[1] According to her Sydney Morning Herald obituary, "As a child, she and sister Beryl helped their father, who worked on Pullaman Station, in the task of maintaining fences.
Fifty years after leaving her primary education behind, Munro returned to study, taking courses in woodwork and upholstery at Moree TAFE.
Their son Lyall Jnr also became well-known in the movement, while Maggie stayed in Moree tending to local community issues.
Both she and Lyall Snr were members of the local Aboriginal Advancement Committee,[1] a body which was made up of 8–10 Europeans[3] The Granniators became one of Munro's lasting legacies.
Founded when Munro was 74, the group of Aboriginal grandmothers worked for their community, cooking, babysitting, fostering, clothing and mothering local children.
According to an obituary published in The Sydney Morning Herald, "She steadfastly refused to get a sewing machine, creating everything by hand and often staying up all night to complete a garment.