Anne Fraser Bon
Anne Fraser Bon, 1904
Born
Anne Fraser Dougall

(1838-04-09)9 April 1838
Perthshire, Scotland
Died5 June 1936(1936-06-05) (aged 98)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)pastoralist, philanthropist
Known foradvocate for Aboriginal people

Anne Fraser Bon (9 April 1838 – 5 June 1936) was a Scottish-born Australian pastoralist, philanthropist and advocate for Aboriginal people.[1]

She was born in Perthshire, Scotland and was the second daughter of physician David Dougall. In 1858, she married John Bon, and moved to Victoria where Bon had established himself.[2]

She was active in advocating for marginalised persons in Victoria, including the Chinese, blind soldiers and inmates of State mental institutions. She campaigned for a public inquiry into the treatment of Victoria's Aboriginal people, which led to the 1881 Coranderrk Inquiry to which she was an appointed member. Bon was later appointed to Victoria's Aboriginal Protection Board.[3][4] In 1934 she presented the stone used for the monument in Healesville to William Barak, with whom she had a long association.[5][6]

Bon died on 5 June 1936 in Melbourne.

References

  1. ^ Gillison, Joan (1979). Australian Dictionary of Biography (Volume 7 ed.). Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. ^ "Death of Mrs. Anne Fraser Bon". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 28, 019. Victoria, Australia. 9 June 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "The Widow of Wappan". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 28, 023. Victoria, Australia. 13 June 1936. p. 8. Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Mrs. Anne Fraser Bon". The Age. No. 25, 320. Victoria, Australia. 10 June 1936. p. 19. Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Barak Memorial". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 27, 335. Victoria, Australia. 28 March 1934. p. 10. Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Flanagan, Martin (17 October 2009). "Victorian friendship crossed colour barriers". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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