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Grace Perrier

1875 – 1979

(1875-1979) librarian

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About Grace Perrier

Lived 1875 – 1979 (aged 103–104). Grace Perrier was an Australian librarian.

Grace Perrier (18 November 1875 – 30 August 1979) was an Australian librarian who worked in library services in Rockhampton for more than 60 years; first at the Rockhampton School of Arts and then at the Rockhampton Regional Library.

Biography Perrier was born in Rockhampton, in Queensland, and was the third of eleven children born to her parents Henry Perrier and his wife Ellen (née Brenan). Her family were Catholic and she attended to local Catholic school, St Brigid's Convent of Mercy school. There she was trained and mentored by its scholarly librarian N.M.M. Davidson. Despite her lack of formal training Perrier was promoted to assistant-librarian in 1926.

She retired on 11 September 1952 and, at a public meeting, she was made an honorary life member of the library. A plaque was also placed in the library to commemorate her service alongside a portrait of her. The local paper wrote of her retirement:

In addition to her paid work Perrier was also a foundation member of the Rockhampton and District Historical Society when it formed in 1948 and served as its honorary librarian from 1955 to 1968.

She died, aged 103, on 30 August 1979 in Rockhampton.

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(1875-1979) librarian

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Grace Perrier was born on 18 November 1875.

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Grace Perrier died in 1979.

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Grace Perrier was a librarian.

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· Wikidata: Q24250542

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