HACKETT, DEBORAH VERNON (1887-1965), mining company director and welfare worker,
was born on 18 June 1887 at West Guildford, Western Australia, daughter of
Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman, surveyor, and his wife Grace Vernon, née Bussell,
the heroine of the shipwreck in 1876 near the mouth of the Margaret River. Of
their seven children, Deborah was the third daughter and middle child. She was
unusual: 'an individualist from an early age'. She was educated at the Guildford
Grammar School for boys, which then took a few girls from surrounding homesteads,
and she spent much time at Wallcliffe, exploring caves, riding, learning to know
the Aboriginals.
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Deborah Hackett was the wife of Sir John Hackett, and, after his death, she married Sir Frank Moulden. It was Lady Hackett-Moulden who called a meeting in May 1920 to oversee the reestablishment of the South Australian Council of Women. She was also State Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association.
In 1923, Lady Moulden (as she became after her second husband was knighted) joined F.W. Young to form a syndicate to mine tantalite at Wodgina. She became Chairman of Directors of Tantalite Ltd in 1931. She also held interests in wolfram and beryl mines in the Northern Territory, and a partnership in the Minilya Pastoral Company. The University of Western Australia conferred an honorary LLD on Lady Moulden in 1932. In 1936 she married Justice Basil Buller Murphy.
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International entrepreneur, welfare worker, writer and china painter. A philanthropist who contributed to many causes concerned with the welfare of women and children.
International entrepreneur, welfare worker, writer and china painter was born in West Guildford, Western Australia, third daughter of surveyor Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman and his wife the shipwreck heroine Grace Vernon Bussell. Deborah was one of the few girls educated at Guildford Grammar School. She was an individualist from an early age, an intrepid rider, caver and later skier. In 1905 aged eighteen and against family approval she married wealthy and influential lawyer and newspaper ...
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