Charlotte Elizabeth Austin | |
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Born | Charlotte Fullerton 4 June 1878
Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 21 November 1933 St Lawrence Private Hospital,
Chatswood, New South Wales | (aged 55)
Resting place | Congregational section of the Field of Mars cemetery |
Other names | Lottie |
Education |
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Occupation | Community leader |
Charlotte Elizabeth Austin ( née Fullerton; 4 June 1878–21 November 1933) was an Australian community worker. Born on 4 June 1878 to George Fullerton and Georgina Sarah, née Clarke in Dubbo, New South Wales, [1] her early schooling was at Rivière College in Woollahra. She later attended the University of Sydney and graduated with first-class honours in History and English under the supervision of noted historian George Arnold Wood. [2] [1] She married the Reverend Alfred Herbert Austin on 21 March 1903 in Randwick Presbyterian Church. [1] After marriage the couple moved to South Australia where Alfred began as a Congregational minister, and in 1905 moved back to Sydney, where her husband became the pastor of Mosman Congregational Church. [1]