| Agnes Dodds | |
| Birth: | 19 October 1879 New South Wales, Australia |
| Death: | 4 April 1989 New South Wales, Australia |
| Age: | 109 years, 167 days |
| Country: |  AUS
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| Centenarian | |
Agnes Dodds (19 October 1879 – 4 April 1989) was an Australian centenarian who was the oldest living person in Australia at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Dodds was born in Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia, on 19 October 1879. She spent most of her life in Woolbrook where she married a grazier, who died more than 60 years before her.
For some time, she lived in Woolbrook, New South Wales. She spend the last 10 years of her life in a nursing home. After her death, her doctor, Ron Mackinnon, said Mrs Dodds, a non-smoker and teetotaller, had remained active until about a week before her death. Dr. Mackinnon also said that Dodds had lived so long because she was "a well-balanced and cultured person who never appeared to get anxious about anything". At the time of death, she had a son, a daughter, 3 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Dodds died in Walcha, Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia, on 4 April 1989, at the age of 109 years, 167 days. She was buried in Woolbrook at 10 AM of 6 May 1989.
References[]
- Australia's oldest woman dies at 109 The Canberra Times, 6 May 1989
| Australia's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Helen Dunbar • Jessie Pearce • Clara Byrne • Ada Sharp • Honora Corrigan • Mary Keefer • Josephine Gasse • Elizabeth Swatton • Samuel Rowe • Sarah Potter • Jane Piercy • Mary Nixon • Caroline Mockridge • Agnes Dodds • Mary Hurley • Ada Whitfield • Beatrice Pollock • Gertie Nesbitt • Kit St. Clair • Ada Cleggett • Ada Stockdale • Mary MacPherson • Christina Cock • Jessie Hurley • Alice Lindsay • Sarah Davey • Myra Nicholson • E. Beatrice Riley • John Campbell Ross • Miriam Schmierer • Eva McConnell • Jane Gray • Vi Robbins • Ethel Farrell • Mary Whitehurst • Marjorie Cooke • Margaret Vivian • Wilhelmina Overall • Agnes Kluckhenn • Mabel Crosby • Dexter Kruger • Ivy Tate • Ina Reid • Gwen Moore • Catherina van der Linden • Olga Abate • Ken Weeks |