education and training, and sport and recreation)
McNamara, Catherine (for service to police, emergency services and defence)
Millar, Ann Janette (for service to the community)
Miller, Maureen (for service to community, arts or media and health)