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Trailblazing women honoured as Cross River Rail goes underground
Trailblazing women honoured as Cross River Rail goes underground
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Two groundbreaking Queensland women have been recognised as part of Brisbane s $5.6 billion Cross River Rail project as it moves into the construction phase.
Else Shepherd AM was Queensland s first female engineering graduate, going on to become the chair of Powerlink, while feminist Merle Thornton AM, who introduced women s studies at the University of Queensland in 1973, is best known for a protest at the Regatta Hotel.
Transport Minister Mark Bailey with Queensland s first female electrical engineering graduate, Professor Else Shepherd AM. ....

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