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Name	Harriet Adelaide Stirling
Born	1878 London, Middlesex, England
Died	19 May, 1943 (aged ~ 65) Mount Lofty, South Australia, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Stirling, Harriet (grandmother)
Occupation or Descriptor *	child welfare reformer (1900-1943) South Australia, Australia maternal and infant health reformer (1900-1943) South Australia, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1936)
Key Organisations *	Babies' Aid Society (Adelaide) (founding member) Mareeba Babies' Hospital (Adelaide) (co-founder) Mothers' and Babies' Health Association (Adelaide) (co-founder) State Children's Council (SA) (council member, 1907) State Children's Council (SA) (president, 1922-1926)

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