Obituaries Australia

14 March, 1926
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

January, 2012 (aged 85)
New South Wales, Australia

• Catholic

• St Brigid's (Marrickville, Sydney) (student, 1936-1941)

• clerk (1942-1954) New South Wales, Australia
• public servant (1942-1952) New South Wales, Australia
• women's activist (1950-2000) New South Wales, Australia
• trade union official (1954-1988) New South Wales, Australia

• Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1979)
• Labor Council Scroll of Honour (NSW) (recipient, 1988)

• Betty Spears Child Care Centre (Tempe, Sydney) (eponym)

• Labor Council of NSW
• Federated Clerks Union of Australia (NSW) (member, 1952-2012)
• ALP (Dulwich Hill, NSW) (member, 1954-1958)
• Federated Clerks Union of Australia (NSW) (vice-president, 1959-1971)
• Federated Clerks Union of Australia (NSW) (deputy president, 1971-1988)
• ALP (Clovelly Branch, NSW) (member, 1974)
• Women's Trade Union Commission (foundation member, 1975)
• Working Women’s Charter Committee (NSW) (founding member, 1977)

• Vehicle Builders Union (NSW) (clerk)
• Dept of Labour & National Service (typist, 1942)
• Bread Carters Union (NSW) (clerk, 1952)
• Vehicle Builders Union (NSW) (office manager, 1954-1988)