Two boring machines to be used in the construction of the Cross River Rail tunnels in early 2021 will be named after two feminists pioneers.
Chair of Powerlink, Else Shepherd who was the first female engineering graduate in Queensland and feminist Merle Thornton who introduced women's studies at the University of Queensland in 1973 will be named for their common groundbreaking nature.
The two machines, Merle and Else, will eventually emerge at Normanby late in 2021