Marie Coleman was the first woman to head an Australian national statutory authority.
10 Facts About Marie Coleman
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Marie Coleman spent over 60 years campaigning against the gender pay gap and other social injustices.
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Marie Coleman first attended school at Hunter Valley, continued to NSW Government Education Department's Black Friars Correspondence School, then Dubbo Primary School, Orange Primary School, Orange High School, and finished at Lithgow High School.
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Marie Coleman attended the University of Sydney in 1950, studying economics and politics for an Arts degree, then completed a diploma in social studies.
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Marie Coleman was editor of the student newspaper, Honi Soit, and was only the second woman to hold that title.
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Marie Coleman was talented in the classroom and on the field, playing Inter-Varsity cricket, as well as international debating, and being a member of the university's Student Representative Council.
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Marie Coleman spent over 60 years campaigning against the gender pay gap and other social injustices.
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In 1989 Marie Coleman was a founding member of the National Foundation for Australian Women and an active participant in the Australian Women's Archives Project.
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In 1956 Marie Coleman married James Harry Marie Coleman, of Melbourne, Victoria.
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Marie Coleman made a cameo appearance in the 2024 season of the reality television show Farmer Wants a Wife, helping her grandson Joe Bobbin choose a wife from four female contestants.