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+ McKenzie, Florence Violet
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K50 Diploma, Electrical Engineering, awarded to Miss Florence Violet Wallace (married name Mrs F V McKenzie) on 31-12-1923, she was probably the first female to enter this field and the first to be awarded such a diploma in Australia, Australia, 1923 (OF)
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Object statement
Diploma, Electrical Engineering, awarded to Miss Florence Violet Wallace (married name Mrs F V McKenzie) on 31-12-1923, she was probably the first female to enter this field and the first to be awarded such a diploma in Australia, Australia, 1923 (OF).
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
The diploma is one of many made for Sydney Technical College to issue to its graduating students.
History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
The diploma was kept by the recipient and donated to the museum in 1976.

Florence Violet McKenzie was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950 for 'voluntary services to the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps'.

Reference: The Argus, 8 June 1950.

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Description
Diploma, Electrical Engineering, awarded to Miss Florence Violet Wallace (married name Mrs F V McKenzie) on 31-12-1923, she was probably the first female to enter this field and the first to be awarded such a diploma in Australia, Australia, 1923 (OF).

The diploma is signed by Lecturer in Charge Richard Simpson, the Registrar, and Superintendent of Technical Education James Nangle.

Made: Sydney Technical College; Sydney; 1923
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
K50
Production date
1923
Height
500 mm
Width
630 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Gift of Florence Violet McKenzie, 1976
Subjects
+ McKenzie, Florence Violet
+ Electrical engineering
+ Technical education
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