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On 14 July 1898, she married Hugh Robert Munro and they had four children together.<ref name=":0" /> In 1935 she received a [[Order of the British Empire|M.B.E]] In 1936 she out of Keera and started developing properties in [[Scone, New South Wales|Scone]], [[Bundarra, New South Wales|Bundara]] and houses in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.<ref name=":0" /> She died in Sydney on 23 July 1964 after suffering from a severe [[Scoliosis|curvature of the spine.]]<ref name=":0" /> Her ashes were scattered over Keera.<ref name=":0" /> |
On 14 July 1898, she married Hugh Robert Munro and they had four children together.<ref name=":0" /> In 1935 she received a [[Order of the British Empire|M.B.E]]. In 1936 she moved out of Keera and started developing properties in [[Scone, New South Wales|Scone]], [[Bundarra, New South Wales|Bundara]] and houses in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.<ref name=":0" /> She died in Sydney on 23 July 1964 after suffering from a severe [[Scoliosis|curvature of the spine.]]<ref name=":0" /> Her ashes were scattered over Keera.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Between 1911 and 1914 she travelled to cope with loss of her child.<ref name=":0" /> She stayed with [[Hubert Murray]] in Papua New Guinea and sailed with him on his yacht to the [[Trobriand Islands]] and up to [[Fly River]].<ref name=":0" /> She also visited Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Egypt, Europe, Kashmir, India, [[Myanmar|Burma]], China, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, North America, South Africa and [[United Kingdom|Britain]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1928, she accompanied Brigadier General E A Wilson on his annual to Papua New Guinea up the [[Sepik|Sepik River]].<ref name=":0" /> From 1952, she |
Between 1911 and 1914 she travelled to cope with loss of her child.<ref name=":0" /> She stayed with [[Hubert Murray]] in Papua New Guinea and sailed with him on his yacht to the [[Trobriand Islands]] and up to [[Fly River]].<ref name=":0" /> She also visited Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Egypt, Europe, Kashmir, India, [[Myanmar|Burma]], China, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, North America, South Africa, and [[United Kingdom|Britain]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1928, she accompanied Brigadier General E A Wilson on his annual trip to Papua New Guinea up the [[Sepik|Sepik River]].<ref name=":0" /> From 1952 onwards, she made annual trips to the [[Great Barrier Reef]] and developed a large shell collection.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Grace Emily Munro /nee Gorden/ (1879, Warialda – 1964) – was the founder of the Country Women's Association, a World War One volunteer, and a charity worker.
Early life
Grace Emily Munro was born on 25 March 1879 in Warialda.[1] and was the second of seven daughters of George Hollinworth Gordon.[1] She received education from a governess at Kambala, Sydney.[1]
World War One
During World War One she mostly lived in Bellevue Hill.[1] She held the position of Honorary Organising Secretary of the Australian Army Medical Corps and worked for the Australian Red Cross Society.[2] During the war, she became qualified in first aid, home nursing, and hygiene at St John Ambulance Association under the training of Sister A. B. Perry.[1] She helped organise facilities at the Sydney show ground for country volunteers and ran the post office there.[1] She was also responsible for transporting the weekly supplies to army camps around Liverpool.[1]
Country Women's Association
In 1922, she held the first Country Women's Association during a three day conference during the Sydney Royal Easter Show and was elected the president.[2] She travelled throughout New South Wales and Queensland to help form branches.[1] By 1923 there were sixty eight branches, seventeen rest–rooms for mothers and children, two seaside homes and maternity centres in many towns.[1] A rest-room was establishment in Bingara in 1924.[2] She helped found the first country baby health centre in Moree.[2] In 1926 when she retired due to illness, there were 100 branches with a membership of 4500.[1]
Other charitable works
She gave first aid classes after the war.[2] She was also appointed a serving sister of Order of St John of Jerusalem. In 1938, she was a member of the advisory board of New England University College at Armidale[1]. She became a member of Bingara Hospital Board [1] and the first woman to serve on a hospital board in rural NSW.[2] She raised large sums of money for rest centres and holiday homes which includes the Australian Inland Mission's Aerial Medical Service and the Red Cross and St John. She met with cabinet ministers to establish maternity wards in country hospitals and improved conditions in trains with railway refreshments rooms for women and children.[1]
Personal life
On 14 July 1898, she married Hugh Robert Munro and they had four children together.[1] In 1935 she received a M.B.E. In 1936 she moved out of Keera and started developing properties in Scone, Bundara and houses in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.[1] She died in Sydney on 23 July 1964 after suffering from a severe curvature of the spine.[1] Her ashes were scattered over Keera.[1]
Between 1911 and 1914 she travelled to cope with loss of her child.[1] She stayed with Hubert Murray in Papua New Guinea and sailed with him on his yacht to the Trobriand Islands and up to Fly River.[1] She also visited Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Egypt, Europe, Kashmir, India, Burma, China, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, North America, South Africa, and Britain.[1] In 1928, she accompanied Brigadier General E A Wilson on his annual trip to Papua New Guinea up the Sepik River.[1] From 1952 onwards, she made annual trips to the Great Barrier Reef and developed a large shell collection.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Oppenheimer, Jillian, "Cultural Advice", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 6 April 2021
- ^ a b c d e f "Grace Emily (Gordon) Munro OBE (1879–1964)" (PDF).
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