The State Government of Tasmania in Australia established the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women in 2005 to recognise Tasmanian women who have been distinguished in their contributions to the State. In 2021 Martine Delaney became the first openly transgender woman into the Honour Roll.
The Honour Roll is generated from community involvement in the discovery of women's historical and contemporary contributions to Tasmania, to honour them and to ensure their memory is not lost.
Inductees are listed below by year, and for other formats and biographies of the individual inductees see the Tasmanian State Government Honour Roll of Women website.Tasmanian State Government Honour Roll of Women website After 2009 announcements of additional names were made biannually.
2025 The 2025 inductees were announced on 7 March by the Minister for Women, Jo Palmer:
Ballard, Wafa (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; multicultural affairs) Campbell, Rees (for service to environment; education; community, advocacy and inclusion) Carlton OAM, Melissa Paula (for service to sport and recreation; community, advocacy and inclusion) Chong FAICD, Heather (for service to government public service and politics; volunteering) Drummond Cawthon, Kelly (for service to arts or media; community, advocacy and inclusion) Girl Guides Tasmania (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; education and training) Haigh ASM, Simone (for service to emergency services; workplace relations) Hallam, Dorothy (for service to arts or media; cultural heritage) Hobart Women's Shelter (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; prevention of family violence) Huett, Judy (for service to human rights, justice and corrections, community, advocacy and inclusion) Kille AM, Dr Mary Lindsay (for service to health; human rights, justice) Landowski, Dr Lila (for service to science; education; community, advocacy and inclusion) Lester, Professor Elizabeth (Libby) (for service to education and training; arts or media) McCuaig, Mary Ann (for service to environment; government; community, advocacy and inclusion) Milne AO, Christine (for service to environment; government, public services and politics) Morice, Deb (for service to agriculture, primary industries; community, advocacy and inclusion) Munting, Katrina (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; human rights, justice) Nettlefold, Dr Jocelyn (for service to arts or media; government, public services and politics) Pecl AM, Professor Gretta (for service to science, technology; environment) Polley OAM, Kim Petrina (for service to government public service and politics; community, advocacy and inclusion) Purnell OAM, Vicki May (for service to health; community, advocacy and inclusion; volunteering) Raake, Maria (for service to health; community, advocacy and inclusion) Scholes, Katherine (for service to arts or media; literature and education) Sumner, Cate (for service to human rights, justice; prevention of family violence) Swain AM, Elizabeth Jean (for service to engineering; community, advocacy and inclusion) Tame, Grace Lauren (for service to human rights, justice; community, advocacy and inclusion) Weindorfer, Kate Julia (for service to environment; tourism) Wise OAM, Sally (for service to tourism; volunteering) Women's Legal Service Tasmania (WLST) (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; prevention of family violence)
2023 Alexander, Alison (for service to cultural heritage; literature) Adam-Smith, Patricia (Patsy) (for services to cultural heritage; literature) Barwick, Heather (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; government and public services) Bovill, Jane (for service to education and training) Baker, Barbara (Barb) (for service to health, community, advocacy and inclusion) Cowle, Gertrude (for service to business; community advocacy and inclusion) Cairns, Virginia (for service to arts; education; sport and recreation; community service) Cross, Carolyn (for service to arts; education) Duniam, Dr Mary (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; government and public service) Dawkins, Andrea (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; government and public services) Doddridge, Elizabeth (Libby) (for service to education and training; community) Escott, Ros (for service to volunteering and health) Fordyce, Kathryn (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; volunteering) Gates, Dr Genevieve (for service to education and training; environment; science and research) Green, Hyacinth (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion) Holmdahl, Christina (for service to arts and media; community, advocacy and inclusion; literature; government, public services and politics; volunteering) Harris, Dr Rebecca (for service to education; science and research; environment) Hesketh, Gwendoline (Gwen) (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; health; human rights, justice; volunteering) Little, Elizabeth (Liz) (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion, government, public services; human rights; justice; prevention of family violence) Melbourne-Thomas, Jess (for service to the environment; science and research) Machen, Mary (for service to arts and media; community advocacy and inclusion; literature; volunteering) Maxwell, May (for service to arts; community, advocacy and inclusion; government and public service; volunteering) Munday, Jessica (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; human rights and justice) Mountney, Glenda (for service to volunteering) McAlpine, Colette (for service to cultural heritage; arts and media; community advocacy and inclusion; volunteering) Nolan, Susan (for service to childcare; education and training; government and public services; volunteering) Payne, Barbara (for service to community; advocacy and inclusion; education; government and public