Biographical entry de la Hunty, Shirley Barbara (1925 - 2004)

Summary

Shirley de la Hunty was formerly a Lecturer at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia, and was made a Fellow of the University. As a champion sprinter and hurdler she took part in the Olympic Games in 1948, 1952 and 1956, winning a total of three gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals.

Details

Events

1957

Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

1987

Award - Advance Australia Award received

2001

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Biographical cuttings on Shirley de la Hunty, Olympic gold medallist and athletics coach, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Interview with Shirley de la Hunty, conservationist and Olympic gold medallist (sound recording), interviewer: Stuart Reid, 11 May 1993 - 30 June 1993, TRC 3188; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'de la Hunty, Shirley Barbara (1925- ), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0186b.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'de la Hunty, Shirley Barbara', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-707080. Details

See also

• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2001, 2020 pp. Details