1900s

Marjorie Lawrence King (17 feb 1907 – 13 jan 1979 | Deans Marsh, Australia – Little Rock AR) polio victim, operatic dramatic soprano, autobiographical author

1910s

Dorothy [Dot] Robinson (22 apr 1912 – 08 oct 1999 | Melbourne, Australia – US) aka First Lady of Motorcycling, founding president of Motor Maids

1920s

1930s

Shirley Hazzard (30 jan 1931 – 12 dec 2016 | Sydney, Australia – New York NY) Australian-British-American, novelist, short fiction writer, non-fiction author

Jill Ker Conway (09 oct 1934 – 01 jun 2018 | Hillston, Australia – Boston MA) memoirist,  Australian-American, autobiographical author, MIT visiting professor, first female president of Smith College

Helen Broinowski Caldicott (07 aug 1938 – Melbourne, Australia) Australian-American author, physician, researcher, anti-nuclear activist, focus on medical and environmental hazards of nuclear weapons

1940s

Sheila Fitzpatrick (04 jun 1941 – Melbourne, Australia) American-Australian author, historian

Daphne Buckle Marlatt (11 jul 1942 – Melbourne, Australia) Australian-Canadian poet, author, novelist, teacher, feminist

Marion Alice Coburn [M. A. C.] Farrant (05 apr 1947 – Sydney, Australia) Canadian memoirist, journalist, humorist, short fiction writer

Elizabeth Helen Blackburn (26 nov 1948 – Hobart, Tasmania) Australian-American author, Nobel laureate, molecular biologist / researcher

1950s

Victorian Hattam (16 nov 1953 – Australia) Australian-American author, professor, political scientist, focus on role of race, class, and ethnicity in US politics

Geraldine Brooks (14 sep 1955 – Sydney, Australia) journalist, historical novelist, Australian-American, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction laureate