Australian Dictionary of Biography

5 October 1918
Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

14 December 1989
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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• Casey, Ethel Marian (employer)

• Frensham (Mittagong, NSW) (student, 1929-1936)
• University of Sydney (student, 1937-1939)
• Women's College (University of Sydney) (student, 1937-1939)

• public servant (1942-1981) Federal, Australia
• diplomat (1946-1981) Federal, Australia
• ambassador (1974-1981) Federal, Australia

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1982)

• Ruth Dobson scholarship (ANU) (eponym)

• Australian Federation of University Women (ACT) (member, ?-1989)
• Australian Institute of International Affairs (ACT) (member)
• Royal Commonwealth Society (ACT) (councillor, 1982-1985)
• Immigration Review Panel (member, 1984-1988)

• Women's College (University of Sydney) (secretary)
• Dept of Munitions (Federal) (public servant, 1942-1943)
• Dept of External Affairs (federal) (public servant, 1943-1946)
• Australian High Commission (London) (public servant, 1946-1950)
• Dept of External Affairs (federal) (public servant, 1950-1981)