People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

13 October, 1908
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia

Death

8 November, 1997 (aged 89)
Gordon, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

dementia

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.

• Anglican

Education

• Abbotsleigh (Sydney)
• University of Sydney

Occupation or Descriptor

• bookseller
• librarian
• schoolteacher
• solicitor
• Women's Australian National Services personnel

Military Service

• World War II
• Australian Women's Army Service

Awards

• Rose Scott Prize (University of Sydney)
• H.C.L. Anderson award

Key Organisations

• Library Association of Australia (federal)
• Library Association of Australia (NSW)
• Girl Guides' Association (NSW)
• Abbotsleigh school council (Sydney)
• Australian Institute of Librarians (federal)

Workplaces

• Supreme Court of NSW
• Abbotsleigh (Sydney)
• Newtown Library (Sydney)
• Swain and Company
• Canterbury-Bankstown Library (NSW)
• University of Sydney (law)
• James Bennett Pty Ltd
• Macquarie University