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Marion BELL

Special Achievements:

October 1925 - April 1926 - First woman and third person to drive around Australia.
She was the first woman to obtain a taxi license in Perth.

Resources

References

Trove. “Marion Bell, Motor Trip Around Australia, 1925-6”. accessed 11 April 2020.

Trove. “Sunday Times (Perth, WA: 1902 - 1954), Sunday 2 May 1926, Page 5, MRS. MARION BELL'S TRIP”. accessed 11 April 2020.

Taylor & Francis Group. Clarsen, Georgine. “Tracing the outline of nation: Circling Australia by car”. accessed 11 April 2020.

Vintage Motor Club, Sydney, NSW, Australia. “Round Australia in a 1925 Oldsmobile Six, in 1925!” accessed 11 April 2020.
RAC. “Marion Bell”. accessed 11 April 2020.

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