But it wasn’t just a day of school for the girls from Year 10, it was to listen and talk to four local women talk about their lives and what greatness they had achieved.

Organiser Tracey Lowrey said Dungog Council held their first International Women’s Day in 2006.

“And it has been going well ever since,” Mrs Lowrey said.

“It’s not about being on the front page of a newspaper or being famous – it’s women achieving their dreams.

“Greatness is not about wealth but about achieving the best we can.”

International Women's Day has been observed since in the early 1900s, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialised world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.

Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women.

Women's oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change.

Then in 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.

In accordance with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America, the first National Woman's Day was observed across the United States on February 28, 1909.

Since its birth in the socialist movement, International Women's Day has grown to become a global day of recognition and celebration across developed and developing countries alike.

At the Dungog event, panel speakers were Tegan Bathgate, Margaret Flannery, Jan Samson and Kylie Pratt with Tracey Clifton speaking about how she changed her career path.

Belly dancing and aromatherapy concluded the day’s activities.