SHILLING WALL TRIBUTES - R

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Mary Ralph (nee Hoyne)

Tribute by: Ralph Family and friends

Mary Ellen Ralph 14/01/1931-19/08/2005. Married for 56 years to Leonard Ralph. Mother to six children and “mother” to many. She valued education highly gaining three degrees BSW, MSW and dipB.

Julia Rachel Rapke

Tribute by: The League of Women Voters Victoria

Julia Rapke became a special magistrate for the Children’s Court in 1927. She was founding president (1938-40) of the Women Justices’ Association of Victoria. Involvement with the National Council of Women of Victoria led to her becoming convenor (1931) of its standing committee for suffrage and rights of citizenship. She was involved in research on a range of matters including ‘Women and Household Employment’, ‘Economic Aspects of Women’s Rights and Equalities’ and ‘Legal Domicile of Married Women’, and also wrote profiles of eighteen significant Australian women of the time. From 1940 she served as vice-president of the Council for Women in War Work and as a member of the Coordinating Committee for Child Welfare in Wartime. She was involved with the Victorian International Refugee Emergency Council and the Australian Open Door Council. She became national secretary of the Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO) and later President of WIZO Australia. She was involved in a broadly based women’s protest movement against the atomic bomb in 1946 and at the same time become the foundation President of the League of Women Voters of Victoria and initiated the Women’s Parliament in 1946 as a way of women gaining the necessary experience in public speaking and debate so as to gain elected office. Active across a range of organizations over four decades, Julia Rapke made a great contribution to advancement of the status of women in Australia and beyond. In 1957 Julia Rapke was appointed O.B.E., particularly for ‘raising the status of women’ and for improving ‘the care and treatment of underprivileged children and delinquent youth’.

Rosemary Anita Ratcliff

Tribute by: Ratcliff Family

Margaret Elizabeth Ray

Tribute by: Christine Louise, Stephen & Philippa Ray

Our mum, blessed with a natural sense of justice, strong values and “a belief that you should just get on with it!” Committed to helping create a more compassionate world.

Nikki Rayner

Tribute by: Megan Rayner

My niece Nikki died from cancer in March 1998, aged 23. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer 10 months earlier, requiring surgery, radical hysterectomy and radiotherapy. She then developed secondaries. She was too young and vibrant to die like this, and is still sadly missed.

Maureen Reader (nee Kelly)

Tribute by: Emillie Reader

In gratitude of the strength, love, compassion and nurturing this woman has instilled in me and many others throughout everyday life.