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Amy Grace

10 July 1898 — 12 February 1988

AKA:  née Priest 

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Special Achievements

  • First Director of South Australian Board of Social Studies (established in 1935 as the Board of Social Service Study and Training).

Additional Information

  • 1946 - Co-Founder of South Australian Council of Social Services.  8 June 1939 - Amy was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) on  for her work as Director of the South Australian Board of Social Studies.

Resources

Link - Wheaton, Amy Grace (1898 - 1988)

The Australian Women's Register

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Link - Amy Grace Wheaton (1898-1988) Papers 1925-1979

The University of Adelaide

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Link - Wheaton, Amy Grace (1898–1988)

Australian Dictionary of Biography

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Link - Wheaton, Amy Grace

The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia

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Link - Wheaton, Amy Grace (1898–1988)

People Australia

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Image - Amy Grace Wheaton

image originally from Who's Who in the World of Women

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Image - Amy Grace Wheaton

Rare Books & Special Collections, The University of Adelaide Library

Photo provided by, and used with permission of, Rare Books & Special Collections, The University of Adelaide Library.

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