Mrs Mary (May) Niblock
- Position
- Member Centenary Committee
- Committee group
- Education, ecclesiastical and social
- Year of death
- 1982
- Plaque number
- FB41
- Dedicated by
- Kings Park Board on 29 September 1929
- More information
Biography abstract:
Mary (sometimes May) Stewart Niblock (23/6/1885 - 4/3/1982) was born in Drumadooey, Donegal, Londonderry to parents John Sweeney and Maggie Moorhead.
She married John Niblock, a draper in Londonderry on 23 February 1911 and they had two daughters, Margaret ‘Marnie’ (born 1912 in Canada) and Sarah ‘Eileen’ (born 1913). After migrating to Western Australia, the family settled in Subiaco and surrounds.
In 1926, Mrs Niblock became the second secretary of the Country Women’s Association of Western Australia, holding that office until 1957.
She was awarded the second Honorary Life Membership of Western Australia in 1936 and awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1960.
Her daughter Margaret was vice president of the ‘Younger Set’ of the Country Women’s Association metropolitan branch in 1929 and secretary of the ‘Use More Wool’ committee around 1932.
Mrs Niblock was a member of the Western Australian Centenary Committee (Education, Ecclesiastical & Social) in 1929.
The original plaque was inscribed with Miss Niblock and replaced in 2018 with Mrs Niblock after queries were made. While some documents, including the souvenir program and newspapers of that time list the plaque recipient as Miss Niblock, the Country Women’s Association document Mrs Niblock as being the member of the Centenary Committee who planted the tree.
Mrs Niblock was living in Canberra near her daughters when she died in 1982.