Crone, Nina (1934 - )

Editor of the Australian Garden History Society journal, Australian Garden History, Nina Crone is the former headmistress of Melbourne Church of England Girls’ Grammar School (CEGGS). Crone has worked in broadcasting, education and management in Australia, England and Switzerland. She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Education and received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2000.

Daughter of James Kinning and Grace Gwendolen (née Hall) Crone.
After completing her secondary education at Presbyterian Ladies College (PLC), East Melbourne, Crone in 1953 graduated from Melbourne University with a BA.. From 1957 to 1964 she was a teacher in Europe and Australia as well as obtaining her BEd from Melbourne University in 1962.
From 1965-1974 she was a radio and TV producer for the ABC Schools Broadcasts and in 1975 became Headmistress of CEGGS. Crone is a former member of the Vic. State Advisory Committee for School Broadcasts, member of the Buildings Advisory Committee Australian Schools Commission 1979-1981, member of the Academic Committee on Education (Vic.) 1975-1980, committee member Australian College of Education (Vic.) 1974-1979. Also Crone has been a council member of the Girl Guides Association (Vic.), committee member of the United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) Vic. 1962-1964 and a member of the Lyceum Club Melbourne.

Member

• Lyceum Club (Melbourne) (1912 - )

Membership

• Girl Guides Australia (1926 - )
• The Invergowrie Foundation (1992 - )

See also

• Lofthouse, Andrea (ed.), Who's who of Australian women, Methuen Australia, North Ryde (NSW), 1982, 504 pp. [ Details... ]
• Whitehead, Georgina (ed.), Planting the Nation, Australian Garden History Society, Melbourne, 2001, 196 pp. [ Details... ]