Gertrude Mary Zichy-Woinarski


Gertrude Mary Zichy-Woinarski was an Australian welfare worker. She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1954 Birthday Honours "for distinguished services to many charitable organisations."During age 26 she was elected a member of the Melbourne Ladies' Benevolent Society Gertrude became a 'district visitor' in North Melbourne. In August 1913 she was elected a vice-president of the society.
Zichy-Woinarski was born in Ballarat, Victoria to English-born parents, Henry Brind and his wife Hester Bennet, née Goodfellow. She married Victor Joseph Emanuel Zichy-Woinarski in 1895, with whom she had four children. She died in Mordialloc, Melbourne, Victoria.