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Nellie Elizabeth Robinson (1915 – 19 September 1992) was the first female mayor in
Nellie Elizabeth Robinson (1915 – 19 September 1992) was the first female mayor in Queensland
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, Australia. She was elected mayor of the City of Toowoomba in 1967.
Early life
Nellie Robinson was born in Toowoomba.Political career
Robinson was elected as an Alderman to the Toowoomba City Council in 1961 and was elected Queensland's first female mayor in 1967. In the1972 Queensland state election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 May 1972 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.
The Country-Liberal Coalition won its sixth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957 and als ...
she was a candidate for the Country Party in the seat of Toowoomba North but was unsuccessful. In 1979, she was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
for "distinguished service to local government".
Later life
Nellie Robinson retired in 1981 because of ill health and died on 19 September 1992. Robinson is buried in theDrayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery at the corner of South Street and Anzac Avenue, Harristown, Queensland, Australia. It was surveyed in May 1850, and is one of the earliest surviving cemeteries in Queensland. The cem ...
.
Legacy
In her will, Robinson bequeathed twenty thousand dollars to the Toowoomba Council for the Robinson collection of historic memorabilia held in the local history library in Toowoomba.See also
*List of mayors of Toowoomba
This is a list of mayors of the City of Toowoomba and the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In March 2008 the City of Toowoomba was amalgamated with the Shires of Crows Nest, Rosalie, Jondaryan, Cambooya, Clifton, Millmerran, and P ...
References
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