Marie Langley Farquharson

Marie Langley Farquharson (; 15 February 1883 – 29 December 1954) was an Australian community worker. She had a long association with the National Council of Women of Australia.

Early life Farquharson was born on 15 February 1883 in Manly, New South Wales. She was the second of eight children born to Sarah Florence (née Mills) and Robert John Hinder. Her sister Eleanor Hinder was a social worker and United Nations official.

Farquharson grew up in Maitland, New South Wales, She attended Maitland West Girls' High School and subsequently trained as a schoolteacher, initially as a pupil-teacher under the monitorial system at West Maitland Superior Public School. In 1905, she was awarded a full scholarship to the Hurlstone Teacher Training College in Sydney. From 1907, she taught at the Riley Street Infants' School, a kindergarten in the working-class suburb of Surry Hills. She also helped supervise the NCW hostel for women and babies. Farquharson was honorary secretary of the women's advisory council and executive committee for the First Fleet sesquicentenary celebrations in Sydney in 1938. During World War II she served on the executive of the Australian Comforts Fund, which worked to supply items to Australian soldiers.

Personal life In 1911, Farquharson married John Gordon Farquharson, an accountant. The couple had two daughters.

Farquharson died on 29 December 1954 at her home in Neutral Bay, New South Wales.