The She Matters Mural will be installed at Orange in NSW on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
The Orange Project will be on the South Court wall in front of the Orange Regional Gallery and Library.
The main area of the Orange mural will feature the faces of Molly Ticehurst and Justine Hammond. Molly was killed in Forbes in 2024 and Justine died in Nashdale in 2025.
A special section of the mural will be dedicated to other Orange district women lost to violence: They are Kristy Armstrong, Thelma May Dresley, Kristy Scholes, Leteesha Nolan, an unnamed woman, Ethel May Wells, Vivienne Slessor, Janine Vaughan, Jessica Beth Small, Lauren Margaret Barry and Nicole Emma Collins.
The original She Matters Mural was erected on International Women’s Day of 2025 in the iconic Hosier Lane in Melbourne. On the day it was installed, it featured the faces and names of 116 women killed since January 1, 2024 to March 8, 2025.
It is an evolving project – when another woman is killed, she is added to the mural.
The mural now commemorates 136 women killed since January 1 of 2024. You can read all of their stories on the Memorial to Women and Children Lost to Violence.
The women who feature on the mural died as a result of murder, manslaughter, neglect or other unlawful act. About 60% were allegedly killed by partners or relatives, 30% were killed by people they knew but who were not related to them and 10% were killed by strangers. At least 96% of the women were lost to male violence and 90% of the women knew their killers.
The She Matters Mural is based on Australian Femicide Watch Founder Sherele Moody’s She Matters social media posts. These posts commemorate Australian women lost to violence. The images are the social media cards from the social media posts.
It’s hoped the Orange mural will be a focal-point for vigils to commemorate women lost to violence.
Sherele hopes to roll out one She Matters Mural in each state and territory across Australia. If you’d like to propose a wall email Sherele@AustralianFemicideWatch.org
The mural project – like everything Australian Femicide Watch and The RED HEART Campaign does – is funded by Sherele and through crowd-funding and the sales of RED HEART Tees.