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Life Summary

Name	Lyndall Ryan
Born	14 April, 1943 Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	30 April, 2024 (aged 81) Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Ryan, John Francis (father)
Education *	Woollahra Public School (Sydney) (student, 1948-1953) Canley Vale Public School (Sydney) (student, 1953-1954) Fairfield Girls High School (student, 1955-1959) Australian National University (student, ?-1969) University of Sydney (student, 1961-1964) Macquarie University (student, 1970-1976)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1965-1965) New South Wales, Australia research assistant (history) (1966-1968) Australian Capital Territory, Australia university teacher (1969-1972) Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea feminist (1970-1977) New South Wales, Australia schoolteacher (1973-1973) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1974-1975) Australian Capital Territory, Australia academic (1977-1985) Queensland, Australia feminist (1977-1985) Queensland, Australia historian (general) (1977-1985) Queensland, Australia university teacher (1977-1977) Australian Capital Territory, Australia academic (1986-1998) South Australia, Australia feminist (1986-1998) South Australia, Australia historian (general) (1986-1998) South Australia, Australia academic (1998-2024) New South Wales, Australia feminist (1998-2024) New South Wales, Australia historian (general) (1998-2024) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2019)
Key Organisations *	Women's Liberation (group) Sydney (member, 1970-?) Mejane (newspaper) (member, 1971-?) Refractory Girl (magazine) (member, 1972-?) Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre (Sydney) (member, 1973-1974) Women's Electoral Lobby (NSW) (member, 1998-2012) Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow, 2018-2024)
Workplaces *	Jannali Girls High School (teacher, ?-?) Campbelltown High School (Sydney) (teacher, 1965-1965) Australian National University (history) (research assistant, 1966-1968) University of Papua New Guinea (tutor, 1969) Prime Minister & Cabinet (public servant, 1974-1975) Australian National University (history) (tutor, 1977-1977) Griffith University (Qld) (humanities) (academic, 1977-1985) Flinders University (women's studies) (academic, 1986-1998) University of Newcastle (Australian Studies) (academic, 1998-2004)

* Dates are approximate