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FAMILY NAME

PREEDY

Given name 1

Winifred

Given name 2 etc

Edna

Date of Birth

22.8.1901

Place of Birth

Norwood, South Australia

Date of Death

25.10.1989

Place of Death

 

Place of Burial

North Road Cemetery

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

 

Lived in Prospect Council Area (Dates)

1951 – 1989

Addresses in Prospect Council Area

25 Barker Rd Prospect

Lived outside Prospect Council area (Dates)

 

Addresses outside Prospect Council Area

Norwood, Stepney

49 Kent Terrace, Kent Town

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents - names; DOBs etc (if known)

Father:  Albert Preedy, B. 1868, England

Mother:  Rhoda Hewson, B. 1875 England

Spouse(s) - including maiden name; DOBs etc. (if known)

Never married

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

N/A

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

N/A

Children - names and dates of birth/death if known

NIL

Education

St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church School. Norwood.

St Peters Girls Collegiate Girls School; Adelaide University

Occupation(s)

Dentist - Liberal Club Buildings,

North Terrace, Adelaide

She was the second woman to graduate in Dentistry from Adelaide University

Interests/Activities

Toc H (Broadview/Prospect); Prospect Shangri la Club; Soroptimists; Australian Federation of University Women; Foundation Committee of St Ann’s College.

Religion/Churches

Anglican; member of St Cuthbert’s Congregation

Local Government experience (if any)

 

Notes (points of interest etc.)

Funded the Winifred E Preedy Undergraduate Bursary, University of Adelaide for women, as well as Postgraduate Bursary, University of Adelaide for women. 

The Winifred Preedy Scholarship at St Peters Girls School awarded annually and running for 5 consecutive years, Year 8–12.

Cross-references eg to siblings, parents, children

 

Sources of information

Bonner, R: ‘An Early Woman Dentist: The Life and Times of Winifred E Preedy’, 2009

Principal Researcher(s)

Rosemary Bonner (Mrs)

Email:  [email protected]

 

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