• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE4531

Tilson, Doris Myra Oulton

  • JP
(1893 – 1968)
  • Born 1893, Wangaratta Victoria Australia
  • Died 1968, Victoria Australia
  • Occupation Local government councillor, Mayor

Summary

Doris Tilson served as a councillor on the Wangaratta Borough Council from 1952-54 and was its first female mayor in 1954. In 1953 she received a Coronation medal for her work with the Wangaratta District Base Hospital and the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind. Her ongoing commitment to community service was rewarded with her appointment as a Life Governor of both institutions.

Published resources

  • Book
    • Women in Australian Parliaments and Local Governments, Past and Present : A Survey, Smith, A. Viola, 1975
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