Mungo William MacCallum

Sir Mungo William MacCallum KCMG (26 February 1854 – 3 September 1942) was Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1934 to 1936, and a noted literary critic.

In Germany MacCallum concentrated on medieval literature, he published several articles in the Cornhill Magazine in 1879-80.

[1] MacCallum married Dorette Margaretha Peters in 1882 at Elbstorf [de] in Lower Saxony and they had three children.

Lady MacCallum was a founder of the National Council of Women of New South Wales and president in 1919-28.

[3] She also worked for The Infants' Home Child and Family Services the Sydney Day Nursery and Nursery Schools' Association, the Australian Board of Missions, the New Settlers' League of Australia, the Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies and the Sydney University Women's Society (Settlement).