Wheaton, Amy Grace (1898-1988)

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Social worker and Educator
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Amy Grace Wheaton was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) on 8 June 1939 for her work as Director of the South Australian Board of Social Studies.

Amy Grace Wheaton (born in Gawler, South Australia in 1898 as Amy Grace Priest) originally trained as a teacher, and completed BA and MA degrees while teaching in various high schools in South Australia. She married Ralph Wheaton in 1925, and spent the next 10 years in Europe, undertaking post-graduate studies in social sciences at the London School of Economics, as well as travelling extensively. Wheaton became the first Director of the South Australian Board of Social Studies (established in 1935 as the Board of Social Service Study and Training). She held this role, which entailed directing the professional education for social workers in Adelaide, for 23 years. Wheaton was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) on 8 June 1939 for this work. She was instrumental in the acceptance, in 1942, and the ongoing development, of the Diploma of Social Science at the University of Adelaide. Wheaton was President of the Social Worker's Association of South Australia, and from 1946 vice-president of the Australian Association of Social Workers. In the same year she was co-founder and vice-president of the South Australian Council of Social Service. Wheaton also taught and worked overseas, including in America and Pakistan, in the late 1950s. She died on 12 February 1988, in her ninetieth year.

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  1. Amy Grace Wheaton MBE, MA, BSc (Econ) 1898-1988South Australian Social Worker 41 3 : Amy Grace Wheaton MBE, MA, BSc (Econ) 1898-1988
    Bates, Nancy
    [1988]
  2. 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
  3. State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana: Interview with Amy Wheaton [sound recording] Interviewer: Jean Teasdale (1980)
    An interview with the eminent South Australian social worker Amy Wheaton by a former student. Amy Grace Wheaton, nee Priest, was born in Gawler. The interview focusses on her education and training in Adelaide and London and her establishment of the School of Social University in 1936. Mrs Wheaton was diffident about being interviewed and chose at times during the interview to read from prepared notes. Full transcript available (27 pages).
    OH 273
  4. State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana: Amy Wheaton : Summary Record (c. 1936 - 1959)
    Papers of Mrs Amy Wheaton, Director of Social Studies, University of Adelaide. Comprising 3 volumes of press cuttings relating to social welfare and social studies
    PRG 262
  5. Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide: Education for social work
    Opening address at 6th biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Social Workers, August, 1957, by Amy Grace Wheaton. 21 pages.
    361.07 W55

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