First Female Radio Engineer Graduate from Maryborough

Ebba Wilcox (Source Trove)

Miss Ebba Wilcox was highlighted in The Australian Women's Weekly column Let's Talk of Interesting People on the 4th of December, 1937. She was at that time the only woman radio mechanic in the state of Queensland according to the article (Trove).  She graduated as a radio engineer after starting a correspondence course and then moved to Brisbane to study at a Tech College by day and a Poly-technical college at night. In Trove it details her as achieving Honours in Radio (Preparatory) and a Pass in Radio Communication. She was employed at her father's company doing radio service work. She was also highlighted in an article of Local Enterprise found in the Maryborough Chronicle (Trove)

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References:
Australia Women's Weekly 4th December, 1937 Let's Talk of Interesting People retrieved from Trove
on the 29th July, 2019.
The Courier Mail,10th January, 1936 Many Passes in State Wide Technical Examinations retrieved from Trove on the 29th July, 2019.
Maryborough Chronicle, 21st June, 1941 Local Enterprise Well Able to Meet Local Needs retrieved from Trove on the 29th July, 2019.