Life Summary

Name	Hilda Violet Barclay
Alternative Names	Hilda Violet Thomson
Born	14 November, 1905 Willoughby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	21 February, 1997 (aged 91) Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (lung)
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	North Sydney Girls High School (student, 1915-1920)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1927-1944) New South Wales, Australia schoolteacher (1938-1939) Overseas trade union official (1942-1960) New South Wales, Australia schoolteacher (1956-1961) New South Wales, Australia
Clubs *	Teachers’ Club, Sydney (founding member and board director, 1958-1961)
Key Organisations *	Home Economics Teachers’ Association (NSW) (president, 1940-1944) New South Wales Teachers Federation (executive member, 1942-1943) New South Wales Labour Council (executive member, 1944) New South Wales Teachers Federation (organiser, 1944-1956) New South Wales Teachers Federation (executive member, 1957-1960)
Workplaces *	North Sydney Domestic Science School (teacher) Chatswood High School (Sydney) (teacher, 1956)

* Dates are approximate

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