Obituary - Madeline Rees George - Obituaries Australia

Madeline Rees George (1851–1931)

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Miss M. [Madeline] Rees George, who died at North Adelaide yesterday in her eighty-first year, was one of the best-known figures in education circles in South Australia. She was one of the founders and first secretary of the Adelaide branch of the League of the Empire. Miss George was born in Kent, and was educated in England and Germany. She had teaching experience at Kissingen, Wiesbaden, and Munich (Germany). She came to Australia in 1879, and joined the South Australian Education Department in 1880 as teacher of languages in the Advanced School for Girls. Subsequently she resigned to conduct a school of her own at North Adelaide, which was known as Miss Woolcock's school, but in 1888 she came back to the department as headmistress of the Advanced School for Girls.

She held this post until the school was merged into the Adelaide High School, when she was made headmistress of the larger institution. She resigned from the department in 1913.

One of the greatest ambitions in Miss George's life was to raise £300 through the League of the Empire to enable the statue of Captain Sturt to be erected in Adelaide. Miss George made a trip to England in 1900 and 1907 when she went as a delegate to the first League of the Empire conference held in London. She also went to London in 1913.

Original publication

Advertiser (Adelaide) , 16 June 1931 , p 6 (view original)

Other Obituaries for Madeline Rees George

Advertiser (Adelaide), 17 June 1931, p 14
News (Adelaide), 17 June 1931, p 4

Additional Resources and Scholarship

is to take a leave of absence to study different centres of higher education overseas, especially in regard to girls, South Australian Register, 15 March 1900, p 5
she has been appointed an honorary commissioner to inquire into matters relating to the secondary education of girls, South Australian Register, 16 March 1900, p 5
article about the Advanced School for Girls; photo of the staff, Critic (Adelaide), 9 May 1903, p 13
is appointed secretary of the SA branch of the League of the Empire, Advertiser (Adelaide), 31 May 1904, p 8
annual report of the Advanced School for Girls, Observer (Adelaide), 22 December 1906, p 46
is to represent South Australia at a conference of teachers in London and at the general meeting of the League of the Empire, Express Telegraph (Adelaide), 23 March 1907, p 8
is to retire as headmistress of Adelaide High School; profile, Advertiser (Adelaide), 14 February 1913, p 8
is leaving for a trip abroad, Register (Adelaide), 13 March 1913, p 8
interview, Daily Herald (Adelaide), 22 March 1913, p 5
is given an honorary commission to inquire into the curriculum and management of secondary schools in Great Britain, Express and Telegraph (Adelaide), 26 March 1913, p 1
interview, Register (Adelaide), 3 April 1913, p 9
she started her teaching career as a German and French teacher at the Advanced School for Girls, Register (Adelaide), 5 July 1913, p 5
her successor at Adelaide High School will not be called 'headmistress' as the school already has a headmaster; there are no headmistresses in South Australia now, Advertiser (Adelaide), 19 July 1913, p 18
is leaving on another trip to Great Britain, News (Adelaide), 20 March 1926, p 7
interview, Register (Adelaide), 30 March 1926, p 4
is farewelled by MLC old scholars, Saturday Journal (Adelaide), 17 April 1926, p 9
she has served the education Department as a French teacher for 40 years, Register (Adelaide), 13 May 1926, p 8
is welcomed home by the Advanced School Old Scholars, Register (Adelaide), 31 March 1927, p 11
is appointed acting headmistress of Methodist Ladies' College, News (Adelaide), 22 February 1928, p 8
the Advanced School for Girls Old Scholars propose a memorial for Rees George, Advertiser and Register (Adelaide), 23 June 1931, p 13
the memorial will take the form of a university scholarship, Advertiser and Register (Adelaide), 22 September 1931, p 14
the University of Adelaide accepts the scholarship for girls only, Advertiser (Adelaide), 27 May 1933, p 22

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'Rees George, Madeline (1851–1931)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/rees-george-madeline-6296/text35467, accessed 22 November 2024.

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George, Madeline Rees

Birth

25 May, 1851
London, Middlesex, England

Death

15 June, 1931 (aged 80)
Eastwood, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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