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Dorothy May Marshall
Dorothy May Marshall Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (15 May 1902 – 12 July 1961) was an Australian schoolteacher, war-time welfare-worker and public servant. She was the State Superintendent of the Australian Women's Land Army. After the war she arranged for 500 unaccompanied youths to leave Germany and to emigrate to Australia, Life Marshall was born in 1902 in Adelaide. She was one of the top students at Adelaide High School and then at Adelaide Teachers' College where she qualified to teach. She spent twelve years teaching in primary schools before she was accepted onto an exchange programme with schools in Carlisle in northern England. In 1936 she returned to Adelaide having taught at the Carlisle schools of Bishop Goodwin Girls' and Margaret Sewell Central. She was employed at Croydon Central School until 1939 when she became one of the South Australian Women Teachers' Guild elected advisors. The guild did not support the idea that women could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre; the demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Native title in Australia#Traditional owner, traditional owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna, with the name referring to the area of the city centre and surrounding Adelaide Park Lands, Park Lands, in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the Adelaide Hills, foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
