Helen Elizabeth Gillan

Helen Elizabeth Gillan (1873 – 30 October 1955) was an Australian voluntary worker and social reformer associated with the National Council of Women of Australia.

[1] She became the treasurer of the Victoria branch of the National Council of Women of Australia (NCW) in 1927.

On the latter subject she undertook an investigation and after travelling to the UK she reported back to the NCW.

[1] In 1939 the Australian prime minister announced that money was being made available to create state organisations to support a Women's Voluntary National Register.

£330 was put aside for Victoria[3] and the register opened in Melbourne Town Hall on 24 March 1939.