Augusta (Pakie) Macdougall (25 December 1875 – 8 May 1945) was a suffragette in England and a leading figure of the Australian theatre and the owner of a café that was home to the literati of Sydney.
After attending Leichhardt Superior Public School she trained as a nurse at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
They were both socialists and Augusta had become an early suffragette as she had joined the Women's Social and Political Union[1] which had been formed in 1903.
[4] Her husband was a talented teacher and less gifted actor, while Augusta had been "the guiding spirit" of the theatre's productions and the company's secretary.
[1] The American architect Walter Burley Griffin and the Australian artist Roy de Maistre created the interior decoration for the cafe.
Pakie's served basic food for struggling artists and there was no illegal grog, moreover Augusta was a vegetarian, so the menu included her macaroni cheese.