Mary V. Austin
{{Short description|Australian activist and community worker}}
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Dame Mary Valentine Austin (née Hall-Thompson; 29 July 1900 – 10 September 1986){{Cite web|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0008b.htm|title=Austin, Mary Valentine Hall - Woman - The Australian Women's Register|last=Melbourne|first=National Foundation for Australian Women and The University of|website=www.womenaustralia.info|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-10-20}} was an Australian community worker and political activist.Some sources indicate Valentine, not Valerie, as her middle name The daughter of Admiral Percival Hall-Thompson and his wife, Helen (née Deacon), she was educated in New Zealand at Marsden College, Wellington.
Affiliations
- Red Cross Society (Superintendent Regional Commandant, Victorian Division)
- Australian Liberal Party, Vice President, and later National Vice-President (1947–76)
- Victoria League, honorary life membership[http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0008b.htm Australian Government Office for Women Faith, Hope, Charity site]
Damehood
She was appointed DBE on 16 June 1979 for community and welfare services.
Family
She married Ronald Albert Austin (1893–1965) on 9 June 1925. The couple had one child, Derrick Albert Austin, who was born in 1926. Little other information exists regarding her personal life in Mortlake, Victoria.
Sources
- Draper, W J (ed.), Who's who in Australia, 1983, 14th edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1983
- Draper, W J (ed.), Who's who in Australia, 1980, 23rd edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1980, vol 928, page 68
References
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External links
- [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/47870/supplements/22 London Gazette notice of Mary Austin's damehood for "distinguished service to the community"]
- [http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/759089?c=people NLA profile]
- [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=mackfamily&id=I898 Ancestry.com website info re Ronald Austin]
- [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mackfamily&id=I1512 Ancestry.com website info re Mary Austin]
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Category:People from Victoria (state)
Category:Australian Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire