Historical information

Belonged to Mary Gilbert who was a passionate local historian. She was awarded a British Empire medal in recognition of her work for education and the community.
. Mary Isabelle Gilbert was born in 1905 in Orbost, Australia. She was born to John Gilbert and Annie Cameron Gilbert, and had seven sisters and one brother. Four siblings died at a young age. .She was a teacher historian loved and respected by her family and the wider community.

Significance

Mary Gilbert was the first curator of the Orbost Museum, and a local teacher. These scrapbooks contain articles which reflect the social standards of the 1960's.

Physical description

Two scrapbooks containing pasted in cut-out magazine articles on manners, presentation and clothes for young women.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten on the front cover of 1840.1 : Words of Wisdom