Ellen Desailly

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Ellen "Nellie" Desailly (23 December 1857[1] – 31 October 1939)[2] was a pioneer of the Free Kindergarten movement in Sydney, Australia.

Desailly was the second daughter of George Peter Desailly (c. 1823 – 10 September 1876) and Emma Jane Desailly (c. 1833 – 29 March 1892) of Coree and Mossgiel Station, N.S.W.

She was the first general secretary of the Kindergarten Union of New South Wales (founded 1895),[3] a position she held for 22 years.

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