Dame Enid Lyons: Maiden Speech

National Archives of Australia: SP1011/1, 3062

Dame Enid Lyons maiden speech

Dame Enid Lyons: Maiden Speech (1943)

Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the House of Representatives in Australia’s federal parliament, reads her maiden speech for radio broadcast.

Length: 29 minutes

Performed by: Dame Enid Lyons

Featured in the Sounds of Australia collection

Source:

National Film and Sound Archive

NFSA title number: 483102

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See also:

Radio, special event broadcasts, Public speech, War

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