Obituaries Australia

24 May, 1912
Christchurch, New Zealand

26 November, 1996 (aged 84)
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia

cerebral disease

• English
• New Zealander

• Catholic
• Presbyterian
• Theosophist

• Morven Garden School (Gore Hill, Sydney) (student, 1919-1923)
• Pymble Ladies' College (Sydney) (student, 1924-1928)
• New South Wales Conservatorium of Music (student, 1929-1931)

• golfer (1932-1936) New South Wales, Australia
• opera singer (1932-1936) New South Wales, Australia
• opera singer (1936-1965) Overseas
• autobiographer/memoirist (1969-1970) Victoria, Australia
• singing teacher (1970-1990) Victoria, Australia

• World War II (ambulance driver)

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1953)
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1963)
• Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1972)
• Dame Commander of the British Empire (recipient, 1974)

• Ash Wednesday bushfires (1983) (victim, 1983)

• Australia Council (Literature Board) (adviser)
• Creative Victoria (adviser)
• Opera Australia (adviser)
• Victorian Opera (artistic director, 1971-1976)

• Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne) (academic, 1975-1989)