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Elizabeth Alfred
Elizabeth Alfred (10 January 1914 – 2 February 2015) was an Anglican priest in Melbourne, Australia. She was the first woman to be ordained as a priest in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, in 1992. Early life and education Elizabeth Alfred was born on 10 January 1914. Her family often moved from place to place in the state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, and her father was a bank manager. From 1928 to 1929 she attended Girton Grammar School in Bendigo. Alfred trained at Deaconess House in Melbourne, and in 1944 was placed at St Marks' Fitzroy, Victoria, Fitzroy. Career After three years at Deaconess House, she transferred to the Mission of St John and St James in Dandenong, Victoria, Dandenong. She was promoted to head deaconess in the Diocese of Melbourne; however, she was dissatisfied that as a woman she could not be ordained. She met ordained women overseas, in the United States and Canada, and raised the issue of women's ordinations with Frank Woods (bishop), Frank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
