Norma Parker

Norma Alice Brown (née Parker) CBE (1906–2004) was an Australian social worker and educator.

[3] Along with Elvira Lyons, Constance Moffitt and Eileen Davidson, she helped found a "Catholic Welfare Bureau" (now known as Centacare)[4] with branches in Melbourne (1935), Sydney (1941) and Adelaide (1942).

[1] She was appointed the associate professor and head of the Department of Social Work at the University of New South Wales from 1966 to 1969.

She was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) on 3 June 1972, for "services to education and child welfare", and awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Sydney University in 1986.

The Norma Parker Correctional Centre for Women (part of the Parramatta Female Factory) is named after her.