Papers. 1955-1980.

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Papers. 1955-1980.

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The collection documents the years spent by Ann Dalgarno in public life in Canberra, 1955-1980. The largest group of papers consist of agenda, minutes, notes, reports and correspondence of the A.C.T. Advisory Council (1959-1967, 1970-1974). Smaller series relate to the Wives and Widows of Public Servants and Servicemen's Association; the Foundation for Youth (1970-1979); the Red Hill, Griffith Narrabundah Progress Association (1961-1968); the Nursing Service Agency 91957-1979); the Canberra and District Historical Society; the Phoenix Club; Zonta; the Horticultural Society; the Canberra Geranium and Fuchsia Society; and the Italio-Australian Association. There are also subject files, correspondence, printed material and press cuttings.

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Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council

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Dalgarno, Ann P. (Ann Patricia), 1909-1980

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Ann Dalgarno was a member of the Canberra Hospital Board (1955-1959) and the A.C.T. Advisory Council (1959-1967) and 1970-1974). From 1954 until 1979 she administered the Nursing Service Agency, a service which placed nurses in homes of private patients. She twice stood unsuccessfully for the A.C.T. Seat in the House of Representatives; in 1958, as the Liberal Party Candidate, and 1966 as an Independent. In 1977 she was made a member of the Order of the British Empire. From the descr...