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Mona MacLeod
Ada Mona MacLeod (7 June 1895 – 27 January 1953) was an Australian amateur golfer. She won the Australian Women's Amateur in 1921, 1926, 1927 and 1932 and won the Victorian Women's Amateur Championship five times between 1925 and 1933. Golf career MacLeod was runner-up in the 1919 Victorian Women's Amateur Championship behind Caroline Austin (golfer), Caroline Austin. She was tied with Violet Yuille but took the second prize after beating Yuille in an 18-hole playoff the following day. In September 1921 she won the Australian Women's Amateur for the first time. Played at Royal Melbourne she won by 14 strokes. The following month she was runner-up in the Victorian championship behind Gladys Hay and she was second again in 1922 behind Cecily Lascelles. MacLeod spent much of 1923 in Europe. She played in the Women's Amateur Championship but lost in the first round to Lena Scroggie, a member of the Scottish team in the Women's Home Internationals that year. In the 1924 Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penshurst, Victoria
Penshurst is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is in the Shire of Southern Grampians local government area and is located at the foot of Mount Rouse, an extinct volcano. At the , Penshurst had a population of 461. Basic facilities include a hospital with an aged care residency and doctor's surgery, a pub, a hall and two schools – one a State school, the other a Catholic school – the State school has 10 students(2020), the Catholic school 26. History Kolorer gunditj people Before British colonisation, the area around Mount Rouse was the country of the Kolorer gunditj clan of Aboriginal people. Their title is derived from their name for Mount Rouse which was Kolor. The permanent spring that is now located within the Penshurst Botanic Gardens was a traditional meeting place for Aborigines in the region. Arrival of the British Major Thomas Mitchell travelled through the area in 1836, naming Mount Rouse. In late 1839 John Cox, who was a grandson of New South Wales Corps officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |