Gibson, Margaret

Field of activity
Editor, Journalist and Newspaper Proprietor
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-753064

Biographies

Margaret Gibson ran theCentral Queensland News for nearly twenty years in the 1960s and 70s. Established by her mother in 1937, who convinced some local businessmen that they should become shareholders and help her to purchase the Leichhardt Weekly (to be renamed the Central Queensland News), Gibson took over the running of the paper when her mother became ill in 1963. She was the first woman to be elected President and life member of of the Queensland Country Press Association in 1978/79.

Like her mother before her, Margaret Gibson was an enterprising woman who was very much involved in community affairs in Emerald, where she lived. She became the first woman to be a member of the Emerald Shire Council, serving from 1970-1979. As deputy chair of the council from 1973-79 she represented the shire at regional and state government conferences. She was very influential in the Emerald Arts Council Committee and was foundation president of the Emerald Pioneer Cottage.

  • c. 1960 - c. 1980 Career in journalism active
  • 1980 MBE for services to the community

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Resources for Margaret Gibson

Selected resources (3)

Australian Women's Register

  1. Women in Central Queensland: A study of three coastal centres 1940-1965PhD Thesis : Women in Central Queensland: A study of three coastal centres 1940-1965
    Johansen, Grace
    [2002]
    Published: Central Queensland University
    Series: http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au/thesis/adt-QCQU/public/adt-QCQU20060921.120038/index.html
  2. The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2008]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html
  3. 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

Resources by Margaret Gibson (173)

  1. Objects of the dead / Margaret Gibson
    Gibson, Margaret
    [ Book, Article : 2008-2010 ]
    Languages: en_AU, English
    View online
    At 42 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.745)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.745)

  2. [Margaret Gibson : Art & Artist Files (Australia and New Zealand)]
    Gibson, Margaret
    [ Book : 1900 ]
    At Nat Gall Aus Res
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.128)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.128)

  3. Out in the open : poems / by Margaret Gibson
    Gibson, Margaret
    [ Book : 1989 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.456)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.456)

  4. Autumn grasses : poems / Margaret Gibson
    Gibson, Margaret
    [ Book : 2003 ]
    At Baillieu Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.152)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.152)

  5. Icon and evidence : poems / Margaret Gibson
    Gibson, Margaret
    [ Book : 2001 ]
    At Baillieu Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.48)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.48)

  6. Becoming a mother : a book for Australian women
    Gibson, Margaret
    [ Book : 1986 ]
    At 38 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.318)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.318)

  7. Action words / [developed and illustrated by Margaret Gibson and Pauline Dwight]
    Gibson, Margaret
    [ Book : 1978-1983 ]
    At 4 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.335)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.335)

  8. Flip books. Pauline Dwight, Alwyn Evans, Margaret Gibson
    Dwight, Pauline
    [ Book : 1992 ]
    At 5 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.609)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.609)

  9. Come / by Margaret Gibson and Pauline Dwight
    Gibson, Margaret
    [ Book : 1979 ]
    Languages: Undetermined
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.447)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.447)

  10. Has / by Margaret Gibson and Pauline Dwight
    Gibson, Margaret
    [ Book : 1979 ]
    Languages: Undetermined
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.447)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.447)

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Resources about Margaret Gibson (89)

  1. [Biographical cuttings on Margaret Gibson, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.51)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.51)

  2. [Margaret Gibson : Art & Artist Files (Australia and New Zealand)]
    Gibson, Margaret
    [ Book : 1900 ]
    At Nat Gall Aus Res
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.078)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.078)

  3. Gibson, Margaret. Autumn Grasses: Poems.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
    Hellman, David
    Library Journal
    [ Article : 2003 ]
    View online (conditions apply)
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.662)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.662)

  4. Gibson, Margaret: The Prodigal Daughter.(Brief article)(Book review)
    Kirkus Reviews
    [ Article : 2008 ]
    View online (conditions apply)
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.241)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.241)

  5. Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages: Essays Presented to Margaret Gibson
    Webber, Teresa
    The English Historical Review
    [ Article : 1995 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.156)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.156)

  6. 'Of Margaret and Madness'.(NONUNION FILM)
    Back Stage East
    [ Article : 2008 ]
    View online (conditions apply)
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.766)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.766)

  7. WEDDINGS; Miss Gibson, Dr. Sciales.(Society Desk)
    The New York Times
    [ Article : 1994 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.432)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.432)

  8. Sweet poison
    Paragraph Magazine
    [ Article : 1994 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.261)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.261)

  9. Sweet poison
    Books In Canada
    [ Article : 1993 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.259)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.259)

  10. Trusting couple celebrate 60 years
    Europe Intelligence Wire
    [ Article : 2008 ]
    View online (conditions apply)
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.246)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.246)

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  1. Gibson, Margaret
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  2. Brenman-Gibson, Margaret
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  3. Gibson, Grace Isabel (1905-1989)
    ... GIBSON, GRACE ISABEL (1905-1989), radio executive producer, was born on 17 June ...
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  1. Website: Australian Women's Archives Project
    www.womenaustralia.info
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 0.884)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 0.884)

