Macfarlan, Margaret (c. 1904 - 1997)

Margaret Macfarlan and her daughter, Carmel took over the running of the Gladstone (Queensland) Observer in 1947 when her husband (Carmel's father), Colin Macfarlan, died. Colin had built the newspaper into an organ that reportedly 'accomplished more for the advancement of the town than all the public bodies put together'. Margaret followed in the tradition established by her husband, a fact that was acknowledged when she was awarded an MBE for services to journalism and the community in 1970.

The papers was sold to News Limited in 1969.

• Booth, Margaret Ethel

Events

1947 - 1968	Career in journalism active
1970	MBE for services to journalism

Australian Women Exhibitions

• Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, March 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html. [ Details... ]
• The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

• Johansen, Grace, 'Women in Central Queensland: A study of three coastal centres 1940-1965', Thesis, Central Queensland University, 2002, http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au/thesis/adt-QCQU/public
  /adt-QCQU20060921.120038/index.html. [ Details... ]

See also

• Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au. [ Details... ]