Objects of Substance- The Mackinlay Honour Board

She was buried in the Anglican section of Toowoomba and Drayton Cemetery. Her headstone, surmounted by a plain cross, bears the simple inscription:

In Memory of Mary Dickson Widow of the late Sir James Dickson Who died at Toowoomba February 22, 1902, Aged 60 years

Mary Dickson’s grave - Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery

In June 1902, at a request from the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, the Girls Grammar Board agreed to cover the cost of a tombstone and railings to protect the grave, as not one family member or friend had come forward to do so. More recently, in 2005, the School paid for the headstone and grave to be restored and cleaned – a small but fitting tribute to one of Grammar’s respected and obviously loved past Lady Principals. Mary’s love of Girls Grammar and its students is also obvious in her final act. In Lady Dickson’s will, much of her estate, which comprised of several properties in Toowoomba, including her home, Jeanfield , along with capital held in various deposit accounts, was to be paid to the Trustees of the Brisbane Girls Grammar for the foundation of a scholarship to assist and pay for a past student to attend university. It was for £50 a year for each of three years study and was to be awarded to a student proceeding to university. This award could not be held concurrently with any other