The Australian Women's Register

3 sound cassettes (4.5 hours.) Born Melbourne; daughter of Walter and Violet Murdoch; family background; father’s occupations; his establishment of school in Camberwell, then Warrnambool; his lectureship; move to Perth; family home; social gatherings; literary groups; childhood activities; relationship with father; staff at university; buildings; bequest of Sir Winthrop Hackett which provided funds to the new university in Crawley; home in Cottesloe; move to South Perth; school life, at Miss Nesbit’s and Perth College; return to Melbourne; social activities; her university life; outstanding students; family’s return to England; teaching in England; return to Perth; marriage to Alexander King; early married life; effect of Depression; living conditions; cost of living; involvement with Kindergarten Union; Meerilinga; Adult Education; working with ABC radio; development of Kindergarten of the Air; formation of Lady Gowrie Child Centres; effect of War; closure of kindergartens; kindergarten training; commencement of Women’s Session of ABC; experiences with interviewees; religious broadcasts; involvement with Save the Children Fund, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Middle East; Amnesty International; MBE.