Bunyan, Ruth Elizabeth (1940-)

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Headmistress and Educator; Mathematics teacher, Educator and Haematologist
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Former principal of Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School (1990-2001), Ruth Bunyan is a director of the Invergowrie Foundation.

The daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Barkley, Ruth was educated at Morongo Girls College and Geelong High School. She completed her tertiary education at the University of Melbourne and the University Women's College, graduating with a Bachelor of Science and a Diploma of Education.

In 1963, Ruth Barkley married Peter James Bunyan (deceased 1996). The pair had three children.

Bunyan worked as a haematologist at Mater Hospital in Newcastle before becoming a Lecturer in mathematics at the Victoria College of Pharmacy. Later she taught maths at Mitcham High School and Geelong High School, before becoming Chief of Staff at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne.

Bunyan was appointed to the position of Deputy Principal at St Margaret's Girls School, Berwick, and from 1990 until her retirement in 2001, was Principal of Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School, Melbourne.

Ruth Bunyan enjoys travel, reading, music, theatre, bushwalking and tennis. She is a member of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Lyceum Club (Melbourne).

Source used to compile this entry: Who's Who in Australia, 2002 p. 332 and information supplied by The Invergowrie Foundation.

  • 1990 - 2001 Principal, Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School (Melbourne)
  • 1990 - 2001 Member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools Australia
  • 1993 Member, Invergowrie Foundation Council
  • 2001 Member, Acton Early Childhood Centre
  • 2001 Director, Mentone Girls' Grammar School

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Ruth Bunyan was Principal of Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School, Melbourne, from 1990 until her retirement in 2001. She was formerly Deputy Principal at St Margaret's School, Berwick, and chief staff at Presbyterian Ladies College (PLC), Melbourne. As a mathematics teacher, Bunyan taught at Mitcham High School and Geelong High School. She had also worked as a mathematics lecturer at the Victorian College of Pharmacy and a haematologist at Mater Hospital, Newcastle.

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Where are the Women in Australian science?
    Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
  2. Who's who in Australia 2002
    Herd, Margaret
    [2002]
    Published: Crown Content

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

  1. Who's Who in Australia 2002
    Herd, Margaret
    [2001]
    Published: Crown Content

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