Nina Crone

Nina Crone OAM (1934 – 2007) was an Australian gardening writer, broadcaster, teacher and school principal.[1]

Biography

Crone was the daughter of James and Grace (née Hall) Crone. She attended Presbyterian Ladies' College in East Melbourne and graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1953 with a bachelor of arts degree. She then taught in Europe and Australia while also studying towards a bachelor of education degree, which she completed in 1962.[1]

From 1965 to 1974 Crone was a radio and TV producer for the ABC Schools Broadcasts; she was also a member of the Victorian State Advisory Committee for School Broadcasts. In 1975 she became headmistress of the Melbourne Girls' Grammar School. She continued with her community involvements, including serving as a council member of the Girl Guides Association of Victoria, a committee member of the United Nations Association of Australia (Victoria) and a committee member for the Australian College of Education (Victoria).[1]

Crone was also a keen gardener, serving as editor of the Australian Garden History Society journal, Australian Garden History.[1] She also wrote articles on plants, gardens and their histories for The Age newspaper under the nom de plume Alison Dalrymple.[2]

She was appointed a Fellow of the Australian College of Education and received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2000.[1] In 2006 the library at the Girls' Grammar School was redeveloped and renamed the Nina Crone Library.[3]

Publications
  • Garden Cuttings — Articles for The Age by Nina Crone (Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2008)[2]

References
  1. "Crone, Nina (1934-) - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  2. "Garden Cuttings — Articles for The Age by Nina Crone". Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  3. "melbourne girls' grammar nina crone library - Sallydraper Architects". sallydraperarchitects.com.au. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
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