Obituaries Australia

• Beatrice Eileen Fennessy

19 February, 1939
Glen Huntly, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

30 October, 2019 (aged 80)
Churchill, Victoria, Australia

• Irish

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Mac.Robertson Girls' High School (Melbourne) (student, 1951-1955)
• University of Melbourne (student, 1957)
• Women's College (University of Melbourne) (student, 1957)

• abortion law reformer (1965-1980) Victoria, Australia
• civil libertarian (1965-2019) Victoria, Australia
• feminist (1965-2019) Victoria, Australia
• journalist (1965-2000) Victoria, Australia
• women's activist (1965-2019) Victoria, Australia

• Victorian Honour Roll of Women (inductee)
• Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001)
• Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2004)

• Abortion Law Reform Association (Vic) (president)
• Council for Civil Liberties (Vic) (member, 1966)
• Women's Electoral Lobby (Vic) (member, 1972)