Territory Stories

Margaret Somerville

Details:

Title

Margaret Somerville,

Creator

Somerville, Margaret Anne,

Name

Margaret Somerville,

Collection

Territory Women, HistoryNT,

Place of birth

Lismore (N.S.W.),

Date of birth

1912-09-24,

Occupation

Missionary, Children's Services,

Date of death

2014-07-30,

Place of death

Wyee (N.S.W.),

Honours and awards

The Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) 1965,

Biographical notes

A missionary who worked at Croker and Goulburn Island for the Methodist mission. In 1966 she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her services to isolated children.,

Subject

Women, Northern Territory,

Related links

http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5981629 [Carment, D. 1949-. Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography. Rev. ed. ed. Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press, 2008.], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10418243 [Northern Territory Women's Advisory Council. Northern Territory Women's Register 1948-1988. 2nd ed. ed. Darwin: Northern Territory Women's Advisory Council, 1991.], https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1085884 [The Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil)], https://hdl.handle.net/10070/271907 [Somerville news, 2014-09], https://wmoa.com.au/herstory-archive/somerville-margaret [Women's Museum of Australia : Margaret SOMERVILLE],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/227715,