• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0746

Brooks, Violet

  • Lady
  • Birth name Laing, Muriel Violet Turne
(1904 – 1988)
  • Born 18 March 1904, Bombay, Maharashtra, India
  • Died 27 September 1988, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Occupation Governor's spouse

Summary

Born Muriel Violet Turner Laing, Violet Brooks was the wife of Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, governor of Victoria from 1949-1963.

Archival resources

  • National Library of Australia
    • [Biographical cuttings on Lady Violet Brooks, wife of former Victorian Governor, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]

Published resources

Related entries


  • Presided
    • Australian Red Cross (1914)
    • Australian Red Cross Victoria (1914)

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