Women's History Walking Tour: Canberra Heritage Festival

A walking tour of Canberra, created with MARION Writers ACT in celebration of Canberra's Heritage Festival


She Shapes History
She Shapes History
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2 hours Experience size 10 to 30 guests       $60 (PayPal Pay in 4 available)

Join us for a two-hour walk through Canberra’s hidden written history—through the neighbourhoods, parks and cultural and community hubs where women found inspiration and became the writers, poets and readers who shaped Canberra’s cultural life.
Limited edition tour for Canberra's Heritage Festival. Created with MARION Writers ACT. Walk through the cultural hubs of Canberra's thriving inner north. Walk in the extraordinary footsteps of the women who shaped Canberra's cultural and literary scene.
Sunday mornings from mid-April to mid-May. Led by guides who are shaping history today. Take home a sticker and a list of the women and stories from the tour (because their names deserve to be remembered).
Walk away inspired and ready to shape history yourself
Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly, no experience required.
Location

Old Parliament House, King George Terrace, Parkes ACT

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She Shapes History
She Shapes History

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We're on a mission to make Australian women's history accessible, entertaining, and engaging through walking tours, social media and one-off events.
She Shapes History started with a simple question – "Where are the women in the history of Australia?"
Bushrangers, convicts, diggers, blokes and battlers are often seen as the main characters of Australian history. In the story of our nation, women have frequently been cast as minor characters. Countless stories have been lost, left unrecorded, undervalued, and untold. As a society, it's so easy to forget that women were behind many of the moments that shaped Australia.
We believe that by recovering the remarkable stories of the women who shaped history, we can challenge our perception of women today. Closing the respect gap in Australian politics and culture today requires that we recognise and re-imagine what Australian women, particularly First Nations women, queer women, women of colour and women with disabilities, have achieved in the past.
While there are many ways to learn more about our history, there is nothing quite like a walking tour. Walking tours offer a unique opportunity to share history in an inclusive, accessible and non-judgmental context.
We use walking tours to highlight the diverse and often forgotten women behind the moments that shaped Australia. We want all Australians, no matter their race, gender or sexuality, to be able to see themselves in Canberra's landscape, in Australian history, and the story of our nation.
So, where are the women in the story of Australia? Well, as you'll discover on our tours, everywhere.

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2026-07-03 15:00:00
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