Sheila chisholm: would have loved a good 130 birthday party

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So yesterday i have been blabbering on about my success story, but yesterday was also 09th september 2025 where Australian socialite Sheila Chisholm turned 130 years old.

Now i first learned again about Sheila chisholm last year only briefly when daily mail journalist Christopher Wilson wrote this article in 2024 – https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13118255/Aussie-women-England-hoping-snare-King.html

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What i don’t get how Wilson (2024) can say this Two beautiful adventuresses, 50 years apart. Both sexy, both worldly, they quit the stultifying climate of Australia to sail for London in search of a husband, a title – and, who knows, maybe even a future king!

When I know my number 1 favourite fashion designer and friend lady Dale Tryon kanga who worked for the melbourne office australian womens weekly then relocated to the London fleet street office of women’s weekly. so no Dale didn’t come over here to snare a aristocratic or royal husband.

Neither did Sheila Chisholm who with her mother looked after wounded soldiers and orphans during world war 2, that is brave of her and this week i am celebrating her what a strong and incredible woman she was during her time.