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Audrey Cahn
A pioneering dietitian One of Australia’s pioneer dietitians—Audrey Cahn—was instrumental in bringing nutrition to be the well regarded, prestigious research and study discipline that it is today....
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Margaret McArthur
Margaret McArthur (1919-2001) Dietitian and Anthropologist Annie Margaret McArthur’s research into food began in the 1940s when, as a relatively young science graduate, she began collecting data on the...
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Deborah Vernon Hackett
Deborah Vernon Hackett (1887-1965) Cook, entrepreneur and philanthropist She was born Deborah Drake-Brockman but, through her amazing career as a businesswoman, social hostess, cook, traveller and...
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Hannah MacLurcan
Hannah MacLurcan (1860-1936) Hotel entrepreneur and pioneer cookbook publisher Hannah Phillips was born in Hill End, NSW daughter of a publican. Hannah later told her children that her father put her...
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Mary Farrelly
Mary Farrelly, Diet Reformer and Social Worker During her lifetime, Mary Martha Farrelly was a committted and popular advocate for the health giving properties of wholemeal grains, fresh fruits and...
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Doris Irene Taylor
Doris Irene Taylor MBE Doris Taylor’s contribution to social welfare in Australia is both significant and long-lasting. Meals on Wheels, the organisation she founded in Australia in 1953, provides...
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Flora Pell
Flora Pell (1874-1943) Domestic Science Teacher and Cookery book writer Flora Pell was born in Melbourne on March 12, 1874. She was the eldest girl in a large family and went to work early to help...
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Hetty Perkins
Hetty Perkins (1905 ?-1979) Hetty Perkins was fourteen when her father died and her mother lost the work she had found on the Winnecke goldfields in Central Australia. Hetty and some friends found...
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Mietta O’Donnell
Mietta O’Donnell (1950–2001) Australian chef and food critic Mietta O’Donnell was arguably the person who defined haute cuisine in Australia – first through her 21 years as a restauranteur and in later...
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March is women’s history month
Women in the Business of Food 2011 WHM Theme The theme for WHM 2011 brings a focus to Australian women who made significant contributions to the history of food, whether in cooking or in education,...
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