Podcasts by 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 they are? They're FIERCE. These are their stories. Join the amazing Amy Shark, Julie Bishop, Yael Stone and more as they tell the inspiring tales of some of Australia's most extraordinary women.
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Nora Heysen – the girl who never stopped painting from 2021-10-11T00:30
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 s...
Mirka Mora – the girl who painted the town red from 2021-10-11T00:29
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 f...
Yukultji Napangati – the girl who made her world shimmer from 2021-10-11T00:28
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...
Marion Mahony Griffin – the girl who designed her dream city from 2021-10-11T00:27
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...
Queenie McKenzie – the girl who became a living treasure from 2021-10-11T00:26
Queenie McKenzie grew up on a cattle station, staying away from the grasps of the authorities, who would take Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
INTRODUCING – Fierce Girls Season 7 from 2021-10-07T06:00
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 Internationa...
Jean Robertson and Kathleen Howell — the girls who drove into the history books from 2021-05-10T01:00:31
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.
Andrea Boyd — the girl who became the voice of space from 2021-04-19T02:00
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...
Caroline Buchanan — the story of the girl who became a world champion BMX bandit from 2021-04-12T01:00:49
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....
Faith Thomas — the girl who became the first Indigenous person to play cricket for Australia from 2021-04-05T02:00:24
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 Sout...
Nyadol Nyuon — the girl who gave refugees a voice from 2021-03-29T01:00:05
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 Austr...
Madeline Stuart — the girl who conquered the modelling world from 2021-03-22T02:00:24
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.
Ma...
Celeste Barber — the girl whose photos took the world by storm from 2021-03-15T01:00:24
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 T...
Oodgeroo Noonuccal — the girl who fought for the rights of Indigenous Australians from 2021-03-08T02:00:24
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 p...
Sabre Norris — the girl who shreds waves and skate parks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sabre Norris was just nine years old when she landed a skateboard trick no other Australian girl had ever done — the 540. She's not just a fierce skateboar...
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Nancy Bird-Walton — the girl who loved to fly from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When she was just four years old, Nancy Bird-Walton already knew what she wanted to do with her life — fly. She saved her pocket money to pay for lessons a...
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P.L Travers — the girl who dreamt up Mary Poppins from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When Pamela Lyndon Travers was a little girl her aunt came to stay. She was rather strict, but kind at heart, and carried with her a seemingly bottomless b...
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INTRODUCING — Fierce Girls from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In a world where girls are fed a diet of princesses, unicorns and YouTube stars, Fierce Girls tells the real life and inspirational stories of brave, adven...
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Ash Barty — the girl who became number one from 2020-09-28T02:30:17
Whack! Ash Barty was four years old when she hit a powerful shot at the head of her tennis coach. He said she wasn’t old enough to play but he saw ...
Catherine Hamlin — the girl who helped the women that no one else would from 2020-09-28T02:20:17
When a woman has a baby, sometimes things can go wrong. When you are in a poor country, those things often don't get fixed.
Dr Catherine ...
Nova Peris — the girl who won gold in two sports then got elected to parliament from 2020-09-28T02:10:17
You know those girls who are great at sport? That was Nova. She practised hockey endlessly in her backyard until one day she became the first Indig...
Dorothea MacKellar — the girl who wrote poems and broke all the rules from 2020-09-28T02:00:17
Dorothea loved to write. So much, that she would write stories and poems in her own secret code. She had a passion for the beauty of the Australian...
Rhiannan Iffland — the girl who overcame her fears and became a world champion cliff diver from 2020-09-28T01:50:17
Have you ever stood on a 10m diving board and peered down? It's a long way. Rhiannan Iffland, world champion cliff diver, leaps off at least double...
Adelaide Miethke — the girl who used radio to teach kids from the bush from 2020-09-28T01:40:17
Asthma stopped Adelaide Miethke from playing outside with other kids. She felt alone and trapped. So when she grew up and became a teacher, she had...
INTRODUCING — Fierce Girls Series 5 from 2020-09-21T01:00:17
We asked you to send us stories of your Fierce Girls, and a mountain of magnificent stories hit our inbox! So this International Day of the Girl Ch...
PRESENTS — Mackaroy Uncovered from 2020-06-26T02:40:47
We wanted to share a new podcast from the ABC that we think you'll love. In the quiet Australian country town of Mackaroy, something really strange...
PRESENTS — The Fierce Girls competition is back! from 2020-03-08T02:00
Would you like to be part of Fierce Girls? Well...get writing!
We're running a competition for our Fierce listeners and we're on the hunt ...
Bindi Irwin — the girl who is fighting to save the planet from 2019-12-06T02:00:42
Bindi was only eight-years-old when she said goodbye to her hero, her dad — Steve Irwin. She did it in front of millions of people all over the wor...
