Additional Information
Special Achievements
- 1935- The first female hairdresser in Northern Territory.
Additional Information
- Apprenticed to a Miss Jockel, who ran a hairdressing salon in Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria.
- In Alice Springs, as hostess of The Residency, hosted the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip and A Town Like Alice film star Peter Finch.
Resources
Link - She gave the Alice a spring
Sydney Morning Herald
Link - FROM THE ARHCIVES: ROYAL VISIT
ABC Alice Springs
Link - The Residency, Alice Springs
Wikipedia
Link - Philip relished two serves of her rum pie
Centralian Advocate, page 9
Link - Darwin Commemorative Wall Quilt
Reg K McCaffery + Billie 1935-1941, 1946-1970 Police, Civil Defence Red Cross. Admin.
Image - ‘First night “A Town Like Alice” in Alice Springs.’ Left to right, front row: Unknown, Peter Finch (star of the film), Mac (Reg McCaffery), and Billie McCaffery. 1956.
Image from the McCaffery Collection, Central Australian Historical Images, Courtesy of Alice Springs Public Library.
Image - Possibly Viscount de L’Isle (Governor-General of Australia from 1961 to 1965) third from the left and Reg McCaffery on the right. The two ladies would most likely be their wives. Occasion unknown.
Image from the McCaffery Collection, Central Australian Historical Images, Courtesy of Alice Springs Public Library.
Image - Flynn Church, Alice Springs under construction. Persons unidentified.
Image from the McCaffery Collection, Central Australian Historical Images, Courtesy of Alice Springs Public Library.
Image - Flynn Church, Alice Springs under construction. Persons unidentified.
Image from the McCaffery Collection, Central Australian Historical Images, Courtesy of Alice Springs Public Library.
Image - Unidentified dignitary arriving at Alice Springs by air.
Image from the McCaffery Collection, Central Australian Historical Images, Courtesy of Alice Springs Public Library.
Image - Flynn Church, Alice Springs under construction. Persons unidentified.
Image from the McCaffery Collection, Central Australian Historical Images, Courtesy of Alice Springs Public Library.
