Betty Archdale on board SS Rotorua 1935

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Identifiernot specifiedDate1935Photographernot specifiedKeywordsBetty ArchdaleCricketSportDescriptionBetty Archdale was the daughter of a Scottish suffragette who graduated in both arts and law in the UK, but then migrated to Australia and became a senior education administrator and reformer. She was also a great sportswoman having captained the England women's cricket team in the 1930s. She greatly influenced the young women under her care both at university and high school. She was Headmistress of Abbotsleigh Girl's School Wahroonga from 1958 until her retirement in 1970.
In 1951 she built a rammed-earth house on a five acre block in Crosslands Road, Galston, where she lived for the rest of her life.

This photograph shows Betty when she was on the England Woman's Cricket Team Australia and New Zealand tour.

Provenance

SourceNational Library of AustraliaExternal LinkPortrait of Betty Archdale, English women's cricket team captain, on board S.S. Rotorua, 1935

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Betty Archdale on board SS Rotorua 1935