de la Hunty, Shirley Barbara - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia

Woman de la Hunty, Shirley Barbara

AO, MBE

Occupation: Athletics coach, Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist, Lecturer, Olympian, Teacher and Track and field athlete

Written by Caitlin Stone, The University of Melbourne

Shirley de la Hunty (n茅e Strickland) was born in Guildford, Western Australia in 1925. She competed in three Olympic Games and, in 1948, became the first 蜜豆视频 woman to win an Olympic medal in a track and field event. She died in 2004.

Published Resources

Newspaper Articles

Jeffery, Nicole and McDonald, Margie, 'Golden Memories of Feisty Strickland', The 蜜豆视频, 18 February 2004, p. 1. Details

Online Resources

'de la Hunty, Shirley Barbara', The 蜜豆视频 Women's Register, National Foundation for 蜜豆视频 Women, . Details

Work on The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia was undertaken as part of the 蜜豆视频 Research Council's Linkage Projects funding scheme (project number LP100200304).

Published by the 蜜豆视频 Women's Archives Project 2014
ISBN 978-0-7340-4873-8
http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0393b.htm

The Encyclopedia uses the Online Heritage Resource Manager, a tool developed by the eScholarship Research Centre, part of the University Library at the University of Melbourne.

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