  2. Website: Voyager Estate Margaret River
    www.voyagerestate.com.au
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  3. Website: The Hon Margaret M Quirk LLB(Hons) MA MLA
    www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au
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    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.089)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.089)

  1. Letters
    Gibson, Margaret M. (Margaret Moore), d. 1992
    [ Unpublished : 1860-1932 ]
    At State Library of VIC
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.101)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.101)

  2. Letters
    Gibson, Margaret M. (Margaret Moore), d. 1992
    [ Unpublished : 1860-1932 ]
    At State Library of VIC
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.701)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.701)

  3. Papers
    Moore Gibson, Margaret
    [ Unpublished : 1946-1985 ]
    At Aus War Memorial
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.084)

  1. Geological sketch map of Heaphy's Find (Ida H) Laverton District, Mt. Margaret G.F. C.G. Gibson
    Gibson, Charles G
    [ Map : 1906 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 1.144)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 1.144)

  2. Geological sketch map of Laverton, Mt. Margaret G.F. C.G. Gibson, Assistant Geologist
    Gibson, Charles G
    [ Map : 1906 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 1.142)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 1.142)

  3. Geological sketch map of Lancefield, Mt. Margaret G.F. (Laverton district) C.G. Gibson
    Gibson, Charles G
    [ Map : 1906 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 1.028)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 1.028)

  1. Boethius, his life, thought, and influence / edited by Margaret Gibson
    Gibson, Margaret T
    [ Book : 1981 ]
    At 27 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.141)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.141)

  2. Lanfranc of Bec / Margaret Gibson
    Gibson, Margaret T
    [ Book : 1978 ]
    At 17 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.045)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.045)

  3. Signs : poems / by Margaret Gibson ; ills. by Charles Chu
    Gibson, Margaret, 1944-
    [ Book : 1979 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.44)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.44)

  4. Long walks in the afternoon : poems / by Margaret Gibson
    Gibson, Margaret, 1944-
    [ Book : 1982 ]
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
    View online
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.353)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.353)

  1. Erik H. Erikson : a life's work / with Margaret Brenman-Gibson
    Davidson Films
    [ Video : 1991-2000 ]
    Possibly online
    At 21 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.852)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.852)

  2. Margaret Gibson reading her poems with comment
    Gibson, Margaret, 1944-
    [ Sound : 1979 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.349)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.349)

  3. Ben Belitt and Margaret Gibson reading their poems
    Belitt, Ben, 1911-
    [ Sound : 1989 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.919)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.919)

  4. Margaret Throsby program : Prof. Bill Gibson 17/7/98
    Gibson, Bill (William Peter Rea), 1944-
    [ Sound : 1998 ]
    At State Library of NSW
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.727)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.727)

  1. The letters of Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury / edited and translated by Helen Clover and Margaret Gibson
    Lanfranc Archbishop of Canterbury, 1005?-1089
    [ Article : 1979 ]
    Languages: English, Latin
    At 18 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.025)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.025)

  2. Margaret Templeton Gibson
    Colish, Marcia L; Mayvaert, Paul; Matter, E. Ann
    Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies
    [ Article : 1995 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.871)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.871)

  3. Client attitudes to the counselling service of the Family Court of Australia / Janne Gibson, Margaret Harrison, Carole Brown
    Gibson, Janne
    [ Article : 1996 ]
    At 26 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.085)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.085)

  4. Margaret Gibson: a survivor's story. (writer)
    Maynard, Rona
    Chatelaine
    [ Article : 1997 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.445)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.445)

  1. Margaret Gibson's Butterfly Title
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Friday 12 February 1954 p 9 Article Illustrated
    ... Margaret Gibson's Butterfly Title , Margaret Gibson adding the women's junior 110 yds. butterfly breast stroke title to her list of titles at the Olympic Pool on Wednesday night She already held the ... . - ; ? Margaret Gibson adding the women's junior 110 yds. butterfly breast stroke title to her list of titles ... 99 words
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.168)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.168)

  2. Margaret Gibson In Fast Swim
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Friday 5 March 1954 p 16 Article
    ... Margaret Gibson In Fast Swim The time of State junior freestyle champion Margaret Gibson ... reducing her SA aao-yards time by eight seconds In heats of the Australian event Margaret Gibson bet ... by Margaret Gibson and the Zevenboom twins - Oerda and Jannie, ... 261 words
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.369)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.369)

  3. Swim Records To Margaret Gibson By C.W.S.
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Saturday 7 February 1953 p 10 Article
    ... Swim Records To Margaret Gibson By C.W.S. Two State records, including ing one set by Olympian Denise Norton five years ago, were smashed by young ?/HIJOICI WiUU 3VV1UU11C1 AVlcll ;aret Gibson, when she won ler heat of the junior vomen's 55-yard freestyle championship yesterday. Margaret sprinted ... 271 words
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.478)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.478)