Annie Isabel Fraer (née McLean, 21 September 1868 – 8 March 1939) was a New Zealand community leader. She was born in

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, New Zealand, on 21 September 1868. From 1929 to 1933 she was a member of the

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. In 1935, she was awarded the

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. Later that year, she was appointed a

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, for public services, in the 1935 King's Birthday and Silver Jubilee Honours.

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