2024 SOPHIA HOLLAND LECTURE
Graduate Women-NSW has held an annual Sophia Holland lecture since 1998. This is because Marjorie Murray, whose generous bequest provides the funds which enable us to have an office in the city and employ our Office administrator, requested in her will we acknowledge her mother, Sophia Holland.
Sophia Rachel Brown was born on 30 July 1871 to William Brown, a 30 year old shipwright, and Sophia Elizabeth Johnson, aged 25. They lived in Terry Lane off Fort Street. Sophia matriculated in 1890 at the University of Sydney and began an Arts degree. She completed three courses in Latin, and probably also French and English. In 1891 she became an Evening student until she graduated in 1894. In 1898 (just before the Boer War), Sophia married George Henry Holland. Marjorie was born the following year.
To help us carry out Marjorie’s wishes this year Dr Alecia Simmonds presents the Sophia Holland lecture on 14 June, 2024.
