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A Record of the BAGE Family History The Australian Connection Ethel M Bage & Jessie Eleanor Bage National Archives of Australia;- Ethel M Bage (Miss) Non A I F embarked for Australia per Aeneas on 22nd Nov 1919 Jessie E Bage (Miss) Non-member embarked for Australia per Ypiranga on 15th Nov 1919 ....................................... From web-site;- http://www.oup.com/pdf/0195142683_index.pdf To Try Her Fortune In London Australian Women, Colonialism and Modernity Angela Woollacott From Index;- Bage, Ethel p176 ...............There is evidence that during World War I, British people came to identify "coo-ee" with the soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force. But Australian women used "coo-ee" too. For example, in June 1917, walking home alone along Baker Street in the West End one night, Dr. Vera Scantlebury went past the flat of her Melbourne friend Ethel Bage. Wanting to get her friend's attention, but not wanting to Knock and disturb the household because it was after 11 P.M., Scantlebury "coo-eed" and then called Ethel's name once............. Vera Scantlebury Brown Papers, diary letters 1917 - 18, A3, p.53, University of Melbourne Archives. ....................................... The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Home of the Blizzard, by Sir Douglas Mawson www.gutenberg.net/etext04/blizz10.txt ... In this work I was aided by Professors Masson and David and by Miss
Ethel Bage, ....................................... Entry for Anna Fredericka Bage in 'The Australian Dictionary of Biography 1891-1931', page 132 'A sister, Ethel Mary, (1884-1943) M.A., achieved some notice in 1926 by accepting management of a garage in Kew, Victoria, to honour the memory of a friend. Alice Anderson, who had founded it.' Extract from the University of Melbourne web-site;- In 1926, Webb travelled with a fellow member of the Lyceum Club, Alice Anderson, to central Australia. Anderson was the proprietor of a garage, chauffeur service and driving school in Kew, which employed only women mechanics and drivers. The pair travelled in a Baby Austin car, accomplishing the difficult journey to Alice Springs and back in six weeks. ....................................... From web-site;- http://www.angelfire.com/ga3/gretasplace/Resources/BDMs/Bagg/Baggd1.html Death Record 1975 Bage, Ethel 1291 Christchurch From web-site;- Janet Clarke Hall, Melbourne, Australia http://www.jch.unimelb.edu.au/news/Luce_No_2.pdf Ethel Bage graduated B.A.(1911) and M.A. (1913) ....................................... Faith, Hope, Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: The Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil) 1956 Miss Jessie Eleanor Bage ....................................... Bage, Jessie EleanorOBE, OStJ Social welfare Born: South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. In 1935 Jessie Bage became the first woman appointed to the Royal Melbourne Hospital Management committee. Educated at Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School Bage was a member of the school council. Jessie Bage House, which accommodates Year 12 students boarding students at the school, is named in her honour. For her service with a number of social welfare associations Jessie Bage was appointed an Officer to the Order of the British Empire on 2 January 1956. Chronology 1916 - 1920 Served with the Military Voluntary Aid Detachment in English and French Hospitals during World War 1 1921 - 1934 Honorary secretary of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Auxiliary 1928 - 1975 Council member of the Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School 1935 - 1975 Member of the Committee of Management at the Royal Melbourne Hospital 2 January 1956 Appointed Officer to the Order of the British Empire Sources used to compile this entry: Who's Who in Australia, 1980 p. 72 Membership
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