SENATOR TANGNEY & THE ‘MAGIC’ PORTRAIT

SENATOR TANGNEY & THE 'MAGIC' PORTRAIT

I’m ashamed to say that I had no idea  Western Australian born Dorothy Tangney (1907-1985) was Australia’s first female senator in federal parliament (elected 1943).  In 1944 it was announced by the Government that her portrait was to be painted for the nation. The other woman to

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DAME ENID LYONS & HER REJECTED PORTRAIT

DAME ENID LYONS  & HER REJECTED PORTRAIT

Tasmania’s Dame Enid Lyons and  Western Australia’s Dorothy Tangney were the first two women to be elected to Australia’s federal parliament. In 1943 Tangney won a seat in the Senate and  that same year Dame Enid was elected to the House of Representatives. It was decided by

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