• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE4525

Machin, Gladys Ellen

  • OBE, JP
  • Maiden name Wallace, Gladys Ellen
  • Occupation Local government councillor, Mayor

Summary

Gladys Machin served as a councillor for the City of Caulfield from 1950-59, and was its mayor on two occasions from 1955-56 and from 1960-62. She was appointed OBE in 1962. The Gladys Machin Hall is named in her honour.

Published resources

  • Resource
  • Book
    • Women in Australian Parliaments and Local Governments, Past and Present : A Survey, Smith, A. Viola, 1975

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    • Female Mayors and Shire Presidents