Provenance

Born in Bendigo and trained as a nurse in the 1950s, Jill O'Brien devoted a lifetime to social and environmental issues at both the State and local level. From her work in the 1960s with the Family Planning Association of Victoria, of which she was a founding member, through to the 1990s as a member of the Ethics Committee of the Department of Health, she supported efforts to improve women’s health and reproductive rights. She was most active on committees that worked to save the natural and built environment. The Powerline Action Group, the Studley Park Conservation Society, and the Yarra Bend Park Trust all benefitted her vision. In 1980, Jill O’Brien successfully stood for the Kew City Council and served as Mayor in 1983 and 1984. In 1980 and 1981 was president of the Kew Historical Society. Villa Alba’s preservation and restoration owes much to Jill’s determined efforts. s. On Council, she chaired a number of committees involved in the saving of the Kew River Parklands from the proposed transmission line of the SEC. She was the Council representative on the Merry Yarra Municipal Protection Committee.

Purpose/Function

Archival records

Arrangement

Sorted by Kew Historical Society by subject

Content

Box 10.1 / 7 folders

Folder 1 - City of Kew Memorabilia Committee.
Folder 2 - Kew Historical Society.
Folder 3 - City of Kew.
Folder 4 - Cassette tapes, photographs and negatives.
Folder 5 - Kew Library.
Folder 6 - Yarra Valley Powerlines Campaign.
Folder 7 - Raoul Wallenberg Memorial.