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Additional Information
Special Achievements
- Helped set up first School of the Air in Central Australia. President of Country Women's Association (CWA). President of Royal Flying Doctor Service Women's Auxiliary. Founding member of Senior Citizen's Club, Alice Springs. Names Centralian of the Year in 1983 and 1985. Awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 1985 for services to the community. Instigator for Alice Springs public bus service.
Additional Information
- Her mother Elizabeth "Lizzie" Nicker gave birth to Margaret in their van in Stuart, assisted by her eldest daughter and an Aboriginal woman.
Resources
Link - Hall, Margaret Elizabeth
Territory Stories
Link - Margaret Hall and Maude Nicholls interviewed by Hank Nelson in the Recollections of the bush school collectio n
National Library of Australia
Link - Aileron Attractions: Ryans Well Historical Reserve
AusEmade
References
- Pioneer leaves lasting legacy of tireless work. Centralian Advocate. October 9, 1993:4.
- Petrick, Jose. (2010, November). The History of Alice Springs through Landmarks & Street Names. St Marys, South Australia: Openbook Howden Design and Print. pp. 87-88. HALL FLATS Peuce Pl Margaret and Kingsley Meryck (Rex) Hall - Pioneers, pastoralists and community workers. Margaret, the daughter of Lizzie and Sam Nicker (Nicker Cr), was born in Alice Springs in 1910. When four years old, she was enrolled in the school of Mrs Standley (Standley Cr) to make up the number of students required for a teacher.
