In March this year (2026) I wrote about women of the Avoca district:
- Eliza Crowhurst (1844-1919), a devoted mother
- Margaret (Smyth) Plowright (1834-1897)
- Eleanor Meade drowned in a flood at Amphitheatre
- Elva Daphne Barker : 1928—2019 “A Life of Inspiration Born of Necessity”
- Margaret (Kinsley) Howell (1843-1914): an Irish emigrant
- Mary Ann (McCoy) Ah Car (1849-1872), the wife of an opium dealer
- Olive Moodie, found not guilty of poisoning her family
- The Mockett angel
- Six children of Eliza Kilpatrick died from diphtheria in 1864
- Agnes Snell nee Grewar, 1836–1920
- Caroline Young nee Clarke of Lamplough, 1835–1879
- Annie Caroline McKinnon 1868–1887
- Ethel Redpath nee Hellings, 1871–1914
- Charlotte Wilkins nee Young, 1861–1925
- Ellen Knight nee Reilly, 1838–1907, nurse
- Mrs Isabella Galbraith A.T.C.L., music teacher
- Mary Ellen (Minnie) Picking nee Daly, 1884–1923
- Eliza Henry nee Gay, 1833–1898, the wife of an Avoca bootmaker
- Mary Anna Brown nee Cudmore (1869–1900), the wife of a schoolteacher
- Miss Emily Bacon, 1849–1894, teacher and charity worker
- Margaret Calaby (1835–1893) of Homebush
- The death of Chemimé, an Aboriginal woman of the Avoca district
Many are buried in Avoca cemetery.
