Maisie Maxwell (8 October 1876 – 24 July 1977) was an Australian stage actress and journalist born in

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(then known as Sandhurst),

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. Maxwell was awarded the

British Empire Medal The British Empire Medal (BEM; formerly British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British and Commonwealth award for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. The current honour was created in 1922 to ...

in 1969 for journalism. May Maxwell Crescent, in the Canberra suburb of Gilmore, is named in her honour.

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Maisie Maxwell
at the Melbourne Press Club Hall of Fame

at The Australian Women's Register {{DEFAULTSORT:Maxwell, Maise 20th-century Australian actresses 20th-century Australian journalists Australian women journalists Australian silent film actresses 1876 births 1977 deaths Actresses from Victoria (state) Journalists from Victoria (state) People from Bendigo Australian recipients of the British Empire Medal