• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: PR26022493

Music to Their Ears

  • Type Site exhibition
  • Imprint Australian Women's Archives Project 2019
  • URL https://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/music
  • Description

    This exhibition tells the story of Alexandra Cameron MBE, Victoria’s first Secondary School Inspector of Music, Margaret McCarthy, the first librarian appointed to the Victorian String Music Library and Judy Hall OAM, legendary Gippsland-based music teacher who fulfilled her lifelong dream of playing in the Melbourne Town Hall at the age of ninety-six. An accompanying essay outlines the history of music education in the state of Victoria.