Theodora Cowan
Theodora Esther Cowan (Theo) (1868-1949)ɗan wasan Ostiraliya ne,wanda ake ɗaukarsa a matsayin mace ta farko da aka haifa a Ostiraliya. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin adadin mata masu sassaƙa waɗanda suke aiki a ƙarshen ƙarni na 19.Baya ga kasancewa na farko da aka haifa a Ostiraliya,Cowan (tare da Margaret Baskerville)na cikin wadanda suka fara samun nasara,musamman don aikin hotonta.

Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Cowan a Richmond Villa a The Domain,Sydney kuma ta fara horo a Sydney a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Sydney tare da Lucien Henry kafin ta koma Italiya a 1889 tare da iyayenta,inda ta zauna tsawon shekaru shida.Ta yi karatu a Florence a Academy of Fine Arts a karkashin Longworth Powers da Augusto Rivalta,inda ta "sami dabarar fasaharta". Cowan ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin matasa masu zane-zane na Australiya,ciki har da Bertram Mackennal,wanda ya tafi Turai don yin karatu a farkon shekarun 20th.

A Italiya Cowan ya gana da fitattun mutane irin su Pietro Mascagni,Ouidada kuma wani sculptor na Amurka Harriet Hosmer.A cikin 1895,Cowan ya koma Sydneykuma ya kafa ɗakin studio a cikin Strand Arcade.Ta gano akwai kyamar mata masu sassaka kuma ta bayyana cewa tana "matsayin majagaba".