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Name	Louisa Eleanor Lort Smith
Alternative Names	Louisa Montgomery
Born	12 March, 1875 Sale, Victoria, Australia
Died	15 July, 1956 (aged 81) East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Brookes, Mabel Balcombe (colleague)
Education *	Miss Geoghegan's school (Sale, Vic) (student, 1880-1886) Madame Beausire's Ladies' High School (Sale, Vic) (student, 1887-1888)
Occupation or Descriptor *	dance teacher (1900-1922) Victoria, Australia animal welfare activist (1928-1956) Victoria, Australia
Awards	Queen Elizabeth II coronation medal (1953) (recipient, 1953)
Key Organisations *	Lort Smith Hospital (Melbourne) (committee member) Animal Welfare League (Vic) (honorary secretary, 1928-1933) Animal Welfare League (Vic) (honorary director, 1933-1949) Animal Welfare League (Vic) (president, 1949-1956)

* Dates are approximate

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