Historical information

Daisy Livingstone Smith was born in Linton in 1903, a daughter of Shire Secretary Alfred John Smith (Alf J Smith) and Ada Smith née Watson.
After first being privately educated, she attended Linton State School from 1911, and went on to Queen's College in Ballarat (a Church of England grammar school for girls), where she was Dux in 1918. After leaving school she worked as Linton librarian, and then as a financial officer for the Shire of Grenville. In 1941 she married Roy Brown.
Daisy died in 1945, and a lectern dedicated to her memory is in St Paul's Church of England, Linton.

Physical description

Black and white copy of original photograph, shows head and shoulders of a young woman with dark hair cut fairly short. She is wearing a collarless plain dress or blouse, with slightly puffed sleeves and large buttons.