People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Catt, Margaret Neville Bridson

Birth

4 August, 1924
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Death

12 August, 1993 (aged 69)
Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Cause of Death

meningitis

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.

• Anglican

Education

• Rockhampton Girls' Grammar (Qld)
• Windsor State School (Brisbane)
• Brisbane Girls Grammar School
• University of Queensland

Occupation

• academic
• biographer
• journalist
• political scientist
• political writer

Awards

• Member of the Order of Australia

Clubs

• University of Queensland Women’s Club

Legacies

• Margaret Cribb Child Care Centre (University of Queensland)
• Margaret Cribb Memorial Prize (University of Queensland)

Key Organisations

• National Union of Australian University Students (federal)
• Semper Floreat newspaper (University of Queensland)
• University of Queensland Union
• Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU)
• Women's College (University of Queensland)
• Library Board of Queensland

Workplaces

• South Coast Express newspaper (Qld)
• University of Queensland (politics)