STERNE
Elizabeth Anne Valentine
AKA: née Hanrahan, Chute, E.A.V. "Ev"
14 February 1880 — 17 April 1973
Additional Information
Special Achievements
- Was one of the first women in Queensland to become a justice of the peace.
- 1924-1944 - She was the Queensland Country Women's Association first State treasurer.
Additional Information
- 1941 - Awarded Order of the British Empire "for social welfare services in the Commonwealth of Australia."
- 2000 - Named Person of the Century in Warwick, Queensland.
Resources
Link - Sterne, Elizabeth Anne Valentine (1880–1973)
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Link - Signal Honour: O.B.E. For Warwick: Mrs. H. Sterne the Recipient
Trove: Warwick Daily News (Qld.: 1919 -1954), Thursday 12 June 1941, page 4
Link - Mrs H. Sterne Elected State President of Q.C.W.A.
Trove: Warwick Daily News (Qld.: 1919 -1954), Tuesday 15 July 1947, page 2
Document - Elizabeth Ann Valentine STERNE, OBE
Document provided by, and used with permission of, her granddaughter, (Sister) Elizabeth “Liz” WIEMERS, courtesy of The Queensland Country Women’s Association.
Image - Mrs. Sterne, Council Member, S.D.
Photo provided by, and used with permission of, her granddaughter, (Sister) Elizabeth “Liz” WIEMERS, courtesy of The Queensland Country Women’s Association.
Image - Elizabeth Ann Valentine STERNE, OBE
Mrs. H. Sterne, OBE 1947-1950
Photo provided by, and used with permission of, her granddaughter, (Sister) Elizabeth “Liz” WIEMERS, courtesy of The Queensland Country Women’s Association.
Image - Elizabeth Ann Valentine STERNE, OBE
Photo provided by, and used with permission of, her granddaughter, (Sister) Elizabeth “Liz” WIEMERS, courtesy of The Queensland Country Women’s Association.
