Objects of Substance- Munro Challenge Cup

A firm believer in education for women, her daughters attended Brisbane Girls Grammar School where Helena was Head Girl in 1928 and her younger sister, Ruth graduated in 1929. Mary Munro’s enthusiasm for learning was apparent in many aspects of her life. Most public was her support, and subsequent presidency, of the Lyceum Club in Brisbane. This club was established in 1919 by “a group of professional women to share and develop their interests in art, literature, music, science, education, journalism and current affairs.”

Helena Munro (1928)

1929 Sixth Form which includes an unidentified Ruth Munro.

Mrs Munro’s enthusiasm for learning and the all-round citizen was also illustrated by her support for a school pool in 1924, where she was mentioned in the Acting Head Mistress’s Annual Report which stated that “… hope springs anew in our hearts that we too, if we exert ourselves sufficiently, may be able to raise the necessary money to build ourselves a Swimming Pool. That hope has been strengthened by the very generous offer by Mrs E Munro to give us the first £10 towards the Fund.”