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Marie Byles Marie Byles i(8823164 works by) (a.k.a. Marie Beuzeville Byles)
Born: Established: 8 Apr 1900 Cheshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 21 Nov 1979 Cheltenham, Epping - Pennant Hills area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1911
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BiographyHistory

Marie Byles was a committed conservationist, pacifist, the first practising female solicitor in New South Wales (NSW), mountaineer, explorer and avid bushwalker, feminist, journalist, and an original member of the Buddhist Society in New South Wales. She was also a travel and non-fiction writer. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Byles)

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • See also the full Australian Dictionary of Biography Online entry for Byles, Marie Beuzeville (1900–1979)

  • Other works include:

    Footprints of Gautama the Buddha (1957)

    The Lotus and the Spinning Wheel (1963)

    Paths to Inner Calm (1965)

    Stand Straight without Strain (1978

    Many Lives in One, unpublished autobiography

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