Daughters of Melbourne A guide to the invisible statues of Melbourne

GOLD prize for Best Non-Fiction, Regional, Independent Publishers Awards
Finalist  in the Foreword Reviews Indies Awards

At last! A TRUER History of Melbourne... With Added Women for extra strength! Meet the daughters of Melbourne. The rich gals; the poor gals; the gorgeous gay gals—And the gals who’d rather paint. Meet Aboriginal warriors who don’t care for compromise. Meet divas dubbed ‘difficult’, while their men are never so. Did Effie truly deliver an immaculate conception? Who wrote Gail Couper out of surfing history? How did Panda cover for Gray-Gray? Who asked if Lincoln was impotent/Churchill flatulent/Napoleon constipated? Who declared Magda unfunny? Which woman seduced Chrissy Amphlett into the spotlight? Why did Stella Young enlist a murderer to her cause? Which French lover inspired Mirka’s trip to Melbourne? Which woman paid for Melbourne’s hospitals, art galleries and gardens? Who suggested castration of rapists in 1884? Who tricked the media with a miniskirt? Which all-girl band was the swingin’est? Who is Melbourne’s Wizard of Oz? Who put fairies at the bottom of Melbourne’s garden? Who was forced to paint on Corn Flake boxes? Discover the real history of Melbourne through the lives of the fabulous women who built the city, its culture, community and commerce. Every one is a giant.

Author and Illustrator Maree Coote works in a variety of mediums across a range of genres, from academic histories to children's picture books. her typographic illustrations are multi-awarded internationally. She has won the Bologna Special Mention prize, and a Distinction at Nami Concours illustration awards South Korea One of the very first to identify the contemporary rise of Melbourne’ s cultural and place power, Maree Coote has won The Royal Historical Society of Victoria’ s Gold Prize and the IPPY for The Art of Being Melbourne. Her unique command of history, culture, art and design is made accessible for a wide variety of audiences, including children. Coote was the first to create a children’ s picture book for Melbourne kids, When You Go To Melbourne. According to Philip Adams, “ Melbourne never had a more ingenious ambassador.” Coote’ s first book The Melbourne Book: A History of Now is popular favourite

CONTENTS Naarm/Melbourne On Visibility Melbourne Statuary/The Lost Women Louisa Briggs - Teacher, Nurse, Activist Henrietta Dugdale - Feminist, Writer Ellis Rowan - Artist, Expeditionist Jane Sutherland - Impressionist Painter Bella Guerin - Teacher, Feminist, Suffragist Nellie Melba - Prima Donna Vida Goldstein - Feminist, Suffragist Ethel (Henry Handel) Richardson - Writer Jessie Traill - Etcher Dora Wilson - Painter Clarice Beckett - Artist Ida Rentoul Outhwaite - Illustrator Ola Cohn - Sculptor Edna Walling - Garden Designer, Author Lillian Wightman - Fashion Entrepreneur Sunday Reed - Arts Patron Elisabeth Murdoch - Philanthropist Alma Quon - Band Leader, Life Coach Joy Hester - Artist, Poet Mirka Mora - Artist Panda Lisner - Tv Personality Zelda D’ aprano - Activist Olive Zakharov - Reformist, Senator Alison (Doig) Harcourt - Mathematician Vali Myers - Bohemian, Artist Elizabeth Chong - Celebrity Chef Mary Hardy - Entertainer Toni Lamond - Entertainer Jean Mclean - Activist, Feminist, Unionist, Politician Joan Kirner - First Female Premier Germaine Greer - Feminist, Scholar Helen Reddy - Entertainer, Feminist Eleanor Bourke - Justice Advocate Margret Roadknight - Interpretive Singer Judith Durham - Singer, Composer, Pianist Judy Jacques - Singer, Composer, Artist Gail Couper - Champion Surfer Wendy Saddington - Soul Singer Mietta O’ donnell - Chef, Restaurateur René e Geyer - Soul Singer, Producer Jill Gallagher - Health And Justice Advocate Chrissy Amphlett - Rock Diva Magda Szubanski - Actor, Comedian Mary Coustas - Actor, Comedian Antoinette Braybrook - Aboriginal Woman, Advocate Tina Arena - Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Performer Stella Young - Comedian, Activist Women’ s Time In Melbourne Images Notes Acknowledgements