Mavis Taylor
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Mavis Taylor (1914 – 17 March 2007) was an Australian who was named an Australian Living Treasure for her humanitarian work for the people of East Timor in her later years.
Life
Mrs Taylor was born in Richmond, Victoria in 1914{{cite web |title=Mavis Goes to Timor|url=http://2003.tendaysontheisland.org/Files/00054_MavisGoestoTimor.asp|accessdate=15 August 2008 |publisher=10 Days on the Island}}
{{cite news
| title = Timor benevolent pioneer, feisty gran Mavis near end
| url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/timor-benevolent-pioneer-feisty-gran-mavis-near-end/2007/03/13/1173722467690.html
| publisher =The Age
| date = 14 March 2007
| accessdate = 15 August 2008}}
At 16 she moved to Yarrawonga in Victoria, Australia. In Yarrawonga, she married Thomas William Lloyd Taylor (born Yarrawonga 1913), raised 9 children, and established a clothesmaking and haberdashery business.
Humanitarian work for East Timor
She started collecting and sending household items to East Timor after seeing violence during the difficult period of move to independence.{{cite news |title=Woman named 'National Living Treasure' dies at 92|newspaper=ABC News |date=17 March 2007 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/03/17/1874408.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121074612/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/03/17/1874408.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 November 2010|accessdate=15 August 2008 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}} By 2004 she had personally organised 21 shipping containers of practical aid, including stock from her own business{{cite web |title=Feature Interview - Helping East Timor|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/lm/stories/s1072783.htm|accessdate=15 August 2008 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}} and had set up 23 sewing centres providing employment for East Timorese with major funding she provided.
Awards
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070210145542/http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/treasureslist.html Australia's Living National Treasures]
- [https://www.un.org/spanish/works/ageing/mavis.html Mavis goes to Timor] United Nations Conference on Ageing publication (in Spanish)
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Category:People from Victoria (state)