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Louisa Margaret DUNKLEY

Also known as: née Dunkley, Louisa Margaret Kraegen

Born: 28 May 1866

Died: 10 March 1927

Special Achievements:

By the 1870s many women doubled as postmistress and telegraph operator in country areas but were paid less than men, a situation Louisa Dunkley fought to change when she established the Victorian Women's Post and Telegraph Association, Australia's first separate union for women, in 1900.

Resources

  • References

    Clune, Frank. Overland Telegraph: The Story of a Great Australian Achievement and the Link Between Adelaide and Port Darwin (1955)/Overland Telegraph: An epic feat of endurance and courage (1984). Sydney, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson Publishers. Page 220.

    McMurchy, Megan; Oliver, Margot; and Thornley, Jeni. (1985). For Love or Money: A Pictorial History of Women and Work in Australia. Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin Books. Pages 57-60.

    Donovan, Peter. (1998). Alice Springs: Its History & The People Who Made It. Alice Springs, Northern Territory: Alice Springs Town Council. Pages 48-49.

    Thomson, Alice. (1999). The Singing Line. London: Chatto & Windus. Pages 164-165.

    Australian Dictionary of Biography. Baker, J. S. "Dunkley, Louisa Margaret (1866–1927)". accessed 1 February 2021.

    The Australian Women's Register. "Dunkley, Louisa Margaret (1866 - 1927)". accessed 1 February 2021.

    Wikipedia. "Louisa Margaret Dunkley". accessed 1 February 2021.

    Oxford Reference. "Louisa Margaret Dunkley". accessed 1 February 2021.

    Australian Trade Union Archives. "Dunkley, Louisa". accessed 1 February 2021.

  • References

    Petrick, Jose. (2010, November). The History of Alice Springs through Landmarks & Street Names. St Marys, South Australia: Openbook Howden Design and Print. p. 105.

    KRAEGEN STREET
    Carl Wilhelm Immanuel Kraegen – Appointed Stationmaster, Port Darwin Line.

    Operators were appointed to the Port Darwin Line (OTL) but worked at which ever telegraph station they were required.

    Carl Kraegen should have been the first Stationmaster at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station (ASTS) but perished during the harsh journey.

    …

    … The sorrowful party buried Kraegen, put a railing round his grave and engraved a piece of tin which they nailed to a board for a headstone. …

    In 1926 while Kraegen’s son Edward, searched unsuccessfully for his father’s grave he met a travelling missionary who later found the site and sent the directions and a photograph to Edward. Following this information, Kraegen’s grandson Frank Kraegen, OBE, and great grandson John, found the burial place in 1962.

    Kraegen’s grave was restored in 1964 by technical assistant A. Michael Sahariv, Department of Lands and Surveys, NTA.

    …