Badass women of Australian history

It’s International Women’s Day – so why not celebrate by unearthing some of the most badass women in Australian history. Nancy Wake karate chopped Nazis; Annette Kellerman was the first woman to appear nude in a Hollywood movie; and Mary Ann Bugg was an indigenous bushranger who used a machete to hamstring people.

Eliza Reilly is a comedian and author of Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History….a celebration of women you’ve never heard of, but should certainly know about.

On this International Women’s Day, we learn about some of the most colourful, brave, inspiring…and well, badass women in Australia’s history.

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