Davey, Margaret Lurline (1915-)

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Community worker
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Margaret Lurline Davey's long standing service and commitment to community work and especially to women's organisations, was first recognised in 1963 when she was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). Almost twenty years later in 1981 her efforts were again recognised when she was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

Margaret Davey was born not long after the outbreak of World War I, a fourth generation South Australian with ancestral and cultural links to England and Ireland. She was educated at Girton School, the University of Adelaide and the Adelaide Conservatorium of Music.

Margaret always immersed herself in community work and in particular became very involved with the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). Her fund-raising activities eventually led to her becoming president of the YWCA in Adelaide. Margaret was involved in the establishment of the YWCA in New Guinea and also investigated the possibility of setting up YWCA hostels in America and Canada. It was through her work with the YWCA that Margaret first became involved with the National Council of Women of Australia (NCWA).

In the early 1990s Margaret worked to establish a fund that would assist women to participate in the activities of the NCWA, and the International Council of Women (ICW), which operates in ninety-five countries around the world. 'The Margaret Davey Fund' was set up with an original donation of $5000 from Margaret and continues to be augmented by the donations of others. It assists members in attending major conferences, seminars and international symposiums thus lifting the profile of NCWA as an organisation representative of mainstream Australian women. Margaret was President of NCWA from 1976-1979 and was involved in setting up its headquarters in Canberra.

During her life Margaret has given generously of her time to women's organisations like YWCA and NCWA, as well as the Methodist Church, the Good Neighbour Council and the Julia Farr Centre. Her service to women's organisations and community work was recognised in 1963 when she was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), awarded the Queens Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1981.

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Public Moments, Private Lives: Costume from the Davey FamilyMigration Museum Exhibition : Public Moments, Private Lives: Costume from the Davey Family
    [1991]
    Published: History Trust of South Australia
  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. Greater than their knowing: a glimpse of South Australian women 1836-1986
    National Council of Women of South Australia
    [1986]
    Published: Wakefield Press
  4. Notable Australians: the pictorial who’s who
    Hamlyn, Paul
    [1978]
  5. Who's who of Australian women
    Lofthouse, Andrea
    [1982]
    Published: Methuen Australia
  6. National Archives of Australia, National Office: Miss Margaret Davey - Honour (1962)
    1962/5681
  7. Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University: Margaret Davey
    limited information
  8. National Library of Australia Oral History Collection: Interview with Margaret Davey, community worker and President, National Council of Women in Australia, 1976-1979
    Sound recording. Interviewer Amy McGrath, 1980. Side 1. Davey talks about her family background, in particular their history as pioneers of South Australian, how she first became involved with committees and community work and in particular her involvement with the YWCA, her organisation of some of the societies fund raising activities, such as the Christmas Tree Festivals, her organisation of the Nativity Festival, how these fund raising activities eventually led to her becoming president of the YWCA in Adelaide and some of the other projects that were carried out by the Association, her job as a demonstrator at Adelaide University, how she first became involved with the National Council of Women through the YWCA and their work in the establishment of the YWCA in New Guinea and her own investigations of the possibility of starting YWCA hostels in America and Canada, her opinion of the life of today as compared with when she was young. She goes on to describe some of the legislation carried out by the National Council of Women, particularly in areas concerning the family, some of the history of the National Council of Women and the distribution of its membership throughout Australia. Side 2. Miss Davey continues to talk about the work of the International Council of Women and in particular the help that is given to the women of Iran, some of her political activities, the clubs of which she is an active member, her duties as the National Convenor of the International Relations and Peace Committee of the National Council of Women of Australia, the difficulties she had as President in finding funds for the National Council of Women of Australia, also her work in the establishment of its Headquarters in Canberra, her involvement with migrant groups through the work that she has done with the Good Neighbour Council.
    ORAL TRC 783

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