• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE4536

Weeks, Daisy Ellen Rebecca

  • OBE, JP
  • Birth name Reynolds, Daisy Eleanor Rebecca
(1885 – 1964)
  • Born 22 March 1885, Werribee, Victoria, Australia
  • Died 22 June 1964, Alexandra, Victoria, Australia
  • Occupation Local government councillor, Shire president

Summary

Daisy Weeks served as a councillor on the Alexandra Shire Council, Victoria from 1940-61 and held the position of Shire President in 1954. In 1956 she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her service as a shire councillor. The Shire was abolished in 1994 and the area now forms part of the Shire of Murrindindi.

Published resources

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

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  • Related Organisations
    • Australian Red Cross Victoria (1914 - )
    • The Country Women's Association of Victoria Inc. (1928 - )
  • Related Concepts
    • Female Mayors and Shire Presidents

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