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Irene Victoria Read
Irene Victoria Read born Irene Victoria Phillips (29 August 1880 – 27 August 1972) was an Australian charity and community worker. She was President of Sydney's Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children from 1930 to 1950. Life Read was born in 1880 in Sydney. Her parents were the Scottish-born Margaret Thomson (born Stobo) and Henry Phillips. She was the penultimate of their five children. Her father who was an accountant died when she was young. She attended Sydney Girls' High School. In 1900 Dr Julie Carlile-Thomas started the Sydney Medical mission to supply a medical service to the poor. It was funded by Emma Dixson. Iza Coghlan was another of the doctors and Read was a founding volunteer. In 1906 Read married another of the mission's doctors, William Henry Read and from 1913 to 1919 she was on the mission's executive committee. One of the five children they had was Margaret Holmes who became a leading pacifist. left, One of her photos at No. 2 Australian Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
