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Life Summary

Name	Florence Violet McKenzie
Alternative Names	Florence Violet Granville Florence Violet Wallace
Born	28 September, 1890 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	23 May, 1982 (aged 91) Greenwich, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Provan, Frances Betty (pupil)
Education *	Thirroul Public School (NSW) (student, 1896-1902) Sydney Girls' High School (student, 1903-1907) Sydney Technical College (student, ?-1923) University of Sydney (student, 1915-1915)
Occupation or Descriptor *	electrical engineer (1923-1955) New South Wales, Australia food writer (1936-1936) New South Wales, Australia children's author (1938-1938) New South Wales, Australia adult educator (1939-1955) New South Wales, Australia telegraphist (1939-1955) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (signals trainer)
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1950) Victorian Honour Roll of Women (inductee, 2001)
Legacies *	McKenzie Chair (ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Wireless Institute of Australia (member, 1924) Electrical Association for Women (Australia) (founder, 1934) Electrical Association for Women (Australia) (member, 1934) Australian Women's Flying Club (NSW) (member, 1938) Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (NSW) (founder, 1939) Australian Institute of Navigation (fellow, 1957-1982) Ex-WRANS Association (patron, 1964-1982) Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society (member, 1979-1982)

* Dates are approximate