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Merle Thornton (1930-2024) was a pioneer of the women's liberation movement in Australia, who chained herself to a bar rail to protest the exclusion of women in public bars in 1965. She also worked as an academic, a screenwriter, a playwright and a novelist, and received the Order of Australia in 2015.
21. Aug. 2024 · Dr Thornton was known for her iconic protest against the ban on women drinking in public bars in Brisbane in 1965, and her advocacy for women's rights and Indigenous causes. She also founded the first Women's Studies course in Australia and received an honorary doctorate from UQ.
23. Aug. 2024 · Dr Thornton died on 16 August, aged 93, after a distinguished career campaigning for women's rights and gender equity. She was a pioneer of Women's Studies at UQ and a catalyst for significant changes for women in Australia.
22. Aug. 2024 · Merle Thornton was the mother of Harold and Sigrid Thornton (yes, the famous actor), but she was also a feminist and a firebrand stirrer of such note that historian Marilyn Lake has said the famed bar protest “presaged a new phase in the history of feminism”.
Learn how Merle Thornton AM, a UQ alumna and lecturer, led the famous Regatta Hotel protest in 1965 and campaigned for women's rights in Queensland and Australia. Discover her achievements, challenges and legacy in this profile article.
22. Aug. 2024 · Pioneering Australian women's rights activist Merle Thornton has died aged 93. Dr Thornton and her friend Rosalie Bogner famously chained themselves to a bar at Brisbane's Regatta Hotel in 1965 ...
Merle Thornton, the mother of actor Sigrid, returned to the Regatta Hotel, that now has a room named after her, for the launch of her first novel After Moonlight in 2004.
