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Dame Mary Gilmore working from home in 1952

16 May 2020

9:00 AM

16 May 2020

9:00 AM

She lived in a flat in Kings Cross, was a lifelong socialist, a regularly observant Presbyterian, a Dame of the British Empire, and a great-great aunt of Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Born Mary Jean Cameron (1865-1962), she was the daughter of a Scot who emigrated with his father and three uncles settling in the Goulburn area.

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