Mabel Brookes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mabel Brookes

Australian writer

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1890

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 30-Apr-1975

Profession: writer, socialite

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Dame Mabel Brookes, DBE (15 June 1890 – 30 April 1975) was an Australian community worker, activist, socialite, writer, historian, memoirist and humanitarian.
Born Mabel Balcombe Emmerton in Raveloe, South Yarra, Victoria in 1890, her best-known service was as president of the Queen Victoria Hospital from 1923–1970, where she presided over the addition of three new wings within ten years.