Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLC South East Metropolitan Province 22 May 1974–21 May 1980
- Contested South East Metropolitan Province 23 February 1980
Committees
- Member, Joint House Committee, 1977–1978
- Member, Select Committee on National Parks within the State, 3 October–23 November 1979
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Personal Information |
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1 April 1922 |
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Neutral Bay, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
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21 January 1984 |
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Nedlands, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Arrived in WA 1968 |
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Daughter of Archibald James Ingram, storeman and postal employee, and Grace Parker Morgan |
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Married (1) 22 August 1942, Wesley Chapel, Sydney, NSW to Walter Septimus Vaughan (born circa 1909), wool classer, son of Joseph Vaughan and Katherine Leahy
Children: two sons and one daughter
Divorced 1975
Married (2) 25 April 1975, Applecross, WA to George Herbert Yewers (circa 1918–10 September 1992), son of Herbert Yewers
No children |
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Not stated |
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Educated Cammeray Primary School, North Sydney Girls High School
University of New South Wales and University of Western Australia—BA (WA), M Soc W (WA—1973), Dip of Sociology (NSW)
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Social worker and consultant |
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Trainee nurse, Manly District Hospital, NSW, 1940–1942
Assistant Industrial Officer, ACI, Sydney, 1942–1945
Mail contractor, Castlecrag, NSW, 1954–1960
Community Liaison Officer, Radio 2UE, Sydney, 1960–1964
Administrator, Community Service Centre, North Sydney, 1964–1968
Family Welfare Officer, Department of Community Welfare, Perth, 1969–1971
Community social worker, 1972–1973
Community planning consultant, 1973–1974 |
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Posthumously inducted into the WA Women's Hall of Fame 'Roll of Honour', 2022 |
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National president, Australian Association of Social Workers 1975–1982; vice-president, 1983–1984
The Australian Association of Social Workers has an annual Grace Vaughan memorial lecture
President, International Federation of Social Workers, 1983–1984, vice-president Asian Pacific region, 1978–1982
Executive member, Australia Council of Social Services, 1983
Member, Senate University of WA 1974–1984 also member, Board of Social Work
Vice-chairman, State Government Welfare Review Committee, 1983–January 1984
Hon secretary, Council of the Ageing, 1981–1984
Member, Board of Management Royal Perth Hospital, 1983–1984
Hon publicity officer and executive member, NSW Amateur Swimming Association, 1958–1968
Member, Rottnest Island Golf Club
Included in the Karrakatta Historical Walk Trail: Walking with Western Australian Women, 13 March 2024 |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 267.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 26 March 2024. https://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/our-cemeteries/karrakatta-cemetery/karrakatta-historical-walk-trails/karrakatta-walk-trail-three-points-of-interest/
WA Women's Hall of Fame website: https://wawomenshalloffame.com.au/roll-of-honour/ Accessed 20 March 2024 |
Bibliography |
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Making a Difference, p. 101–105.
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Bobbie Oliver, 'Vaughan, Grace Sydney (1922–1984)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/vaughan-grace-sydney-15899/text27100, published first in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 12 January 2016.
Social Work News, No. 1 January–February 1984.
West Australian, 1 April 1974, 15 September 1982.
Who's Who in Australia, (1977, 1979) |