Mabel Phyllis Hardy (11 April 1890 – 5 October 1977) was a South Australian educator who, with Patience Hawker founded Stawell School for girls, which ran from 1927 to 1940.
Caroline Jacob gave her a position at Tormore House, then from 1907 to 1911 at her Unley Park School, teaching English and History, and the money earned funded evening studies at the University of Adelaide.
[1] With a loan from her mother, Patience purchased the mansion "Arthur's Seat" in Crafers, South Australia near the summit of Mount Lofty.
Patience, who held the position of managing director of the company structured to run the school, quit teaching in 1928 and left Mount Lofty to marry and raise a family.
She moved back to the Hills, not far from the Mount Lofty Railway Station, then around 1951 to Hawthorn, then finally to 74a Fisher Street, Fullarton, where she died.