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Mary Alice EVATT

Also known as: née Sheffer, Mas

Born: 15 December 1898

Died: 16 June 1973

Special Achievements:

1943 - First woman to be appointed a trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales; retired in 1970.

Image - Mary Alice Evatt

Description: Australian politician Herbert Vere Evatt with his wife Mary (Sheffer) and son Peter, returning from a trip to England aboard RMS Makura. Date: 6 September 1926 Source: National Library of Australia Author: National Library of Australia Permission: This image is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired.

Wikimedia Commons: File:Herbert, Mary and Peter Evatt.jpg
References

Information from Leah Haynes, New South Wales National Trust Centre, in an email to National Pioneer Women’s Hall of Fame, 19 June 2003.

Dale, Barbara. Australian Dictionary of Biography. “Evatt, Mary Alice (1898–1973)”. accessed 9 January 2020.
Evatt Foundation. “Mary Alice Evatt: Art for the People”. accessed 9 January 2020.
Invaluable, LLC. “Mary Alice Evatt Auction Price Results”. accessed 9 January 2020.