Florence Violet McKenzie (1890-1982)
In 1921 she bought a radio sales and repair shop in Royal Arcade, Sydney, which she ran while studying. She also worked as an electrical engineer and contractor and experimented with television. In 1924 Florence became Australia’s first female certificated radio telegraphist, the first female member of the Wireless Institute of Australia, and the first woman in Australia to hold an amateur wireless licence.”
– National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
