Geraldine MacKenzie

Geraldine Adelaide Propsting MacKenzie (née Storrs, 1900–1980) was an Australian missionary and educator. She was born in

Aurukun

Presbyterian mission.

Geraldine MacKenzie spent her time at the mission nursing the sick and teaching at the mission school. The Governor of Queensland, Sir Henry Abel Smith, said that the MacKenzies "by their example of joyous service, generate and radiate happiness to all around them. Their aim has not been to destroy the tribal customs, but to preserve all that is good in them."^[2]

References

^ "MacKenzie, Geraldine (1900–1980)". The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
^ Wharton, Geoff, "MacKenzie, William Frederick (Bill) (1897–1972)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2018-07-19

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[1] "MacKenzie, Geraldine (1900–1980)". The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. Retrieved 2018-07-19.

[2] Wharton, Geoff, "MacKenzie, William Frederick (Bill) (1897–1972)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2018-07-19

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