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Marie Byles, Australian solicitor (died 1979)

Historical image related to Marie Byles, Australian solicitor (died 1979) from April 8, 1900

Marie Byles

20th-century Australian lawyer, explorer and conservationist

Marie Beuzeville Byles was an Australian conservationist, pacifist, the first practising female solicitor in New South Wales (NSW), mountaineer, explorer and avid bushwalker, feminist, journalist, and an original member of the Buddhist Society in New South Wales. She was also a…
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April 8

Day of the year

April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 267 days remain until the end of the year.
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