People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

13 March, 1907
North Perth, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Death

3 June, 1985 (aged 78)
Wembley, Perth, Western Australia, 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.

• Irish

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

• St Joseph's Convent School (Fremantle, WA)
• St Joseph's College (Fremantle, WA)
• University of Western Australia

Occupation or Descriptor

• labour politician
• Member of Upper House
• schoolteacher

Awards

• Dame Commander of the British Empire

Legacies

• Dorothy Tangney Place (Parkes, ACT)
• Tangney federal electorate (WA)

Key Organisations

• Boys' Employment League (Fremantle, WA)
• University Labor Club (University of Western Australia)
• Fremantle Young People's Ideal Club (WA)
• Australian National University (administration)

Political Activism

• ALP (WA)

Workplaces

• East Fremantle Primary School (WA)
• Fremantle Technical School (WA)
• South Terrace Primary School (Perth)
• Claremont Central School (Perth)