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Australian Women
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Hayter, Lorna (1897 - 1989)CBE, BScAgr, FAIAS, FHAC |
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| Agriculturalist, Servicewoman and Public servant | |||
| Born: 27 December 1897 Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 15 July 1989. | |||
Lorna Hayter studied agriculture at the University of Sydney. In 1927 she joined the New South Wales Department of Agriculture. During World War II Hayter was a member of the Women's Australian National Services, and became Assistant Controller with the Australian Army Women's Service. Later she hosted the Australian Broadcasting Commission weekly national program Farm and Home and became women's editor of the Land Newspaper. On 31 December 1979, Lorna Hayter was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to agriculture and the community. |
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| Sources used to compile this entry: Bright Sparcs, Who's Who in Australia, 1980, p. 401, information supplied by the AWAS Association (NSW) and YCWA (Sydney). | ||||||||||||||||||
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 14 November 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0208b.htm |