Obituaries Australia

• Pearl Marie Perkins

18 December, 1931
Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia

26 July, 2017 (aged 85)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

• Katoomba Public School (NSW) (student, 1937-1943)
• Hornsby Girls' High School (Sydney) (student, 1944-1948)
• Metropolitan Business College (Sydney) (student, 1949-1950)

• political activist (1949-1963) New South Wales, Australia
• women's activist (1949-1963) New South Wales, Australia
• communist (1951-1963) New South Wales, Australia
• communist (1963-2017) South Australia, Australia
• pacifist (1963-2017) South Australia, Australia
• political activist (1963-2017) South Australia, Australia
• women's activist (1963-2017) South Australia, Australia

• International Women’s Year, 1975 (organiser)
• International Year of Peace, 1985 (organiser)

• Union of Australian Women (NSW) (member)
• Union of Australian Women (SA) (member, 1963)

• Vietnam war opponent
• Eureka Youth League (NSW) (member, 1949-1951)
• Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1951-1963)
• Socialist Party of Australia (SA) (member, 1971-1996)
• Communist Party (SA) (member, 1996-2017)