Additional Information
Special Achievements
- 1962 - First Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet Company.
- 1966 - Appointed Order of the British Empire.
- 1970 - Appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
- 2012 - Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.
Resources
References
- Ruskin, Pamela. (date unknown). THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET 21 Years. THIS AUSTRALIA, 46-50.
- Lawson, Valerie. (2010, June). Dancing queen. QANTAS, 129-130.
Link - Van Praagh, Margaret (1910 - 1990)
The Australian Women's Register
Link - van Praagh, Dame Margaret (Peggy) (1910–1990)
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Link - Peggy van Praagh
Wikipedia
Image - Peggy van Praagh
Part of the collection: Dame Peggy van Praagh collection.; "P.v P. [i.e. Peggy van Praagh], age about 7 or 8"--Handwritten on reverse.
Copyright unknown
Image - Peggy van Praagh
Part of the collection: Dame Peggy van Praagh collection.; "Estella Hymans, Brondesbury, 1916"--Lower right.
Wikimedia Commons File:Peggy van Praagh in "Honey bee dance", 1916 - Estella Hymans (17590683726).jpg
Link - DAME PEGGY VAN PRAAGH: AN INDOMITABLE SPIRIT
The Australian Ballet
Image - Dame Peggy van Praagh
Photo courtesy of The Australian Ballet. ©The Australian Ballet Archives circa 1970.
Photographer unknown.
The Australian Ballet.
