26/01/2009
Southern Highland News (Australia)
FORMER Robertson resident Dorothy Missingham has been named a Member (AM) in the Order of Australia for her service to international humanitarian aid through contributions to refugee resettlement and migrant assistance programs in South East Asia and Australia.
Educated at Robertson High School and Moss Vale Primary School, Ms Missingham graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in Canberra and became a teacher.
While travelling in Cambodia, she heard of Pol Pot’s atrocities and joined the Indo China Refugee Association (now known as the Australian Refugee Association), working to resettle orphaned refugee children.
From 1984 to 2000, she returned to Thailand and Cambodia to work with young Cambodians and also worked in Sydney with young refugees at Burnside Homes NSW, developing innovative approaches to help refugees through supported accommodation and community networks.
She worked as a volunteer to settle Cambodian orphans in Australia, the USA, Switzerland and Canada.
Educated at Robertson High School and Moss Vale Primary School, Ms Missingham graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in Canberra and became a teacher.
While travelling in Cambodia, she heard of Pol Pot’s atrocities and joined the Indo China Refugee Association (now known as the Australian Refugee Association), working to resettle orphaned refugee children.
From 1984 to 2000, she returned to Thailand and Cambodia to work with young Cambodians and also worked in Sydney with young refugees at Burnside Homes NSW, developing innovative approaches to help refugees through supported accommodation and community networks.
She worked as a volunteer to settle Cambodian orphans in Australia, the USA, Switzerland and Canada.
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