Women's College, University of Queensland
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The Women's College, University of Queensland is an independent College for women students.
The Women’s College within the University of Queensland was founded in 1913 and admitted 19 women residents on March 16, 1914 under founding Principal Anna Frederica Bage MSc DPhil (Honoris Causa). The first University of Queensland college to admit women, it was another 35 years before the establishment of another such college. Of the ten colleges now on campus, three are for women only, two for men only, and the others are mixed. There are currently 189 undergraduates and postgraduate women residents within the College.
The Women’s College within the University of Queensland was founded in 1913 and admitted 19 women residents on March 16, 1914 under founding Principal Anna Frederica Bage MSc DPhil (Honoris Causa). The first University of Queensland college to admit women, it was another 35 years before the establishment of another such college. Of the ten colleges now on campus, three are for women only, two for men only, and the others are mixed. There are currently 189 undergraduates and postgraduate women residents within the College.
Notable alumnae
- Penelope WensleyPenelope WensleyPenelope "Penny" Anne Wensley, AC is the Governor of Queensland and a former Australian diplomat.Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, she was educated at Penrith High School in New South Wales, the Rosa Bassett School in London , and the University of Queensland where she graduated with a first class...
- Governor of Queensland (29 July 2008–present; succeeded [Quentin Alice Louise Bryce]); Ambassador for Environment (1992–1996); first woman Australian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York (1997); first female Australian High Commissioner to India. She is an Officer of the Order of Australia (2001) and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by the University of Queenland in 1994.
- Anna Maria Bligh - Premier of Queensland (13 September 2007–present) (Queensland's first female premier); Queensland's first female Education Minister (2001).
- Sallyanne AtkinsonSallyanne AtkinsonSallyanne Atkinson AO is an Australian politician, former Lord Mayor of Brisbane and former chair of ABC Learning, a bankrupted Australian childcare operator.She is Special Representative for the Queensland Government in South-East Asia....
- Former Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Queensland; Deputy Mayor of the Athlete's Village at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. She is an Officer of the Order of Australia (1993).