services) Pockett, Teresa (for service to education and training; community advocacy and inclusion) Rooke, Jessie (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; government, public services and politics; human rights) Rodway, Florence (for service to arts and cultural heritage) Ritchie, Allison (for service to community, advocacy, and inclusion; government and public services; human rights; sport and recreation) Selby, Jill (for service to childcare; community advocacy and inclusion; education and training; volunteering) Soroptimist International of Launceston (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; education; environment; health; human rights; prevention of family violence; volunteering) Wriedt, Paula (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; education and training; government, public services and politics) Wylie, Kristen (for service to community, advocacy and inclusion; education; government and public services; human rights; prevention of family violence) Young, Patricia (for service to volunteering)
2021
Cox, Suzanne Gertrude (for service to health, volunteering, arts and media, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs) Delaney, Martine (for service to human rights, justice and corrections, community advocacy and inclusion, and sport and recreation) Dean, Mary Clarrissa (for service to business, industry and workplace relations, community advocacy and inclusion, education and training, environment, and volunteering) Eldridge, Margaret Ursula (for service to multicultural affairs, community advocacy and inclusion, education and training, and volunteering) Fahlborg, Honora (Maud) (for service to community advocacy and inclusion, education and training, health, and human rights, Justice and Corrections) Goodwin, Dr Vanessa (for service to Public Services and Politics, human rights, Justice, and Corrections, community advocacy and inclusion, arts and media) Healey, Janine (for service to arts and media, Business, Industry and Workplace Relations, community advocacy and inclusion, human rights, Justice and Corrections, agriculture/Primary Industries, Tourism, and Volunteering) Heyward, Roseanne (for service to Public Services and Politics, community advocacy and inclusion, environment, and Volunteering) Holman, Beverley Helen (for service to community advocacy and inclusion) Kennedy, Lorna Doone Pleasance (for service to community advocacy and inclusion, Public Services and Politics, Tourism, Volunteering, health, and arts and media) Lewis, Rosalind Mary (for service to community advocacy and inclusion, education and training, Multicultural Affairs, human rights, and the environment) Merridew, Sarah (for service to Business, Industry and Workplace Relations, community advocacy and inclusion) Pennicott, Edna Florence (for service to community advocacy and inclusion) Poulett-Harris, Harriet (Lily) (for service to sport and recreation) Presentation Sisters Tasmania (for service to education and training) Roberts, Diana Ruth (for service to community advocacy and inclusion) Radcliffe, Dora Christine (for service to tourism) Stafford, Jean Honora (for services to arts and media) Tasmanian Women's Amateur Athletics Association (for service to Sport and Recreation) Walker, Lorraine Faye (for service to community advocacy and inclusion) Zonta International District 23, Area 5 (for service to volunteering, arts and media, human rights, justice and corrections, prevention of domestic and family violence, community advocacy and inclusion)
2019 Adams, Donna Louise (for service to the community, police, emergency services and defence) Denne, Josephine (for service to the community) Duncombe, Kathy (for service to the community) Durrani, Hina (for service to multicultural affairs) Edwards, Carole Jacqueline (for service to community, environment, local government and planning, architecture and engineering) Ellis, Neroli (for service to health and community) Flower, Glynis (for service to community) Gale, Jenny (for service to Government) Gaskell, Siobhan (for service to community, education and training and government) Giudici, Rossalyn (for service to community) Holderness-Roddam, Myrtle (Georgie) (for service to education and training) Jackson, Frances Isabel (for service to sport and recreation) Kelly, Diane Lesley (for service to the community, sport and recreation) Kerslake, Marjory (for service to education and training, and sport and recreation) McNamara, Catherine (for service to police, emergency services and defence) Millar, Ann Janette (for service to the community) Miller, Maureen (for service to community, arts or media and health) Murphy, Dianne (for service to community) National Council of Women (for service to community) O'Neill, Lindy (for service to community, human rights, justice, education and training) Overeem, Alison (for services to the community, education and training and cultural heritage) Perry, Pauline (for service to community and sport and recreation) Ray, Jean Diamond (for service to community) Roe, Kim (for service to the arts or media) Seagram, Kim (for service to business or industry) Sharpe, Moya (for service to education and training) Smith, Bronilyn (for service to education and training, community and sport and recreation) Speers, Sandra Michelle (for service to sport and recreation) Tennent, Shan (for service to justice and human rights) Travers, Judith (Judy) Ellen (for service to education and training)
2017 Bender, Frances (for service to business or industry) Bird, Margaret (for community service) Brock, Cynthia (for services to education and training) Bushby, Hazel (Elaine) (for community service) Clementson, Lesley Ann (for science or medicine) Cameron, Mel (for services to business, industry or tourism) Female Convicts Research Centre (for community service, education and training, justice and tourism) Fenton, Karla (for service to science or medicine) Flint, Deirdre (for service to government)