HERstory

HERstory

As part of our In Our Backyard series, tune in to hear from women who have shaped the Peninsula’s identity by highlighting the unique experiences, challenges and triumphs. Showcasing the lives of women be they pioneers, activists, artists or everyday heroes.

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May 4, 2025 38 mins

Marg D’Arcy has dedicated her life to advocating for women’s rights, and to enhancing the safety, health and wellbeing of women, children and families.

Currently the Manager of Rye Community House and a member of SWAN (Southern Women’s Action Network), Marg talks about the strong women who have helped to shape her life and the importance of women ‘having a seat at the (decision making) table’ to advanc...

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88-year Wilma Mock co-founded Mock Red Hill apple orchard with her late husband Wally Mock in 1960, and became pioneers of the Bio-Dynamic farming movement in the late 1960’s.

Wilma is joined by her grand-daughter Sheryn Strange (nee Mock) in a conversation
around the challenges, rewards and unconventional turns of a multi-generational family
business that continues to innovate and diversify – and the determinatio...

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Proud Palawa woman from the Islands of Bass Strait and proud Bunurong woman from
Point Nepean, Jillian West tells us why sharing First Nations culture and education is so
important to understanding Australian history, why the stories of the women who came
before her continue to guide her, the responsibility of her leadership to carry those stories
forward and nurture the ones that follow in her footsteps.

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Judy Muir co-founded Polperro Dolphin Swims with her son Troy 35 years ago, and now 3 generations of the Muir family work together in the business.

The original dolphin swim operator in the Bay and a pioneer of ecotourism on the Mornington Peninsula, Judy is joined by her grand-daughter & divemaster Matilda Pearl Muir, as they share their love of the natural environment and why their passion to protect the local Burrunan dolphi...

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Carole Patullo is a much-loved Peninsula-based actor, theatre-maker, director, writer,
teaching artist and Artistic Director and Lead Artist at Dreamhouse Theatre company for
teenagers.

Carole is joined by 20-year Dreamhouse alumni Tui Dahlenburg-Geeves for a
conversation about the power of theatre to tell our stories, make us brave and find our roar – and why Dreamhouse, and role models like Carole, gave Tui the con...

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February 27, 2025 56 secs

Herstory: Women of the Mornington Peninsula celebrates the contributions of women who have shaped the Peninsula’s identity by highlighting the unique experiences, challenges and triumphs.

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