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Australian Women
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De Merindol, Mary Justine (1939 - ) |
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| Secretary and Conference organiser |
| Born: 30 September 1939 Blackheath, England |
Mary De Merindol is a long term supporter of the Australian Democrats and represented them in the 1995 election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Vaucluse and in the Legislative Council elections of 2003. |
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Mary De Merindol was born in London and educated at a convent school, which she left, at year 11, to go to Italy and learn Italian, a pursuit she has maintained ever since. Mary was elected to the committee of The Paddington Society in 2003, and is also a member of the Refugee Council of Australia, ChilOut, A Just Australia and Australians for native Title and Reconciliation. She is actively involved in providing support to refugees held in detention centres. She remains an active member of the Australian Democrats and with her husband now runs a bed and breakfast establishment in Paddington. |
| Sources used to compile this entry: Letter from Mary De Merindol to Rachel Grahame, dated 26 June 2005. |
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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/AWE1417b.htm |