Geraldine Adelaide Propsting MacKenzie (née Storrs, 1900–1980) was an Australian missionary and educator. She was born in Prahran, Victoria, and studied at

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and the

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. In 1925, she married William MacKenzie, who had been appointed superintendent of Aurukun Presbyterian mission. Geraldine MacKenzie spent her time at the mission nursing the sick and teaching at the mission school. The

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, Sir

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, said that the MacKenzies "by their example of joyous service, generate and radiate happiness to all around them. Their aim has not been to destroy the tribal customs, but to preserve all that is good in them."

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1900 births 1980 deaths People from Prahran, Victoria University of Melbourne alumni People educated at Melbourne Grammar School Australian Presbyterian missionaries 20th-century Australian educators {{Australia-bio-stub