People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• McCartney, Margaret Georgina

Birth

15 May, 1926
Belfast, Antrim, Ireland

Death

11 November, 2020 (aged 94)

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.

• Irish

Education

• Fairfield Primary School (Melbourne)
• Westgarth Central Business College (Melbourne)
• Australian National University
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
• Taylors College (Melbourne)

Occupation or Descriptor

• accountant
• liberal/conservative politician
• Member of Upper House

Awards

• Dame Commander of the British Empire
• Centenary Medal
• Companion of the Order of Australia

Key Organisations

• Australian Children's Television Foundation
• Infertility Treatment Authority (Vic)
• Mental Health Research Institute (Vic)
• Victorian Opera
• National Foundation for Australian Women
• Australian Institute of Family Studies
• Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Victorian Judicial Remuneration Council
• National Health and Medical Research Council

Political Activism

• Liberal Party (federal)

Workplaces

• Parliament of Australia