Mollie Campbell-Smith

Mollie Campbell-Smith (1917 – 7 July 2015) was a Tasmanian educator, who developed and taught curriculum in Interpersonal Relationships which was adopted by Government schools across Tasmania in 1963.

Career

Campbell-Smith taught science at Methodist Ladies' College for 1955 until her retirement in 1986.

Senator Nick Xenophon credited Campbell-Smith with inspiring him to run for the Senate. Launceston Citizen of the Year, 2000 Member of the Order of Australia (AM), 2008 Queen’s Birthday Honours (Australia) for "service to the community of Tasmania, particularly through the promotion of issues that affect the interests of women and to a range of organisations involved in the areas of health and aged care". Rotary Paul Harris Fellow, 2013 and had three sons and two daughters. Her husband died in 1993. Campbell-Smith died in Launceston on 7 July 2015.