Born, Warrnambool, Victoria. Educated, Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Melbourne.
Daughter of the late Rev. John Anderson, of Warrnambool, Victoria. Wife of Jas. Gideon Pott, of Potburn, Etrick, Scotland, who joined the Lothian and Border Horse Yeomanry 1914 and died in Salonika, 1916. Grand-niece of John Hastie, of Leslie Manor Estate, benefactor of the University, the Presbyterian Church and the Church of England to the extent of £60,000.
CHARITIES. On the Committee of the Ministering Children’s League; Vice-president of the National Board of the Y. W. C. A., Australia; Chairman of the World Fellowship Committee. An active worker for the Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Union and Girls’ Hostels. During the war, worked as V. A. D. for five years, was mentioned in despatches.
HOBBIES. Gardening and Music.
CLUB. Member of the Committee of the Quamby Club.
ADDRESS. “Hybla,” Wallace Avenue, Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria.
'Pott, Mary Cameron (1877–1969)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/pott-mary-cameron-18934/text30549, accessed 19 April 2024.
1877
Warrnambool,
Victoria,
Australia
1969
(aged ~ 92)
Victoria,
Australia
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