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The cottages commemorate Dr Kathleen Taylor (1914 - 1967), a doctor, missionary and evangelist who was killed in a car accident in 1967.
Dr. Kathleen Taylor M.B.B.S. was born on 27 October 1914, in Sorrell, Tasmania, and died on the 16 October 1967 in Rosedale. She was the daughter of Bishop and Mrs D. B. Blackwood (Bishop of Gippsland 1940 – 1954).
She was educated at Collegiate School, Hobart and at Melbourne University. She served with C.M.S. in Persia from 1940 to 1952, and married the Revenend Rev Philip Taylor, in Sale in 1947. They both worked in Sukkur, West Pakistan, until 1963, then came to Rosedale Parish with their children Ruth Margaret and Stephen Blackwood.
Location
Address: | 42 Albert Street, Dr Kathleen Taylor Memorial Homes, Rosedale, 3847 |
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State: | VIC |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -38.152218 Long: 146.783482 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Structure |
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Monument Theme: | People |
Sub-Theme: | Tragedy |
Actual Event Start Date: | 16-October-1967 |
Actual Event End Date: | 16-October-1967 |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Thursday 28th November, 1991 |
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Plaque :
These cottages have been built in grateful memory of Dr Kathleen Taylor
1915 - 1967
Doctor, missionary, evangelist
28th November, 1971.