Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women (2023)
The Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women was established in 2005 by the Tasmanian Government to honour Tasmanian women who have made an outstanding contribution to the State. The Minister for Women, the Hon Jo Palmer MLC, announced the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women 2023 inductees on 10 March 2023.
The Female Convicts Research Centre are proud to congratulate three of our comittee members honoured on the 2023 list. Thank-you for your outstanding contribution to the Female Convicts Research Centre over many years:
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Awarded for service to cultural heritage; arts and media; community advocacy and inclusion; volunteering Congratulations, Colette McAlpine, on your well-deserved induction to the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women 2023. Colette joined the Female Convicts Research Centre in 2006 and has been instrumental in developing a database of women convicts. She took on the task of transcribing and electronically recording the handwritten records of over 13,500 female convicts. Colette is also our Volunteer Co-ordinator working with our many volunteers who contribute their research to FCRC. |
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Awarded for service to cultural heritage; literature Congratulations to Dr Alison Alexander who was inducted into the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women this week. Alison has been a member of the Female Convicts Research Centre and Convict Women's Press since their inception. Alison is a former President of the FCRC, and is President of the Convict Women’s Press. Alison is also editor and contributing author of several publications by Convict Women's Press. |
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Awarded for service to volunteering and health Congratulations to Ros Escott on being inducted into the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women today for service to volunteering and health. Ros is currently the FCRC (and Convict Women's Press) Treasurer and Public Officer and has contributed greatly to the Tasmanian community. |
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The Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women 2017 award for FCRC
The Female Convicts Research Centre Inc has been honoured with an award for community service, education and training, justice and tourism, as an organisation, on the Tasmanian Government, Department of Premier and Cabinet's Honour Roll of Women for 2017. Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers, transcribers and researchers who made this possible.
The Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women was established in 2005 by the Tasmanian Government to honour Tasmanian women who have made an outstanding contribution to the State, either individually or as an organisation. The Honour Roll stimulates community involvement in the processes of research and discovery about women’s historical and contemporary contributions to Tasmania, ensuring these achievements are given full recognition and not forgotten in the passage of time.
Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women (2017)
We also congratulate Dr. Dianne Snowden on becoming an inductee on the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women, 2017, for service to education and training.
