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Life Summary

Name	Merrilie D'Arcy Roberts
Born	6 November, 1915 Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	25 September, 1993 (aged 77) Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Religious Influence	Anglican 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.
Education *	Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School (student) Abbotsleigh (Sydney) (student, 1931-1933) Melbourne College of Advanced Education (student, ?-1941) University of Melbourne (student, ?-1941) University of Sydney (student, ?-1937)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1937-1941) Victoria, Australia mathematician (1941-1945) New South Wales, Australia schoolteacher (1947-1972) New South Wales, Australia school principal (1952-1972) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (NSW) (member) New South Wales Bursary Endowment Board (member) Teachers' Guild of New South Wales (member) Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (NSW) (president, 1968) Australian College of Education (federal) (fellow, 1970)
Workplaces *	de Havilland Aircraft Co (employee, 1941-1945) University of Sydney (mathematics) (employee, 1945-1947) Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School (Moss Vale, NSW) (deputy principal, 1947-1949) Newcastle Church of England Girls’ Grammar School (NSW) (principal, 1952-1959) Ascham School (Sydney) (principal, 1961-1972)

* Dates are approximate