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Hilda, Elsie (Biddy) Tuxworth
Hilda Tuxworth (1908-1994) was a Nurse, Community worker, historian and long time resident of Tennant Creek , Northern Territory, Australia.

She wrote five books published in Australia based on the Northern Territory -especially the Tennant Creek area with its gold and copper mining history.

Tuxworth's local history of the Northern Territory collection is in the University of Queensland, Fryer Library and consists of  29 boxes, 1 parcel and 1 tube of  correspondence, personal papers, newspaper cuttings, photos,including diaries of Banka Banka Station 90 miles north of Tennant Creek from 1928-1943.

Hilda Tuxworth was the mother of former Northern Territory Chief Minister and MLA for Barkly, the Hon. Ian Tuxworth.

Tuxworth was made a Member of the British Empire in the 1969 New Year's Day Honours.

https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1086535

Telling Tennant’s Story

Dean Ashenden

To cite this article: Dean Ashenden (2010) Telling Tennant’s Story, History Australia, 7:3,

52.1-52.15, DOI: 10.2104/ha100052

To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.2104/ha100052