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Name	Leila Ida Waddell
Born	10 August, 1880 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Died	13 September, 1932 (aged 52) Darling Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (uterine)
Occupation or Descriptor *	violinist (1898-1932) New South Wales, Australia music teacher (1900-1910) New South Wales, Australia schoolteacher (1900-1910) New South Wales, Australia violinist (1910-1925) Overseas short story writer (1920-1925) Overseas
Key Organisations *	J. C. Williamson (orchestra member) Royal Philharmonic Society of Sydney (orchestra member)
Workplaces *	Ascham School (Sydney) (music teacher) Kambala Church of England Girls' School (Sydney) (music teacher) Presbyterian Ladies' College (Croydon, Sydney) (music teacher) Convent of the Sacred Heart (Rose Bay, Sydney) (music teacher, 1925-1932)

* Dates are approximate

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