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Family Name

LITCHFIELD  (DAME Ruby) nee SKINNER 

Names

Ruby Beatrice

Date of Birth

5 September 1912

Place of Birth

Subiaco WA

Date of Death

14 August 2001

Place of Death

Adelaide SA

Place of Burial

Centennial Park Cemetery

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

 

Lived in Prospect (dates)

(at least 1950 to 1970s)

Addresses in Prospect

 

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents

Alfred John SKINNER and Eva Hanna THOMAS

Spouse(s)

Kenneth Lyle LITCHFIELD

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

22 August 1940

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

 

Children

A daughter (b 1942)

Occupation(s)

 

Interests

The arts, sport - tennis, public service.

Directed 35 plays for Adelaide Repertory Theatre, made life member 1967.

Religion/Churches

 

Notes (points of interest etc.)

Mayoress of Prospect during her husband’s term 1954-1957.

SA Hardcourt champion 1932-1935, President Sportswomen’s Assoc 1969-74.

Member SA Davis Cup Committee, the first woman appointed to the Board of the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust, a founder member of Festival City Broadcasters and was a board member of numerous other organizations, including the Adelaide Festival of Arts, the South Australian Housing Trust and the Carclew Youth Performing Arts Centre.

Served many charities including Red Cross Society SA, Crippled Children, SIDS & CWA.

Awarded OBE 1959 for services to the community.

1981 made a Dame of the British Empire.

Jubilee 150 plaque erected for her on North Terrace.

In 1993 the SA Govt established The Dame Ruby Litchfield Scholarship for the Performing Arts.

Sources of information

Adelaidia Govt website, Australian Women’s Register SA BMDs, Aust. Cem Index.

 

Principal researcher

Lesley Attema

 

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