People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Symonds, Mary
• Wein, Marie
• Wajntraub, Marie

Birth

15 August, 1922
Warsaw, Poland

Death

17 September, 2017 (aged 95)
Double Bay, 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.

• Polish

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
• Catholic
• Jewish

Education

• Presbyterian Ladies' College (Croydon, Sydney)
• University of Sydney
• East Sydney Technical College

Occupation or Descriptor

• benefactor (general)
• property developer
• shop/store owner

Awards

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Member of the Order of Australia
• Companion of the Order of Australia

Key Organisations

• Friends of the Australian Ballet
• Lady James Fairfax Memorial Prize for Painting
• Opera Foundation Australia
• Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney)
• Australian Opera Auditions
• Art Gallery of New South Wales