Historical information

Tilly Aston was the founder of the Association for the Advancement of the Blind, which became the Association for the Blind, Vision Foundation and later Vision Australia. Her work in expanding the options available to blind and vision impaired Victorians triggered the push for similar conditions inter-state, and she was a pioneer force in challenging perceptions of both the sighted and less-sighted communities.
This bust of Tilly Aston was donated by Malcolm and Beverley Daubney and unveiled at the 1997 Annual General Meeting for the Association for the Blind (now Vision Australia) on the 19th September 1997.

Physical description

Bronze relief of Tilly Aston

Inscriptions & markings

Matilda (Tilly) Aston
1873-1947
Founder of the Association for the Blind
Generously donated by Malcolm & Beverley Daubney
September 1997