| Vi Robbins | |
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| Birth: | 28 February 1902 New South Wales, Australia |
| Death: | 8 October 2014 Sydney, Australia |
| Age: | 112 years, 222 days |
| Country: |  AUS
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| Validated | |
Violet "Vi" Robbins (28 February 1902 – 8 October 2014)[1] was an Australian supercentenarian whose age has been validated by the Gerontology Research Group. She was the oldest living person in Australia from the death of Scottish-born Australian Jane Gray on 7 June 2014[1][2] until her own death four months later.[3]
Biography
Robbins was married to Edward John Robbins and lived at Coogee, New South Wales, before retiring to a nursing facility at Randwick, New South Wales. At the age of 100, she began volunteering at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, where she worked until 2012.[1] Shortly before her 108th birthday, she was officially recognised as the world's oldest volunteer by Guinness World Records.[4] and The Vi Robbins annual volunteer award was named in her honour, launched by Matt Thistlethwaite, MP for Kingsford Smith.
Robbins died on 8 October 2014 aged 112 years, 222 days. She was succeeded as the oldest living person in Australia by Ethel Farrell.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vi Robbins becomes Australia's oldest person Sydney Morning Herald
- ↑ At 112 Vi Robbins has taken the title of Australia’s oldest person The Daily Telegraph
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Australia’s oldest person Violet Robbins has passed away at age 112 The Daily Telegraph
- ↑ Oldest volunteer Guinness World Records
| Australia's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Helen Dunbar • Jessie Pearce • Clara Byrne • Ada Sharp • Honora Corrigan • Mary Keefer • Josephine Gasse • Elizabeth Swatton • Samuel Rowe • Sarah Potter • Jane Piercy • Mary Nixon • Caroline Mockridge • Agnes Dodds • Mary Hurley • Ada Whitfield • Beatrice Pollock • Gertie Nesbitt • Kit St. Clair • Ada Cleggett • Ada Stockdale • Mary MacPherson • Christina Cock • Jessie Hurley • Alice Lindsay • Sarah Davey • Myra Nicholson • E. Beatrice Riley • John Campbell Ross • Miriam Schmierer • Eva McConnell • Jane Gray • Vi Robbins • Ethel Farrell • Mary Whitehurst • Marjorie Cooke • Margaret Vivian • Wilhelmina Overall • Agnes Kluckhenn • Mabel Crosby • Dexter Kruger • Ivy Tate • Ina Reid • Gwen Moore • Catherina van der Linden • Marija Ruljancich |