Interview with Ellinor Walker (excerpt)

Excerpt of an interview with Ellinor Walker in which she speaks of her experience of the 1919 Influenza Pandemic. While on holiday in Tasmania, the South Australian government of the day closed the borders to stop the spread of the disease. It took her ships, trains, contact-tracing and quarantine to get back home to Adelaide.  Interviewer: Anne Geddes

Miss Walker lived in South Australia most of her life, was a trained kindergarten teacher, knew Miss Lillian de Lissa, ran her own kindergarten, Greenways, from 1921-1944. All her life she belonged to, helped organise and was active in women's organisations such as the League of Women Voters. She published a book of poetry.

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