Philadelphia Nina Robertson
(1866-1951) Australian Red Cross administrator
Philadelphia Nina Robertson OBE (1866–1951), was an Australian Red Cross administrator.
Early life
Robertson was born on 27 February 1866 at Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. She was the fourth child of Amelia, née Spencer, and John Dickson Robertson. Her mother was English, and her father a Scottish Presbyterian clergyman.
Robertson was educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, and learned to type and take shorthand; she later took up secretarial work. She also completed first-aid classes with the St John Ambulance Association in Castlemaine. At the beginning of World War I, Robertson was travelling in Britain; she joined the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John and offered her services. She became a clerk until her return to Australia in November 1914.
Career
In 1915, Robertson became the Secretary to the council of the Australian Branch of the British (Australian) Red Cross Society and to President Lady Helen Munro Ferguson, wife of governor-general Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson. Robertson became the General Secretary of the Victorian division in February 1921 and continued as secretary to the council.
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