People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

8 April, 1900
Ashton-upon-Mersey, Greater Manchester, England

Death

21 November, 1979 (aged 79)
Cheltenham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Buddhist
• Presbyterian
• Unitarian

Passenger Ship

• Anchises (1912)

Education

• Beecroft Public School (NSW)
• Presbyterian Ladies' College (Croydon, Sydney)
• Pymble Ladies' College (Sydney)
• University of Sydney

Occupation or Descriptor

• bushwalker
• conservationist
• feminist
• journalist
• pacifist
• religious writer
• socialist
• solicitor
• travel writer
• women's activist

Awards

• Rose Scott Prize (University of Sydney)

Clubs

• Women's Club (Sydney)

Key Organisations

• Sydney Bush Walkers Club
• Royal Geographical Society of London
• Federation of Bushwalking Clubs (NSW)
• Buddhist Society of New South Wales

Workplaces

• Henry Davis & Co