Doris Amelia Hordern
1889 - 1970 (81 years)
Has 44 ancestors but no descendants in our family tree.
1908 - 1979 (71 years)-
Name Doris Amelia Hordern Born 18 Sep 1889 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia 
Gender Female Died 12 Dec 1970 Coburg, Victoria, Australia Siblings 4 siblings 1. Mabel Louise Hordern
b. 1888
d. 1965 (Age 77 years)2. Marjorie Cecilia Hordern
b. 1891
d. 1980 (Age 89 years)3. Gwyneth Marjory "Molly" Hordern
b. 1894
d. 1931 (Age 37 years)4. Bruce Lebbeus Doughty Hordern
b. 1908
d. 1979 (Age 71 years)Notes - Before her marriage to Maurice McCrae Blackburn in 1914, Doris Amelia Hordern worked as a campaign secretary for Vida Goldstein when Vida stood for a seat in Federal Parliament. Together with her husband, Doris campaigned vigorously against conscription in 1916-17. After the war she continued her involvement in a number of groups pressing for reform. She was president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1928-30. After her husband's death in 1946, she stood as an independent Labor member and won the Federal seat of Bourke, which had formally been held by her husband. In the 1960s she co-founded the Aborigines Advancement League and the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement.
Person ID I14789 Mitchell Families Last Modified 1 Oct 2010
Father 
Lebbeus Hordern (ID:I14774)
b. 1865, Victoria, Australia
d. 1931 (Age 66 years)Mother Louisa Dewson Smith (ID:I14787)
d. 1951Married 1887 Photos 
'Pontefract': Home of Lebbeus Hordern, Melbourne. (c.1891)
'Pontefract', on the corner of Hardwicke Street and Whitehorse Road, was designed for Lebbeus Hordern by the architect, Mr H. J. Prockter. The 11 roomed house was designed with Marseilles pattern roofing tiles, large verandahs, and gables with Tudor detailing which were associated with the Queen Anne style of British housing.
'Pontefract' was built c.1891 on the western side of an allotment of land which comprised nine suburban plots. Sited on the brow of a hill it had superb views west across the Deepdene dip to Burke Road, north to the Great Dividing Range and east to the Dandenongs. Together with the Reid house Belmont, which was diagonally opposite on Whitehorse Road, Pontefract would have been a significant landmark for anyone travelling from Kew to Balwyn and beyond.
Between the house and Percy Street were paddocks where the Hordern's horses and cow grazed. The coach house and stables, with driver's quarters above, were located north of the house.
Louisa Hamilton, granddaughter of Lebbeus and Louisa Hordern, remembers her visits to Pontefract which she recalls as being light and airy - not at all like those Victorian houses with their dark and heavy furniture. Lebbeus and Louisa purchased much of the house furnishings when on an extended overseas trip in 1887. Louisa also remembers the large conservatory on the northern side of the house, her grandfather's photographic dark room beneath the dining room, and playing hide-and-seek in the extensive cellars under the house.Family ID F3711 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Maurice McCrae Blackburn (ID:I14793)
b. 19 Nov 1880, Inglewood, Victoria, Australia
d. 31 Mar 1944, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 63 years) Married 10 Dec 1914 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Age at Marriage She was 25 years and 3 months - He was 34 years and 1 month Last Modified 1 Oct 2010 Family ID F3712 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 18 Sep 1889 - Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia 
Married - 10 Dec 1914 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 
Died - 12 Dec 1970 - Coburg, Victoria, Australia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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