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Minard Crommelin MBE (1881–1972) was an Australian postmistress and environmental conservationist.〔(Australian Dictionary of Biography, Minard Fannie Crommelin ) (accessed 7 December 2010)〕 Crommelin was born on 29 June 1881 at Aston Station, near Bombala, New South Wales. Crommelin was appointed an Order of the British Empire (M.B.E), Civil member, in recognition of service to the flora and fauna on 1 January 1959.〔(Australian government, It's An Honour, CROMMELIN, Minard Fannie ) (accessed 7 December 2010)〕 Both Crommelin Crescent, St Helens Park and Crommelin Place, Chisholm, have been named in her honour.〔(Encyclopedia of Australian Science, Biographical Entry, Crommelin, Minard Fannie ) (accessed 7 December 2010)〕〔(ACT Planning & Land Authority, Place Name Search, Street Names, CROMMELIN PLACE ) (last update 16 September 2010, accessed 7 December 2010)〕 Crommelin died at her home in Pearl Beach on 14 February 1972, aged 90. ==Postmistress== At 12 years of age Crommelin left Pipe Clay Creek Public School and assisted the Burrawong postmistress who later sent her to the Sydney Church of England Grammar School for a year. She was one of the early operators of the Morse Telegraph Key.〔(Encyclopedia of Australian Science, Biographical Entry, Crommelin, Minard Fannie ) (accessed 7 December 2010)〕 Eventually Crommelin became an assistant at Moss Vale post office. From 1906 Crommelin was the acting postmistress at Woy Woy for 5 years during which time she took public service examinations. She visited Pearl Beach for the first time with her friend Charles Pryce in a small cedar sailing boat in approximately 1910.〔(Pearl Beach Opera, Crommelin Native Arboretum ) (accessed 7 December 2010)〕 Over the proceeding 20 years Crommelin was a relieving postmistress at over 150 towns. In 1937, aged 56, she retired from the public service. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minard Fannie Crommelin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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