Mary V. Austin


Mary V. Austin was an Australian community worker and political activist. The daughter of Admiral Percival Hall-Thompson and his wife, Helen, she was educated in New Zealand at Marsden College, Wellington.

Affiliations

She was appointed DBE on 16 June 1979 for community and welfare services.

Family

She married Ronald Albert Austin on 9 June 1925. The couple had one child, Derrick Albert Austin, who was born in 1926. Little other information exists regarding her personal life in Mortlake, Victoria.