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Crawford, Mary Catherine (1947 - )

Born
12 April 1947
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Parliamentarian and Teacher

Summary

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Mary Crawford was elected to the House of Representatives of the Australian Parliament as the Member for Forde, Queensland, at the 1987 federal election. In 1994 she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Housing and Regional Developmen in the Keating Government and held that position until her defeat at the 1996 election.

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Mary Crawford completed her tertiary education at the University of Queensland and worked as a teacher before entering parliament.

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Archival resources

National Library of Australia

  • [Biographical Cuttings on Mary Catherine Crawford, noted in House Magazine, Sept. 1989], 1989, BIOG; National Library of Australia. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training, Sticks and stones: report on violence in Australian schools, Crawford, Mary Catherine, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1994, 68 pp. Details

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Digital resources

Title
Aunty Agnes Shea, Welcome to Country at the exhibition launch of From Lady Denman to Katy Gallagher
Type
Image
Date
21 February 2013
Place
Canberra

Details

Rosemary Francis

Created: 21 April 2009, Last modified: 7 March 2013

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