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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Brewster was born in [[Sydney]] in 1874. Her English |
Brewster was born in [[Sydney]] in 1874. Her English-born mother, Sarah (born Morton) gave birth to her in Belmore Barracks. Her Scottish-born father William Brewster was an armourer and they already had nine children when she was born.<ref name=sadrb/> She was a pupil-teacher and in 1893 she became a qualified teacher. She went to teacher training college<ref name=ency>{{Cite web |last=Centre for Transformative Innovation |first=Swinburne University of Technology |title=Brewster, Sarah Agnes Angus - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation |url=https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005398b.htm |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=www.eoas.info |language=en-gb}}</ref> as she did not have a university education but she became a demonstrator of science at [[Sydney Technical College]] and in 1921 she was one of the first two women who they made a fellow.<ref name=sadrb>{{Citation |last=Else-Mitchell |first=R. |title=Sarah Agnes Angus Brewster (1874–1957) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/brewster-sarah-agnes-angus-9578 |access-date=2024-04-29 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref> |
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In 1916 she and Constance M. Le Plastrier published Botany for Australian students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Botany for Australian students / by Agnes A. Brewster and Constance M. Le Plastrier ; with an... - Catalogue {{!}} National Library of Australia |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/2748535 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=catalogue.nla.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> |
In 1916 she and Constance M. Le Plastrier published ''Botany for Australian students''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Botany for Australian students / by Agnes A. Brewster and Constance M. Le Plastrier ; with an... - Catalogue {{!}} National Library of Australia |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/2748535 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=catalogue.nla.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> |
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She became the founding head of [[Hornsby Girls' High School]] in (one source says) 1931<ref name=sadrb/> (although a plaque at the school gives the date as 4 December 1930.)<ref name=plaque>{{Cite web |title=Agnes Brewster {{!}} Monument Australia |url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/education/display/96350-agnes-brewster- |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=monumentaustralia.org.au}}</ref> |
She became the founding head of [[Hornsby Girls' High School]] in (one source says) 1931<ref name=sadrb/> (although a plaque at the school gives the date as 4 December 1930.)<ref name=plaque>{{Cite web |title=Agnes Brewster {{!}} Monument Australia |url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/education/display/96350-agnes-brewster- |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=monumentaustralia.org.au}}</ref> |
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== Death and legacy == |
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Brewster died in Sydney's [[Royal North Shore Hospital]] in 1957. In May 1965 the Head Deaconess of Hornsby School dedicated the Agres Brewster Memorial Library to her.<ref name=plaque/> |
Brewster died in Sydney's [[Royal North Shore Hospital]] in 1957. In May 1965 the Head Deaconess of Hornsby School dedicated the Agres Brewster Memorial Library to her.<ref name=plaque/> |
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Revision as of 19:27, 29 April 2024
Agnes Angus Brewster | |
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| Born | Sarah Agnes A. Brewster 29 April 29, 1874 |
| Died | 29 December, 1957 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | headmistress anf naturalist |
Sarah Agnes Angus Brewster or Agnes Angus Brewster (29 April 29, 1874 – 29 December, 1957) was an Australian headmistress and naturalist. She was the founding head of Sydney's Hornsby Girls' High School.
Life
Brewster was born in Sydney in 1874. Her English-born mother, Sarah (born Morton) gave birth to her in Belmore Barracks. Her Scottish-born father William Brewster was an armourer and they already had nine children when she was born.[1] She was a pupil-teacher and in 1893 she became a qualified teacher. She went to teacher training college[2] as she did not have a university education but she became a demonstrator of science at Sydney Technical College and in 1921 she was one of the first two women who they made a fellow.[1]
In 1916 she and Constance M. Le Plastrier published Botany for Australian students.[3]
She became the founding head of Hornsby Girls' High School in (one source says) 1931[1] (although a plaque at the school gives the date as 4 December 1930.)[4]
Death and legacy
Brewster died in Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital in 1957. In May 1965 the Head Deaconess of Hornsby School dedicated the Agres Brewster Memorial Library to her.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Else-Mitchell, R., "Sarah Agnes Angus Brewster (1874–1957)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2024-04-29
- ^ Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology. "Brewster, Sarah Agnes Angus - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Botany for Australian students / by Agnes A. Brewster and Constance M. Le Plastrier ; with an... - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ a b "Agnes Brewster | Monument Australia". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
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