Dictionary of Sydney

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Wrobel, Elinor

Art collector and curator who helped establish the Powerhouse Museum and also established the John Passmore Museum after the she convinced Passmore not to burn his artworks before his death. In 2009, Wrobel threatened a hunger strike in defence of the Lucy Osborn-Nightingale Foundation Museum at Sydney Hospital. A former nurse at Sydney Hospital, she fought to save the hospital's rare specimen collection.

Milestone
Born
1934
Name
Alternate
Ring, Elinor
1934 - Jul 1957
Occupation
Position
2001 -
2003
Property
Owner of
2003 -
Relationship
Spouse
Jul 1957 - 28 May 2015