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Name	Shirley Newsome Dibden
Alternative Names	Shirley Newsome Barton
Born	26 April, 1921 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	8 January, 1996 (aged 74) North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Related Entries	[View as tree] Dibden, William Andrew (husband) Stewart, Yvonne Eliza (colleague)
Education *	Lauriston Girls School (Armadale, Melbourne) (student, 1934-1936) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (student, 1936-1937)
Occupation or Descriptor *	charity worker (1939-1945) South Australia, Australia community worker (1939-1996) South Australia, Australia special needs educator (1968-1996) South Australia, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1976)
Key Organisations *	South Australian Association for Mental Health (honorary life member, ?-1996) Australian Red Cross (driver, 1939-1945) South Australian Association for Mental Health (council member, 1967-1973) Specific Learning Difficulties Association of South Australia (honorary secretary, 1969-1985) Specific Learning Difficulties Association of South Australia (director, 1985-1996)

* Dates are approximate