- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0015
Burnside, Edith
(1889 – 1992)- Nationality Australian
- Born 1 January, 1889, Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Died 10 May, 1992, Victoria Australia
- Occupation Charity worker
Summary
Edith Burnside was acknowledged as a committed worker for charitable causes. She was educated at St Michael’s Church of England Grammar School in St Kilda, Victoria, and married W K Burnside. They had two children; a son and a daughter. She was president of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Almoner Ambulance from 1952. She served on a number of committees, which included the Yooralla, the Lady Mayoress’s, the National Gallery Society of Victoria, the Australia-Japan Society and the Australian Elizabethan Trust. She also served as president of the Prince Henry’s Hospital Central Council of Auxiliary. She was appointed as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 1 January 1976 for service to hospitals and the community.
Source: Who’s who in Australia 1983, p. 148.
Published resources
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
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Resource
- Trove: Burnside, Edith (-1992), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-759084