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Fierce Girls
From skaters to singers, mountaineers to Mars mission-leaders. From the deep blue sea to the dark, black skies. Australia is full of girls who dare to do things differently. Adventurous girls. Girls with guts and spirit. Girls who stand-up and say, "watch out world, here I come!". Do you know what t...
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Chloe Hayden – the girl who put autism in the spotlight
Chloe had always felt like a bit of an alien. She just didn't really get most other kids, and they didn't get her either. When she learned she was aut...
Naomi Moran – the girl who came through for her community in a crisis
What would you do if your town was flooded? Newspaper boss Naomi Moran didn't just chase the story, she made headlines herself! She rallied together a...
Jade Hameister – the girl who skied to the top and bottom of the world
Jade Hameister's thirst for adventure in the toughest environments was unquenchable — while other girls were playing with dolls, Jade was scaling moun...
Allirra Jennings – the girl who ran in every major marathon
When her grandmother lost her life to diabetes, Allirra was determined not to let the same thing happen to her. She picked up her running shoes and hi...
Donna Adams – the girl who became Tasmania’s first female police commissioner
When Donna started working as a police officer, her station didn't even have women's toilets. Now, she runs the whole force!
How did one of the...
Marita Cheng — the girl who built robots, and helped other girls build them too
When Marita was little, she thought robots could change the world, or at least do the dishes for her! But not many other girls thought the same. So, M...
Michelle Payne — the girl who raced the Melbourne Cup and won
Tragedy followed Michelle Payne around, but she never gave up on her dream of winning the race that stops the nation — the Melbourne Cup. Every time s...
Taryn Brumfitt — the girl who broke social media's standards
Scrolling on social media might make you feel like you need to have the perfect body, and Taryn Brumfitt was sick of the pressure! After becoming a ch...
Elizabeth Kenny — the girl whose unlikely treatment helped people with polio
Elizabeth Kenny grew up in a time when women were rarely educated, so naturally, she trained herself to be a nurse. When her patients with polio were...
Alma Mary Wang — the girl who spoke up for Chinese people in Australia
Growing up Chinese Australian under the White Australia Policy was tough, but Mary wouldn't be underestimated. She became the first-known Chinese Aust...
INTRODUCING – Fierce Girls Season 10
We asked for your Fierce Girls stories, and wow, you delivered! You'll hear inspiring stories by Fierce listeners just like you about a polar explorer...
NAIDOC – Faith Thomas: the girl who became the first indigenous person to play cricket for Australia
Faith Thomas grew up throwing rocks at galahs. She'd only been playing proper cricket for a couple of weeks before she was picked to represent South A...
NAIDOC – Yukultji Napangati: the girl who made her world shimmer
Yukultji Napangati grew up with no contact with the outside world. Just her and her family, living on a shimmery salt lake. She learned how to live on...
NAIDOC – Queenie McKenzie: the girl who became a living treasure
Queenie McKenzie grew up on a cattle station, staying away from the grasps of the authorities, who would take Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ki...
NAIDOC – Oodgeroo Noonuccal: the girl who fought for the rights of her people
When Kath Ruska's dad told her white people would never recognise Aboriginal culture, she hoped he was wrong. She became a famous poet, using her pen...
NAIDOC – Mary Ann Bugg: the girl who became a fierce bushranger
Mary Ann Bugg was an Aboriginal woman who became a savvy bushranger and accomplice to Captain Thunderbolt. She was the bushranger's spy, riding ahead...
NAIDOC — Molly Kelly: the girl who followed the rabbit-proof fence home
Molly Kelly had a white father and an Aboriginal mother and was just a young girl when she was taken from her home.
She was stolen from her fami...
NAIDOC – Daisy Bindi: the girl who fought for more
Daisy Bindi couldn't understand why her boss paid wages to the white workers, but not to her. She was no different to them. And neither were all the o...
INTRODUCING — Fierce Girls Celebrates NAIDOC Week
Fierce Girls is celebrating First Nations women who Get Up! Stand Up and Show Up! As Australia celebrates NAIDOC week in July, we're putting the spotl...
