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Who are famous women of Australia from 1800?

* Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910): First woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.

* Louisa Lawson (1848–1920): Australian journalist, suffragist, and women's rights activist.

* Mary Gilmore (1865–1962): Australian poet, journalist, and political activist.

* Nellie Melba (1861–1931): Australian operatic soprano.

* Enid Lyons (1897–1981): First woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives.

* Dame Joan Sutherland (1926–2010): Australian operatic soprano.

* Dame Quentin Bryce (born 1942): First female Governor-General of Australia.

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