Levitt, Dulcie Carmen   (1914 - 1994)

Born at Nymagee (near Cobar) NSW in 1914; died on 2 December 1994 in NSW.

Daughter of Melville Charles Levitt and Sarah Morehouse.

She had 5 siblings: Vera Constance Gregg (born Levitt), Rodney Clive Levitt and 3 other siblings.

Passed her Intermediate exams while studying at Wahroonga Girls High, Abbotsleigh, NSW in 1929 (results published SMH 13/2/1930).

She was training to be a missionary in 1950.

Miss Dulcie Levitt spent 25 years as a missionary on Groote Eylandt, NT.

Notes attached to her material held by AIATSIS in Canberra state:

". . . Dulcie Levitt who was a missionary at Angurugu with the Church Missionary Society in 1951-1976. Most of the notes on plants and animals are from her last five years on the island. Dulcie was in the Land Army during World War II. For about 20 years on Groote Eylandt she was the Livestock Supervisor, looking after goats and poultry in particular. She had a tremendous rapport with the Aboriginal women and began collecting data on how the women used many of the native plants on the island. Her book Plants and People: Aboriginal uses of plants on Groote Eylandt, published by AIAS in 1981, arose out of the wealth of material that she was collecting.

In 1975, Julie Waddy came to the island to work alongside Dulcie for her final five months on the island and to take over the work. In the following years, Julie saw the project to completion, including checking the manuscript for Dulcie's book."

Source: Extracted from:
www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/dulcie-carmen-levitt
https://www.myheritage.com/names/dulcie_levitt
The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 13 Feb 1930, Page 8, Intermediate Results;
The Canberra Times, Mon 19 Oct 1981, Page 14 Answering some questions on survival
https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/catalogue_resources/ms_3518_groote_eylandt.doc.pdf
Portrait Photo: 1981, The Canberra Times, Mon 19 Oct 1981, Page 14 Answering some questions on survival.

Collecting localities for 'Levitt, D.' from AVH (2024)

Data from 87 specimens