- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE4900
Tillyard, Pattie
(1880 – 1971)- Born 30 August, 1880, Borstal Kent England
- Died 10 March, 1971, Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
- Occupation Community Leader, Teacher
Summary
A student of Newnham College, Cambridge, and a suffragist, Pattie Craske completed a natural sciences degree in botany with second-class honours at a time when the university did not grant degrees to women. After teaching in England, she married Australian entomologist, Robin Tillyard, in Sydney. In 1928, by then the mother of four daughters, she moved to the small, isolated community of Canberra where she became a leader in community, sporting and university organisations and was elected to the Canberra Community Hospital Board in 1935. She was the social face of the growing city, renowned for her welcome to newcomers, in later years being regarded as the ‘grande dame’ of Canberra.
Details
A student of Newnham College, Cambridge, and a suffragist, Pattie Craske completed a natural sciences degree in botany with second-class honours at a time when the university did not grant degrees to women. After teaching in England, she married Australian entomologist, Robin Tillyard, in Sydney. In 1928, by then the mother of four daughters, she moved to the small, isolated community of Canberra where she became a leader in community, sporting and university organisations and was elected to the Canberra Community Hospital Board in 1935. She was the social face of the growing city, renowned for her welcome to newcomers, in later years being regarded as the ‘grande dame’ of Canberra.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Tillyard, Pattie (18800830-19710310), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465024
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Resource Section
- Tillyard, Pattie, Clarke, Patricia, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tillyard-pattie-8816/text15463
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Site Exhibition
- From Lady Denman to Katy Gallagher: A Century of Women's Contributions to Canberra, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2013, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/ldkg