People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Hutchieson , Heather Mary

Birth

25 September, 1917
North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death

12 November, 1999 (aged 82)
Hampton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

cancer (kidney)

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.

• Presbyterian

Education

• Albury High School (NSW)

Occupation or Descriptor

• conservationist
• farmer
• liberal/conservative party organiser
• nurse (general)
• political activist
• social reformer

Awards

• Order of St John
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Member of the Order of Australia

Legacies

• Victorian Farmers Federation/Landcare Victoria Inc. Heather Mitchell Memorial Fellowship

Key Organisations

• Red Cross Society (Vic)
• Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind
• St John Ambulance (Vic)
• Victorian Bush Nursing Association
• Landcare Victoria Inc.
• Victorian Farmers Federation
• National Farmers' Federation

Political Activism

• Liberal Party (Vic)

Workplaces

• Austin Hospital (Melbourne)
• Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital (Melbourne)
• Royal Women's Hospital (Melbourne)