Fanny Finch — the girl who voted from 2019-11-29T02:00:42
Fanny Finch was an orphan who ended up in Castlemaine during the Victorian goldrush. She was a single mother of four, and a savvy businesswoman who...
Jackie French — the girl with dyslexia who became a famous author from 2019-11-22T01:00:45
Jackie French could read entire novels by the time she was three years old. But when she arrived at school, letters appeared back to front, and mat...
Dr Abigail Allwood — the girl who looks for life on Mars from 2019-11-15T01:00
Abigail Allwood never thought she'd be a scientist. In fact, she was terrible at science when she was at school. Now, she is searching for life on ...
Dame Nellie Melba — the girl who became the world’s most famous singer from 2019-11-08T01:00
Nellie's singing and humming around the house used to drive her dad crazy. But she always wanted to be a professional performer. She sailed to Euro...
Dame Nellie Melba - The Girl Who Became The World's Most Famous Singer from 2019-11-07T14:00
Nellie's singing and humming around the house used to drive her dad crazy. But she always wanted to be a professional performer. She sailed to Europe to chase her dream and became the greatest oper...
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Mary MacKillop — the girl who became a saint from 2019-11-01T01:00:36
Mary MacKillop is Australia's first saint. She had a dream to educate poor kids and she fiercely stood up against powerful priests for what she tho...
Alyssa Azar — the girl who climbed the world’s highest mountains from 2019-10-25T02:00:16
When Alyssa Azar was eight-years-old, she decided she wanted to climb Mt Everest. She trained for years and years, through wind, cold, rain, and sn...
Alyssa Azar - The Girl Who Climbed The World's Highest Mountains from 2019-10-24T15:00:16
When Alyssa Azar was eight-years-old, she decided she wanted to climb Mt Everest. She trained for years and years, through wind, cold, rain, and snow. And finally, at 19-years-old, she was ready. S...
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Mary Ann Bugg — the girl who became a fierce bushranger from 2019-10-18T01:00:16
Mary Ann Bugg was an Aboriginal woman who became a savvy bushranger and accomplice to Captain Thunderbolt. Mary Ann was the bushranger's spy, ridin...
Tayla Harris — the girl who kicked goals against internet trolls from 2019-10-11T01:00:16
As a young girl, Tayla Harris was the only girl on the football field. It didn't stop her though, she kicked butt and fought hard for her place. No...
Introducing — Fierce Girls series four from 2019-09-13T01:00
What do rad surfer and skater, Sabre Norris, world-famous opera singer Dame Nellie Melba and star AFL player Tayla Harris have in common? They're F...
Turia Pitt – the girl who had everything to live for from 2019-04-05T01:00
Turia Pitt was running a 100 kilometre ultra-marathon in the outback when she was caught in a bushfire. Turia was really badly burnt, spent months ...
Molly Kelly – the girl who followed the rabbit-proof fence home from 2019-03-29T01:00
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 family ...
Irene Szoeke – the girl who was born in a prison from 2019-03-22T01:00
Irene Szoeke had an incredibly tough start to life — she was born in a prison camp during World War II. She was one of the lucky ones — Irene and h...
Andrea Hah – the girl who climbed big rocks from 2019-03-15T01:00
Andrea Hah started to climb some of the biggest, toughest rocks in Australia better and faster than the boys. And that’s when she knew rock climbin...
Sam Kerr – the girl who became a football superstar from 2019-03-08T01:00
When Sam Kerr was a kid she spent hours upon hours kicking a soccer ball in the back yard of her suburban Perth house, dreaming of becoming an inte...
INTRODUCING – Fierce Girls Series 3 from 2019-02-27T01:00
We asked you to send us your stories of Fierce Girls, and woah did you deliver! Next week, on International Women’s Day, you’ll hear the first of f...
PRESENTS — school holiday listening from 2018-12-06T02:00
While the Fierce Girls team works on all new stories about amazing women, listen to Animal Sound Safari for incredible stories about cool animals a...
Margaret Olley — the girl who painted masterpieces from 2018-11-29T01:00
Margaret Olley was a bit of a rebel who was often in trouble at school. But she loved to paint and found beauty in the everyday things around her. ...
Julia Gillard — the girl who became Australian Prime Minister from 2018-11-22T01:00:20
At school Julia Gillard’s least favourite subject was Home Economics. The teachers told her she’d need it one day, but Julia wasn’t so sure. She ha...
Helen Reddy — the girl who roared from 2018-11-15T12:30
I am woman hear me roar in numbers too big to ignore! Singer Helen Reddy was tired of hearing women sing about boyfriends and husbands, so she wrot...
