Fanny Furner
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Fanny Furner was one of the first female JPs in New South Wales[2] and along with fellow member of the Theosophical Society, Mrs AV Roberts, the first women to stand for election in local government – Mrs Roberts in North Shore, Fanny in Manly.
Furner was instrumental in setting up a Memorial at the gates at the Wharves in Woolloomooloo to commemorate the place from where most of the men embarked for the First World War. She was also instrumental in getting the Children's Playground near the wharf at Manly built (opposite the police station). Furner was responsible for the Home Mission Society bins being placed at the Manly Wharves.
