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Charity worker

Occupation - Charity worker
Carpenter, Marion Beatrice
Charlton, Elizabeth
Cook, Mary
Crews, Bill
Cullen, Eliza Jane (Lily)
Cumines, Albert
Darby, Douglas
Darling, Eliza
Davey, Jack
Forster, Rachel
Hall, Edward Smith
Holland, Eva
Hore-Ruthven, Zara
Hughes, Mary Ethel
King, Alicia Martha
King, Anna
Macarthur Onslow, Rosa Sibella
Matthews, Daniel
Moxham, Mary Agnes
Munro Ferguson, Helen
O'Neill, Charles
Smith, Courtenay
Strickland, Edeline
Walker, Eadith
Waterhouse, Mary Jane
Position - Charity worker of Female Orphan School
Collicott, Mary

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Charity worker

Carpenter, Marion Beatrice

Mayoress of Burwood in 1914, while her husband Alfred Thomas Carpenter was Mayor. She presided over the fundraising efforts of her community in relation to the Red Cross and its sewing and knitting groups.

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Charlton, Elizabeth

Charity worker who filled the position of Mayoress of Granville while her son, James Robert Charlton, served as mayor. Her father played an instrumental role in the opening up of coal mines in the Illawarra district. She was the first president of the Granville branch of the New South Wales Red Cross.

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Cook, Mary

Charity worker who was appointed a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her services to the Red Cross. She was also the wife of the sixth prime minister of Australia.

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Crews, Bill

Uniting Church minister who founded the Exodus Foundation to help homeless youth.

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Cullen, Eliza Jane (Lily)

Community and charity worker.

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Cumines, Albert

Fundraiser and community leader who worked for charities in China and Australia.

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Darby, Douglas

Teacher who founded the British Orphans Adoption Society and later became a conservative politician who represented the Manly district for more than three decades.

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Darling, Eliza

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Wife of Governor Ralph Darling and active in many benevolent committees, particularly for the reform and education of women convicts.

Davey, Jack

Radio quizmaster who became one of Sydney's best known personalities, famous for his charity appeals and participation in Redex motor rallies.

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Forster, Rachel

Charity worker and wife of the seventh Governor-General of Australia. Opening the first Rachel Forster Hospital building in Redfern in August 1925 was her last official act before returning to England.

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Hall, Edward Smith

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Banker, charity worker and editor who used his editorial position as an advocate of a free press, representative government and trial by common jury.

Holland, Eva

Deaconess who administered a mission house at Woolloomooloo for many years from 1905.

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Hore-Ruthven, Zara

Wife of the Governor of New South Wales in 1935 who worked to promote the welfare of children and members of the armed forces.

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Hughes, Mary Ethel

Second wife of Billy Hughes whose social graces and management skilld were great assets in their political lives.

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King, Alicia Martha

Charity worker and philanthropist.

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King, Anna

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Wife of Governor Philip Gidley King who was active in charity work in Sydney, and later returned to the colony to be close to her children who had settled there.

Macarthur Onslow, Rosa Sibella

Third of eight children, and the only surviving daughter, of Captain Arthur Alexander Walton Onslow and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of James Macarthur. Known as Sibella, she inherited her mother's considerable estate at Camden Park (963 acres) and 20,000 pounds. She became a prominent charity worker, being on the executive of the New South Wales branch of the Red Cross.

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Matthews, Daniel

Missionary who established a mission and school for aborigines near Echuca. He championed aboriginal causes through the New South Wales Aborigines Protection Association he had founded, despite growing enmity from officials and local farmers.

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Moxham, Mary Agnes

Charity worker who became president of the Parramatta branch of the New South Wales Red Cross. She was also president of the Parramatta auxiliary of the Crown Street Women's Hospital. She was the wife of the politician, Thomas Robert Moxham.

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Munro Ferguson, Helen

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President and founder of the Australian Branch of the British Red Cross Society. She was also the wife of Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, Governor-General of Australia in 1914-20. In 1918 she was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) for her work during World War I.

O'Neill, Charles

Civil engineer who co-founded the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Australia.

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Smith, Courtenay

Charity worker on behalf of alcoholics.

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Strickland, Edeline

Charity worker and wife of the Governor of New South Wales of 1913-17, Gerald Strickland. She was the daughter of the 7th Earl De La Warr and the Honourable Constance Mary Elizabeth Cochrane-Wishart-Baillie.

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Walker, Eadith

Philanthropist and benefactor.

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Waterhouse, Mary Jane

Devout Methodist, charity worker and keen naturalist.

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Female Orphan School

Orphanage set up in 1801 by Governor King to train destitute girls. Originally established on a site near the corner of Bridge and George streets to house 100 girls, by 1829 there were 152 inmates and the fear of moral corruption from its proximity to Sydney town led to a new facility being constructed at Parramatta.

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Collicott, Mary

The wife of a convict who followed her husband to Sydney with her three children as well as three of her husband's children from a previous marriage, and later became matron of the Female Orphan School.

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