People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Murdoch, Catherine Helen

Birth

20 December, 1904
Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

2 January, 2000 (aged 95)
Mosman Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Cause of Death

unknown

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.

• Scottish

Education

• Cottesloe High School (Perth)
• Fintona Girls' School (Balwyn, Melbourne)
• Perth College (Mt Lawley, Perth)
• University of Western Australia
• London Day Training College (UK)

Occupation

• charity worker
• early childhood educationist
• educational reformer
• radio announcer
• radio producer
• schoolteacher
• television presenter
• television producer

Awards

• Member of the Order of the British Empire
• Murdoch University

Key Organisations

• Children's Film Council (WA)
• International Association of Women in Radio and Television
• Marriage Guidance Council of Western Australia
• Western Australian Women’s Society of Fine Arts and Crafts
• Kindergarten Union of Western Australia
• Children's Book Council (WA)
• Save the Children Fund (Vic)
• Amnesty International

Workplaces

• Kindergarten Training College (Perth)
• Raith Girls' Grammar School (Perth)
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• 6WF radio station (Perth)