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Dawson, Eileen

MBE

Occupation
Golfer

Summary

Eileen Dawson was appointed to the Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) on 31 December 1976 for services to golf.

Details

Eileen Dawson travelled throughout Western Australia with other women golfers and professionals encouraging new players and helping to establish clubs for women. In 1969 she was appointed chairwoman of a new sub-committee of the Western Australian Ladies Golf Union, which assisted in developing junior girls' golf. The committee organised for golf to be added to school sports curriculums, and for students to be coached by professionals, also arranging golf holiday camps.

An Australian Champion golfer in 1959, Eileen Dawson was Western Australian Ladies Amateur Champion in 1955, 1961 and 1965. From 1947-1949, 1951-1955 and 1957-1969 she was a member of the Western Australian State Team and in 1960 played with the Australian team. She later became non-playing captain of the Australian team.

Published resources

The Australian Women's Register Exhibitions

Journal Articles

  • Kyle-Little, Sydney, 'Eileen Dawson - Chairman of the course', Western Australian golf news, vol. 2, no. 1, 1991, p. 40. Details

Pictures

  • Eileen Dawson playing in the Womens Golf Championship [photograph], 1 photoprint : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm., 1959. Details

Online Resources

See also

  • Popham, Daphne; Stokes, K.A.; Lewis, Julie, Reflections : profiles of 150 women who helped make Western Australia's history; Project of the Womens Committee for the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of Western Australia, Carrolls, Perth, Melbourne [etc.]:, 1979, 266 pp. Details

Anne Heywood

Created: 17 October 2002, Last modified: 29 April 2009

Site-wide information and acknowledgements

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