Additional Information

• Long time Alice Springs' volunteer at the Olive Pink Botanic Gardens. She fought for the preservation of a green belt when 'New Eastside' was being planned.  In 1974 she began her lifelong commitment to looking after that piece of land.
• Frances arrived in Alice Springs in 1960, to work as a theatre sister at the hospital after serving as a nurse for two years in Fiji.

Link - FRANCES SMITH: ALICE SPRINGS WAS A HOME WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

ALICE SPRINGS NEWS, February 26, 2003.

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Link - Frances Smith Memorial Park

Alice Springs Town Council

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Image - Frances Smith (nee Thomas) in her twenties.

Hard copy available at Alice Springs News.

Alice Springs News

References

• Finnane, Kieran.  Frances Smith:  Alice Springs was a home worth fighting for.  Alice Springs News.  February 26, 2003:4-5.
• Generous man with big heart.  Centralian Advocate.  March 14, 2006:11.