Veena Sahajwalla — the girl who turned trash into treasure from 2018-11-08T01:00
As a girl growing up in Mumbai, Veena Sahajwalla loved seeing how people reused all the rubbish. When she grew up, she became an engineer and a was...
Pam O’Neill — the girl who broke through horse racing barriers from 2018-11-01T01:00
Pam O’Neill grew up loving horse racing. There was just one problem — girls weren’t allowed to be jockeys. Pam thought that was ridiculous, so wrot...
Pam O'Neill - The Girl Who Broke Through Horse Racing Barriers from 2018-10-31T14:00
Pam O'Neill grew up loving horse racing. There was just one problem - girls weren't allowed to be jockeys. Pam thought that was ridiculous, so wrote hundreds of letters to racing bosses until she w...
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PRESENTS — the Fierce Girls competition from 2018-10-30T17:40
Would you like to be part of Fierce Girls? Well ... get writing! We’re running a competition for our Fierce listeners and we’re on the hunt for awe...
Gabi Hollows — the girl who helped others see from 2018-10-25T01:00
When she was a kid Gabi Hollows needed an operation to fix her crossed eyes. As a grown up she kept fixing eyes — just not her own. So far Gabi has...
Susan Alberti — the girl who kicked the biggest goal from 2018-10-18T01:00
Susan Alberti loved playing AFL when she was a kid, but had to hang up her footy boots when her dad told her it was too rough to play with the boys...
Layne Beachley — the girl who ruled the waves from 2018-10-11T02:00
Surfer Layne Beachley grew up when girls were expected to sit on the beach and mind the boy’s towels. Layne ignored that ridiculous rule and became...
Evonne Goolagong Cawley — the girl who conquered Wimbledon from 2018-10-11T01:40
Evonne Goolagong Cawley's first tennis racquet was a broomstick. Her second was a wooden paddle. It didn't hold her back. Evonne became the best te...
Lillian Armfield — the girl who fought the baddies from 2018-10-11T01:00
When Lillian Armfield became a police officer in 1915, do you know what her bosses armed her with? A handbag! She caught plenty of crooks with it t...
INTRODUCING — new episodes of Fierce Girls from 2018-10-02T01:00
Fierce Girls is back for another season next week. All new stories, all new narrators, all still totally fierce.
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PRESENTS — Animal Sound Safari from 2018-09-07T04:00:04
New episodes of Fierce Girls are coming soon! October 11. In the meantime, check out our other ‘pawdcast’, Animal Sound Safari! It takes your ears ...
PRESENTS — Short & Curly from 2018-06-27T12:00
Hey Fierce Girls. We’ve got an unreal podcast we reckon you’re just gonna love - Short & Curly! It asks the curliest of questions which will really...
PRESENTS — the big announcement from 2018-05-08T16:00
Hey there! We’ve got some epic news to share with you! If you’ve been loving meeting all the sassy, mighty and amazing trailblazers in Fierce Girl...
Ruby Payne-Scott — the girl who listened to the stars from 2018-05-01T02:00
In the 1940s when Ruby Payne Scott went to university she was the only girl in her class. Back then, you could count the number of female physicist...
Edith Cowan — the girl who changed the rules from 2018-04-24T02:00
When Edith Cowan was a girl, her mum died and her father was sentenced to death for murder. She knew hardship ... and it drove her to get a better ...
Daisy Bindi — the girl who fought for more from 2018-04-10T02:00
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 th...
Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie — the girls who swam for gold from 2018-04-03T02:00
Not so long ago girls weren't allowed to swim in the same pool as boys let alone compete in the Olympics. Girls weren't even taught how to swim fre...
Ronni Kahn — the girl who fed the hungry from 2018-03-20T02:00
If there’s something that makes Ronni Kahn's blood boil, it’s seeing good food thrown on the scrap heap. Ronni is the foodie Robin Hood — she rescu...
Cathy Freeman — the girl who ran fast from 2018-03-13T02:00
As a little girl, Catherine Freeman had one dream — to go to the Olympic Games. Luckily, she could run fast. Really fast. So fast, she not only wen...
Jessica Watson — the girl who sailed around the world from 2018-03-06T02:00
Everyone said 16-year-old Jessica Watson was too young to sail around the world all on her own. And when she crashed her boat into a giant ship in ...
Louise Sauvage — the girl who was unstoppable from 2018-03-06T01:30
Louise Sauvage was born with one leg trapped under and around her body, and the other up over her shoulder. Even though the lower half of her body ...
Nancy Wake — the girl who spied from 2018-03-06T01:00
What does every good spy parachuting into enemy territory need to evade capture? A handgun, a nightie, lipstick and a satin cushion of course! That...