Woman Warnes, Mary Jane

MBE

Occupation
Country Women's Association Leader

Written by Caitlin Stone, The University of Melbourne

Mary Jane Warnes (née Fairbrother) was born in 1877. She established the Country Women's Association in South Australia, serving as its president from 1929 to 1941. In 1929, she attended the Rural Women's Conference in London. She was appointed MBE in 1936 and died in 1959.

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