Mum Shirl – the girl who became a mum to thousands
Coleen Shirley Perry had a heart of gold. So when she went to visit her brother in jail, she saw something that few people saw. Instead of seeing badd...
Meru Sheel — the girl who is a disease detective
If you saw an infectious disease outbreak, would you run far, far away? Dr Meru Sheel runs towards it. Meru grew up in India, where diseases like poli...
Melanie Perkins — The girl who created a unicorn
Ever wanted to change the world? Melanie Perkins did — she just needed the right problem to solve. Then it hit her. She tutored university students in...
Daphne Hilton (Ceeney) — the girl who dominated the Paralympics
A terrible horse-riding accident left teenager Daphne Ceeney paraplegic. Doctors told her there was nothing they could do and sent her home with no ho...
Valerie Taylor — the girl who swam with sharks
Would you willingly put your arm in a shark's mouth? Valerie Taylor did. She was a pioneering shark conservationist who believed sharks are friends, n...
INTRODUCING — Fierce Girls Season 8
From the underwater adventurers of the past, to the disease experts of the future, Australia is FULL of girls who dare to do things differently. Fierc...
Nora Heysen – the girl who never stopped painting
Nora Heysen wasn’t the only talented artist in the family. As a young woman, her painting was extraordinary, but she could never get out from the shad...
Mirka Mora – the girl who painted the town red
As a child, Mirka Mora narrowly escaped being sent to a death camp just for being Jewish. The faces of the people she left behind would haunt her fore...
Yukultji Napangati – the girl who made her world shimmer
Yukultji Napangati grew up with no contact with the outside world. Just her and her family, living on a shimmery salt lake. She learned how to live on...
Marion Mahony Griffin – the girl who designed her dream city
Marion Mahony Griffin grew up in the best kind of playground – nature. Her home was a log cabin in the woods, where she was able to run wild, climb tr...
Queenie McKenzie – the girl who became a living treasure
Queenie McKenzie grew up on a cattle station, staying away from the grasps of the authorities, who would take Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ki...
INTRODUCING – Fierce Girls Season 7
Can you name a famous Australian artist? This season of Fierce Girls, we’re brushing up on some fierce women of the art world! So this International D...
Jean Robertson and Kathleen Howell — the girls who drove into the history books
Jean Robertson learnt to drive almost as soon as her feet could touch the pedals — and then she taught her bestie Kathleen Howell to do the same.
Julia Gillard — the girl who became Australian Prime Minister
This year marks 100 years since the first woman was elected in parliament in Australia. To celebrate, we're bringing back some of our favourite Fierce...
Edith Cowan — the girl who changed the rules
This year marks 100 years since the first woman was elected in parliament in Australia. To celebrate, we're bringing back some of our favourite Fierce...
Andrea Boyd — the girl who became the voice of space
Andrea Boyd grew up loving the science fiction series Star Trek. And when she wasn't at school, conducting science experiments or staring at the TV, s...
Caroline Buchanan — the story of the girl who became a world champion BMX bandit
Caroline Buchanan rode in her first big international BMX race when she was nine, waving to the crowd, soaring down hills, gliding through the air. It...
Faith Thomas — the girl who became the first Indigenous person to play cricket for Australia
Faith Thomas grew up throwing rocks at galahs. She'd only been playing proper cricket for a couple of weeks before she was picked to represent South A...
Nyadol Nyuon — the girl who gave refugees a voice
Nyadol Nyuon's family is from South Sudan, but she was born in a refugee camp.
Every night she prayed that her family could move to Australia....
Madeline Stuart — the girl who conquered the modelling world
When Madeline Stuart was 17, her mum took her to a fashion parade where most of the models seemed to fit a tall, thin, predictable box.
Maddy wa...
Celeste Barber — the girl whose photos took the world by storm
Even as a young girl, Celeste Barber always had a funny story that would make everyone laugh out loud.
Celeste dreamed of starring in a TV come...