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Women Australia is an initiative of the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University.

It consists of entries on women published in the NCB's websites, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Obituaries Australia and Labour Australia as well as biographical register entries.

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Dame Edith Burnside (1889–1992)

Dame Edith Burnside

Mrs Burnside (Edith) Born, Melbourne. Daughter of G. H. and A. Edwards. Educated, St. Michael’s Girls’ Grammar. Married, 1913, William Kennedy Burnside, Esq., Governing Director of W. K. Burnside Pty. Ltd., Merchants. Family, one son, Kennedy Byron, educated at Melbourne Grammar School, now studying Medicine at Melbourne University; one daughter, June, being educated at Melbourne Church of England Girls’ Grammar School. CHARITIES. On the Committee of the Ladies’ Aid Association...

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