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Life Summary

Name	Flora Sydney Eldershaw
Alternative Names	M. Barnard Eldershaw
Born	16 March, 1897 Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	20 September, 1956 (aged 59) Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Religious Influence	Anglican Catholic 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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Waten, Judah Leon (friend) Palmer, Aileen Yvonne (friend)
Education *	Mount Erin High School (Wagga Wagga, NSW) (student, 1909-1913) University of Sydney (student, 1914-1917)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1920-1941) New South Wales, Australia historian (general) (1929-1947) New South Wales, Australia novelist (1929-1947) New South Wales, Australia literary critic (1938-1938) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1941-1948) Federal, Australia
Key Organisations *	Fellowship of Australian Writers (NSW) (member) Sydney University Women's Graduates Association (member) Sydney University Women's Union (secretary, 1917-1920) Fellowship of Australian Writers (NSW) (president, 1935-1943) Commonwealth Literary Fund advisory board (member, 1939-1953) Australian Institute of Management (NSW) (fellow, 1950-1955)
Workplaces *	Redlands, SCECGS (Cremorne, Sydney) (schoolteacher, 1921-1922) Presbyterian Ladies' College (Croydon, Sydney) (schoolteacher, 1923-1941) Dept of Labour & National Service (public servant, 1941-1948)

* Dates are approximate