- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0483
Williams, Meta Talbot
(1918 – 2010)- Born 7 July, 1918, Brisbane Queensland Australia
- Died 13 November, 2010
- Occupation Community worker
Summary
On 29 June 1985 Meta Williams was appointed to the Order of the British Empire – Officer (Civil) (OBE) for services to the Girl Guide Movement.
Williams’ association with Guiding commenced at the end of 1930 when she became a member of the 1st Coorparoo Company (23rd Brisbane) and was enrolled in early 1931. She went on to hold a variety of positions at local, state and national levels.
In 1984 Williams researched and complied the publication The Continuing Challenge: a history of Queensland Guiding from 1919-84 which was launched by Senator Lady Bjelke-Petersen. This was followed by The Continuing Challenge Part 11 1984-91 in 1992 as well as histories of four former State Commissioners’ terms of office.
Williams was also a member of the state executive of the YWCA Queensland, member of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in Queensland and the Pan-Pacific and South-East Asia Women’s Association (Queensland).
In March 1981 Meta Williams was honoured in being elected Mother of the Year (Queensland).
Events
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1961 - 1990
Member of the State Council of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland
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1976 - 1981
Member of the Australian Executive Girl Guides Association of Australia
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1976 - 1981
State Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland
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1973 - 1976
State Headquarters Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland
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1974 - 1975
Australian Policy, Organisation and Rules Co-ordinator of the Girl Guides Association
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1972 - 1973
Region Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland
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1970 - 1972
State Camping Advisor of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland
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1965 - 1970
State Guide Advisor
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1961 - 1965
Division Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland
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1936 - 1944
Guide Leader of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland
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1930 - 1970
Member of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland
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1981 - 1986
State Treasurer of the YWCA Queensland
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1980 - 1991
Member of the YWCA Queensland
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1982 - 1985
Honorary Treasurer of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in Queensland
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1981 - 1991
Member of United Nations Queensland Branch
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1976 - 1987
Member of the Pan-Pacific and South East Asia Women’s Association of Australia Inc Queensland Branch
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1987 - 1992
Assistant State Archivist of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland
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1981 - 1986
Vice-President of the State Council of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland
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1976 - 1981
Chairman of the State Executive of the Girl Guides Association of Queensland
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2018 - 2018
Born: daughter of Hubert Lethbridge and Gladys Elwyn Talbot Deshon
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1981 - 1981
Queensland Mother of the Year
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1969 - 1969
Awarded the Red Kangaroo for Guiding
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2043 - 2043
Married: Roderick Guildford Williams and they had one daughter
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Resource Section
- State Commissioner 1976 - 1981, http://www.guidesqld.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76&Itemid=51
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Book
- The continuing challenge. Part 2, A brief history of the progression and achievements of the Girl Guides Association (Queensland, Australia) July 1984 - March 1991, Williams, Meta (researched and compiled by), 1991
- Lady Macartney, State Commissioner, 1919-1945: the first twenty-five years, Williams, Meta (compiled by), 1992
- Mrs Lilian Gresham, MBE, State Commissioner, 1945-1954: the post-war reconstruction era, Williams, Meta (compiled by), 1992
- Mrs Meta Williams, OBE, State Commissioner, 1976-1981: the progressive seventies, Williams, Meta (researched and compiled by), 1992
- Mrs Joie Dwyer, State Commissioner, 1986-1991: challenge and achievement, Williams, Meta (researched and compiled by), 1992
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Resource
- Trove: Williams, Meta (1918-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-503169