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Marie Breen, the Glossary

Dame Marie Freda Breen DBE (3 November 1902 – 17 June 1993) was an Australian politician who, following her election in 1961, became the second woman in the Australian Senate to represent the state of Victoria and the sixth female senator in Australia overall.^[1]

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Burials at Brighton General Cemetery
People educated at St Michael's Grammar School

Anti-communism

Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communist beliefs, groups, and individuals.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU) to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's history.

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Australian Senate

The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives.

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Australian Senate committees

The committees of the Australian Senate are committees of Senators, established by the Australian Senate, for purposes determined by that body.

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Australian Women's National League

The Australian Women's National League (AWNL) was an Australian political lobby group federation first established in 1904.

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Barrister

A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.

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Brighton General Cemetery

Brighton General Cemetery is located in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield South, Victoria, but takes its name from Brighton, Victoria. Marie Breen and Brighton General Cemetery are Burials at Brighton General Cemetery.

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Brighton, Victoria

Brighton is an affluent suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Bayside local government area.

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Burmese people

Burmese people or Myanma people (မြန်မာလူမျိုး) are citizens or people from Myanmar (Burma), irrespective of their ethnic or religious background.

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City of Brighton (Victoria)

The City of Brighton was a local government area about south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia.

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Colombo Plan

The Colombo Plan is a regional intergovernmental organization that began operations on 1 July 1951. The organization was conceived at an international conference, The Commonwealth Conference on Foreign Affairs held in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in January 1950, and was attended by the finance ministers of Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ceylon, Pakistan and New Zealand, and the prime ministers of Ceylon and India. Membership has expanded significantly over the years to the current 28 governments.

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Community service is selfless work performed by a person or group of people for the benefit and betterment of their community contributing to a noble cause.

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Dame

Dame is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of damehood in many Christian chivalric orders, as well as the British honours system and those of several other Commonwealth realms, such as Australia and New Zealand, with the masculine form of address being Sir.

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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) is a department of the Australian Government with broad-ranging responsibilities; notably, intergovernmental and whole of government policy coordination and assisting the prime minister of Australia in managing the Federal Cabinet.

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Developing country

A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Dorothy Tangney

Dame Dorothy Margaret Tangney DBE (13 March 19073 June 1985) was an Australian politician. Marie Breen and Dorothy Tangney are 20th-century Australian women politicians, Australian Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire and women members of the Australian Senate.

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Electoral district of Collingwood

Collingwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1958.

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Elizabeth Couchman

Dame Elizabeth May Ramsay Couchman DBE (née Tannock; 19 April 1876 – 18 November 1982) was an Australian political activist. Marie Breen and Elizabeth Couchman are Australian Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire and politicians from Melbourne.

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Elsternwick, Victoria

Elsternwick is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Glen Eira local government area.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Federal Women's Committee of the Liberal Party of Australia

The Federal Women's Committee of the Liberal Party of Australia was formed in August 1945 at the inaugural meeting of the party's Federal Council.

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Frank McManus (Australian politician)

Francis Patrick Vincent McManus (27 February 190528 December 1983), Australian politician, was the last leader of the parliamentary Democratic Labor Party and a prominent figure in Australian politics for 30 years. Marie Breen and Frank McManus (Australian politician) are members of the Australian Senate, members of the Australian Senate for Victoria and politicians from Melbourne.

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Humanitarianism

Humanitarianism is an ideology centered on the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional reasons.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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International organization

An international organization, also known as an intergovernmental organization or an international institution, is an organization that is established by a treaty or other type of instrument governed by international law and possesses its own legal personality, such as the United Nations, the World Health Organization, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and NATO.

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Ivy Wedgwood

Dame Ivy Evelyn Annie Wedgwood, (née Drury; 18 October 1896 – 24 July 1975) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Victoria from 1950 to 1971, representing the Liberal Party. Marie Breen and Ivy Wedgwood are 20th-century Australian women politicians, Australian Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia, members of the Australian Senate, members of the Australian Senate for Victoria, politicians from Melbourne and women members of the Australian Senate.

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Jeannette Patrick

Jeannette Tweeddale Patrick (née Breen; 2 November 1929 – 24 May 2011) was an Australian politician. Marie Breen and Jeannette Patrick are politicians from Melbourne.

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Law clerk

A law clerk, judicial clerk, or judicial assistant is a person, often a lawyer, who provides direct counsel and assistance to a lawyer or judge by researching issues and drafting legal opinions for cases before the court.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia.

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Margaret Guilfoyle

Dame Margaret Georgina Constance Guilfoyle (née McCartney; 15 May 192611 November 2020) was an Australian politician who served as a senator for Victoria from 1971 to 1987, representing the Liberal Party. Marie Breen and Margaret Guilfoyle are 20th-century Australian women politicians, Australian Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia, members of the Australian Senate, members of the Australian Senate for Victoria and women members of the Australian Senate.

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Marriage bar

A marriage bar is the practice of restricting the employment of married women.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Military history of Australia during the Vietnam War

Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War began with a small commitment of 30 military advisors in 1962, and increased over the following decade to a peak of 7,672 Australian personnel following the Menzies Government's April 1965 decision to upgrade its military commitment to South Vietnam's security.

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Municipal clerk

A clerk (pronounced "clark" /klɑːk/ in British and Australian English) is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world.

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National Council of Women of Australia

The National Council of Women of Australia (NWA) is an Australian organisation founded in 1931.

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National Library of Australia

The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act 1960 for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australian people", thus functioning as a national library.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia (officially the Parliament of the Commonwealth and also known as Federal Parliament) is the legislative body of the federal level of government of Australia.

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Percy Joske

Sir Percy Ernest Joske, CMG QC (5 October 1895 – 25 April 1981) was an Australian lawyer, politician and judge. Marie Breen and Percy Joske are Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia.

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Philanthropy

Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life".

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Phyllis Frost

Dame Phyllis Irene Frost (Turner; 14 September 191730 October 2004) was an Australian welfare worker and philanthropist, known for her commitment to causes, such as helping prisoners. Marie Breen and Phyllis Frost are Australian Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Preselection

Preselection is the process by which a candidate is selected, usually by a political party, to contest an election for political office.

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Rod Kemp

Charles Roderick Kemp (born 21 December 1944) is an Australian politician. Marie Breen and Rod Kemp are Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia, members of the Australian Senate and members of the Australian Senate for Victoria.

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Royal Melbourne Hospital

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), located in Parkville, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne, is one of Australia's leading public hospitals.

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Seoul

Seoul, officially Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea.

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Shan State

Shan State (italics,; ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်) is a state of Myanmar.

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Shorthand

Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language.

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Solicitor

A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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St Kilda, Victoria

St Kilda is an inner seaside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km (4 miles) south-east of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area.

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St Michael's Grammar School

St Michael's Grammar School is an Australian independent Anglican co-educational primary and secondary day school located in the Melbourne suburb of, Victoria.

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Standard of living

Standard of living is the level of income, comforts and services available to an individual, community or society.

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Television show

A television show, TV program, or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is traditionally broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable.

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UNICEF

UNICEF, originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Breen

Also known as Marie Freda Breen.

, Solicitor, Southeast Asia, St Kilda, Victoria, St Michael's Grammar School, Standard of living, Television show, UNICEF, Victoria (state), Victorian Honour Roll of Women, Victorian Legislative Assembly, Vietnam, Welfare, Western Australia, Women in the Australian Senate, World League for Freedom and Democracy, World War I, 1960 Balaclava by-election, 1961 Australian federal election.

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Burials at Brighton General Cemetery

People educated at St Michael's Grammar School

References