Fifty years ago today, a significant group of women became some of Australia's first female forecasters on 30 April 1965—following in the footsteps of Barbara Florence Daniel, our first female meteorologist four years earlier.

From the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force during the Second World War to our female leaders of today, including Dr Sue Barrell, Deputy Director Observations and Infrastructure—take a look at a history of women in the Bureau here: http://bom.is/afb0ff