A brief history of the Greig sisters

Repository State Library of South Australia
Reference PRG 456/43
Date Range 1980 - 1980
Description
A family history of the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lindsay Greig of Dundee, Scotland who migrated to Australia in 1888. Jane Stocks Greig (1872-1939) studied medicine and was appointed Chief Medical Inspector of the Victorian Education Department. Janet Lindsay Greig (1874-1950) also studied medicine and was a senior staff member at the Queen Victoria Hospital. Clara Puella Greig (1877-1957) studied science and opened the first Coaching College in Australia conducted by women. In 1910 she married Mr. Clement A. Hack, a Patent Attorney of Melbourne. Grata Flos Matilda Greig (1878-1959) was the first woman to be admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Law at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 1905. Stella Fida Greig (1889-1913) attended Melbourne University and graduated L.L.B. in 1911. Also includes notes on their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Greig and a newspaper cutting about Flos Greig.

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- Greig, Flos (1880 - 1958)
- Greig, Janet Lindsay (Jenny) (1874 - 1950)