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The tree commemorates Miss Mary Bedford, an honorary life member of the Women's Historical Association who died in 1955.
Mary Josephine Bedford worked tirelessly to improve the lives of impoverished woman and children in Brisbane. She was instrumental in founding the Crèche and Kindergarten Association in 1907 and the Playground Association in 1913. The Bedford Playground in Spring Hill commemorates Josephine's outstanding contribution to Queensland children. Josephine volunteered with the Scottish Women's Hospital when World War One broke out and served in Serbia for 12 months as head of the ambulance service. She was awarded the fifth class of the Order of St Sava by the King of Serbia.
Miss Bedford was a committee member of the Queensland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty, first provisional secretary of the National Council of Women in 1906 as well as a member of the Queensland Women's Electoral League. Another of her interests was the Women's Auxiliary of the Hospital for Sick Children.
Location
| Address: | Breakfast Creek Road & Newstead Avenue , Newstead Park , Newstead, 4006 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -27.442581 Long: 153.045914 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Tree |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Humanitarian |
| Link: | http://www.womenaustralia.info/ |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Thursday 22nd March, 1956 |
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This tree was planted on 22nd March 1956, by Lady Lavarack wife of Quennsland`s first Brisbane-born Governor and first Patroness of the Women's Historical Association as a memorial to Mary Josephine Bedford
Hon Life Member who died on 22 Dec. 1955
"A Sylvan scene, and, as the ranks ascend shade above shade. A woody theatre of stateliest view." (Milton "Paradise Lost")
