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Life Summary

Name	Alice Olive Zakharov
Alternative Names	Alice Olive Worrall Alice Olive Hay
Born	19 March, 1925 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	6 March, 1995 (aged 69) Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	motor vehicle accident
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Ruyton Girls' School (Melbourne) (student, 1936-1946) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (student, ?-1976) University of Melbourne (student, 1947-1949) Melbourne College of Advanced Education (student, 1965-1967)
Occupation or Descriptor *	communist (1948-1960) Victoria, Australia feminist (1966-1995) Victoria, Australia schoolteacher (1966-1983) Victoria, Australia labour politician (1983-1995) Federal, Australia Member of Upper House (1983-1995) Federal, Australia
Awards	Australian Humanist of the Year (recipient, 1984)
Legacies *	Olive's Place refuge (Melbourne) (eponym) Zakharov Ave (Forde, Canberra) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	AIDS Council (Vic) (member) Amnesty International (Vic) (member, ?-1995) Australian Conservation Foundation (Vic) (member) Australian Film Institute (member) Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament (member) Psychologists for the Prevention of War (member) Victorian Secondary Teachers Association (member) World Women Parliamentarians for Peace (member) Communist Party (Vic) (member, 1948) ALP (Vic) (member, 1963-1995) Australian Psychological Society (member, 1975)
Political Activism *	ALP (federal) (politician, 1983-1995)
Social Issues *	domestic violence (victim)
Workplaces *	Watsonia High School (Melbourne) (schoolteacher, 1966-1969) Montmorency Secondary College (Vic) (schoolteacher, 1969-1983) Parliament of Australia (Senate - member, 1983-1995)

* Dates are approximate