- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0161
Nicholls, Helen
- Occupation Charity worker
Summary
Helen Nicholls, née Sprent, became a prominent worker for charitable causes in Tasmania after her marriage to Herbert (later Sir Herbert) Nicholls on 3 January 1905. As the wife of a politician, judge and later Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania and mother of five children, she devoted much of her time to charitable causes, one of which was the Red Cross Society. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1918 for her services to the Red Cross Society.
Published resources
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
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Resource Section
- Nicholls, Sir Herbert (1868 - 1940), Mulcahy, David L., 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110024b.htm
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Resource
- Trove: Nicholls, Helen, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-752091