Marfell, Helena Catherine (1898-)

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Helena Marfell was the inaugural national president of the Country Women's Association of Australia in 1945.

Marfell was a foundation member of the Warrnambool branch of the Country Women's Association (1931), and twice president of the South-Western Group. She was also a member of the Victorian State Executive, and state president from 1942 until 1945. President of the Women's Section of the Victorian Country Party, Marfell stood unsuccessfully for the federal seat of Wannon during the election in 1949.

During World War II Marfell was senior superintendent of the Warrnambool district for the Red Cross Society. She donated a silver teapot for use when the Country Women's Association served refreshments at the railway tea rooms to recruits leaving Warrnambool.

On 1 January 1968 Helena Marfell was appointed an Officer to the Order of the British Empire (Civil) for services to social welfare. She was honoured by being made a Life Governor of the Warrnambool Base Hospital and the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind.

  • 4 August 1898 Born daughter of Archibald Glen
  • 26 December 1918 Married Henry G Marfell, they had two children
  • 1931 Helped found the Warrnambool Branch of the Country Women's Association
  • 1938 - 1939 President of the South-Western Group of the Country Women's Association
  • 1939 - 1945 Senior Supertindent of the Red Cross in the Warrnambool district
  • 1942 - 1945 State President of the Country Women's Association
  • 1942 - 1945 President of the South-Western Group of the Country Women's Association
  • 1943 Member of the State Broadcasting Committee
  • 1943 Member of the State Relief Committee
  • 1945 - 1946 National President of the Country Women's Association
  • 1946 Member of the Corangamite Regional Committee
  • 1949 Country Party candidate for the electorate of Wannon at the Federal election
  • c. 1949 - 1950 President of the Women's Section at the Victorian Country Party
  • 01 January 1968 Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
  2. The Many Hats of Country Women: The Jubilee History of the Country Women's Association of Australia
    Stevens-Chambers, Brenda
    [1997]
    Published: Country Women's Association of Australia
  3. Who's who in Australia 1950
    Alexander, Joseph A
    [1950]
    Published: The Herald
  4. Who's who in Australia 1962
    Alexander, Joseph A
    [1962]
    Published: Colorgravure Publications
  5. National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection: Records of the Country Women's Association of Australia (1945 - 2003)
    Records of the Country Women's Association of Australia including minutes of annual conferences from 1946 to 1953, biennial conferences from 1955-1969, and minutes of the 31st National Conference, July 2003. Office records, consisting of correspondence, reports, circulars, etc. form the bulk of the collection. Some financial records are also included.
    MS 2707

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