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Alice Clark has been in mining for 30 years and while life has changed, women are still in the minority
A remote outback Queensland camp is where Alice Clark began her career as an exploration geologist for a gold mining company more than 30 years ago.
Key points:
- Only 21 per cent of STEM tertiary graduates are women
- When Alice Clark started in mining, she was immersed in a man’s world
- The ATSE Fellowship is likewise male-dominated
A few hours south of Mount Isa in north-west Queensland and “pretty close to nowhere” is how she describes it.
Now Professor Clark is a leader in her field, part of a prestigious and elite group, as one of three Queensland women elected into the Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) this year.
Back when she first started, full of excitement and enthusiasm for the job, it was very much a man’s world.
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