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Ilma Lever Ilma Lever i(A118726 works by)
Born: Established: 1912 Coburg, Brunswick - Coburg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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Ilma Lever contracted poliomyelitis at the age of two. In 1954 she founded the Victorian Disabled Motorists Association (now the Disabled Motorists Association). Lever also helped establish a garden (named the Ilma Lever Gardens) in Coburg for training disabled people in horticulture. In 1975 Lever received the British Empire Medal for services to the disabled.

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