People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Nurcombe , Gabrielle Brenda Phyllis
• Hammond, Gabrielle Brenda Phyllis

Birth

6 August, 1917
Coorparoo, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Death

11 April, 1999 (aged 81)
Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Cause of Death

heart disease

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.

• Catholic

Education

• Hemmant State School (Qld)
• Upper Yarraman State School (Qld)
• South Brisbane Intermediate School

Occupation or Descriptor

• aircraft inspector
• bar staff
• clerk
• community worker
• fruit grower
• home economist
• radio talkback broadcaster
• television commentator

Awards

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Key Organisations

• Family Planning Association of Queensland
• St Vincent’s Home for Children, Nudgee
• Catholic Women's League (QLD)
• Citizens' Municipal Organisation (QLD)
• Liberal Party (Qld))
• Queensland Housewives’ Association
• Liberal Civic Party (QLD)
• Asthma Foundation of Queensland
• Consumer Affairs Council (QLD)

Workplaces

• Lennons Broadbeach Hotel
• Simpson Pope Holdings Ltd
• 4BH radio station (Brisbane)
• 4BK radio station (Brisbane)
• TVQ-0 (Brisbane)
• 4IP radio station (Brisbane)