Thomas Adam Ewing (d. 1879) ran a successful pharmaceutical business in Fitzroy and served on the town council, where one of his notable achievements was the extablishment of the Fitzroy Free Public Library which opened in 1877. His son Samuel Arthur Ewing (1864-1941), a distinguished surgeon and art collector, made a gift in 1938 to the Melbourne University Union of Australian paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture from his collection. Samuel Arthur Ewing was the father of George Geoffrey (1910-1976), Geoffrey Orr (1904-1938), and Ethel Margaret (1906-1991). As a bibliophile, George Ewing formed a library which was subsequently donated to Presbyterian Ladies College; as a bridge player he represented Australia at international tournament level, and as a collector of art, notably Asian ceramics, he formed a collection which later enriched the National Gallery of Australia, through the bequest of his sister. Ethel Margaret Ewing Cutten continued the family's philanthropic tradition by her bequests to cultural institutions and her continued association with the Fitzroy Public Library. 0Đ.
From the description of Papers. [ca. 1920-1990] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222519903
